Hindu journalist shot dead in Pakistan’s Sindh province
3 years, 9 months ago

Hindu journalist shot dead in Pakistan’s Sindh province

The Hindu  

A 31-year-old Hindu journalist in Pakistan has been shot dead by some unidentified assailants while getting a haircut at a barber shop in the country’s Sindh province, the police said on Saturday. Condemning the killing, Hindu member of Pakistan’s National Assembly Lal Chand Malhi said that it is a “matter of great concern”. Journalists, many of whom from Karachi, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Larkana, Sukkur and other towns, participated in the last rites along with Lalvani’s relatives, friends and members of the minority Hindu community, Dawn newspaper reported. Meanwhile, New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, an American independent non-profit organisation, urged authorities in Sindh province to “must immediately launch a credible investigation” and apprehend those responsible for the killing.

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Pakistan: Hindu Pilgrim Shot Dead Near Nankana Sahib Ahead Of Guru Nanak Gurpurab
1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan: Hindu Pilgrim Shot Dead Near Nankana Sahib Ahead Of Guru Nanak Gurpurab

ABP News  

Pakistan News: A Pakistani Hindu from Larkana in Sindh province of Pakistan was killed near Nankana Sahib late Wednesday night. The incident took place near Chak 572, Bhagaur, on the Mananwala-Nankana Sahib Road, and the assailants were said to be a gang of robber, a Dawn report said. According to the complainant, the report said, Akshat Kumar from Osta Muhammad, …

Pakistan: Hindu pilgrim on way to attend 555th birth anniversary event at Nankana Sahib shot dead
1 month, 1 week ago

Pakistan: Hindu pilgrim on way to attend 555th birth anniversary event at Nankana Sahib shot dead

India TV News  

A Pakistani Hindu pilgrim, who was going to attend the 555th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev in Nankana Sahib, was shot dead by robbers in Pakistan, the police said on Friday. 2,550 Indians arrive in Pakistan Notably, on Friday, the main event of Sikh Guru Sri Guru Nanak's birth anniversary was held in Gurdwara Janamsthan Nankana Sahib, in …

Senior leader of Imran Khan’s party shot dead in Lahore
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Senior leader of Imran Khan’s party shot dead in Lahore

The Hindu  

A senior leader of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was shot dead in Lahore while he was coming out of a mosque after offering Friday prayers, police said. Shahid Saddique Khan was coming out of a mosque in Valancia Town in Lahore after offering Friday prayers when four unidentified men opened fire on him and fled …

Khyber News journalist shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
6 months ago

Khyber News journalist shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

The Hindu  

A Pakistani journalist was gunned down on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, by unknown gunmen in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the country's northwest, according to a tribal journalist association. Khalil Jibran, associated with Pashto News Channel Khyber News was shot dead by shooters near his home in the Mazrina Sultankhel area of the Khyber district. Family sources confirmed Jibran's …

Two Ahmadiyyas Shot Dead In Pakistan’s Punjab Province, Primary Suspect Arrested
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Ahmadiyyas Shot Dead In Pakistan’s Punjab Province, Primary Suspect Arrested

ABP News  

Two people from Pakistan’s minority Ahmadiyya community were shot dead at Mandi Bahauddin in the country’s Punjab province on Saturday. Punjab Inspector General of Police Usman Anwar has ordered the Gujranwala regional police officer to file a report on the incident, Dawn reported. Mandi Bahauddin District Police Officer Ahmad Mohiuddin has reportedly been instructed to form a special team to …

Pakistan: Violence against Ahmadiyya community continues, two members shot dead by radical Islamist group
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan: Violence against Ahmadiyya community continues, two members shot dead by radical Islamist group

India TV News  

Lahore: Two members of Pakistan's minority Ahmadi community were on Saturday shot dead allegedly by the radical Islamist group members in the country's Punjab province, police said. The police said Ghulam Sarwar was on his way back home after offering Zuhr prayers at an Ahmadiyya place of worship when an unidentified man opened fire on him, killing him on the …

