Karachi: Several held in Rangers operation
According to paramilitary sources, the Rangers conducted targeted operation after firing incident in Sohrab Goth in which two personnel were killed on Monday.
The sources added that Rangers have detained several suspects and shifted them to undisclosed location for interrogation.
A large number of mobiles, armored vehicles and motorcycles took part in the operation, they added.
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Two Rangers among 8 killed in Karachi violence
DIG East Shahid Hayyat said two personnel of paramilitary force were killed when unidentified motorcyclists sprayed bullets on Rangers picket at Al-Asif area of Sohraab Goth. Two other traffic wardens sustained injuries in the attack.
According to ‘Geo News’ correspondent, one of the traffic wardens succumbed to injuries during treatment.
Meanwhile, five other persons were killed in various violent incidents across the metropolis.
According to rescue sources, unknown gunmen opened fire in Gulbahar area that killed a man who was identified as Ali Abbas.
A body bearing bullet wounds was also found from Martin Quarter area that was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained yet.
Another man was gunned down in Garden area after miscreants opened fire near Jilani Mosque. He was identified as Mohammad Zahid.
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Engr Z A Nizami vows to continue
Aligarh’s sporting spirit
alive at SSUET
alive at SSUET
The Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
(SSUET) has vowed to keep the Aligarhian spirit alive by continuing the policy
of promoting sports in a big way.
Engr Z A Nizami, Chancellor, SSUET,
and President, Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA), renewed
the pledge while talking to a group of sports journalists at the University
campus in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on December 10.
Ali Zafar Khan Afridi, Joint
Secretary (Sports), AMUOBA, who had secured admission in the Aligarh University
in the 1940s on the basis of his all-round excellence in swimming, was also
present on the occasion.
“The legendary Sir Syed Ahmed Khan,
who is credited to have played the pioneering role in enlightening the people
of South Asia, laid great emphasis on education and sports. That’s why sports
featured prominently in the list of priorities at the Aligarh University which
he founded. The first-ever covered swimming pool of international standard in
the entire region was built there,” Engr Nizami, who himself played tennis
while studying at the famous Aligarh University, revealed.
“The SSUET, founded by the AMUOBA in
1994, has been following the principles of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and the
university has carried forward the Aligarhian spirit of sports among its
students. We are delighted to be the largest university of the country in the
private sector with more 5,000 students enrolled,” the SSUET Chancellor
observed.
“Special consideration is given to
the outstanding athletes at the time of admission where the sports certificates
carry certain marks. The performance in sports also helps them in getting
scholarships,” Engr Nizami, who also served as the Director General of the
Karachi Development Authority (KDA), added.
“We have developed sporting
facilities at the ground, owned by the Karachi Hockey Association, which is
just opposite our campus. We encourage and support our students to actively
take part in sports and quite a few of our teams have fared well in many
competitions across the country,” he elaborated.
“We have planned even bigger things
for sports in future. We have decided in principle to build a sports complex in
our new campus which is to be spread over 200 acres. Besides providing
facilities for indoor games at the sports complex, we will also make an
athletics field and a swimming pool,” he revealed.
“At present we have space
constraints here. Otherwise we would have developed more facilities than we
actually have at the moment. Since sports remains in the list of our priorities
we will make amends by building infrastructure projects that would serve the
generations to come,” he announced.
“We have passion and determination
to play a lead role in motivating the students to engage in healthy activities
like sports. We fully understand its importance and significance,” the SSUET
Chancellor said. “Among the other initiatives to be launched in the near future
are instituting ‘Athlete of the Year’ award at the SSUET,” Engr Nizami
concluded.
Pak-Afghan-Turkey summit begins today
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will participate.
President Zardai will arrive here from France.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, President Asif Zardari and Karzai will discuss "means of strengthening bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan, especially at the security level," a high-ranking Turkish diplomat said.
The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan will hold talks in a bid to resolve a row after Kabul claimed an attack against its spy chief was planned in Pakistan, an official said.
The assassination attempt on National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Asadullah Khalid was carried out Thursday by an attacker who claimed to be a Taliban peace envoy but had a bomb hidden in his underwear.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not directly blame Pakistan for the attack but said the Taliban alone would not have been able to carry out the bombing and that "bigger hands were involved".
The Pakistani foreign ministry rejected the claim and said it was ready to help investigate what it called a criminal act.
The summit in Ankara will be the sixth in Turkey, a NATO member, since the regular consultation mechanism was established in 2007 to encourage both countries to cooperate against extremism.
Another doctor kidnapped from Quetta
According to police, the medical officer at Helper Eye Hospital, Dr Abul Aziz was on his way to home when unidentified men kidnapped him while his car was found from Badini Road along with his service card.
Police has seized the car while the search is underway to recover the doctor.
It may be mentioned that the recent abduction has taken place days after the eye specialist, Dr Saeed Khan, returned home after a month. The total number of abducted doctors is now 17 in the past two years.
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