Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) A minor Christian girl from Pakistan’s Punjab province was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam and married off, a leading human rights organisation said on Wednesday, adding that this case once again raises serious concerns about the safety of children and religious minorities across the country.According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), the 13-year-old Christian girl — a sixth-grade student — from Sahiwal district in Punjab was reportedly abducted and th…
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Lahore, Jan 27 (IANS) The wildlife authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have seized 59 big cats from private farms, exposing once again the scale of country’s troubling exotic pet culture, the local media has highlighted. The crackdown, leading Pakistani English-language daily newspaper ‘The Nation’ wrote in an editorial, follows intensified inspections and enforcement of new regulations governing the private possession and breeding of dangerous wildlife, with officials citing public safety…
Lahore, Jan 26 (IANS) Police in the Punjab province of Pakistan has arrested the son of a former cricketer for allegedly sexually assaulting his house maid, local media reported. The Barki Police Station filed the case against the son of a former Pakistani cricketer – reportedly a former spin legend – after the domestic worker registered the complaint on January 23. The FIR stated that the suspect allegedly asked his maid to come to home for work urgently, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported….
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) Pakistan continues to harbour a wide range of radical Islamic terror groups of varying size, names, and influence that frequently split, merge, and resurface. At the same time, religious minorities in Pakistan are increasingly caught between these radical groups, a deeply entrenched Islamic social order, and a government accused of accommodating these groups, a report said on Tuesday.According to the report in The European Conservative, two Muslim men abducted a 14-year-…
Islamabad, Jan 18 (IANS) At least three people were killed, and one was injured, after a speeding car went out of control and crashed into a tree in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local rescue officials said on Sunday.The accident occurred in Fateh Jang city of Attock district late Saturday night, a Rescue 1122 official told Xinhua news agency.Rescue teams rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies to a nearby hospital for medicolegal formalities.The injured person was provided first aid be…
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) A leading minority rights group has condemned the vandalism of a church in Pakistan’s Punjab province, where a cross was broken and a Bible desecrated, describing the act as a deliberate attempt to humiliate the Christian community amid a growing pattern of attacks on religious minorities across the country.The Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM) mentioned that on Sunday, Tak Memorial Church, in the village of Preme Nagar in Lahore district of Punjab, was vandalised, cal…
Quetta, Jan 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s Punjab province is facing a severe economic crisis due to the prolonged closures of border crossings with Afghanistan, with monthly losses estimated at more than Pakistani rupees 80 billion, a report said on Saturday, citing the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). According to LCCI President Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigol, the continued closure of trade routes has severely disrupted bilateral trade, with cement and agricultural chemicals sectors among the h…
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) At least 4,791 people have lost their lives in road traffic crashes (RTCs) across Pakistan’s Punjab province in 2025, marking a sharp 19 per cent rise in fatalities compared to the previous year, local media report citing data from the country’s emergency response service Rescue 1122.As per the annual statistics released by the emergency service, Punjab recorded 482,870 road traffic accidents in 2025, leaving nearly 570,000 people injured.In comparison, 467,561 accidents…