Clashes with PAT workers leave 73 policemen injured

ISLAMABAD: At least 73 policeman were injured in clashes with Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) supporters in the twin cities of Islamabad early Monday morning. The clashes occurred ahead of Tahir ul Qadri's return to Pakistan to lead what he has called an anti-government "revolution".

Dr Tahirul Qadri, who drew tens of thousands of supporters to a sit-in protest in Islamabad in January last year, was due to arrive a week after ten people were killed in a previous clash with the police in Lahore.

Several security men belonging to Islamabad, Punjab and Azad Kashmir Police sustained injuries in the encounters with PAT supporters that broke out late on Sunday night in the adjoining areas of Islamabad airport.

The PAT workers also attacked the Koral police station and injured many policemen. Many others sustained injuries when the enraged activists of PAT pelted them with stones and used batons.

Many policemen suffered fractures and serious head injuries who were later shifted to different hospitals. Hospital sources told that 40 injured security personnel were brought to Poly Clinic, 11 to PIMS and 27 to DHQ Hospital, Rawalpindi.

More than 20 policemen were discharged after providing them the first aid, however, the remaining injured personnel are currently being treated at the emergency unit of the mentioned hospitals.

Blast leaves scores injured in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Over 40 people including women and children sustained injuries in an explosion in the outskirts of Islamabad here on Friday, Geo News reported.

Sources said the blast took place in Pandorian during the Urs of Pir Chun Badshah.

According to initial reports, six people were in critical condition.

Four injured in Islamabad explosion

ISLAMABAD: Four people sustained injuries in an explosion in the outskirts of Islamabad here on Friday, Geo News reported.

Sources said the blast took place in Pandorian during the Urs of Pir Chun Badshah.

According to initial reports, four people sustained injuries in the blast.

The nature of the blast is yet to be ascertained.

Five injured in Karachi blast

KARACHI: At least five people sustained injuries in a blast outside a mosque near Katti Pahari area of Karachi, Geo News reported Thursday.

According to rescue sources, the blast occurred outside Mustafa mosque. The injured have been rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment.

According to initial reports, SSP Sajid Mir said, the blast was carried out with planted device.

Jang Multan resident editor injured in brutal attack

 

MULTAN: Continuing their activities against the Geo TV Network and the Jang Group, miscreants attacked yet another senior member of the Jang Group. In the latest incident, armed men attacked Daily Jang Multan Resident Editor Zafar Aaheer and seriously injured him besides damaging his vehicle.
The attackers hit Zafar Aaheer with gun butts and injured him seriously. While fleeing, they also left behind live bullets of a Kalashnikov near his car. On Saturday night, the Jang Multan resident editor was going home from work when about six people riding two motorcycles and a car intercepted him near the Western Fort Colony. They smashed his car windowpanes and then hit him with their guns. Aaheer was shifted to hospital in a critical condition where he was given medical aid.

Zafar Aaheer said the attackers stopped him and declared him an agent of the Indians and Jews and said he (Aaheer) should be shot in his legs. The attackers also snatched cash and his mobile phone from him.

Zafar Aaheer said the assailants had covered their faces. They said: “You have escaped earlier and now you can’t. We are Pakistanis and love the armed forces, Sahaba-e-Karaam and Ahle Bait. You are an agent of the Jews and Indians.”

According to Aaheer, he told the attackers: “You can beat me as you will, but we will not be intimitated and the truth will ultimately prevail.” He said when people living in the vicinity gathered at the site, the assailants told them not to interfere in the matter.

Aaheer said his attackers neither loved Pakistan nor had respect for the armed forces, Sahaba-e-Karaam and the Ahle Bait. He said: “If they want to kill us, they should go ahead with their plans. We have been writing the truth and will keep doing so.”

He said he had called the senior editor and informed him about the possible suspects involved in the attack. He had also shared the details about the attackers, their language and style of speaking with the editor, Zafar added.

According to eyewitnesses, they woke up as a result of the noise made by the attackers and tried to inquire about the incident. An eyewitness said he was on his way to the fracas when a person pointed a gun at him and forced him to go back, saying “You have nothing to do with this. You must go back.” Later, the armed men left the scene.

Meanwhile, SP Cantt Mehmoodul Hassan said it was premature to comment on the incident as the police were investigating the matter. Aaheer was attacked while he was returning home from office, which suggested that the attackers were already there, the police official added.

Our Islamabad correspondent adds: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sunday strongly condemned the attack on the resident editor of daily Jang in Multan, alleging the government of Punjab has miserably failed to curb the spiralling wave of crimes across the province.

In a statement issued here, the PTI spokesperson, on behalf of her party, strongly condemned what the spokesperson called the assault by unknown persons on a senior journalist in Multan.The PTI spokesperson lamented that women, children, journalists and all other segments of society were feeling increasingly insecure.

The spokesperson advised the provincial ministers to stop issuing statements and focus on the issues of governance in the province. Those involved in the attack on Zafar Aheer, the PTI spokesperson demanded, should be immediately arrested.

