Washington DC: The annual US report on terrorism has recognised Pakistan’s efforts in 2020 to counter terror financing and restrain Indian-backed militant groups from conducting attacks in Pakistan. In the report, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Pakistan has made some important contributions to
New Delhi: The Indian Congress stepped up its attack on Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party government to sack Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra Teni, whose son was allegedly involved in the Lakhimpur Kheri killings and violence. Congress leader, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in a
Qaisar Mansoor Indian government led by BJP promotes Hindu nationalist policies resulting in systematic, and egregious violations of religious freedom which negatively impact non-Hindu religious communities, including Muslims, Christians and Sikhs. A US government organisation that monitors international religious freedom has recommended that India be designated as
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah accused the BJP-led Modi government of treating the people of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir “differently” over protection of their land and reservation in jobs and scholarships, and demanded equal treatment. The former chief minister also said that NC leaders
New Delhi: A phone belonging to activist Rona Wilson, one of the accused persons in the Bhima Koregaon case, was infected with the Pegasus spyware three months before his arrest in June 2018, a forensic analysis of the device by Amnesty International has revealed, The
Srinagar; Indian Occupied Kashmir is facing worst human rights abuses where people like Syed Ali Gilani and Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai were being martyred in custody but no one held India accountable. India has usurped all fundamental rights of the Kashmiri people and it is committing
Srinagar: An Indian army Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was killed in a fratricidal incident in Poonch district of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Sepoy, Laxminarayan had an altercation with Subedar Jasbir Singh following which he shot at him near Line of Control in
Paris: Remnants of industrial chemicals in the air can potentially transform into new substances more toxic and persistent than the original pollution, according to a global study published on Thursday. Using samples gathered around the world, the study published in Nature found that these previously unidentified
Wellington: Two New Zealanders were awarded the country's highest bravery award Thursday for confronting a white supremacist gunman during a 2019 terror attack on Christchurch mosques that claimed the lives of 51 Muslim worshippers. Naeem Rashid, who died in the attack, and survivor Abdul Aziz were
Dubai: UNESCO added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. A total of 16 Muslim-majority countries, led by Saudi Arabia, presented the nomination to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which announced the listing on