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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:03 PM

Gojra (Pakistan)

Type: City

Name: Gojra (Pakistan)

Country: Pakistan

Latitude: 31.15

Longitude: 72.690002

population: 139,767

First Reported 02/03/2010 - Updated 02/03/2010 - 1 Documents

PA for removing Sindh doubts over power plants

By Babar Dogar LAHORE THE Punjab Assembly on the private members day on Tuesday passed six resolutions, including one for removal of the Sindh government's apprehensions about the construction of power plants at Chashma-Jhelum (CJ) Link Canal and another ... [The News International - 02/03/2010]

Entities: Canalize, Punjab Assembly, Gojra (Pakistan), Irrigation

First Reported 02/04/2010 - Updated 02/04/2010 - 1 Documents

Government of Pakistan

Government must protect Rights of Minorities in Pakistan. George Murad

(PCP) Mr. George Murad, Chief Organizer of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC International Wing in a statement here today demanded justice for 12 years Christian Shazia Bashir, who was killed by Mohammad Naeem Advocate when working as housemaid in his home ... [Pakistan Christian Post - 02/04/2010]

Entities: Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan), Government of Pakistan

First Reported 01/27/2010 - Updated 01/27/2010 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

PA resolution condemns Shazias murder

By Babar Dogar LAHORE THE Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed four different resolutions, including those condemning the killing of 12-year-old maid Shazia and barring the federal government from giving transit trade facility to India till resolution ... [The News International - 01/27/2010]

Entities: Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Gojra (Pakistan), CONDEMNATION, Punjab Assembly

First Reported 01/30/2010 - Updated 01/30/2010 - 1 Documents

Punjab government conspiring obstruction of justice in 12 years old Christian girl Shazia killing

(PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC said that Punjab government is using administrative machinery to safe killer lawyer Mohammad Naeem Choudry by comprising "Enquiry Committee in Shazia case" like Gojra violence where ... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/30/2010]

Entities: Obstruction of Justice, Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan)

First Reported 01/19/2010 - Updated 01/19/2010 - 1 Documents

DCO Gojra promoted who let Muslim mob burn alive seven Christians in Pakistan

(PCP) The news of Gojra DCO promotion who failed to protect Christian life and property on August 1, 2009, surprised victims and Christians throughout Pakistan here today. It was reported by PCP that Muslim officers in administration and Police in Gojra ... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/19/2010]

Entities: Gojra (Pakistan), Pakistan, Kamran Michael, Shahbaz Bhatti, Promoter

First Reported 01/24/2010 - Updated 01/24/2010 - 1 Documents

Pakistani Christian distrust government claims to ensure justice in Shazia murder case

(PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President, Pakistan Christian Congress PCC, expressed distrust on statements of President Asif Zardari, CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Federal Minority Minister Shahbaz Bhatti that culprits will be brought to justice in Shazia ... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/24/2010]

Entities: Shahbaz Bhatti, Gojra (Pakistan), Kamran Michael, Government of Pakistan

First Reported 08/13/2009 - Updated 08/13/2009 - 1 Documents

Awami National Party

Pakistan lacks visionary, qualified leaders: Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Awami National Party, Sheikh Rashid has said that there was scarcity of leadership in Pakistan, while those leaders who are popular among the masses lack vision power. While speaking in Private TV Channel program, Sheikh Rashid said ... [PakTribune.com - 08/13/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan), Awami National Party, Faisalabad

First Reported 08/17/2009 - Updated 08/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Extremist group leader killed

ISLAMABAD: Several cities in the Sindh province including the capital Karachi were tense after the killing of Ali Sher Haideri, the spiritual leader of the extremist group, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan. Mr. Haideri was shot dead in his car while he was returning ... [The Hindu - 08/17/2009]

Entities: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Pervez Musharraf, Karachi, Pakistan

First Reported 09/05/2009 - Updated 09/05/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Witnesses Recount Slayings of Pakistani Christians

Dominicans Urge End to Anti-Blasphemy Laws ROME, SEPT. 4, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Two Dominican priests are in Rome to spread awareness of the fear and suffering being endured by the faithful in Pakistan after the slaying of more than a dozen Christians. Fathers ... [Zenit - 09/05/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan), ZENIT, Murder

First Reported 09/14/2009 - Updated 09/14/2009 - 1 Documents

Concerns rise as new Pakistan church attacked

AFP/File Pakistani policemen stand guard outside a church in Lahore in December 2008. A rights group raised concern Play Video Pakistan Video:India, Pakistan exchange fire Reuters Play Video Pakistan Video:Around the World: 9/11 FOX News Play Video ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 09/14/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Qur'an, Sambrial (Pakistan)

First Reported 10/01/2009 - Updated 10/01/2009 - 1 Documents

Protests mount against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws

Pakistans draconian blasphemy laws have come under renewed criticism since several Christians were killed this summer by a mob of Muslim fundamentalists in a pogrom-style attack. Demands have risen for the abolition of these laws, which were introduced ... [World Socialist Web Site - 10/01/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan), Imperialism, Ahmadiyya, Qur'an

