Tag: DHA
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Underage driver Afnan granted bail in DHA accident case
Update Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to an underage driver involved in the fatal car accident in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase Seven that resulted in the death of six members of a family last year. Proceedings of the case Suspect Afnan Shafqat’s lawyer stated that three co-suspects have been found…
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Recklessly drifting BMW lands doctor in jail
A doctor has been apprehended and his BMW confiscated by the police for reportedly causing significant damage to recently constructed infrastructure in Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, with his allegedly drifting car. The incident, which occurred in Bukhari Commercial Area, resulted in substantial harm to the area’s development, according to a senior police official. Dr Salman…
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Underage driver was guilty in DHA accident case: Police report
An interim challan (investigation report) has been filed against the teenage driver Afnan Shafqat and four others in the case of road accident in DHA Phase 7, Lahore, last November that had claimed lives of six members of a family. Underage driver Afnan Shafqat, his father Shafqat Ali and friends, Ali Abdullah, Muhammad Saad and…
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‘A park is supposed to open to all’: Twitter is angry at ban on entry of non-residents in DHA park
Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Karachi has shared a notification of entry procedure for Nisar Shaheed Park located in phase IV of the society. The notification read that residents can not visit the park individually, they need to be accompanied by family. “Residents of DHA who wish to visit the park for a walk must be…
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Leopard finally captured in Islamabad
In the late hours of Thursday, the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) confirmed that a leopard that was on the loose in a private housing society in Islamabad was contained. A total of total injuries has been reported so far by the officials. Leopard on the loose in DHA Islamabad On Thursday, a leopard injured…
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Man behind the kidnapping of Dua Mangi, Bisma Saleem surrenders
On Monday, the mastermind behind two high-profile kidnappings from Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA), surrendered himself before the court, Aamir Majeed reports for SAMAA. Agha Mansoor Hussain, who was designated a proclaimed offender (PO) by the Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), surrendered before a District East Judicial Magistrate on Monday. Hussain was then placed on judicial…
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Retailers in Lahore continue to overcharge for food items
Lahore residents are forced to pay high prices for basic food items since a number of store owners refuse to sell basic items at the government-recommended price list. Those who complain about price violations are asked to shop elsewhere where the items are offered at legal prices. The price of chicken was recently cut by…
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Man attempts suicide inside a mosque, policeman rescues him
Trigger warning: Self harm/suicide A 55-year-old cloth merchant attempted suicide inside a mosque in Karachi. The man tried to cut his throat with a razor inside a mosque in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) after Friday prayers. “He availed a loan to support his drowning cloth business but failed to overcome the financial losses,” said…
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Teenage dies after home roof falls on him in DHA
Mustafa Hashmi, a 17-year-old student at Nixor College, Karachi was killed when a large piece of concrete from his roof broke off and fell on him in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Phase-VII. While speaking to Dawn, his grief-stricken father, Mahmood Hashmi, an architect himself by profession, said that Mustafa was their only son. He was…
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Construction work for Swat Motorway Phase-II to begin next week
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will lay the foundation stone for Swat Motorway Phase-II in the next week. The CM instructed that development on the Dir Motorway project’s PC 1 for land acquisition be quickened so that practical work on the project can proceed. He was presiding over a meeting of the Pakhtunkhwa…