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Daily Archives: March 16, 2015

Minorities protest blasts at Lahore churches

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PESHAWAR: To strongly condemn suicide attacks on two Churches in Lahore, hundreds of Christians along with Hindu and Sikhs blocked main GT Road for all sort of traffic in protest on Sunday and held government of Punjab responsible for not providing appropriate security to the worship places of minorities. They burnt tyres and blocked road […]


HRW urges Pakistan not to execute child offender

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NEW YORK: A prominent US human rights group Sunday urged the Pakistani authorities to immediately halt the execution of an alleged child offender, which is scheduled for Thursday, and commute his sentence. An anti-terrorism court in Karachi last week approved the execution of Shafqat Hussain, who was allegedly 14 or 15 years old when sentenced […]


PTI ends Geo, Jang Group boycott

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has formally ended the boycott of the Jang Group, following the formation of a dispute resolution and probe committee. A PTI release issued here said that after a series of meetings between the PTI and the representatives of Jang/Geo, it was mutually agreed to resolve outstanding issues between the two sides. […]


15 killed as suicide bombers hit two churches in Lahore

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LAHORE: Fifteen people, a woman and a policeman among them, were killed and 85 others suffered injuries after two bombers blew themselves up outside two churches here on Sunday. A large number of Christians, including women and children, were offering Sunday prayers inside the Catholic and Christ churches situated about 100 metres away from each […]


Cable operator illegally owned by media group dodges Pemra law

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has disclosed that keeping aside all political pressures, it finally raided country’s biggest defaulter cable operator following Lahore High Court (LHC) orders, when it came to know that the illegal operator has already shifted most of its equipment to another cable business with a different name for which […]