KARACHI: Central MMA leader Allama Hussan Turabi, his nephew Ali and the suicide bomber were killed and three others were wounded in suicide bomb attack at Abul Hassan Isphahani Road at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town on Friday.Allama Turabi was critically injured and succumbed to injuries at Patel hospital.
Shia cleric Maulana Hassan Zaffar Naqvi confirmed that Allama Hassan Turabi was martyred in the hospital.
The incident occurred when the suicide bomber blew himself up outside the residence of Allama Hassan Turabi at Abbas Town soon after Allama Turabi got off his jeep and was going home.
DIG Mushtaaq Shah told Geo News that the incident of suicide bomb attack occurred outside the residence of Allama Hassan Turabi.
Attempt on life of Allama Hassan Turabi was also made on April 6, 2006.
Meanwhile, red alert security arrangements have been taken in the metropolis after the tragic incident.
At lunch, on the second day of the first Test of a four-match series, England were well-placed at 426 for four.
Collingwood was at the heart of two big stands, putting on an England fourth-wicket record against Pakistan of 233 with Alastair Cook, whose 105 was also his Test-best and then sharing an unbroken partnership of 105 with Ian Bell (43 not out).
England resumed on 309 for three with left-hander Cook 101 not out and 30-year-old Collingwood 109 not out. Both men had been given reprieves with Cook dropped three times (on nought, 45 and 81) while Collingwood had been put down on 79 on Thursday as the pair scored their second Test hundreds and first at home, after they'd each reached three figures against India at Nagpur in March.
Paceman Mohammad Sami took the fielders out of the equation by clean bowling Cook off-stump. Collingwood, on 131, then survived a confident appeal for caught behind off Mohammad Sami before going past his previous Test best of 134 not out.
Pakistan, who beat England 2-0 at home in a three-match Test series late last year, have not lost a Test series in England since 1982 and recently leapfrogged England into second place in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings.
BEIRUT: Israel has threatened to target Syria amid strikes against Lebanon, as three more Lebanese killed and 55 injured in Friday raids increasing civilian death toll in Lebanon to 88. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight, police said Friday.
Israeli warplanes struck the base of a radical pro-Syrian Palestinian group in eastern Lebanon early Friday, police said.
The jets fired missiles on the radical Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) in Qussaya, less than two kilometers (miles) from the border with Syria, they said.
An Israeli cabinet minister on Friday threatened to eliminate Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah.
"Nasrallah decided his own fate," Interior Minister Roni Bar-On announced on public radio. "We will settle our accounts with him when the time comes."
Meanwhile Israeli Foreign Minister has threatened to target Syria amid air strikes in Lebanon.
KOHISTAN: Karakoram highway, which was closed by landslides in district Kohistan was opened for traffic after 36 hours. Frontier Works Organization (FWO) engineers and other personnel took part in removal of boulders and debris from the highway. Meanwhile, Kaghan highway was still closed for traffic after landslides, which also damaged a bridge.
A Katcha house collapsed in Devli Jabbar area causing deaths of wife of a man Gul Zaman, his son and daughter. Four others were injured in the incident, which were admitted in a local hospital.
Rainstorms in district Mansehra have caused floods in local rivers and Nallahs also causing damage to roads and bridges in the areas.
"Nasrallah decided his own fate," Interior Minister Roni Bar-On announced on public radio. "We will settle our accounts with him when the time comes."
Israeli forces intensified attacks on Lebanon in pre-dawn raids Friday, striking at the heart of Hezbollah's command headquarters in Beirut's suburbs, amid world concern that the escalation could spark a regional war.
Fujian province moved over 250,000 people to safety as Tropical Storm Bilis, which caused several deaths in the Philippines and swept across northern Taiwan overnight, churned towards land.
"Up to now, all 42,000 ships on the sea off Fujian have been called back and all fishermen returned to land," official news agency reported.
But the storm was never upgraded into a typhoon and is expected to weaken once it makes landfall.
BEIRUT: Israeli forces intensified attacks on Lebanon as death toll in Lebanon reached to 88. Israeli air raids on suburbs of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah has its strongholds killed three people and wounded 55 overnight, police said Friday.
An Israeli cabinet minister on Friday threatened to eliminate Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah.
"Nasrallah decided his own fate," Interior Minister Roni Bar-On announced on public radio. "We will settle our accounts with him when the time comes."
Israel warplanes in pre-dawn raids Friday, hit at the heart of Hezbollah's command headquarters in Beirut's suburbs, amid world concern that the escalation in Middle East could spark a regional war.
Friday was the third straight day of Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the international community reacted with calls for restraint and the hasty sending of envoys to the region.
Worried about a rapid escalation of Middle East violence, the United States urged Israel to exercise restraint and called on allies and regional powers to try to contain the crisis.
In a series of pre-dawn strikes Friday, Israeli forces bombarded Hezbollah's command headquarters in Beirut's Shiite-dominant southern suburbs, several bridges leading to the international airport and a power station south of the capital.
On Thursday, Israeli forces hit Beirut's international airport in two air strikes that damaged runways, sent fuel tanks in flames and forced Lebanon's only international airport to shut down completely.
Israel has imposed an air and sea blockade on its northern neighbour in the deadliest violence in 10 years, and its overnight attacks on Friday severed the main highway leading to neighboring Syria through which thousands of tourists had been fleeing.
Hezbollah, which was instrumental in forcing the Israeli troops out of Lebanon in 2000, has said it was seeking the release of Arab prisoners in return for the soldiers.
International community has expressed concern over escalation in the region and the UN security council’s emergency meeting was called to discuss the crisis.
The jets fired missiles on the radical Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) in Qussaya, less than two kilometers (miles) from the border with Syria, they said.
"At least 50 civilians have been injured since 3:00 am, according to an initial count," a police officer told a western news agency.
"They were wounded in the southern suburbs, mostly near the bridge leading to the airport," he said.
In a series of pre-dawn strikes Friday, Israeli forces bombarded Hezbollah's command headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs, several bridges leading to the international airport and a power station south of the capital.
Fifty civilians have been killed and about 150 others wounded since Israel began an assault on Lebanon following the abduction of two soldiers and the killing of eight others by Hezbollah guerrillas early Wednesday.
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