Close X
Sunday, November 17, 2024
ADVT 
International

Pakistani Sikh Politician Sardar Sooran Singh Shot Dead

The Canadian Press, 22 Apr, 2016 11:14 AM
    Soran Singh, special assistant to the chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on minorities affairs and a provincial assembly member, was gunned down late Friday in a targeted attack near Pir Baba in Buner district.
     
    According to reports, unidentified gunmen opened fire on Singh while he was on way to his home.
     
    "Soran Singh was shot in the head and eye," Pir Baba station house officer Mir Ghazab told the media.
     
    He was shifted to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
     
    A Sikh, Soran Singh joined cricketer turned politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in 2011.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    NRIs hail Modi's UK trip

    NRIs hail Modi's UK trip
    Prominent NRIs based in Britain have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to that country beginning Thursday, a statement issued here said on Wednesday.

    NRIs hail Modi's UK trip

    Asked In An Email Whether He'd Kill Baby Adolf Hitler, Republican Jeb Bush Says, 'Hell, Yeah'

    Asked In An Email Whether He'd Kill Baby Adolf Hitler, Republican Jeb Bush Says, 'Hell, Yeah'
    Presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he once got an email asking if he would go back in time, if it were possible, and kill the baby Adolf Hitler.

    Asked In An Email Whether He'd Kill Baby Adolf Hitler, Republican Jeb Bush Says, 'Hell, Yeah'

    Rare Blue Diamond Expected To Fetch Up To $55 Million In 2 Days Of Jewelry Auctions In Geneva

    Rare Blue Diamond Expected To Fetch Up To $55 Million In 2 Days Of Jewelry Auctions In Geneva
     Two rare colored diamonds go under the auction hammer this week in Geneva, with one standout blue diamond discovered in a South African mine last year expected to fetch up to $55 million — which would set a world record for any gemstone.

    Rare Blue Diamond Expected To Fetch Up To $55 Million In 2 Days Of Jewelry Auctions In Geneva

    Swraj Paul's Son Angad Falls To Death In Britain As The Family Business Collapses

    Swraj Paul's Son Angad Falls To Death In Britain As The Family Business Collapses
    Angad Paul was the CEO of Caparo Industries steel firm situated on Baker Street in London.

    Swraj Paul's Son Angad Falls To Death In Britain As The Family Business Collapses

    American India Foundation Raises $200,000 For India's Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative

    American India Foundation Raises $200,000 For India's Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative
    Founded in 2001 at the initiative of then US President Bill Clinton, the community organisation engaged in catalysing social and economic change in India, raised the amount at its annual Washington DC gala Friday.

    American India Foundation Raises $200,000 For India's Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative

    Indian-Origin Men Booked, Face New Zealand's First Human Trafficking Trial

    Indian-Origin Men Booked, Face New Zealand's First Human Trafficking Trial
    Satnam Singh, Jaswinder Singh Sangha, and a third man with name suppressed are the first people in New Zealand to be charged with people trafficking

    Indian-Origin Men Booked, Face New Zealand's First Human Trafficking Trial