By Zubair Ashraf“What service have they done to Islam by taking the lives of innocent people?” asked the survivor of a sectarian attack during an interview with The News on Wednesday as.
How criticism of the state is crushed in Pakistan
Aneela Z Babar
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There s always a limit to what one can write or say. For some activists, even exile has been dangerous
Last week the veteran journalist Nusrat Javeed went through multiple drafts of his press diary for the emergency session of the National Assembly. Javeed has been in the media since 1975 and has been a witness to Pakistan’s political adventures . He later wrote in the Nawai Waqt that he was editing drafts as “My main concern was that the writing was becoming too bitter. Not in line with the current climate of ‘freedom of expression’. Rather than writing down the key thoughts in my mind, I was struggling to come up with words that would not cause me harm.”
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Two men on a motorcycle robbed gold worth Rs14.6 million from a couple in Lahore s Defence Phase VI Wednesday night, the police said. According to the victims, they had taken out over 100 grammes of gold from their bank and were coming back home when the suspects robbed them at gunpoint. The couple told the police that the suspects were in their late 20s and had their faces covered with a cloth. An FIR has been registered at the Defence police station by Muhammad Zaroon Khwaja under Section 392 [punishment for robbery] of the Pakistan Penal Code. SSP Saad Aziz said that a special police team has been formed to investigate the case and the suspect will be arrested soon. .
Daesh militant handed down life term for killing Navy, police officers
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January 12, 2021
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court has sentenced Daesh militant Saad Aziz to life imprisonment after convicting him for killing an officer of Pakistan Navy and an official of the Rapid Response Force. The ATC-VIII found Saad Aziz alias TinTin guilty for the murders of Navy Captain Naveed Ahmed and RPF Constable Waqar Hashmi who were killed in separate attacks. Ahmed was targeted in September 2013 on Karsaz Road when he along with his UK-national wife Tracy was heading for the Navy Engineering College from his residence. He died on the spot while Tracy survived the attack. According to the police, both the victims held PhD degrees in ship engineering construction.