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Gojra (Pakistan)

Type: City

Name: Gojra (Pakistan)

Country: Pakistan

Latitude: 31.15

Longitude: 72.690002

population: 139,767

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Mob attacks police after man’s death in custody

FAISALABAD, May 18: A large number of people attacked a police team and injured a constable for allegedly torturing a man to death.Scores of residents of Chak 7-JB blocked traffic on Sargodha Road near Bawa Chak after learning that Muhammad Waris had ... [Published DAWN Group - May 19 2013]

Entities: Custody, Police, Faisalabad

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Election 2013 results an outcome of anti-US policy?

By The inability to address the energy crisis, law and order situation, lack of efforts towards party organisation, absence of real jayala and loyal leadership on the forefront and somehow conversion of masses party, having roots in the communities, towards ... [Published Daily Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Pakistan Muslim League (N), Anti-American, Elections

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Cotton markets rally up

Cotton markets in Pakistan witnessed moderate buying during the last 24 hours after New York cotton market maintained upward trend, a dealer said on Thursday. “Traders bought some bales of cotton to avoid a likely price hike after New York cotton market ... [Published The News International - May 10 2013]

Entities: Cotton, Futures Contract, Fort Abbas (Pakistan)

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

The minority vote: ‘For whoever can protect us’

LAHORE:Christian voters from Joseph Colony, where an angry mob torched over a 100 homes two months back, have indicated partiality towards the two largest political parties in the country in the coming elections.The governments led by Pakistan Peoples ... [Published The Express Tribune - May 06 2013]

Entities: Pakistan Muslim League (N), Pakistan People's Party, Religion

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Naila Dayal, a ‘quarter citizen’, perseveres despite odds

ISLAMABAD:She ran for two National Assembly seats in the 2008 elections. She lost both. But she perseveres. Naila Joseph Dayal, a female Christian politician, is in the race again. She is contesting the 2013 elections from three constituencies, from the ... [Published The Express Tribune - May 05 2013]

Entities: Islamabad, Elections, Gojra (Pakistan), Shahbaz Bhatti

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

VIEW : The cost of allegiance Mohammad Ahmad

If serious human rights violations and usurpation of the constitutional rights of the community in Pakistan were part of a strategy to contain the Ahmadis, the policy is not working The caretaker government in Punjab has the job on its hands to lead the ... [Published Daily Times - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Chunian (Pakistan), Gojra (Pakistan), Pakistan Muslim League (N), Human Rights Violations

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Should we be complacent?

THE report prepared by Zeenat Hisam and Yasmin Qureshi on Religious minorities in Pakistan for the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) and launched last Tuesday at the South Asian conference on the subject does not really come ... [Published DAWN Group - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Mazhar Hussain, Religion, India

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

The trial

The years thereafter witnessed a great deal of toing-and-froing as Malabar Christians repeatedly broke free from Roman rule only to be forcibly restored to it. Through it all, however, they showed a remarkable resilience in preserving their distinctive ... [Published The Friday Times - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Blasphemy, Pakistan, Religion, Sweeper, Alvin Robert Cornelius

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Litmus test

There are times when youthful emotionalism tends to take the better of politicians. Who can forget Benazir Bhutto's epoch making return from exile in 1986 amidst an ocean of people who turned up to greet her (thankfully, the much abused word of 'tsunami' ... [Published The Friday Times - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Pakistan Muslim League (N), Memogate, Religion, Ahsan Iqbal

First reported Mar 14 2013 - Updated Mar 14 2013 - 1 reports

Joseph Colony incident: SC asks Punjab to explain failure

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the Punjab government over the arson attack on a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore and sought its clear stance over its failure to protect the lives and property of the people as ... [Published PakTribune.com - Mar 14 2013]

Entities: Punjab Police, Punjab Government, Blasphemy

First reported Mar 11 2013 - Updated Mar 11 2013 - 2 reports

The Anatomy of an Attack on a Christian Village in Pakistan

Did the attack occur just because he and his neighbors are Christians? Kala Jee Allah Ditta is crouching on the remains of his home in the Pakistani community of Badami Bagh, near Lahore’s landmark railway station. All that remains of the boundary wall ... [Published The China Blog - Mar 11 2013]

