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US drone strike kills Mullah Nazir: Sources

Source: ET Taliban commander’s deputy Ratta Khan also killed in South Waziristan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: A US drone strike killed Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir Wazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, his deputy and eight others in Wana, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said Thursday. Nazir from the Wazir tribe, was killed on Wednesday […]

Could Saudi Arabia be next?

The Independent: By Robert Fisk: Never make predictions in the Middle East. My crystal ball broke long ago. But predicting the region has an honourable pedigree. “An Arab movement, newly-risen, is looming in the distance,” a French traveller to the Gulf and Baghdad wrote in 1883, “and a race hitherto […]

Caretakers and the Constitution

Source: ET Qadri’s proposal is to have a caretaker, technocratic govt, but this would be in clear violation of the Constitution. PHOTO: NNI/FILE One of the saddest aspects of democratic politics in Pakistan today is how the very political parties who are supposed to be safeguarding are the ones posing […]

Press Release: Jalsa Salana Qadian 2012

Chief Minister of Punjab, India, praises Ahmadiyya  Muslim Community’s efforts  to promote world peace and brotherhood Qadian (31st December 2012): Sardar Sewa Singh Sekhawan(former minister Govt. Of Punjab), speaking on behalf of Chief Minister and Government of Punjab conveyed CM’s greetings to the community for their 121st Annual Convention in […]