Jan 05
BANGKOK:- Thailand s government has launched the first Malay-language television channel geared toward the insurgency-plagued south s Muslim-majority audience. Muslims in Thailand s southernmost Muslim-dominated provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat say they are treated as second-class citizens by predominantly Buddhist Thai authorities.
Jan 05
NEW DELHI: A group of 600 guitarists have paid a musical tribute to an Indian gang-rape victim, playing “Imagine” by John Lennon in a bid to spread “hope, peace and promise” in a country still coming to terms with the violence. The group assembled at a music festival in the eastern Indian hilltown of Darjeeling …
Jan 05
BRUSSELS – Under new European Union rules to combat pollution, trucks and buses rolling off assembly lines this year will produce significantly less harmful exhaust fumes. The European Commission said the new norms, known as Euro VI and replacing standards set in 2008, will cut nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 percent and particulates by 66 …
Jan 03
The Indian cricket team started off the year with another loss, loosing to Pakistan in the second ODI between the two sides on Thursday. India, winning the toss put Pakistan in to bat in trying conditions, managed to restrict the total to 250 after a great start by Pakistan, largely thanks to a superlative century …
Jan 01
ISLAMABAD: CNG prices for Region 1 and Region 2 have been revised and are now Rs74 and Rs69 respectively, announced Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Chairman Saeed Khan on Tuesday. Earlier, CNG was priced at Rs72 for Region 1 and Rs68 for Region 2. The decision was taken during a meeting of Economic Coordination …
Jan 01
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the murder of DSP Aurangzeb Khan’s son, Shahzeb Khan, on Tuesday. SC directed the relevant authorities to submit a report with respect to the case. CJ ordered IG Sindh and Advocate General Sindh to personally present themselves in front of the Court on January 4 …
Jan 01
KARACHI: The Chief of Tehreek e Minhaj-ul-Quran Dr.Tahirul Qadri addressed a large gathering at Jinnah ground, Karachi after meeting the co-ordination committee of Muttahida Qoumi Movement (MQM) at Nine zero on Tuesday. Addressing the public gathering Dr.Qadri thanked Altaf and his party for accepting his party’s invitation to join the “million-man march” in Islamabad in …
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