Pakistan Independence Day: Equality and Freedom to break the Law
Daily Times: VIEW : Deliverance at last? — Dr Mubashir Hasan The rich and the poor in the polity, elected or unelected, officials or otherwise, are today free to violate the […]
Lost: Jinnah’s August 11, 1947 Speech and Our Pakistan
Fading legacy: In search of Jinnah’s missing speech Express Tribune: The audio recordings of every speech of the Quaid-e-Azam are with Radio Pakistan – except for one. Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s landmark […]
U.S. Treasury increases auto bailout cost estimate
The U.S. Treasury Department has said the auto industry bailout will cost taxpayers $3.4 billion more than previously thought. Treasury now estimates the 2009 bailout will eventually cost the government $25.1 billion, according to a report sent to Congress on Friday. That is up from the last quarterly estimate of […]
Upcoming OIC meeting: Scheming for back stabbing Muslim Ummah
by M.I. Bhat (OpEd). King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for the Extra-ordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 14-15 August in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. OIC meetings are routinely held without ever creating even a ripple in world politics as nobody takes it seriously, not even the […]
Flying the Swiss flag on the high seas
by Sophie Douez, swissinfo.ch It might seem strange for a landlocked country to have a merchant navy, but the 41 commercial ships sailing under the Swiss flag represent a vital […]
Nuremberg (Germany) – Petition against Ahmadiyya Mosque construction
The administrative court in Ansbach received an urgent application against a mosque construction with a minaret by five residents. The claim period ends today 13th August 2012. Source: BR.de Studio […]
Learning from Bangladesh
Source: Pakistan Today. Jubail, Saudi Arabia – It has been reported from Bangladesh that Hasina Wajid’s government has started monitoring weekly Friday prayer sermons to ensure imams are abiding by the given guidelines to highlight the dangers of extremism (read religious militancy). Guidelines on anti-militancy sermons were sent to […]
Dead man walking: Arrest brings hitman for hire back from grave
Credit: ET Political parties deny having links to target killer who claims he jumped parties. KARACHI: For the authorities, suspected target killer Ayaz alias KK was a dead man, nothing more than a closed file – until he was arrested on Sunday. More:
Putin’s Russia Is Becoming a Flawless Dictatorship
Credit: Speigel DPA Vladimir Putin is rapidly transforming Russia into a repressive state reminiscent of the Soviet Union, and the Pussy Riot trial is the climax in his campaign against the opposition. However, following massive media attention, his crackdown on the punk band could backfire. More:
Can stress and depression shrink your brain?
Global Post: Can major stress and depression shrink your brain? Disturbingly enough, a new study out of Yale indicates that the answer may be “yes.” The Yale team found that there’s […]
Libyan government will pay $ 80 billion as compensation to the Jews who were expelled from the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Alseefa.net in its edition that was released on 2 – Aug Aharonot newspaper Alasraúlah of the Jewish political Moshe Katz, an article in which he said verbatim: Israel has obtained a legally binding written undertaking from the Libyan government and the Transitional Council to give the Libyans Jews the amount […]
Germany refocuses on neo-Nazi threat
Washington Post: Until the discovery last year that a string of unsolved killings had been perpetrated by neo-Nazis, few in Germany considered far-right extremism a major threat. After the […]
Closer to synthetic human cells
Breakthrough “genetic circuits” discovered by Ahmad S. Khalil and James J. Collins bring us closer to synthetic human cells: We’re one step closer to building artificial cells. Synthetic biologists have […]
Majority of Israelis oppose strike on Iran
The Times of Israel: Forty-six percent say that Israel should not attack Tehran’s nuclear plants; support for prime minister drops to 34% from 46% three months ago The majority of […]
Iftar at Kochi Hindu temple evokes interfaith tolerance
Source: IBN Live Kochi: People from different walks of life and faith shared a rare camaraderie at the Iftar organised by the Onam celebrations committee of the Thrikkakara and Kalammassery municipalities at the Thiruvonam Hall of the Vamanamoorthy Temple on Sunday. Being held for the second time, the event evoked […]
The deadly Israeli and the mad Turk
Credit: Asia Times. As Asia Times Online already reported (See Bomb Iran fever, Aug 8, 2012), Tel Aviv may be inches away from turning the already declared economic war on Iran into a hot war. Take a look at this madness: [1] The Bibi-Barak warmongering duo (Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu […]
No one practices human rights as much as Pakistan: Ashraf
Credit:ET ISLAMABAD: While saying that the media should promote a positive image of Pakistan, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Monday that no one practices human rights as much as Pakistan does. Speaking to the media at the Independence Day seminar, “Pehchaan Pakistan”, held by Express Media Group in Islamabad, […]
Hindu leaders in Pakistan approach Indian, US missions for help
Credit: The Economic Times via Wasim Sroya. ISLAMABAD: With no let up in crimes against Hindus in Mirpurkhas area of Pakistan’s Sindh province from where nearly 20 families have left the country, the minority community leaders from the region have approached the Indian and US missions for help. The Hindu […]
King: Dialogue will strengthen unity
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 13 August 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday highlighted the importance of dialogue in strengthening national unity and improving relations among citizens. […]