By William Maclean and Sami Aboudi DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar appeared on Monday to be preparing its population for new leadership that could see the emir and prime minister step down, a step analysts say would not herald big changes in energy, investment or foreign policies. The Gulf Arab state […]
BY ISAAC CHOTINER NEW REPUBLIC 24th April 2013 (This article is from April, however the question why Musharraf returned is as acute as ever). If Pervez Musharraf exists at all […]
Daily Times: Mr Jinnah is the foremost symbol of Pakistan, even if Pakistan has not treated him with the respect he deserved. Balochistan is the sovereign and legal territory of the federation of Pakistan In 2000, the Taliban blew up the Buddha statues. When there was outcry all over the […]
June 24, 2013 – 13:31 Reuters Swissinfo BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign minister said on Monday that a decision by Western and Arab countries to arm the rebels posed a danger to peace talks and would prolong the two-year conflict. Walid al-Moualem told a news conference in Damascus that the […]
Daily Times: VIEW : Standing up for the Ahmadis — Mohammad Ahmad In our land the people have the right to differ with the Ahmadis and to consider them wrong. Persecution is, however, not their right In the context of the continued persecution of the Ahmadis in Pakistan this scribe recently […]
Credit: The Express Tribune By Ferya Ilyas / Reuters Published: June 24, 2013 ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to initiate a high treason case against former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for subverting the […]
CAIRO — Sunni Muslim villagers killed four Shiite men on Sunday, accusing them of trying to spread their version of Islam, according to Egyptian security officials. The four were beaten to death in Giza province, near the capital, Cairo, in one of the most serious sectarian incidents in Egypt in […]
Credit: The Express Tribune By Shabbir Mir / Creative: Samra Aamir Published: June 24, 2013 GILGIT: Gunmen overran a mountaineering base camp and shot dead foreign trekkers who were resting during a climb up one […]
Palestinians submitted Saint Hilarion to be included on the World Heritage List of UNESCO AFPPublished: 12:56 June 23, 2013Gulf News Tel Umm Al-Amr, Palestine: A haven of peace in the […]
Al Rabah was shot while trying to evade arrest afpPublished: 14:19 June 23, 2013Gulf News Riyadh: Saudi police shot dead a man who fled when they tried to arrest him for allegedly taking part in unrest in the Eastern Province last year, a report said on Sunday. Security forces tracked […]
Voice of Indonesia: Ahmadis still displaced in NTB face difficulty in obtaining identity cards and birth certificates for their children. Ahmadiyah members who had taken refuge in Dormitory Transito Mataram, […]
Racist abuse drives 6-year-old to suicide attempt Schoolmates made life of black Israeli girl hell, causing happy, confident child severe psychological problems. Education ministry: There was abuse but it stopped, […]
Pakisatan Observer. Islamabad—Minister of State for Science and Technology, Engr. Khurram Dastgir Khan will inaugurate 38th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, here on Monday the 24th June, 2013. This annual scientific activity will bring together about 300 scientists from various countries of the developing world and […]
Reuters Swissinfo.ch June 23, 2013 – 12:46 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, who announced on Thursday that he was quitting just two weeks after taking office. “The president accepted the resignation of the prime minister and […]
Source: ET “It was just a bomb blast and not the end of the world,” this incisive observation was reportedly made by the Khyber-Pakthunkhwa (K-P) information minister while commenting on the suicide blast on a Shia imambargah, which killed at least 15 people this past Friday. Well, Minister, for those […]
Source: ET The K-P Finance Minister apparently has said that all citizens from the ages of 18 to 35 should be given military training to be prepared for “Jihad” and the K-P government might be willing to pay for it. I do not want to continue with this trope too […]
AMMAN/GAZA CITY — A 23-year-old wedding singer from a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip has given Palestinians a rare sense of pride and national unity by winning “Arab Idol”, […]
DR. HAZEM SAID & MAHA EZZEDDINE ARABNEWS Friday 21 June 2013 ABU Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah will say on the Day of Judgment, “Son of Adam, I was sick but you did not visit Me.” ‘My Lord, […]
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Sunday 23 June 2013 Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques, yesterday emphasized the need […]
JEDDAH: AFIFA JABEEN QURAISHI Sunday 23 June 2013 Eating 22 live scorpions or making the largest Kabsah dish may seem frivolous tasks but such are the unique feats that an increasing number of Saudis are embarking on to establish themselves for posterity in the pages of the Guinness World Records. […]