Fresh clashes kill five in Bangladesh over Islamist hanging

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 14:42

Bangladesh police opened fire on bomb-throwing Islamist protesters on Monday as five more people died in clashes sparked by the execution of an Islamist leader for war crimes.

Pakistani political party`s office set ablaze

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 15:36

Unidentified assailants Saturday set on fire an election office belonging to a political party in Pakistan`s port city of Karachi, a media report said.

Bangladesh on the boil, 21 killed in fresh clashes

Last Updated: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 11:52

Bangladesh on Sunday deployed army in its north as a fresh wave of violence claimed 21 lives, taking the death toll to about 80, in clashes that have rocked the nation since the conviction of Islamist leaders for 1971 war crimes.

Jamaat asks Rehman Malik to cancel India visit

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 18:07

Pakistan`s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party has asked Interior Minister Rehman Malik to call off his visit to New Delhi saying India would again demand the handing over of JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed.