A Pakistan International Airlines reportedly carrying 99 passengers and 8 crew members on Friday, has crashed in the southern Pakistan city. The passengers were said to be going for Sallah celebration. Airport authority said it lost contact with Flight PK 8303, around 2:30 pm when it was due to land in Karachi as it went…
Terrorism: The Challenge Of Deadly Weapons
By Bobson Gbinije “And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate by His side come hot from hell, shall in these confines With A Monarch’s voice, cry ‘Havoc’ And let slip the dogs of war”. — Shakespeare (in Julius Caesar) Dogmatic blandishments, doctrinaire sophistry, religious extremism and systematic political indoctrination etc, have unleashed…
Eight out of 10 Malala Assassination Suspects ‘Secretly Acquitted’
Reports have emerged that eight out of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani teenage schoolgirl and right activist, have been secretly acquitted. In April, officials in Pakistan said that 10 Taliban fighters had been found guilty and received 25-year jail terms, considered a life sentence in Pakistan. But…
Pakistan Carries Out Mass Hangings
Pakistani authorities have hanged 12 convicts, the largest number of people executed on the same day since the country overturned a ban on executions recently. According to an interior ministry spokesperson, the hanged convicts were terrorists and murderers guilty of “heinous crimes”. At least 27 convicts have been executed since the moratorium was lifted, most…
Bomb Blasts Hit Pakistan Churches
At least 10 persons have been killed in a twin blast near two churches in a Christian neighbourhood of the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday. Local officials said at least 50 people were reportedly hurt in the explosions at the Catholic church and Christ Church in the city’s Youhanabad area. Violent protests erupted after…
Bomb Blast Kills Dozens In Southern Pakistan
A bomb explosion, on Friday, has killed at least 31 people at a Shia mosque in Southern Pakistan. According to Pakistani Police Authorities, at least 50 people were wounded in the attack after Friday prayers in the Shikarpur district of Sindh province. Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has condemned the incident and ordered an immediate…
Pakistanis Protest Latest Charlie Hebdo Cover
Police in Pakistan have clashed with crowds protesting over an image of the prophet Muhammad published in French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Police Authorities used water canon to disperse the milling crowd near the French consulate in Karachi. The protest is part of a nationwide rally called by the Jamat-e-Islami religious party. Charlie Hebdo featured…
Pakistani School Attack: Woman, Four Others Arrested
Four suspects, including a woman, were arrested from southern Punjab’s Hasilpur area in connection with Tuesday’s carnage in Peshawar that claimed the lives of more than 140 people. The four were tracked through a mobile SIM, which was reportedly used by terrorists during the attack on the military-run Army Public School. The SIM was registered…
Pakistan To Hang Convicted Militants
Prison authorities in Pakistan are set to hang convicted terrorists after the government lifted a six-year moratorium on executions, officials said. The decision follows the massacre of 135 school children and 12 others by Taliban gunmen at an army-run school in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday. Army Chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif signed the…
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