Migrant crisis: Spain arrivals triple compared with 2016
Source: BBC News Three times as many migrants have arrived in Spain so far this year compared to the same period in 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. […]
Scientists are Getting Closer To Using Pig Organs For Human Transplants
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin In a scientific first, researchers have created piglets that could possibly one day provide organs for human transplants. Though the science is still early, it’s a […]
Is it Sharif vs Sharif now?
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic power struggle within the family of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the wife of his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif took to Twitter on Thursday to attack him saying he was heeding to “the most mediocre advisers a leader could have chosen”. Tehmina Durrani‘s […]
Top Shiite Cleric Sentenced to 13 Years in Saudi Jail
Source: ABNA The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh passed the ruling on the 66-year-old clergyman on Thursday, Arabic-language and independent Yemenat news website reported. Sheikh Radhi’s relatives strongly condemned the court ruling, describing it as the application of the death penalty against the Shia cleric since he is already suffering […]
Chinese mother tries to mail her baby to an orphanage
Source: CNN A 24-year-old woman is under police investigation in Fuzhou, China after she attempted to mail her newborn baby to an orphanage wrapped in plastic bags.The baby is currently in a stable condition at a hospital in the southeastern city. Fuzhou police said in a statement Thursday the mother, […]
Pakistan was meant for all sects
Source: The Express Tribune By Talat Masood, who is a retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army and a former federal secretary. He has also served as chairman of the […]
Canadian reporter mocked for tweeting Muslim women buying lingerie
Source: ET A Canadian reporter caused an uproar on Twitter when he sent out a tweet about two women entering a lingerie shop, implying it was an out of ordinary scene.Michael Kane, a Business News Network‘s reporter, tweeted on Sunday after seeing two “modestly-dressed women with religious headgear come out […]
‘My birthplace is Germany but my heart beats for Pakistan’
Source: Dawn When I first saw Dr Ruth Pfau sitting under an old banyan tree in Manghopir, it reminded me of a childhood story told by my great grandmother, Babi. Babi in her youth was the prettiest girl in her hometown of Banaras, and so was taken away by djins. She […]
Caring for others
Source: Dawn HUQUQ Allah (rights of God) and huquq-ul Ibad (rights of His servants) are the foremost obligations of Muslims. The first means to fulfil the obligations towards God and the second to do so for human beings. The Holy Quran enjoins returning evil with good. Being kind to others […]