JUI-F leader Azeem Khan killed in Lakki Marwat

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Azeem Khan was killed in an attack by unknown miscreants in Lakki Marwat on Monday, FTNews reported. According to police the JUI-F leader and the former union council nazim was attacked by unknown people near Nawar Khel area. Police said that Khan was returning back to Lakki Marwat after visiting his native town Bibo Khel, when unknown people opened fire on his vehicle. The dead body and the injured guard were taken to Lakki Marwat hospital immediately after the attac...

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CNG closure creates problems for commuters

LAHORE: All CNG filling stations in Lahore, Gujranwala, Multan and Sahiwal regions remain closed on Monday for a three days CNG closure from Monday to Wednesday to comply with the gas shortage management plan. Many buses and wagons remained off the roads due to the closure of CNG stations. People faced problems in reaching their destinations due to a dearth of public transport. Buses, wagons and rickshaws demanded inflated fares. In the provincial metropolis and at G.T. road a large number of people kept waiting for public transport as several vehicles remained off the roads. Taking advantage of the situation, rickshaw drivers charged according to their own wills while wagons on city routes charged extra five to 10 rupe...

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Four injured in blast near Karachi’s Hyderi market

KARACHI: Four people were injured when a hand grenade exploded near Karachi’s Hyderi market on Monday, FTNews reported. According to witnesses, the attackers came on motorcycles and lobbed the hand grenade at the franchise office of a cellular phone company. The grenade exploded wounding four people. A police contingent arrived at the site of the incident soon after the explosion and cordoned it off. The wounded were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospita...

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Seven killed in Gujrat ambush

GUJRAT: Seven people, including a policeman, were killed on Monday when armed men opened fire during an ambush in a village in Gujrat, FTNews reported. Six motorcyclists opened fire on Raja Ashraf, a resident of the Mullah Gurh area, and his companions at Galyana Mor, resulting in deaths of six of a family and a policeman. Police termed the incident a result of an old enmity. Heirs of the deceased staged a protest by placing the bodies at the mor (crossing) and chanted slogans against the police. They insisted that the protest would continue until the Supreme Court takes notice of the incident. Eye witnesses alleged that police reached the site of the incident after an hou...

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Orakzai, Khyber clashes kill 12 suspected militants

PESHAWAR: Eight suspected militants were shot dead as they clashed with security forces in the Orakzai agency area on Monday, FTNews reported. According to security sources, armed rebels clashed with security forces in the Galju area of Orakzai agency, wounding a soldier. Security forces killed eight suspected militants in retaliatory action. Meanwhile, two banned militant groups clashed with each other in the Tirah Valley of Khyber tribal region. Four rebels were reported dead in the incident, while a pro-government militia-man was also kille...

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