Tag: Violence
Man tortures to death ex-wife over demand to return dowry
LODHRAN: A man along with father and relatives tortured to death his former wife over demand to return dowry.
Police said that Gul Naz Bibi,...
Sikhs boycott all govt committees in protest against activist’s murder
PESHAWAR: A protest against the murder of Sikh community leader Sardar Charan Jeet Singh was arranged in front of Peshawar Press Club (PPC) on Thursday,...
Elderly woman found in trash dump accuses sons of beating her...
SUKKUR: An elderly woman was found amid a pile of trash in Sukkur’s Bus Terminal area on Sunday and taken to the hospital by...
20 killed in DR Congo violence, including wildlife park
BENI: Twenty people have been killed in a flareup of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including a fresh attack in the...
ATC indicts Karachi mayor in May 12 violence case
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM) Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Tuesday was indicted by an anti-terrorism court along with some other suspects in the May...
US embassy in Jerusalem: IJT protests outside US consulate
LAHORE: Members of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, held a protest on Tuesday outside the American consulate against the recent...
Lawyers show police who’s the boss in Faisalabad
Rowdy blackcoats storm city's police chief's office after colleagues were charged under anti-terror law
Injure at least three police officials, close down a nearby market as law...
Pakistani security forces under effective civilian control, US report says
Civilian authorities in Pakistan maintained effective control over security forces in the last few years as orderly transitions in top political and military leadership...
Pakistan calls for end to sexual abuse in conflict zones
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi has called for mechanisms to independently investigate and verify reports emerging from conflict situations...
1643 cases of violence against women recorded in Sindh: report
KARACHI: A total of 1643 cases of different types of violent acts, from honour killing to custody of children and maintenance, were filed by...
All eyes on police as ATC issues arrest warrants for Khadim...
ISLAMABAD: A day after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) ordered the arrest of Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and other absconding...
Pakistan in hot water after envoy abstains from voting on Syria...
ISLAMABAD: All of Pakistan’s parliamentary parties have demanded the government to hold the country’s envoy at the Office of the UN Human Rights Council...
Mashal murder case: Religious parties to hold protest against conviction of...
Suspects acquitted in Mashal murder case to by honoured religious parties
JUI-F, JI will hold protest after Friday prayers under banner of 'Khatm-i-Nabuwwat...
Polio eradication in Pakistan blocked due to violence, insecurity
WASHINGTON: Polio cases in Pakistan rose by 73 percent during the most intense periods of civil conflict there in recent years, according to VOA.
The report,...
Interim charge-sheet submitted in 2014 sit-in violence cases
ISLAMABAD: An interim charge-sheet was submitted on Tuesday by the Police Secretariat before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the 2014 sit-in violence cases.
Four cases—...
Pope Francis urges end to violence against women
TRUJILLO: Pope Francis on Saturday urged Latin America's faithful to fight rampant violent crime against women including murder while holding mass in Trujillo.
"I wish...
Mexico: Journalist murdered amid wave of violence against media
MEXICO CITY: A journalist was killed on Saturday in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, adding to a wave of violence in one of...
