Category: Karachi, Pakistan

JSMM calls for strike across Sindh against CPEC today

Karachi [Pakistan], Feb. 20 : The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz , a major separatist political party in Sindh, Pakistan, has given a call of strike across the province against China-Pakistan Economic Corridor today. Following this development, a grand operation had been started against JSMM since 48 hours and more than 150 workers and their relatives have been arrested.

Zakir Naik’s NGO money trails leads ED to Dawood

MUMBAI: Was the controversial preacher a part of the hawala racket being masterminded from Karachi? Security agencies monitoring Karachi-based businessmen close to D-Company and a `terror outfit masquerading as charitable and social organisation’ for funding Mumbai-based IRF. Three days after controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s chief financial officer Aamir Gazdar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering, the trail has led the sleuths to Pakistan and the D-Company.

The Latest: Pakistani ambassador summoned by Afghanistan

Pakistani women light candles to pay tribute to the victims of Thursday’s suicide attack at a shrine, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. A brutal attack on a beloved Sufi shrine that killed dozens of people raised fears that the Islamic State group has become emboldened in Pakistan, aided by an army of homegrown militants benefiting from hideouts in neighboring Afghanistan, analysts and officials said Friday.

Pakistani forces kill, arrest dozens after IS shrine bombing

Pakistani forces killed and arrested dozens of suspects in sweeping raids overnight and into Friday, a day after a massive suicide bombing by the Islamic State group killed 75 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine in the country’s south. The terror attack – Pakistan ‘s deadliest in years – stunned the nation and raised questions about the authorities’ ability to rein in militant groups despite several military offensives targeting militant hideouts.

Roadside bomb kills 3 paramilitary soldiers in NW Pakistan

Pakistan’s military says a roadside bomb attack has killed three paramilitary soldiers in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. A military statement Monday said the three men were wounded during a search and cordon operation in the Zarmilan area late Sunday night and later died at a hospital.

There was a time when Barelvis used to assert themselves peacefully

Governor Taseer’s son, Shaan Taseer, has been speaking out on social media against the persecution of non-Muslims in the name of blasphemy. In the first week of 2017, Lahore was paralysed by roadblocks set up by the government to deny entry to mobs opposed to the observance of the day Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was killed in 2011 by his police guard.

Protection of minorities is top most priority of government: Pak Minister

Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 16 : Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Kamran Michael has said that the promotion and protection of minorities is the top most priority of the government, adding that the bright future for the country can only be ensured by providing justice to the oppressed sector of society. [NK World] He was addressing the gathering of minority community and employees of the PIA here in Karachi on Sunday.

India ‘incomplete’ without Sindh: Advani

BJP patriarch LK Advani feels that India appears “incomplete” without Sindh in its territory. The 89-year-old leader made the remarks at an event here while lamenting that Karachi, the capital of the Pakistani province, where he was born in a Sindhi family was not a part of India anymore.

113 mutilated bodies found dumped across Balochistan in 2016: BHRO

Karachi [Pakistan], Jan. 4 : Baloch Human Rights Organisation chairperson Bibi Gul Baloch has claimed that at least 113 mutilated bodies were found dumped across Balochistan last year. Revealing details of the annual report compiled by the BHRO at a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday, Gul Baloch said that during 2016 scores of military operations were carried out in the province’s insurgency-hit south-western parts and that 32 people had gone missing after being “arrested by the law enforcement agencies”.