Jeddah: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the results of the plebiscite in the southern Philippines, which provide expanded autonomy to the country’s Muslims in the framework of ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). The BOL is the result of decades-long peace negotiations concluding with the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro […]
New York: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee said Myanmar’s government is not working to created conditions for the potential return of more than 750,00 Rohingya refugees to their homes but is instead engaging in a “sustained campaign of violence, intimidation and harassment.” Speaking on Friday at […]
Manila: Voters have decisively approved a new Muslim-led region in the Philippines’ south, which is hoped will bring a measure of peace after decades of fighting killed thousands and mired the area in poverty. The results, announced on Friday, will begin the process of the Catholic-majority nation’s largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has said that long-lasting peace between Pakistan and India was possible through people-to-people contact. “We have taken the Kartarpur initiative believing that no progress can be achieved regarding peace between the two countries without people-to-people contact. In fact, long-lasting peace is only possible through this, but unfortunately […]
Ankara: Turkey’s Parliament on Tuesday ratified a motion to extend the deployment of Turkish troops in Afghanistan for another two years as part of the NATO’s support mission in the war-torn country. The legislation, to be put into effect on 6 January 2019, will allow the Turkish government to send troops to Afghanistan to support […]
Jakarta: The death toll from the tsunami that hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra on Saturday night has reached 429 with almost 1,500 injured and 154 missing. Indonesian rescuers are using heavy machinery, drones, special cameras and sniffer dogs to search for survivors and dig bodies out of mud and wreckage along a […]
Islamabad: An accountability court on Monday handed ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seven years in jail, a report in Dawn newspaper website said here. The report further said that Mr Sharif has also been fined $2.5 million in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. However, the former Prime Minister was acquitted him in the […]
Kartarpur (Pakistan): Pitching strongly for improved India-Pakistan relations and for peaceful co-existence in the spirit of Guru Nanak Devji’s teachings, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said ‘Kashmir’ remains only a major issue of difference between the two countries. “Hamara masla ek hae Kashmir ka …. (The only issue between us is Kashmir),” Imran […]
Jeddah: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen reiterated OIC’s full support to the people of Kashmir in their legitimate struggle for the fundamental right to self-determination. Al-Othaimeen said this while presiding over the Seminar and Photo Exhibition on Kashmir, jointly organized by the Pakistan Jeddah Consulate and […]
Tokyo: The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, today, addressed the ‘Make in India: India-Japan partnership in Africa and digital partnership’ seminar, in Tokyo. The Prime Minister explained how the Union Government is focused on improving ease of doing business, and ease of living for the citizens. He expressed happiness at the large presence of […]
