Punjab: Protests erupt in Sarabjit's native village

Amritsar: Angry protests on Thursday broke out in Sarabjit Singh's native Bhikhiwind village after the Indian prisoner died in a Lahore hospital with villagers lashing out at Pakistani authorities for the deadly attack on him. Shouting anti-Pakistan slogans, several villagers burnt Pakistani flags to register their protest.

During their protest demonstrations, the villagers charged Pakistan with murdering Sarabjit. They also lashed out at Pakistani authorities for not shifting Sarabjit to some other country for "proper treatment."

Anti-Sikh riots case against Jagdish Tytler reopened

Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.

Court ordered CBI to further probe killing of 3 persons in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Jagdish Tytler was given clean chit.

"We should still believe in the judicial system and the court after it has reopened investigations against Jagdish Tytler," said Tytler's lawyer.

Punjab, convert to Islam or die: The 20 year long nightmare of a Christian family

by Jibran Khan

Since the late 1980s Sadiq Masih Zafar and his family have been living under the constant threat of Islamist groups. In 1998, his daughter was kidnapped and seriously injured. Today her sister is being threatened with a similar fate. Despite reporting these threats, the police has never intervened. Lahore Priest: extremists enjoy impunity.


Islamabad (AsiaNews) - For more than 20 years, a Pakistani Christian family has been living in a constant state of fear, the victim of threats from extremist groups and under constant pressure from the radical fringe to convert to Islam. A tragic story in a country increasingly hostage to the Islamists, in which young people prefer Sharia law and the military to the democratic model proposed by the West and branded as "corrupt." In recent times, threats and pressures against the Zafar family have increased. And the father has been forced to lock one of his daughters indoors for fear she will become a victim of kidnapping, as was the case in 1998 when her older sister was abducted and subjected to torture.

Punjab: Heroin worth Rs 130 crore found

CHANDIGARH: Punjab police have decided to question international boxers Vijender Singh and Ram Singh in connection with recovery of drugs in Fathegarh Sahib and Zirakpur area of Mohali. Police had recovered 26kg heroin worth Rs 130 crore from a flat in Mohali.