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Residents have alleged gang active in the area, trafficking people to forced labour camps in Afghanistan.

NAB arrested Double Shah on April 12, 2007 in the Rs9,091 million scam, which affected a mammoth 46, 364 people.

Punjab Chief Secretary's report to SC states prisoners were handed to agencies, while agencies deny report.

SC has dismissed a petition filed by Harris Steel Mills seeking more time for the return of a Rs9 billion loan.

Florida woman charged with trying to sell infant son in order to pay for new car, police say.

Officials close to the Sharif brothers refuse to appear before SC-mandated inquiry.

India releases 64 Pakistani prisoners, including 55 fishermen who had been jailed for poaching.

Man's son assaulted with a pistol butt, wife also struck by one of the robbers with an axe.

Colleagues say allegations against doctor fabricated to blackmail him, police awaiting medical report.

Woman doused herself, kids with kerosene when Awan ignored protest, ran into oncoming traffic hoping to be a casualty.

Sources said that the constables worked in collaboration with a known leader of a ‘kidnapper’s clan’.

Number of cases of torture and rape by police officials has increased by 60% over last 3 years says Interior Ministry.

Witness alleges receiving death threats from superiors who forced him to claim he wrote a faulty intelligence report.

A gang of robbers allegedly looted five people at the Jarwar link road in one day.

Robbers set up fake security check posts, steal from commuters who try to pass through.

Plot to kill Khawaja Sharif virtually a storm in a tea cup as FIA could not obtain a shred of evidence during probe.

The quaint village of Sulimankhel descends into chaos as a mosque in the area is bombed by militants.

1,216 childr­en were victim to sex abuse in the first six months of this year.

Due to political pressure, plans to demolish the plazas have been abandoned.

Gunmen take away weapons and salaries of 83 policemen.

Relatives demand arrest of killers, blame police for letting the suspects roam free.

Sindh home department is planning to provide compensation to victims of vehicular theft under a new programme.

Bodies of victims found burnt; attacks occurred within a day of each other.

18-year-old boy severed his aunt’s head because of a family dispute over property.

Even though the family has identified the kidnapper, there is little they can do about it.

Records of Public Works Depart seized and scrutinised on orders of Chief Minister Mehdi Shah for corruption.

Either they cooked up the case or didn’t want to pursue it properly, says bench.

Altaf, who confessed that he committed the murder, is the son of an ASI.

Bench rules that medical evidence doesn’t support prosecution.

Postal workers arrested for their involvement in financial bungling worth millions of rupees in pension funds.

LHC sought final clarification from federal government, asks whether a case of high treason could be registered.

Ticketing warden claims he was later reprimanded.

Accused officials will be prosecuted under abetment, murder charges.

Punjab education dept asked to respond to petition, accused of delaying appointment of two female teachers.

Ten senior CDA officials given lucrative residential plots five years ago, decade-old employees awaiting allotments.

Teachers accuse DTE of forging their pictures and releasing them on the web.

Britis­h police releas­ed an image of a man they want to speak to in connec­tion to the murder of Dr Imran Farooq.

Iran denies it is poised to execute woman accused of adultery, says reports part of a propaganda campaign by West.

Sindh officials confess their helplessness in checking targeted killings, say judiciary allows offenders to walk free.

Members criticise foreign policy, say Pakistan becoming an American colony.

The widow was escorted out of court proceedings after shouting at Justice Malik of the LHC.

CJ ordered police to make the Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah join the investigation in missing doctor case.

Youth killed by a landlord after mistakenly taking a dish used to put chick feed.

Additional District and Sessions judges reject plea for bail by Syed Qabool Muhammad Shah in murder case.

Sindh High Court orders police to register second FIR against him.

Police suspect that the family was attacked due to an old enmity.

Hazardous asphalt plant set up near a military organisation raises questions about the role of PAK-EPA.

Some claim that the practice has the protection of the ‘high and mighty’.

Investigations reveal victim’s wife, neighbour, with whom she had an illicit relationship, were behind the act.

FIA ordered to conduct fresh probe into the matter and report to SC in a month.