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ASI, teenage girl killed in Shershah shoot-out

PAK NEWS — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:25:10 +0000

KARACHI, Feb 4: A policeman was killed in a shoot-out with bandits and a teenage girl caught in crossfire died in the Shershah area on Saturday, police said.

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Funds issue may derail ‘Bilour Express’

PAK NEWS — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:18 +0000

KARACHI – Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on Saturday said he will resign if the Prime Minister will not allocate the funds to Railways.
He was talking to the media persons after the arrival of country’s first private Business Train at Cantt Station here on Saturday. Bilour said it is impossible for him to think of Pakistan Railways being privatised. The minister also blamed …

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First Business Express reaches Karachi from Lahore Pakistan’s first Business train reached Karachi fifteen minutes before the...
Bilour annoyed over non-release of PR funds .. .. ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmad...
Corruption is everywhere, says Bilour ISLAMABAD: A federal minister admitted in the National Assembly on...

Three gunned down in Karachi

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:25:12 +0000

At least three people, including a woman and a police officer were killed in short spam of an hour in Sher Shah area of Karachi on Saturday. According to reports, two armed men riding a bike opened fire in the area, killing a man identified as Liaquat and injuring a 13 year old boy. Shortly after the incident four dacoits entered Sher Shah Kabari Market and started robbing people of their money …

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12 more killed in Shershah market firing in Karachi; toll rises to 59 .. .. At least 12 people have been killed and...
Dacoit gunned down by victim .. .. OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE –A 22-year-old snatcher was...
At least 11 killed in Karachi shootout KARACHI: At least 11 people were killed when gunmen...

Three members of banned outfit arrested in Karachi

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:25:10 +0000

At least three members of a banned religious organization were arrested and arms and religious literature recovered.
According to details, a sensitive agency personnel and Central Investigation Department (CID) of Karachi police conducted joint raid in Touri Bangash Colony on Friday-Saturday midnight. During raid three alleged terrorists belonging to a defunct outfit were arrested. Arms and …

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Banned religious outfit involved in 3/3: report The investigations, being carried out into attacks on Sri...
Six Baitullah aides held in Karachi KARACHI: Police have arrested arrested six alleged terrorists belonging to...
Banned outfit’s member, his guard killed .. .. LAHORE – An alleged member of a banned...

First Business Express reaches Karachi from Lahore

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:25:10 +0000

Pakistan’s first Business train reached Karachi fifteen minutes before the scheduled time from Lahore on Saturday.
As part of first private investment of millions of rupees in the ailing state railways, the Business Express reached Karachi cantt station at 9:45am, 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled time. The train, inaugurated by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, left Lahore at 3.30pm on …

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PM inaugurates first business express train Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday inaugurated the country’s...
Karachi business leaders refuse to meet PM .. .. Business leaders in Karachi boycotted a meeting with...
Funds issue may derail ‘Bilour Express’ KARACHI – Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on...

Banned outfits gaining strength due to capital inflows, claims report

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:25:19 +0000

KARACHI: Pakistan’s intelligence agencies have informed the government that the outfits banned in Pakistan and abroad were gaining momentum due to the supply of capital in the form of domestic and international currency, a BBCUrdu report said. According to a secret report obtained by BBCUrdu, the outfits were operating through proxy bank accounts in Pakistan [...]

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Banned outfits involved in Balochistan attacks: Malik .. .. Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday blamed prohibited...
Brigadier detained for suspected links to banned group ISLAMABAD: Authorities detained a serving brigadier suspected for ties with...
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FBR asked to clear pending ST refund claims

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:25:08 +0000

KARACHI, Feb 3: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to clear payments of all pending sales tax refund claims within a prescribed period of four weeks.

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Fraudsters conning govt out of Rs240bn ISLAMABAD, April 30: The tax authorities have started an extensive...
Rs 100b tax recovery cases still pending, PAC told .. .. ISLAMABAD – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on...
PAC to take up misuse of govt vehicles ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly...

Loans of rice millers, traders waived

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:25:17 +0000

KARACHI – The ruling party is opting for another idea to gain political support in the next general elections, as banks have been directed to write-off the outstanding loans of rice millers and traders in Sindh and Balochistan.
It has been learnt that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet decided at a meeting held on Jan 03 that 50 per cent of the outstanding loans, …

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‘Six families got big loans waived off’ RAWALPINDI (APP) – The joint session of the National Assembly...
SC seeks waived loans list from 1971-1990 Supreme Court on Friday sought a complete list of...
Rs74b loans waived off in last 2 years, SC told .. .. ISLAMABAD – The counsel for the State Bank...

2 Karachi cops shot dead

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:25:10 +0000

KARACHI – Two policemen were shot dead in an act of targeted killing in Sultanabad area situated in the remit of Manghopir Police Friday night.
The police Official said that the deceased were identified as Head Constable Nadeem Abbasi and Constable Sajjid, adding that the former was posted to the Manghopir police station while the latter was deployed in the Sher Shah police station. They …

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Cop among two shot dead in Karachi .. .. KARACHI-A cop was shot dead in the limits...
Worker of MQM-H among six shot dead in Karachi Police conducting a snap checking in the Gurumandir area...
Three cops shot dead in Hassanabdal WAH CANTT (APP/AFP) – Three policemen deputed on the security...

New arms licences sought across Sindh

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:25:09 +0000

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KARACHI – The Sindh Home Department has proposed a scheme for establishment of computerised arms license management system in all the districts of the province, officials told TheNation on Friday.
In collaboration with Nadra, the department had already established a Computerized Arms License Management System in Karachi, which envisages personal appearance of the applicant at …

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Govt to issue 7,000 arms licences despite ban PM Gilani has allowed the issuance of over 300...
Notice to govt on plea against arms licences .. .. LAHORE – Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the...
Ministry stops receiving arms licences applications ISLAMABAD – Due to bulk of pending applications for issuing...