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Young businessman killed in Russia laid to rest in Kashmir A...
( Kashmir )
Srinagar: A young Kashmiri businessman, Yasir Shiraz, 27, who was hacked to death by unidentified robbers and decamped with cash and his other belongings at Kazan province of Russia, was Saturday laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard at Hassanabad in Kashmir. According to his friend, the body of Yasir who succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday arrived at Srinagar International Airport on the week hours of Saturday morning was buried at his ancestral graveyard at Hassanabad in Rainawari. Amid, tears...
United Nation calls on Bahrain’s government to carry o...
( Bahrain )
Manama:The United Nations high commissioner for human rights has censured the government in Bahrain for its harsh crackdown on dissent, calling on Manama to carry out fundamental reforms.
Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein on Thursday expressed concern about frequent cases of arrest...
Mideast wars totally political: Imam Khamenei...
( Iran )
Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the ongoing wars in the Middle East are “totally rooted in political motivations.” The Leader on Thursday called on clerics to thwart “the American and Zionist plot to create divisions” and avoid touching on divisive issues among Shia and Sunni Muslims. “The enemies of Islam are trying to turn these differences into a religious strife so that they don’t end easily. We must not contribute...
Syed Ali Geelani suffers heart attack in New Delhi,Shifted t...
( Kashmir )
Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has suffered a heart attack in Delhi Thursday and was rushed to Max Hospital for immediate treatment. He is in ICU right now. Family sources from Delhi said the ailing leader was driven to Escorts Hospital in the morning for routine health check up. He returned within two hours and was at his Malviya Nagar residence. It was there that he suffered a heart attack. His daughter who was attending to him drove him to Max...
5,000 Daesh terrorists are in Libya:Foreign Minsiter Italy...
( Italy )
Rome:Some 5,000 militants with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group are in Libya, Italy’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. “According to our analyses, there are today around 5,000 Daesh fighters in Libya,” Paolo Gentiloni said, warning that those militants have the capacity to carry out “dangerous incursions” into neighboring countries. Italy is alarmed by a potential spillover of violence from Libya into its shores as Libya has been in chaos since former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, was...
Palestine and Kashmir disputes being ignored:Pakistan Presid...
( Pakistan )
JAKARTA:Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has called for resolution of longstanding Palestine dispute in accordance with the aspirations of Palestinian people for durable and sustainable peace and stability in the Middle East, the Radio Pakistan reported. Addressing the two-day extraordinary meeting of the heads of OIC states in Jakarta today (Monday), he said the independence and sovereignty of Palestine should be the first and foremost priority of Muslim Ummah. He said the people of Pakistan consider...
Jhelum dredging, beautification my focus:Governor N N Vohra...
( Kashmir )
Srinagar:Governor N.N. Vohra on Sunday directed Irrigation & Flood Control Department and Divisional Administration, Kashmir to take up cleanliness drive of river Jhelum, while the dredging process was on. Touring ‘Flood Spill Channel’ at Padshahi, Shivpora in summer capital Srinagar, the governor directed officials to ensure that the ongoing dredging works on the river Jhelum are carried out speedily and completed well in time. The governor was informed that the mechanical degrading at the...
From Dogra rule to current Government,Shia community neglect...
( Jammu )
Jammu:Shia Federation Jammu held a massive demonstration outside the Press club Jammu to fulfill their legal demands. Protestors were holding placards and banners on which demands were written.While speaking President Shia Federation Jammu Mr. Ashiq Hussain khan said that the premises where the Peer – Mitha Police Station, adjoining the karbala complex has been constructed originally belongs to the our community and formed part of the complex.It was illegally encroached upon, first Police...
60 killed in multiple blasts attacks in Iraq...
( Iraq )
Baghdad:At least 60 people dead and 65 others injured in a series of terror attacks across Iraq as violence continues unabated in the Arab country. A huge car bomb blast that targeted a police checkpoint in Iraq’s central province of Babil on Sunday left at least 60 people dead while over 65 others suffered injuries. A separate bombing hit a military base in an area in the town of Abu Ghraib, some 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, killing two Iraqi soldiers and injuring five. An...
Nigeria demands immediate release of Sheikh Zakzaky & O...
( Africa )
Zaria:Nigerians have staged fresh protest rallies across the country to call for the immediate release of jailed Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. On Thursday, demonstrators took to the streets in several cities, including Zaria, Kano, Kaduna, Yola, in large numbers to protest against the recent killings of Shia Muslims by the Nigerian army and the continued detention of IMN leader and members. The protesters denounced the imprisonment...