Breaking News Utv Pakistan: April 2016

Police nabs Lyari gangsters, target killer in Karachi search operation

KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies nabbed 10 suspects in a series of raids on Saturday.

The suspects included six people from the Lyari gangs and a target killer who belonged to a political party, police said.

In an early morning raid in Khokarapar area a suspect identified as Naveed was arrested. According to police officials, Naveed with his aides had killed a policeman. He was shifted to an unknown place for interrogation.

In a separate incident, intelligence officials arrested an alleged target killer Rehan alias Top during a raid at Buffer Zone area. The suspect confessed to 15 murders. He was also involved in land-grabbing and China cutting, police said.

During a search operation in Lyari six people were arrested. The suspects were identified as Naresh, Soraj, Shamu and others. Naresh was arrested from a hospital in an injured condition, police said.

The suspects had allegedly carried out a hand grenade attack in the Dasti lane area.

Local court gives sentences to political party workers

A local court announced 10 years of imprisonment to two members of a political party for carrying illegal weapons. The suspects named Taimur and Shabbir were given imprisonment under the charges of Attempted Murder and Arms Act.

The convicts had been arrested from the Sir Syed Police jurisdiction in February 2013.

Documentary on Lal Masjid slammed with a ban

A documentary which features Lal Masjid Cleric Maulana Aziz was slammed with a ban on Friday.

A notification by the Central Board of Film Censors did not grant the film permission to be aired at a film festival scheduled from April 29-30, at the National Council of Arts, Islamabad.

“The film contains dialogues which projects a negative image of Pakistan,” the notification said

The film titled ‘Among the Believers’ follows Maulana Aziz’s quest to impose a strict version of Sharia law throughout the country. In his network of seminaries which provides free food and shelter, children as young as four years of age are radicalized. The film charts the lives of two of his teenage students who are pawns in his ideological war.

“It is a deeply worrying trend that our government is censoring Pakistani artists. After being screened in over 20 countries and winning 12 awards we are shocked that ‘Among the Believers’ has been banned from screening in its own country,” said the director Mohammed Ali Naqvi.

He added, “Aside from following Maulana Abdul Aziz and his Lal Masjid network for five years, the film features the stories of Pakistanis that have never been shared before. Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy (activist), Tariq (a village chief who runs a school), and Zarina (a student) stand up against extremist ideology without any support. Our team has taken immense risks to feature these voices to effect change in our country. “

Three homeless men stabbed to death in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: Three people sleeping at a roadside in Medina Town were stabbed to death on Saturday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Mushtaq, Akram and Ghullam Asghar.

One of them was a local while two others had migrated a few weeks back in search of a better livelihood, police said.

The bodies have been shifted to a hospital and investigation is underway.

Lahore administration suggests venue change for PTI’s May 1 rally

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) officials on Friday rejected Lahore district administration’s proposition to change the venue of the rally on May 1, saying that party Chairman Imran Khan has already announced the schedule of the public gathering.

Imran Khan in his address on April 24 in Islamabad, had announced to hold the next rally at Lahore’s Charing Cross.

The officials from Lahore’s district administration met with a PTI delegation today. In the meeting, the administration officials proposed that the venue for the PTI rally should be changed owing to security reasons. The officials suggested Nasir Bagh, Samanabad Doongi ground, and Gaddafi Stadium as three other possible venues.

The administration clarified that the Lahore High Court has banned rallies and gatherings on Lahore’s Mall road.

Helicopter with 13 people on board crashes off Norwegian coast

OSLO: A helicopter with 13 people on board was completely destroyed after crashing off the west coast of Norway on Friday and no survivors have yet been found, rescue officials said.

The helicopter was on its way back from the Gullfaks B oil platform, operated by Statoil, in the North Sea when it crashed.

"The helicopter is completely destroyed," a spokesman for the Rescue Coordination Centre for Southern Norway said. "Rescue services are doing all they can to find people alive. "There were 11 passengers and two crew onboard, Statoil and rescue officials said.

"We have not yet found any survivors. We are still looking," the local police official coordinating operations, Morten Kronen, told Reuters.

Police arrest five people after toxic sweets kill 26 in Layyah

LAYYAH: Police arrested five people on Tuesday in connection to an incident of mass poisoning which killed 26 people.

