Imran Riaz Khan with his lawyer Mian Ashfaq after release on Monday. — photo courtesy Mian Ashfaq. Mon 25 September 2023: Imran Riaz Khan, an anchor who had been missing for more than four months, is now “safe at home”, Punjab Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman Anwar confirmed to local media on Monday. JOURNALIST […]
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Sun 24 September 2023: Turkey’s Maarif Foundation officials in Afghanistan say they are ready to open their doors to girls above the sixth grade once the suspension is lifted. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the general director of the foundation Ahmad Takoor said there have been talks with the Islamic Emirate about reopening […]
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Sun 24 September 2023: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday condemned “new forms” of racism, Muslim stereotyping and Quran burnings, calling them “clear Islamophobic” acts. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Ibrahim said inaction against such acts sends a “dangerous” message to humanity. “We are concerned about emergence of […]
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Sun 24 September 2023: A prominent Uighur scholar specialising in the study of her people’s folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison. Rahile Dawut was convicted on charges of endangering state security in December 2018 in a secret trial, the San Francisco-based Dui Hua Foundation said in a statement on Thursday. Dawut […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, says the ongoing patrolling of US drones in the airspace of Afghanistan is a clear violation being committed by this country. Speaking in an inclusive interview with ArianaNews, Stanekzai said that Islamic Emirate officials have shared this issue in the negotiations […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have released a top cleric and pro-freedom leader and allowed him to lead the congregational Friday prayers after more than four years of house detention. An emotional Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday led the prayers at the disputed region’s main mosque in Srinagar city amid heavy security […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: A popular Indonesian TikTok influencer has been sentenced to two years in jail over posting a video, where she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork. Lina Lutfiawati, 33, who has over 2 million followers on the social media platform, was found guilty by a court in the city of Palembang […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: United States President Joe Biden and other leaders expressed concern to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit earlier this month about Canada’s claim that New Delhi was involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, the Financial Times (FT) has reported. Several members of the Five Eyes – an […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s poll panel has announced the much-awaited general elections will be held in the last week of January next year. In a short statement on Thursday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said the polls, due to be held in November, were delayed due to fresh marking of the […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated Thursday that Canada does not seek to provoke or cause problems, following India’s suspension of all visa services for Canadian citizens and directive to reduce diplomatic staffing as a rift between the countries widened following the prime minister’s statement that India may have been involved […]
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