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KARACHI - At lest five more persons were killed in different firing and torture incidents here in the city on Tuesday, police said.
A 40-year old man's bullet riddled body was found under a bridge in Lasbela's Gulbahar area.
The body of 21-year old Najmul Haq was found from Sirajul Dola College's ground near Karimabad area. The victim was a resident of Apsara Apartments.
Ziaullah, 32, was gunned down by unidentified people at Jogi Mour in Landhi.
A 22-year old

KARACHI - The target killing spree which had begun on 13th April entered its fourth intermittent day, targeting 8 including three women and 14 injured.
Majority of those killed are said to be political activists killed or abducted by 'unknown persons', while a suicide by a policeman has also been reported, bringing the toll to 38 in four days.
After the ousting of vociferous Provincial Home Minister Zulfiqar Ali Mirza, the 'coalition partners' have heaved a sigh of relief,

PESHAWAR - At least three persons were killed and eight others injured when a passenger vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Parachinar, headquarter of Kurram Agency, on Monday morning. The officials at Parachinar said that the ill-fated vehicle was on its way from Karman to Parachinar when the incident occurred.
The IED had been planted by the militants in the area. At least three of the passengers died on the spot while eight severely wounded were rushed to

KARACHI - The absence of a bone marrow donation culture in the country has diminished the survival chances of thousands of patients suffering from different blood disorders, said haematologists and bone marrow recipients at a ceremony organised to observe the International Bone Marrow Transplant Day.
They that said despite the 90 percent survival rate among bone marrow recipients in the country, many lives are lost due to the absence of donors. "Around 3,000 patients suffering

HAFIZABAD - At least four people were killed in two road accidents in district Hafizabad. In the first incident, Muhammad Aslam along with his two friends was going to his village on a motorcycle on Chiniot Road.
When they reached village Tibba Shah Behlol, a speedy bus hit their bike, killing all of them instantly. In the second incident, Muhammad Luqman was going home on his motorcycle along with his son Shahzad. When they reached Qatal Ghara Chowk, a van collided with their

TOKYO - The giant TVs are silent, the neon lights dark and the bars of Tokyo half-empty. Two weeks after Japan's deadly earthquake, the city that once never slept is learning to live with a new era of frugality. Many public escalators are idle, the trains less frequent and the usually overflowing shelves of the round-the-clock convenience stores sparsely stocked. In the daytime, under the crisp winter skies, the city almost seems to have recovered from the shock of the massive March

KARACHI - At least 17 people were reported killed in various incidents of targeted killing in another violence-marred day in Karachi on Friday. The dead include, Sabeeh Khan, a nephew of Aamir Khan, prominent leader of Mohajir Qaumi Movement. He was attacked near Jauhar Morr.
In other incidents, Anwar Hussain was killed in Landhi near Mohammaden Ground when unknown armed men opened fire on him. A bullet-riddled body of a young man, identified as Adnan, was found near Azizabad

KARACHI - Total 7,435 people lost their lives because of terrorism in 2010, a recent report issued by Individualland has revealed. The report stated that 1,796 civilians, 469 security personnel and 5,170 terrorists were killed in terror incidents last year.
According to the report compiled by Individualland Executive Director Gulmina Bilal Ahmed, 2,324 civilians, 991 security personnel and 8,389 terrorists were killed in terror incidents in 2009. A comparative review of these

KARACHI - At least eight people, including the activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP), were shot dead on Sunday in the ongoing spree of assassinations in the metropolis. The traders in the Old City Area, the hub of trading activities in Karachi, announced to keep their businesses close as tension gripped the provincial capital after the killing of MQM workers in Haji Camp and Eidgah.
The killings have been reported in Sachal Goth, Eidgah,

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Rescue 1122 responded to 827 emergency calls last month and saved 948 precious lives including 335 involved in traffic accidents and 13 in fire accidents.
District Emergency Officer Dr Zafar Shah said that emergency service received 23,149 calls out of which only 827 were related to any emergency. An average rescue time was 6.89 minutes during which 332 people were provided with instant first aid while 616 were shifted to hospitals.

KARACHI - Another eight people, including a policeman, were killed in several shootouts in Karachi and three corpses were found across the city on Thursday. According to a private TV channel, police constable Akram Abbas was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on a railway track near Zafar Town in the Latif Town police precincts.
A man was shot dead in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, while a youngster was shot and killed by robbers in Teeser Town when he tried to resist. A man named Akbar shot and

MIANWALI/SHEIKHUPURA - Family disputes claimed eight lives in two separate incidents in Mianwali and Sheikhupura on the night between Friday and Saturday. In the hilly area of Wandah Kara in Mianwali, a man killed his five of his in-laws, including four women. The accused, Asmatullah, had been married to the daughter of his uncle Matiullah.
The coupled had developed severe differences, resulting in regulars quarrels. Asmatullah with the help of two accomplices, Muzaffar Khan and

ATHENS - Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament in protest at austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired scores of rounds of teargas and flash bombs at protesters hurling petrol bombs, choking the main Syndagma square with smoke and sending crowds of striking protesters running for cover.
Public and private sector employees' 24-hour strike grounded

CAIRO/LONDON - Clashes in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday left 160 people dead, Arabiya television quoted eyewitnesses as saying. The Arab satellite channel gave the number in a newsflash, without providing further details. Tripoli residents gave conflicting reports on Monday, with some saying they could hear gunfire in the Libyan capital and a political activist telling Al Jazeera warplanes were bombing the city.
"We don't know what is going on, all we can hear are

PESHAWAR - At least seven people including two women were killed and 19 others injured in twin truck bombings that targeted a key road tunnel which connects Peshawar to Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, private TV channels reported early on Saturday.
The attacks took place late on Friday night in and outside the tunnel. In the first attack, an explosive-laden truck entered the tunnel and blew up, badly damaging another truck behind it, wounding five people, said Shahidullah, the

KARACHI - A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden motorbike into a police van at Malir in Karachi, killing at least two persons and wounding four others, private TV channels reported on Tuesday.
The bomber targeted the police van of Saudabad Police Station which was deployed for the security of Shia procession. Triggering tension around the already tense city, the powerful blast can be heard far and wide, and caused damages to nearby buildings.
Soon after the attack, the