Staff ReportNAWABSHAH: At least two people were killed and more than 50 wounded as an earthquake struck different parts of Nawabshah district in the wee hours of Friday morning.According to police and rescue services, r
'Frozen' Soundtrack Ices Competition Again On Billboard 200
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Lawyers strike to mourn blasphemy defence lawyer
Advocate Rashid Rehman was shot thrice. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILEMULTAN: Lawyers in Multan went on strike Thursday to mourn a colleague who was shot dead for defending a university lecturer accused of blasphemy.Gunmen stormed
Human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman shot dead
Advocate Rashid Rehman was shot thrice. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILEMULTAN / LAHORE: Notable human rights lawyer Rashid Rehman Advocate was shot dead at his office in Multan Wednesday evening.According to police and eyewitnesses
PTI threatens to halt traffic if protest barred
PTI Punjab president claims that rigging has taken place on at least 70 National Assembly seats. PHOTO: FILEFAISALABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has threatened to paralyse traffic in the Punjab if the governme
Too enthusiastic: CJ seeks Khan’s comments on PTI activists’ rowdyism
A large number of his supporters had tried to follow him to the courtroom of the chief justice when Imran Khan arrived at the LHC. PHOTO: INPLAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday asked Pa
Karachi court grants bail to arrested FBI agent
FBI agent Joel Cox.KARACHI: The district and sessions court Malir on Thursday accepted the bail plea of a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent who was earlier arrested at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi,
Problems and solutions: Prison authorities, experts suggest reforms for detention centres
Sindh chief secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiana speaks with prisoners during a visit to the Central Jail in Karachi. PHOTO: INPKARACHI: Prison authorities want the Sindh government to form two separate forces for jails in t
Teachers’ protest: ‘One PPP minister gave us jobs, another termed them illegal’
The police personnel, clad in riot gear, far outnumbered the protesters near Bilawal House. PHOTO: NNIKARACHI: Residents of Clifton had to suffer the pains of living in a barricaded enclave on Wednesday as one of the ‘p
Bomb defused: After three bomb explosions a day earlier, authorities avert a fourth blast
Police officials watch as smoke and dust billows after bomb experts detonated an explosive device near an oil terminal in Karachi. PHOTO: AFPKARACHI: A day after three bomb blasts damaged two oil tankers at the Keamari
Burying the hatchet: Six suspects acquitted after 26-years in poll rigging case
On May 31, 1988, the FIR was registered with the Crime Circle I FIA and the charges were framed against the suspects on June 6, 1993. PHOTO: FILEKARACHI: An anti-corruption court acquitted on Wednesday all six suspects
Appointment to SHC: Judicial commission meets today to consider 10 names
Those nominated include five district and sessions judges. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILEKARACHI: The judicial commission will meet today in Islamabad to consider the appointment of 10 judicial officers as lawyers as additional ju
For justice: LHC takes notice of molestation reports
One of the reports said Sadiq, a resident of Gogera, lured a woman on her way to see her sister and molested her. PHOTO: LHC.GOV.PKLAHORE: Lahore High Court’s Complaint Cell on Tuesday took notice of media reports of th
3 killed, 13 injured as Karakoram Express derails near Nawabshah
A file photo of a different train. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD AZEEM/EXPRESSNAWABSHAH: Three people were killed and 13 other passengers were injured when an engine and two bogies of the Karakoram Express train derailed near Bandi,
Bomb defused in Karachi's Kemari area
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Bahria Town project: Notice issued to DAG over KMC plea
KMC appealed against single bench’s order to stop construction work on underpasses and a flyover in Clifton. PHOTO: PPIKARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the deputy attorney general and provincial adv
Waziristan violence: TTP infighting leaves a dozen dead
Clashes between factions led by Shehryar Mehsud and Khan Said ongoing in Shawal tehsil. PHOTO: AFP/FILEMIRAMSHAH: At least a dozen militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in bloody infighting on th
Keep calm and...: PPP workers brawl during leader’s death anniversary
The situation reportedly spun out of control when some of the workers did not allow the party’s provincial president Khanzada Khan to deliver a speech on stage in Zubair Mir Hall. PHOTO: EXPRESSPESHAWAR: With widening r
The walled slums : Through the looking glass into Peshawar’s belly
An estimated 60%–70% of the provincial capital is made up of illegal settlements. DESIGN: MUNIRA ABBASPESHAWAR: It is said behind every beautiful face is a story. The same is true for the provincial capital or, as it wa
1 FC official killed, 3 injured in militant attack
The FC convoy comprising three vehicles was on routine patrol in the Sunt Sar area when it came under attack. PHOTO: ONLINEQUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) official was killed and three others wounded after their convoy wa
Development in Balochistan: Pre-budget seminar urges for creation of natural resource-based economy
CM's representative says budget will 'break from tradition'. DESIGN: CREATIVE COMMONQUETTA: In its forthcoming budget for the financial year 2014-15, Balochistan must introduce structural changes in developmental planni
US national detained at Karachi airport for carrying bullets was an FBI agent
Cox, who was training local police, was found carrying 15 bullets of 9mm calibre in his bags.KARACHI: A US citizen, who was detained at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on Monday evening for carrying bullets