Entities: Anatomy, Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan)

Quotes

...Masood says that Sharif has matured over the years: "The time in exile has given him time to reflect and learn." Surveying the election victory on Sunday, many Pakistanis hope that is true

Nawaz Sharif's Return to Power Brings Pakistan's Challenges in Focus [Published Time - May 13 2013]

...leaders were the only ones who approached us after the carnage and offered us both moral and material support," says Daniel, 30, a local resident. "The only other party to do the same was [another Islamist party] the Jamaat-e-Islami. None of the others came to ask how we were managing under the open sky during those hard days." Later, the Punjab government provided financial assistance for homeless people to rebuild their homes...

Pakistan elections create unlikely alliance in Lahore [Published BBC - May 09 2013]

"Christians are afraid of these parties, therefore Christians go to liberal parties, progressive parties" he told AFP

Christians vote for protection in Pakistan [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 06 2013]

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Mob attacks police after man’s death in custody [Published DAWN Group - May 19 2013]
Election 2013 results an outcome of anti-US po... [Published Daily Times - May 16 2013]
Nawaz Sharif's Return to Power Brings Pakistan'... [Published Time - May 13 2013]
Nawaz Sharif’s Return to Power Brings Pakistan’... [Published Time - May 12 2013]
Cotton markets rally up [Published The News International - May 10 2013]
Pakistan elections create unlikely alliance in ... [Published BBC - May 09 2013]
The minority vote: ‘For whoever can protect us’ [Published The Express Tribune - May 06 2013]
Christians vote for protection in Pakistan [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 06 2013]
Khanewal Police harassing Christians after Musl... [Published Pakistan Christian Post - May 05 2013]
Naila Dayal, a ‘quarter citizen’, perseveres de... [Published The Express Tribune - May 05 2013]
Pervez Hoodbhoy: On Elections, Extremism, and S... [Published ZNet - May 01 2013]
Interview: On elections, extremism and science [Published DAWN Group - Apr 29 2013]
VIEW : The cost of allegiance Mohammad Ahmad [Published Daily Times - Apr 24 2013]
Should we be complacent? [Published DAWN Group - Apr 17 2013]
Litmus test [Published The Friday Times - Apr 12 2013]
The trial [Published The Friday Times - Apr 12 2013]
Joseph Colony incident: SC asks Punjab to expla... [Published PakTribune.com - Mar 14 2013]
Angry Mob Torches Christian Neighbourhood in Pa... [Published Global Voices Online - Mar 13 2013]
The Anatomy of an Attack on a Christian Village... [Published The China Blog - Mar 11 2013]
The Anatomy of an Attack on a Christian Village... [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Mar 11 2013]
IN FOCUS: Christian girl’s case evokes fear in ... [Published Taipei Times Online - Sep 01 2012]

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Angry Mob Torches Christian Neighbourhood in Pa... [Published Global Voices Online - Mar 13 2013] Riled by blasphemy charges, a Muslim mob of 3,000, torched 100 houses in Joseph Colony, a largely Christian neighbourhood in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore, on Saturday, March 9, 2013. The residents of Joseph Colony, within Lahore's Badami ...
The Anatomy of an Attack on a Christian Village... [Published The China Blog - Mar 11 2013] Did the attack occur just because he and his neighbors are Christians? Kala Jee Allah Ditta is crouching on the remains of his home in the Pakistani community of Badami Bagh, near Lahore’s landmark railway station. All that remains of the boundary wall ...
The Anatomy of an Attack on a Christian Village... [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Mar 11 2013] Did the attack occur just because he and his neighbors are Christians? Kala Jee Allah Ditta is crouching on the remains of his home in the Pakistani community of Badami Bagh, near Lahore’s landmark railway station. All that remains of the boundary wall ...