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Questions Plague UN Report on Syria

By Sharmine Narwani and Radwan Mortada A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: “Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed […]

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Dawn.com: by Nadeem F. Paracha – Are we an occupying force? Is our military an occupying force in the north-west of Pakistan? Should we negotiate its safe exit first from KP so the extremists are free to do whatever they like, first in the KP, then in the rest of […]

Ahmadi persecution: Police bow to clerics to tear down minarets- More Mosques feared to Come under attack

ET: LAHORE:  Police demolished minarets at an Ahmadi place of worship in Sialkot on Saturday, after a group of protesters threatened to do so themselves, The Express Tribune has learnt. The police approached the community on Friday after a local cleric complained that three worship places for Ahmadis had features that resembled […]