Polio worker gunned down in Bajaur
BAJAUR: A union council polio officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) was shot dead by unknown killers in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district, an official said on Sunday. 35-year-old Abdullah Jan…
Couple killed over property dispute
GUJRANWALA: A newlywed couple was shot dead on Sunday over a purported conflict pertaining to a piece of land. Police said that the incident took place in Alam Chowk of Gujranwala where…
Teenager killed, three injured in ‘encounter’
KARACHI: A teenage boy was killed and three others, including two policemen, were injured in an exchange of fire between police personnel and a suspected criminal in Quaidabad area of the city…
Grade 8 student shot dead by robbers
KARACHI: Robbers gunned down a teenage student of Grade VIII upon resistance during mobile snatching incident here on Tuesday. According to details, armed robbers riding a motorcycle tried to snatch a cell…
Seven-year-old boy mistakenly kills mother in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: A seven-year-old boy mistakenly killed his mother by shooting her with a pistol here on Monday, police said. Husband of the deceased hailing from Jhang Bazaar area of Faisalabad told police that his…
French policewoman shot dead by fellow cop in gun game
PARIS: A French policeman who shot and killed a fellow officer at police headquarters in Paris was fooling around with his service weapon when it went off, a police source told AFP on Monday. The…
Two monks shot dead as violence flares in Thailand’s deep south
BANGKOK: Gunmen in Thailand’s deep south shot dead two Buddhist monks and wounded two others inside a temple, police said on Saturday, capping a week of deadly violence as the prime minister vowed…
Afghan national shot dead in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: An Afghan national was shot dead by the unknown attackers in the jurisdiction of Naseerabad police station here on Thursday. According to the details, Jameel, a resident of Masrail was shot…
Suspects free accomplice from police custody, shoot him dead
GUJRAT: Five men on Friday fired shots at a police van, stopped it and got freed their accomplice from custody at gunpoint; only to kill him later. According to police, the incident took…
Sunni imam shot dead in northern Iran
A Sunni imam who leads Friday prayers was shot dead on Tuesday in a village in northern Iran, official news agency IRNA said. Molavi Abdolghafur Jamalzahi was an imam at the Reza Abad mosque,…
Man guns down two wives over domestic dispute
LAHORE: A man has gunned down his two wives over a family dispute in the Satto Katla area of the provincial capital. According to the details, the man, identified as Riasat, opened fire…
Intellectually disabled youth shot dead in Lahore by Dolphin Force
An intellectually disabled youth was shot dead by the Dolphin Force officials in Lahore’s Sabzazar area on Saturday. According to the deceased’s family, the officials arrived on two motorbikes and shot the…
Former LHC judge shot dead in ‘targeted attack’
RAWALPINDI: A former judge of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday was shot dead in an apparent incident of targeted killing in the Gujar Khan tehsil of Rawalpindi district. As per…
Policeman martyred in Quetta ambush
QUETTA: A policeman was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Quetta’s Nawa Killi area early on Thursday. According to police, the deceased cop identified as Mohammad Moosa was returning home from duty at…
Journalist shot dead by armed assailants in Haripur
A journalist, Sohail Khan, was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Tuesday. Senior journalist Hamid Mir wrote on his Twitter that Sohail Khan was the…
Palestinian tries to stab Israeli soldier, shot dead: army
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian was shot dead Monday after trying to stab an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank, the army said. An Israeli military statement said the man who tried to…
Cop arrested for firing bullet that killed minor schoolgirl in Karachi
A policeman, identified as Constable Waseem Saiful Maluk was arrested for firing a bullet that hit and killed a seven-year-old girl within her school premises a few days ago. On September 28, the…