By Rana Husseini – Jan 12,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Hani Mulki addresses a meeting where a new refugee response plan was agreed with donors in Amman on Thursday (Petra photo) AMMAN — The government and the international community on Thursday endorsed a $7.6-billion three-year Jordan Response […]
Source: Reuters By Drazen Jorgic | KATAS, PAKISTAN Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated the restoration of an ancient Hindu temple complex in Punjab, a symbolic gesture that […]
Source: Business Standard: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from various countries have decided to approach the Government of Pakistan on the issue of alleged violation of human rights of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. According to informed sources and reports, the MEPs have been in regular touch with Ahmadiyya Muslims […]
Source: The Christian Science Monitor By Maija Liuhto, Contributor Jamila Afghani, who has battled discrimination since childhood, uses Islam to empower women in Afghanistan. She is committed to continuing the […]
Source: LUBP Political workers, students, intellectuals, writers and the oppressed minorities are facing forced abductions in Pakistan. We must raise our voices on this issue. In the past three days four Social Media Activists have been abducted from Central Punjab and Islamabad. This is a premeditated campaign by the State […]
Source: BBC By Rodolfo Contreras A jumble of cultures The people in Hormozagan province on Iran’s southern cost are known as Bandari (Port People). Once an important stop on the […]
Source: BBC The blasts, part of a wave of attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, took place during rush hour as staff were leaving the complex. The Taliban said they carried […]
Source: Dawn It’s been creeping up on us for a while, but Nawaz and Raheel have now helped make it public.It’s not about personal relations with foreign governments — those are as old as the republic. And it’s not about enriching yourself through a shady deal or two — those […]
Four prominent online campaigners with anti-military views believed abducted since Friday Activists in Karachi hold a rally calling for the release of Salman Haider, editor of the online magazine Tanqeed. Photograph: Fareed Khan/Associated Press Jon Boone in Islamabad Tuesday 10 January 2017 Four social media activists with outspoken, secular and […]
Source: ET I am a woman who fell for a man from a different sect. When we both met, we liked each other and felt we had so much in common. While I studied and he worked, we remained each other’s support and drew closer as we could easily figure out […]
01/09/2017 Kashif N Chaudhry Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist This post is hosted on the Huffington Post’s Contributor platform. Contributors control their own work and post freely to our site. If you need to flag this entry as abusive, send us an email. “It was a mistake, and I assure […]
Source: Time By Tara John North Korea declared that it can launch a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) “at any time” and from any location, while blaming the U.S. for its development […]
Source: BBC By Daniel Ladinsky The 14th-Century Persian poet Hafiz’s work is not just very beautiful – it is useful too. Hafiz can teach us how to get the most […]
Source: The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging the right of all non-Muslims to follow their respective personal laws, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared that Shariah laws allowed all non-Muslims […]
Jewel Topsfield Karuni Rompies Jakarta: Permadi Arya became famous – or infamous, depending on how you look at it – for his satirical YouTube videos lampooning extremism. One of them, You are Shiite, sends up those who preach that only Sunni Muslims will be guaranteed a plot of land in […]
By AFP – Jan 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Displaced people flee during a battle with Daesh militants in Al Zuhoor neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, on Sunday (Reuters photo) ERBIL — Iraqi forces battling extremists in Mosul reached the Tigris River that divides the city Sunday, a key step […]
Jan 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Daesh shifted technically and tactically its method of carrying out terrorist operations in Istanbul; moreover, the assailant attacked at a vital time, New Year’s Eve celebrations, in spite of the warnings and the security measures that had been taken to face such […]
Source: The Guardian Fatwa issued against Shaan Taseer for allegedly insulting Islam six years after his governor father died in similar controversy Pakistani supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged […]
Source: ET Almost a week after Bangalore made headlines the world over for incidents of mass molestation and assault on New Year’s Eve, another incident of alleged molestation has surfaced; this time against a young burqa-clad woman. A young woman wearing a burqa was reportedly attacked by a man early Friday morning in the city’s KG Haali […]
Source: ET Former chief of army staff (COAS) General (retd) Raheel Sharif has been appointed chief of Islamic military alliance and posted in Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed on Friday. Speaking in Geo TV’s programme ‘Naya Pakistan’, the defence minister admitted that an agreement had been finalised a few days […]