NEW PAKISTAN PM VISITS SAUDI ARABIA TO RENEW TIES, SPARKS PROTESTS IN MADINAH

Fri 29 April 2022:  Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, is visiting Saudi Araba this week in a bid to strengthen ties with the Kingdom and possibly gain more financial support, in what is his first foreign trip since assuming office earlier this month. Landing in the Islamic holy city of Madinah yesterday, where he […]

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$7B IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT ABANDONED BY THE US IN AFGHANISTAN: REPORT

Fri 29 April 2022: Roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to the deposed Afghan government was left behind during the US’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in August, according to a report published on Thursday. The Pentagon does not plan to conduct any operations to “retrieve or destroy” the equipment, according to a congressionally-mandated report reviewed by […]

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MESUT OZIL, ‘PRAYING FOR MUSLIMS OF INDIA’, SLAMS ‘SHAMEFUL SITUATION’

Fri 29 April 2022:  German-Turkish footballer Mesut Ozil has taken to twitter to spread awareness of the plight of India’s Muslims who face persecution in the Hindu-majority country. Yesterday, on one of the final ten days of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the former Real Madrid and Arsenal player called on the international community […]

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SHEHBAZ SHARIF SEEKS SAUDI CASH AND OIL TO STABILIZE PAKISTAN’S ECONOMY

Thu 28 April 2022: Pakistan’s new leader will ask Saudi Arabia for more than $7 billion in favors as the country strives to fix an economy beset by rising current and fiscal account deficits. Shehbaz Sharif arrived in the Islamic kingdom on Thursday after being elected prime minister after his predecessor, Imran Khan, was ousted […]

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“WHY BAN LOUDSPEAKERS IN MOSQUES, HALAL MEAT?”: OMAR ABDULLAH

Wed 27 April 2022: Srinagar: Present day India is not the country that Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said today, adding that the decision “would have been something else” if people had known the religious rights of Muslims “will not be protected” in this country. “When we decided to accede […]

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‘CRUEL’ ACTION ON AFGHAN REFUGEES IN IRAN SPARKS OUTRAGE

Wed 27 April 2022:  Videos circulating on social media showing Afghan refugees being subjected to “cruel” treatment by Iranian authorities at the border and within Iran have sparked widespread outrage. Since the Taliban took over the country after the US pulled its troops from the war-torn country last year, there has been an increase in […]

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MYANMAR JUNTA SENTENCES AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO FIVE YEARS FOR CORRUPTION

Wed 27 April 2022: According to media reports, a court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison after finding the civilian leader guilty in the first of 11 corruption allegations against her. The judgment was announced on Wednesday in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, according to the Reuters and Associated Press […]

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POPE ASKS SRI LANKA TO REVEAL IDENTITY OF EASTER SUNDAY ATTACKERS

Pope Francis attends a meeting with members of the Sri Lankan community living in Italy, in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 26 April 2022: Pope Francis urges the island nation to name the bombers behind series of attacks in 2019 that the Catholic Church suspects was a conspiracy. Pope Francis has urged […]

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INDIA’S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM HAS ‘SIGNIFICANTLY WORSENED’: US PANEL

Tue 26 April 2022: For third straight year, US commission recommends adding India to religious freedom blacklist over alleged abuses. The state of religious freedom in India “significantly worsened” last year, a United States panel has said, calling for targeted sanctions against the country over alleged abuses. In its annual report released on Monday, the […]

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