Lahore, Nov 20 (IANS) The Human Rights Committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association has condemned suicide attacks and the use of violence against innocent lives, saying there is no justification in Islam for terrorism.
‘All acts of terrorism targeting civilians are haram (forbidden) in Islam. It is haram for a Muslim to cooperate with [...]
Islamabad, Nov.12 (ANI): Censuring extremists for the recent spate of violence across the country, Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has termed the terror attacks as an act of ‘cowardice and frustration’.
An Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement [...]
New Delhi, Nov.11 (ANI): India and Colombia have strongly pitched for the UN-sponsored Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism becoming a vital law enforcement instrument, believing that international joint counter-terrorism efforts will benefit as a result.
Emphasizing this through a joint statement issued on Tuesday after Colombia Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez Merizalde concluded a two-day official visit [...]
Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) Lahore High Court has allowed Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan on terrorism charges, a meeting with his lawyer, a media report said Tuesday.
The court gave Sarabjit’s lawyer Owais Sheikh permission to meet him in the presence of a representative of the special branch of the police.
Sheikh [...]
New Delhi, Oct.14 (ANI): Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday expressed deep shock and anguish over the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and reiterated the need for intensifying global cooperation in combating international terrorism.
In a [...]
Kabul/New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Without naming Pakistan or its spy agency ISI, India Saturday said the attack on its embassy in Kabul earlier this week was the handiwork of the enemies of India-Afghan friendship and their ‘patrons across the border’.
Unfazed by the second such incident in 15 months, New Delhi also reiterated its ‘unwavering [...]
Imphal, Sep 27(ANI): Two major tragedies was recently averted in Manipur, when police detected an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a car inside the premises of Manipur Raj Bhawan and in another incident Minister of consumer affairs and public distribution Y Erabot escaped an [...]
New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today condemned the killing of five innocent villagers, including two students by the cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoists) at Pundigiri in Ranchi district of Jharkhand on [...]
Jerusalem, Sep. 4 (ANI): Organizers of an art exhibition had to take down portraits depicting female Palestinian suicide bombers as the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus after the families of those killed or wounded in the attacks protested.
The controversial exhibition, which featured the work of artists Galina Bleich and Liliah [...]
Mumbai, Aug 13 (ANI): In a joint exercise of night combat, personnel of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Maharashtra Police took part in the mock drill conducted in Mumbai.
The objective of this exercise was to make the personnel battle ready and counter any acts of terrorism particularly after dusk and in pitch darkness.
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