At least two people were killed when two armed men opened fire in the Shah Faisal Colony in Karachi. According to the police, the victims have been identified as Arif and Zeeshan. Police claim to have arrested both the accused.
On the other hand, angry protestors torched the residence of the accused in Khan Goth police precincts. A spokesperson for the Awami National party (ANP) confirmed that both the victims were ANP workers.
Provincial Minority Affairs Minister Kamran Michael, with additional charge of finance, is currently presenting the budget amid rumpus by opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly.
Earlier, the Punjab cabinet approved the provincial budget of Rs 655 billion for the fiscal year 2011-12 in a meeting today.
According to sources, a development programme of Rs 220 billion will be unveiled in the province, while Rs 20 billion will be allocated for the district governments.
The education sector in Punjab is likely to get Rs 23.9 billion while the agriculture development budget will be around Rs 3.4 billion. At least Rs 9 billion will be spent in the energy sector.
At least 10,000 new employment opportunities will be created in education, health and police departments.
A ban will be imposed on the construction of new government buildings and residences for the government officers.
Rs 30 billion will be allocated for poverty alleviation programme and Rs 4 billion will be earmarked for Ramazan package. Punjab’s current account revenue is Rs 438 billion.
Token tax up to 1300cc vehicles is increased by Rs 1,000 while token fee on vehicles will be increased from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,800.
As per details, the van fell into BRB Canal when the driver of the van tried to save a motorcyclist.
Resultantly, Shumaila and her nice Quratul Ain drowned while husband of Shumaila and her daughter were rescued.
The search operation for the dead bodied is underway.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani met with President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman and Secretary Defence Lt Gen (r) Syed Athar Ali were also present.
Security situation was discussed during the meeting.
The witnesses recognised all the Rangers officials, who had killed an innocent teenager, Sarfaraz Shah, in broad daylight in Benazir Park, Karachi, last week.
According to eye-witness, the accused brought the victim to Rangers officials while holding him by hair.
The victim was asking for forgiveness and begged for life, but Shahid Zafar opened fired at him, injuring him seriously, an eye-witness said.
He said that he did not know whether the victim had done anything wrong. He said that Sarfaraz received serious wounds and was crying in pain, but no one helped him.
During the identification parade, the accused were allowed to make counter arguments with the witnesses.
A spokesman of the rebels said that 16 people were injured in the NATO airstrikes in village Amreer Gabes, 30 kilometre away from Ajdabiyah.
On the other hand, Gaddafi s son Saif al-Islam told an Italian newspaper in an interview that his father was willing to hold elections and step aside if he lost but would never leave Libya.
At least nine Asian teams will take part in the 10-day event, which kicks off today. Teams from Pakistan, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore are participating in the tournament.
Defending champions Pakistan has been placed in Pool A and will play its first match against Brunei on June 19. The green shirts will face Indonesia in their second match on June 20. They will play their third match against Singapore on June 23 and last pool match against Kazakhstan on June 24.
The poll B consists of China, South Korea, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.
