Qaisar Mansoor Today marks the 14th anniversary of Samjhauta Express tragedy in which about 68 people including 40 Pakistanis on-board Delhi-Lahore train were burnt alive. In a travesty of justice, an Indian court acquitted all culprits of the incident despite the availability of enough evidence. Hindu Extremists had
Bathinda: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his campaign for assembly elections in Punjab, farmers held a Lok Kalyan rally in Bathinda and other regions to create awareness among people about the policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that have shown little concern
London: British parliamentarian Naz Shah has said that the hijab ban in Indian schools is a violation of article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adding that more than 250 million Muslims are under attack under BJP-ruled India Talking exclusively to media, Naz
Bhopal: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has come forward with a controversial statement regarding the ongoing outrage over hijab (headscarves) in India. Addressing an event in Bhopal, the Lok Sabha MP told Muslim women in India: “There’s no need to wear hijab outside,
Soutik Biswas A month after taking office in the summer of 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India's "democracy will not sustain if we can't guarantee freedom of speech and expression". Many believe, India's democracy looks diminished, by what they say are persistent attacks on the freedom
Ahmedabad: An Indian court on Friday sentenced 38 Muslim men to death and ordered life in prison for 11 others for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the city of Ahmedabad that killed more than 50 people, lawyers said. The explosions had badly shaken
Amsterdam: A major historical review has found the Netherlands' military engaged in systematic, excessive, unethical violence during Indonesia's 1945-1949 struggle for independence, and the Dutch government at the time condoned it. The findings of the review, funded by the Dutch government in 2017 and conducted by
Kadiivka: Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces traded accusations on Thursday that each had fired across the ceasefire line in eastern Ukraine, raising alarm at a time when Western countries have warned of the possibility of a Russian invasion any day. Moscow, which has massed more than
By Qudrat Ullah LIPR Ambassador Of Peace In Indian occupied Kashmir, every other day, according to Indian media, terrorists killed in encounters, are linked to Pakistan. In these encounters, the youth, who are against the Indian oppression, are mercilessly killed. During 2021, there were 274 such incidents
Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader vowed on Thursday that his country would ramp up development of its civilian nuclear program, as major world powers continued delicate talks in Vienna to revive Tehran’s landmark nuclear deal. In a televised speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the importance of nuclear