by Malik Asad in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: The judicial magistrate of Islamabad shelved the murder case of journalist Arshad Sharif on Wednesday since no prosecution witness had attended the trial proceedings so far. Muhammad Abbas Shah, a civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate, had issued non-bailable arrest warrants to all prosecution witnesses, including the wife of Arshad Sharif, for not appearing before the court to record their statements in the murder case. The judge had directed the…
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AFP in Dawn, March 12th, 2023MAZAR SHARIF: A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of northern Balkh province in an attack claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group. Saturday’s blast took place during an event honouring…