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Female Analyst ‘Verbally Abused’ By JUI-F Senator During Talk Show

Marvi Sirmed, a female analyst and rights activist, during a television show on Friday, was verbally abused by a senator of the Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), leading to a social media uproar. NewsOne, a private television channel aired the show which held a debate on the recent honor killings in Pakistan. The JUI-F Senator Hafiz Hamdullah […]

Group Claiming Pakistan ‘Support’ Behind Hacking of Seven Indian Embassy Websites

Hackers, on Wednesday, voicing their Pakistan affiliations, marred the websites of seven Indian embassies, high commissions, and consulates in several countries. They also raged pro-Pakistan Army slogans. Sending an email to journalists, the hackers voiced their attacks against Indian missions in Ankara, Athens and Mexico City The hackers described themselves as “Romantic” and “Intruder” as […]

Teaching Of Holy Quran In Public Schools Might Become Mandatory

Finalizing its proposed syllabus for public educational institutions on Thursday, the Federal Education and Professional Training Ministry, strongly urged for all federating divisions to implement the teaching of Quran as a compulsory subject from grades 1 to 12. The minister of state, Muhammad Balighur Rehman, presented the final draft of recommendations before the Council of […]

Hyderabad: Six-year-old Child Raped By 16-year-old Relative

Hyderabad, on Wednesday, witnessed the rape of a minor by a teenage boy at Mairasi Mohallah. Muneer Abbassi, SHO of the Market Police Sation stated six-year-old daughter of Arbab Shaikh was allegedly sexually molested by a 16-year-old boy who turned out to be her relative. The extended family resides in the same compound with the […]

US Drone Strike In Afghanistan Leads To The Death Of Haqqani Network Commander

Reports from the Afghan media revealed that a senior leader of the notorious Haqqani network was killed in a United States drone strike in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on Thursday. According to reports, killed in the drone strike was Sirajuddin Khademi, a logistics commander of the Haqqani network and member of the Quetta Shura in the […]

Media Reports: Xinjiang Residents Must Present DNA To Obtain Passports

Xinjiang, a border district containing most of China’s Muslims now has a rule that residents applying for passports must provide DNA samples, according to official local media. The official Yili Daily reported that from the first of June, residents of the Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in China’s far northwest must present the police with DNA […]

Fasting During Ramadan Restricted For Xinjiang Government Staff

As the holy month of Ramadan commenced on Monday, government websites have restricted civil servants, students and children in a majorly Muslim region from fasting. The ruling Communist party is known for its atheism and has for years prevented government employees and minors from fasting in Xinjiang, a place with over 10 million devout Muslim […]

Maryam Nawaz: Prime Minister’s Health Stable, Following Open Heart Surgery

Following Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s positive open heart surgery in London, doctors voiced their delight and contentment over the PM’s health improvement. Maryam Nawaz tweeted the PM’s progress on her personal handle on Wednesday. According to the tweets, surgeons visited him Wednesday morning and removed two drain tubes from his chest. She said “I spoke […]

Afghanistan-Pakistan: Discussions Of Peace Process Following Mansour’s Death

Following the election of a successor to Mullah Akhtar Mansour by the Afghan Taliban, Pakistan and Afghanistan debated the fate of the peace process. On Monday, Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal of the Afghan envoy held a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s senior aide, Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad. Officials claimed that several important matters, not […]

Suspected Militant Arrested Over Murder Of Professor

A suspected militant was arrested by Bangladesh police on charges of the murder of a professor in a weather of deadly attacks against liberal activists and minorities in the nation, according to the statement made by a senior officer on Tuesday. The 58-year-old English professor at Rajshahi University, Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, was hacked to death […]

‘Hitman’ Identified In Shahid Hamid Murder Case

Following the killing of managing director of the then Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, Shahid Hamid, nineteen years ago, his widow and son identified a suspect as one of the four hitmen in an identification parade held in the presence of a judicial magistrate on Saturday. Muhammad Minhaj Qazi alias Asad, the suspect, with his accomplices […]

Pre-Arrest Bail Granted To Ex-Senate Chairman And Son In Assaulting Cop Case

An interim bail was granted on Friday to former chairman Senate Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari and his son Jarrar Hussain Bokhari in a case involving the assault of an on-duty police officer. The bail was given by a sessions court in Islamabad. The sessions Judge, Raja Asif Mahmood who assented to the bail to the […]

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