LAHORE: In protest to the ransacking and burning of homes in Joseph Colony, Punjab Assembly MPA Pervaiz Rafiq has resigned. The minatory MPA from the PPP said the government had failed in providing security to minorities. He expressed sorrow over the...
KARACHI: During a telephone conversation between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf it was decided that Rs 500,000 would be paid as compensation to the affectees of Joseph Colony whose homes were destroyed. In other dev...
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken notice of the mob attack in Joseph Colony which is located in Badami Bagh, Lahore. The apex court has summoned Inspector General Punjab Police and Advocate General on Monday. T...
LAHORE: The Christian community held a protest demonstration on Sunday against the ransacking and burning of their homes in Joseph Colony in the Badami Bagh area.Protestors chanted slogans against the provincial government, administration and police....
LONDON: Terror suspect Abu Qatada was on Saturday sent back to jail by a British judge, just two days before the government was due to make a fresh bid to deport him to Jordan. The radical cleric was found to have breached the conditions of his bail ...
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year. Karzai said two suicide bombings that...
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday criticised the Taliban for holding daily talks with the United States as they also launch suicide attacks that kill civilians and children. The militants deny re-opening talks after they broke off tentat...
LAHORE: A mob enraged over alleged blasphemy set on fire a number of houses belonging to Christians in Badami Bagh on Saturday. There was no casualty as members of the Christian community, including women and children, had left the neighbourhood on ...
QUETTA: One person was killed and another injured, while the remaining two abducted on board a car, which came under fierce firing at Washuk in the province of Balochistan, media reported Sunday. Levies sources said that four persons on board a car w...
LAHORE: More than 100 miscreants, allegedly involved in Badami Bagh tragedy, have been arrested from different parts of Lahore, media reported. DIG Operations, Rai Tahir said police have detained more than 100 alleged perpetrators and raids are also ...
KARACHI: Rangers conducting targeted operation in different areas of Manghopir hauled up several suspects here, media reported. Sources said that Rangers’ targeted operation was underway at Pukhtunabad and the habitats adjoining Manghopir Road here. ...
LAHORE: Muslim League-N leader and member national assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sunday said that the construction of the burnt Joseph Town houses would start from today, media reported. While personally visiting the worst affected Joseph Town area here, Ha...
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Saturday said though the Taliban had reposed confidence in the tribal jirga and recognised its efforts, the government’s lethargy in taking sincere steps to resolve the matter...
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee (NASC) for human rights has summoned Punjab IG over Joseph Town tragedy, media reported Sunday. NASC for human rights chairman Riaz Fatiana, strongly condemning the torching of houses of the Christian c...
MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired missiles in North Waziristan near Afghan border, killing at lest two people, media reported on Sunday. Sources said that the unmanned aircraft targeted a residential compound in Muhammad Khel village of Tehseel Boya. The s...
LAHORE: Hundreds of angry protesters on Saturday set ablaze more than 178 houses/shops belonging to Christians over a blasphemy row in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, officials said. Over 3,000 protesters turned viol...
QUETTA: Unknown armed men shot dead a man over an old enmity here on Friday. According to police, the victim identified as Muhammad Rafique was on way to the City when armed assailants riding a motorbike opened fire on him at Kachi Baig area near Ser...
QUETTA: Frontier Corps on Saturday detained a man recovering a huge quantity of chemical from his possession. FC officials said that during a routine checking at Musa Colony, an accused Saeed Ahmed was arrested after the huge quantity of chemical was...
KARACHI: Police have claimed to arrest two suspects involved in supplying weapons and explosive materials to banned organizations. According to SSP CID Fayaz Khan, a huge amount of weapons were also recovered from the possession of the arrested suspe...
MASTUNG: Frontier Crops seizing a huge cache of weapons and explosives during a targeted operation and arrested eight accused in Dasht area of Mastung district on Friday night. Addressing a press conference at FC Headquarter, FC Ghazaband Scouts’ Com...
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