Day: July 29, 2019

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Imran Khan terms forced conversions as ‘un-Islamic’; vows to protect worship places of minorities

9:33 pm July 29, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday termed the practice of forced conversions as “un-Islamic” and said there was no precedent in Islamic history for forcefully converting others, according to media reports. Addressing an event in connection with National Minorities Day at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (President’s House) in Islamabad, Khan also vowed to protect and […]

Pakistan opens historic Hindu temple in Punjab for worship after 72 years

9:30 pm July 29, 2019

Lahore: Pakistan has opened a 1,000-year-old Hindu temple in eastern city Sialkot for “worship” for the first time since partition on the demand of the local Hindu community, officials said on Monday. The Shawala Teja Singh temple, located in city’s congested Dhaarowal locality, some 100-km from Lahore, is more than 1,000 years old, according to […]

Trump calls rights activist Sharpton a “con man”

9:28 pm July 29, 2019

Washington: Donald Trump called civil rights activist Al Sharpton a “con man” who is “always looking for a score” Monday, fresh off a weekend in which the US president dominated headlines with attacks against a prominent black lawmaker. On Saturday and Sunday, Trump took aim at Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, a high-profile critic of his […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

Myanmar delegation visits Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, expresses readiness to take them back

9:22 pm July 29, 2019

Dhaka: Myanmar on Monday expressed its readiness to take back Rohingya Muslims even as Bangladesh said the neighbouring country must earn the persecuted minority group’s trust for launching the repatriation process, amid fears of their fate once they returned to their homeland. The development came as a high-level Myanmar delegation visited the Rohingya camps in […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Rajya Sabha passes IBC amendment, restoring primacy of lenders in insolvency cases

9:12 pm July 29, 2019

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved amending the three-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), providing clarity about preference to secured lenders over operational creditors and giving lenders explicit authority over distribution of proceeds of auction of loan defaulting companies. Replying to a debate on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2019, Finance […]