Showing posts with label Punjab Pakistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Punjab Pakistan. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

British girl kidnapped in Lahore, Pakistan

English: Location of Lahore, in Punjab.
English: Location of Lahore, in Punjab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- A British girl of Pakistani origin was kidnapped in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, said local police on Sunday night.

Police sources said that the kidnapped was a 20-year-old girl named Aisha Ali. She came to Lahore to attend a wedding ceremony and was kidnapped at the Liberty Market area in the city.

The abductee came to Lahore a couple of days ago after she stayed with her relatives in Kashmir, said police.

However, the police failed to mention when the kidnapping happened. The police have filed a report about the case. Other details about the incident are not immediately available.

Sunday's report about the kidnapped British girl is the fourth of its kind in the country since this year. In January this year, three cases about kidnapping foreigners were reported in the country.

On January 5, a British national of Yemeni origin working for International Committee of the Red Cross Pakistan was kidnapped by Pakistan Taliban and his body was later found in the city on April 29.

On January 20, a German aged 70 and an Italian aged 24 were abducted in Pakistan's central city of Multan. They were working for a NGO for the help of the flood-affected people in Punjab province. There is no news about their whereabouts now.

Two days after, a Kenyan working for an international charity organization "Care International" was kidnapped in the country's southern Sindh province while he was helping the flood-hit people there. His whereabouts is also not known until now.

Foreigners in Pakistan are often targeted by kidnappers for ransom. Few of the abductees can survive after being kidnapped.

from XINHUA
English.news.cn   2012-09-10 03:08:10

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Monday, July 9, 2012

Gunmen kill seven in attack on Pakistan military camp

English: Location of Lahore, in Punjab.
English: Location of Lahore, in Punjab. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
(Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a military encampment in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing six soldiers and a policeman, the military said in a statement.

"A small rescue party had camped on the bank of (a) river to search for the body of a drowned/missing pilot," the statement said.

"Today, early morning, a few unknown assailants opened fire on the rescue party, which resulted in the shahadat (martyrdom) of six security forces personnnel."

The gunmen fled the scene after the shooting.

The attack took place near the town of Wazirabad, about 100 km (60 miles) north of the eastern city of Lahore, capital of the central Punjab province.

Such attacks are more common in northwest Pakistan, home to several militant groups, including the Taliban, but rare in Punjab. Some extremist groups are based in the southern part of the province, but are not known to attack security forces.

Pakistani security officials said they had started an investigation. No group had claimed responsibility.

"There are criminal groups active in the area, they could be involved. Or it could be militants, which could be a serious development," a senior Pakistani security official told Reuters. "We are not ruling anything out."

(Reporting by Qasim Nauman; Writing by Rebecca Conway; Editing by Ron Popeski)

from Reuters
ISLAMABAD | Mon Jul 9, 2012 8:20am BST

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