Tag: Condemns

LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hasan and JI Secretary General Liaquat Baloch strongly condemned the bomb blast in a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) rally in Sawabi welcoming the JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday.
In a joint statement here, the JI leaders said that the federal and provincial governments had completely failed to protect the life and property of the people. They said such subversive activities would continue as long as the Central

KARACHI - Awami Jamhoori Party (AJP) President Abrar Kazi and other office-bearers including Hussain Bux Narejo and Wishno Mal have condemned the "brutal" police shelling on peasants who were staging a march for ownership of lands in Punjab. In a statement issued on Monday, the AJP leaders said that the PML-N government in Punjab is turning a civilian set up into

QUETTA - Balochistan Assembly Wednesday adopted a unanimous resolution to condemn the desecration of the Holy Quran by church pastors Wayne Sapp and Terry Jones in the United States. Assembly members expressed their deep concern over the shameful act, adding that it hurt the sentiments of Muslims and called upon federal government to convene a conference of all Islamic countries to evolve a comprehensive strategy against repeated desecration of the Holy Quran and prophets.
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ISLAMABAD - Bishop Michael of Fatima Jinnah Church, Islamabad said on Thursday that the desecration of the Holy Quran by self-styled evangelical priest Terry Jones not only hurt the feelings of Muslims, but of Christians as well. The bishop told a press conference here at the National Press Club that Christian teachings strongly condemned desecration of God's scriptures.
He claimed that before the inception of Pakistan and in the early days, Muslims and Christians lived together

ISLAMABAD - Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Speaker National Assembly has strongly condemned the desecration of Holy Quran.
In a statement, the Speaker expressed her anguish and resentment over the burning of the Holy Quran. She said this incident is worst kind of religious prejudice and conspiracy to start clash of civilizations and destruction of world peace.
The Speaker said this act has greatly hurt the feelings of Muslims around the globe. Therefore, strict action should be taken

ISLAMABAD - The US embassy on Tuesday condemned the burning of a copy of holy Quran in Florida, saying it was an isolated act by a small group of people, which did not reflect the sentiment of respect by American people towards Islam.
"The US embassy condemns the burning of a copy of the holy Quran in the state of Florida, US. This is an isolated act done by a small group of people that is contrary to American traditions. It does not reflect the general sentiment of respect

BAGHDAD - Iraq said on Monday it supported international intervention in Libya, but influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr condemned it and said Western states should avoid civilian casualties.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Iraq supported the UN Security Council resolution that authorised the intervention, and would back any action as long as it was authorised by the United Nations.
"The Iraqi government supports the international efforts to prevent any acts of

LAHORE - The Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) has shown concern over increasing violence against children. For this purpose an awareness walk was organised by the society in collaboration with Allama Iqbal High School Umer Road, Kirshan Nagar, Lahore, from the school to the Punjab Civil Secretariat. More than 100 children along with adults and the school staff participated in the awareness walk. The children carried banners addressing their rights and asking

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the murder of Federal Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti and declaring it "another attack on disturbing peace and progress of Pakistan". The resolution was jointly moved by PPP, MQM and PML-F members including PPP's Sindh Electric Power Minister Shazia Marri, Dr Sikandar Mandhro, Pitambar Sewhani, and Dr Ahmed Ali Shah, MQM's Khawaja Izharul Hassan and PML-F's Nusrat Saher Abbasi.
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KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Friday strongly condemned the bomb blast in a mosque near the shrine of Akhund Baba in Nowshera and termed the attack as outrageous.
"Islam is a religion of peace and such a brutal attack in a mosque can only be carried out by diabolical minds that have nothing to do with Islam," said Altaf. Expressing profound grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the attack, he prayed for the early recovery of the injured and stressed upon the

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Friday passed a unanimous resolution condemning the murder of Federal Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti and declaring it "another attack on disturbing peace and progress of Pakistan". The resolution was jointly moved by PPP, MQM and PML-F members including PPP's Sindh Electric Power Minister Shazia Marri, Dr Sikandar Mandhro, Pitambar Sewhani, and Dr Ahmed Ali Shah, MQM's Khawaja Izharul Hassan and PML-F's Nusrat Saher Abbasi.
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ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Yousaf Raza Gilani condemned the assassination of Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti' on Wednesday and told the National Assembly (NA) that terrorism and extremism were tarnishing the image of Islam as well as Pakistan. Members of the NA stood in silence for two minutes to mourn the slain minister. Gilani sought a debate in the NA to devise a national strategy to rid the country of terrorism. He proposed a meeting of the heads of parliamentary

ASADABAD - Afghan President Hamid Karzai angrily criticised foreign forces Wednesday on civilian deaths, warning against daily killing after officials said nine children died in an air strike. Karzai told the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, which has 140,000 troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, that it could face "huge problems" if mistaken civilian deaths did not stop.
His statement came after an Afghan police chief said nine children died in an air

KARACHI - The MQM Coordination Committee on Friday strongly condemned the murder of Sunni Tehreek (ST) activists Wasim Qadri and Danish Qadri by unidentified assailants. In a statement, the committee demanded that the government should bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book and dispense justice.
Expressing sympathy with the ST office-bearers and the families of the deceased, the committee prayed for divine forgiveness of the ST workers.
The ST activists were

LAHORE - A large number of Punjab University teachers attended a rally organized by University Teachers Front here on Tuesday from IBIT to IBA against the behaviour of Academic Staff Association's office-bearers. Earlier, a meeting was held in the auditorium of Institute of Business and Information Technology which received strong attendance.
The meeting condemned the false propaganda meted out against the Vice Chancellor and senior teachers by ASA President Maher Saeed Akhter

LAHORE - The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) on Thursday condemned the resolution of the Supreme Court's (SC) full court reference calling for appointment of Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery as ad-hoc judges of the apex court, terming it nepotism.
"Appointment of Ramady for the second time on contract in the Supreme Court (SC) creates doubts in minds of people about integrity of the judiciary, giving a strong impression that favoritism is being followed

LAHORE - The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday condemned the unanimous resolution passed in a full court reference of the Supreme Court (SC) in favour of appointment of Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Justice Rehmat Jafri as ad-hoc judges for one more year.
During a press conference, SCBA President Asma Jahangir said that bars were showing strong resentment against the resolution and by adopting a resolution for appointment of ad-hoc judges, judges have taken a