Shalimar Plaza attack
LExperts may be called to reconstruct bomber’s face
By Aamir Yasin
RAWALPINDI: The investigators probing Shalimar Plaza attack are likely to seek help from experts to reconstruct face of the unidentified suicide bomber who blew himself up outside National Bank of Pakistan... 
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Section 144 curbs imposed, pillion riding banned
RAWALPINDI: City District Nazim Raja Javed Ikhlas on Tuesday enforced Section 144 with immediate effect and banned pillion riding in the district to avert terror attacks. According to the notification, disabled and elderly persons, children below 12, women, journalists and members of law enforcing agencies...
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Injured NBP bomb blast victim dies
RAWALPINDI: Hafiz Zahid Iqbal, another victim of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) bomb blast died on Tuesday. He was critically injured in suicide bombing on Monday. He was working at Fauji Foundation as a clerk. His Namaz-e-Janaza was offered at Mohalla Qasimabad near Kohinoor Mills. app
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PIMS to provide psychological support to trauma victims
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Executive Director Dr Altaf Hussain has directed psychiatrists to provide psychological support to trauma victims in the hospital. He issued these directions in wake of current phase of regular traumatizing events, especially suicide bombings...
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Lawyers observe ‘black day’
By Mahtab Bashir
ISLAMABAD: Civil society members, lawyers and parliamentarians observed November 3 as black day as a mark of protest against the imposition of emergency by former president Pervez Musharraf.
The lawyers hoisted black flags on their offices. They appeared before...
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ICT police arrest gang of robbers
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) have arrested alleged seven-member inter-provincial gang of robbers.
According to a press release issued on Tuesday, police have also arrested the gang leader, Javed Akhtar Tanoli....
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Man killed
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Unknown attackers killed a man on Tuesday in the limits of Ternol Police Station.
A police official said Sjid Mehmmood, 33, a resident of Gujar Khan, was shot dead by unknown people in Sector I-14/4. Police shifted the dead body to PIMS for legal process,...
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Committee set up to ensure private educational institutions’ security
* Police educate students on possible description of suicide bombers
ISLAMABAD: A private school liaison committee at district level has been set up to ensure comprehensive security measures for schools and colleges in Islamabad.
ADC (G) Islamabad will head the committee and its...
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Private schools start E-learning programme
ISLAMABAD: Some of the leading private schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have initiated E-learning study programme to facilitate the students in the prolonged holidays due to the recent security threats. The parents as well as teachers seemed to be disturbed over the continuous holidays, which halted...
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CDA chairman forms body to check staff’s attendance
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi constituted a team on Tuesday for checking attendance of the authority staff, said a press statement issued here.
The team was formed at a meeting of the CDA officials chaired by Elahi, it...
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Bailiff reunites child with mother
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: A bailiff on Tuesday recovered a one and a half years old boy from illegal custody of his father and handed her over to his mother.
The petitioner, Saima Bibi appealed to District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rauf Sheikh to allow her to interact with her son...
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Tight security ordered for public places
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: Regional Police Officer (RPO) Aslam Tareen on Tuesday directed police to tighten security in and around places of worship, markets and other public places to avoid any untoward incident, said a press release. The RPO also asked the bus terminals’ managers to...
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Hamza Camp attack case put off till 11th
Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: Anti-Terrorism Court No II (ATC-II) on Tuesday put off hearing into Hamza Camp suicide attack case till November 11.
The court, headed by Judge Baqir Ali Rana, is trying Shafiqur Rehman, Abdul Khaliq, Niaz Ahmad, Abdul Basit, Abdul Majid and Abdul Saboor...
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Malik Riaz appears before court in murder case
ISLAMABAD: Following directives of Supreme Court (SC), Behria Town Chairman Malik Riaz appeared before the court of District and Sessions Judge Mazher Hussain Menhas on Tuesday in a murder case. The court recorded the statement of applicant Shaukat Mehmood and witnesses Sharif, Aamir, Altaf and Zaman....
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Malik announces Rs 1m for IIUI security guard
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday announced Rs 1 million for Pervaiz Masih for his courageous act of intercepting a suicide bomber at the gate of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) cafeteria.
Addressing a press conference at Parliament House, the minister...
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People’s verdict
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians gather in front of the Supreme Court building after a rally to mark November 3 as 'black day', as Gen Pervez Musharraf had imposed emergency rule in the country on this day in 2007. shabbir hussain
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