Pakistan: Sindhi journalist Nasrullah Gadani murdered, World Sindhi Congress calls for justice
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan: Sindhi journalist Nasrullah Gadani murdered, World Sindhi Congress calls for justice

Op India  

The World Sindhi Congress has expressed sorrow and outrage over the murder of a Sindhi journalist, Nasrullah Gadani, bringing the total number of media workers reported killed nationwide in 2024 to five, according to Voice of America. The news of Gadani’s death sparked outrage among journalists and civil society members, leading to a protest demonstration demanding justice for the slain …

Pakistan: 7 workers shot dead by unknown gunmen in Gwadar, CM vows revenge for 'open terrorism'
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan: 7 workers shot dead by unknown gunmen in Gwadar, CM vows revenge for 'open terrorism'

India TV News  

Quetta: In a harrowing incident, seven labourers were shot dead in Pakistan's Balochistan province and one other injured on Thursday by unknown gunmen while they were sleeping in their residential quarters in Surbandar, Gwadar, according to Dawn. Gwadar Police Station Station House Officer Mohsin Ali told Geo News that terrorists attacked residential quarters near Fish Harbour Jetty in Sarband, Gwadar …

Pakistan: Unidentified miscreants barge in Gurudwara; force Sikh devotees to stop kirtan
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan: Unidentified miscreants barge in Gurudwara; force Sikh devotees to stop kirtan

India TV News  

In another case of Sikhs facing harassment in Pakistan, unidentified miscreants allegedly barged in a Gurdwara located in the city of Sukkur in the country's Sindh province, used abusive language in the premises and forced Sikh devotees to stop their religious prayers. Additionally, Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha national secretary Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, in a tweet, alleged that the Pakistan …

Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan's northwest
1 year, 6 months ago

Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan's northwest

The Hindu  

Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Sunday. Mr. Khan said the assailants opened fire at Singh while he was returning home from a suburban area. The Islamic State group in a statement claimed responsibility for the killing, saying Singh had been a follower …

Sikh man shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Peshawar
1 year, 6 months ago

Sikh man shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Peshawar

India Today  

A Sikh man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen here on Saturday, in the latest incident of targeted attacks against minority communities in Pakistan. READ | Woman suicide bomber kills 1 police, injures 5 in Pakistan's Turbat A Sikh businessman was shot dead in the city by unknown assailants in March. In September last year, a well-known Sikh ‘hakeem’ was …

Wanted Khalistani terrorist shot dead in Pakistan
1 year, 7 months ago

Wanted Khalistani terrorist shot dead in Pakistan

The Hindu  

A Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist from Punjab was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Lahore on May 6, a government source said. Paramjit Singh Panjwar, a key leader of the Khalistan Commando Force, a banned terror organisation, was designated as an “individual terrorist” under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in 2020. A Ministry of Home Affairs notification July 1, 2020 …

Newly Married Hindu Man Found Dead in Pakistan's Sindh, One Arrested
1 year, 10 months ago

Newly Married Hindu Man Found Dead in Pakistan's Sindh, One Arrested

News 18  

A newly married Pakistani Hindu was allegedly murdered in Sindh’s Sanghar division. Daulat Kohli, 19, was missing for 2 days and was found dead in an agricultural field near his house in Khipro village on Monday, The Rise News reported. The police have arrested a man who belongs to Kohli Community whereas the real culprit local influential person is being …

42 journalists killed in Pakistan in past 4 years: Minister
1 year, 11 months ago

42 journalists killed in Pakistan in past 4 years: Minister

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi on Friday informed the Senate that 42 journalists have been killed in the country over the past four years, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported. Pakistan Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi directed interior and information ministries to prepare a consolidated report on the matter and present it to the House within a …

'When My Mother Didn't Return...': Son of Murdered Pakistani Hindu Woman
1 year, 11 months ago

