Tag: Killings

Lawyers boycott courts over killings in Karachi

The lawyers on Saturday boycotted courts to condemn the brutal killing of two lawyers in the city. Yesterday, the Supreme Court Bar Association and other...

Target Killings

Targeted killings in Karachi nowadays put a plethora of questions in the minds of Karachiites and the rest of the country whether they made...

Opp walks out against Karachi killings

A united opposition comprising legislators from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a token walkout from the proceedings of...

‘No killings after 7:00 AM’

After heavy bloodshed during the past four days claiming the lives of around 108 people, the guns of the terrorists went silent on Saturday...

Sunni Tehreek protests against Karachi targeted killings

The Sunni Tehreek on Friday organised a protest against target killings in Karachi in front of the Lahore Press Club. Protesters chanted anti-government slogans...

Karachi killings failure of govt, says Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called the “unabated killings” in Karachi a failure of the government and demanded bringing the issue...

Shehris protest killings of shopkeepers by ‘extortionists’

The residents of Bhittaiabad, Dhani Bux Goth, Rashdi Goth and Bakhtawar Goth took to the streets on Tuesday against the killing of shopkeepers by...

Torture, killings in state custody unacceptable

The torture in state custody is on the rise in different shapes in Pakistan including extra-judicial killings and disappearances violating the local and internationally...

NA body to form special committee to probe extrajudicial killings

Condemning the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad, members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights on Friday announced forming a special committee...

Gilani says he has sought report on Karachi targeted killings

Assuaging the angry MQM, which staged a token walkout from both houses of parliament on Tuesday in protest of target killings in Karachi, Prime...

Kharotabad victims did not attack with grenades: police surgeon

During the investigation of the Kharotabad incident, police surgeon Dr. Baqir Shah rejected the claim that the foreigners had attacked the police with hand...

Citizens to protest extrajudicial killings

The Concerned Citizens of Pakistan (CCP) will hold a demonstration today (Sunday) at Liberty Roundabout in Lahore to protest against the extra judicial killings...

Kharotabad killings: FC shifts onus on police

Balochistan Frontier Corps personnel on Tuesday shifted the responsibility for the Kharotabad killing to police, telling the inquiry tribunal that police had first opened...

Asma expresses alarm on killings in Balochistan

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has expressed alarm at the rising number of people being gunned down in Balochistan. According to a...

Balochistan submits report on target killings to SC today

Balochistan chief secretary will submit today (Monday) a comprehensive report on the incidents of target killing in Balochistan from January 2008 to date,...

Bahrain upholds 2 death sentences in police killings

A Bahrain emergency appeals court upheld death sentences on Sunday for two men found guilty of killing police officers during recent unrest, punishments human...

Bahrain upholds 2 death sentences in police killings

A Bahrain emergency appeals court upheld death sentences on Sunday for two men found guilty of killing police officers during recent unrest, punishments human...