Lethal light weapons in high demand

BY Tariq Habib

KARACHI - The legal and illegal sale of the light weapons in the violence-hit metropolis is skyrocketing as the target killers appear to have an inclination for using the arms that are lethal but handy. These small-sized deadly arms are: 9MM, 30 bore and .22 pistol.




According to police sources, in over 90 percent incidents of targeted killings in the city the killers had used small-size but highly sophisticated weapons during the last five months.

None of country’s 13 air crashes probed properly

By: Tariq Habib | Published: November 29, 2010



KARACHI: Since independence, the country has witnessed 13 air crashes, none of which have been investigated even after assurances by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the government.Sources told Pakistan Today that orders were issued for their investigation from time to time, but not a single report of any crash was made public.