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By Qudrat Ullah LIPR Ambassador Of Peace based in Pakistan On 14 February 2019, Adil Ahmad Dar, a local Kashmiri, drove a vehicle packed with explosives into Indian paramilitary police in Pulwama. The attack inflicted a heavy loss by killing more than 40 soldiers. The television
By Shahid Farooq Abbasi – LIPR Ambassador of Peace There is a famous Egyptian proverb that, “be patient with a bad neighbour, he may face misfortune.” Something similar happened with India when it tried to provoke a peace-loving neighbour Pakistan on the 26th of February 2019
Herat: Jobless, debt ridden, and struggling to feed his children, Nooruddin felt he had no choice but to sell a kidney — one of a growing number of Afghans willing to sacrifice an organ to save their families. The practice has become so widespread in the
London: Policy proposals central to the UK government’s Nationality and Borders Bill have been voted against in the House of Lords, in what campaigners have described as a “victory for compassion.” Peers rejected plans in the bill that would criminalize and penalize asylum seekers based on
Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s implied threat to turn the Ukraine war into a broader nuclear conflict presents President Joe Biden with choices rarely contemplated in the atomic age, including whether to raise the alert level of U.S. nuclear forces. This turn of events is all
Washington: The U.S. has expelled 12 Russian diplomats for allegedly "engaging in espionage activities" that threaten national security, a spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Monday. The 12 "operatives" abused their privileges of U.S. residency, said spokesperson Olivia Dalton. The move to
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan discussed interfaith harmony, religious tolerance and affinity with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. According to an official statement, the premier received the Archbishop in Islamabad earlier today. During the meeting, PM Imran reiterated his government's resolve to protect the rights
Chennai: Hitting out at the BJP-led Centre over abrogation of Article 370 that revoked the special status for Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said it was a move that has not happened ever before in the country which has left "bureaucrats
New Delhi: Second day of global summit on preventing genocide of Indian Muslims sees panelists call upon international community to pressure India. Preventing genocide of Muslims in India is an urgent need and the international community must rally to pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to
Qaisar Mansoor The observance of Zero Discrimination Day worldwide on March 1 every year is worthless till Muslims in India and occupied Jammu and Kashmir remain particular target of the Hindutva forces with no concrete effort by the international community to prevent the menace. The day aims
Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders have paid rich tributes to the victims of Zakura and Tengpora massacres on their 32nd anniversary, today. Zakoora and Tengpora massacres were the killing of protesters calling for the implementation of United Nations resolution regarding the plebiscite in Kashmir at
Qaisar Mansoor The memories of twin massacres still haunts the survivors of carnage carried on scores of unarmed civilians by Indian troops in Zakura Crossing and Tengpora after opening indiscriminate firing on them on March 1, 1990. About 50 innocent civilians were killed and dozens wounded