SHC serves SSGC with contempt notice

KARACHI: A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) here on Tuesday issued notice to Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in a contempt of court application. In the contempt application, moved by All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) Sindh Chapter, it was stated that SHC orders dated December 12, 2010 and January 1, 2011 in identical petitions against loadshedding of Sui Gas in Sindh has been flouted by the respondents including managing director and deputy managing director of SSGC by issuing gas management plan for CNG Stations in Sindh which will be implemented from December 29. The bench comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh after hearing the application ordered issuance of notices. It...

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Malik sees foreign hand in Karachi killings

LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that recent killings in Karachi were not a result of sectarian strife and that involvement of a foreign hand could not be ruled out. Speaking to media representatives at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here Tuesday, he said foreign elements were attempting to shatter the country’s peace through propagation of hatred and sectarianism. To a question, he said the PPP-led government’s action against Nato was in accordance with the sentiments of the people of Pakistan. He added that the federal government had suspended Nato supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan and also issued notice to US authorities regarding the evacuation of Shamsi airbase in Balochistan within 15 days. The...

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Militant commander arrested from Nowshera

PESHAWAR: Police carried out an operation on Tuesday and arrested a high-ranking militant leader from the Dir area, FTNews reported. According to sources, a raid was carried out Tuesday in District Nowshera’s Jahangirabad town from where the wanted militant leader Ameer Ullah was arrested. Ameer Ullah, who was known to be was a high-ranking militant belonging to Dir, was later shifted to an undisclosed location for further investigatio...

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ATC issues release orders of Afaq Ahmed

KARACHI: Mohajir Qaumi Movement chief Afaq Ahmed is expected to be freed in a day or two from jail after an anti-terrorism court issued orders of his release on Tuesday, FTNews reported. Sources claimed that he could be kept in jail under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Ahmed was arrested in 22 different criminal cases and was residing in prison since April 200...

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Fourteen killed as van catches fire near Taxila

TEXILA: Fourteen passengers, including women and children, burned to death while seven sustained injuries when a van caught fire after a blast in its gas cylinder near Taxila on Tuesday, FTNews reported. According to police, the van, travelling from Peshawar towards Islamabad, collided with a tree when the driver lost control due to a flat tyre. The collision caused an explosion in the gas cylinder of the van, resulting in its complete destruction. Rescue teams reached the spot after the incident and pulled the dead and injured after cutting through the body of the van. The injured were shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital where they were stated to be in a critical conditio...

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