Woman killed for ‘honour’

RAWALPINDI, May 10: A divorced woman was strangulated allegedly by her nephew in the name of honor in Saddar Barooni area on Thursday, police said.

Ms Farhat Bashir, 32, had been residing with her three children at her sister’s house since she was divorced a year ago.

Police said that she was spotted talking to someone on her cellphone by her nephew Rustam Shahzad who taunted her and later allegedly strangulated her with the help of his friend.“First they tried to give the impression that she had committed suicide and were about to leave with her body for their native town, Mandi Bahauddin for burial. However, a policeman residing in the street became suspicious. Later, he called the police,” the investigating officer said.

He said that after a brief questioning, the suspects were taken into custody. The body was removed to a hospital for postmortem.— Staff Reporter

Young man commits suicide

ATTOCK, May 10:   A young man committed suicide due to financial miseries and unemployment on Thursday.

Police sources said that 19-year-old Abdul Jabbar, the son of a shopkeeper and resident of Civil Bazaar, went missing from his father’s shop on last Tuesday evening.

Next day, on search, his body along with a pistol was found at a deserted place near Makkah Town.

On information, the police reached the scene and shifted the body to the hospital for postmortem. However, the deceased’s relatives approached the court pleading that they did not want postmortem of the deceased as it was a suicide incident.

The police on the court orders handed over the body to the relatives. The family sources said that he had been in distress for many months due to financial problems. — Correspondent

IHC moved against PM

ISLAMABAD, May 10: A petition seeking removal of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was filed with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday.

A single-member bench will take up the petition on Friday.

On May 2, the IHC had declared the petition as premature and advised the petitioner, Advocate G.M. Chaudhry, to wait till the issuance of the detailed judgment of the Supreme Court in the contempt case against Mr Gilani.

The petition is almost the same but the mover has added that after issuance of the detailed judgment the IHC may hear his plea.

The petition said the IHC should not wait for appeal of the convicted prime minister as due to shortage of judges it was not possible for the Supreme Court to constitute a larger bench for hearing of the appeal.

“Moreover, the induction of new judges would be subject to the approval of the parliamentary committee and the summary of judges would be routed to the President through the convicted prime minister,” he said and added that the prime minister would delay the matter and may also linger on the judges’ appointment till next general elections.

The petition pointed out that in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (g) of clause (1) of article 63 of the constitution, Mr Gilani had been disqualified from being a member of the National Assembly after his conviction.

The petition requested the court to stop Mr Gilani from acting as the prime minister.— A Reporter

Kidnapped trader recovered

ISLAMABAD, May 10: The Industrial Area police recovered a trader three days after he was kidnapped for ransom and arrested two of his abductors.

Superintendent of Police Ishaq Warraich told a news conference on Thursday that the kidnap victim had been recovered in Gujrat. He said an accomplice of the kidnappers escaped while two persons were arrested and brought to the capital city.

The mastermind of the kidnapping turned out to be the brother-in-law of the victim, a lecturer by profession who is now abroad, he added.

The police officer said Asif Mehmood, a businessman of spare-parts in Gunjmandi, disappeared while returning to his home at I-9/1 on May 7. On the complaint of his brother Malik Sohail, the police launched a search and found the victim’s car abandoned at Katarian.

The next day, the victim’s wife received a call from the cellphone of her husband and the caller demanded Rs40 million for his release. —Staff Reporter

Taxi driver strangulated

ISLAMABAD, May 10: A taxi driver was strangulated by unidentified persons here on Thursday.

The incident came to light when some passersby spotted the body lying in a green belt near Zia Masjid and informed the police. The Shahzad Town police reached the spot and later shifted the body to a hospital for legal process.

Later, the victim was identified as Imtiaz Hussain, 27, a resident of Kirpa, Islamabad.

The victim’s brother told police that last night; he came home and parked the taxi inside. At that time he received a call at his mobile and immediately he left saying that he would come soon, but never returned.

Later, the family searched for him but remained unsuccessful, besides, his mobile also found switched off.— Staff Reporter