The FIR was reportedly filed at the Akbari police station of Lahore on the basis of a complaint filed by advocate Farhat Manzoor
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Pakistan Election: Opposition rejects result, demands new poll
A multi-party conference (MPC) and Pakistan Peoples Party late on Friday rejected the just-concluded Pakistan election results, demanding a transparent and free and fair re-election. A multi-party conference (MPC), called to devise a joint strategy over alleged rigging in the 2018 general elections of Pakistan, demanded a transparent re-election and[Read More…]
Missing Pakistani activist Raza Khan returns after seven months
Pakistani social activist Raza Mahmood Khan, who had been missing for the past seven months, has returned home, the media reported on Friday. Raza, a convener of Aghaz-i-Dosti – a friendship initiative between the youth of India and Pakistan — was reportedly picked up by men in plainclothes from his[Read More…]
Pak militant blamed for attack on Sri Lankan cricket team killed in US drone strike
A US drone air strike in Afghanistan has killed a Pakistani militant accused of attack against Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, Pakistani security sources told media. The US drone targeted a car carrying Qari Mohammad Yasin, aka Ustad Aslam, on Sunday in the southwestern Afghan province of Paktika bordering[Read More…]
8 Killed, 35 Injured in bomb attack in Lahore
At least eight persons were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday in a bomb blast the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The blast came just a day after the military announced it would launch a new nationwide drive against terrorists. For the first time, paramilitary troops will target terrorists[Read More…]
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed challenges house arrest in Lahore High Court
Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed along with four others has challenged their house arrest on Wednesday in the Lahore High Court. Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan will hear their petition today. Hafiz Saeed, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid, Qazi Kashif Hussain and Abdullah Ubaid challenged their detention through senior advocate[Read More…]
Bomb blast in Lahore, several injured
Hafiz Saeed, 4 others put under house arrest in Lahore
Following mounting pressure from the Trump administration, Pakistani authorities have placed Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-udDawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and four others under detention on Monday night. The step was taken under an anti-terrorism act. As per a police officer, Saeed, a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), would be placed[Read More…]