Islamabad: Islamabad Police have arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in bootlegging, drug peddling and recovered 90 wine bottles and heroin from their possession, a police spokesman said here Saturday. On a tip off provided by Detective Foot Constable, Station House Officer of Aabpara police station and Sub-Inspector Muhammad Usman arrested Nadeem Maseeh and recovered 81 wine bottles from him. Assistant Sub-Inspector Muhammad Anar from Shehzad town police arrested Irfan Maseeh for having five wine bottles while ASI Javed [...]

Peshawar: A bomb attack Saturday on a NATO fuel tanker headed to Afghanistan sparked a huge fire that killed 15 people who had rushed to collect petrol leaking from the bombed-out vehicle. Those killed in the attack near Landi Kotal town in the lawless north-western Pakistan tribal region of Khyber were all civilians, nine of them from the same family, local administration official Shafeerullah Wazir told AFP. Earlier, 11 other NATO supply vehicles, “most of them oil tankers” were destroyed [...]

Islamabad: The Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) organised a one-day science and technology exhibition at a local hotel. Irfan Nadeem, Secretary for Science and Technology and Raza Khan, Chairman Coordination, FPCCI capital office inaugurated the exhibition. In his inaugural address the secretary stressed that scientists and technologists to play a vital role in the development of the country. We should struggle for the maintenance and improvement of our [...]