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Pakistan: Counter-Terrorism Department arrests nine terrorists from Punjab
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The operations were conducted in Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Sialkot, and Hafizabad. Among the nine arrested, two were major financiers of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
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Pak cop arrested red-handed for 'harassing' women
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The residents claimed that the officer was caught red-handed, engaging in inappropriate behaviour towards women.
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Pakistan: Electric Supply Company imposes PKR 516.8 million fine on electr
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As part of an anti-power theft campaign, the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) imposed a fine of Pakistan rupees (PKR) 516.8 million (approximately 1.8 million USD) on electricity thieves caught during 86 days of crackdown in the region, ARY News reported on Monday.
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Pakistan: Train services temporarily suspended between Lahore, Faisalabad
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The railway track between Lahore and Faisalabad has been closed for 72 hours due to the pillar collapse.
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Pakistan: Christian human rights activists detained, tortured by police in
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
It was reported that August 16, 2023, marked a tragic day for the Christian community in Jaranwala. A brutal and destructive attack unfolded, resulting in the desecration of 24 churches, some reduced to rubble, and the widespread looting and burning of hundreds of homes across 11 areas in th
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Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan forces Christians to embrace Islam
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a viral video, the TLP members were seen forcing a Pakistani Christian youth, Zunaid to embrace Islam in the Faisalabad district of Punjab.
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Pakistan: Supreme Court to take Jaranwala blasphemy case today
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Jaranwala incident took place on August 16 where a crowd vandalised over 21 churches and set more than a hundred houses in Jaranwala on fire after clerics made announcements in the mosques inciting the mob to attack the Christian community under allegations of blasphemy.
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Pakistan uses blasphemy laws to target minorities: Report
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As an angry mob, motivated by blasphemy claims, set fire to churches and wreaked havoc on Christian homes in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad recently, this incident in particular reminds everyone of another distressing chapter in Pakistan's history.
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Christian community stages protest outside European Parliament against vio
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In the protest, the protesters expressed grave concerns over the religious freedom violations and stifling state of freedom of expression in Pakistan and called upon the European Union to assess Pakistan’s compliance with its human rights obligations.
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Pakistan: Minorities' alliance blames state for Jaranwala violence
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
MAP Chairman Akmal Bhatti while addressing a press conference said that the minorities had always played their role in the progress of the country but Pakistan had always denied their fundamental rights since 1947.
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UAE condemns burning of churches, homes in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Ministry affirmed the UAE's permanent rejection of all practices aimed at undermining security and stability in contravention of human and moral values and principles, stressing that hate speech and extremism contradict international efforts to spread the values of tolerance, coexiste
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Pak: Over 600 booked in 2 terror cases over Jaranwala violence
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A day after the arrest of over 100 people in connection to their alleged involvement in riots targeting Christians in Pakistan's Faisalabad, Jaranwala police of the Faisalabad District on Thursday said that they have registered two terror cases against 600 people for ransacking and torching
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