KARACHI: A youth received bullet injuries amid street crime incident here in the locality of Saddar on Friday, Geo news reported.
According to police, the unidentified armed miscreants, in a bid to snatch mobile phone from a youth in Saddar area, were resisted so they opened fire, injuring a 30-year-old youth Khurrum son of Mairaj.
The injured youth was hurriedly shifted to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical College Hospital (JPMCH) where he is being provided medical treatment, police sources added.
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KARACHI: The benchmark KSE-100 Index of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Friday slipped 27 points to close at 7,471.
The share market started today?s journey in the green zone but selling in energy and cement sectors in the second session switched the Index into the negative mode.
The trade volume stood at 180 million shares today.
DG Khan Cement was today?s volume leaders which lost paisas 97 to close at Rs29.58.
KSE-30 Index closed 7 points down to 7,993.
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MALAKAND: The lawyers in Malakand, effected by military offensive in the area, have decided to go on hunger strike in Peshawar High Court (PHC) from today in protest of unpaid pledged aid money of Rs30,000 for each lawyer, Geo news reported.
The President Swat District Bar Association (SDBA) Aftab Alam said government announced Rs.30,000 aid money for Malakand lawyers which have not been paid to them thus far for which, lawyers set a deadline.
He said as the deadline has ended on Friday so lawyers will stage hunger strike from today (Saturday) here in PHC on daily basis.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 3 — The followers of one of Pakistan’s most feared Taliban commanders, Baitullah Mehsud, came under a fresh round of U.S. drone attacks Friday in bombings that killed at least six people, according to Pakistani government officials.
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ISLAMABAD: A high-level Education Ministry committee is yet to finally decide the
fate of the suspended director general of the National Libra
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LAHORE: Former chairman selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Abdul Qadir said that those Younis Khan is praising those who persuaded the chairman PCB to send notice to the captain.
Talking with Geo News, Abdul Qadir said that he never compromised on principles.
He said that during the series against Australia in Dubai, Younis Khan said to him that Intikhab Alam should not be a part of the team selection.
Abdul Qadir said that manager Yawar Saeed and coach Intikhab Alam had complained to chairman Ijaz Butt against Younis Khan and then the chairman PBC had sent a notice to Younis directing that he should concentrate only on captaincy.
He further said that the captain of the national team is still respectable to him.
Abdul Qadir said that manager Yawar Saeed and coach Intikhab Alam are not bringing any improvement in the team but they are taking it to disaster.
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KARACHI: Over 800 Pakistanis went to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia have been victimized by Travel Agent Mafia as the money of their return tickets have been refunded here in Pakistan leaving them in Lurch in Saudi Arabia.
Over 800 Pakistanis went Saudi Arab through separate airlines from various cities who are unable to get back to country due to lack of their return tickets while travel agents in Jeddah have denied them of any support or help to avert this malfunction.
According to sources, the corrupt travel agents in Pakistan have refunded the money of the return tickets of over 800 Pakistanis currently staying in Jeddah for Umrah and their sub agents have advised the Saudi authorities to hand them over to Saudi Security Agencies.
Reports have also reached here regarding the involvement of country managers of some airlines in all this corruption while those victimized told Geo news that they cannot afford to buy return tickets again.
Complaints have been registered with Saudi Ministry for Hajj and the investigations are underway in this connection, sources said adding that the money for their return tickets will be deducted from their banks in Pakistan which they had deposited as guaranteed money for Umarh travel.
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Islamabad
With the country?s demographic transition taking off, the fertility indicators are showing a positive trend, as the population growth
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Karachi
Amid hot and humid weather on Thursday, residents of several areas of the city experienced numerous power failures. Meanwhile officials
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ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday The News had reported that the former prime minister and billionaire, Shaukat Aziz, had walked away with bulging suitcases ful
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