| Attock police recovers huge cache of arms |  |  |  |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 28 September 2007 | ATTOCK: Attock Khurd Police has recovered a huge cache of arms and arrested the criminal .
On a tip off the police stopped a car upon entry into Punjab from NWFP and upon searching recovered Rifle, 44 bore pistol, 3 Klashinkoves with 9 magazines, 30 3 bore pistols, 22 1 bore pistols, 12 raptors, 200 rounds of 30 bore and 400 rounds of Klashinkovs .
The police arrested the DRIVER Asim Gul, who is resident of Peshawar and registered a case against him . |
| PHA selecting land for low-income housing | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 27 September 2007 | FATEHJANG: The Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has started selecting land required to build 250,000 flats nationwide to provide shelter to low-income groups, said official sources on Tuesday.
The cabinet approved the housing scheme a few months ago and the PHA has obtained responses from landowners from federal and provincial capitals expect from Karachi. The PHA had sought an expression of interest from landowners for the development of the housing schemes. Forty two landowners from Rawalpindi have shown interest in providing land and 750 acres of land are under consideration near Fateh Jang.uld be allotted houses on easy instalments. |
| Guru Nanak's death anniversary observed at Pakistani gurdwaras | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 24 September 2007 | Ceremonies marking the 468th death anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, ended with distribution of sweets among pilgrims from across Pakistan and Afghanistan at Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hasanabdal near here Saturday.
The ceremonies started in Hasanabdal, some 50 km from here, Friday with the head granthi reading portions of the holy book Guru Granth Sahib.
The rituals concluded with a Bhog ceremony during which sweets are distributed among the pilgrims.
More than 500 Sikhs from different parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan had arrived in Hasanabdal to participate in the Jyoti Jot ceremonies. About 85 Sikhs from India are also in Pakistan who would be visiting Punja Sahib after visiting the Sikh holy places near Lahore.
Most of the Sikh pilgrims from India arrived by the India Pakistan peace train, the Samjhauta Express. The different groups are led by Sardar Bhupinder Singh Bhullar of Bhai Mardana Society, Sardar Swaran Singh Gill, Sardar Harcharan Singh Brar from Mian Mir Foundation and Sardar Baldev Singh Maan.
Bhullar told media persons in Lahore that the pilgrims were happy with the reception they were given at the Wagah border check post.
He said the people of India and Pakistan needed to visit each other's countries more often to bridge the gap created between them by political differences.
In this context, he recalled the message of peace and love Guru Nanak had given. 'This message is not for any particular religion or group but all the mankind,' he said.
Guru Nanak was born at Nankana Sahib, about 40 miles from Lahore, in 1469.
Apart from Sikhs, Guru Nank Dev is worshiped by many religious communities and some Muslims also respected him as their religious leader during his lifetime. |
| PML will win elections: PM | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 24 September 2007 |  ATTOCK: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday said the ruling coalition will win the next general elections based on its good performance in the past. Addressing the union council nazmeen of district Attock at an Iftar Dinner at the PM House, the Prime Minister said his government has concentrated on providing electricity, clean drinking water, gas and roads network all over the country. |
| Protests abduction of TV reporter | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 20 September 2007 | | ATTOCK: Central Union of Journalists (CUJ) Attock has condemned the kidnapping-cum- detention of reporter Babar Hussain of DawnNews. In a meeting, the CUJ members and other journalists said the act was meant to harass journalists. They demanded strict action against those responsible for the kidnapping of Mr Hussain, besides holding an impartial inquiry into the incident to bring culprits to justice. |
| NADRA to start data entry training | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 18 September 2007 | ATTOCK: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) will initiate a data entry training programme in all major cities after eid.
They said the programme would be started from October 19. The authority initially started the programme in nine cities in March, but after the project succeeded NADRA had decided to start it in other cities, they added. They said the project would help the youth improve the data entry speed in Urdu and English. NADRA had set intermediate as maximum qualification for the admission in the training programme, they said, adding that NADRA would charge Rs 600 for the course. They also said the programme would be completed in a month.
Officials said the project would be started in two phases. In the first phase, NADRA would start the programme in Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Hafizabad and Gujrat, they added. They said the last date for submitting the admission form would be September 28.
