Tag: Violence
Australia joins hands with Pakistan to end violence against children
LAHORE: Protection from violence, abuse and exploitation must be a top priority of the government, as the state is obligated under United Nations Convention on...
Brazil prison authorities warn of more violence after deadly riot
SAO PAULO: Prison authorities across Brazil should prepare for further violence after a New Year’s Day riot in which nine prisoners were murdered, according to prosecutors,...
Nine dead in outbreak of Brazilian prison violence
SAO PAULO: Nine inmates were killed, 14 were injured, and dozens escaped in a prison riot on Monday, national news media reported, in the...
Violence, displacement, hunger will drive record humanitarian needs in 2018, says...
BOGOTA: Violence, displacement and hunger will drive record humanitarian needs in 2018, with nearly 136 million people worldwide in need of aid, according to the...
Violence mars Lahore Bar Association election campaign
LAHORE: Two lawyer groups clashed during the election campaign of the Lahore Bar Association on Saturday in Lahore.
Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed was addressing the Lahore High Court...
Salman Sufi to be presented with Voice of Solidarity Award 2017
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Strategic Reforms Unit Director-General, Mr Salman Sufi, has been selected as an honoree for the Voice of Solidarity Award 2017 which is to be...
Complete shut down observed in IoK against Indian atrocities
The Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) on Monday observed a complete shutdown to protest the ill-treatment by the Indian police of the detained Kashmiris languishing in jails, Radio Pakistan reported.
The...
All-female police squad set to tackle violence against women in Delhi
NEW DELHI: An all-female police motorbike squad is set to take to Delhi’s streets next month, a senior police official said, as reports of...
Religious activists attack Law Minister Zahid Hamid’s house, injure PML-N MNA...
LAHORE: Supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) and other religious groups attacked the personal residence of Federal Minister for Law Zahid Hamid in Pasroor,...
American woman freed from Taliban captivity describes brutal treatment
NEW YORK: A US mother held hostage by Taliban-linked militants for five years has detailed the violence and sexual assault she said she endured...
Two alleged robbers killed in police encounter
Police killed two alleged robbers during an encounter in Korangi area of the city in the wee hours of Thursday.
According to rescue sources, two...
Man killed in shooting incident in Karachi
KARACHI: An alleged robber was killed by traffic police Firozabad on Tipu Sultan Road of the city in the wee hours Wednesday.
According to sources, a...
CM takes notice of torture in Faisalabad school
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has taken notice of a news item aired in a section of the press about the incident of...
List of most deadly terror attacks in Europe, America involving vehicles
NEW YORK: A pickup driver ploughed a truck into cyclists and pedestrians in New York on Tuesday, killing eight people in the first deadly...
Red October in Quetta
A place with one certainty – death!
Police remain outdated in their ability to avert terror attacks, despite being a major target of these attacks....
Man cuts off servant’s tongue for demanding outstanding salary
A man allegedly cut off the tongue of his domestic help for demanding his two months’ salary in Kot Mithan area, police said on Saturday.
According to police,...
Workshop held on violence against women
LAHORE: Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) and Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre organised a workshop titled “State Accountability, Due Diligence and Role...
