Pakistani daily lauds India for no polio cases in 2011
January 14th, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) India must receive "due appreciation" as it has been a year since its last case of polio was reported, said a leading Pakistani daily.An editorial in ... Read more...
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Adopt Andhra model of reservations: Muslim leaders
December 19th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) A national conference of Muslim scholars and Islamic organisations here Monday demanded reservations for the community on the lines of Andhra Pradesh, which earmarks nearly 5 ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban hold peace talks
November 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban, responsible for a string of terror attacks across the country, have said they have held initial peace talks with the government, but ... Read more...
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Clerics in UAE call for austere life
August 4th, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 3 (IANS/WAM) Religious scholars in UAE have called on worshippers to abstain from extravagance and be contented with what they have.During their sermons in mosques, the clerics ... Read more...
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Shun violence or quit: Waziristan clerics to foreign terrorists
June 21st, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) Condemning "various forms" of terrorism in North Waziristan, an assembly of clerics in the volatile area blamed foreign fighters for the problem and said they ... Read more...
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Muslim cleric shot dead in Russia
June 14th, 2011 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Muslim cleric of a village mosque in Russia was found shot dead Tuesday morning, officials said.Kurbanov, the imam of the mosque in Dagestan region ... Read more...
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Abbey’s web sensational cartwheeling verger rebuked by clerics
May 1st, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 1 (ANI): The Westminster Abbey senior staff has warned the verger who became an internet sensation after cart wheeling down the red carpet following the royal wedding not to speak ... Read more...
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Vastanvi praises Assam opposition leader Ajmal
April 29th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 29 (IANS) Skipping the convention of not commenting on politics or endorsing politicians, the prestigious Darul-Uloom Islamic seminary's vice chancellor Friday praised Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare to address people’s rally in Lucknow
April 28th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare is expected to address a people's rally here May 1, organisers said Thursday, asserting that the programme will go ahead even in ... Read more...
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Varanasi is Anna’s launch pad for spreading movement
April 25th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 25 (IANS) The pilgrim city of Varanasi will be the launch pad for a nationwide expansion of social activist Anna Hazare's battle against corruption. He arrives Friday for ... Read more...
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Uphold Islamic tradition of peace in Kashmir: clerics
April 24th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) An international conference of Islamic scholars here Sunday laid emphasis on the need for unity, cohesion and preservation of the Sufi traditions among the local Muslims ... Read more...
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Pak must revisit policy on war against terror in light of US censure: Qureshi
April 23rd, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by ANI
Karachi, April 23(ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Islamabad must review its counter-terrorism strategy, following a discouraging statement given in this regard by the US Joint Chiefs ... Read more...
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Clerics from around 18 nations declare suicide attacks as ‘haram’
March 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 10(ANI): Two hundred and fifty clerics from around 18 countries have declared suicide attacks as 'haram'.They issued the declaration on the occasion of the three-day-long Seerat-ul-Nabi conference, which was also ... Read more...
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Iran arrests opposition leaders Mousavi and Karoubi before planned protest
March 1st, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iran on Monday arrested opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi as well as their wives, according to an opposition news website. It comes just a day before ... Read more...
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Vastanvi to stay till Deoband panel submits report
February 23rd, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 23 (IANS) The controversial Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi will continue as vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband till a three-member subcommittee of clerics constituted Wednesday takes a final ... Read more...
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Dancing girls back in Pakistan’s Swat Valley
February 17th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) With the departure of the Taliban from Pakistan's Swat Valley, the music has returned and fair-skinned dancing girls are back in business.A locality in the eastern part ... Read more...
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Taseer’s assassin should be punished only for violating law, not murder: Qari Hanif
February 15th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Feb 15(ANI): Slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassin Malik Mumtaz Qadri should be punished by the court only for violating the law, not on murder charges, Qari Hanif Qureshi has said.Qari ... Read more...
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Pak court directs jail authorities to give Taseer’s assassin all amenities as per Prisons Act
February 11th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb 11 (ANI): A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has reportedly asked the Adiala Jail superintendent to provide Malik Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, with all facilities ... Read more...
