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International Burn-a-Quran Day: A Test for Freedom, Tolerance and Responsibility
Sep 9th
Due to the proposed "Burn a Quran Day" by Pastor Terry Jones, Muslim world is once again under scrutiny and for reasons pertaining to their faith.
Consensus bill may be introduced soon
Sep 9th
ISLAMABAD: A new accountability law drafted in April but remaining stalled because of objections raised by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N may now reach parliament as a consensus bill. According to Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the government side has communicated its acceptance, with one More >
Flood? What flood?
Sep 9th
That whole flood thing is still going on? What do you mean? It’s been, God I don’t know, days since that started. I only just remembered it because someone sent me a picture of Angelina Jolie sitting amongst survivors. First I thought she was one of the affected. Maybe she More >
Fanning extremism
Sep 9th
A proposed ban on cartoons inspired by Hindu mythology being discussed by legislators in Punjab highlights our government’s skewed priorities and blinkered vision. It is unfortunate and in fact ridiculous that lawmakers choose to occupy themselves with forming committees to discuss a perceived threat to Pakistani culture from a few animated More >
‘If you have understanding, then why this hubbub?’
Sep 9th
Not so long ago, Christian fundamentalist organisations in America began to protest against Spongebob Squarepants – a very popular children’s cartoon on the Nickelodeon cable station. It had a subversive homosexual agenda, they claimed.
A few years before that, similar charges were laid at the feet of beloved Sesame Street, More >
Let Celebrate this Eid-ul-Fitr for 18 Millions in Water
Sep 9th
Eid-ul-fitr is marked as day of festivity symbolizing joy and happiness for Muslims. It is celebrated with religious fervent and enthusiasm at the end of Arabic month Ramadan. The happiness and joyous element is visible in everyone’s tone and behaviours within families, neighborhoods and communities across Muslim Ummah. Regardless of More >
Four killed in bombs as Baghdad bans motorcycles
Sep 8th
BAGHDAD: A car bomb and several roadside blasts killed four people and wounded dozens in Iraq on Wednesday as Baghdad imposed a ban on motorcycles ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
In the deadliest attack, a vehicle packed with explosives was detonated and quickly followed by a roadside More >
Govt bans five militant groups in Balochistan
Sep 8th
QUETTA: Pakistan announced a ban on five militant groups operating in the restive southwest and froze their assets on Wednesday, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
Violence has surged this year in Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran and is rife with separatist unrest as well as militancy and sectarian violence.
“Today five More >
Angelina Jolie pleas for Pakistan flood aid
Sep 8th
ISLAMABAD: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie urged people on Wednesday to put aside corruption fears and donate cash to help Pakistan's 21 million flood victims, as she ended a tour of areas devastated by deluges.
Pakistan's government has been heavily criticised at home and abroad over perceived corruption, which many attribute to More >
Burn Quran Day in Flordia Church 11 September , 9/11
Sep 8th
Every Muslim Protest Florida church plans to burn Quran on 9/11 Anniversary.Burn Quran in Flordia Church 11 September , 9/11.A Florida church said it plans to publicly burn copies of the Quran
on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, prompting threats from Islamic groups and warnings the move will trigger More >
Eid 2010 India , Eid 2010 in Saudi Arabia, Eid Mubarak Greetings, Eid Mubarak SMS
Sep 8th
Eid 2010 India , Eid 2010 in Saudi Arabia, Eid Mubarak Greetings, Eid Mubarak SMS,Eid Shopping in India
Eid Muslim FestivalMuslims in India observe all the Islamic festivals that are celebrated in other parts of the world. In addition to the festivals, the days commemorating shrines in India and death anniversaries More >
Regional Scenario: Central Asian ‘Muslim’ states fear Pakistan – by Shiraz Paracha
Sep 8th
Central Asia’s richest and largest state Kazakhstan is following a strict visa policy for Pakistan and Afghanistan at the same time offering further relaxations in visa regulations to nationals from Western and several non-Western countries. Pakistan has an image problem in the former Soviet republics. The current floods and the More >
Indian police arrest Syed Ali Geelani in Kashmir
Sep 8th
SRINAGAR: Police arrested a top separatist leader Wednesday for rallying massive anti-India protests that have rocked the Indian-administered Kashmir for months, and supporters reacted by staging fresh demonstrations and hurling stones at troops.
The arrest of Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 82, at his residence in Srinagar, the region's More >
Japan journalist says he tricked captors with Twitter
Sep 8th
TOKYO: A Japanese freelance journalist freed after a five-month hostage ordeal in Afghanistan says he used Twitter to announce he was still alive under the noses of his captors, who did not understand English.
