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District watch in pictures

25 Jan 2014, 12:00 am0

THAKURGAON: Miscreants set fire on house of freedom fighter Mojammel Haque on Wednesday night.

UN urges Pakistan to halt executions

AFP, United Nations :UN chief Ban Ki-moon is pressing Pakistan to end capital punishment and restore a moratorium on the death penalty the government lifted in terror cases following the Taliban school massacre in Peshawar.Ban spoke with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday to express his condolences after the slaughter last week that left 150 people dead, including 134 children.However, “while fully recognising the difficult circumstances, the secretary general urged the government of Pakistan to stop the executions of convicts...

28 Dec 2014, 12:00 am