Lahore

144 criminals on bail go into hiding

Monday, November 17, 2008 By Salman Aslam LAHORE NO less than 144 criminals involved in heinous crimes including dacoities and robberies have gone to their hideouts after getting bails from various subordinate courts, The News...

23 ‘touts’ arrested

Monday, November 17, 2008 By Arshad Dogar LAHORE The Lahore Police have arrested 23 stock sureties/touts from different areas involved in heinous crimes and brokering between police officials and criminals for bribe during the...

Compensation for Fata operation victims urged

Monday, November 17, 2008 By Our Correspondent LAHORE THE Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Central Executive Committee (CEC) has asked the government to pay monetary co2of innocent victims of aerial bombardments in tribal region. During a...

Student groups flex muscles for MAO ‘control’

Monday, November 17, 2008 By Khalid Khattak LAHORE THE forces, which had turned Government Mohammedan Anglo Oriental (MAO) College a hotbed of student violence for years are once again flexing their muscles to damage the...

Citizens feel insecure despite police claims

Monday, November 17, 2008 By Arshad Dogar LAHORE ROBBERS killed a man in the Shafiqabad police precincts and injured four people during the last week besides depriving around 200 citizens of cash, gold ornaments, cell phones,...

Prisoners released from Indian jails reach Edhi homes

Monday, November 17, 2008 LAHORE RANGERS on Sunday handed over 16 Pakistani prisoners, including a woman, who were released from Indian jails, to the Edhi Foundation. A spokesman of the foundation said the woman was admitted in...

2 suspect terrorists arrested, suicide jacket, bomb found

LAHORE: Two suspect terrorists with suicide jacket and explosives have been arrested from Kot Lakhpat, an area of Lahore. According to Kot Lakhpat police, names of the arrested suspect terrorists are Irfanullah Mehsud and Qari...

India may release 60 Pak prisoners next week: Ansar Burney!

Lahore, Nov 16: A leading human rights activist in Pakistan claimed on Sunday that India will release another batch of more than 60 Pakistani prisoners, including women and children, on Wednesday. They will be handed over to...

Seven Years in Afghanistan

KABUL: We began a journey in Afghanistan seven years ago with the war that ousted the Taliban from power. Much has been accomplished along the way, for Afghanistan and for the world. In less than 45 days in 2001, we Afghans...

FoP to be asked for help on Bhasha Dam, fourth Tarbela tunnel

FoP to be asked for help on Bhasha Dam, fourth Tarbela tunnel Monday, November 17, 2008 By Hanif Khalid ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to present a proposal for 45 development projects with an estimated cost of $ 55...