Lahore church holds special prayers on Pakistan Day

September 21st, 2009 LAHORE - Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, has been placed under house arrest. The Pakistani authorities have also barred him from leading Eid prayers.

August 7th, 2009 LAHORE - Lahore Commissioner Khusro Pervez has blamed India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for the Punjab unrest. The Daily Times quoted Pervez, as saying that the recent anti-Christian riots in Gojra, Sheikhupura and the attack on the Rescue 15 building in Lahore were orchestrated by the RAW.

July 12th, 2009 LAHORE - The Lahore Police has claimed arresting an agent of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's premier secret services organization. Lahore Police officials said they have arrested a man, Nazir Hussain, who was trying to smuggle Pakistan-made weapons to India.

June 12th, 2009 LAHORE - At least seven persons have been reportedly killed and several others injured in serial bomb blasts which rocked two mosques in Nowshera and Lahore. According to sources the blasts took place after the juma prayers.

May 27th, 2009 LAHORE - A blast shook Pakistan's Lahore city Wednesday morning, a media report said. The explosion was on Mall Road near Lahore High Court, Geo TV reported.

April 25th, 2009 LAHORE - US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said there is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan. "If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that would be extraordinarily bad, really dangerous, but they are not doing so.

April 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan must admit that the leg of a chair is broken and unless it fixes it, it has to seek neutral venues if it wants to play international cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Pakistan to explore neutral venues for its home assignments as it is certain that no foreign team would visit the country in the prevailing security conditions.

April 17th, 2009 LAHORE - The United States has already made it clear that the financial aid to Pakistan would not go unchecked, and now strengthening its 'no blank cheque' stance the Obama Administration is considering appointing a special Inspector General for Pakistan to supervise its proposed aid on the lines of Iraq and Afghanistan. According to The Daily Times, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, has proposed setting up of the office to ensure that Washington's aid is spent according to its priorities.

April 11th, 2009 LAHORE - A large number of Sikhs arrived here Saturday to take part in the Baisakhi festival, Geo TV reported. According to the report, the first special train carrying 290 Sikhs arrived at Wagah railway station Saturday morning.

April 7th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Intelligence agencies have warned that at least 18 militants have entered Lahore to carry out more attacks. According to The Daily Times, terrorists could use an ambulance and two double-cabin vehicles to strike at important locations.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The attack on the Lahore police training centre Monday was similar to the Mumbai terror strike, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said while the attack was in progress. Malik told Geo TV that the terror strike in Lahore was similar to the Nov 26-29, 2008 carnage in Mumbai that left about 170 people dead.

March 16th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf has urged India and other Asian countries to help the troubled country revive its chances of hosting international cricket. Pakistan cricket is facing a bleak future after the Lahore attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team's bus earlier this month.

March 12th, 2009 LAHORE -The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Ijaz Butt has rebuffed demands of stepping down from the post in the wake of Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. "Pakistan cricket is facing a huge challenge and crisis.

February 17th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday said that Maulana Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, the two men wanted by India for terrorist activities, are not in Pakistan and no request has been received from India for their arrest, media reports said. Malik said this while speaking to the media after a meeting of the Federal Cabinet in Lahore, The News reported.

January 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Three people, allegedly trained by Indian intelligence agency, were arrested Thursday, media reports here said. Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore told a press conference here that the three Pakistani citizens were arrested Thursday in a village close to the Indian border in Lahore, Geo TV reported.