Death Toll in Karachi Continues to Climb
22 March 2011
"Three more men have been killed in the ongoing spate of target killings in Karachi on Wednesday. Fifty-year-old, Sahibzada was killed when unidentified gunmen fired on him in Landhi near Chowrangi. Another man, Gul Rehman, was shot dead in the Qasba Colony area along with another man in Katti Pahari. [...] Police and Rangers have not been able to clamp down on violence in the city as the death toll continues to steadily climb. As the death toll...
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Gunmen Kill 11 Road Workers in Balochistan
22 March 2011
"Eleven people were killed and two others sustained bullet injuries when unidentified armed men opened fire on them at a camp set up by the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) in Paleri area some 20 kilometres from Gwadar city on Monday evening, Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said. Banned outfit, the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), claimed the responsibility for the attack. As per reports, some eight gunmen riding on four motorbikes opened fire...
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Opposition Parties Boycott President's Address to Parliament
22 March 2011
"President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday addressed the joint session of the parliament's fourth consecutive year amid protest and boycott of the opposition parties, Geo News reported. The President addressed the joint session under article 56 of the constitution. Chief Ministers and governors of all the provinces except Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif besides military chiefs of three armed forces attended the joint session. Jamate-e-Islami, JUI,...
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Government Starts Peace Talks with TTP
22 March 2011
"Pakistan has started peace talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and other militant groups across the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), in anticipation of early withdrawal of Nato troops from Afghanistan, informed sources told The Express Tribune. The move is a critical step in transition to full Afghan control by the end of 2014, announced by US President Obama at a Nato summit in Lisbon last year. The initial talks were opened...
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Amnesty International Criticizes Kashmir's Public Safety Act
22 March 2011
"Rights group Amnesty International has criticised a tough Indian law which it says has been used to detain up to 20,000 people without trial in Indian-administered Kashmir. Amnesty urged India to scrap the Public Safety Act (PSA) which allows detention for up to two years without charge. The group also criticised the judiciary for its failure to protect human rights of the detainees. Kashmir has been gripped by a violent separatist insurgency since...
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