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KASUR: Two dacoits were killed and two others managed to escape during an alleged encounter with the police in Kot Radha Kishan area here on Thursday. According to police sources, the dacoits were looting a resident Rafaqat near Changa Manga. After being informed, police chased the dacoits and tried to stop them. Two dacoits were...

LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s criticism on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Gohar Nawaz Sindhu in a petition against the statement of the prime minister has called it an interference in the working of the accountability bureau. “Prime Minister has issued this statement to...

NEW DELHI: Kanhaiya Kumar, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) president who was arrested on sedition charges last week for organising an event on Afzal Guru, is being imprisoned in the same cell the Kashmiri activist was held in before he was hanged, Times of India reported. Kumar, who is being kept in cell...

LONDON: A leaked copy of the final draft of the blueprint for Britain’s new terms of EU membership suggests that David Cameron heads to Brussels with no certainty over one of his key demands – and signs that differences are widening, the Guardian reported. The series of documents, which were circulated in Brussels early on...

GUJAR KHAN: A child was wounded when some unidentified armed men opened fire at a government school Darkali Syedan area of Gujar Khan city on Thursday morning, the assailants managed to flee from the scene after the incident. The school was immediately evacuated after the incident and a heavy contingent of policemen cordoned off the...

PESHAWAR: Three friends were killed and one sustained severe injuries as speeding car collided with an electric power pole near Pashta Khara area here on Thursday. According to police source, the incident took place when the passengers were coming back from airport after dropping their family members there. Their car smashed with an electric power...

LONDON: Combat aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on Wednesday afternoon were scrambled after reports Russian bombers were heading towards the United Kingdom (UK) airspace. The Typhoon jets were dispatched from RAF Conings by in Lincolnshire following the security alert, The Telegraph reported. An RAF spokesman said the situation was “on-going” and was not...

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will crown his historic rapprochement with Cuba with a visit to the island as soon as March, the first for a sitting United States president in nearly 90 years, administration sources said Wednesday. The White House would announce on Thursday the details of a multi-stop presidential trip to Latin America —...

SUKKUR: Three policemen were injured when a speedy police mobile van overturned here on Thursday morning.   Rescue sources said that a police mobile while on routine patrol turned turtle near Babrloi Bypass in Sukkur leaving three policemen injured.   The injured cops were rushed to a nearby private hospital where their condition was stated...

GHALANAI: At least nine personnel of the Khasadar Force were killed in two separate attacks in Mohmand Agency district of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Thursday. According to assistant political agent Mohmand Agency Naveed Akbar, Seven Khasadar personnel were killed when unidentified armed men opened fire at a security check post in Karapa area...