In the second phase, by the end the year, the programme would be started in Jhelum, Kohat, Attock, Chakwal, Jhang, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Hyderabad and Okara, officials said. They said the authority would train students in its own provincial centres and after two weeks of the training programme, students would be tested.
Officials said if any student failed to appear in the test he/she would not be allowed to sit in the remaining programme and the authority would return the fee of two weeks to the expelled student. |
| Commander Royal Air Force of Oman visits PAF base, PAC Kamran Attock | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |  KAMRA/ATTOCK: Commander Royal Air Force of Oman Air Vice Marshal Yahya bin Rasheed bin Rashid al Juma’ah along with his three-member delegation visited Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Minhas and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra on Tuesday.
The Ambassador of Sultanate of Oman was also present.
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| Tarbela bombers head, body, bicycle recovered | | | |
| Written by admin | | Saturday, 15 September 2007 | ATTOCK: Senior military officials investigating the blast at the mess of the Special Services Group of Pakistan Army's Special Operation Task Force at Tarbela have termed it as a suicide attack after recovering the body and head of the suicide bomber from the scene. The head was split into two pieces.
A bicycle on which the suicide bomber reportedly came to the SSG base was also recovered from the spot. Almost after 20 hours of the deadly incident, police officials, who were earlier denied entry into the base, were finally given permission by the military authorities on Saturday to go there and take part in the investigations.
Also, a sepoy, Ismail, lodged a formal First Information Report of the incident with the Ghazi police against the unknown attacker on Friday. On the directives of President Pervez Musharraf and Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal, a joint team of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) started investigation into the blast at the SSG base.
After initial investigation by the military officials in the Special Operation Task Force (SOTF) premises, a senior official of the investigation team told The News on condition of anonymity that it was a suicide attack, in which a young bearded person blew him up inside the mess at a time when it was jam-packed with 250 commandos dining there.
Over 20 SSG commandos were killed and 42 others injured in the incident. Many of the injured are under treatment at military facilities in Attock, Kamra and Rawalpindi. Investigators said the blast was so powerful that many of the injured commandos had either lost their eyesight or hearing ability.
According to the official, the suicide bomber was dressed in a white shalwar, qameez and had worn a white cap on his head when he entered the mess. Sepoy Ismail, an eyewitness of the incident, told the investigators that the young suicide bomber parked his a bicycle in front of the mess and entered the dinning hall.
"No sooner had he entered the mess when I heard a huge blast and saw the roof of the mess flying in the air," he told investigators. Officials said there was no crater in the mess and felt there would have been many more human losses had the roof collapsed and fallen on over 200 people there.
Ismail, who belongs to the SSG's Karar company, said since many civilians from the nearby Wapda residential colonies used to come there either for eating or taking food from the SSG mess to their homes, he took the bomber as one of them.
In their findings, investigators found that security lapses in and around the SSG base had enabled the suicide bomber to easily enter the highly sensitive area and carry out his mission. They said there was no check on civilians coming from adjacent Wapda colonies to take food from the mess or wash their clothes at the SSG laundry.
Interestingly, it was also disclosed by the investigators that majority of the houses in the Wapda residential colonies had been rented out to civilians by the Wapda employees which was a serious threat to the security of the country's biggest dam.
"Nobody knows who is living in which house. The trend of providing accommodation to private people in such a sensitive location could pose serious threat to the dam," remarked the officials.
