Over 300 repeater guns seized at Torkham
Officials said that upon opening of the bags, they found 305 repeater guns which they immediately seized...
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ArchiveFlour price set to rocket in Punjab amid high wheat price
LAHORE: With the federal government hinting, and the Punjab most probably following, at wheat release price of Rs1,950 per 40kg, the flour price is set to increase by a staggering 22...
73 per cent – from the current official price of Rs860 per 20 kilo to Rs1,100...
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ArchivePresident Alvi links price hike to global rise in fuel price, dollar’s rate
HYDERABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has said that price hike has become a global issue and prices of essential commodities increase with rise in prices of fuel and appreciation of dollar’s rate against rupee...
IT was an expanding industry all over the world and Pakistan had also witnessed a substantial increase in IT-related income, he said...
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SportEngland top gun Joe Root on Pakistan's radar, reveals Misbah
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has identified England middle order batsman Joe Root as the biggest threat to the hosts in the upcoming Tests series against the Three Lions...
Misbah said Pakistan would need to come up with a special strategy against the youngster from Sheffield, Yorkshire...
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ArchiveRizwan emerging as new top gun of Pakistan cricket
Mohammad Rizwan indeed is the newest star on Pakistan’s cricket horizon...
“Rizwan is an Adam Gilchrist-like find of Pakistan cricket,” former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal told Dawn when he was asked to comment on the extraordinary performance delivered by the wicket-keeper/batsman in recent contests...
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ArchiveGun Smoke Lahore: A taste of the Wild West and yummy mud pie
The first time we visited Gun Smoke on M...
Why not!For the main course we ordered what is labelled as the ‘Original Gun Smoke Cowboy Steak’, and I recommended that we go for the 300 gram version...
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ArchiveFour killed in gun battle in India-held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Police in India-held Kashmir on Monday claimed that four suspected militants were killed during a sixteen-hour gun battle with Indian army personnel which ended late on Sunday, foiling an attack on a military base...
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ArchiveIndian teen shoots himself in head taking selfie with gun
NEW DELHI: An Indian teenager accidentally shot himself in the head with his father's gun while trying to take a “selfie “photograph, police said Sunday, the latest in a series of such accidents...
“The boy's father and family said that he was trying to take a selfie with his gun,” he said...
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ArchiveGun battle kills four in India-held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Fighting in India-held Kashmir killed two soldiers and two suspected rebels Friday, as representatives from India and Pakistan met to discuss security on the disputed frontier...
Several rebel groups have battled hundreds of thousands of Indian forces deployed in the region for independence or a merger with Pakistan in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands mostly civilians...
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ArchiveBrazil to end restrictions on gun ownership
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil, which has one of the highest murder tolls on the planet, could soon end most restrictions on gun ownership, risking what one critic called a “Wild West” scenario...
Supporters say freeing up gun sales will allow people to protect themselves in a country plagued by violent robbery and intense confrontations between drug gangs and police, with some 40,000 gun-related deaths a year...
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ArchiveOne killed, six injured in gun attack on passenger van in Balochistan's Loralai
Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least developed province, has remained under the grip of violence for over a decade which has claimed thousands of lives...
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PakistanTwo policemen injured in Karachi gun attack
Two policemen were injured in Karachi's Rizvia Society on Monday when an unknown gunman opened fire on a police mobile during a security check...
Station House Officer Rizvia Arshad Janjua said an unknown armed motorcyclist fired at a police mobile during snap checking in Jahangirabad, injuring police constables Sirajuddin and Zeeshan Safdar, according to a police statement -
WorldAfter Las Vegas massacre, Trump silent on gun control
President Donald Trump condemned the massacre of at least 59 Las Vegas concert goers as an "act of pure evil" on Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or the motives for the worst mass shooting in recent US history...
Officials have reacted cautiously to an Islamic State group claim that Paddock was a "soldier of the caliphate" but while his motive remained unclear, the shooting instantly rekindled the divisive...
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WorldIsrael charges Arabs with IS-inspired Jerusalem gun plot
Prosecutors alleged that the pair, who were arrested on September 6, had tried unsuccessfully to travel to Syria to fight with IS and then decided to target fellow Israelis instead, inspired by a deadly gun and knife attack in July...
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WorldFive militants, one Indian soldier killed in gun battle in held Kashmir
Five suspected militants and an Indian air force commando were killed during a fierce gunbattle on Saturday in India-held Kashmir, which also left another soldier injured, the Indian military said...
The shootout began when soldiers cordoned off a neighbourhood in the northern area of Hajin following a tip-off that armed militants were hiding there, said army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia
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