'When My Mother Didn't Return...': Son of Murdered Pakistani Hindu Woman

News 18  

A 44-year-old Hindu woman was murdered and her mutilated body was found in a mustard field in Pakistan’s Sindh’s province, triggering fear and panic amongst the country’s Hindu community, who held protests to voice their outrage over the brutal incident. Krishna Kumari, a Hindu senator from Pakistan Peoples Party in Sindh province took to Twitter on Thursday to break the …

Nairobi police say Pakistani journalist killed by mistake
2 years, 2 months ago

Nairobi police say Pakistani journalist killed by mistake

The Hindu  

A senior Pakistani journalist living in hiding in Kenya was shot and killed by police after the car he was in sped up instead of halting at a roadblock near Nairobi, the police said on Monday. Nairobi police said Sharif was shot in the head and killed on Sunday night after the car he was traveling in with his brother, …

Nairobi police say Pakistani journalist killed by mistake
2 years, 2 months ago

Nairobi police say Pakistani journalist killed by mistake

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A senior Pakistani journalist …

Kashmiri Pandit shot dead by militants in J&K’s Shopian
2 years, 2 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit shot dead by militants in J&K’s Shopian

The Hindu  

A Kashmiri Pandit, who was a farmer by profession, was shot dead by militants in south Kashmir's Shopian on Saturday. "We have already warned about our attacks on Pandits and non-locals working on the Modi-led agenda of settler colonialism post the abrogation of Article 370," the KFF said in a purported claim made online. Moulvis, Muftis and Mirwaizs cannot hide …

Pakistani: Hindu woman laments about religious discrimination at workplace
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani: Hindu woman laments about religious discrimination at workplace

Op India  

Hindus, a minority in the Islamic country of Pakistan, are frequently targeted with hatred, kidnappings, rapes, forced marriages, and death. “I am a Hindu,no one talks to me in the office.” My dishes are separated I was crying yesterday My mother said no,I will go there if I get a job elsewhere.copy Sarman Brohi pic.twitter.com/dOMLima3RL — Narain Das Bheel October …

Kashmiri Pandit killing: Will nab accused soon, says DGP Dilbagh Singh
2 years, 4 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit killing: Will nab accused soon, says DGP Dilbagh Singh

Firstpost  

Terrorists on Tuesday shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit and injured another in the Chotipora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian. New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh has reacted to the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in the valley on 16 August. Accused will be nabbed soon.” Terrorists on Tuesday shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit and …

Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
2 years, 5 months ago

Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI, India — Tensions were high Wednesday in the western Indian city of Udaipur, a day after police arrested two Muslim men accused of slitting a Hindu tailor’s throat and posting a video of it on social media, in a brutal attack representing a dramatic escalation of communal violence in a country riven by deep religious polarization. The animosity …

Hindu Teacher Shot Dead in Kashmir's Kulgam, Leaders Condemn 'Targeted Killing of Migrants'
2 years, 6 months ago

Hindu Teacher Shot Dead in Kashmir's Kulgam, Leaders Condemn 'Targeted Killing of Migrants'

News 18  

A woman teacher was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday. Kashmir police said that the terrorists fired upon a Hindu woman, a resident of Samba, who worked as a teacher at High School Gopalpora area of Kulgam. May the deceased rest in peace.” The killing comes weeks after Rahul Bhat, a clerk under the …

Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Man from minority Ahmadi community stabbed to death over faith, says police

Firstpost  

Abdul Salam, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to death by “religious fanatic” Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his faith, said senior police officer Muhammad Saddique Lahore: A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his faith in the country’s Punjab province, the …

2 Sikhs shot dead in Peshawar, terror group ISKP claims attack
2 years, 7 months ago

2 Sikhs shot dead in Peshawar, terror group ISKP claims attack

India Today  

Islamic State Wilayah Khorasan, the Afghan offshoot of the Islamic States, has claimed responsibility for the targeted killings of two Sikh businessmen in Pakistan on Sunday, May 15. Speaking about the incident, the foreign ministry spokesperson said, "We have registered our strong protest with the Government of Pakistan on continued targeting of members of the minority community in Pakistan. Following …

