Tag: Murder

LONDON - Bilawal Bhutto has condemned all those who have praised the assassination of the Punjab governor for his opposition to the blasphemy laws. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told mourners Monday at the Pakistan High Commission in London that people who have voiced support for the killer of Punjab governor Salman Taseer were 'the real blasphemers'. "Because of you, the message of Islam is distorted in the eyes of the world," said Bhutto Zardari, the son of President Asif Ali Zardari.

PESHAWAR - Reports about a senior lawyer's murder by his captors became a mystery as the dead body found in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency was not of Zain Khan Khalil Advocate.
According to the family sources, a man who was mediating between the kidnappers and the son of Zain Khan made a call and asked them to be prepared for funeral as the captors had killed Zain Khan.
Official teams were sent to the site to bring the body but the tribal levies, after getting the body, told

LAHORE - The Citizens for Democracy (CFD), an umbrella group of political parties, trade unions, professional organisations, NGOs and individuals, has strongly condemned the 'cold-blooded and cowardly' murder of Salmaan Taseer. In a press statement issued here on Friday, the rights group said they strongly condemn those who were glorifying the assassin, who shot an unarmed man from behind.
"The unarmed Punjab Governor was shot in the back in the most cowardly manner by one of his

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warriach has expressed concern over the investigation being carried out into the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer.
He was talking to reporters at Taseer's Qul at the Governor's House on Thursday.
Warraich said he was not satisfied with the investigations, as the Punjab government was responsible for his security, which was overlooked.
He said Taseer's assassination was politically

LAHORE - Leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) foresaw a political controversy behind the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and called it a "political murder", as the deceased was laid to rest at the Cavalry Grounds graveyard on Wednesday.
Leading the enraged onslaught, PPP Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz said the Punjab governor was killed for political reasons and his murder highlighted the failure of the provincial government. He said it was surprising

KARACHI - Over 2,000 security personnel deployed with VVIPs of Sindh have been sent back to their head offices, while the personal details of more than 1,000 personnel of law enforcement agencies will be sent to intelligence agencies for vetting, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to the data of the Home Department, important personalities of Sindh enjoy the security of more than 8,000 police personnel and 4,000 personnel of other intelligence agencies. The assassination of

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, upon Syed Qalab Hussain's request on Wednesday, prayed for the late governor Punjab Salman Taseer, assassinated by his own security guard Malik Hussain Qadari at Kohsar Market on Tuesday.
A condolence resolution, moved by Saqibullah Chamkani, terming Qadari's act 'extremism', was also passed unanimously.
Only fifteen members were present in the session that started one and a half hour late.
"We condemn this act and we pray

LAHORE - Varied reaction has come from religious parties who were critical of Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer for his stance on blasphemy laws. Spokesmen for Sunni Ittehad Council and Tahafz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz Nawaz Kharal and Zia ul Haq Naqshbandi spoke to Pakistan Today on the phone but they hesitated from commenting on the governor's assassination, however a press release by TNRM citing its convener Sahibzada Abul Khair Zubair, said that Salmaan Taseer deserved what he got in

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday strongly condemned the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, canceling all their engagements and announcing a three-day mourning.
The president directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik to personally supervise the investigation and submit a report at the earliest, while Gilani announced a three-day mourning and ordered the national flag to remain at half mast for three days.
The

LAHORE - The city's situation became extremely tense as news of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassination spread in the governor's hometown and aerial firing incidents were also reported in some areas. All major markets and other business centers were closed on orders of Lahore District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahad Cheema.
Cinemas and theatres were also closed to mourn the governor's assassination and the DCO said that the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) closed

RAWALPINDI - Applications seeking release of the accused police officials in Benazir Bhutto (BB) murder case were filed in the Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi on Monday.
Malik Waheed Anjum, counsel of former CPO Saud Aziz and former SP Rawal Town Khurram Shahzad, filed the bail petitions in the court of Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan who directed the FIA to present the related record on January 7. It was pleaded in the applications that FIA, despite getting six-day physical remand

NEW DELHI - Indian police have closed a probe into the murder of a schoolgirl and her domestic helper in 2008, admitting detectives had failed to solve a crime that transfixed the nation.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Wednesday it did not have "sufficient evidence to nail anyone" for the deaths of 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar and the male servant in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi. Indian police standards were again under the spotlight after hundreds of

LAHORE - Punjab Inspector General of Police Tariq Saleem Dogar has said that the Punjab Police investigation teams and other agencies have found Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad innocent in their findings.
The IGP told a press conference on Wednesday that no doubt the postmortem report was concrete and tangible evidence, but Benazir's Bhutto's body was no ordinary body and police officers in Rawalpindi could do nothing without consultation of her family.
He, however, remarked

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party Secretary General Senator Jahangir Badr said on Wednesday that it was fact former president Pervez Musharraf was responsible for the assassination of the former PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto.
"This is not an allegation but it had been proved in UN inquiry commission report," he said, adding providing foolproof security to two-time former prime minister was responsibility of the then Musharraf administration. Earlier, Musharraf told a lie when he

LONDON - Former president Pervez Musharraf has said that he is not responsible for the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former Balochistan governor Akbar Bugti, and cleared his position that he will not appear before any inquiry commission in this regard.
In an interview with a private TV channel, the former president said that it was not his responsibility to provide security to the late Pakistan People's Party chairperson. "I was head of the state, and

RAWALPINDI - An Anti-Terrorist Court on Wednesday denied the Federal Investigation Agency's request to extend the physical remand of former police chief of Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and former Superintendent Police Rawal Town Khurram Shahzad in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The former police officials, who were arrested for alleged negligence of duty over the 2007 assassination of former prime minister, were produced before the court on Wednesday. The FIA had requested the ATC to

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party central executive committee (CEC) on Sunday postponed bringing out the report on the investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, deciding to take up the report at the CEC's next meeting, Law Minister Babar Awan said.
He said the president would announce the date of the next CEC meeting after holding consultations with party leaders. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also be attending the next meeting, which will give a final