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, […]
LAHORE: Political parties and civil society organisations on Thursday condemned an attack on Daily Times office in Karachi by miscreants during the strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Wednesday. The civil society organisations, including Women Concern Network, Patan Development Association, Youth Commission for Human Rights, Aghaaz Foundation, Godh Foundation, and Bullay Shah Foundation, issued a […]
KARACHI: The Tipu Sultan police were named after a fighter but proved to be lilly-livered cowards and possibly corrupt officers on Thursday. We gave them all the details of the men who we believe attacked our reporter, kicking him in the ribs and beating him in the head on Baloch Colony flyover. We accompanied them […]
By: Rana Sajjad Ahmad The writer is a graduate of Columbia Law School and a member of the New York Bar, is a partner at the Lahore-based law firm of Rana Ijaz & Partners The blasphemous video, “Innocence of Muslims” has riled Muslims around the world and has, once again, sparked the debate over the […]
By: Sabir Shah LAHORE: Millions of hurt souls across the Muslim world might be unaware of the fact that a Paris-based satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo,” which has come up printing extremely profane cartoons to insult Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and mock Islam very recently on September 19, has a long track record of displaying irreverence towards […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called the anti-Islam film that sparked off violent protests across the Muslim world a “disgraceful and shameful act.” Emphasising that freedom of expression and assembly is a “fundamental” right and privilege of all people, Ban said that this right should not be abused. The film, posted on the Internet under […]
By: Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Army troops were called in aid of the civil administration to protect the Red Zone and the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad on Thursday after protesters tried to enter these areas to register their protest against the anti-Islam film. The capital city turned into a veritable battlefield as clashes were reported between […]
The printing press office of “Daily Times” newspaper in Karachi, the capital city of Sindh province, was attacked on September 19, 2012 by some armed men during a strike called by a religious and political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, against the anti-Islamic film. A staff member of Daily Times told PPF that dozens of armed men first […]
PESHAWAR: The public anger simmered as the protest demonstrations against the anti-Islam movie monster with each passing day in provincial metropolis in the wake delay in penalize the filmmaker. The infuriated protestors on Wednesday asked the government to sever diplomatic relations with the US and expel its Ambassador in protest. The protestors hailing from different […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Wednesday ordered Pemra to immediately stop telecasts of movies about the holy prophets on the cable network and the PTA to filter out all blasphemous web content. The court also summoned the chairmen of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on October 5 […]
KARACHI: Protest continued in the metropolis on Wednesday outside US consulate and Karachi Press Club against the blasphemous film Various religious, secular, business community and minorities condemned the production of anti-Islam film. Scores of workers of Jamat Ahle-e-Sunnat Pakistan, All Karachi Tajir Ittehad and Hindu community staged protest against the movie outside Karachi Press Club […]
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