N.Ali Staff Reporter KARACHI, Apr 21: Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Sindh Rangers recovered 3950 hand grenades during a combined raid on the order of Sindh High Court (SHC) here on Saturday. Petitioner Mohammad Iqbal failed petition in SHC that he was owner of 'ULBRICHT (arms factory) Pakistan (PVT) LTD'. Iqbal claimed that he had started this factory in 1970, however, in the years 2003 he ...

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Bodies of 123 victims who lost their lives in the Bhoja Air crash were identified and DNA tests will be conducted to identify the four bodies remaining whereas 110 bodies were handed over to relatives at PIMS hospital on Saturday. Earlier, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said that the Bhoja Air crash was a big tragedy for the country and that a judicial commission will be formed to pr ...

 At least four people, including two Shia Muslims have been killed in separate militant attacks in the town of Quetta in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The Shia men, who belonged to Hazara community, were killed after unknown gunmen opened fire at their motorcycle on Brewary road near Sardar Bhadur Khan Women University in Quetta on Saturday. The assailants escaped from the scene after the at ...

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that the name of Bhoja Air’s owner, Farooq Bhoja, has been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL). Malik, who was speaking to the media at PIMS hospital, said that a probe committee has been formed to investigate the cause of the crash. “The causes will be investigated, whether it was any fault in the aircraft, bad weather, lightning or any other fac ...

The crashed Boeing 737-200 was over forty years old, leading some to point the finger at maintenance standards. KARACHI:The aircraft used by Bhoja Air which crashed on Friday was over forty years old. However, experts say that, old or new, any aircraft can crash in hostile conditions. Others say, though, that rampant corruption in the industry in Pakistan too often allows poorly maintained airplanes to fly. ...

Murtaza Razvi, senior assistant editor and head of Dawn’s magazines, is survived by his wife and three daughters. KARACHI: Murtaza Razvi, senior assistant editor and head of Dawn’s magazines, was murdered in the city in the early hours of Thursday. Police said his body was found in an art studio in Defence Housing Authority. His hands were tied and there were torture marks on his body. He had apparently bee ...

RAWALPINDI: Over 130 persons are feared dead as a Bhoja Air's plane has crashed near Chaklala in Rawalpindi today. According to initial reports, the passenger airplane was marked as Flight B4-213; it was carrying 118 passengers and 9 crew members including senior officials of the same airlines from Karachi to Islamabad. Owing to ongoing rain, weather has turned unfavorable for helicopters or airplanes’ trav ...

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has said that his party is the only one facing propaganda on the basis of discrimination in the country. In a statement issued from London, Hussain said that when bigotry against a party, which represents the people, reaches its extreme then it is natural to see various slogans being raised across the country. He added that MQM was discriminated a ...

LAHORE: The National Response Centre of Cyber Crimes (NR3C) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a civil engineer for allegedly scamming thousands of people via 300 fake websites for Rs80 million. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Thursday that they had arrested Tariq, a civil engineer by profession who had allegedly set up about 300 fake job websites. Using a mix of online an ...

KARACHI: Violence continued in Karachi, as 11 people were killed in firing incidents in different parts of the city on Friday. A total of seven people were killed in Orangi Town. Two of them were killed, while one sustained injuries when unknown assailants opened fire in the Gaddafi Chowk area of Orangi Town, Chipa Welfare sources said. Deputy Superintendent of Police Orangi Town, Tariq Malih, while confirm ...