Pakistan: Hindu temple in Karachi vandalised

The police have filed an FIR but no one has been arrested yet.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 09, 2022 · 09:45 pm

Two Sikh men shot dead in Pakistan’s Peshawar, India registers ‘strong protest’

Several political leaders, including Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, condemned the attack.

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· May 15, 2022 · 06:26 pm

Pakistan: 22 people sentenced to five years in prison each for vandalising Hindu temple

The anti-terrorism court acquitted the remaining 62 suspects, giving them a benefit of doubt.

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· May 12, 2022 · 12:04 pm

Pakistan: Hindu temple vandalised last week has been restored, say authorities

A mob had attacked the temple as a reaction to the alleged desecration of a Muslim seminary.

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· Aug 10, 2021 · 01:13 pm

Mob attacks Hindu temple in Pakistan after minor gets bail in desecration case

Footage from the vandalism scene showed men smashing temple windows, doors and idols with sticks and stones.

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· Aug 05, 2021 · 12:00 pm

A death in Toronto brings attention again to the struggles in Pakistan’s Balochistan

Two Baloch activists in exile have been found dead this year – one in Canada, the other in Sweden.

Major General Yash Mor

· Dec 28, 2020 · 06:30 am

Maulana Fazlur Rehman has pulled an Imran Khan on Imran Khan – and Imran Khan is rattled

The Pakistani prime minister has no strategy to counter the maulana’s narrative. Even if the maulana loses, he wins.

Fahd Husain, Dawn.com

· Nov 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Protests by Pakistan’s Pashtuns pit human rights demands against the War on Terror

The movement known as the 'Pashtun Long March' and the 'Pashtun Spring' has emerged from a history of human rights abuses in the name of curbing terrorism.

Admir Skodo, The Conversation

· Feb 27, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Explainer: Pakistan protests over a ‘clerical mistake’ are really about anti-Ahmedi prejudice

The changed law appeared to relax rules that made it difficult for Ahmedis to take part in elections, but have now been rolled back.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Nov 27, 2017 · 06:30 am

Pakistan Army summoned as police operation fails to remove agitators; over 200 injured, some dead

After Islamabad, the anti-blasphemy protests started spreading to some other cities by Saturday evening.

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· Nov 26, 2017 · 08:53 am

Pakistan: Security forces battle religious protestors in Islamabad, one policeman killed

Private news channels in the capital went off air on Saturday after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority suspended their transmission.

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· Nov 25, 2017 · 03:52 pm

Is Pakistan witnessing the fall of Altaf Hussain, who lords over Karachi all the way from London?

Could this be the end of the road for the London-based leader of Pakistani's Muttahida Qaumi Movement?

Nichola Khan, The Conversation

· Sep 04, 2016 · 08:30 pm