Tag: community
“Love Jihad”? Muslim killed by girlfriend’s family
News Analysis | A Muslim youth was fatally beaten and then left for dead in a drain by the family of his Hindu girlfriend here....
UCP goes green: University installs largest solar power generation system
News Analysis | In the face of depleting fuel reserves and the ever climbing oil prices coupled with the age-old load shedding dilemma, not to...
Starbuck to shut stores for one day in US to spread...
AFP | Starbucks will close stores and corporate offices across the United States on May 29 to conduct "racial-bias education," the company announced Tuesday, following...
What is Pashtun Tahafuz Movement and what are its objectives?
News Analysis | Thousands of Pasthuns gathered at Ring Road, near Pishtakhara, Peshawar to participate in a rally organized by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement's (PTM)....
War between Saudi Arabia and Iran may happen in just 10-15...
News Analysis | Crown Prince, Mohammad Bin Salman has warned that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran may indulge in war in the next 10-15 years if...
The new US National Defence Strategy
Imran Khan | On January 19th, the US Secretary of Defence, James Norman Mattis, unveiled the unclassified synopsis of the classified 2018 National Defence Strategy (NDS)...
US encourages Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir
News Analysis | The United States has advised Pakistan and India to hold talks to reduce the growing tensions between them. US State Department’s Spokesperson...
Justin Trudeau enjoys hearty Bollywood welcome
News Desk | Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who is on a seven-day visit with his family to India met various Bollywood celebrities and businessmen...
Saudi Fashion Week part of reform agenda to lure investors
News Analysis | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced to host its first ever Arab fashion week in the country as it seeks to...
Pakistan still going easy on militants, alleges US intel chief
News Analysis | On February 15, 2018, seventeen US intelligence agencies including Central Intelligence Agency, Defence Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security...
Is Daesh in Afghanistan benefiting from the mistrust between Islamabad and...
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | President Ashraf Ghani led National Unity Government and Trump administration have been scapegoating Pakistan, instead of critically examining the causes...
Long Term Plan (LTP) of CPEC is a mystery
Raja Waqas Shabbir | Economic and financial stability is connected with political stability- was the much talked about statement of Army Chief Qamar Zaman Bajwa...
Angelina Jolie urges UN to solve Syrian crisis
AFP | UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie urged the UN Security Council to "find a way" to solve Syria's nearly eight-year war during a tour...
Sindh sugar mill owners fail to settle crisis even after SHC...
News Analysis | The representative contingents of Sindh-based growers and sugar mill owners failed to come to a settlement in the dispute over sugarcane prices...
Diplo returns to Pakistan for concert: will donate some proceeds to...
News Analysis | American DJ Diplo is all set to bring Mad Decent Block Party to Pakistan in February 2018. Major Lazer announced that part...
Facebook to allow users to rank news sources based on ‘trust’
AFP | Facebook announced Friday it will ask its two billion users to rank their trust in news sources, in its latest attempt to combat...
Former CIA agent’s arrest follows US spying debacle in China
AFP | The third arrest in one year of a US official suspected of helping Chinese spies has bared the tense battle between the two...
Tehreek-e-Labaik starts ‘jail bharo’ movement for acceptance of demands
News Analysis | Chief of Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA) Ashraf Asif Jalali has announced on Monday his party will start a ‘jail bharo’ (fill...
Ban imposed on religious service at unauthorized churches
News Analysis | On January 15th 2018, the authorities decided to ban service in unauthorized churches in Abbottabad. The security officials stated that this decision...
Indian caste war continues as Dalits are illegally detained
News Analysis | Activists in India say hundreds of Dalits (untouchables) have been "illegally detained" and many others are in hiding, as police in Maharashtra...
Celebrities urge authorities to take action after minor’s rape in Kasur
News Desk | An eight-year-old girl named Zainab was brutally murdered after being raped in Kasur. The girl was kidnapped outside of her home and...
Muslim killed on New Year’s Day highlights violent Islamophobia in India
News Analysis | A Muslim has been beaten to death in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand after reportedly asking a group to stop playing...
Can community building help end extremist violence in Pakistan?
Saud Bin Ahsen | During the last fifteen years Pakistan has been a victim of instability, insecurity and political violence due to its role as...
Breast Cancer: lets say the word and not hide from it!
News Desk | What is your organization? Pink Ribbon Pakistan National Breast Cancer Awareness Program is a non-funded, self-sustained initiative. We strive to significantly reduce breast...
Christian killings near holidays strongly suggests foreign involvement
Malik Muzammil | The bomb blast at a Methodist Church in Quetta on the 17th marked another terrible day for Pakistan during the month of...
Shaan urges Indian community to support better Indo-Pak relations
News Desk | Pakistani acting legend Shaan Shahid has urged the Indian community to support Pak-India cultural ties. An international media outlet interviewed the leading...
Pakistan standing with the global community against climate change: PM Abbasi
News Analysis | Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that Pakistan remains committed to playing its role in the global struggle for countering the...
Erdogan counters Trump by declaring Turkey will open embassy to Palestine...
AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope on Sunday that Turkey would soon be able to open an embassy to a Palestinian state in...
Erdogan Vs. Netanyahu
Andrew Korybko | The personal rivalry between Turkish President Erdogan and “Israeli” “Prime Minister” Netanyahu has been simmering for some time, especially since they last...
How will Palestinians react to Trump’s declaration of making Jerusalem the...
Maha Nassar | When President Donald Trump on Dec. 5 recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, he not only effectively endorsed Israel’s de facto annexation of East...
Union Minister calls Dalits to renounce Hinduism
News Analysis | Invoking Babasaheb Ambedkar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said he embraced Buddhism only after he was convinced that Dalits would not...
Pakistan’s contributions for the uplift of Afghan people
Afrah Jamal | Pakistan and Afghanistan have history. And it is not all good. They have a shared border – though its legality has been...
Nepal elections pave way for a leftist victory & Indian dilemma
News Analysis | An alliance of communists and Maoists are set to win Nepal's first parliamentary election since 1999. The ruling center-left party suffered significant...
School based budgeting is the future
Aisha Sarwari | The most critical transformation underway in the public schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa seems to be school finance reforms. Following on the footsteps...
Indian Supreme Court bashes ‘Padmavati’ detractors
News Desk | India's top court on Tuesday rejected a bid to block the worldwide release of ‘Padmavati'. A lawyer ML Sharma filed an appeal...
US military targets Taliban by starting new air attack campaign in...
AFP | As the US military opens a new front in its air war in Afghanistan, targeting the Taliban's poppy-processing factories and dropping thousands of...