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HRW calls for full investigation of Lahore shootings

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NEW YORK: The Pakistani authorities should ensure that a judicial inquiry into police shootings of rock-throwing protesters in Lahore fully and impartially investigates possible unnecessary use of lethal force, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. On Tuesday, police fired without warning on supporters of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) political party who had attempted to resist […]


Model Town incident could have been pre-empted if Geo

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LAHORE: Protest against attack on senior anchorperson Hamid Mir and illegal suspension of Geo News by Pemra is continued in Lahore in which hundreds of people from all walks of life participated. Demanding of the government to restore Geo immediately, the protesters said had Geo been there, it would have been standing with the Pak […]


HRCP condemns ‘politically motivated’ police action in Lahore

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LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned police attack on Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri’s residence in Model Town on Tuesday, in which eight people were killed and at least 90 injured. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the Commission said, “HRCP condemns in the strongest words possible the unfortunate events on Tuesday […]