12:06 PM
Muhammad Zai Khan
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
ANP provincial leader Hanif Khan advocate shaheed
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Raymond Davis released
ISLAMABAD: An Additional Sessions judge Wednesday set free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who killed two Pakistanis on a busy road in Lahore, after payment of blood money (Diyat) in accordance with Sharia law of Pakistan, sources said.
Talking to Geo News, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the court released Raymond Davis after the family members of the murdered men appeared in the court and pardoned the US National after an agreement was reached between the two sides. “He has been released from jail and now it is up to him to leave the country whenever he wants,” the Minister added.
The families of the murdered men, Fahim and Faizan, accepted the blood money of 2.34 million dollars (equal to Rs200 million) while, according to sources, four visas were also part of the deal.
The killings by Raymond Davis in Lahore in January strained relations between Pakistan and US, who repeatedly insisted Davis was an embassy employee and enjoyed diplomatic immunity, particularly after it emerged he was working for the CIA.
A spokesman for the US embassy in Islamabad said he could not immediately confirm the report. Lawyers for the families of the two men shot dead in a busy Lahore street on January 27 said they had been held for four hours at the jail court where Davis was being tried on Wednesday, but had not been allowed to witness proceedings.
Blood money, or ‘Diyat’ is a provision under Islamic sharia law in which compensation can be paid to relatives of those killed to secure a pardon, and is commonly used to resolve such cases in Pakistan.
The Davis case had sparked protests in Pakistan, with religious groups angrily denouncing the American who claimed he acted in self-defence to fend off an armed robbery when he shot dead the two men.
US authorities insisted Davis was protected by full diplomatic immunity, but the Pakistan government refused to back that claim and a decision on his status was on Monday deferred by the Lahore high court for criminal judges to decide.
Revelations that Davis was a CIA contractor heaped pressure on Pakistan's embattled government and further ramped up burning public mistrust of Washington, damaging fragile relations between the two wary allies.
A third Pakistani was struck down and killed by a US diplomatic vehicle that came to Davis' assistance in the January incident. US officials denied Pakistan access to the vehicle, and the occupants are widely believed to have left the country.
Police have said they recovered a Glock pistol, four loaded magazines, a GPS navigation system and a small telescope from Davis' car after the January 27 shooting. The United States postponed a round of high-level talks with Afghanistan and Pakistan following failed attempts to free Davis, and US lawmakers threatened to cut payments to Pakistan unless he is release
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
peshawar adezai blast
A suicide bomber attacked a funeral procession in Adezai on Wednesday killing at least 34 people and injuring 45 others..
The suicide bomber was targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers for the wife of a militiaman in Adezai village, near Peshawar that leads to the border tribal regions, DCO Peshawar, Siraj Ahmed, said.
The attacker mingled with the mourners before setting off his explosives, Ahmed said.
"People had gathered and had just started praying when a boy walked in and blew himself up," survivor Mohammad Eman told Geo News.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility of attack.
Bloodied shoes and caps littered the ground where the attack took place, on the outskirts of the city, as stunned survivors milled around or bundled the wounded into trucks and away to hospital, television images showed.
The Pashtun elder whose relative was being buried on Wednesday is involved with a pro-government militia force. It w
The suicide bomber was targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers for the wife of a militiaman in Adezai village, near Peshawar that leads to the border tribal regions, DCO Peshawar, Siraj Ahmed, said.
The attacker mingled with the mourners before setting off his explosives, Ahmed said.
"People had gathered and had just started praying when a boy walked in and blew himself up," survivor Mohammad Eman told Geo News.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility of attack.
Bloodied shoes and caps littered the ground where the attack took place, on the outskirts of the city, as stunned survivors milled around or bundled the wounded into trucks and away to hospital, television images showed.
The Pashtun elder whose relative was being buried on Wednesday is involved with a pro-government militia force. It w
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Amin Khattak passes away
General Sec. of Awami National Party Sindh expires from cardiac arrest. He was taken to hospital soon after the attack but was unable to survive.
Friday, March 4, 2011
nowshera blast 4th march 2011
At least 10 people have been killed and several injured in a blast in a mosque inside shrine of Akhond Panjo Baba shrine soon after Friday prayers, Geo News reported quoting police sources.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated
Federal Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated in a firing incident in Islamabad, Geo News reported. Hospital spokesman Dr Azmat ullah Qureshi confirmed that the minister succumbed to the injuries.
He was rushed to the hospital. Unknown assailants shot the minister when he was leaving from his house in Sector I-8.
He was rushed to the hospital. Unknown assailants shot the minister when he was leaving from his house in Sector I-8.
