Tag: Violence

Altaf condemns violence in city

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain sternly condemned sectarian based killings in Karachi and termed those a conspiracy for fuelling sectarian riots in...

IG Sindh issues directions for controlling Karachi violence

IG Sindh Fayyaz Ahmed Leghari has issued special directives to zonal DIGs and Divisional SSPs to take counter-terrorism measures preventing further killings in the...

Karachi violence claims 11 more lives

At least eleven more people were killed in different areas of the city on Thursday. Police arrested two target killers from Sohrab Goth area. According...

War on Wonen

During the past few years, incidents of violence against women have been on the rise throughout the world, including Pakistan. In United States alone,...

Violence, crime reign supreme

At least four people including a child were killed while five sustained severe injuries in separate incidents of violence here on Monday. According to police...

Seven killed in Karachi violence

Incidents of target killings continued as seven people lost their lives in different areas of Karachi on Thursday. A man was killed in the Sherpao...

Karachi violence claims nine more lives

At least nine people including a police constable were killed in Karachi in different firing incidents. According to details, a youth was shot dead during...

Myanmar declined talks offer on violence

Myanmar has rejected an offer by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to open talks aimed at quelling deadly communal violence there, the regional...

No pause for violence

The spell of violence could not be curbed in the metropolis during the three days of the Eidul Azha, as at least seven persons...

Karachi violence claims two more lives

A day before Eid, two lives have been lost in Karachi in separate incidents of violence and gunfire on Friday, officials said. According to...

Five dead in Karachi hotel firing

Five people were killed in a drive-by shooting at a hotel in Federal B Area of city. According to police, unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle...

At least 56 dead as communal violence hits Myanmar

At least 56 people have been killed and thousands of homes torched in Buddhist-Muslim violence in western Myanmar, casting a shadow over the reformist...

20 dead in fresh Myanmar unrest

At least 20 people have been killed in a fresh wave of communal violence sweeping western Myanmar, a Rakhine state spokesman said Thursday, adding...

Amnesty warns EU countries against beating protesters

Anti-austerity demonstrators in Europe have suffered excessive police violence, Amnesty International said Thursday in a report urging European Union (EU) governments to protect the...

Four more killed as violence continues in Karachi

Four persons have been shot dead in different areas of the city. According to police sources, a man, who was injured in a firing incident...

Five dead in Karachi violence

A tortured dead body was found in Lea Market area of Karachi on Wednesday morning, as five more persons were killed in the city...

Constable killed as Rangers arrest ‘target killer’ in Lyari

Violence continued in Karachi on Wednesday as Rangers claimed to have arrested three dacoits and a suspected target-killer during a ‘targeted operation’. At least five...