Tag: Violence

43 killed in surge of Iraq violence

Twin bomb blasts in the southern Iraqi city of Kut killed 33 people on Monday, the worst of a spate of nationwide violence that...

Five killed, six hurt in Karachi gun attacks

At least five people were killed and six injured in the incidents of gun attack in various areas in metropolis on Saturday, meanwhile, police...

If there’s violence it won’t be our fault­, say nationalists

The Save Sindh Action Committee (SSAC) on Friday alleged that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are trying to incite...

Olympic security reviewed after London violence

Britain vowed to review security plans for the 2012 London Olympics on Tuesday as a third day of rioting forced the cancellation of England’s...

Nine more killed in Karachi

At least nine people more were killed in different incidents of firing and torture on Tuesday, as some unidentified persons gunned down two people...

Military top brass ‘concerned’ by Karachi violence

The country’s top military brass on Monday expressed its concern over the ongoing ethnic and political violence in the country’s economic hub where hundreds...

Poor victims of Karachi violence

Life stopped for cab driver Ghulam Mohammed when his seven-year-old daughter was shot dead on her way home from school, a victim of senseless...

Poor dying in Karachi violence

Life stopped for Pakistani cab driver Ghulam Mohammed when his seven-year-old daughter was shot dead on her way home from school, a victim of...

Complex web of violence grips Karachi

The city of Karachi is caught in a wave of violence that by some estimates has killed more people in the past three years...

Ethnic, political violence claimed 800 lives in Karachi this year: HRCP

Ethnic and politically linked violence in Karachi has killed 800 people so far this year, the country’s independent human rights organisation said Friday. “About...

Pakistan should not allow violence against China from its soil

In order to plug the gaps between China and Pakistan, the government and the armed forces should ensure that no part of Pakistani territory...

Asma condemns Karachi violence

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir on Thursday condemned the poor law and order situation in Karachi. “By all accounts the situation...

‘Xinjiang violence is home-grown’

The biggest threat to China’s grip on its ethnically divided far western frontier comes from home-grown anger exploding in violence, not from Pakistan-based terrorists...

Karachi violence: Asma demands all party committee of parliament

Supreme Court Bar Association President Asma Jahangir has expressed horror at the declining law and order situation in Karachi, and said that by all...

The real cost of violence

The 2008 Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development, endorsed by more than 90 states, argues that “living free from the threat of armed...

Killing spree claims 4 more lives in Karachi

The target killing and torture incidents are in full swing in Karachi as much as four more persons were murdered totaling to seven in...

Wasan willing to go to anyone’s door for peace

Home Minister Sindh Manzoor Wasan has sought the cooperation of all the political parties by saying that government could not put the house in...