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  • Man Shot Down In Pakistan After He Resists Robbers From Looting His Bike |

    Karachi: A man was allegedly shot down in Karachi, Pakistan after he refused to hand over his bike to the robbers, Geo News reported citing the police. The incident happened in Sarjani Sector 36 area of ​​Karachi. The victim, identified as Faisal, along with his brother, resisted the robbers, who tried to steal their motorcycle before the robbers opened fire, the police said.

    Faisal was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The victim’s brother said that he and Faisal were robbed of their belongings, including their salaries, at gunpoint by two gunmen on a motorcycle, as reported by Geo News. He added that the robbers fled after shooting down his brother.

    “We work in a factory and were going home after receiving the salary. They [robbers] told my brother to hand over his bike but he refused,” the victim’s brother told Geo News. Faisal’s father, Shabbir, claimed that the robbers stole Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 80,000 from the two brothers.

    “Robbery incidents are a daily routine in the area,” the victim’s father said. Notably, street crimes in Karachi have been on the rise, with more than 50,000 incidents documented by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) between January and August of 2024, according to Geo News.

    According to the figure, 208 cases are reported daily in the city, with crimes like snatching and stealing of mobile phones, cars and motorcycles being the most common. Around 100 people have lost their lives in these incidents. Nearly 500 others have also been wounded due to the gunshots fired by the robbers.

  • Pakistan Court Awards Death Sentence To Christian Woman In Blasphemy Case |

    Islamabad: A court here in Pakistan on Thursday sentenced a Christian woman to death in a blasphemy case.

    A case was filed under Blasphemy laws against Shaughta Karan, accused of sharing derogatory material about the Prophet of Islam in a WhatsApp group in September 2020.

    Judge Afzal Majuka of the Special Court in Islamabad after the trial found her guilty under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a death sentence.

    The court also imposed a fine of Rs 300,000 on Karan.

    Apart from this, the court also sentenced her to seven years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 100,000 under Section 11 of the Pakistan Electronic Crime Act (PECA).

    The judge in a brief order said the convict has the right to file an appeal in a high court within 30 days of the decision.

    Judge Majuka added the execution of the sentence would not take place until the high court approved the decision.

    Karan is the second Christian woman sentenced to death in a case of insulting the Prophet and the religion of Islam.

    Earlier, Asia Bibi, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, was kept in prison for eight years, but a bench headed by Asif Saeed Khosa, the former Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court, acquitted her in October 2018.

    After her acquittal, Bibi moved to Canada with her family.

    Blasphemy laws were enacted in the 1980s by former military ruler Ziaul Haq. Those charged with blasphemy are often targeted by the extremists.

    According to the think tank Center for Social Justice (CSJ), nearly 3,000 persons have been accused of blasphemy since 1987.

    At least seven persons accused of blasphemy have been killed by individuals or mobs across Pakistan since January this year, the CSJ said.

    A total of 94 people accused of blasphemy have been killed in mob attacks between 1994 and 2023.

  • Pakistan Election Crisis Deepens As Top Official Confesses Rigging, Claims CEC, Chief Justice Involved |

    New Delhi: A shocking scandal has rocked the political landscape of Pakistan, as a former commissioner of Rawalpindi accused the chief election commissioner and the chief justice of being involved in rigging the recent elections. Liaquat Ali Chattha, who resigned from his post on Saturday, claimed that he was under immense pressure to manipulate the poll results in favor of the candidates who were losing. He said he was taking the responsibility for the wrongdoing and demanded that he and others who were part of the injustice should be punished.

    Chattha’s Explosive Allegations

    Chattha made his explosive allegations at a press conference at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, where he said he could not sleep after stabbing the country in its back. He said he even contemplated suicide, but decided to expose the truth before the public. He appealed to the bureaucracy to not do anything wrong for the politicians, and said that the chief election commissioner and the chief justice were completely involved in the rigging.

    His remarks came amid nationwide protests by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, who alleged that their mandate was stolen in the February 8 elections.

    ECP, CM Reject Claims

    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) strongly rejected Chattha’s claims, and said that no official of the commission ever issued any instructions to change the election results. It also said that the commissioner of any division had no direct role in the conduct of elections, and that the matter would be investigated.

    Punjab’s caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi also ordered an impartial probe into the allegations, and formed a high-level committee to conduct an inquiry. He said that an independent inquiry would be held and the facts would be brought forward.

    Chattha Arrested, Shifted

    Following Chattha’s press conference, police arrived at the venue and arrested him. He was shifted to an unknown location by the security officials. The reason for his arrest and his current whereabouts are not clear.

    PTI Demands Re-Election

    PTI senior leader and Khan’s close aide Zulfi Bokhari reacted to Chattha’s revelation on X, and said that it was shocking and unacceptable. He blamed the chief election commissioner and the chief justice for being part of the crime, and said that Chattha was pushed close to suicide by the unbearable pressure to rig the elections.

    He also said that the entire Pindi Division’s elections were rigged and null and void, and that the situation in other divisions could be worse. He demanded that the elections should be re-held and that the people’s will should be respected.

  • India Slams Pakistan’s ‘False, Malicious Propaganda’ Of Killing Two Terrorists On Pak Soil

    India on Thursday rubbished Pakistan’s allegations of Indian involvement in the killing of two Pakistani terrorists in Sialkot and Rawalkot last year.