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Dawn.com reports KARACHI, March 10: Pakistan’s government should immediately take legal action against Islamist militant groups and others responsible for threats and violence against minorities and other vulnerable groups, Human Rights Watch demanded on Saturday in the aftermath of devastating attacks on Christian minority in Lahore. [caption id=\"attachment_8576\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"] Christians shout slogans in Karachi […]

newser.com reports LAHORE, March 9: Hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore attacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and set fire to homes after hearing accusations that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam\’s prophet, said a police officer. Blasphemy is a serious crime in Pakistan that can carry the death penalty

ISLAMABAD, March 8: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday said protection of women rights had been one of the top priorities of the coalition government, adding the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) remained committed to the well-being and empowerment of the women, agencies reported. Speaking in National Assembly in connection with the

ISLAMABAD, March 7 (AFP): Pakistan will complete the $7.5 billion gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan despite pressure from the United States, a spokesman for the foreign office said Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, foreign ministry spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan announced that President Asif Ali Zardari would be visiting Iran on Monday for

ISLAMABAD, March 6: In its most jealous defence of its members against media attacks, the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding that television channels remove anchors airing unverified programmes against parliamentarians, daily Dawn reported. A minister’s protest against the conduct of one anchor of a private channel turned into a crescendo of