Deadly clashes after Islamists take police hostage in Pakistan’s Lahore
Lahore, PakistanReuters Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group’s leader. The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan group had given the government a 20th April deadline to expel the French ambassador over the […]
Pakistan to outlaw violent Islamist group that rails on blasphemy
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan is to outlaw a hardline Islamist group that railed against blasphemy to rise to prominence, the interior minister said on Wednesday, the third day of violent protests that killed two police officers and wounded 340. The government said it has also arrested 1,400 workers of the group, that is agitating against the […]