Tag: Killings

KARACHI - Sporadic incidents of targeted killings continued in Karachi on Tuesday, claiming the life of 13 people, including a woman and a minor girl, and injuring another 23.As per details, at least three people were killed and 15 others, including Rangers personnel, injured in firing incidents in Orangi.
Sources said unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at Shaheen Qabayl Hotel near Metro Cinema killing at least five people and injuring 13 others.TPO Khurram Waris said

LAHORE - The Imamia Students Organization (ISO) held a rally against the killings in Bahrain and the release of Raymond Davis from the Lahore Press Club to the Punjab Assembly on Friday. Abdul Khaliq, an ISO office bearer, led the rally, in which the protestors chanted slogans against the Saudi Arabia's role in Davis' release.
Protestors said that the killings in Bahrain will not be tolerated at any cost and should be stopped immediately.
They asked the Muslims to support

KARACHI - At least 12 people were killed and several others injured in the latest incidents of violence and targeted killings in Karachi on Saturday. Killing of an MQM worker in the afternoon created panic, leading to the closure of all business activities across the city.
Khurram, 40, son of Saleem was standing outside his house when two motorcyclists opened fire on him, killing him on the spot. City Town Superintendent of Police (SP) Qamar Raza Jiskani said the victim was an

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the interior secretary, home secretary and Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) to submit detailed reports on targeted killings at a date to be fixed later. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam was hearing a constitutional petition filed by Human Rights Commission South Asia (HRCSA) representative Iqbal Kazmi, seeking to end targeted killings in Karachi.
On behalf of the Pakistan Rangers Sindh director

KARACHI - At least five people, including a policeman, were gunned down by unidentified armed persons on Thursday in a fresh wave of violence in the metropolis. Two neighbours, one of them a police officer, were shot dead by unidentified armed men riding a motorcycle while they were sitting inside the parking area of the Sindh Government Qatar Hospital (SGQH) in the Orangi Town.
The deceased identified as Muhammad Saleem, 38, son of Abdul Majeed, and Abdul Rashid Khan, 29, son of

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan, Advocate General Balochistan and others to file para-wise comments on a petition filed against the incidents of targeted killing, kidnapping and abduction for ransom in Balochistan.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing the petition filed by the

JAKARTA - Disturbing video emerged on Monday of a bloody religious mob attack in Indonesia that killed three members of a minority Muslim sect, showing extremists beating and stoning their victims to death. The incident, involving more than 1,000 Muslims who stormed a house in West Java on Sunday to stop the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect from holding worship, has been condemned by the government and rights activists.
Footage of the attack -- which came at the start of

KARACHI - The hidden realities behind incidents of targeted killing in Karachi must be exposed, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad said on Tuesday. "After creating a situation in the metropolis that is similar to the Malakand-Swat situation, extremists now want to destabilise the city as well as the country," the governor told a delegation of Kashmiri journalists at the Governor's House.
He said that the worsening law and order situation in the city could be solved only after exposing

TUNIS - Tunisia's new interim government should "urgently" investigate killings of protesters by security forces earlier this month under the country's ousted regime, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. "Things are moving fast in Tunisia, but finding out who opened fire on demonstrators and why can't wait," Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East and North Africa director for the watchdog, told reporters in Tunis.
"The units and commanders responsible for these apparently unlawful

LAHORE - The Concerned Citizens Society of Pakistan strongly condemns the killing of three Pakistani citizens in Lahore on Friday by a US consulate employee. It is also very unfortunate that the US Ambassador instead of condemning this brutal act of murder has set in motion an effort to claim diplomatic immunity for this person.
We urge the Pakistan government not to succumb to US pressure to release the accused US national. He should be subjected to due process of law. Dr Aafia

ISLAMABAD - To maintain the rule of law, the political parties on Saturday asked the government to not to give in to pressure from the US government regarding the release of the American citizen who killed two Pakistanis in Lahore.
PML-Q: Reacting to the US demand of immediate release of Raymond Davis, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid group's Senator Tariq Azeem raised fundamental questions about the US embassy's reluctance to identify Davis' credentials and his assignment in

LAHORE - The 'hidden forces' always instigate ethnic clashes in Karachi whenever Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) struggles to expand his 'ideological movement' to rural Sindh and Punjab. These 'elements' always tries to brand MQM an 'ethnic and regional pressure group' and the current spate of gun violence in Karachi was part of the 'same conspiracy'.
Member of the MQM's Central Coordination Committee Saif Yar Khan said this in an exclusive interview with Pakistan Today here on

KARACHI - A third force involved in Karachi assassinations has been unearthed which turns out to be Pakistanis living in South Africa who, after achieving their goal, board the next flight home.
Sources said according to a report compiled by the three law enforcement agencies, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA), Military Intelligence (MI), and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), external forces of Pakistani descent are involved in the targeted killings in Karachi.