Monday, December 14th, 2015
Protest in Lahore against arrest of shop owner for putting up hateful poster
LAHORE: Hundreds gathered outside Lahore’s Hafeez Center on Monday, protesting police’s arrest of a shopkeeper for putting up an anti-Ahmadi poster. The protesters consisted largely of shopkeepers from Hafeez Center, Lahore’s largest electronic marketplace. They gathered on Main Boulevard opposite the center, holding placards and chanting slogans against the arrest of shopkeeper Abid Hashmi and the filing of a case against him. On Sunday, Gulberg police arrested Hashmi for putting up a notice declaring Ahmadis “infidels” and banning their entry into his shop. According to a news release, Deputy InspectorRead More
45000 elected members will serve people of KP: Imran Khan
SHANGLA: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan claimed that PTI will bring change in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). “43 billion will be give to local bodies government for the betterment of people,” Imran Khan said. While addressing a political gathering in Shangla, he revealed that 45000 elected members will serve the people of KP. PTI chief said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People’s Party took the step of local bodies election due to the pressure of PTI. “We need to change the system to bring change in country and PTIRead More
Pakistan can ‘survive’ without playing India, says Wasim Akram
Veteran left-arm fast-bowler Wasim Akram said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should not even think about boycotting World T20, which is taking place in India next year, as that is an ICC event, and the repercussions of such an act will harm Pakistan cricket in the long run. “The World T20 is an ICC event and we should participate in it at all costs. If we don’t it will harm us in the long run,” said Akram while talking at a function in Karachi. “Not playing in the World T20 willRead More