Tag: Unrest

Balochistan unrest: CJP says substantial evidence available against FC

  During Thursday’s hearing of the Balochistan unrest case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the court’s order for recovery of missing persons was not...

Targeted killings playing havoc with KP residents

  The confusion over the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s dubious policies towards terrorism is breeding uncertainty amongst the people, especially law enforcement personnel, who...

UN alleges rapes in DR Congo unrest

The UN has accused government troops and M23 rebels of raping and killing civilians and looting towns during battles in eastern Democratic Republic of...

Rehman Malik responsible for Karachi unrest: Rana Sanaullah

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said Interior Minister Rehman Malik is a foreign agent and he is responsible for deteriorating law and...

Govt will remove SC’s concerns on Karachi unrest, says Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that the government would remove the Supreme Court’s reservations on the unrest in Karachi. Talking to reporters‚...

Karachi unrest case: SC issues show-cause notice to CS Sindh

Supreme Court issued show-cause notices for contempt of court to Sindh Chief Secretary Raja Mohammad Abbas, Director Master Plan Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), a...

Muslims flee Myanmar unrest as death toll rises

A new wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar has left five people dead and dozens injured in recent days, triggering another exodus of...

SC bench to take up Karachi unrest case on Tuesday

Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has constituted a six-member bench to hear the case of law and order situation in Karachi. The...

Karachi unrest claims three more lives

At least three people lost their lives in the continued violence in the metropolis, police said. Some gunmen opened fire on a bus stop in...

Myanmar opens new probe into deadly sectarian unrest

Myanmar has set up a new commission to probe sectarian clashes that saw scores killed and displaced tens of thousands, members told AFP, following...

Laskhar-e-Jhangvi, BLA responsible for Balochistan unrest: Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday termed Balochistan unrest as external aggression saying that Balochistan issue is a world conspiracy. Malik said he would...

Military curbs ethnic unrest in northeast India

Large troop deployments appear to have stemmed an outburst of ethnic violence in northeast India, officials said Thursday, after a week of clashes that...

Military curbs ethnic unrest in northeast India

Large troop deployments appear to have stemmed an outburst of ethnic violence in northeast India, officials said Thursday, after a week of clashes...

Iraq attacks kill 32

A truck bomb at a crowded market in central Iraq killed 25 people on Tuesday while attacks elsewhere in the country claimed seven lives,...

Karachi unrest claims 3 more lives

At least three people were killed in firing incidents in different parts of Karachi, officials said on Monday. According to police, some unidentified persons overnight...

Federal government responsible for anarchy, unrest: PML-N

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Lahore President & Member National Assembly (MNA) Muhammad Pervez Malik has said that the federal government is responsible for the...

Myanmar sectarian unrest ‘displaces more than 30,000’

Sectarian bloodshed has displaced tens of thousands of people in Myanmar, left dozens dead and many homes destroyed in western Rakhine state, a senior...