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A Q Farhat

A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.

King and Queen of the Beach Races

Source: The Rio Times RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – An estimated three thousand swimmers, joggers, stand up paddlers, triathletes and their supporters were in attendance as the first stage of the 2013 Circuito Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) took over the beaches of Leblon, Ipanema and Arpoador […]

Further civil disobedience planned in Ismailia

Source: Daily News: Egypt Protesters blocked the railroad connecting Cairo to Port Said near Ismailia for three hours on Sunday responding to calls for civil disobedience. Several political groups called for total disobedience in Ismailia and Suez on 3 March in solidarity with Port Said’s disobedience, ongoing since 17 February. Read […]

Bangladesh: The ghosts of 1971

Source/Credit: Aljazeera In 1971, Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan and fought a bloody war to establish itself as a fledgling nation. More than four decades on, a country born out of troubles and bloodshed is experiencing growing pains. A war crimes tribunal that was meant to bring closure has instead […]

Ahmadiyya to Fiji: Don’t join Taliban

Source: The Fiji Times Online Nasik Swami: Saturday, March 02, 2013 THE Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Fiji has pleaded with Fijians who have the intention to join the Taliban to refrain. Jamaat president Fazal Ullah Tariq said they condemned the work of the Taliban which was misguided and an act of […]

Pak Supreme Court ECP’s Reply Against Bar on Ahmedis Listing on Electoral Rolls!!!

                                                                                                                                                                  March 01, 2013 SC seeks ECP reply against bar on Ahmedis’ listing on electoral rolls * Court asks for reply on 2002 order that prohibits […]

“Prophet Muhammad freed African slaves” by 7th Grade Student Zarar Hayee

By: Zarar Hayee, Duluth News Tribune Source: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/259778/ Since 1976 the United States has celebrated February as Black History Month. We celebrate Black History Month to commemorate the efforts and perseverance of African- Americans in American society. In school we learned how blacks were forced to give up their seats and […]