Tag: Lal

82 witnesses record statements before commission

Enquiry commission has recorded the statements of 82 out of the 294 eyewitnesses of the Lal Masjid incident. The enquiry commission issued a show...

‘TV channels eroding moral fabric of society’

Lal Masjid Naib Khateeb Maulana Amir Siddique has said those imparting moral lessons on TV channels are eating into the ethical fabric of society....

The Sufi in red

760th Urs of Shahbaz Qalandar starts today Urs celebrations of Sufi saint Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar will start in Sehwan Sharif from today (Monday). Thousands...

Police set out to trace Maulana Aziz’s mother

Following the directions of the Supreme Court, the Islamabad police on Wednesday registered two FIRs against the alleged abductions of chief cleric of Lal...

SC orders registration of FIRs in Lal Mosque missing persons’ cases

The Supreme Court on Friday directed Islamabad police to register FIRs if they were approached by heirs of persons who were claimed to have...

Lal Masjid case: SC orders compensation to heirs of killed

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the authorities to pay equal compensation to the heirs of all 103 people killed in the Lal Masjid...

SC annoyed over police failure to submit record in Lal Masjid...

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed annoyance over police’s failure to submit record of alleged illegal activities in Lal Masjid before operation clean-up in...

SC issues contempt notice to interior secretary in Lal Masjid case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued contempt of court notices to the interior secretary, Capital Development Authority chairman and Islamabad chief commissioner for non-implementation...

Lal Masjid cleric requests SC to impose Sharia

Appearing before the Supreme Court in Lal Masjid’s military operation case, chief cleric of Lal Masjid Abdul Aziz requested the apex court on Tuesday...

Pakistan’s Waseem thrashes India’s Madan Lal

Mohammad Waseem thrashed Indian challenger Madan Lal 19-12 in the semifinal of flyweight category of ongoing second Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Boxing Tournament here...

Lal Masjid cleric postpones seminary rebuilding

While putting off their scheduled plan to lay the foundation stone of Jamia Hafsa, around five hundred Lal Masjid male and female students on...

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s Urs starts today

Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Wednesday chaired a meeting to finalise arrangements for the 759th annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Qalandar starting...

Lal Masjid operation was ‘Q’ govt’s blunder: Humayun

SAHIWAL - Former federal minister Humayun Akhtar said that the attack on Lal Masjid was a blunder of the PML-Q government. He added that half the country had become Lal Masjid now and America's 103 drown attacks had killed thousands of people.
Addressing a public meeting at Harappa Railway Station, he said a record development work was done and prices were kept under control during the PML-Q government, but the sitting government had failed to deliver and check the prices of

APML seeks judicial inquiry into Lal Masjid operation

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) urges the federal government to hold a free and independent judicial inquiry into the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa operations, APML Vice-President Major General (r) Rashid Qureshi said on Saturday. He was speaking at a press conference at the Lahore Press Club. The former presidential spokesman said that former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf's government did not harm civilians and took every decision in the national interest.

MNAs speak out against attack on Lal Chand

ISLAMABAD - Legislators across the board on Wednesday demanded stern action against a Jamshoro toll plaza staff that allegedly opened fire at Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s National Assembly Member Lal Chand a few days ago. Chand told the National Assembly (NA) that the staff of the toll plaza shot at his car despite being aware of the fact that he was a member of the National Assembly.
His demand for action against the alleged assailants was backed by several parliamentarians.

Lal condemns kidnapping of Hindus

QUETTA - Kidnapping of Hindus for ransom is creating a sense of insecurity, Balochistan Minister for Minorities and Human Rights Engineer Basant Lal Gulshun said while talking to reporters on Monday.
Basant Lal, a member of Balochistan assembly of Hindu community, said his community was concerned and very disturbed by the kidnapping of a prominent Hindu religious leader Mahraj Ko Sahain Lakhmi Garji from Kalat along with one of his relatives and the government needed to take