Tag: Rest

Usher ordered to rest

R&B star Usher has postponed a further two dates on his European tour after a doctor ordered bed rest to fight off a respiratory illness. The 'Yeah!' hitmaker pushed back a planned gig at the O2 World in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday after falling ill earlier this week.
He returned to the stage for the rescheduled concert on Thursday, but cut the gig short after just a handful of songs. He subsequently postponed Friday night's show in Rotterdam, Holland. and two more performances

Wali Khan Babar laid to rest

Quett/lahore - Wali Khan Babar, a Geo News reporter who was killed by unknown men in Karachi on Thursday night, was laid to rest in his native town, Zhob on Friday.
His body was first brought to Quetta from where journalists and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awamy Party workers joined his funeral procession to Gadi Babar of Zhob district. People from various walks of life attended his funeral prayer.
Journalists raised black flags on all press club buildings of Balochistan, while

Punjab governor laid to rest – Taseer’s killing is political murder,...

LAHORE - Leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) foresaw a political controversy behind the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and called it a "political murder", as the deceased was laid to rest at the Cavalry Grounds graveyard on Wednesday.
Leading the enraged onslaught, PPP Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz said the Punjab governor was killed for political reasons and his murder highlighted the failure of the provincial government. He said it was surprising

Taseer laid to rest with state honour

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was laid to rest at the Cavalry Ground graveyard with full state honour o Wednesday. A 25-member of the Punjab Police contingent presented salute to the martyred leader as his body was lowered into his last resting place.
Family members, close friends, admirers, federal and provincial ministers, a number of PPP office bearers, high ranking officials of the provincial government were present during the burial. Moving scenes were witnessed at

MA Zuberi laid to rest

KARACHI: MA Zuberi, veteran journalist and one of the pioneers of financial journalism in Pakistan, was laid to rest the graveyard in the compound of Abdullah Shah Ghazi's shrine on Monday. His funereal prayer was offered at Masjid Noor-ul Islam at Zamzama Park, led by Maulana Manzoor Ahmed. A large number of people including prominent journalists and politicians attended the last rites.
Arif Nizami condoles Zuberi's death: Arif Nizami, Editor of Pakistan Today, has condoled the

ANP leader Haji Jeelani laid to rest in Chaman

QUETTA: Haji Jeelani Khan, tribal elder and central leader of the Awami National Party, who died after being injured in an armed attack, was buried in the border town of Chaman on Sunday amidst a large gathering of people from different sections of society.
Jeelani, the ANP joint secretary and head of his clan Asheyzai of the Achakzai tribe, was critically wounded when unidentified, armed militants opened indiscriminate fire at his vehicle when he was on his way home from the

Dr Imran Farooq laid to rest

KARACHI: Karachi was virtually shut down on Saturday as MQM's murdered leader, Dr Imran Farooq's body was laid to rest in front of wailing crowds shouting slogans.
The MQM leader was laid to rest at the Shuhda Qabristan in Yasinabad after his body was brought to Karachi from London in the morning. Senior MQM leaders including Dr Farooq Sattar, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Dr Imran Farooq's widow, children and father were also aboard.
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