Unidentified gunmen Thursday kidnapped son of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani after an attack on an election meeting of his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the city of Multan, police and family said. Ali Haider Gilani, the youngest son of the former prime minister, was taken away by the gunmen in a car […]
Death toll from a deadly bomb attack on an election rally in Kurram agency’s tribal region has reached 24, hospital sources said Tuesday. Over 70 people were injured in a blast at the election rally of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) candidates in the central Kurram tribal Agency on Monday, and several wounded died in hospital. […]
Two blasts near the office of MQM in Karachi killed at least two persons and injured 30 others, police and hospital sources said. The blasts occurred in Aziz Abad area of Karachi and near the office of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the MQM spokesman, Wasi Jalil said. Rickshaw was used for the first […]
Unidentified gunmen Friday shot dead a National Assembly candidate of the Awami National Party and his six-year old son in Karachi, police and ANP leaders said. Sadiq Zaman Khattak, came under attack as he came out of mosque after Friday prayers, at Bilal Colony in Korangi area. The gunmen, riding a motorcycle, fled […]
Several people were injured in bomb and rocket attacks on political leaders and gatherings in the on Wednesday ahead of the May 11 parliamentary elections, officials said. A National Assembly candidate, Ibrahim Jatoi escaped unharmed in a suicide bombing in Sindh province as he was campaigning. Three people were injured while the bomber died […]
Polls put Nawaz Sharif, twice prime minister in the 1990s, comfortably ahead, prestigious magazine The Economist has said in its analysis. Referring to a survey in February gave Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League or PML (N) a whopping 59% share. “The brothers Sharif have a decent record on getting things done. In Lahore alone, […]
A suicide bomber killed at least 10 persons in Peshawar on Monday as there is no let-up in pre-election violence, police and witnesses said. The bomb targeted a police van on the busy University road also injured over 60 others, they said. Two Afghan consulate employees were among those killed in the attack. […]
Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday defended attacks on three parties for their support to military operations against the militants in tribal regions and Swat. Taliban say they will target Pakistan Peoples Party, the Awami National Party and the Mutahida Qaumi Movement. Three bomb attacks killed nearly 10 people in Kohat, Peshawar […]
At least 10 people killed and nearly 30 others were injured in three separate bomb blasts in Kohat, Peshawar and Swabi on Sunday. The blasts took place near the election offices and a gathering. In Kohat‚ 5 people were killed and 16 injured in blast outside the office of an Independent candidate from […]
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian has field a complaint with the Chief Election Commissioner to probe the incidents of PML-N candidates openly carrying arms in Lahore and to stop them from brazenly violating the code of conduct. The complaint filed by Sardar Latif Khosa with the CEC today cited the incidents of rioting and […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has supported creation of more provinces as the country needs new provinces. Addressing a public meeting in Bahawalpur on Saturday‚ Khan however said the decision about new provinces must be taken with great care. He promised thousands of people that PTI will create new provinces if his party […]
A bomb blast near the office of the Awami National Party in Karachi killed at least 11 people late Friday, police said. A senior leader of the party Bashir Jan escaped unhurt in the blast. His vehicle was hit and damaged by the device. Police and hospital sources said that five people died […]