Sarabjit’s lawyer freed after abduction
lahore: Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his son were abducted and briefly held by unidentified men in an area near the border with India. Sheikh and his son Shahrukh had gone to a village near Burki Hudaira area on Thursday to buy land. Two men riding a motorcycle, who were wearing police uniforms, intercepted them, said Haroon, another son of Sheikh.
Car bombs, shooting in Iraq leave 17 dead
Baghdad: Car bombs struck Shiite neighbourhoods of the Iraqi Capital and a northern city on Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. Baghdad police said the first of Thursday’s bombings hit a bus and taxi stop during the morning rush hour in the city’s eastern Sadr City neighbourhood.
Czech ‘Velvet Revolution' leader Komarek dead
Prague: Czech economist & politician Valtr Komarek, a leading figure in the 1989 “Velvet Revolution” that brought down the communist regime, has died at age 82 after a long illness, his family said on Thursday.
USJustice Dept supports Sikhs, Hindus
Washington: Meeting one of the long pending demands of Sikhs and Hindus in the US, Attorney General Eric Holder has recommended widening the FBI’s mandate to include the two communities among victims of growing hate crimes.