Posts tagged as: sectarian violence

Another bloody year passes, hopes fade for peace in 2013

Pakistan witnessed another bloody year as suicide attacks and bomb blasts claimed hundreds of lives in the country in 2012. Target attacks in Karachi and Balochistan also killed many people this year.   Hopes of a peace process are fading as the Pakistani Taliban have ruled out surrounding arms in their last week video.  Chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or […]

Who is responsible for Karachi’s law and order situation?

Apparently some of the killings may be for private reasons or that a part of these could be the result of turf wars amongst mafias, but now there is no doubt that most of the murders are the targeted killing.   To elaborate or analyze as to which side introduced sectarian assassinations seems senseless. Moreover, […]

Government doing nothing to stop sectarian violence; says Nawaz Sharif

Voicing concerns over increasing incidents sectarian killings in the country, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif flayed criticism at the government for doing nothing ensure peace. Nawaz Sharif, who is visiting Gilgit-Baltistan, offered complete support to the regional government in dealing with extremism and militancy. He observed, “Unfortunately, incidents of terrorism are on the […]

Blast in Peshawar taking place on Friday being investigated

Blast in Peshawar taking place on Friday being investigated At least 19 people were killed and 39 others injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a bus carrying government employees and private passengers from Peshawar to Charsadda on Friday afternoon. It has been reported by the local police of the area that the passengers on […]

Sectarian drive is on in Karachi

The latest killing of religious scholar Aslam Sheikhupuri, the drive-by shooting, is apparently part of larger plot to add a sectarian hue to the ongoing ethnic chaos in the country’s financial hub. Earlier, the killing of two Sunnis added fuel to the Sheikhupuri’s murder. The nature of recent incident is quite worrisome and demanded the […]

Sectarianism and its consequences

Apparently crude materialistic interests and political rivalries motivate wars and conflicts initiated in the name of religion and sectarianism. This is as true about the knightly fights as it is about the Afghan jihad launched in the late 70s against Soviet Union. Some believe that the ongoing sectarian terrorism in Pakistan has been the consequence […]

Unknown assailants kill religious scholar in Quetta, lawyer in Karachi

In fresh spate of sectarian violence, unidentified gunmen on Saturday kill a religious scholar in Quetta and a lawyer along with his son in Karachi. In first incident, unidentified armed men riding on a bike opened fire at Qari Abdul Basit, the son of famous religious scholar Maulvi Abdul Samad, when he was on his […]

Imam killed in arson attack on Belgium mosque

In quite an astonishing move, an unidentified man set fire to Rida mosque, in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on Tuesday, leaving the Muslim community in a deep shock. The imam (prayer leader) of the mosque lost his life in an act some linked to tensions between Sunnis and Shias, the two sects of Muslim […]

Renewed violence spree in Karachi

Regardless of Interior Minister Rehman Malik had been rewarded with doctorate by Karachi University for restoring peace in the metropolis city and the rangers had been given extra powers to maintain law and order situation, the Karachities, however, are facing a new surge of sectarian violence. It is quite difficult to comment what motive is […]

Karachi once again on verge of sectarian violence: Three Shia lawyers gunned down

In what appeared to be a targeted sectarian violence, three lawyers belonging to Shia sect were gunned down and another sustained severe injuries in a firing incident near the City Court in the Pakistan Chowk area of Karachi. It is vital to mention here that on Wednesday two activists of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat […]

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