Tag: Shot

LAHORE - At least two people received bullet injures over monetary issue on Monday in Civil Lines police precincts. The injured were identified as Waris and Qasim. Police said the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) parking lot contractor Waris had a dispute with Ishaq over the parking lot contract.
On the day of the incident, Waris was standing at his parking stand when two armed motorcyclist approached him, one of them allegedly Ishaq opened haphazard fire due

KARACHI - Unidentified men opened fire on a police vehicle in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Saturday night, killing two policemen. Mobina Town SHO said that head constable Zahir Shah and police constable Maqsood Ahmed were patrolling Quaid-e-Azam Colony in a mobile unit when two men on a motorcycle opened fire at them.
Shah suffered four bullet wounds in his upper torso and died on the spot, whereas Ahmed, who had also suffered multiple bullet wounds, succumbed to his injuries at the

QUETTA - Two people were shot dead in separate incidents in Kuchlak and Panjgur town on Saturday while the security forces recovered a huge cache of arms from Dukki area, police said.
Unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire on Jamal-ud-Din in Kuchlak town, in the outskirts of Quetta. As a result, he received critical wounds and succumbed to his injuries. The assailants fled the scene. Police said the motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile,

ISLAMABAD - Abdul Latif, a 50 year old employee of the Economic Afairs Division (EAD), was shot dead on Saturday by in-laws of his daughter, who married a young man through a local court. According to police, Adalat Khan and Attique, brother and brother-in-law of the girl, shot Abdul Latif outside his house in sector G-6-1/3 in the precincts of Aabpara Police Sation.
The girl's husband, Asad, informed police that his father was shot dead by Adalat and Attique. Body of the

SRINAGAR - Suspected Muslim militants Friday shot dead a 47-year-old ruling-party activist in Indian Kashmir, police said, while four people were hurt in fresh clashes in the insurgency-hit region. Ghulam Hassan was shot from close range at a market place in the southern township of Hajin, 40 kilometres north of Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.
"He died spontaneously," a police spokesman said, blaming militants opposed to Indian rule in the region for the late evening

LAHORE - Muhammad Fahad was gunned down by his business partner over some monetary issue in Wahdat Colony on Wednesday. The deceased lived at 218-ferozpur Road near an old film studio. Police investigators claim Fahad ran a printing press with Rashid Butt near Muslim Town Morh.
Police suspects that a scuffle may have started over a monetary issue between Butt and Fahad, in their office last night. Allegedly, Butt shot Fahad and managed to escape from the scene. Police have

QUETTA - An official of the Balochistan Frontier Corps was killed and two others injured in an armed attack in Mastung district, 60kms south of Quetta, on Saturday.
According to Levies sources, some FC personnel were passing through the jungle area of Mastung along the RCD Highway when unidentified men opened fire on them.
As a result, three of them received bullet injuries, of whom, one Naeem later succumbed to injuries. The injured were identified as Younus and Tanveer.

KARACHI - Two people were gunned down on Wednesday by unidentified armed culprits in separate incidents. An elderly man was shot dead on offering resistance during a robbery in Usmanabad, Garden. The deceased identified as 60-year-old Babarud Din was going to the market when two unidentified men on a motorcycle tried to loot valuables from him near Usmanabad, the Garden police said.
They shot him on offering resistance, killing him on the spot. His body was taken to the Civil

LAHORE - Former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general Umer Rasool issued orders to provide one month additional salaries to 51 employees, while he was on official leave on medial grounds.
Rasool went on an official leave in the first week of January. LDA Additional DG (Headquarter) Hafiz Ahsanul Haq was posted as acting LDA DG in his absence. Rasool was removed from the post on January 31. However, during his leave he issued orders to give one month additional

GUJRANWALA - A 25-year-old girl was gunned down for resisting a robbery to save her dowry late last night in village Fatehpur of Gakhar Police Station. Reportedly, five armed robbers entered the house of the late Muhammad Boota, took the whole family hostage and collected Rs 250,000, household valuables and gold jewellery.
Sadia, who was to be married next month, offered resistance on which the robbers shot her dead and fled away.
OBITUARY: Gujranwala Cantonment Board member

London - The creators of `The Matrix` trilogy are planning to shoot the latest film of the franchise in 3D. Andy and Larry Wachowski are working on the fourth and fifth installments of the hit sci-fi film and seeking advice from `Avatar` creator James Cameron, reported a website. `The Matrix`, starring Keanu Reeves is set for a reboot with the makers keen to deliver a new experience to the audience.
"They have completed work on a two picture script treatment that would see him

Anil Kapoor is irritated with people making castles in the air about the sequel to his 1987 sci-fi hit "Mr. India" and says rather than talking, we should start the project.
"We have all been talking about it and I think more than talking, we should start working on it. There is nothing we can talk about it as of now you know. It is completely blank. We should get going," Anil told.
To be produced by Boney Kapoor, the Part II is going to be shot in 3D. While Anil and Sridevi

KASUR - A young girl was killed over a marriage dispute at Kandonagar in the jurisdiction of Chunian Police Station. Reportedly, Waryam and Shaukat came to the house of Tufail and proposed his daughter for marriage to one of their relatives. On his refusal, they killed his daughter Manzooran.
TWO KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT: Two people were killed in a road accident in the jurisdiction of Sarai Mughal Police Station. Reportedly, three people were going to their village on their

TEHRAN - Iran shot down two US navy drones outside its airspace in the Gulf, ILNA news agency quoting a top military commander as saying on Sunday.
The head of Guards' air force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said on January 2 that his forces had shot down two drones after they "violated" Iranian territory.
But on Sunday, General Gholam Ali Rashid, the deputy chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, said the unmanned aircraft were shot down outside the airspace of the Islamic

LAHORE - On the 5th of January, Haji Maqbool Ahmad (63), of Engineers Town, was reading a newspaper on his terrace when a stray bullet hit him in the back and he died instantly. His autopsy report confirmed that the bullet removed from his body matched other stray bullets recovered from the area, bullets that residents allege originate at the Army Firing Range, about 2.5 kms from Haji Maqbool's house.
A Pakistan Today investigation into the incident reveals that residents of

TEHRAN - Iran will put on public display two US Navy drones shot down by its elite Revolutionary Guards, a top Iranian commander said on Saturday.
"The planes that were shot down are among the most modern US navy drones and have a long-range capability," Ali Fadavi, commander of Guards' naval forces, was quoted as saying by Fars news agency. On January 2, the head of Guards air force said the elite unit had downed two "Western spy" drones. He had not said when the two drones were

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will lead Americans in national mourning on Wednesday after an Arizona shooting tragedy unleashed a polarizing national debate about the violent rhetoric rocking US politics.
Obama will fly to the southwestern state to lead a tribute service for the six people who were killed and the 14 wounded in the assassination attempt on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is fighting for her life in a hospital. His trip will take place after the family