Tag: Indonesia
Waking up the neighbours: Indonesia’s Ramadan alarm clocks
AFP | Most of Jakarta is fast asleep at 2:00 am, but for Fajar Ramadan and his pint-sized comrades it's time to wake up the...
Heartbreaker? Smoking causing millions of heart attacks, strokes: WHO
AFP | While the link between smoking and a range of cancers is well known, the World Health Organization warned Thursday there was too little...
“Saffronization” of India: US Federal Commission Report
News Analysis | Religious freedom conditions witnessed a "downward trend" in India last year, as Hindu-nationalist groups sought to "saffronize" it through violence, intimidation, and...
Cyber Security Issues in Pakistan
Afeera Firdous| A special report on cybersecurity norms by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) concluded that many engineered systems, around the world, which depend on digital-computational...
President Azad Jammu and Kashmir seeks international attention for the region
News Analysis | President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Sardar Masood said, “India-held Kashmir is on fire but the world community is not sending any...
Pakistan takes Defence Attaches of six countries to visit LOC
News Analysis | Defence Attaches of US, UK, France, China, Turkey and Indonesia visited Line of Control (LOC) in Rawalakot Sector of Azad Jammu &...
Now Pakistani Pet Lovers get an International Brand Locally for their...
News Desk | Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company has launched yet another innovative consumer product in Pakistan – Purina pet food! Nestle has...
Sindh government ignores sugarcane woes, organizes seminar for farm owners.
News Analysis | A seminar is being organized by the Sindh Enterprise Development Fund, as the seventh installment of the Livestock Dairy...
Indonesia allows unlimited kinnow import from Pakistan
News Analysis | Indonesia’s commerce minister on 26th January announced the lifting of the quota embargo on kinnow imports from Pakistan, allowing shipment of an...
South China Sea becomes global and regional threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | While China has been making considerable diplomatic and economic inroads in Asia, the US has been reminding the same continent of...
Kinnow exports skyrocket: Exports to Indonesia boost to $48 million
News Analysis | Export of Kinnow (citrus fruit) from Pakistan to Indonesia has surged by a staggering 150 percent to $48 million in the current...
Muslims in Asia protest against Trump’s Jerusalem decision
Reuters | Several thousand protesters in Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia rallied on Friday to condemn the U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, as...
Is Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem just to boost popularity amongst conservatives?
James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump has let a genie out of the bottle with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital...
Women flogged for adultery in Indonesia
A video has surfaced from Indonesia in which a woman is being brutally flogged for committing adultery. The woman can be seen kneeling before a...
Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines launch joint patrols to tackle ISIS threat
Jumel G. Estrañero | Staggering six months of waiting coupled with best efforts before this quarter of 2017, a more concrete defense alignment and cooperation...
Taiwan’s President says it will not seek war with China
Jumel G. Estrañero | Old friends, old enemies. Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen pledged on 9 October (Monday) to bolster the island’s military but added it...
