By Sultan Mehmood in The Express Tribune blogs Nov 9, 2015 The writer, an AKHSS Gilgit and KL-YES Alumnus, is currently pursuing a degree of BSc. Hons. in Political Science from LUMS All justice is blind, but some justice is blinder than others. The blindness of justice is supposedly a powerful metaphor, alluding to its impartial and independent dispensation. Unfortunately, in our beloved country, the justice system unseeingly crushes the powerless. That’s the reality we…
Posts published in “Day: November 10, 2015”
KARACHI: Three persons were injured in a cracker attack on an Imambargah in North Nazimabad just a day after a man towing away Zuljanah with his motorbike was killed in a sectarian attack in Azizabad, police said. According to the Hyderi Market police and Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM), the attackers riding a motorcycle threw a cracker at the Imambargah Hussainia Sajjadia on Monday evening when people were paying respect to an Alam. The blast left…
PESHAWAR: City Police claimed to have arrested a recruiter of militant outfit Islamic State (IS) (Daesh) after encounter in the juridiction of Budhber Police Station on Monday. Cops also recovered a hand grenade and arms from the arrested man. Station House Officer (SHO) Budhber, Ibad Wazir told the Frontier Post that they carried out a search operation in Azmatabad area of Budhber whereas, a suspect opened fire on police team. He added that cops also…
Report in The Express Tribune, November 10th, 2015. KARACHI: The police officials responsible for providing security to the citizens were found involved in a brazen act of kidnapping three men for ransom, while using police mobiles to pick up the victims and locking them up in the premises of the police station. An internal inquiry has confirmed that Saddar police station SHO Naeem Khan along with other policemen and a political party worker had…
By MUJIB MASHAL and TAIMOOR SHAH in The NY Times, Nov 10, 2015 KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan militants claiming loyalty to the Islamic State were found to have beheaded seven ethnic Hazara civilians who had been abducted in the southern Afghan province of Zabul, officials said on Monday, as infighting among Taliban splinter factions intensified. The Taliban had sent hundreds of extra fighters to the area to battle the Islamic State breakaways and another…
KHAAMA PRESS, Nov 09 2015, 12:58 pm The closure of Kundoz-Baghlan highway has entered fifth consecutive day, angry protesters are stepping up barricades on the road and do not allow traffic flow. Eyewitnesses say, the highway which connects nine provinces with capital Kabul is closed from morning to evening and open only during nights. Protesters warn the highway would remain closed as it is until government fulfills their demands. They want government to move the…
KHAAMA PRESS, Nov 09 2015, 10:07 am Clashes between two rival militant groups of Daesh and Taliban have restarted in Chaparhar District of eastern Nangarhar province, after a break of about one month. Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Nangarhar police says two militants of Daesh (IS-Khorasan) group were killed in a clash with rival group in Sholani area of Chaparhar District on Sunday. Previous clashes had left dozens of fighters from both sides killed…
Report in Afghanistan Times, Nov 10, 2015 KABUL: In a tactical shift, the dreaded IS has turned its face towards Kunar—an eastern province that border Pakistan’s tribal belt, after facing defeat in eastern Nangarhar, said local security officials. The commander of 201st Selab military corps, Muhammad Zaman Waziri, said that Afghan security forces managed to foil evil designs of militants in Nangarhar province. “The IS militants wanted to collapse districts of the province and…