Broken window panes, bedsheets used in rescue of patients lay scattered in the premises of the AMRI hospital in a stark reminder of the trail of destruction caused by the inferno that suffocated over 90 people, mostly patients, to death. While the hospital administration failed badly in saving lives of […]
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune By Khalid Ahmed: Pakistanis talk about revolution more than ever before because they want the current order to change. From the opinion being expressed in the media, one can say that any revolution will have to take the following shape: 1) It will be […]
By: Zubair Khan Daily deteriorating situation of Pakistani nation draws our attention to have an honest in depth analysis of the factors contributing to this pathetic state. Since last 60 years several so called high statured civil and military leaders got the rein of power pledging to build the nation […]
Source: Taciturn’s Blog We, as a nation, have something more in our blood than mere ‘red cells’, ‘white cells’ and ‘platelets’. As a matter of fact the laboratory of ‘sanity and justice’ carried a blood test of the nation which discovered an additional element in our blood. This malicious element […]
Ati Nurbaiti, Canberra (The author is a staff writer at The Jakarta Post) As of September this year, at least 26 regencies and municipalities have passed bylaws restricting or banning […]
The issue is headed to the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, this Sunday. Anastassia Michaeli, a member of the Knesset, will put forward a bill proposing a ban on mosques using […]
Source / Courtesy: DAWN By SANA SALEEM. As many as 12,580 people were killed across Pakistan in 2010, there were 581 kidnappings for ransom and 16,977 cases of abductions across the country. Faith based violence claimed the lives of 99 Ahmadis, while 64 people were charged with blasphemy. Violence against […]
By MOHAMED EL HEBEISHY | LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM Are you into outdoor activities? Do you like to go hiking, camping or perhaps bird watching? Now that the cooler season has arrived, it is a great opportunity to head to Oman and enjoy the multitude of different outdoor activities the Sultanate has to […]
Muhamad Ali, Jakarta The condition of being culturally diverse is neither uniquely modern nor Western, but as an approach, multiculturalism is quite a modern concept (born in mid-20th century). In […]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An unidentified 40-year-old man poured flammable liquid over his body and set himself on fire in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Wednesday […]
Source: Daily Beast. By Eli Lake. U.S.-Pakistani relations may be on the rocks, but the CIA’s secret friends in the country fight on in units, prisons, and bases the United States has been building up since 9/11 to counter the pro-Taliban side of Pakistan’s military and intelligence services. Eli Lake […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: December 9, 2011 DUBAI: President Asif Ali Zardari is to remain under medical observation in Dubai and it could be weeks […]
By ARAB NEWS ALKHOBAR: The Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) has started investigating allegations that a Haia member harassed and humiliated a woman doctor, Al-Madinah Arabic daily reported. “The investigation committee at the Haia has started a probe into the entire issue. We are awaiting […]
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission The state has become dysfunctional in providing basic human rights to the people…The Pakistani society and the government remain under the strong grip of the military which does not allow them to interfere in the affairs of the armed forces. …The laws for the benefit […]
by GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Prince Turki Al-Faisal on Monday called on Gulf states to make the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) a powerful regional bloc with a unified armed force and a unified defense industry. The chief of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic […]
By DOMINIC EVANS | REUTERS BEIRUT: A Syrian pipeline carrying oil from the east of the country to a vital refinery in Homs was blown up on Thursday in what […]
By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Fresh off surprise electoral victories in Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt, Islamists face both a golden opportunity and an uncertain political landscape. As Islamists take their turn at governance after decades in the wings, observers and politicians say the movements face several challenges that will dictate […]
On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2011 the AHRC publishes its annual report on the State of Human Rights in Indonesia in 2011. In 2011, […]
By Amaar Ahmad: Pakistan’s descent into crises is perhaps because capable and honest citizens are denied the right to contribute towards the country – even when the country desperately needs […]