Bangladesh court rejects scrapping Islam as state religion
DHAKA / AMN Bangladesh’s high court Monday rejected a petition by secular activists to scrap Islam as the state religion in the wake of nationwide protests by Muslims groups. The…
Nawaz Sharif vows ‘complete elimination’ of militants
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promised in a televised address to take revenge against those responsible for the deadly Lahore attack, which saw 72 people killed and hundreds injured. At…
Pakistan blast: death toll goes up to 72
AMN / PHOTO- JASARAT The death toll in the suicide blast in Lahore’s crowded Gulshan-i-Iqbal park, in Pakistan last evening risen to 72 overnight, police confirmed today. 300 others injured…
UAE court sentences 11 to life imprisonment on terrorism charges
A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced 11 people charged with terrorism and raising money for al Qaeda and Islamic State terror group in Syria to life imprisonment.…
Pakistan: Taliban claims responsibility of Lahore bomb blast
A Taliban splinter group says it carried out a suicide attack on a park in Lahore, Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people, including children. At least 300 people were…
Explosions hit Afghan parliament compound
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan’s parliament compound today as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said. Lawmakers said…
Army called in as march proceeds towards Pak Parliament
ISLAMABAD: Web Desk The Pakistan government has deployed Army troops to control the situation in the Red Zone of the national capital after Mumtaz Qadri supporters clashed with police to…
US condemns Terror attack in Pakistan
The government of United States has strongly condemned the deadly suicide attack in Lahore. “This cowardly act in what has long been a scenic and placid park has killed dozens…
Suicide attack kills 63 in Lahore 300 injured; Army deployed
LAHORE Latest reports from Lahore suggests that to has gone up to 63 while number of injured has crossed 300 in the deadly suicide explosion near the city’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park…
50 killed in explosion in Lahore park in Pakistan
LAHORE: At least 50 people killed mostly women and children and 200 injured in an explosion occurred in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Iqbal Town in Lahore Sunday evening, reports Dawn and…