Shamsul Islam Naz

Kidnapping & murder: 7-year-old abducted, ‘raped’, murdered by neighbours By Our Correspondent Published: January 31, 2012 “The body was sent for an autopsy. The doctors suspect the girl was also raped,” DPO Atif. FAISALABAD: Jhang City police have arrested two accused on charges of kidnapping, raping and killing a minor girl due to non-payment of ransom nearly [...]

By Our Correspondent Published: January 31, 2012 Victim had a long standing property dispute over the division of a portion of land. FAISALABAD: A young man was shot and killed over a property dispute in the Dijkot police station precincts on Monday. According to police officials, Wehlan Kalan Chak No260 RB resident Mujahid had a long standing [...]

By Our Correspondent Published: January 31, 2012 Power companies oppose fresh hiring at heavy salaries. PHOTO: FILE FAISALABAD: Participants of a meeting held on Monday to discuss restructuring of power distribution companies and its impact on national growth and the economy asked the government to reverse the policy of dependence on expensive thermal electricity and replace it [...]

By Shamsul Islam Published: January 31, 2012 Most Reverend Joseph Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad. PHOTO COURTESY: PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN TV FAISALABAD: The archbishop-designate of Karachi, Bishop Joseph Coutts, has stressed that there is a dire need for interfaith harmony in Pakistan. Coutts, who is currently the Bishop of Faisalabad, told The Express Tribune that there are a few months until [...]

  Senior journalists have expressed their reservations over the judicial commission’s report on journalist Saleem Shahzad’s murder.  Speaking at a seminar Monday (January 30) at the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) offices in Islamabad, Imtiaz Alam, M Ziauddin, Afzal Khan and Farooq Faisal Khan, said the commission should have pointed out the murderer.  The [...]