LAHORE: A woman set her daughter to fire for marrying the man of her choice here on Wednesday, police said. The 18-year-old girl died on the spot. The victim, a resident of Mast Iqbal Road, had eloped with a man she liked and who her family disapproved of, said Station House Officer (SHO) Sheikh Hammad Akhtar. Two days before the incident, the family coaxed the deceased to come back home on the pretext that they will send her off with their consent. However, when once she returned, her mother dousedRead More

ISLAMABAD: The government cannot afford the Rs20 million needed to bring relief to the residents of the federal capital, who have been suffering through a water crisis since the beginning of the summer, Asad Umar, the PTI MNA from Islamabad, said on Tuesday. Opening his budget speech in the National Assembly, Mr Umar said: “I was listening to Dar Sb’s speech the other day where he was praising the government’s performance. For a while, even I was confused and thought we were actually doing well economically.” “The next day, IRead More

  QUETTA: The principal of University of Balochistan’s law college, Barrister Amanullah Achakzai, was shot dead by unknown assailants on Spini Road here on Wednesday, police sources said. Police said the barrister was severely wounded when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets by unknown gunmen. Achakzai succumbed to his wounds while he was being taken to Civil Hospital Quetta. Police and Frontier Corps personnel reached the scene and an investigation into the incident went underway. There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack. Chief Minister Balochistan Sanaullah ZehriRead More