FO expresses concern over BJP leadership’s involvement in Gujarat riots
- 27-Nov-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday expressed grave concern over confirmation of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) direct involvement in anti-Muslim violence during the horrific Gujarat riots of 2002 that led to killing of over two thousand Muslims. “The recent statement by the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shankersinh Vaghela, has confirmed Pakistan’s long-standing assertion […]
Bilkis Bano case: India SC to hear petition reversing release of gang-rape convicts
- 23-Aug-2022
India’s Supreme Court will hold a hearing on a petition challenging the release last week of 11 men convicted of gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman named Bilkis Bano during 2002 riots in the western state of Gujarat. Last Monday, authorities in the Panchmahals district of Gujarat released the men after considering the time they had […]
Life term for convict Yakub Pataliya in Godhra train burning case
- 20-Mar-2019
The convict had been arrested by Gujarat Police in January last year who was on the run for 16 years and among 94 accused in the train carnage case.
Former Modi party leader cleared of involvement in savage riots in India’s Gujarat
- 20-Apr-2018
NEW DELHI: A court overturned the conviction of a former Indian state minister from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Friday for involvement in riots in Gujarat state 16 years ago, citing lack of consistency in witness testimonies, a prosecutor said. Up to 2,500 people, most of them Muslims, were hunted down and hacked, beaten […]