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Pak court defers Salman Taseer assassin’s indictment till February 4
February 2nd, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Feb 2(ANI): An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan has postponed the indictment of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the self-confessed assassin of late Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, till February 4.According to ... Read more...
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Miss Pakistan World backs Veena Malik in row with clerics
January 24th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 24 (IANS) Miss Pakistan World Annie Rupani Sunday came out in support of Pakistani actress Veena Malik who is under fire from the Muslim clergy in her country ... Read more...
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Sherry Rehman vows to stay put despite death threats over blasphemy law reform stand
January 23rd, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 23(ANI): Liberal Pakistan parliamentarian Sherry Rehman, who proposed a bill to reform the nation's draconian blasphemy laws, has said she will not flee the country despite death threats flooding her ... Read more...
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Islamic fundamentalists expanding their grip on Pakistani society: Report
January 21st, 2011 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Rawalpindi, Jan 21(ANI): The assassination of liberal Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer for his vocal opposition to the country's blasphemy law and the warm reception for his killer has exposed the rising influence ... Read more...
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Musharraf calls Nawaz Sharif “closet Taliban”
January 7th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has called former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a "closet Taliban"."I call Nawaz Sharif a closet Taliban. He's a man who is -- ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan needs courage from all its leaders following Taseer’s killing’
January 6th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 6(ANI): Pakistan needs courage from all of its leaders at a time when bigots are condoning Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's assassination in the name of religion, The Heritage Foundation has ... Read more...
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Salman Taseer’s assassinator finds “fans” on Facebook
January 6th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 6(ANI): Hundreds of Facebook users have welcomed liberal Pakistani politician Salman Taseer's killing as a strike against reformers of the country's tight blasphemy laws.The Punjab governor was shot on ... Read more...
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Iran altering education system to get rid of Western influence
January 2nd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Jan 2 (ANI): Iran is making changes by putting in Islamic values in its education system to reportedly get rid of Western influence.The Washington Post quoted Education Ministry officials as saying ... Read more...
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Pak clerics launch campaign to protect blasphemy laws
December 16th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 16(ANI): Political and religious parties in Pakistan have launched a campaign to protect the country's blasphemy laws.The decision was announced by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at a press ... Read more...
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Royal couple to get pre-marital counselling
December 9th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9 (ANI): Before walking up the aisle, Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton will meet some of the country's most senior clerics to receive counselling on how ... Read more...
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99 clerics banned from entering Sindh during Muharram
December 6th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Dec 6(ANI): Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza has directed the provincial police to implement the ban imposed on the entry of 99 clerics, belonging to different schools of thought, into ... Read more...
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Pak must knock sense into people who ‘mollycoddle the intolerant’: Daily Times
November 29th, 2010 - 7:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 29(ANI): The sentencing of a Christian woman to death for blasphemy in Pakistan is not just gaining momentum, it is leaving a torrent of controversy in its wake, where ... Read more...
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18 people injured in shootout inside mosque in southwestern Pak
November 17th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Quetta, Nov 17 (ANI): Eighteen people were wounded in a shootout inside a mosque in southwestern Pakistan's Khuzdar district, according to police.The clash took place following a dispute over which of the ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi director highlights exploitation of humankind in ‘Ganga Jatra’
November 17th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Bangladeshi filmmaker Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond's "Ganga Jatra", which was screened at the 16th Kolkata Film Festival, shows that mankind is the ultimate victim when religion is vocal. The ... Read more...
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Pakistani Christian woman to appeal against death sentence for ‘blasphemy’
November 13th, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov 13 (ANI): Relatives of a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy have said that they will appeal against her conviction.Asia Bibi is believed to be the first woman ... Read more...
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Pak clerics’ refusal to issue ‘fatwas’ against terror raise sinister conspiracy theories
October 27th, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 27 (ANI): With fatwas (legal pronouncements in Islam) playing an important role in Muslim countries, it is questionable why most prominent clerics and muftis in Pakistan refuse to issue them ... Read more...
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‘Sufi shrines targeted to trigger sectarian conflicts in Pakistan’ (Lead)
October 26th, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) Pakistan's Urdu media Monday slammed the attack on the shrine of revered Sufi saint Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakkar, terming it the "latest episode in terrorists' nefarious plan ... Read more...
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