One killed, two injured in Karachi grenade attack

KARACHI: A man was killed and two others injured in a grenade attack on a shop on Sunday, Geo News reported.

Police said that the shop owner had received extortion slips and the shop was attacked some time ago as well.

The police said that unknown men hurled grenade on a shop located on Tariq Road and escaped the scene, leaving three people injured.

The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) for treatment where one of them succumbed to his injuries. Identities of the deceased and the injured were yet to be ascertained.

Political parties clash leaves three injured in Karachi

KARACHI: A clash took place between the activists of two political parties in North Nazimabad area of the metropolis, injuring three workers, Geo News reported.

According to the police, the incident took place near Five Star roundabout located in North Nazimbad area over the matter of removal of banners. The baton-wielding activists from both the political parties stormed at each other, resultantly three workers sustained injuries.

The police fired aerial shots to disperse the activists after which the situation returned to normalcy.

Seven injured in North Nazimabad blast

KARACHI: A blast occurred near Rangers’ Headquarters in North Nazimabad on Wednesday morning that injured seven persons including a child, Geo News reported.

According to police, the explosion took place early morning today in Karachi Central area in block B of North Nazimabad early where Rangers Headquarter is also located.

Rescue teams shifted the injured to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for first aid. The injured also included a child.

Additional contingent of police and Rangers were called in after the incident. Several motorcycles and nearby buildings were also damaged due to the impact.

Initial investigation suggested that miscreants had planted explosives in a motorcycle that went off with a blast. Further details are yet to be ascertained about the explosion.

One dead, 23 injured in Thai quake: official

BANGKOK: An elderly woman died and 23 other people were injured after a strong earthquake shook northern Thailand, an official said Tuesday, as aftershocks continued to rattle the mountainous region popular with tourists.

The 83-year-old woman died when a wall in her house collapsed after the 6.0-magnitude struck quake on Monday afternoon, according to an official at the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department in Bangkok. "Twenty-three people were also injured in separate incidents caused by the quake," the official told AFP, without giving further details.

The quake, which struck at a shallow depth of just 7.4 kilometres (4.5 miles), had its epicentre in the remote Phan district of Chiang Rai province, geologists said, and was felt hundreds of miles to the south in Bangkok and even in Myanmar´s commercial capital Yangon.

"Since last evening (Monday) there were six large aftershocks with a magnitude between 5.0 to 5.9 and the last was this morning," Burin Wechbunthung, of the Meteorological Department told, adding there were a dozen smaller tremors.

Residents on Monday said they had seen cracked building facades, broken shop windows and damage to roads, while power was cut for several hours in Phan.

The area is a remote mountain retreat near the border with Myanmar and Laos and popular with foreign visitors. The quake was felt in the tourist hub city of Chiang Mai 160 kilometres (100 miles) southwest of Chiang Rai and as far away as Bangkok, 800 kilometres to the south, where tall buildings shook for several seconds.

Major earthquakes are rare in Thailand, although tremors often strike the north of the country.

 

Chinese train station knife attack leaves 6 injured: police

0

BEIJING: Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a train station in China on Tuesday, police said, the latest in a string of violent episodes at public transport hubs.

Police shot one of the attackers at the train station in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, the city´s public security bureau said in a statement on its microblog, adding all six injured had been hospitalised.

Islamabad: armed clash leaves two dead, five injured

ISLAMABAD: At least two people were killed and five others sustained bullet injuries in armed clash between two groups here on Tuesday night, Geo News reported.

Police said exchange of fire took place within the limits of Bara Kahu police station. The dead and injured have been shifted to hospital.

Three killed, several injured in Charsadda blast

CHARSADDA: At least three people were killed and 41 others including 14 policemen injured in a blast in tehsil market of Charsadda on Tuesday morning.

Police sources told that the bomb attack targeted a police van in tehsil market.

Rescue teams arrived at the site of the blast and initiated their work. Four injured are said to be in critical condition, hospital sources told.

At the time of the blast, thirteen persons were present in the police van.

 

20 students injured as school van plunges into ravine in Khanpur

KHANPUR: Twenty children were injured when a school van fell into a ravine in Khanpur on Thursday, Geo News reported.

Rescue sources told that the unfortunate van plunged into a ravine due to over speeding in Khanpur that wounded twenty school-going children out of which five were said to be in critical condition.

Seventeen injured children were shifted to Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Taxila, two children were transferred to PIMS Hospital, Islamabad due to their serious condition while one was brought to Margalla Hospital, Taxila.

 

Atletico extends lead, Diego Costa injured in win

BARCELONA: Diego Costa was carried off with a bloody leg after scoring Atletico Madrid´s second goal in a 2-0 win at 10-man Getafe on Sunday, although the team said its star striker escaped without a serious injury.

Atletico extended its Spanish league lead to three points with five rounds to play as it closes in on what would be its first league title in 18 years.

Costa slammed into the post while poking in his 26th goal of the season in the 84th minute, opening a cut on his left shin and requiring the stadium´s medical crew to carry him off the pitch while he covered his face and muffled his screams.

