Articles for Pakistani Punjab

Gunmen kill 7 barbers in Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunmen kill 7 barbers in Pakistan’s volatile Baluchistan province

Associated Press  

QUETTA, Pakistan — Attackers fatally shot seven barbers before dawn Thursday in a home in a volatile province in southwestern Pakistan, police and a government official said. The killings occurred near the port city of Gwadar in Baluchistan province, police official Mohsin Ali said. Separatists in Baluchistan have often killed workers and others from Punjab as part of a campaign …

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Floods force evacuation of almost 100,000 in Pakistan
1 year, 4 months ago

Floods force evacuation of almost 100,000 in Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

Several hundred villages and thousands of acres of land inundated when the Sutlej River burst its banks on Sunday. “The only route that could have been used is now underwater.” Muhammad Aslam, Pakistan’s chief meteorologist covering floods, said the river level was at its highest in 35 years. Mohsin Naqvi, the caretaker chief minister of Punjab, said monsoon rains prompted …

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Pakistani police seek to arrest father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, who died in the UK
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistani police seek to arrest father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, who died in the UK

Associated Press  

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police are seeking to arrest a man in connection with the death of his 10-year-old daughter in the U.K, officers in the eastern Punjab province said Saturday. Sara Sharif was found dead at her home in Woking, on the southern outskirts of London, on Aug. 10, U.K. police said in a statement. Officer Imran Ahmed said …

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Mob burns Pakistani churches, vandalises cemetery over alleged blasphemy
1 year, 4 months ago

Mob burns Pakistani churches, vandalises cemetery over alleged blasphemy

Live Mint  

Hundreds of Muslim men set fire to churches and vandalised Christian homes during a rampage in eastern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, after Christians were accused of blasphemy. "The crowd inflicted heavy damage on the area including to homes of Christians, and many churches," Ahad Noor, a district government official, told AFP. A mob gathered and began attacking multiple churches …

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Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir

News 18  

The new Kashmir that has emerged out of the ashes of three decades of Pakistan- The unfortunate incident of killing of two Kashmiri civilians in Hyderpora area of Srinagar in an encounter in which two militants, including one from Pakistan, were also killed raises an important question: how should we deal with such incidents that involve Kashmiri civilians, who at …

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Army foils infiltration bid in Uri; captures 19-year-old Pak terrorist, kills another
3 years, 2 months ago

Army foils infiltration bid in Uri; captures 19-year-old Pak terrorist, kills another

India TV News  

A 19-year-old Lashkar terrorist, who was part of an infiltration bid attempted by Pakistani terrorists along the Line of Control in Uri Sector on the intervening night of September 18, 19, was arrested by the Army. Terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba had attempted to infiltrate six terrorists from the general area of Pakistani post Jabri, Army said in its statement. The second …

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