17 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC NEW DELHI/ MELBOURNE: Indian police have denied shooting people during protests in Delhi – as anger at a citizenship law spreads across the country. At least three people said they were shot, but police said their wounds were caused by broken tear-gas …
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17 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ DUBAI/ MELBOURNE: A special court in Pakistan has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution. “Pervez Musharraf has been found guilty of Article 6 for violation of the constitution of Pakistan,” government law officer …
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‘JI’S PROTESTS EXPECTED IN INDO-PAK’ 15 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DHAKA/KARACHI: Protests and rallies are expected against the detention of Daily Sangram’s Editor Abul Asad in India and Pakistan while the political conflicts have already been started across Bangladesh between Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) activists, sources …
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14 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies NEW DELHI: Demonstrators in eastern India on Saturday set fire to more than a dozen buses and vandalised at least six railway stations, as violent protests against a new citizenship law continued for a fourth straight day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says the …
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13 December, 2019 WASHINGTON: The US House Judiciary Committee has approved two impeachment charges against President Donald Trump, moving the process towards a full House vote. The committee vote split along party lines. The articles are expected to be voted on by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives next week. Democratic …
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13 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri WASHINGTON/ GENEVA/ KARACHI: Ismailis around the world celebrating Mawlana Hazar Imam’s 83rd birthday — an occasion to reflect on the unique spiritual bond that links each murid to the Imam-of-the-Time. Throughout history, Ismaili Muslims have been led by a living, hereditary Imam-of-the-Time descended from the progeny of Prophet …
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11 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: According to the experts, human rights activists, historians, victims, present and former high-ups, bureaucrats, government and private institutions, security forces’ officials and sources claimed that it’s too late, but at last, once again, masses, states even United Nations Organizations (UNO) particularly United …
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11 December, 2019 TRENTON: Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a gun battle on Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City, New Jersey, with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said. The dead included two suspects, Jersey City Police Chief Michael …
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10 December, 2019 KING GEORGE ISLAND: A military plane with 38 people on board has disappeared en route to Antarctica, Chile’s air force says. The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft took off from Punta Arenas at 16:55 local time (19:55 GMT), and operators lost contact at 18:13 (21:13). Those missing include …
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09 December, 2019 HELSINKI: Finland’s left-wing Social Democrats, who lead a five-party coalition government, have picked 34-year-old Minister of Transport and Communications Sanna Marin to become the country’s youngest-ever prime minister next week, taking over after the resignation of Antti Rinne. Rinne resigned earlier this week after coalition member the Centre …
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