Palestinian inmate has son after sneaking sperm to wife
NABLUS, Palestinian Territories — A baby boy was born by Caesarian section on Monday, the product of a successful smuggling attempt by a Palestinian prisoner who managed to sneak out […]
With all due respect to the leaders of the Muslim world, sedition is not unavoidable destiny
ABDUL RAHMAN BIN HAMAD AL-SAEED ARABNEWS Tuesday 14 August 2012 First and foremost, we should thank Almighty Allah for enabling you to gather around His Sacred House during these blessed […]
Islamic body agrees to suspend Syria: OIC source
JEDDAH: Foreign ministers at a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) agreed on Monday to suspend Syria from the international body, an OIC source said, further isolating President […]
On this Independence Day
Credit: ET via Wasim Sroya This Independence Day can only be celebrated with sincere effort to highlight the flaws that Pakistan has succumbed to. PHOTO: FILE A peaceful demonstration named ‘Stop Persecution of Religious Minorities in Pakistan’ took place at the Lahore Press Club in connection with Minority Day on […]
Pakistan Independence Day: Equality and Freedom to break the Law
Daily Times: VIEW : Deliverance at last? — Dr Mubashir Hasan The rich and the poor in the polity, elected or unelected, officials or otherwise, are today free to violate the […]
Lost: Jinnah’s August 11, 1947 Speech and Our Pakistan
Fading legacy: In search of Jinnah’s missing speech Express Tribune: The audio recordings of every speech of the Quaid-e-Azam are with Radio Pakistan – except for one. Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s landmark […]
Upcoming OIC meeting: Scheming for back stabbing Muslim Ummah
by M.I. Bhat (OpEd). King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for the Extra-ordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 14-15 August in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. OIC meetings are routinely held without ever creating even a ripple in world politics as nobody takes it seriously, not even the […]
Learning from Bangladesh
Source: Pakistan Today. Jubail, Saudi Arabia – It has been reported from Bangladesh that Hasina Wajid’s government has started monitoring weekly Friday prayer sermons to ensure imams are abiding by the given guidelines to highlight the dangers of extremism (read religious militancy). Guidelines on anti-militancy sermons were sent to […]
Dead man walking: Arrest brings hitman for hire back from grave
Credit: ET Political parties deny having links to target killer who claims he jumped parties. KARACHI: For the authorities, suspected target killer Ayaz alias KK was a dead man, nothing more than a closed file – until he was arrested on Sunday. More:
Libyan government will pay $ 80 billion as compensation to the Jews who were expelled from the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Alseefa.net in its edition that was released on 2 – Aug Aharonot newspaper Alasraúlah of the Jewish political Moshe Katz, an article in which he said verbatim: Israel has obtained a legally binding written undertaking from the Libyan government and the Transitional Council to give the Libyans Jews the amount […]
Majority of Israelis oppose strike on Iran
The Times of Israel: Forty-six percent say that Israel should not attack Tehran’s nuclear plants; support for prime minister drops to 34% from 46% three months ago The majority of […]
Iftar at Kochi Hindu temple evokes interfaith tolerance
Source: IBN Live Kochi: People from different walks of life and faith shared a rare camaraderie at the Iftar organised by the Onam celebrations committee of the Thrikkakara and Kalammassery municipalities at the Thiruvonam Hall of the Vamanamoorthy Temple on Sunday. Being held for the second time, the event evoked […]
No one practices human rights as much as Pakistan: Ashraf
Credit:ET ISLAMABAD: While saying that the media should promote a positive image of Pakistan, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Monday that no one practices human rights as much as Pakistan does. Speaking to the media at the Independence Day seminar, “Pehchaan Pakistan”, held by Express Media Group in Islamabad, […]
Hindu leaders in Pakistan approach Indian, US missions for help
Credit: The Economic Times via Wasim Sroya. ISLAMABAD: With no let up in crimes against Hindus in Mirpurkhas area of Pakistan’s Sindh province from where nearly 20 families have left the country, the minority community leaders from the region have approached the Indian and US missions for help. The Hindu […]
King: Dialogue will strengthen unity
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Monday 13 August 2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday highlighted the importance of dialogue in strengthening national unity and improving relations among citizens. […]
Iran steps up relief efforts in quake-hit villages
Mohammad Davari | AFP ARABNEWS Monday 13 August 2012 VARZAQAN, Iran: Iran on Sunday stepped up relief operations in shattered villages in its northeast after saying rescue operations were completed […]
New storm coming: 150 towns, cities still under water
Philippine News: MANILA (AFP) – Emergency relief officials and doctors deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85. The flooding that submerged 80 percent of Manila early in the week has largely subsided but more than 150 […]
Israeli lawmaker’s proposal to divide al-Asqa Mosque worship stirs uproar
By AL ARBABIYA A bill drafted last week by a right-wing Israeli lawmaker to schedule separate prayer hours for Jews and Muslims at al-Aqsa Mosque has caused an uproar, regional […]
Israel sniper to get 45 days over Gaza war shooting
JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of two Gaza women carrying a white flag faces a 45-day jail term under a plea bargain approved by a military court on Sunday, local media said. The sniper, identified by Israeli media as “staff sergeant S,” was charged with manslaughter […]