Two Sikh businessmen shot dead in broad daylight in Pakistan
2 years, 7 months ago

Two Sikh businessmen shot dead in broad daylight in Pakistan

The Hindu  

Two Sikh businessmen were shot dead on May 15 by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the latest targeted killing of the minority community members in the restive province bordering Afghanistan. Saljeet Singh and Ranjeet Singh died on the spot after being attacked by two bike-borne assailants in the morning of May 15, according to the police. Amarinder …

Pakistan: Two members of the Sikh community shot dead by unidentified gunmen
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Two members of the Sikh community shot dead by unidentified gunmen

Firstpost  

The two men killed were shopkeepers who sold spices in Bata Tal bazaar in Sarband, police said Peshawar: Two people belonging to the Sikh community were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Sarband area here on Sunday, a suburban locality situated in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, authorities said. The two men killed were shopkeepers who sold spices in …

Pakistan: Man shoots dead 21-year-old sister for dancing and modelling
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Man shoots dead 21-year-old sister for dancing and modelling

Firstpost  

The girl’s family forced her to quit her profession, terming it “against family tradition” but she insisted on continuing Lahore: In another suspected case of honour killing in Pakistan, a 21-year-old woman has allegedly been shot dead by her brother for pursuing dancing and modelling as a career in Punjab province. Sidra, a native of Renala Khurd Okara, 130 km …

Another Hindu businessman shot dead: A look at persecution of minorities in Pakistan
2 years, 10 months ago

Another Hindu businessman shot dead: A look at persecution of minorities in Pakistan

Firstpost  

The spokesperson for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan, Anila Gulzar, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issue of persecution of minorities in Pakistan at the UNSC and and other international forums Only a day after a Christian priest was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Peshawar city of Pakistan, a Hindu businessman Satan Lal was shot dead …

Hindu businessman shot dead in Pakistan's Sindh province
2 years, 10 months ago

Hindu businessman shot dead in Pakistan's Sindh province

India TV News  

Highlights A Hindu businessman has been shot dead in Pakistan Reports say the businessman was shot dead over a land dispute The victim a few days ago had in a video said he was being threatened to leave Pakistan A Hindu businessman was shot dead in Pakistan's Sindh province after alleged disputes over the land issues in the Ghotki district. …

Christian priest shot dead in northwestern Pakistan
2 years, 10 months ago

Christian priest shot dead in northwestern Pakistan

India Today  

A Christian priest was shot dead and another wounded by unidentified gunmen who opened fire on them as they were returning home from Sunday mass in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city, police said. Bishop William Siraj was shot multiple times and died on the spot, while Father Naeem Patrick was wounded in the attack in the Gulbahar neighbourhood of Peshawar, police …

Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh
3 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh

India TV News  

Highlights SHO said that the boy was strangled to death before culprits sexually assaulted him There have been several reports of atrocities on Hindus, other minority communities in Pakistan Cases of sexual violence against children have frequently come up in Pakistan An 11-year-old Hindu boy was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered in Pakistan's Sindh province, according to a media report …

11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Pakistan's Sindh: Report
3 years, 1 month ago

11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Pakistan's Sindh: Report

India Today  

An 11-year-old Hindu boy was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered in Pakistan's Sindh province, according to a media report on Saturday. The boy went missing on Friday evening and his body was later found on Saturday in an abandoned house in Babarloi town in Khairpur Mir area of the province, his family members said. READ: US flags Pakistan, China and …

Killings trigger fear, memory of dark past among Kashmiri Hindus
3 years, 2 months ago

