|
|
|
| December 28, 2007 | Friday | Zilhaj 17, 1428 |
|
Security tightened after violence wracks country
LAHORE, Dec 27: Paramilitary forces were alerted on Thursday night after spontaneous protests erupted almost in all parts of the country and violence claimed the lives of eight people in Karachi and Lahore after Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in Rawalpindi.... 
|
|
Rivals find kind words for Benazir
PESHAWAR, Dec 27: The Awami National Party has decided to observe three days of mourning for Benazir Bhutto....
|
|
|
||
|
World condemns barbarous act of terrorism
LONDON, Dec 27: World leaders on Thursday voiced shock over the assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and called for restraint....
|
|
Angry PPP activists go on the rampage
PESHAWAR, Dec 27: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) supporters went on the rampage here on Thursday evening following Benazir Bhutto’s assassination minutes after she addressed a rally in Rawalpindi....
|
|
|
||
|
Quetta traders call for strike today
QUETTA, Dec 27: Hundreds of PPP supporters protested in Quetta and other towns of Balochistan against the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday....
|
|
Supporters in Dubai in state of shock
DUBAI, Dec 27: Supporters of slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto in Dubai, where she made her base through eight years of exile, were left in shock on Thursday following her assassination two months after she returned home....
|
|
||
|
Senator Rashid abducted
KHAR, Dec 27: Armed men kidnapped Senator Maulana Abdur Rashid along with his driver and a guard in Loi Sam area of the Bajaur Agency on Thursday....
|
|
Another Bhutto gone, another black day
RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Thousands of angry people burst out into the streets of Rawalpindi, and towns around it, after mysterious hands killed Benazir Bhutto and 21 supporters of her in the city on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
|
Benazir’s killing widely condemned
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Scores of prominent lawyers, political leaders and federal ministers strongly condemned the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and expressed sympathy with her party workers and family members....
|
|
Nawaz rushes to RGH to console PPP workers
RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Former prime minister and leader of PML-N Nawaz Sharif rushed to the Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) to console the Pakistan People’s Party worker over the assassination of PPP...
|
|
|
||
|
Mourners take to streets in nearby cities: Benazir’s assassination
TAXILA, Dec 27: The assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto at an election rally in Liaquat Bagh on Thursday sent a wave of shock to the surrounding cities of Rawalpindi and...
|
|
Liaquat Bagh adds to its gory history
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Located at a busy place of Murree road, Liaquat Bagh stands in the annals of country’s history with major assassination attempts on three prominent political leaders....
|
|
|
||
|
Schools in twin cities closed indefinitely
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The federal and provincial governments on Thursday announced that all educational institutions in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad will remain closed for an indefinite period due to agitations in the aftermath of Ms Bhutto’s assassination....
|
|
India to release 50-60 Pakistani fishermen
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: India would release 50 to 60 Pakistani fishermen in the next two weeks, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Saty Abbata Pal informed Caretaker Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney here on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
Shock and awe follows Benazir’s murder
LAHORE, Dec 27: The news of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto’s assassination came as a bombshell in the city, making the people cry over the loss of the national leader....
|
|
Violent reaction cripples city life: Three dead, police check post attacked
LAHORE, Dec 27: Turbulent protests erupted in the provincial metropolis after the assassination of Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi on Thursday....
|
|
|
||
|
She was a threat to establishment: Aitzaz
LAHORE, Dec 27: Pakistan People’s Party leader Aitzaz Ahsan expressed sorrow over the tragedy befalling Benazir Bhutto, saying “there were great apprehensions in the establishment about her chances in the election.”...
|
|
PPP loyalists let loose indignation
GUJRAT, Dec 27: The news of PPP chairperson’s assassination spread like a wild fire, letting hundreds of people break into tears and take to the street....
|
|
|
||
|
PML-Q nominee quits party in protest
SARGODHA, Dec 27: Mian Mazhar Ahmad Qureshi, a PML-Q nominee for NA-68, on Thursday parted with the party and demanded a high-level judicial inquiry under the supervision of ex-chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry into Benazir Bhutto’s killing....
|
|
FIA man dies
GUJRANWALA, Dec 27: A constable of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) died during a raid to arrest an alleged human agent on Thursday. FIA officials, led by inspectors Shahid Habib and...
|
|
|
||
|
Punjab sets up two probe committees
LAHORE, Dec 27: The Punjab government has ordered a judicial inquiry under a judge of the Lahore High Court into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
|
|
LPG price
LAHORE, Dec 27: The LPG Distributors Association has asked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority to ensure the supply of gas at the fixed price of Rs650 per domestic cylinder by...
|
|
|
||