They also termed the security plan of the dam by a few unequipped police personnel as dangerous for the dam, which the Interior Ministry has declared A category security zone, a status enjoyed by Pakistan's nuclear plant. "The staff is inadequate and lacks basic equipment like scanning machines and steel detectors," they observed. |
| Small and medium businesses serve as an engine of growth: PM | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 14 September 2007 |  Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday said the government has given numerous incentives to business community and it should avail these opportunities to improve businesses as well as overall economy of the country. Small and medium businesses serve as an engine of growth and play a significant role in |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 13 September 2007 |  A suicide attacker in a vehicle detonated a bomb yesterday at a canteen inside a high-security base used by a Pakistani counterterrorism quick-reaction force, killing at least 15 soldiers and wounding 11 others.The attack at Ghazi Tarbela, in Pakistan's volatile northwest, came on the same day the army reported that up to 50 militants had died in a battle with its forces in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. |
| Illegal industries, housing schemes in Kala Chitta area | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 13 September 2007 |  Kala Chitta: The government of Pakistan, on recommendations of Headquarters of Security Division, National Command Authority, had the Kala Chitta Reserve Forest area, District Attock, declared ‘Negative Area’. Due to its proximity to strategic installations, this area has been prohibited for any industrial development, housing society, or business activity. |
| Ex-Army officer gunned down: FATEH JANG | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 12 September 2007 | 
FATEH JANG: Brig (retd) Masood Islam, project director of the new Islamabad airport, was gunned down in mysterious circumstances at his site office in Pind Ranjha on Fateh Jang Road on Tuesday, police said. Islam was sitting in his site office – set up in a container – when an unknown gunman shot him in the presence of other employees at about 1130 hours before |
| APDMs failed protest call brings demise to drama politics: Durrani | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 11 September 2007 |  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that the people have completely rejected the “drama politics” of PML-N and a new epoch of dialogue-based politics has taken roots in the country. “The masses have completely rejected the drama politics of the PML-N |
| Sharif deported on return to Pakistan Monday | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 10 September 2007 |  Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was taken into police custody just hours after his arrival at the airport in Islamabad Monday where authorities held Sharif until he could be deported on a flight to Saudi Arabia.
Sharif was arrested on corruption charges just three hours after returning to Pakistan on a flight this morning from London. An hour later, the ex-PM was placed on a flight to Saudi Arabia and deported once again. |
| Old enmity claims six dead, three injured | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 10 September 2007 | GONDAL: Armed persons opened indiscriminate automatic fire, killing six persons and wounding three over enmity, here
The six deceased, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Inayat Ali, Muhammad Imran, Tahir Abbas, Mazhar Abbas, Muhammad Nawaz, Qamar Abbas, Muhammad Inayat, and one unknown person were sitting in a home in Gondal, when four armed persons, Zulfiqar, and others opened intensive automatic fire upon them. |
| Five of a family shot dead over land dispute | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 10 September 2007 | | ATTOCK: Five persons belonging to the same family were gunned down over a land dispute near here Saturday. Sher Afzal opened fire and killed his stepbrother Taj Muhammad, his wife Afsar Jan and sons Shahbaz (22), Sajjad (22) and Grade VI student Ismail in Dhoke Kassi Khan Gul village of Pindigheb Tehsil. The killer managed to escape. |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 10 September 2007 | ATTOCK: Cutting off the NWFP from the rest of the country, the authorities blocked Grand Trunk (GT) Road by erecting trailers near the Attock Bridge to stop thousands of political workers of the Frontier province from receiving former premier Nawaz Sharif.
Eyewitnesses told that huge trailers were placed on both sides of GT Road near Attock Bridge and a narrow road was left opened to let the people coming from the Punjab go to the NWFP. People traveling in cars carrying posters of Nawaz Sharif were not allowed to cross the bridge.
Thousands of vehicles remained stranded from Nowshera to the Attock Khurd due to the road blockade. Later, the road was opened for a few minutes to let some vehicles cross the Attock Bridge but the road was blocked again.
Heavy contingents of the Punjab police were also deployed near the barricades to stop the entry of political workers to the federal capital.
The central secretary-general of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, while talking to newsmen criticised stopping workers of his party from receiving their leader at Islamabad airport. He made clear that no one can stop Nawaz Sharif from landing in his country. |
| New small dam to irrigate 5,000 acres in Attock | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 07 September 2007 | The Punjab government has decided to build a small dam at Kot Fateh Khan in the Attock district to give a boost to the social and economic development of the rural population in Barani areas of the Potohar region.
Official sources told Dawn that the dam would be constructed near the village of Sohal across the Dotal Khas river, also named Sil River further downstream.
