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Curfew hits mosques, No prayers offered at Jamia Masjid

Mir Umar Srinagar: Strict curfew imposed across Kashmir on Friday, many of mosques were barricaded by concertina wires to stop people entering mosques for the Friday prayer. Prohibitory orders were clamped in the entire district of Srinagar on Friday to thwart a proposed march by separatists even as south and north Kashmir areas continued to … Continue reading

Lahore: 42 killed in suicide blasts at shrine

Monitoring Lahore: A pair of suicide bombings that killed 42 at a popular Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s east stirred outrage among many in this terror-scarred nation on Friday. Several blamed the US presence in Afghanistan for spurring the attacks, while some faulted a minority sect that itself was viciously targeted just weeks before. The bombings … Continue reading

Entire Srinagar under curfew to thwart Eidgah March

Sheikh Imran Bashir Srinagar: Prohibitory orders were clamped in the entire district of Srinagar on Friday to thwart a proposed march by separatists even as south and north Kashmir areas continued to be under curfew. Authorities imposed curfew in many old city areas on Thursday night to thwart the Eidgah Macrh programme, the call for … Continue reading