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KU loses second professor in seven months

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KARACHI: The killing of Dr Syed Waheedur Rehman has made the University of Karachi (KU) lose its second professor since September, when the varsity’s Islamic Studies’ dean, Dr Shakil Auj, was also shot dead. Dr Rehman, popularly known as Yasir Rizvi, was an assistant professor at KU’s mass communication department. He was driving his green […]


Raza Rumi leaves Pakistan ‘for a few months’ after being attacked

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Islamabad: Senior Pakistani analyst and writer Raza Rumi, who was shot at allegedly by sectarian extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), has left the country “for a few months”. Rumi, a vocal critic of the Taliban and religious extremists groups, was shot at in Lahore on March 28 in which his driver was killed and a guard […]


Raza Rumi attack perpetrator arrested

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LAHORE: Punjab police made a breakthrough on Friday, arresting six people, including the mastermind behind the attack on Express News anchorperson Raza Rumi. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Chaudhry Shafiq said that the six suspects were involved in assassination attempts on various political and religious persons, adding that they were also involved in terrorism, abduction […]


Seven Newspapers Investigated For Printing Militants’ Press Release

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Reporters Without Borders is releasing a copy of the “First Information Report” that police in Quetta, in the southwestern province of Balochistan, issued in response to a formal complaint on 15 May against seven newspapers for publishing a communiqué by the outlawed militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. “No one can dispute the right to file a complaint […]