Gujrat In 2002

Gujarat High Court rejects last appeal in 2002 riot case against Modi

India's Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected Zakia Jafri's plea for an investigation and action against Narendra Modi — the then chief minister and current prime minister— and 57 others for a conspiracy in the 2002 riots in the state, Times of India (TOI) reported...

The court rejected pleas from Jafri — whose husband was killed in the riots — and Citizen for Justice and Peace activist Teesta Setalvad, and ruled that there was...

Nato launches today its biggest military exercise since 2002

BRUSSELS: Nato launches its biggest military exercise since 2002 on Saturday, putting 36,000 alliance soldiers through their paces in Italy, Spain and Portugal to boost preparedness against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis...

Nato plans biggest military exercise since 2002 to counter Islamic State

Nato has not held exercises on this scale since 2002, when 15 members of the alliance and 12 partner nations tested their capabilities in Norway and Poland...

11 get life in prison for 2002 deadly Gujarat riots

NEW DELHI: An Indian court has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for murder in one of the many deadly Gujarat riots that swept across the western state of Gujarat in 2002, leaving more than 1,000 dead...

Indian prosecutors sought the death penalty on Monday for 24 Hindus convicted over a massacre in during the Gujarat riots in 2002, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister of the state...

How India's 2002 Gujarat riots unfolded

AHMEDABAD: An Indian court jailed 24 Hindus Friday, 11 for life, over the massacre of dozens of Muslims in Gujarat state in 2002, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister...

Here are some key facts about the deadly riots:On February 27, 2002, a fire ripped through a train at Godhra station in Gujarat in western India, burning 59 Hindu pilgrims alive...

2002 appointment of Ogra’s executive director challenged in IHC

ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Mohammad Yasin as executive director of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) in 2002 has been challenged 12 years later in the Islamabad High Court (IHC)...

The petition against Mr Yasin was filed by local lawyer Haider Ali against his appointment as the authority’s executive director in 2002...

2018 elections to be worse than 2002 polls: Bizenjo

QUETTA: National Party (NP) president Senator Hasil Khan Bizenjo has claimed that certain forces have once again started hatching conspiracies against true democratic politicians in the country and predicted that the upcoming general elections may be worse than the 2002 elections, which were held under military dictator retired Gen Pervez Musharraf...

MMA leaders hopeful of repeating 2002 election performance

KARACHI: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed on Sunday that the alliance would produce on July 25 better electoral results than it did in the 2002 general elections...

‘Amendments to Police Order 2002 to revive political, bureaucratic control’

On Saturday, the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government had managed to pass the Sindh (Repeal of the Police Act, 1861 and Revival of Police Order, 2002) Amendment Act, 2019 in the provincial assembly — a law that gives it power to sack the IGP without completing his fixed three-year tenure...

“If the government cares for rule of law, they should have revived the Police Order as was promulgated on Aug 14, 2002 and should have...

Amended Police Order 2002 to be put up in assembly for its adoption today

KARACHI: After some minor amendments to the Police Order 2002 in the light of the observation made by Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, the Sindh cabinet on Wednesday accorded approval to present it in the provincial assembly on Thursday for its adoption...

Sindh Bank stopped from further lendingThe meeting, which was attended by Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, all the provincial ministers, advisers and special assistants and secretaries...

Beauty parlour, hair salon employees not tested for Aids since 2002: ministry

ISLAMABAD: Due to international obligations, health directorates of the capital have not tested the employees of beauty parlours and hair salons for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Aids) since 2002...

“Aids test is not conducted by Directorate of Health Services as objection was raised by the National Aids Control Programme (NACP) in 2002 which is the only programme allowed to conduct the tests and keep a record of Aids patients...

I would’ve crossed 400-run mark in 2002 Lahore Test: Inzamam

ISLAMABAD: Former Paki­stan captain and batting maestro Inzamam-ul-Haq beli­eves that he would have powered his way to the world’s highest individual Test score by crossing 400-run mark on May 3, 2002 had there been some regular batsman with him at the other end on that day...

IHC seeks explanation over delay in enforcing 2002 police reforms in capital

The court framed six questions to be answered by these authorities, including why Police Order 2002 could not be implemented in Islamabad; why proper investigation training was not imparted to investigation officers; whether the code of criminal procedure 1898 and Qanoon-i-Shahadat [Evidence Act] of 1984 were still applicable; whether the state was responsible for delay in administration of justice and whether victims of delayed justice could...

FIA arrests eight suspected human traffickers from Gujrat, Gujranwala

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested eight suspected human traffickers from Gujranwala and Gujrat as part of a crackdown against trafficking that began following the recovery of the bullet-riddled bodies in Balochistan's Turbat last week...

Qaiser Munir, a 'travel agent' allegedly involved in trafficking, was arrested from Gujrat, the source said...

Doctor booked on blasphemy charges in Gujrat

GUJRAT: Police booked a senior doctor under Section 295-A after some activists of Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) accused him of blasphemy...