Dual national Pakistanis cannot hold party positions: Election Commission of Pakistan

Islamabad, Feb 26; The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced that dual national Pakistanis will not able to hold positions in Political Parties of Pakistan. According to the announcement of Election... Read more »

Video Coverage of 1st meeting of IFDNP

Video Coverage of first meeting of International Forum of Dual National Pakistanis (IFDNP) in Sydney on 24th Feb, 2013 Read more »

The message is loud & clear; Dual National Pakistanis should be treated Constitutionally Equal; IFDNP

Sydney (Tribune Report); Prominent Members of the community and representatives of community organisations, media and branches of political parties of Pakistan participated in the first meeting of the ‘International Forum of Dual... Read more »

Dual National Pakistanis hold forum in Australia

Sydney (Sunday, 24th Feb, 2013): Recently formed ‘International Forum of Dual National Pakistanis (IFDNP)’ is holding its first meeting in Sydney today. The prominent members of the Pakistani Community in Sydney, representatives... Read more »

Mushawarat condemns Shinde’s terrorism statement backtrack

New Delhi, 21 February 2013: Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan, President of All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, severely condemned the statement issued by the Union Home... Read more »

Resist pressure to push for death sentences at war crimes tribunal

Annual Report 2012; The state of the world’s human rights; The Bangladesh government must not let a proposed new legal amendment lead to a push for death sentences for those convicted in its... Read more »

Protest in the city for the killing of Hazaras /Shias in Pakistan

Sydney (Press Release): A Protest meeting has been organised to show solidarity with the Hazara and Shia Community in Pakistan especially to the martyrs and their families who were killed in the... Read more »

Pakistan, Afghanistan to work out joint security plan

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed to work out a ‘joint security plan’ to ensure peace on the border following the withdrawal of US-led foreign troops from the war-torn country in 2014.... Read more »

Thailand launches TV channel for Muslims

Bangkok (IINA Report) Thailand’s government has launched the first Malay-language television channel geared toward the insurgency-plagued south’s Muslim-majority audience. Muslims in Thailand’s southernmost Muslim-dominated provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat say they... Read more »

Ten Afghan police officers killed in suicide bombing

Ten police officers, including the local counter-terrorism chief, were killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan on Saturday. Shortly after 5 p.m. (1230 GMT) a man driving a motorbike detonated a... Read more »

India-Pakistan water talks likely in March

As tension over ceasefire violations shows signs of dissipating, India has proposed that the next round of talks between water resources secretaries is held in March. The government earlier wanted the talks... Read more »

Minister Peiris calls on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Colombo; Minister of External Affairs Prof. GL Peiris who is currently in New Delhi in connection with the 8th Session of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Commission called on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan... Read more »

Pakistan seeks US explanation on drone manual

Pakistan has asked the United States to halt its highly controversial drone campaign. The issue was raised by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in a meeting with Richard Olson, the US ambassador... Read more »

Tahirul Qadri ends protest after deal with government

Islamabad, Jan 18, 2013: Tehrik-e-Minhajul Qauran chief Allama Tahir ul Qadri announced to lift the four-day siege of capital after he reached an agreement with the government. After successful negotiations with the... Read more »

Thousands join Pakistan’s ‘Long March’

Thousands of protesters, led by a Canada-based Pakistani cleric, have begun to march toward the capital Islamabad from the city of Lahore to demand key reforms ahead of elections. Hundreds of cars,... Read more »

Protests against Quetta carnage continue across the country

KARACHI: A strike was observed on Sunday in most parts of the country including Karachi, Multan, Hyderabad, Lahore, Islamabad and Quetta against Thursday’s blasts in Balochistan’s provincial capital. Pakistani Prime Minister Raja... Read more »

Pakistanis watch over 96 bomb dead for second night

Talks between Pakistani officials and Shi’ite leaders on Saturday failed to quell a protest that brought thousands onto cold, wet streets for a second night to watch over the bodies of 96... Read more »

Double suicide attack kills four in Afghan south

Two Taliban suicide bombers targeted a community meeting at a major border town in southern Afghanistan, killing at least four people and wounding 15 others, local officials said on Sunday. The meeting... Read more »

British court detains Nepali colonel accused of torture

A Nepali army colonel was remanded in custody by a British court on Saturday after being charged with torturing two individuals at a military barracks during the Himalayan nation’s decade-long civil war.... Read more »

U.S. drone attack kills 10 in Pakistan – intelligence sources

A U.S. drone strike killed at least 10 people suspected to be Taliban fighters in Pakistan’s northern tribal areas on Sunday, intelligence sources said, days after another drone strike killed a top... Read more »

Malala Yousafzai discharged from UK hospital

The British hospital treating Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, said Friday that she has been temporarily discharged ahead of surgery. Queen Elizabeth Hospital... Read more »

Gunmen kidnap seven Pakistani soldiers

Gunmen kidnapped seven soldiers from a bus in Pakistan on Wednesday, military officials said, just days after Taliban forces executed 21 pro-government paramilitaries they had seized. The gunmen took the seven soldiers... Read more »

BD moves to boost exports to Iran

Amid continuous down trend of the export volume Bangladesh has moved forward to increase shipment to the sanctions-torn Iran, officials said Sunday. Bangladesh mainly exports raw jute and jute goods to the Muslim nation... Read more »

Pakistan, India exchange prisoner lists

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over a list of Indian prisoners currently held in Pakistani prisons to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Tuesday in accordance with the Agreement on... Read more »