Tag: Curfew

KARACHI - Amid rumours that curfew has been imposed in some troubled areas of the city, two men including an activist of Haqiqi were gunned down on Monday.
Orangi Town, the hotbed of violence, remained tense on the fourth consecutive day as routine life in the Peerabad, Qasba Morr, Urdu Nagar and Kati Pahari areas remained suspended. Intense aerial firing was reported from Peerabad and Qasba Morr throughout the day. Rangers' personnel conducted snap-checking of all passengers in

KARACHI - The federal and Sindh governments have decided to impose partial curfew in several areas of Karachi considered criminal hot spots in order to arrest terrorists involved in targeted killings, sources claimed on Sunday.
Personnel of Sindh Police, Pakistan Rangers Sindh and the Federal Investigation Agency would join forces to carry out search operations in the marked areas. Helicopters will be used for aerial surveillance of the city by commandos during the day, who will

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik may have roared on television that a curfew-like operation will be conducted in some parts of the city, Rangers and police personnel -including Orangi Town Superintendent of Police Khurram Qaris -received no instruction on the modalities of any such operation.
Citizens of these areas also took Malik's orders with a pinch of salt, with a survey carried out by Pakistan Today of the areas in question revealing that little has changed on the

SRINAGAR: A clash between police in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) and protesters who defied a curfew to demonstrate against the arrest of a Hurriyat leader left 16 people injured Tuesday.
Masarat Alam, 44, who is known for his fiery denunciations of Delhi, was arrested by police on Monday in Srinagar, after evading capture for four months. Thousands of security forces on Tuesday implemented a strict curfew in parts of IHK to try to pre-empt protests over Alam's arrest.
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