Posts Tagged ‘Mansehra’

12 killed as mine caves in

MANSEHRA  – At least 12 miners were killed Wednesday when a phosphate mine caved in as a result of landslide in Kalidhar area here on Wednesday.
The incident took place when miners were having lunch inside the mine in the mountainous Tarnawi area, some 45 kilometres northeast of Abbottabad.
It was a huge landslide. Twelve of them were buried alive, the police said.
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Kohistan by-poll: Security of sensitive polling stations beefed up

MANSEHRA, Nov 22: Heavy contingents of police have been deployed at 29 sensitive and nine most sensitive polling stations in Kohistan as by-election is being held on Thursday

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Four including 3 timbers smugglers killed in police firing in Mansehra

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Three timbers smugglers were killed in police firing after they tried to flee when police approached them here in Mansehra late Tuesday night. A relative of the deceased was later killed in police firing on protest demonstration to disperse them.
According to police, it signaled to stop a suspected vehicle…

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7 killed as terrorists target police vehicle near Mansehra

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At least seven cops were killed and several others wounded in a blast near a police van in Torghar area of Battagram in Mansehra.
According to media reports, a roadside bomb has targeted a police van, killing seven newly recruited officers and wounding six others. The convoy of seven police…

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Mountain Bike Race Slovak grabs men’s event

MANSEHRA, Sept 18: The UK emerged as the overall winner of the three-day Himalayas International Mountain Bike Race the third and final leg of which was held on Sunday amid minor injuries to several cyclists, as the area received hailstorm and heavy rains during the race from Kawai to Siri Paye in Kaghan Valley. The [...]

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Himalayas Mountain Bike Race: Haring proves his mettle in second leg too

MANSEHRA, Sept 17: Martin Haring of Slovakia won the second leg of the Himalayas International Mountain Bike Race in Kaghan Valley on Saturday by covering the 50km distance of eight rounds round the Saiful Muluk Lake in two hours, 16 minutes and two seconds. Mr Haring had also emerged winner of the Friday’s leg of [...]

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At least 63 die in Kohistan village hit by flash floods

GILGIT/MANSEHRA: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept through an entire village in the Kandia valley of the Kohistan district on Thursday morning. According to local police officials and villagers, at least 63 people, 28 children, 17 women and 18 men, were killed. Some TV channel reported up to 80 fatalities. But District Coordination [...]

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Poisonous gas kills four

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MANSEHRA – Poisonous gas killed four persons when they descended down a well in turn after no call made by their fellows as they intended to clean it (well) in town Baffa area Marra, police said Wednesday.
Two real brothers – Naveed and Khursheed – died when they stepped into…

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Man shot dead MANSEHRA, June 18: A man was shot dead in broad daylight over an old enmity here on Saturday, police said. Iqbal Khan, lodging FIR with the city police, said he and his younger brother, Mohammad Shahzad, were fired upon by Mohammad Jamshed, his brother, Yasir, and their accomplices, in Zafar bazaar, as [...]

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Hazara to be divided into two divisions

MANSEHRA, June 18: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Saturday announced creation of a new division by splitting the Hazara division for what he called effective administration. He made the announcement for creation of Abaseen division at a public gathering in Battagram district. On this occasion, local MPA Taj Mohammad Tarand, former [...]

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Naval base attackers want to destroy Pakistan: Nawaz

MANSEHRA: PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday stated that the attackers of the PNS Base in Karachi are trying to destroy Pakistan while the government continues to sleep, DawnNews reported. Speaking in Mansehra, Sharif said that the attack on the naval base was not ordinary terrorism but in fact was a ploy to shake [...]

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Nawaz for probe into PNS Mehran attack

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Chief of his own faction Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, demanded that Karachi Naval base attack should be probed. While addressing a party workers’ convention in Mansehra on Tuesday, Nawaz said that anti-Pakistan forces were behind Karachi attack. He said that we should investigate into the attack and…

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Earthquake jolts parts of Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD: Mild shocks of earthquake jolted various parts of Khaber Pakhtunkwa and federal capital on Sunday at 11.48 am. The magnitude of the quake was recorded as 4.7 at international and its epicentre was 41 kilometres deep and 64 kilometres north west of Mansehra, met office reported. No loss of life was reported [...]