First Reported 12/24/2009 - Updated 12/24/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Pakistan's Christians receive text messages warning of a "special Christmas present"

Islamic Tolerance Alert: Already left homeless by a Muslim rampage in August that saw eight Christians burned alive, the remaining Christians of Gojra cannot celebrate Christmas without looking over their shoulders. "Pakistan Christians celebrate Christmas ... [Jihad Watch - 12/24/2009]

Entities: Pakistan, Gojra (Pakistan), Elena Becatoros

Quotes

Opposition member Samina Khawar Hayat presented the resolution which stated: "This House recommends to the federal government that instructions to the mobile companies be issued that they should not promote the tendency of cheap rate late night packages for changing tendencies in society." It further said that due to the mobile packages the young generation, particularly students, remained busy in sending messaging and making calls the...

PA for removing Sindh doubts over power plants [The News International - 02/03/2010]

Nazir S Bhatti said " PCC is demanding Suo-Motto notice by Chief Justice of Supreme Court to ensure justice in Shazia rape-murder case and re-examination of autopsy of postmortem because accused is an influential Muslim having link in Pakistan Armed Forces and in Political groups in Punjab and Federal government " PCC will join hands with CLAAS, SLMP and Human Liberation Commission of Pakistan to press upon government to let justice take its course to punish culprit...

Punjab government conspiring obstruction of justice in 12 years old Christian girl Shazia killing [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/30/2010]

More Content

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Government must protect Rights of Minorities in... [Pakistan Christian Post - 02/04/2010]
PA for removing Sindh doubts over power plants [The News International - 02/03/2010]
Punjab government conspiring obstruction of jus... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/30/2010]
PA resolution condemns Shazias murder [The News International - 01/27/2010]
Punjab PA slams Shazias murder [The News International - 01/27/2010]
Pakistan Christians deceived by Medical Board o... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/26/2010]
Pakistani Christian distrust government claims ... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/24/2010]
One Year Later, Obama Administrationâs T... [CNS News - 01/21/2010]
DCO Gojra promoted who let Muslim mob burn aliv... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/19/2010]
Catholic Bishops Conference of Pakistan not sin... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/19/2010]
The wave of anti-Christian violence [Poten & Partners - 01/15/2010]
Peacemakers must rise above national bias [Hindustan Times - 01/12/2010]
Pakistan: Gojra victims seek housing plan of th... [ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 01/09/2010]
Christians in Pakistan will press for demand to... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/07/2010]
CCA support for 93 Christian families of Gojra ... [Pakistan Christian Post - 01/07/2010]
South Asia: Looking Back At 2009 (Part 2) [AlertNet - 01/05/2010]
Protests mount against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws [World Socialist Web Site - 10/01/2009]
Concerns rise as new Pakistan church attacked [AFP via Yahoo! - 09/14/2009]
Witnesses Recount Slayings of Pakistani Christians [Zenit - 09/05/2009]
Sister of mercy for Pakistan Muslims [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/28/2009]
Extremist group leader killed [The Hindu - 08/17/2009]
Pakistan lacks visionary, qualified leaders: Ra... [PakTribune.com - 08/13/2009]
Pakistan cannot afford Christian controversy [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/09/2009]
Communal clashes: focus on blasphemy laws in Pa... [The Hindu - 08/05/2009]
Islamic Organization Head Condems Massacre Of C... [Turkish Press - 08/05/2009]
Pakistan Christian schools strike after killings [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/03/2009]
Pakistan Christian schools on strike after murders [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/03/2009]
Christian schools close after Pakistan killings [AFP via Yahoo! - 08/03/2009]
Pakistan blames it on religious groups [The Hindu - 08/02/2009]
Pakistan mobs kill Christians [Philadelphia Inquirer - 08/02/2009]

Blogs

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The wave of anti-Christian violence \| Simon Tis... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 01/14/2010] Christians in the Muslim world are becoming scapegoats as anger about the "crusader west" takes holdA recent wave of violent attacks on Christian worshippers and ...
South Asia: Looking Back At 2009 (Part 2) [Global Voices Online - 01/05/2010] This is the second part of our retrospection of some of the major events, which took place in 2009 in the South Asian countries, seen through the eyes of the citizen ...
Pakistan's Christians receive text messages war... [Jihad Watch - 12/24/2009] Islamic Tolerance Alert: Already left homeless by a Muslim rampage in August that saw eight Christians burned alive, the remaining Christians of Gojra cannot celebrate ...
Saad Khan: Growing Extremism in Pakistan [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 09/11/2009] In yet another episode of violence against religious minorities in Pakistan - that has become a regular affair in this country - Muslims in a Punjab village ...
World Council of Churches says Pakistani Christ... [Pakistan: Now or Never? - 09/03/2009] Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan live in fear of persecution and even execution or murder on false charges of blasphemy against Islam, the World ...