The dam will have two canals, one on the left bank and the other on the right that will irrigate a total command area of 5,000 acres or 2,024 hectares (ha). |
| Teenage molested by two of his neighbors | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 06 September 2007 | | ATTOCK KHURD: Two neighbors sexually molested a teenage boy here the other day. According to details, the victim Baksheesh Hayat while lodging FIR with Attock Khurd Police Station under the Child Abuse Act told Police that he was returning to his home after having cold drinks from a shop situated in his Mohallah. He further said, when he was crossing the housing of Zahoor Ahmad one of his neighbors who was sitting in his guestroom along with Fateh Alam and invited him to watch a film. I resisted but they forcefully took him inside and lock the door. He further said that both the accused molested me forcefully and also threatened to kill me if I resist. Police have registered the FIR and started investigation. |
| Teenage molested by two of his neighbors | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 06 September 2007 | | ATTOCK KHURD: Two neighbors sexually molested a teenage boy here the other day. According to details, the victim Baksheesh Hayat while lodging FIR with Attock Khurd Police Station under the Child Abuse Act told Police that he was returning to his home after having cold drinks from a shop situated in his Mohallah. He further said, when he was crossing the housing of Zahoor Ahmad one of his neighbors who was sitting in his guestroom along with Fateh Alam and invited him to watch a film. I resisted but they forcefully took him inside and lock the door. He further said that both the accused molested me forcefully and also threatened to kill me if I resist. Police have registered the FIR and started investigation. |
| Oman Commander Air Force visits PAF base | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 06 September 2007 | | KAMRA: Air Vice Marshal Yahya bin Rasheed bin Rashid al Juma’ah, Commander Royal Air Force of Oman along with his 03 members delegation, visited PAF Base, Minhas and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra on Tuesday. The Ambassador of Sultanate of Oman was also present. The distinguished guest called on Air Marshal Khalid Chaudhry, Chairman Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra. The delegation was also briefed about various functions and development progress of PAC Kamra. The delegation visited different areas of the factories, where respective Managing Directors explained the different processes involved in the rebuilding of life exhausted aircraft. He also visited JF-17 Thunder Flight line and inspected the aircraft and met with aircrew. The distinguished guest took keen interest in aircraft manufacturing at Aircraft Manufacturing Factory Kamra. During his visit to the base, Air Vice Marshal Yahya bin Rasheed bin Rashid al Juma’ah, was given briefing about the working of the Base and inspected various facilities of the Base. Earlier on his arrival, he was received by Air Commodore Muhammad Jamshed Khan, Base Commander PAF Base, Minhas. |
| LPG price rises in Fateh Jang | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 05 September 2007 | | FATEH JANG: With the onset of winter season, the shopkeepers have started charging the consumers of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) with high prices. The 11.8 kilogram gas cylinder is available at Rs. 530 in bazaars that are used for filling of small gas cylinders with Rs. 60 and Rs. 65 respectively. The authorities' concerned have kept mum over the profiteering. The consumers have demanded of the district coordination officer Attock and district Nazim Attock for taking immediate action against the profiteers. |
| Kitchen items prices soar ahead of Ramazan | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 05 September 2007 | ATTOCK: The prices of essential commodities in the wholesale market and the Sunday bazaars have soared before the advent of Ramazan.
Prices at the Sunday bazaar rose slightly compared to the last week. The market committee is anticipating a major price spiral by next week after Ramazan sets in.
Prices of most of the vegetables registered a raise of Rs1 to Rs2 per kilogram. However, this hike was more pronounced in case of potatoes that shot up from Rs72 per 5 kg to Rs84 for an equal weight this week. |
| PTC general manager kidnapped | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 05 September 2007 | General Manager Pakistan Tobacco Company (PTC) Ikram Khanzada was kidnapped by unknown armed men. He is the cousin of provincial Minister Colonel Shuja Khanzada (Retd). Ikram Khanzada a resident of village Shadi Khan daily use to go to his village from his office in Akora Khattak in his personal car.
According to details, Ikram Khanzada as per routine on Friday left his house at about 9 am when he reached Gondal Shadi Khan link road (jurisdiction of police station Rangoo Tehsil Hazro). |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 03 September 2007 | |  The bridge collapsed as one its pillars was displaced, said the National Highway Authority in a press release reported by APP
The bridge was constructed by the National Logistic Cell (NLC) and it was part of the 57-km Northern Bypass. M/s Engineering Consultant International was the consultant. |
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