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Zubair Khan

" Holder of three bachelor (honours) degrees in administration, management and strategic studies. Possess more than 40 years of experience on various managerial and adminstrative posts of private and public organizations. Contributes to Urdu and English periodicals regularly. Currently engaged as in charge Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Croatia

Thousands of flights disrupted worldwide as Pakistan airspace closed for second day

Source: CNN (CNN)Pakistan airspace remained closed Thursday morning local time as the country’s increasingly fraught tensions with India disrupted thousands of flights worldwide for the second straight day. All international and domestic commercial flights in and out of Pakistan were canceled “until further notice,” Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority told CNN. […]

The scourge of racism rages on

Source: AT Do not judge people without their knowledge; there is no difference between black and white.” For Khadija Ben Hamou, the recently crowned Miss Algeria, there was no better way to say it: Racism hurts. In January after Khadija, 26, became the second black woman and first southerner to […]

The Afghan scenario is far from gloomy

Source: AT The statement by Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban spokesman in Doha, via an exclusive video message to Associated Press on Wednesday saying they are not seeking a “monopoly of power” in Kabul could be regarded as the first real sighting of land in the insurgent movement’s uncertain voyage to […]

Far-right ‘neighbourhood defence groups’ patrol Bavarian town after asylum seeker attack

Source: The Local After four young asylum seekers reportedly attacked pedestrians at random in Amberg in northern Bavaria, far-right “neighbourhood defence groups” have started patrolling the streets of the town, according to German media reports. On Saturday evening the four suspects allegedly physically assaulted 12 random people while under the […]

PEMRA bans Orya’s show for 30 days

Source: PT The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has rolled out a one-month ban on the broadcast of analyst Orya Maqbool Jan’s news and current affairs programme ‘Harf-e-Raaz’ for repeatedly violating PEMRA laws and code of conduct. According to a press release, the electronic media watchdog has banned Orya’s […]