The Arab League says it has accepted the resignation of the Sudanese general who led the group’s observer mission to Syria, and will nominate a former Jordanian foreign minister as the new special envoy for the Syrian crisis. Officials said General Mohammed Ahmed al-Dabi stepped down Sunday, as foreign ministers […]
By GWYNNE DYER ARABNEWS Published: Feb 12, 2012 AS THE Syrian opposition abandons non-violent protest for armed resistance, many people think this means that President Bashar Assad and his Baathist regime are in even deeper trouble than before. On the contrary, it means that Assad and the Baathists are winning. […]
Express Tribune: Difa-e-Pakistan has organised three large gatherings in Punjab alone. The first was in Lahore, which was organised by Jamatud Dawa (JuD), whose leadership is in charge of coordination and communication between all members of the group. The movement will now hold a rally in Karachi on Sunday (today), […]
By DR. QAISAR HAMED METAWEA, Q.METAWEA@MAKLAWFIRM.NET ARABNEWS Discrimination exists in almost every country but the levels and types of such discrimination vary vastly from one country to another. Also, discrimination is an issue that should be tackled by every country and it should not be ignored. Some countries have made […]
by Hani Hazaimeh | Feb 12,2012 | 23:05 JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Jordan is considering withdrawing its ambassador in Damascus in light of the worsening situation in Syria, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh has said. Interviewed by Al Arabiya TV late Thursday, Judeh said the Jordanian ambassador is currently present in […]
Washington Post: BEIRUT — Fears of an as-yet-undefined Middle Eastern war are darkening the horizons of a region that only a year ago was celebrating the fall of dictators, the ascent […]
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune Express Tribune: Things in our country are really moving from the absurd, to even more absurd. And most frightening of all is the hatred […]
You may cherish their strongly held beliefs without compromising on their friendships! By Junaid Bin Jahangir, Edmonton Journal The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported a recent hate campaign in the city […]
Source: Dawn Author: Murtaza Razvi ‘Thanks to Allah’, as our cricketers would say, Just 40.1 per cent of the 5-16 age group [schoolchildren in Pakistan] could do two-digit subtraction sums (with […]
By HEIDI VOGT | AP ARABNEWS Published: Feb 10, 2012 10:39 Updated: Feb 10, 2012 18:14 KABUL, Afghanistan: The push by Afghanistan’s president to nationalize legions of private security guards before the end of March is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing multibillion-dollar aid projects, according to companies trying to make the […]
By ARAB NEWS NEW YORK: UN-Habitat has named Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, as the winner of its newly instituted Outstanding Donor Award for his crucial […]
By ARAB NEWS BURAIDAH: The Usra (family) society in Buraidah has initiated a new method of ending rifts between married couples. It invites them to spend a night at its […]
By EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU ARABNEWS With the approach of the first official session of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) in Jakarta, Indonesia on Feb. 20, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is embarking on a path replete with challenges, not the least of which is promoting and protecting human […]
Express Tribune: In December, Kashmiri hardliners, sectarianism-fanning extremists and Taliban-sympathisers were seen holding hands together on stage in Lahore under a banner decorated with images of arms, ammunition and a […]
Barred: Lawyers ban drink on court complex The Express Tribune: By Rana Yasif The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) has banned Shezan drinks from subordinate court complexes and vowed tough action […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: BBC urdu.com آصف فاروقی بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد آخری وقت اشاعت: ہفتہ 11 فروری 2012 , 03:15 GMT 08:15 PST […]
Tu B’Shvat a Holiday in Transition; Once a Celebration of Israel, It’s Now ‘Green’ Jewish Holiday School children from the Efrat settlement and residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of […]
The Jakarta Post: Megawati Soekarnoputri, Indonesia’s first woman president and chief patron of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), claims that men have more of a tendency to engage in […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/saudi-writer-detained-after-tweets-about-muhammad/2012/02/09/gIQApsgW2Q_story.html Saudi writer Hamza Kashgari faces charge of blasphemy after tweets about Muhammad By David Keyes, Published: February 9 David Keyes is executive director of the New York-based organization Advancing Human Rights and co-founder of CyberDissidents.org. His e-mail address is david.keyes@advancinghumanrights.org. Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari was detained in Malaysia on […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk / Azam Khan Published: February 10, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected Aitzaz Ahsan’s appeal to protect Prime […]