Clifton police arrest dacoit

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KARACHI: The Clifton police have held a criminal during robbery of a shop Wednesday.

SSP Tariq Dharijo said that Israr was apprehended red-handed and police also recovered weapon from his possession. Israr was also involved in bank robbery in SITE area on August 17.

Police are trying to trace Israr’s aides in Orangi Town and Qasba Colony. SAMAA

Quran burning could amount to another Abu Ghraib: Petraeus

WASHINGTON: The top US commander in Afghanistan warned Wednesday that a Florida Pastor’s plan to burn copies of the Quran could be as harmful to the US as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq.

General David Petraeus told NBC television that images of the Quran burning would be used by Islamic extremists to fuel anti-Americanism and harm the US mission in Afghanistan and other areas in the world.

‘We’re concerned that the images from the burning of a Quran would be used in the same way that extremists used images from Abu Ghraib that they would in a sense be indelible,’ Petraeus told NBC.

‘They would be used by those who wish us ill, to incite violence and to inflame public opinion against us and against our mission here in Afghanistan, as well as our missions undoubtedly around the world,’ he added.

Photos emerged in 2004 showing US soldiers

12 killed as passenger bus overturns

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KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed, several others injured when a Karachi-bound passenger bus overturned near Othal in Lasbela, said sources Thursday.

Rescue teams have reached at the site of the accident and started rescue activities.

According to Edhi sources, the injured were shifted to hospital where they are being provided medical treatment.

Over speeding is said to be the cause of accident. SAMAA

Four of a family stabbed to death in Karachi

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KARACHI: Four members of a family were killed in a flat located at Clifton near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar, Karachi, said sources Thursday.

The owner of Chapal Apartment, Younus informed police about the incident when he noticed that the door of Flat no. A-3 was closed for long and no one was responding.

When the police reached at the mentioned flat, they found the dead bodies of a wholesaler, Khalid Haroon, his wife and two children Ammara Maryam and Danish Shiraz were lying on bed.

According to police, four were stabbed to death after giving some drugs.

“Personal enmity seems to be the cause of murder,” said SSP Clifton Tariq Dharejo. SAMAA

Two children recovered from Karachi

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KARACHI: After conducting a raid, the Anti Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) has recovered two children from Pak Colony, Karachi and arrested a suspect on Tuesday.

The recovered children include Huzaifa, 9 and Ahmed, 14. Both were kidnapped from Gulshan-e Iqbal and Clifton on August 27.

The family of the kidnapped children was asked for a ransom of Rs. 20 million.

Police has started investigating the arrested kidnapper. SAMAA

PCB rejects Younus resignation, offer job until 2011

Lahore, Pakistan:- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected captain Younus Khan’s resignation and wants him to lead the national team until the 2011 World Cup.

Younus tendered his resignation last week in protest at match-fixing allegations against the team. Sources close to Younus said he had told the board he would only withdraw his resignation if certain conditions were accepted, while the player himself said he had not closed the door on the captaincy. “Obviously every captain needs to have some assurance of his tenure and Younus will continue to captain the side until the next World Cup,” PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt told a news conference in Lahore on Monday. Younus led Pakistan to victory in the Twenty20 World Cup in July and a host of former test players urged him to withdraw his resignation.

Younus submitted his resignation during a hearing of the National Assembly standing committee on sports in Islamabad. The hearing was convened after committee chairman Jamshed Dasti said he would investigate reports that Pakistan had deliberately under-performed against Australia and New Zealand in the Champions Trophy which ended on Oct. 5. Dasti later denied making match-fixing allegations and said his remarks had been misunderstood.

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PCB rejects Younus resignation, offer job until 2011 was first posted on October 20, 2009 at 12:10 am.

Dante Wesley Hit on Clifton Smith

Latest updates about Dante Wesley Hit on Clifton Smith, Dante Wesley laid out Clifton Smith on a 4th down punt to end the 2nd quarter…followed by a fight and Wesley’s ejectio.
The Carolina Panthers won the game, moving their record to 2-3, but Dante Wesley was ejected and certainly will face some suspension as he launched himself like a projectile into the punt returner that was looking up to make the catch.

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Dante Wesley Hit on Clifton Smith was first posted on October 20, 2009 at 12:31 am.