Renowned Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, aged 83, has been sentenced to six months in prison for alleged violations of labour laws in Bangladesh, according to prosecutors. Yunus, along with three Grameen Telecom employees, was convicted on Monday in a case his supporters argue is politically motivated. Known for his groundbreaking work with Grameen Bank, which […]
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TEHRAN (Pakistan Post) – Iran s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called Israel “not a country, but a terrorist base” during a speech on Al-Quds Day, an annual show of solidarity with the Palestinians. Thousands massed for rallies across several Muslim-majority countries including Iraq, Yemen and Pakistan for the day, seen in Israel […]
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DUBAI (Pakistan Post)- A Saudi foreign ministry official said on Friday that talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran aim to reduce regional tensions, but added it was too early to judge the outcome and Riyadh wanted to see “verifiable deeds”. The comments by Ambassador Rayed Krimly, head of policy planning at the ministry, were the […]
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NEW DELHI (Pakistan Post) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country’s health system shows no signs of abating. Many medical experts, opposition leaders and even Supreme Court […]
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TEHRAN (Pakistan Post) – Iran’s president said Wednesday the leak of an audio recording of his top diplomat was aimed at creating “discord” in the Islamic republic during talks aimed at reviving a nuclear deal. “It was published right when the Vienna (talks) were at the height of their success, so that it creates discord […]
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RIYADH (Pakistan Post) – Saudi Arabia s crown prince on Tuesday struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom s arch-nemesis Iran, saying he sought “good” relations, after sources said the rivals held secret talks in Baghdad. The two countries, locked in a fierce struggle for regional dominance, cut ties in 2016 after Iranian protesters attacked […]
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NEW DELHI (Pakistan Post) — Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove him to a government hospital in Lucknow, the capital of India’s largest state. But the hospital wouldn’t let him in without a registration slip from the district’s chief medical […]
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WASHINGTON DC (Pakistan Post) – International experts at a panel discussion have warned the impending danger of ‘genocide’ of 200 million Muslims in India. As per an article published by Muslim Mirror, The panel discussion on “Ten Stages of Genocide and India’s Muslims,” expressed an urgent need to not only’ indict and sanction’ the Indian government, […]
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New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze on Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the city soared to “severe” levels, hours after US President Donald Trump described the air in the vast nation as “filthy”. Smoke from agricultural burning, vehicle fumes and industrial emissions — combined with cooler temperatures and slow moving winds […]
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GENEVA: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced her dismay on Tuesday at the arrest of activists in India and restrictions to the work of non-governmental organisations. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights appealed to New Delhi to safeguard the rights of human rights defenders and NGOs. Bachelet regretted what she called the application […]
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