SUKKUR: Armed men kidnapped a prayer leader (Pesh Imam) along with two of his fellow tribesmen from a mosque and opened fire on them in nearby fields killing him and another victim on Saturday night.

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court on Friday sought reply from the Lieutenant Governor’s (L-G) administration over the house detention of Hurriyat chairman and the valley’s Mirwaiz (chief preacher) Umar ...

A Kashmiri separatist leader has been released from house arrest four years after he was detained by authorities following the Indian government’s revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir ...

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 22 (ANI): Hurriyat leader and cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will be allowed to offer Friday prayers after four years of "house arrest", the management of ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, has been released from house arrest on Friday. This comes after four years since he was initially detained following the abrogation of ...

Umar Farooq, based in Istanbul, is a special correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He has reported from South Asia and the Middle East for The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the Hilal-e-Imtiaz for Umar Farooq, the whistleblower who brought the Toshakhana case to light. Farooq, an overseas Pakistani, played a key role in exposing the ...

Senior religious and separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Friday as he said authorities did not allow him to deliver his weekly sermon at the Jamia Masjid in old ...