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LAHORE - Bringing to an end all speculations about the motives behind the murder of Justice Javed Iqbal's parents, the Lahore Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the killer.
Police identified the killer as Naveed Iqbal, stepbrother of Justice Iqbal, who murdered his father Malik Abdul Majeed and stepmother Zarina with the help of his two accomplices, over monetary issues. The accused initially denied the charges before the media, but later admitted to planning the

MIRANSHAH - A rocket attack by Taliban militants on Tuesday killed at least three soldiers and injured three others in North Waziristan, while a US drone strike in the same tribal agency killed five militants, security officials said. The rocket attack took place at a security forces camp in Razmak area of the agency.
"At least three soldiers were martyred and three others were wounded in a rocket attack," a senior security official said. "This is the work of Taliban militants,"

GAZA CITY - A Palestinian was killed and two were injured on Tuesday as Israeli tanks carried out an operation in the northern Gaza Strip, a medical official said. Hamas emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya named the victim as 17-year-old Amjad al-Zaanein, saying he died after being hit by Israeli tank fire near the northern town of Jabaliya. One of the two injured men, who were hit by shrapnel, was said to be in critical condition, he added. Seven Israeli tanks made a rare

KASUR - An eight-year-old girl was killed and six others received injuries when an oil tanker hit them at KHnake Morre. Reportedly, a tyre of an oil tanker burst at Khanke Morre Bypass in the jurisdiction of Pattoki police station. As a result, the vehicle got out of control and hit Razia Bibi, killing her instantly. Nisar Bibi and five others also received serious injuries.
TWO GIRLS KIDNAPPED: One Faisal and his accomplices abducted two school girls in Chunian and took them to

LAHORE - Relatives of a 5-year-old girl crushed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Khalid Javed's car a couple of days ago forgave the policeman on Monday. According to details, Javed's car had killed deceased Sadaf in the Kahna Police Station precincts a couple of days ago. The DSP's car was traced by local residents and Sadaf's family forgave the policeman. Sadaf's uncle Rafiq told journalists that they have forgiven the accused and the issue is now in God's hands who is the

LAHORE - An unidentified 35-year-old woman was killed and three others critically injured when two motorcycle rickshaws collided with each other due to speeding in the Yakki Gate Police Station precincts. According to police, two motorcycle-rickshaws started racing with each other near the Sherawala Gate and collided with each other due to speeding. As a result, a woman died on the spot while other passengers were injured and provided first-aid by the Rescue 1122. The woman's body was

KARACHI - Violence in Karachi intensified after a former naib nazim of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was targeted by unidentified men in Farid Colony on Saturday.
The death toll has reached 29 in 48 hours after seven more people were gunned down in several parts of the metropolis, whereas the number of injured people reached 43 after 13 more were targeted. Badshah Khan, 40, was gravely wounded when three unidentified men opened fire on him as he left his house in Sector 10

BAGHDAD - Three American soldiers were killed and one wounded in separate incidents in central and northern Iraq on Saturday, the deadliest day for US forces here since July.
The deaths were a stark reminder that, despite Washington having declared combat operations over in August, its 50,000-odd troops still stationed here remain at risk. Saturday's worst incident saw two soldiers killed and one wounded "while conducting operations in northern Iraq," a statement said, without

KARACHI - Four suspected assailants of Awami National Party (ANP)-Sindh's Secretary-General Basheer Jan have been taken into custody, but law enforcement personnel believe that they will be targeted before they spill the beans on their association, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The four, who were injured when Jan's guard retaliated fire in Thursday's incident, were being treated at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). But intelligence sources received reports that the

PESHAWAR - At least five people, including two policemen, were killed and several others injured in terrorist acts in Bannu and Mohmand Agency on Thursday.
The terrorists targeted a police mobile van with an improvised explosive devise in the Janikhel area of Bannu. The IED planted on roadside on main route, connecting North Waziristan to Bannu city exploded with a big bang. Two policemen were killed and five others injured.
In around 12 hours, it became the second terrorist

TERESOPOLIS - Devastating mudslides and floods swept away entire neighborhoods in mountains near Rio de Janeiro, killing at least 335 people as rescue workers searched frantically for survivors on Thursday. Villages and homes in the three municipalities north of Rio were flattened by rivers of mud and tumbling rocks spilling from the mountains, GloboNews television said. "It's a huge catastrophe, a major disaster," Jorge Mario Sedlacek, the mayor of the worst-hit town of Teresopolis

KARACHI - Eight people, including three ANP activists and two MQM activists, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Karachi on Wednesday.
The three ANP activists were gunned down after a clash with the Muttahida Organising Committee, a sister wing of the MQM, in Bhittaiabad. Khayal Wazir was shot dead by unidentified gunmen near the ANP Ward in Bhittaiabad.
Within 10 minutes of the incident, another ANP activist, identified as Saleem Durrani, was shot dead while

PESHAWAR - At least 22 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the boundary wall of a police station in the outskirts of Bannu district, and a school van hit a roadside bomb in Peshawar.
Besides the police station, a mosque was also razed to the ground, while a school and a number of houses were partially damaged. Around 60 to 70 people were present in premises of the police station and the mosque

QUETTA - Six people, including four Punjabis, were killed and two others injured in three separate incidents of target killings in Punjgoor town in Balochistan on Tuesday.
According to police, unidentified armed men stormed into an under-construction building and opened indiscriminate fire on the labourers working there, killing three including two brothers while one received injuries.
The killed, all from Punjab, were identified as Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Ali and Abdur

KARACHI - The people were killed in separate incidents in the city in Tuesday.
The body of a 26-year-old man was found at Budhni Goth, Mauripur.Police said that the victim had two deep wounds on his head and his throat was slit with a sharp object.
The victim was identified as Habib, son of Ali Murad. He was a resident of Khaskheli Muhalla, Budhni Goth.
The police suspect personal enmity as the likely reason behind the murder.
Separately, a man was shot dead by two

ABIDJAN - At least two civilians were shot dead after lengthy bursts of gunfire were heard in a tense neighbourhood of Ivory Coast's crisis-stricken commercial capital Abidjan, an AFP journalist reported. The bullet-riddled bodies of two men were seen lying face-down on the streets of Abidjan's Abobo neighbourhood, a bastion of the country's internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara. Residents told AFP that two members of incumbent strongman Laurent Gbagbo's Defence and

TUNIS - Anger over a crackdown on protesters in Tunisia grew on Tuesday as a union official said 50 were killed in three days of unrest while artists and hospital staff joined demonstrations.
Locals reported looting in the town of Kasserine overnight and said demonstrators were fired upon from rooftops. Meanwhile schools and universities across the country were shut as the government tried to quell weeks of protests centred on unemployment. A union official told AFP that at least