Shikarpur: Police foils a suicide attack over a mourning procession

Police has foiled a suicide attack over a mourning procession in Ibrahim Jatoi, area of Shikarpur, trendpk.com reported.

Four policemen including an SHO have been wounded in the attempt.

A suspicious person tried to enter the Ashura procession in Ibrahim Jatoi along with a bag. Guards of former MNA Dr. Ibrahim Jatoi tried to stop that person and then shot him when he tried to flee. While picking the dead body, the jacket that suicide attacker was wearing went off with a blast, wounding 4 policemen.

More than 1000 people were attending the Muharram procession.

Lahore PTCL employees’ protest for salary raise

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LAHORE:T he employees’ of PTCL have staged a protest, for the salary raise, in front of Lahore Press Club ( LPC). One employee tried to burn himself in protest but others foiled his attempt, SAMAA reported on Wednesday.

According to details, the PTCL employees started their protest on Edgerton Road and took their protest rally up to the Lahore Press Club.

The furious PTCL employees brought out a ceremonial funeral of the management and after reaching in front of LPC they burnt it.

During protest, one PTCL employee, Abdul Ghafoor, was chanting slogans against the management with beating his chest in protest, and in between suddenly he tried to burn himself with fire but his other fellow protesters foiled his attempt. SAMAA

ARY to challenge transmission shutdown in court

KARACHI: The transmissions of ARY News have been shut down again in Karachi and other cities of Pakistan on the government pressure.

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Stubborn fitting holds up space station repair job

FLORIDA: A pair of NASA astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Saturday to try to repair a faulty cooling system, but their attempt was thwarted by a stubborn ammonia line fitting.

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30 dead in rain related incidents

QUETTA: Heavy rains hit parts of Balochistan as flood in Hanna Lake in district Barkhan of Balochistan killed at least 30 people, Geo News reports on Thursday.

Deputy Commissioner Barkhan said floods from Hannan Lake swept away 50 people in Barkhan. Bodies of thirty dead have been recovered whereas rescue and search work continued in flood-hit area.

Road links between Barkhan and Kohlu have been cut off as the downpours washed away Nardwala Bridge. Deputy Commissioner Kohlu Nasrullah Rind said emergency has been declared in Kohlu and affectees are being shifted to safer places.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Sibbi Division Qamar Masood told Geo News that more than 800 people have been trapped in floodwaters. National Disaster Management Authority has been requested to send boats to rescue marooned people whereas four helicopters of Pakistan Army have also been called to take part in rescue operation.

Fake degrees not be used to undermine democracy, Iftikhar warns

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain Thursday warned the ‘elements’ of consequences if they attempted to ‘use fake degrees issue in a bid to undermine the democratic set up’.

Talking to Geo News, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said Awami National Party (ANP) is against the practice of obtaining fake degrees to get elected in assemblies, assuring that orders of the Supreme Court in this regard will be honored.

He said no action was taken against the fake degree holders during Musharraf regime and now that the restriction of degrees has been lifted the issue is being used in a bid to derail democracy. However, he added, that the ‘elements behind this attempt’ will not get anywhere with their designs and the incumbent government will complete its term.

APNS deplores passage of anti-media move in PA

KARACHI: While strongly condemning the passage of resolution against media in Punjab Assembly, All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) has said the attempt to malign media was a conspiracy hatched to deviate masses’ attention from fake degrees being held by many parliamentarian, Geo news reported.

It said Punjab government was trying to curtain its faults and failures by accusing media as the government had even failed to avert suicide attacks on Data Darbar.

Why those, who took oath to protect rights of media, are now attacking on it? It questioned.

Fleet of Freedom 2 to set sail in July

BRUSSELS: Human rights activists in Europe are planning to send a new aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip in another attempt to break the siege of the impoverished territory.

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US hands over Pakistan Shahzad TTP link evidence

WASHINGTON: Senior US officials used an urgent meeting with President Zardari to present a dossier on terrorism suspect Faisal Shahzad, including a detailed chart describing his contacts with the Pakistani Taliban before his attempt to detonate an explosives-laden vehicle in New York City’s Times Square, citing officials US newspaper reported.

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my sister s keeper

The final installment in the Shrek series, Shrek Forever After, hits theaters today, May 21st.

The ensemble cast welcomes back the vocal talents of Mike Myers (Austin Powers, Wayne’s World), Cameron Diaz (My Sister’s Keeper, The Holiday), Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop, Doctor Dolittle), and Antonio Banderas (Desperado), as well as newbie Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame. In fact, the fourth Shrek film features the same writers, cast and crew as the previous three animated films, a rarity in any film sequence these days. The film premiered to rave reviews by critics and viewers alike.

The plot, per IMDB, finds Shrek in an alternate universe after making a pact with Rumpelstiltskin to leave his domestic life and “feel like a real ogre again.” Naturally things go awry, and Shrek has to find his way back to his one true love, Princess Fiona.

While I’ve yet to see the film (such is the life of a new parent), I feel confident it will follow on the heels of it’s predecessors and be a big hit!

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