Killings trigger fear, memory of dark past among Kashmiri Hindus

Al Jazeera  

Widespread unease among disputed region’s Hindu minority, locally known as Pandits, following a spate of targeted attacks. The spate of killings has led to widespread unease, particularly among Indian-administered Kashmir’s religious minority Hindus, locally known as Pandits, an estimated 200,000 of whom fled the region after an anti-India rebellion erupted in 1989. “The killings spread panic faster than the virus.” …

Sikh medicine practitioner Satnam Singh shot dead in Peshawar
3 years, 2 months ago

Sikh medicine practitioner Satnam Singh shot dead in Peshawar

India TV News  

A well-known Sikh 'hakeem' was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his clinic on Thursday afternoon in Pakistan's restive northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. The Express Tribune newspaper reported that Singh was rushed to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial capital's Lady Reading Hospital in an injured condition where he later succumbed to his injuries. Singh, a well-known figure in the …

Pakistani Police: Sikh Unani Practitioner Gunned Down in Peshawar
3 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani Police: Sikh Unani Practitioner Gunned Down in Peshawar

News 18  

A Sikh hakeem was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Thursday in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. Singh, a well-known figure in the Sikh community of Peshawar, was running his clinic Dharmandar Pharmacy’ on Charsadda Road. In 2018, Charanjit Singh, a prominent Sikh community member, was killed by unknown men in Peshawar. In 2016, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf National Assembly …

Hindu journalist killed in Pakistan's Sindh province
3 years, 9 months ago

Hindu journalist killed in Pakistan's Sindh province

India TV News  

A 31-year-old Hindu journalist in Pakistan has been shot dead by some unidentified assailants while getting a haircut at a barbershop in the country’s Sindh province, media reports said on Saturday. Ajay Lalvani, a reporter with a local television station and an Urdu language newspaper Daily Puchano, died on Thursday after he sustained bullet injuries in stomach, arm, and knee, …

Minority Ahmadi Doctor Shot Dead, 3 Injured After Teen Opens Fire Over 'Religious Differences' in Pakistan
4 years, 1 month ago

Minority Ahmadi Doctor Shot Dead, 3 Injured After Teen Opens Fire Over 'Religious Differences' in Pakistan

News 18  

A doctor belonging to Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community was shot dead, while his father and two uncles were injured when a Muslim teenage boy opened fire on them over “religious differences” in the country’s Punjab province on Friday, police said. According to police, the Ahmadi family members were returning to their home after offering Friday prayers in Murh Balochan at …

Journalist shot dead in UP, second such incident within a month
4 years, 4 months ago

Journalist shot dead in UP, second such incident within a month

India Today  

Barely a month after a journalist was shot dead in front of his two daughters in Ghaziabad, yet another journalist in Uttar Pradesh has lost his life. A journalist working with a Hindi news channel was on Monday night shot dead in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. "Ratan Singh, a journalist working with a Hindi news channel was shot dead …

Who Was Tahir Naseem and Why Was He Shot Dead inside a Court Room in Pakistan?
4 years, 4 months ago

Who Was Tahir Naseem and Why Was He Shot Dead inside a Court Room in Pakistan?

News 18  

The public murder of a man from the minority Ahmadi community who was facing trial for blasphemy, in front of a judge in local court in Pakistan has shocked the international community. We urge Pakistan to take immediate action and pursue reforms that will prevent such a shameful tragedy from happening again.— State_SCA July 30, 2020 But who was Tahir …

Ahmadi Community Member Shot Dead for Blasphemy Inside Courtroom in Northwest Pakistan
4 years, 4 months ago

Ahmadi Community Member Shot Dead for Blasphemy Inside Courtroom in Northwest Pakistan

News 18  

An elderly man from the minority Ahmadi community, facing trial for blasphemy, was shot dead on Wednesday in front of the judge in a local court situated in a high-security zone in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said. Tahir Ahmad Naseem, who was arrested two years ago on blasphemy charges, died on the spot in the court of Additional Session Judge …

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