The arrests were made during a raid at a chemical factory at Chowk Azam where sulphonylurea was produced. Police suspects that traces of this chemical were present in the sweets which the people ate.

The arrested men include the owner of the factory.

The incident took place at a family function at the residence of Umar Hayat in Chak 105/TDA area on Sunday. Hayat reportedly brought sweets from a nearby sweetshop located at Chowk 111 to celebrate the birth of his grandson. Five persons died on the spot after eating the alleged poisonous sweets, while several others fell unconscious.

At least 40 people were reported to have been affected after consuming the poisonous sweets, and were rushed to the hospital.

Hospital administration confirmed the death of three more patients today admitted at the Nishtar Hospital, where eight other patients are still being treated, raising the toll to 26.

The dead include children, women and men, including eight persons from the same family.

Man dies of Congo virus in Karachi Read On Utv Pakistan

KARACHI: A 32-year old man died of Congo fever on Tuesday, hospital sources confirmed.

Abdul Qadir, a resident of Saddar area was brought to a private hospital with fever three days ago, a health department official said.

He lost his battle with the deadly virus on Sunday.

This is the second death due to the virus reported this year from the city.

CM Punjab meets victims of Rajanpur operation

RAJANPUR: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif reached Rajanpur Monday morning where he met families of seven policemen killed in the operation against Chhotu Gang.

The chief minister distributed Rs 5 million to the victim families. He gave an additional Rs 2.5 million to each family so that they could construct their own houses.

The education expenses of the children of the deceased policemen will be borne by the government, the chief minister said.

In his address the chief minister said that the operation Zarb-e-Ahan was a battle against dacoits and thieves. “After an operation the region has been cleansed of criminal elements,” he said.

He said that the country has to be purged of extremism. “All of our countrymen are taking part in Operation Zarb-e-Azab. The Pakistan Army has made uncountable sacrifices for the country during this operation,” he said.

JI announces nation-wide anti-corruption protest from May 1

LAHORE: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq Sunday said that 200 million people were suffering from what he called ‘economic terrorism’ of the rulers and announced to launch a country-wide protest against corruption from May 1.

Addressing a protest sit-in against corruption in the country, the JI Amir said loans are taken by the rulers but it has to be paid back by the people.

He said the almighty has unmasked corrupt rulers in guise of panama papers, adding, if elected to power the JI would launch a crackdown on ‘thieves’ in the parliament if the JI .

Sirajul Haq said the leaders who have suffered from moral degradation should be stripped of the right to govern. “A commission is also needed over moral corruption,” he added.

He said even names of many opposition leaders have come up in Panama Papers, making them think whether to push forth or retreat.

The JI Amir said the government cherry picked the terms of reference for the commission announced by the Prime Minister in a televised address.

PTI to launch anti-corruption campaign from April 26: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan Sunday said his party and the nation will hold the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accountable and announced to launch a movement against corruption from Sindh on April 26.

Addressing the party workers and supporters to mark the 20th foundation day of PTI here at F-9 Park, Imran Khan also threatened street protest if the government failed to constitute an independent commission to probe Panama leaks.

“The nation will hold you accountable … they will take to the streets, if service of an international forensic company are not hired and terms of reference (TORs) for the independent commission are not made in consultation with the opposition,” Imran Khan asserted.

Mustafa Kamal addresses first public rally in Karachi

KARACHI: Leader of Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday achieved his first milestone as he addressed his very first public meeting here at Bagh-e-Jinnah since the launch of his party last month.

“This day will be remembered as a golden day in Pakistan’s history. We managed to gather such a huge crowd in just 30 days. No other party in the world can gather as many people in such a short time,” Mustafa Kamal said to the cheering crowd.

He congratulated participants for creating a ‘world record’, saying this is the ‘biggest public rally in Pakistan’s history’.

“This is the first political rally that has no political flag,” he said, adding, a large number of people are joining PSP.

He said those who are praising his movement at homes must come out to support his party.

Large part of Shawal cleared as operation Zarb-e-Azb enters final phase

RAWALPINDI: As many as 252 terrorists have been killed by Pakistan Army troops fighting valiantly in the last phase of the on-going military offensive in Shawal, the main town in militancy-hit North Waziristan tribal agency, the Inter-Public Services Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday.

Since the launch of the last phase of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in February this year, troops have cleared 640 square kilometers area of Shawal.