Tag: Killing
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Pakistani man with strong ties to Iran charged in US with attempt to carry out assassinations
A United States Federal court in Brooklyn has charged a Pakistani national with close ties to Iran, Asif Merchant, also known as “Asif Raza Merchant,” 46, with murder-for-hire as part of a scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government officials on U.S. soil, including potentially former President Donald Trump. Asif travelled to New York…
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Arshad Sharif’s killing not a result of mistaken identity: Kenyan High Court
A High Court in Kenya has ordered payment of Rs. 2 crore 17 lakh as damages to the family of slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, while also declaring his assassination unconstitutional and illegal. It emphasized that his killing was not a case of mistaken identity and held those government institutions named in the petition responsible.…
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Crackdown against $23 billion black market results in attacks on custom officials
On Saturday, three people, including two Customs officials, were murdered in an attack near Bannu Road when unknown gunmen opened fire targeting their vehicle at the Yarak toll plaza in Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This is the second attack on Pakistan Customs officials in less than a week in Dera Ismail Khan.…
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Mass shooting at Prague University by student leaves 14 dead, 25 injured
A 24-year-old student killed 14 people and wounded 25 at a Prague university on Thursday in the Czech Republic’s worst shooting in decades before authorities said the attacker was “eliminated”. The deadly violence in the city’s historic centre sparked evacuations, a massive response by heavily armed police and warnings for people to stay indoors. The…
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Lahore: Teenage driver kills Saudi Arabia returned female medical student after hitting her car
After six of a family were killed in an accident in DHA Phase 7 at the hands of a teenaged driver, another incident has been reported where a medical student’s car got hit by a teenager. The driver was reportedly harassing the girl who had returned from Saudi Arabia. As a quarrel ensued after the…
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Girl forcefully married to Karachi man shot dead in upscale apartment complex
Karachi’s Sahil police has arrested a man on charges of killing his wife on Monday at an upscale apartment complex in DHA. Quratulain, also known as Ainee, 22, was reportedly killed in a mysterious shooting incident on Sunday night at Emaar Tower in DHA Phase 8. The case was registered by Quratulain’s father Zubairuddin Khan…
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Husband kills wife in front of minor child in Swat
A man shot and killed his wife in front of her minor son at Banar Chowk in Mingora, Swat, on Tuesday. According to Dawn, the woman, Naila Bibi, had filed a lawsuit seeking divorce from her husband Akhtar Ali, and was going to court along with her son when Ali shot her. As per witnesses,…
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Man sentenced to death for killing wife and suspected lover
A District and Sessions Judge of Khyber district, Hidayatullah Khan, sentenced twice to death a man on the charges of killing his wife and her suspected paramour. A one million fine has also been imposed on him. On November 14, 2020, Zaiwar Shah was charged with killing his wife and her suspected lover Muhammad Ullah.…
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Shahzeb Khanzada calls out Maryam Nawaz for her ‘fascist’ tweet, says she needs to apologise
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s insensitive tweet about senior journalist Arshad Sharif made headlines with people from both sides of the political divide condemning the content. “I don’t feel good re-tweeting this but this is a lesson for mankind that we must all imbibe,” the PML-N leader wrote in a tweet along…
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Model Nayab Nadeem’s stepbrother confesses to murdering her for ‘honour’
Lahore police has arrested model Nayab Nadeem’s stepbrother, Muhammad Ali for allegedly killing her in the name of honour, Geo News reported. Nayab, 29, was found murdered at her residence on July 11. According to the police forces, she was strangled to death after being tortured. During the initial investigations the suspect had confessed to…