Posts tagged as: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Gunmen kill 4 people in Quetta in sectarian-motivated attack

Unidentified gunmen shot dead four people in Quetta Monday evening in a sectarian-motivated attack, police said.   The gunmen, in a car, sprayed bullets at a vehicle of a trader belonging to Shia Hazara community as he was heading home. Police said four gunmen opened fire at the vehicle, carrying five persons, on the busy […]

Strike against Quetta bombing disrupts life

Normal life was disrupted in Quetta on Monday on calls for a shutter-down strike against the deadly suicide bombing, which killed 30 people including women and children. The bombing in Hazara Town area also injured nearly 60 people and badly damaged several shops and vehicles, police say. The banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the […]

Chaudhry Nisar criticizes security agencies over Quetta attacks

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the National Assembly on Monday that despite dozens of check posts in Quetta, the security agencies could not succeed to check the movement of the armed men, who can strike wherever they want.   “There are many check posts of police, paramilitary forces and security agencies. The intelligence […]

Balochistan mourns killings in terror attacks

Normal life was disrupted in most parts of Balochistan on Sunday to protest against the killings of girls’ students and civilians in militant attacks on a hospital in Quetta.   Nearly 25 people, including 14 students of a women university, were killed and dozens more injured in suicide bombing and attacks on a main hospital […]

No let-up in pre-polls attacks as blasts injure dozens

There is no let-up in pre-elections attacks in the country as more blasts on Wednesday injured dozens of people in the country.   A bomb blast injured 13 people in Quetta a day after a suicide attack and three blasts in the city killed at least five people, including a security man, and injured nearly […]

TTP, other extremist groups plan election attacks

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The Taliban and other banned militant groups have planned attacks during campaign for the May 11 elections and during polling, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.   The ministry in a report presented in a high level meeting in Islamabad that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, two other extremist groups – Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jundullah could carry out attacks in different […]

Punjab police issues list of 109 wanted militants

Police in Punjab has issued a list of 109 “most wanted” militants, including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Mati-ur-Rehman who was accused of involvement in a suicide attack on former prime minister Shaukat Aziz.   The list, made public on the website of Punjab Police, includes 28 members of the banned LeJ, which claimed responsibility for two recent […]

Rehman Malik links Lashkar-e-Jhangvi with Taliban

Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday claimed that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have links with each other.   Talking to media in Jehanian near Khanewal, Rehman Malik said that Malik Ishaq and Allama Ludhyanvi are leading two groups of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi with the new name ‘Ahli-Sunnah wal-Jamaat’.   The Interior Minister said due to the action […]

Army spokesman denies support to militant groups

The Pakistan army Thursday dispelled the impression that it is supporting any militant group including the banned outfit which was behind series of attacks in Balochistan province.   Army spokesman, Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa, said that a targeted operation led by the paramilitary force and supported by the police and intelligence agencies is going […]

PM orders targeted operation after Quetta’s attack

Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, has ordered an immediate operation against suspected terrorists three days after a huge bomb attack killed 87 people in Quetta, official said Tuesday.   The Saturday’s blast in a crowded marketplace and targeting Shiite Muslims had also injured nearly 200 people that prompted countrywide protest and the relatives have refused […]

Newsmen murder in Quetta blast refreshes concerns at Pakistani journalists’ safety

International media groups have condemned the killing of two Pakistani newsmen in a deadly twin attacks in Quetta late Thursday, the killing refreshed serious concerns over the safety of journalists.   At least two journalists were killed and two others seriously injured when a bomb went off near a billiard hall in Quetta as the […]

Death toll from deadly Quetta, Swat blasts reaches 115

Death toll from a series of deadly bomb attacks in Quetta and Swat has reached 115 as more injured died of wounds in hospitals, police and doctors said Friday.   Three blasts Thursday ripped through crowded places in Quetta, killing 93 people and injuring nearly 235. At least two newsmen and several police officers were […]

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