Muzaffarabad: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has appealed to Kashmiri diaspora and all other stakeholders including AJK government, opposition leaders, politicians and All Parties Hurriyat Conference leadership to play their due role in devising common strategy to meet future
New York: This week's peace discussions were a disappointment, stated UN special envoy on Syria. Journalists quoted Geir Pedersen the UN Syria envoy after the week-long discussions ended, leaving the plan of a new round uncertain as saying that "To me, it has been a disappointment,"
Muscat: Oman has released its government budget for 2021, revealing that 2020 defence and security spending is anticipated to have been reduced by 9% during the year and 2021 spending would be reduced by 14.6% year on year. The budget documentation, released on 1 January, showed
Dubai: Iran has hosted the political leader of Afghanistan's Taliban during the past week, offering Tehran's own help as a mediator in peace talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government that have become stalled in Qatar. Shi'ite Muslim Iran has been a foe of the
Myanmar: The government of elected Myanmar leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was toppled by the military after she was arrested along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The army said it had carried out
New Delhi: Several senior Indian journalists are facing charges of sedition over their reporting and online posts about a protest by farmers last week, sparking criticism of the legal action from media associations. The cases have been filed with police in at least five states against
New York: Participants in Libya’s UN-sponsored peace talks have approved a list of candidates seeking to lead a transitional government, the UN has announced. The UN added that the successful candidates will be part of the transitional leadership preparing the North African state for a national
By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis Judge Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Salam, one-time advisor of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, serves as a judge in Egypt’s State Council. Throughout his career, he has promoted dialogue among various facets of society and has participated in the
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti while asserting that iron fist policy of Modi government is bound to prove counterproductive, has said that resolution of the Kashmir dispute is imperative for steering Jammu and Kashmir out of present turmoil and ensure lasting peace and
Jammu: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Association (JKPA), Aquib Wani has said that minorities, in India, are fearing extinction because of the rise in mob lynching, cow vigilantism, honor killing and other such incidents. Talking with newsmen, Aquib Wani said, “India is becoming a