Kosuke Tsuneoka, 41, who had been missing in northern Afghanistan since April, was speaking in Tokyo following More >
Clinton slams Quran burning
Sep 8th
WASHINGTON: US diplomatic chief Hillary Clinton welcomed late on Tuesday condemnation in the United States of a Florida pastor''s plans to burn hundreds of Qurans on the anniversary of 9/11.
''I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful act that has come from American religious leaders from More >
White House warns Florida church not to burn Quran
Sep 8th
WASHINGTON: A Florida evangelical church yesterday vowed to go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Holy Qur’an on the 9/11 anniversary despite fears it may fuel an angry backlash and endanger US and allied troops in Afghanistan.
The White House lent its voice to growing concern from military More >
Blast targeting Kohat police colony kills 21
Sep 8th
KOHAT: Twenty-one people were killed and 70 wounded in a bomb attack targeting police residential quarters in Kohat on Tuesday, Geo News reported Tuesday.
"Twenty-one people have been killed and 70 wounded, and there were women and children among the injured," a senior police official said.
"It was a big More >
Clinton joins condemnation of Quran-burning plans
Sep 8th
WASHINGTON: US diplomatic chief Hillary Clinton late Tuesday joined the general condemnation in the United States of a Florida pastor's “disrespectful” plans to burn hundreds of Qurans on the anniversary of 9/11.
“I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from American religious More >
Index gains 0.43 per cent despite low volumes
Sep 8th
KARACHI: The stock market closed with moderate gains on Tuesday as volumes remained dismal ahead of the Eid holidays. Uncertainty about the implementation of the margin trading system also kept investors away from the market.
“Energy stocks witnessed some fresh local buying in response to market rumours of continued foreign inflows, More >
PM strongly condemns Kohat blast
Sep 8th
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the bomb blast in Kohat and termed it as the most heinous crime against innocent civilians on the sacred day of 27th Ramazan.
He said that these terrorists have no respect for the peaceful religion of Islam nor any sense More >
Why equate suicide attacks with Islam?
Sep 8th
Readers made interesting comments on my earlier article, ‘Militancy or a tribal backlash’ (August 15-16). Some welcomed it as “a sane voice” while others said it was a “naive analysis”. It wasn’t unexpected. However, I felt vindicated, frankly speaking, when General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Afghanistan, conceded More >
Nawaz losing grip on his party: Babar Awan
Sep 7th
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on Tuesday said that the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz had dual standards of politics, and that PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif was now losing his grip on his party.
Addressing media representatives, Awan said Punjab’s law and order situation was appalling More >
Control president, Nawaz tells PM Gilani
Sep 7th
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid, Nawaz Sharif, has stressed upon Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to ensure the implementation of verdicts of the judiciary and to remove all the hurdles in its way. Talking to the media at the Ganga Ram Hospital on Monday where he visited the More >
Quran burning may lead to uncontrolled emotions
Sep 7th
TEHRAN: Iran said on Tuesday that plans by a Florida church to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States could lead to an uncontrolled Muslim response.
“We advise Western countries to prevent the exploitation of freedom of expression to insult religious More >
Strict curfew after four new deaths in Kashmir
Sep 7th
SRINAGAR: Thousands of Indian police and paramilitary forces enforced a strict curfew in much of Kashmir on Tuesday after security forces shot dead four protesters, police and witnesses said.
Government forces have struggled to contain almost three months of violent demonstrations by Kashmiris ignited by the killing of a 17-year-old student More >
Evading Reform?
Sep 7th
Recently, there have been talks about a one-time ‘flood tax’ being considered by the Government of Pakistan. If approved, among other measures, it would entail increasing the income tax bill of individuals whose annual income exceeds Rs. 300,000 by 10 per cent. The tax is essential for providing the government More >
Unrest in Thai south kills at least four
Sep 7th
YALA, Thailand: Bombings and shootings by suspected militants have killed four people, including a teacher, and wounded 13 across Thailand's troubled south, police said Tuesday.
The 54-year-old teacher was killed and his wife was injured as the pair were on their way to work at a school in Narathiwat province on More >
Five killed, four wounded in Thai south
Sep 7th
YALA: Five people have been killed and four wounded in Thailand’’s restive Muslim south, police said Tuesday, the latest upsurge in violence blamed on separatist militants.
The attacks, which included drive-by shootings and a roadside bombing, took place late Monday and early on Tuesday and targeted both Muslims and the region’’s More >
Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip
Sep 7th
NEW YORK: An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said.
Daisy Khan said her husband, Feisal Abdul Rauf, planned to comment later this More >
