All stories by M Zulqernain
Backdoor efforts underway to save Imran's PM chair
Rediff.com31 Mar 2022With Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan virtually losing the majority in the 342-member National Assembly after the defection of two key allies, backdoor efforts are underway to reach a deal between the premier and the joint opposition to dissolve the lower house, according to a highly placed source.
Sri Lankan national lynched in Pak's Punjab province over 'blasphemy'
Rediff.com3 Dec 2021Priyantha Kumara, who was in his 40s, was working as the general manager of a factory in Sialkot district, some 100 km from Lahore, a Punjab police official said.
Pak frees radical Islamist following pact with Imran Khan govt
Rediff.com18 Nov 2021Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Saad Hussain Rizvi was on Thursday released from the jail, weeks after Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government entered into a 'secret agreement' with the radical Islamist party which was involved in recent deadly clashes with the police.
Kartarpur Corridor reopens after 20 months, 28 pilgrims reach Pak
Rediff.com18 Nov 2021Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, along with his ministers, will be part of the first 'jatha' (group), which will visit the Kartarpur Sahib on Thursday, officials said.
15 arrested in Lahore for molesting girl at Pak I-Day event
Rediff.com19 Aug 2021The police in Pakistan on Thursday arrested 15 people allegedly involved in the sexual assault of a YouTuber girl on Independence Day at the historic Minar-i-Pakistan, after the incident sparked nationwide outrage and drew international condemnation.
Damaged temple restored, handed over to Hindus: Pak
Rediff.com10 Aug 202190 suspects involved in the attack have been arrested so far.
50 arrested, over 150 booked in Pak for attack on Hindu temple
Rediff.com7 Aug 2021A mob attacked the temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district of the province, some 590 km from Lahore, in protest against the release of an eight-year-old Hindu boy, who was arrested for allegedly urinating in a local seminary.
Mob attacks temple in Pakistan's Punjab, damages idols
Rediff.com5 Aug 2021India summoned the Pakistani charge d'affaires in New Delhi and lodged a firm protest, expressing grave concerns at this reprehensible incident and the continued attacks on the freedom of religion of the minority communities and their places of religious worship in Pakistan.
2 arrested in connection with blast outside Hafiz Saeed's house
Rediff.com24 Jun 2021Pakistani security agencies on Thursday arrested two suspects involved in the car bomb blast outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) Hafiz Saeed, an official said.
Bomb blast outside Hafiz Saeed's house kills 3 in Lahore
Rediff.com23 Jun 2021Three people were killed and over 20 others injured in a bomb blast outside the house of the Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore on Wednesday, the police said.
26/11 attack mastermind Lakhvi gets 5-year jail term in terror financing case
Rediff.com8 Jan 2021United Nations proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab province on Saturday.
Pak anti-terror court issues arrest warrant for Masood Azhar
Rediff.com7 Jan 2021The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued the warrant during a hearing in a terror financing case instituted by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police against some members of the JeM.
26/11 attack mastermind Lakhvi arrested in Pakistan
Rediff.com2 Jan 2021Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department.
26/11: 12 yrs on, Pak fails to nab 19 most wanted LeT terrorists
Rediff.com26 Nov 2020The security agencies in Pakistan are clueless about the whereabouts of these 19 most wanted terrorists. Some of them have been hiding in Pakistan and others are believed to have fled the country.
26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets 10-year jail term
Rediff.com19 Nov 2020Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans.
20 Pakistani Sikh pilgrims killed in train-bus collision
Rediff.com3 Jul 2020The mini-bus carrying around 26 Sikh pilgrims, all from Peshawar, hit the Shah Hussain Express which was coming from Karachi to Lahore at a crossing near Sheikhupura district at around 1.30 pm, police said.
26/11 terrorist Hafiz Saeed sentenced to 11 yrs jail
Rediff.com13 Feb 2020The court sentenced Saeed to five-and-a-half years and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 in each case. The sentences of both cases will run concurrently.
Pakistani court annuls Musharraf's death penalty
Rediff.com13 Jan 2020The special court of Islamabad on December 17 last handed down the death penalty to 74-year-old Musharraf after six years of hearing the high-profile treason case against him. The case was filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in 2013.
Hafiz Saeed indicted on terror financing charges
Rediff.com11 Dec 2019An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday indicted Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on terror financing charges and is now being detained at the Kot Lakhpat jail.
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to face trial on December 7
Rediff.com30 Nov 2019The cases have been registered in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collection of funds for terror financing through assets/properties made and held in the names of Trusts/ Non Profit Organisations including Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust and Muaz Bin Jabal Trust.