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Islamabad: Millions shifted to Amin Fahim, Moonis
Elahi’s accounts: FIA tells NA body
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:45
AM PDT
The National
Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce on Thursday was informed that Rs 24.4
millions were shifted to bank accounts of Federal Minister for Commerce
Makhdoom Amin Fahim while Rs 320 millions were shifted to fake bank accounts
of Moonis Elahi from National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam.

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Taliban car bomb targets US convoy in Peshawar
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:44
AM PDT
Tehrik-i-Taliban
Pakistan said on Friday it had attacked a US consulate convoy in Peshawar,
the latest in a surge of violence since US forces killed al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden earlier this month.

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Lahore: 12 children recovered from NGO office
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:40
AM PDT
A Rescue team of
Child Protection Bureau recovered 12 children of 6 to 15 years of age from
the illegal custody and office of a so-called NGO located near Liaquat Chowk
in Sabzazar area on Thursday.

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Islamabad: 12 ‘outlaws’ arrested; 348 liquor bottles,
narcotics seized
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:35
AM PDT
Islamabad police
on Thursday arrested 12 persons for their alleged involvement in criminal
activities and recovered 348 liquor bottles, narcotics and weapons from their
possession, a police spokesman said.

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Lahore: 3 suspected terrorists held
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:31
AM PDT
The law
enforcement agencies have arrested three suspected terrorists from Baigum
Kot, Shahdara area, on Thursday.

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2 gangs busted in Burewala
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:30
AM PDT
The City police
have busted two inter-district dacoit gangs and recovered 19 motorcycles and
a van from them.

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Mardan: 6 persons booked
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:29
AM PDT
The
anti-corruption police on Thursday registered case against six persons
including a former girdawar of revenue department for allegedly making a
bogus and fake transfer of a piece of land.

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Karachi: 27 caught cheating in inter exams
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:27
AM PDT
The officials of
the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) caught 27 unfair mean
cases on Thursday during the visit to different examination centres.

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Hyderabad: Stolen antiques recovered
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:24
AM PDT
Police recovered
on Wednesday a large number of antiques stolen from different museums valued
at tens of millions of rupees.

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Girl’s kidnapper caught in Iqbal Town
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:22
AM PDT
Iqbal Town police
claimed to have caught a kidnapper red handed trying to kidnap a girl here on
Thursday.

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Mansehra: 8 accused arrested, explosives seized
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:17
AM PDT
The Mansehra
police arrested eight accused and seized 2,000kg explosives and 20,000 meters
of safety fuse wire from two trucks here on Thursday.

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Nankana Sahib: Prayer leader booked
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:16
AM PDT
The Bara Ghar
police have booked a prayer leader, Maulana Anwarul Haq, under the Amplifier
Act.

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Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:14
AM PDT
Unknown men blew
up 16-inch diameter gas pipeline at Pirkoh Plant on Thursday.

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Lahore: Illegal construction razed
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:10
AM PDT
CDGL special
anti-encroachment teams razed illegally constructed structures in Allama
Iqbal, Nishtar, Samanabad, Gulberg, Shalamar, Data Ganj Bakhsh and Aziz
Bhatti towns.

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Lahore: 2 arrested for illegal gateway exchanges
Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06
AM PDT
The Federal
Investigation Agency claimed on Thursday to have unearthed three illegal
gateway exchanges and arrested two persons.

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Lahore: Police impound 30 vehicles
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:58
AM PDT
Police impounded
six vehicles and 24 motorcycles during checking in Mughalpura, Shalimar and
Gujjarpura areas on Thursday.

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Lahore: Substandard food stuff seized
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:48
AM PDT
A food squad of
the City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) inspected on Thursday 33
restaurants, bakeries and juice corners in the city and collected 49 samples
of suspected substandard food for a laboratory test.

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2 injured in Jalozai explosion
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:47
AM PDT
Two persons were
injured in an explosion at the administration block of Jalozai camp for the
internally displaced persons (IDPs) on Thursday, sources said.

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Burewala: 2 inter-district gangs busted
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:44
AM PDT
The City Police
have busted two inter-district dacoits gangs and recovered 19 stolen
motorcycles, one hiace van, 37 bottles imported and 395 liters local liquor
and 1010 grams charas.

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Kohat: Crime rate ‘declines’
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:43
AM PDT
The Inspector
General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, Fiaz Khan Toru, has said the crime rate
has decreased by two to 14 percent in various categories as compared to
previous years by imparting modern training to the police force.

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Rajanpur: 7 abducted cops recovered
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:25
AM PDT
The police have
recovered seven policemen abducted by dacoits here from Rajanpur, on
Thursday.

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Lahore: Kidnapped girl packed in bag recovered
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:21
AM PDT
Iqbal Town police
have arrested an accused allegedly involved in number of kidnap cases of
minor children.

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Islamabad: Man throws acid on estranged wife
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:19
AM PDT
A man threw acid
on her wife after she refused to withdraw a plea submitted to a local court
seeking (divorce), police said on Thursday.

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Nankana Sahib: Cash, valuables taken away
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:18
AM PDT
Two incidents of
theft and one dacoity were reported here on Thursday. In the first incident,
Jafar of Atari Ram Singh was on way home after drawing Rs 50,000 from the
National Bank of Pakistan when four bandits intercepted him near the Zarai
Taraqiati Bank Limited and robbed him of cash.

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Karak: Grenade attack kills woman
Posted: 20 May 2011 04:16
AM PDT
A woman was
killed and three persons, a woman among them, were seriously injured in a
hand grenade attack in Karridhand area in the jurisdiction of Shah Saleem
police station.

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