The US wants India to become one of its top 10 trading partners, treasury secretary Timothy Geithner said as the two countries agreed on improving access to each other’s markets. He made the remarks after meeting India’s Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the second India-US Economic and Financial Partnership. India is currently the […]
Opposition spokesman on resources Joe Mizzi said that the government did not have a national plan on water management even though it had set up the Malta Resources Authority and Mepa. No wonder the island suffered from scarcity of water. Utility bills did not reflect a serious system of water […]
KATHMANDU: A huge stash of gold and silver ornaments has been discovered by workers renovating a former royal palace in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, the government said Tuesday. The treasures, thought to be more than 500 years old, were hidden in a store room under the sprawling 16th-century Hanuman Dhoka […]
ISLAMABAD: A top Taliban commander has threatened to carry out attacks on nine more key installations in Pakistan similar to the strike on Mehran Naval Base in Karachi to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. “The revenge game has already been started from Pakistan. The attack on Mehran Naval Base […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan ranks 12th on an index of failed states around the globe, according to a new report prepared by the Fund for Peace, an independent non-profit research and educational organization that works to prevent violent conflict and promote sustainable security in the world. Its neighbor Afghanistan ranks seventh. […]
By REUTERS DAMASCUS: The reception area is quiet at the Beit Zaman boutique hotel in the Christian Quarter of Old Damascus and the staff is visibly bored. Bellhops loiter in the lavishly decorated corridors of the $200-a-night hotel and a receptionist stares idly at his computer screen. Four months ago, […]
QUETTA: The hardcore sectarian outfits find the deteriorating security conditions in Balochistan, particularly in Quetta, conducive to target the Hazara-Shias. The violence against them is not ethnic but sect-based and confessions given to the police by Lashkar-i-Jhangvi cadres confirm this. http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/30/murders-of-faith-in-a-land-of-violence.html
Kashif Chaudhry: Jersey City Islam Examiner The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will host its 63rd Annual Convention from Friday July 1st through Sunday July 3rd at the PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA. Thousands of delegates will attend from across America and overseas. Among the purposes of […]
By FATIMA AL-SAADI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: With the start of the summer vacation, many Saudi families have packed up in order to spend some time abroad to rest and for entertainment. Young Saudis sometimes prefer to travel with their friends rather than accompany their families. While this ensures their […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s finance minister on Wednesday urged Muslim countries to adopt suitable economic reform programs and adapt to the changing global economic atmosphere to confront the challenges facing them. “We should also strengthen our joint efforts to overcome development obstacles,” Finance Minister […]
His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with dignitaries representing Circassians in Jordan, to discuss the current reforms and the future course of the country, shows the importance granted to minority groups living here. Circassians contributed a great deal to the development of the country and they, like members of other minorities, […]
(CNN) — The near-tragedy unfolding on the streets of Athens could be a comedy, if the possible consequences were not so dire. With Europe pushing austerity measures on Greece in exchange for another round of bailouts, the Greek public in the streets responds with chants: “We won’t pay.” Faced with […]
HACKING group Anonymous is planning to target Australian banks after penetrating the security walls of a Sydney council. After a spate of high profile attacks on companies including Sony, Bank of America as well as the CIA’s public website, the group chose to hack the website of Mosman Municipal Council […]
By Ahmad Suaedy The Daily Star, Beirut In Yogyakarta, the cultural center of the island of Java in Indonesia, the governor, Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, has set an interesting precedent by refusing to ban the Ahmadiyah religious group. The group was founded by a 19th century Indian religious leader, Mirza Ghulam […]
BEIRUT: Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah’s acknowledgment that three members of Hezbollah had been caught spying, two of them for the CIA, is the first time that the party has admitted in public that a Western intelligence organization has infiltrated its ranks. The internal security of Hezbollah is known to be formidable. […]
If the news reports of fashion designer John Galliano’s court case about anti-Semitic slurs and Geert Wilders acquittal of Muslim-hate speech had not come consecutively, I might not have connected them. The difference between the two European men? On the surface, not much. Both wore suits in court, although admittedly, one […]
The only cure for Qadianis (Ahmadis): Al Jihad Al Jihad… Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwat calendar, 2010 On June 10, 2011, the All Pakistan Students Khatm-e-Nubuwat (End of Prophethood) Federation issued pamphlets branding members of the Ahmadiyya community as “wajib-ul-qatl” (obligatory to be killed). The pamphlet, circulated in Faisalabad District of Punjab Province, […]
By Major (Retd) Zubair Khalil Khan Arrest of serving Army Brig. Ali Khan along with one Colonel and four Majors very explicitly certifies how deeply the Jehadis have penetrated the ranks and files of Pakistan Armed forces. Brig. Ali Khan currently posted at GHQ was heading the Army Rules […]
France’s Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, 55, has been named the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ms Lagarde fought off Mexico’s Agustin Carstens for the job, although an IMF statement said that both candidates “were well qualified”. She received backing from America and Europe and key emerging […]
This news item dates back to October, 2009. We show it so that our readers can see the views of the new Director General of the International Monetary Fund, regarding Islamic Finance. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (photo) is leading a governmental drive to attract investment from Muslim countries, in […]