Dozens of people were killed Friday in an attack by Shiite militiamen on a Sunni mosque in the town of Bin Wais, in Diyala province in eastern Iraq. Sectarian attack represents a new blow to attempts by the Shiite Haider al Abadi to form a new government that integrates different faiths and ethnicity in the […]
Aug 24 2014 | Posted in
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In an apparent incident of sectarian violence, a Shia doctor was gunned down in Peshawar on Tuesday afternoon at his clinic in Liaqat Bazaar, Saddar. Eyewitnesses said that they heard several gunshots minutes after three men entered Dr Shahnawaz Ali’s clinic. When they rushed to the clinic, they found him dead with a bullet […]
Jan 22 2013 | Posted in
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Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Thursday recommended a joint sitting of Ulema from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan to chalk out a combined strategy to combat terrorism in the region. While speaking to a private TV channel, Iranian president said we should not kill each other as we are Muslims and believe in one God. ‘We […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Condemning blasts in Karachi and Rawalpindi, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned that militants were preparing to target more sites across Pakistan in order to sabotage the ongoing Developing Eight (D-8) Summit. The minister stated that miscreant elements are trying to destabilize the country, adding that they would not be able to succeed […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Despite tall claims of the government, sectarian or targeted killings are becoming widespread in different parts of the country, particularly Quetta, Gilgit-Baltistan and Karachi. An especial factor of such incidents is going on in Karachi where people of difference school of thoughts are being killed, particularly Shia and Sunni. In the past, military rulers promoted […]
Oct 27 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be a blatant statement, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has claimed that he still believes Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was murdered, as the establishment did not like him. While addressing a ceremony in connection with the Quaid’s 64th death anniversary, Altaf Hussain said that Muhammad Ali Jinnah belonged to […]
A local court on Friday sent the leader of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), Malik Ishaq, to jail on a 14-day judicial remand. He, who is nominated in 44 cases in which 70 people were killed, sent to Kot Lakhpat jail. Earlier on Thursday, Model Town Investigations Police had arrested Ishaq from him the Allama Iqbal […]
Unidentified on Thursday killed session judge Zulfiqar Naqvi along with his driver in GOR Colony at Saryab Road when he was in way to his office. Senior police officer Wazir Khan while talking to the media said that the attackers were waiting for the judge at a railway crossing, the moment the car slowed down, […]
The gruesome incident in which a bus of Shia pilgrims was attacked in Quetta coupled with numerous others in Balochistan over the past few months is part of baleful conspiracy to divide the country vertically and horizontally. More than dozen people, who were returning from Iran, were lost their lives while another 30 sustained severe […]
Kabul once again blamed Islamabad for strikes inside Afghanistan, saying regional spy agencies were behind a rare suicide blast targeting Shia Muslims that killed more than 80 per cent people in an indirect reference to Pakistani security agencies. Afghan Attorney General Eshaq Aloko while speaking to the media said two men had been apprehended over […]
Jun 20 2012 | Posted in
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Afghan interior ministry claims killing 33 Taliban insurgents in past 24 hours Kabul: (Monday, June 11, 2012) The Afghan Interior Minister has claimed killing 33 Taliban insurgents in past 24 hours in various military operations. As per the details, the operations were jointly carried out by the Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops. In […]
Jun 11 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]