KARACHI: Courts in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore granted remand of at least 185 people on Saturday in cases pertaining to riots and arson attacks that took place during the protests against the anti-Islam film made in the United States. Twenty-three people lost their lives in Karachi and Peshawar while over 200 were injured on Friday […]
By: Sadia Qasim Shah PESHAWAR: Friday’s riots sparked by production of an anti-Islam film in the US came as a serious blow to the provincial capital’s moribund cinemas. Violent mobs stormed Shabistan, Shama and Naz cinemas and tried to set them on fire. Capital Cinema, which was set up shortly after the country’s independence, too, […]
By: Z Ali HYDERABAD: Over a dozen journalists and policemen were assaulted as rioters during Ishq-e-Rasool protests besieged Hyderabad Press Club and the roads outside it were turned into a battlefield on Friday. The exchange of fire and tear-gas shelling, which started more than 75 minutes after the hostilities, sparked at around 4:15 pm and […]
ISLAMABAD: The current state of public media maintains the status quo, with public broadcasters running on people’s money, but not representing their voices. It only reflects the interest of those in government on the day. All media in Pakistan, public or private, should strive to be unbiased, ethical and professional. This was demanded in the […]
By: Umer Farooq PESHAWAR: The driver of an ARY News digital satellite news-gathering (DSNG) van died after being fatally wounded by gunfire, allegedly by the police, during the protests on Friday. “Wait a while, let me have breakfast… no one knows if we will be able to have lunch,” was how Muhammad Amir, the DSNG […]
Karachi: Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday condemned the violent protests in Karachi that claimed the lives of 15 people and caused substantive damage to property during rallies against the anti-Islam film made in the United States. Shah said that different religious parties and organisations took out rallies against the blasphemous […]
By: Sidrah Roghay Karachi: Yes, we watched Karachi burn. Every bit of it, down went the cinemas, banks and restaurants. And there were lives lost in vain. We still do not know who the terrorists were, we never do; they looted and plundered at will. Whether they branched out from the numerous ‘peaceful rallies’ which […]
SUKKUR: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has strongly condemned the attack on the Hyderabad Press Club and threatening journalists by unknown protesters.He said that any attack on media is tantamount to suppress the voice of nation, which cannot be tolerated. The minister said that the PPP government observed “Youm-e-Ishq Rasool (PBUH) to condemn the […]
PESHAWAR: The driver of a private TV channel, Mohammad Amir who was killed in the line of duty during the protest here Friday had been blessed with his second son only six days back. Mohammad Amir, 35, had been working with the private channel for the last almost four years. A resident of Lahori Chowk […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The burning of five cinema halls by a mob on Friday shocked not just the people associated with the business but the art fraternity in general. It strengthened the view held by sceptics who have felt that the space for creative expression and artistic representation is increasingly shrinking in Pakistan. Film […]
By: Ali Hazrat Bacha PESHAWAR: Life in the provincial capital was paralysed by riots, the worst of its kind in decades, on Friday after people protesting the production of an anti-Islam film in the US went on the rampage. Protesters emerged on the streets early in the morning and stayed put until late in the […]
By: Khalid Hasnain LAHORE: At least 10 people were injured when groups of protesters tried to break into the American Consulate on a day of charged demonstrations against a profane anti-Islam film here on Friday – officially declared as the Yaum-i-Ishq-i-Rasool (Peace be upon him). Police used teargas and batons to prevent an attack on […]
By: Baqir Sajjad Syed ISLAMABAD: As violence marred the observance of Love for Prophet (PBUH) Day, the Foreign Office summoned US envoy on Friday and demanded action against maker of the offensive and anti-Islam film and removal of its trailer from the YouTube. US Chargé d’Affaires Ambassador Richard Hoagland met Acting Foreign Secretary Alamgir Babar […]
At least 23 die, over 200 injured on Yaum-i-Ishq-i-Rasool’, Friday which was designated by the government to demonstrate love of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and condemn the anti-Islam video produced in the US by some extremists was hijacked by our home-grown extremists who turned it into a day of unbridled violence, killings, […]
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