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Crime Investigation: Forensics Society formed at GCU
Jun 2nd
A Forensics Society has been formed at GCU and the university is offering an MSc and MPhil in forensics.
Nepal”s royal massacre still a mystery 10 years on
May 31st
KATHMANDU: A decade after Nepal”s crown prince stunned the world by gunning down nine family members, mystery still surrounds the massacre that plunged the monarchy into a crisis from which it never recovered.
Many Nepalese believe they may never kno…
Cucumber crisis: 14 dead in Germany
May 31st
BERLIN: Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds are ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers.
Belgium and Russia banned the import of vegetables from…
To Pakistani media: Stop spouting homophobic hatred
May 30th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6137/to-pakistani-media-stop-spouting-homophobic-hatred/
Heroin use in Pakistan: Deep and deadly
May 28th
To give a short history of heroin use in Pakistan, this menace came into prominence in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Domestic cultivation of poppy in Pakistan started to decline from the 90s, from a peak level of 9,4441 hectares in 1992 to a ‘poppy-free’ status in 2000, but since 2003, the cultivation has again picked up pace. The problematic areas are concentrated in FATA, and concerns about losing community acquiescence in the counter-terrorism operations coupled with a lack of security forces, are crucial factors hampering eradication efforts. The fact that 70 per cent of
10 troublesome traits of the average Pakistani
May 28th
Unfortunately, we as Pakistanis have some negative traits which are coming to define us: 1. An average Pakistani behaves as he is told to by the establishment and/or
Mumbai plotter no longer proud of attacks
May 27th
CHICAGO: An American-Pakistani who helped plot the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks came close Thursday to expressing remorse for the bloody strikes in which 166 people were killed and hundreds more wounded. David Coleman Headley, who has admitted 12 terror …
Pakistan seizes $44 million worth of heroin
May 25th
The heroin was smuggled from neighbouring Afghanistan through Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Acid thrower arrested
May 23rd
Muhammad Irfan was arrested from a hideout in Islamabad within 48 hours of the crime.
Well-connected network: Drug traffickers funding Taliban, al Qaeda, says FIA
May 23rd
Money being channelled through Hundi, Hawala agents in Peshawar, Fata.
