Source: CNN Their fight began as early as the late 19th century, when some took to the battlefields and one queen even led an armed rebellion against the British. They also fought a domestic battle against oppressive traditions, such as sati (the burning of a wife on her husband’s funeral […]
Source: Huffington Post By Ed Mazza A right-wing pastor who serves on Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board claims God has given the president “full power” to launch an attack on North Korea. Robert […]
Source: Dawn What’s new? Two weeks ago, a terrifying report published in the Indian Express should have scared sensible people into asking hard questions. But no one paid much attention to it — jaded publics on both sides would rather tune in to the hottest political intrigue or celebrity gossip than waste […]
Source: Dawn Good for him, good for Nawaz. The tree of democracy must be refreshed from time to time with a jalsa or two. Too late for Nawaz to save his job, but at least something different to the dire, soulless stuff that had come before. Sadly, now that it’s […]
Source: Dawn Officials feared the death toll may climb, as eight of the wounded were in critical condition. Condemning the terrorist attack, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa termed it an attempt to “mar Independence Day festivity” in the city and declared that “our resolve won’t succumb […]
Reuters International AUGUST 12, 2017 Rehana Khursheed Hashmi, 75, migrated from India with her family in 1960 and whose relatives, live in India, speaks with her grandson Zain Hashmi, 19 while looking family photo album at her residence in Karachi, Pakistan August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By […]
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Maha Shah Pakistan celebrates its 70th independence day on August 14 following a judicial verdict that ousted its democratic leader. How will the change shape the future of the country? Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in as the prime minister of Pakistan on August 1 […]
Source: Dawn ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suggested that parliament make the blasphemy law tougher by fixing the same punishment for any person misusing it or falsely accusing someone of blasphemy. In a detailed order issued on Friday, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also ordered a complete ban on the […]
Source: ET For the last few years, Rohingya Muslims have found themselves in the awkward place where some of the world’s stateless peoples have lived and subsisted — largely unnoticed and unassisted by the international community. Wedged uncomfortably between the borders of their native Myanmar and Bangladesh — their first […]
Reuters International AUGUST 11, 2017 A crane is used to cover the statue of Guan Yu, a Chinese deity, with a cloth in Tuban, west of Indonesia’s second-biggest […]
Reuters International AUGUST 11, 2017 By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the […]
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s top judge was urged on Thursday to scrap a civil law that permits Muslim men to divorce their wives by simply […]
Source: Yahoo News BY ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — A top retiring Indian official on Thursday embarrassed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government by saying Muslims were feeling insecure […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic power struggle within the family of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the wife of his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif took to Twitter on Thursday to attack him saying he was heeding to “the most mediocre advisers a leader could have chosen”. Tehmina Durrani‘s […]
Source: ABNA The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh passed the ruling on the 66-year-old clergyman on Thursday, Arabic-language and independent Yemenat news website reported. Sheikh Radhi’s relatives strongly condemned the court ruling, describing it as the application of the death penalty against the Shia cleric since he is already suffering […]
Source: CNN A 24-year-old woman is under police investigation in Fuzhou, China after she attempted to mail her newborn baby to an orphanage wrapped in plastic bags.The baby is currently in a stable condition at a hospital in the southeastern city. Fuzhou police said in a statement Thursday the mother, […]
Source: The Express Tribune By Talat Masood, who is a retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army and a former federal secretary. He has also served as chairman of the […]
Source: Dawn When I first saw Dr Ruth Pfau sitting under an old banyan tree in Manghopir, it reminded me of a childhood story told by my great grandmother, Babi. Babi in her youth was the prettiest girl in her hometown of Banaras, and so was taken away by djins. She […]
Source: Dawn HUQUQ Allah (rights of God) and huquq-ul Ibad (rights of His servants) are the foremost obligations of Muslims. The first means to fulfil the obligations towards God and the second to do so for human beings. The Holy Quran enjoins returning evil with good. Being kind to others […]
MELIH ALTINOK@melihaltinok A man watches a television news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump at a railway station in Seoul, Aug. 9, 2017. A possible nuclear war following the tension between Washington and Pyongyang is a dangerous threat for every country Having had […]