Door-to-door voters’ verification begins today

NADRA had provided the Election Commission with voters’ lists of over 800 million people and a door-to-door campaign to verify the identity of the draft electoral rolls.

Over 200,000 verifying officials would conduct the verification exercise across the country. The electoral rolls have already been distributed in 130 districts. The country has been divided in into 140000 census blocks.

After the verification process the voters’ lists will be handed over to NADRA and the final lists will be issued in March. A voter would be allowed to cost his vote at either his permanent or temporary address but NADRA’s unique identification system would make it impossible for individuals to cast dual votes.

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also decided to introduce water marked ballot papers aiming to eliminate fraudulent voting and the Printing Corporation of Pakistan had been asked to print water marked ballot papers.

Second wife, son of burnt police inspector arrested

The police inspector was reportedly burnt in his jeep in an area of Faisalabad in early morning hours. Earlier police accounts said Inspector Abdul Razzaq Gujjar left his house after Sehri when unknown men intercepted him, tied him up and burnt him inside the police vehicle, which they said was fully burnt. The body of the man killed in the police van was burnt beyond recognition. The incident took place in Samundri Police Station area.

Inspector Abdul Razzaq was suspended as Station House Officer (SHO) Daj Kot lately, police said.

Later, the police suspected involvement of Abdul Razzaq’s second wife and son in the murder. They interrogated the duo and found divergence in their statements. Both told police that the inspector had a spat with them last night and left the house. Abdul Razzaq had three marriages.

A DNA test on the burnt body may be done to determine the identity and carry out further investigation.

North Waziristan: Twin drone strikes claim 18 militants

At least 18 militants are said to have been killed in twin drone attacks in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, trendpk.com reported on Monday.

According to official sources, the first attack by US unmanned aircraft took place near Mir Ali town at about 9:00am in Shair Tala, 15 kms away from Mir Ali.Four missiles were fired at a car suspected to be that of the militants. Resultantly, 6 militants got killed. However, the identity of those killed could not be ascertained till the filing of this report.

Meanwhile, in a second drone strike 18 miscreants got killed. It is pertinent to mention that this year as many as 115 drone strikes have been recorded in the north-western tribal belt of Pakistan.

Sindh ministers stopped outside Quaid’s mausoleum

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday ordered an inquiry into alleged highhandedness of security personnel with some members of his cabinet at the gate of Quaide-e-Azam mausoleum.

According to media reports, some provincial ministers had to face an embarrassing situation after they were not allowed by security guards to enter the mausoleum for about 15 minutes over security reasons.

Although the ministers produced their identity cards, however, adamant security staff refused to give any concession.

Taking notice of the incident, Chief Minister Shah asked Karachi police chief to submit a report. TrendPK

Zulqarnain Haider fled in fear of his life

LONDON: Zulqarnain Haider admitted that he fled to London because the Pakistan wicketkeeper feared he and his family were in severe danger following an alleged match-fixing plot.

Haider held a press conference at a restaurant in Southall in London on Wednesday to reveal more about his controversial decision to quit Pakistan’s one-day series against South Africa in Dubai.

The 24-year-old repeated his claims that he had received death threats after hitting the winning runs in Friday’s fourth one-day match and explained how he had been approached to fix the result of that match and Tuesday’s fifth game.

“It was very hard for me when I got threats from one person in Dubai,” he said. “I just felt very nervous that he gave me threats.”

Haider described the ultimatum he had been given, though insisted he did not know the identity of the person issuing the

Militants storm house of former nazim, killing one

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Taliban militants barged into the house of slain former union nazim, Abdul Malik, in Peshawar and opened indiscriminate fire, killing one person.

According to police, one person was killed in a late-night gun attack at the house of Malik’s house in Peshawar.

The deceased, Abdul Malik, was the chief of a peace lashkar.

Police is yet to confirm the identity of the dead person.

The assailants escaped after carrying out the attack. Trend Pk

8 killed in US drone attacks in North Waziristan

At least 8 people were killed in US drone strikes launched Wednesday evening in North Waziristan.
According to sources, two US drones fired four missiles at two vehicles in the Qutab Khel area and Mir Ali in North Waziristan.
Details about the identity of the killed in the strike are not immediately available. Todays strike is the third of its kind since November. On Nov. 1, the US drones fired four missiles in North Waziristan, killing at least six people.

SAMAA finds CNIC of attacker of Ghazi’s shrine

Staff Report

KARACHI: SAMAA found on Wednesday the Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) of the suicide attacker of Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine.

According to CID officials, the suicide attacker, Badshah Khan, son of Mohammad Shafi hailed from Ladha, South Waziristan. Badshah’s CNIC shows his date of birth as August 1, 1991 with no identity mark. There is no signature, but a thumb impression.

Police found attack links to Waziristan and a CID investigation team had gone to South Waziristan.

Sources also disclosed that law enforcement agencies are in search of the identity of the other bomber and mastermind behind the attacks. SAMAA

Three tortured corpses found in Karachi

KARACHI: Three corpses, with their hands and feet tied up, were found in a vacant plot in North Nazimabad, Karachi; tortured to death, SAMAA learnt Wednesday.

According to police, the three victims aged between 25-35 years. They were shot dead after being tortured.

“We’ve found nothing that can provide their identity,” said police.

Dead bodies of the victims have been shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for post mortem.

Police has started investigation of the incident. SAMAA

Gunman kills six, wounds 14 in Slovak capital

BRATISLAVA: A gunman killed six people and wounded 14 in the Slovak capital Bratislava on Monday, the national rescue service said.

“There was shooting at around 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) in the morning,” Dominika Sulkova of the rescue service said in a live television broadcast.

“There were 20 wounded and unfortunately six did not survive the assault, four women and two men,” she said.

The Devinska Nova Ves district of Bratislava, where the shooting took place, was sealed off by police roadblocks, television TA3 reported.

There was no information on the identity or fate of the gunman. Police declined to comment but called a news conference for 2.30 p.m. (1230 GMT).

Slovakia, a central European EU member, experienced some shooting incidents involving criminal gangs in the 1990s, but has had no large-scale shootings in recent years. AGENCIES

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