Source: The Nation ISLAMABAD – “We are trying our best to make Pakistan a democratic country as per vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah by promoting interfaith harmony, national harmony and co-existence with diversity.” Minister In-charge for Ministry of National Harmony and Chairman All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, Dr Paul Bhatti, […]
Source: Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: In a day and age where people in Pakistan have a choice from close to 100 public and private television channels, there are few there where one […]
Macleans: The assassin among us Nur Chowdhury faces execution for killing Bangladesh’s president. That’s why he’s safe in Canada. On a muggy Friday in August 1975, as pre-dawn prayers rang out from city mosques, five trucks sped through the still-dark streets of Dhaka on a mission to change history. Each […]
Credit:Allafrica.com Melinda Gates promoting family planning in London. London — Melinda Gates wants you to know this: if women in poor countries can get the contraceptives they want, millions of lives will be saved. She questions why modern contraceptives should be controversial, when they can reduce a staggering death toll. […]
Reception held day before Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad returned to London On 16 July 2012, a special reception in honour of the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, was held at the Paramount Banquet Centre in Woodbridge, Ontario. The event was hosted by the Premier […]
This week the British medical journal The Lancet published a new series of studies on the health consequences of physical inactivity. The figures are staggering. They show physical inactivity is responsible for as much as 10% of the “burden of disease” (years of life lost to mortality or disability) from […]
By Isaiah Benjamin and Usman Ahmed, 22 July 2012Comment In the spirit of fostering togetherness regardless of religious differences, Muslim youths in Kaduna yesterday hosted their Christian counterparts while breaking […]
Credit: Asiatimes By M K Bhadrakumar Israel’s emergence from the woodwork can signal only one thing: the Syrian crisis is moving towards the decisive phase. The lights have been switched on in the operation theatre and the carving of Syria is beginning. What is going to follow won’t be a […]
On 16 July 2012, a special reception in honour of the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, was held at the Paramount Banquet Centre in […]
Businessinsider.coom: A lucky (or perhaps irritating) few of us are seemingly born with swagger, but for the vast majority of people, confidence and ease comes with practice and accomplishment. But […]
Russian TV: Wealthy tax evaders, aided by private banks have exploited loopholes in tax legislation and stashed over $21 tn in offshore funds, says a report. The capital drained from […]
Daily Times: We are the pariahs of the world — Yasser Latif Hamdan Dr Abdus Salam is one of the few heroes this nation can be truly proud of, but […]
The church should not dictate to the state. And the state has no business — none — dictating to the church. If you disagree with that, or if you still […]
The Sun: A VISA scam giving potential terrorists the chance to sneak into Britain with Pakistan’s Olympic team has been smashed by The Sun. We infiltrated a crime ring offering […]
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Source/Credit: Vegreville Observer By Michael Simpson | Staff Writer | July 18, 2012 While a few thousand Ukrainians got down to business celebrating their culture in Vegreville over the weekend […]
Two Swiss travellers that were held hostage by the Taliban in Pakistan for eight months will not be asked to pick up the tab for their repatriation back home – […]
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi, Arab News Staff Monday 12 August 2002 (an ‘old’ article, but always new for the days of Ramadan)… Mr. Hamad of Riyadh wonders whether what he has heard of the unacceptability or discouragement of inviting people to Iftar dinners in Ramadan. He says that his […]
RIYADH: GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN, ARAB NEWS STAFF The advent of the holy month of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia provides a unique experience felt nowhere else in the world. This is […]