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Female clerk killedBy our correspondentTOBA TEK SINGH: Public prosecutor office clerk Ms Humaira was killed in a road accident on Friday.Humaira was going to home from office, when she was hit by a speeding motorcyclist Ali Raza. She and the motorcyclist suffered injuries. She was referred to Faisalabad Allied hospital

By our correspondents
February 28, 2015
Female clerk killed
By our correspondent
TOBA TEK SINGH: Public prosecutor office clerk Ms Humaira was killed in a road accident on Friday.Humaira was going to home from office, when she was hit by a speeding motorcyclist Ali Raza. She and the motorcyclist suffered injuries. She was referred to Faisalabad Allied hospital where she died.
NAB arrests former PDA chief
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Friday arrested the former head of Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) in a case of illegal plot allotment after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) dismissed his pre-arrest bail petition.The NAB officials arrested the ex-PDA director general Qazi Laiq from the PHC premises after a division bench dismissed his bail before arrest petition. The accused had got his interim pre-arrest bail on November 13, 2014. He had also got extension in the bail before arrest on various dates due to adjournments in the case. Qazi Laiq was granted bail in the illegal allotment of the five-kanal plot adjacent to the Iqra University in Hayatabad town. The allotment was made in violation of the codal formalities.

Two kidnapped persons found dead in Takht Bhai
TAKHT BHAI: Two persons, who were kidnapped last week, had been found dead in a field in Kalo Shah village in the limits of Lundkhwar Police Station, police sources said on Friday. The sources said that Bilal and his servant Niaz Ali went missing last week from Dawa Khan Killay.

Sukkur police to use drone cameras against criminals
By our correspondent
SUKKUR: The Sukkur police will use drone cameras for the elimination of criminals. SSP Sukkur Tanveer Tunio said that the police were determined to use drone cameras in targeted operations against dacoits, especially in Katcha areas. He said that he had sent policemen to Karachi for training to use drone cameras.

18 held for refusing polio vaccination
By our correspondent
NOWSHERA: The district administration has arrested 18 persons for refusing to vaccinate children during the anti-polio drive. The action was taken after the Health Department, Nowshera, dispatched a report to the district administration containing facts and figures about the refusal cases in the district. The administration also lodged cases against another 573 persons for refusing to administer anti-polio drops to their children. The report said a total of 1574 refusal cases have been registered in the district. The report said that 164 refusal cases surfaced in Pabbi, 60 in Azakhel, 70 in Cantonment and 492 in Nowshera Kalan. The police arrested 18 persons under the Section 188 of the PPC.

Under-construction college blown up in Orakzai
By our correspondent
KALAYA: Militants blew up an under-construction college for men in the Orakzai Agency, official sources said on Friday. The sources said the militants had planted explosives at various places in the under-construction college for boys in Mannkhel Darra area which went off early in the day. As a result, six rooms and the boundary wall were damaged. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

No clue to killers of security supervisor
By our correspondent
LAHORE: The Sattukatla Police have failed to find any clue to the murderers of a security supervisor who was shot dead in his house in the Sattukatla Police limits on Thursday. Police have registered a case against unknown accused persons. Investigation Officer, SI Nawaz said they were working on the case and would soon find out the accused persons and the motive behind murder. Nassar Hayat, Security Supervisor of Punjab Government Employees Society, was shot dead by some unknown accused persons on Thursday night when he was asleep at his house in Phase-II of the society.

15 arrested in Peshawar operation
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Police conducted search and strike operation on the Warsak Road and arrested 15 suspects on Friday. An official said the search and strike operation was carried out in the vicinity of the Army Public School and other areas on Warsak Road where 15 suspects were rounded up. Those arrested included unregistered Afghans.