RAWALPINDI: Punjab?s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif called Sheikh Rashid, chief of the Awami National Party, to inquire his health.
According to sources, Chief Minister Shahbaz condemned the attempt to assassinate Sheikh Rashid and assured him to arrest the culprits.
He thanked to the Almighty that Sheikh Rashid remained safe from the attack.
Earlier, the chief minister constituted a joint committee to probe the incident, in which four people were killed and Sheikh Rashid sustained injuries.
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Karachi
The Millat-e-Jafferia has decided to stage a ?shroud-clad? (Kafanposh) rally and sit-in on Tuesday outside the Chief Minister (CM) Hous
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RAWALPINDI: The police have recorded statement of Sheikh Rashid, chief of Awami National Party, who was attacked by unknown armed men at his election office Monday.
According to reports, SHO Pir Wadhai police station recorded Rashid?s statement.
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Police say six suspected Taliban militants with a suicide vest and hand grenades have been arrested while heading to a five-star hotel in Pakistan’s cultural capital intending to kill Americans.
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Islamabad
The Islamabad Police Sunday arrested six persons including four women from a massage centre in Sector F-8/3, a police spokesman said.
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LAHORE: Pakistan tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq has returned home after winning the doubles event in the South African Open Tennis Tournament, held in Johannesburg.
Aisam with Rohan Bopanna clinched their first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour doubles title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of $442,500 South African Open on Sunday.
Talking with media on arriving here at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Aisam-ul-Haq said that this is a good beginning of the year by winning the title.
He said that his dream of winning the Australian Open could not be fulfilled but the victory in South Africa has forgotten it.
Aisam further said that he would participate in France, Dubai and Davis Cup in future while also attend the camp in Lahore.
Unseeded Bopanna and Qureshi finally won an ATP doubles title together in their third attempt, having finished runners-up in both the previous final appearances ? in Mumbai (2007) and at Newport (2008).
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ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry, under Rehman Malik, has surprisingly discriminated between two MNA sisters of President Asif Zardari, declaring one
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LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement quaid Altaf Hussain has strongly denounced the attack on Sheikh Rashid, chief of the Awami National Party.
In a statement issued from London today, he described the armed attack as worst example of terrorism, which deserved full condemnation.
He prayed for the early recovery of Rashid?s health and expressed grief on the death of AML workers. The MQM chief also called for a high-level inquiry into the incident.
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LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Monday denouncing the attempt to assassinate Sheikh Rashid, said investigation is underway into the incident.
Addressing the Punjab Assembly, the Provincial Law Minister said the Election Commission should advise the contesting candidates to slow down their election campaigns.
The Opposition leader Chaudhry Zaheeruddin, however, said that the purpose of the armed attack was to wipe out a political giant from the scene.
Rana Sanaullah said the motive behind terrorist act was to destabilize the country.
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KARACHI: Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi and Ismat Siddiqi, the sister and mother of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, today met Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and called for ?results? instead of mere statements.
The meeting was held at the Governor House, where Dr. Ishratul Ebad Khan and Federal Minister Farooq Sattar were also present.
The meeting also discussed matters regarding conviction of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi in the US court.
Later, talking to Geo, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi said that Prime Minister assured them that he would hold a meeting with Pakistan?s ambassador to Washington Hussain Haqqani, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Interior Minister Rehman Malik to chalk out a strategy about Aafia?s release.
?We asked the Prime Minister to give results, not statements.? Dr. Fauzia said.
In a handout issued by the Sindh Information Department, Dr. Aafia Siddiqi?s mother praised the prime minister for his efforts.
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