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Posts published in “Day: May 27, 2012

Ringleader of highwaymen arrested in GB

GILGIT, May 26: Police in Diamer district claimed to have arrested the ringleader of a robbers gang that was active on the Karakuram Highway. “We have arrested the gang leader, which used to rob people not only on highway but also in various cities of the region,” said a police official. The official said SP Diamer Bashir Ahmed constituted a team comprising three station house officers which arrested the ringleader of robbers. Police said four…

Mangla Dam to be filled to maximum capacity

MIRPUR: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has announced that it plans to fill the Mangla Dam, whose capacity is being enhanced, up to its maximum level of 1,242 feet this year subject to availability of water. The standard operating procedure in this regard has already been approved by the Government of Pakistan. The plan was revealed by Wapda Chairman Shakil Durrani during a briefing regarding the Mangla Dam Raising Project to Azad Jammu…

Tripartite talks urged to resolve Kashmir dispute

By AH Nizami  in The Express Tribune, May 27 MIRPUR: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday called for peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute through tripartite talks among the leaders of Pakistan, India and Jammu and Kashmir. The day-long national conference on “Islamic Law, International Community and the Global Peace” was organised by the Islamic Ideological Council of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, headed by AJK Supreme Court Chief Justice Muhammad Azam Khan. The conference was…