01-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ GUWAHATI: A private madrassa in India’s Assam was razed over alleged links with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Bangladesh-based outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), reported Hindustan Times. The outlet reported that this was the third private institute to be demolished for alleged connection …
Read More »Oil prices inch higher as US fuel inventories fall
01-09-2022 VIENNA: Oil prices recovered slightly on Wednesday as data pointed to firm fuel demand in the United States, providing respite after a 5% drop a day earlier on fear of demand suffering from increased China COVID-19 curbs and central bank interest rate hikes. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude …
Read More »2 Pakistanis among 8 held in Saudi Arabia’s ‘biggest’ drug bust
01-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies RIYADH/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi officers thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, state media reported Wednesday, describing it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Two Pakistanis and six Syrians were arrested in a raid after the pills, …
Read More »China may have committed crimes against Muslims: UN
01-09-2022 UNITED NATIONS/ BEIJING: China’s “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who has faced criticism from some …
Read More »Sri Lanka gains IMF’s provisional agreement for $2.9 bln loan
01-09-2022 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the global lender said on Thursday, as the country seeks a way out its worst economic crisis in decades. The agreement, which Reuters first reported on Wednesday, is …
Read More »AMEER AGA (ATA) PRESIDENT ANJUMNA-E- ALI AKBARA.S MET NAJAF ALI SHOUKAT PRESIDENT MARKAZI ANJUMMAN MATAMI GUROHAAN AND EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT TO HIM:
Hyderabad Aug 31 (Newslines): Mr Ameer Aga (Ata) president of Anjuman-e-Ali Akbara.s famous Shayer-e-Ahlebaita.s (religious poet) and Senior member of Markazi Anjuman Matami Gurohaan Hyderabad T. S registered No 2529 of 1996 met with Syed Najaf Ali Shoukat president of Markazi Anjuman Matami Gurohaan Hyderabad T. S, and discussed about …
Read More »Gautam Adani of India becomes world’s third richest person
31-08-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Surpassing Louis Vuitton’s Bernard Arnault, India’s Gautam Adani is now the third-richest man in the world, becoming the first Asian to reach the top three, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Just behind Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, Adani’s net worth is now $137 billion. Arnault …
Read More »Canada spy smuggled UK’s Shamima Begum into Syria
31-08-2022 OTTAWA/ DAMASCUS: Mohammed al-Rashed, a spy working for Canadian intelligence, smuggled British schoolgirl Shamima Begum and her two friends into Syria in 2015, according to a new book and British media reports that prompted demands for an official inquiry. The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj, …
Read More »Taliban celebrate anniversary of foreign troop withdrawal
31-08-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban declared Wednesday a national holiday and decorated the capital with colored lights to celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan. The country´s new rulers not formally recognized by any other nation have re-imposed their …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth to break tradition on appointment of new British PM
31-08-2022 LONDON: Queen Elizabeth will break with tradition to appoint Britain’s new prime minister at her Balmoral Castle residence in Scotland rather than at Buckingham Palace in London, due to the 96-year-old monarch’s mobility issues. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said on Wednesday that the queen would meet outgoing Prime Minister …
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