While his teammates looked distraught as he writhed on the pitch, Atletico said less than 10 minutes after the match on Twitter that "luckily Diego Costa only has a cut after hitting the post." "He´s fine, calm, a cut doesn´t do any more harm," Atletico coach Diego Simeone said about his leading scorer. "We now have five games left, and we have to play each one like it was a final."

Despite the scare, Atletico took advantage of Barcelona´s loss on Saturday to open up a three point lead over Real Madrid with Barcelona another point behind.

Defender Diego Godin gave Atletico the lead in the 40th before Getafe´s Alexis Ruano was dismissed with a red card in the 66th for pulling Miranda down in the area, with goalkeeper Jordi Codina saving Diego Costa´s penalty and Raul Garcia´s follow-up try.

Atletico then applied the same stout defense that it used to eliminate Barcelona from the Champions League this week to keep Getafe in the relegation zone. "This was a tough rival to beat because a lot was on the line," Godin said. "(And) the victory is a bitter one for what happened to Diego Costa."

Costa was back in Atletico´s starting 11 having recovered from a right thigh injury that sidelined him for two games.The Brazilian-born player is having a breakout season that has earned him a spot on Vicente del Bosque´s squad for Spain in this summer´s World Cup.

He showed no signs of slowing down as he deployed the same physical style of play that has made him the revelation of the league this season, earning three fouls and two yellow cards for Getafe´s defenders in the first half hour. And after Codina blocked his penalty kick, Costa kept hustling and got his chance to pull to within two goals of league leader Cristiano Ronaldo when he slid to meet Adrian Lopez´s cross.

The goal came at a high price, with his cries heard across the pitch at Alonso Perez Coliseum following his brutal collision with the upright.

Godin put Atletico in front when he rose up over his marker to guide in Juanfran Torres´ cross with a well-placed header over Codina, who was caught off his line and yet nowhere near Godin. (AP)

Blast leaves 12 injured in Lahore

LAHORE: At least 12 people were injured in a blast at a shop located at Pakistan Chowk in Ichra area of the city, Geo News reported Friday.

The shop owner said he had been receiving threat calls for the last some days. He said he had informed the police about the phone calls in which he was asked to Rs2 million extortion.

He said that the extortionists had also fired shots at his residence last month.

The rescue sources said injured were taken to the Services Hospital for treatment.

Police rushed to the area following the explosion. The Bomb Disposal Squad said that 250 to 300 gram explosive material was used in the blast.

Salman Khan's body double injured while filming Kick in Delhi

Salman Khan

 

When you'll watch the high-octane chase between Salman Khan and Randeep Hooda in Sajid Nadiadwala's forthcoming film Kick, if you don't read this, little will you know what happened to the guy who kicked off the scene for Salman.

This guy, who goes by just his first name Ajay in the industry, landed himself in the hospital with serious facial injuries. The incident happened in Delhi last week.

Nadiadwala had rented a row house near a railway track. Ajay (one of Salman's body doubles) was supposed to jump from the first floor of the house onto the railway track. The scene then required Salman (not Ajay) to get onto a moving train with Randeep Hooda (who plays a cop) close on his heels. Ajay went through the sugar glass (a brittle transparent form of sugar used in place of glass) but the timing went wrong and many broken pieces of the glass pierced his face.

Salman and Nadiadwala both rushed to Ajay and the latter immediately arranged for a car to drive him to a hospital. The shooting was called off for the day.

"Salman has four body doubles specialising in different kinds of action for Kick as the movie has several deadly stunts. It would be foolish for Salman to risk his life all the time. What happened was unfortunate," an eyewitness told Mirror.

Till the time of going to the press, Ajay had not returned to the sets. Mirror has learnt that the scene was wrapped up the next day by one of the other three body doubles working on the film.

Actress Sana Khan dies in car accident, spouse critically injured

 

Fatal car crash has killed TV star Sana Khan while critically injuring husband Babar Khan.

JAMSHORO (Dunya News) – Pakistan’s prominent TV star and model Sana Khan has passed away on Friday in a car crash near Jamshoro area, while her husband remains critically injured, Dunya News reported.
According to reports, Sana Khan was travelling from Karachi to Hyderabad along with husband Babar Khan and their car overturned near Jamshoro. Rescue teams transferred the couple to hospital as soon as they received reports.
Babar Khan is still being treated in the hospital whereas actress Sana Khan was pronounced dead in the hospital.
Actress Sana Khan and her husband Babar Khan have both acted in several TV shows. The couple had gotten married in December last year.

Accused killed, policeman injured in Orangi Town

KARACHI: An accused was killed while a policeman sustained injuries in an encounter that took place in Orangi Town area of the metropolis.

According to SP Orangi Town Malik Ehsan, the encounter took place as the accused opened fire at a joint check post of the police and the rangers near Kati Pahari, leaving a policeman injured.

Both the police and the rangers retaliated and shot dead one accused, SP added.