As many as 67 per cent Pakistanis want the government to take steps for Islamisation, which is a clear indication that they have lost faith in the existing system. According to a survey carried out by Gilani Research Foundation, 31 per cent people want the government to take steps for Islamisation immediately, however, 48 per [...]
A gas plant has been attacked in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where government troops are fighting militants, Press TV reports. The attackers fired rocket propelled grenades and mortar shells at the plant in the town of Karak, which is situated about 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Islamabad, on Saturday evening. A firefight broke out [...]
MULTAN, Pakistan – A bomb blast ripped through a religious procession in eastern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20 in the latest sectarian attack in the country, police said. Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites had gathered in the town of Khanpur in Punjab province for a traditional procession to mark the [...]
Pakistan’s prime minister has dismissed the country’s defence secretary in a move likely to escalate tensions between his civilian government and the country’s powerful military. Yousuf Raza Gilani’s decision comes against the backdrop of a scandal involving an unsigned memo that apparently sought US help in reining in Pakistan’s generals. Pakistan’s supreme court has set [...]
BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday that as a true and steadfast friend of Pakistan, China would continue to support Pakistan’s efforts to safeguard its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, maintain its national dignity and back the country’s economic growth. Premier Wen Jiabao underlined this message in a meeting with General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, [...]
As expected, with the start of the negotiation phase of the Af-Pak campaign, the US is now all set to change her agent in Pakistan. The writing is on the wall and the PPP-led government can see it loud and clear. The army vs government tussle is ever increasing. The clash on ‘Memogate’ scandal has [...]
OKARA, Pakistan – Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of Islamist militants fighting in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India and even donated money to them, until he attended an innovative 40-day lecture series by a moderate cleric aimed at countering violent extremism. The course, given to the public at an Islamic school in a hotbed [...]
QUETTA: The key witness to the Kharotabad incident, police surgeon Dr Syed Baqir Shah, was shot dead on Thursday afternoon while on his way home. Shah had carried out autopsies of five foreigners, including two women, one of whom was seven-months pregnant, who were shot dead by security personnel in Kharotabad on the pretext of [...]
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I am sure they take pleasure in their sadistic acts in those lands....
