Tag: Violence
Death toll from Yemen violence rises to 20
The death toll from fierce clashes and shelling that erupted in the wake of a UN call for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step...
Firing, violence claim three lives in Karachi
At least three people were killed and another three were injured in incidents of firing and violence in different areas of provincial capital, according...
Commission to compensate Karachi violence victims
The Sindh government on Thursday decided to form a commission to compensate the families of those who became victims of the rampant target killings...
Violence mars massive austerity demonstrations in Greece
Violence marred huge demonstrations in Greece on Wednesday as unions launched a two-day general strike ahead of a vote on a new bill tightening...
Fourteen killed in Syria violence
Fourteen people were killed in gunfire in two Syrian towns on Thursday, an activist group said, in clashes between troops loyal to President Bashar...
Peace and violence don’t go hand in hand
The killing of the head of the Afghan high peace council and the attack on the Kabul embassy are being stated as the major...
HRCP formulates recommendations to curb Karachi violence
Karachi’s recent political violence pushed the HRCP to create a fact finding mission that would try to discover the root cause of the violence...
All parties share blame for Karachi violence: HRCP
HRCP’s fact-finding team has blamed all main political parties in Karachi for bearing responsibility for the Karachi target killings. HRCP released its fact finding...
Violence against women far from over in South Asia
The speakers at a South Asian conference here on Thursday called for a collective struggle and structural reforms to end violence against women in...
ISI exporting violence to Afghanistan: US
The US military's top officer bluntly accused Pakistan on Thursday of "exporting" violent extremism to Afghanistan by backing militants that attack American and NATO...
60 dead as violence rocks Yemen capital
Gunfire and shelling rocked Sanaa for the third straight day on Tuesday as the death toll from the worst outbreak of violence in Yemen’s...
‘Pakistan not to blame for Afghan violence’
The United States should focus on defeating militant enemies inside Afghanistan instead of blaming Pakistan for its failure, Pakistani officials said on Monday.
Washington...
SC reserves verdict in Karachi violence case
The Supreme Court (SC) Karachi Registry completed the proceedings and reserved verdict in the suo motu case of Karachi violence, while giving orders to...
4 more perish in Karachi violence
Despite beefed up security arrangements and ongoing combined search operation of Rangers and police in Karachi, at least four more persons have perished during...
Nawaz fears Zardari will pardon perpetrators of violence
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said President Asif Ali Zardari was ready to provide immunity to those responsible for violence...
Violence reignites in Karachi
The Rangers have arrested more than a dozen suspects in a search operation conducted at Godhra area of New Karachi that started after a...