Qari Shahid involved in PNS Mehran, other attacks: Police

KARACHI: Karachi police on Wednesday claimed that the militant Qari Shahid, who was killed in a police encounter on Muharram 9, was involved in other terrorist attacks including PNS Mehran attack, FTNews reported. According to SSP anti-violent crime cell Ghulam Subhani, Sabiha, the widow of Shahid, revealed during investigation that her husband brought four unknown man to her house before the PNS Mehran attack. The men remained there for several days. Subhani said she told the probing team about her visit to the PAF Museum (which is next to PNS Mehran) before the attack. However she denied knowing those for men, said Subhani. Sabiha also confirmed her husband’s involvement in CID building attack in November last year and an attack...

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Sindh govt should permit PTI to hold Karachi rally: Aitzaz

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said on Wednesday that the Sindh government should permit Imran Khan to hold his rally in Karachi, FTNews reported. Speaking to media representatives outside the Supreme Court, Ahsan said not permitting the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) to hold the rally would give the impression that the PPP and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were afraid of Khan’s growing popularity. Ahsan moreover said that Khan had emerged as a third power in the political landscape and that he and Khan had respectful ties. Responding to a question on the NRO implementation case, Ahsan said all orders given by the court should be implemente...

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