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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. This little-known essay on the tragedy by Saadat Hasan Manto was published just a week after the event in the October 23, 1951, edition of the daily Afaq published from Lahore. It is the very first essay by any writer on the subject.
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SHANGLA: A fire broke out in a busy bazaar in Bely Baba area here on Saturday, gutting three electronic appliances shops. An electric short-circuit caused the blaze.
Rescue 1122 spokesperson Rasool Khan told Dawn that the fire broke out at an electronic appliances shop, which engulfed the nearby outlets within no time.
He said the blaze was brought under control after hectic efforts.
The rescue service spokesperson said the fire reduced goods inside the three shops to ashes.
Separately, a man died and another sustained injuries when a car fall into a ravine on the outskirts of the Bisham city the other day.
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Haripur circle, has registered cases against 10 officials of the education department for hiring a teacher allegedly having fake educational documents. Creative commons/File
HARIPUR: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Haripur circle, has registered cases against 10 officials of the education department for hiring a teacher allegedly having fake educational documents.
According to the FIR registered in the Anti-Corruption Establishment police station, Haripur, Tanvir Haider Shah was appointed during 2007 as Theology Teacher in BPS-7 and the copies of the intermediate certificate and BA degree, which he attached with his application, were allegedly fake.
The education department officials also probed the allegation and found it correct which led to termination of the teacher’s services in 2011 and the case was filed with ACE on an application dated Sept 10, 2014.