by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Nov 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Yet another bill, which was passed by both houses of parliament months ago, has gone missing, it has emerged. A calling attention notice submitted with the Senate Secretariat, bearing the signatures of PPP Senators Saleem Mandviwala and Taj Haider, a copy of which is available with Dawn, invites the attention of the federal minister for parliamentary affairs towards the non-approval of “The Protection of Family Life…
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Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today. Mirpur police detained more than 100 BNP men from a building in Shenpara last night, said local sources. Imran, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, said the raid was going on as of 11:00pm. Over 200 people arrested in the capital on Thursday were sent…
by Tariq Saeed in Dawn, August 22nd, 2023TOBA TEK SINGH: Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday visited Jaranwala, days after violent mobs destroyed dozens of houses and churches over allegations of blasphemy, to express solidarity with the Christian community and distribute compensation cheques among families whose houses were burnt down by the frenzied mob. According to estimates compiled by Faisalabad’s district administration, at least 22 churches ransacked by mobs suffered damages to the…
AFP report in The Express Tribune, August 19th, 2023FAISALABAD/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: Police have arrested two Christian brothers accused of blasphemy, a spokesperson and a source said on Friday, two days after a mob burnt churches and houses, alleging that the two men desecrated the Holy Quran. Pages of the Holy Quran were found in a street with derogatory comments written on them in red, the police said. One attached extra page also carried the names,…
edit in Daily Times, August 17th, 2023People cheering on as vigilantes attacked a holy symbol perched upon a place of worship; hundreds of smug men vandalising cemetries and setting scores of houses on fire as helpless members of the law enforcement agencies tried to explain the supremacy of the law. This is not a raging war zone but a thriving medium-sized town in one of the fastest developing industrial centres in Pakistan. Tragic footages of…