Verdict
ISLAMABAD - Political parties in Pakistan have strongly condemned the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Babri mosque standoff, terming it biased, prejudicial, sheer violation of human rights and a terrible miscarriage of justice.
ISLAMABAD - Following the announcement of Ayodhya verdict by the Allahabad High Court, Pakistan Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi has called it a political verdict, which is "totally in favour of the Hindu community."
Speaking to Pakistan Television, Kazmi said that Muslims in India had been deprived of their right, due to the one-sided decision on the mosque issue, The News reported.
COLOMBO - The wife of the former army chief in Sri Lanka imprisoned for 30 months for violating tender procedures ruled out Friday an appeal by the family to President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a pardon.
MOHALI - The district court in this Punjab town Friday acquitted Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, his wife Surinder Kaur Badal and their son Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in a disproportionate assets case against them.
NEW DELHI - Tens of thousands of security personnel were posted across India ahead of the Ayodhya verdict Thursday afternoon.