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Hideout `worth far less than claimed`

ABBOTTABAD: Osama bin Laden`s house, described by the US government as a $1m mansion, is in fact worth no more than $250,000 say property professionals in Abbottabad, the town where he was killed.

The revelation is the latest of several erroneous descriptions about the nature of Osama`s hideout — and the manner of his death — which have dogged the White House in recent days.

On Tuesday US officials retracted claims that Osama was armed when killed, and that he had used one of his wives as a human shield.

Descriptions of Osama`s hideout have also been prone to exaggeration. After Sunday night`s dramatic raid by US Navy Seals, a senior Obama administration official told reporters that the property, an “extraordinarily unique compound” in an “affluent suburb”, was valued at around $1m.

But two property professionals in Abbottabad — a quiet, military-dominated town — said that much of that was incorrect. Based on the size of the plot and the house, which was built in 2005, and using recent property sales as a guide, they estimated that it would fetch no more than $250,000 on the current market.

“Twenty million rupees, maximum,” said property dealer Mohammad Anwar, a 22-year veteran of the local market, at his Abbottabad office. “No swimming pool. This is not a posh area. We call it a middling area.”

Asked about the American estimate, he chuckled. “Maybe that`s the assessment from a satellite. But here on the ground, that`s the price.”

The assessment was backed by the local branch manager of a major Pakistani bank, who himself owns land in the same area. “If it was worth that much, we would all be multi-millionaires round here,” he said.

A doctor who sold the land where the compound was built identified the buyer as Mohammad Arshad, a name that partially matches that of one of the two brothers who lived in the house — one of whom is believed to have been the courier who unwittingly led the CIA to Osama.

Property records obtained by the Associated Press show Arshad bought adjoining plots in four stages between 2004 and 2005. Dr Qazi Mahfoozul Haq said on Wednesday that he sold a plot of land to Mr Arshad in 2005. He said the buyer was a “modest, humble type of man” who claimed to be purchasing it for his uncle. The neighbourhood where Osama lived, Bilal Town, was developed following the 2005 earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan, killing more than 73,000 people.

People from quake-hit towns such as Mansehra and Balakot streamed into Abbottabad, seeking to build new homes in a more secure area.

Many residents come from middle-income backgrounds, having built their homes with family inheritances, said Mr Anwar`s 24-year-old son, Junaid.—Dawn/Guardian News Service

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PPP, PML-Q alliance to guarantee stability: Qasim Shah

President, Asif Ali Zardari in meeting with Delegation of Muslim League-Q headed by its President, Ch.Shujaat Hussain at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad. – File Photo

MANSEHRA: Former federal minister Syed Qasim Shah has welcomed the alliance between PPP and PML-Q and said that it will guarantee political stability in the country in general and of Hazara in particular.

Talking to APP here on Saturday, he said that the political alliance and power sharing between the political parties is part of the democratic process. He criticized the hue and cry created by some politicians over the alliance saying political differences should not be considered as personal enmity.

He said that the prevailing grave situation of the country requires unity amongst the political parties. He said that political forces which are sincere in pulling the country out of the current crises should be happy over the alliance.

In reply to a query, he said that the PPP government has initiated several mega projects in Hazara and only this political party is capable for announcement of Hazara province and resolution of other problems in the region.

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Quake measuring 4.1 jolts KP, tribal region

KARACHI: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 jolted different area of Pakistan on Monday morning but there were no immediate reports of casualties, DawnNews reported.

Tremors were felt in Chitral, Swat, Mansehra, Malakand, Nowshera and parts of Lower Dir.

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Three killed as van falls into dike

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MANSEHRA – At least three persons died including a PML-Q worker, when a pick-up fell into a deep dike at Sangri Road in Besham, tehsil Alpuri, district Shangla, on Sunday morning.
Police sources said a vehicle, loaded with relief goods to carry them from Besham to Sangra, went out of…

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