US condemns attack over Sufi shrine in Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 19:00

The US has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan, saying such actions have no political justification for killing innocent civilians.

Karachi mourns attack on Sufi shrine

Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 16:19

Pakistan`s commercial hub Karachi Friday descended into mourning, a day after Taliban suicide attacks targeted venerated Sufi shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi killing ten people.

Security raised after Pakistan Sufi shrine attack

Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 12:48

Police stepped up patrols in Karachi on Friday to try and prevent renewed violence after angry mobs rampaged through the city in the aftermath of a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine that left eight dead and 65 injured.

Suicide bombers attack Sufi shrine in Karachi; 10 killed

Last Updated: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 21:37

Two explosions hit a famed Sufi shrine in Karachi, killing ten people, police said.

Low intensity blast at Sufi shrine injures two in Pak

Last Updated: Monday, October 4, 2010, 21:56

A low intensity blast at a Sufi shrine in this eastern Pakistani city injured two persons, police officials said on Monday.

Pak authorities to decide on holding Sufi`s trial in jail

Last Updated: Monday, July 19, 2010, 22:02

Pakistani authorities will soon decide whether the trial of Sufi Muhammad, the chief of the banned Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi, will be held in prison for security reasons, a provincial minister said on Monday.

Attackers of Sufi shrine are "enemies of Islam": OIC

Last Updated: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 21:37

Condemning in strong terms the twin suicide attacks on a Lahore Sufi shrine in which 45 people were killed, the Organisation of Islamic Conference has described its perpetrators as "enemies of Islam and humanity".

EU condemns Lahore blasts

Last Updated: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 16:32

EU has condemned suicide attacks at Sufi shrine that killed over 40 people.

Lahore: 42 killed in suicide blasts at shrine

Last Updated: Friday, July 2, 2010, 13:14

Several Pakistanis blame US presence in Afghanistan for spurring the attacks.

Sufi Mohammad`s sons, 32 other militants produced in court

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 22:05

Thirty-five pro-Taliban militants, including three sons of radical cleric Sufi Muhammad, were produced in an anti-terrorism court in the restive Swat valley of northwest Pakistan on Tuesday.

Somali government signs deal with Sufi militia

Last Updated: Monday, March 15, 2010, 23:44

Somalia`s govt has signed an agreement with a powerful militia that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned offensive against an Islamist insurgency.

Dhaka airport to be renamed after Sufi saint

Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2010, 15:07

Bangladesh`s Zia International Airport is to be renamed after 13th century Sufi saint Hazarat Shah Jalal, after deleting the name of former president Ziaur Rahman.