Pakistan

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

CAA not against any community: Darekar

9:41 pm February 4, 2020

Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Praveen Darekar, on Tuesday said the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not against any community. The BJP leader also said refugees migrated to India due to religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will benefit from this act. “This law is not going to take away […]

Seattle City Council passes resolution against CAA, NRC

2:00 pm February 4, 2020

Washington: The Seattle City Council, one of the most powerful city councils in the US, on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning India’s recently-enacted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). The new citizenship law passed by Parliament in December 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

India making ‘desperate attempts’ to divert attention from criticism of its policies: Pakistan

7:48 pm January 30, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday claimed that India is making “desperate attempts” to divert attention from the domestic and international criticism of the government’s policies. Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui also said that nobody should underestimate Pakistan’s resolve to effectively thwart any aspiration of aggression against the country. She urged the international community to take cognizance […]

Brought CAA to correct historical injustice: PM Modi

3:33 pm January 28, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government has brought the Citizenship Amendment Act to correct “historical injustice” and to fulfil the BJP’s “old promise” to religious minorities living in neighbouring countries. Speaking at the Annual Prime Minister’s National Cadet Corps (NCC) Rally 2020, Modi said the problem in Jammu and Kashmir […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Pak anti-terrorism court sentences 2 JuD members in terror financing case

8:24 pm January 27, 2020

Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Monday sentenced two members of the outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) to 15 days in jail in terror financing case. “The Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore convicted JuD members – Haji Iqbal and Muhammad Haris – in terror financing case registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA),” a court official told PTI. […]