Islamabad, May 21 (IANS) Pakistani police have arrested Afghan journalist Parwiz Aminzada in Islamabad during ongoing enforcement actions against Afghan citizens, local media reported on Thursday. Local sources revealed that Aminzada was arrested in the Faisal Town area of Islamabad on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m., Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported. Authorities have not yet released any statement which reveals the reasons for his arrest.In recent months, Pakistani authorities hav…
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Quetta, May 19 (IANS) Voicing serious concerns over non-recovery of kidnapped top officials of Gwadar University, leaders of the Academic Staff Associations of Balochistan University have announced that protest rallies will be held in all universities in Pakistan’s province on Wednesday, local media reported on Tuesday. The statement comes after the abduction of Vice Chancellor of Gwadar University Abdul Razzaq Sabir, pro-Vice Chancellor Syed Manzoor Ahmed, lecturer Irshad Ahmed and their staff …
Islamabad, May 18 (IANS) At least three people, including prominent tribal elder and Ahmadzai Wazir tribe chief Malik Tariq Wazir, were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Rustam Bazaar area of Wana in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, according to officials and local media reports. District Police Officer (DPO) Mohammad Tahir Shah Wazir said that the explosion took place near Gulshan Plaza when a vehicle carrying Tariq was passing through…
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) The handling of the Aurat March by Pakistan’s Sindh government this week has been criticised as a “disgraceful assault” on democratic freedoms. The events outside the Karachi Press Club could not be law enforcement, but the “suppression of peaceful civic activity”, a report said on Friday. According to an editorial in leading Pakistani daily Dawn, Aurat March organisers, for the eighth consecutive year, faced delays and intimidation over the issuance of a No Objec…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) A lady health worker from Muzaffargarh city of Pakistan’s Punjab province requesting country’s Chief Justice to conduct an independent probe into the killing of her two sons in an alleged police ‘encounter’ demonstrates the eroding trust of people in provincial authorities to deliver justice. Her statement about police torture and the subsequent killing of her sons in a “so-called encounter” is not an isolated case, a report has stated. “It reflects a continuing pa…
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) A key bridge over the Kurram River in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was blown up with explosives by unidentified attackers on Wednesday, local media reported.The incident occurred in Shewa tehsil of North Waziristan district of the province, sparking renewed concerns over the law and order situation in the troubled district.The bridge was destroyed, cutting off land routes between the area and several adjoining regions across the province, including Miranshah an…