Karachi —Whether politically motivated or not
the fact remains that the violence as a chain
effect of Dr. Sher Afgan incident claimed ten
lives, more than 20 injured, besides 50 vehicles
were put on fire by a wild mob in front of City
and Malir courts here Wednesday.
Islamabad—New finance minister Ishaq Dar said
Wednesday that the government’s economic targets
cannot be met and the country’s economy will
probably grow only by 6 percent as against the
target of 7.2 percent.
Sargodha/Islamabad—Former Federal Minister, Dr.
Sher Afgan has said that Muslim League-N,
Jamaat-e-Islami hooligans and the lawyers in
brigade targeted and tortured him for his being
an associate of President Musharraf, but the
Lahore FIR was registered sans his complaints.
Pakistan, perhaps has been harvesting more
tragedies than its due share. At about 10.30 am
on 10 April, 1988, the city of Rawalpindi was
rocked by a colossal explosion. Many people
thought that India had attacked Pakistan or that
our nuclear facility had exploded.
Islamabad—President Pervez Musharraf and Prime
Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani Wednesday
strongly condemned the acts of rowdyism in
Karachi and Lahore and expressed their resolve
that on no account subversive elements would be
allowed to disturb the peace.
Lahore—Members Punjab Assembly including 270
male, 75 female and eight minority members took
oath according to the 1973 Constitution
administrated by the outgoing Punjab Assembly
speaker Afzal Sahi who chaired the inaugural
session of the 14th provincial assembly of the
Punjab on Wednesday.
Karachi—The police have arrested Agha Javed
Pathan who was involved in manhandling of Former
Chief Minister Sindh Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim
during Sindh Assembly session.
Quetta—Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani of Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP) took oath as Chief Minister
Balochistan at a ceremony held here at the
Governor House on Wednesday.
Islamabad—Thirty-nine ships carrying 1.534
million tons of wheat have reached Pakistan,
while 1.444 million tons have already been off
loaded and, thereby, 1.4 million tons of wheat
sent to the provinces.
