Day: October 20, 2017

Human Rights Movement UK asks Norwegians to help Rohingyas in Burma

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Rana Basharat Ali Khan in Norway

Oslo (Bureau Report) Human Rights Movement UK President Rana Basharat Ali Khan has urged the Norwegians to help Rohingyas in Burma. Addressing a Friday’s gathering at Islamic Cultural Centre Oslo, he asked the Norwegians to donate for the oppressed and persecuted Ronhgias in Burma. He specifically insisted the Muslims in Norway to raise their voices in support of the oppressed Burmese Muslims and donate what they can for them. Rana Basharat Ali said, Rohingyas are being victimized and killed because they are Muslims. Don’t forget them because they are connected…

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اوسلو: پاکستان میں سرمایہ کاری کے وسیع مواقع موجود ہیں، سفیر پاکستان رفعت مسعود

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Pakistan Embassy Oslo Norway | Rana Basharat Ali Khan in Norway | Pakistan Ambassador Riffat Masood

رپورٹ: سید سبطین شاہ ناروے میں پاکستان کی سفیر محترمہ رفعت مسعود نے کہا ہے کہ پاکستان میں مختلف شعبوں میں سرمایہ کاری کے وسیع مواقع موجود ہیں۔ بیرونی سرمایہ کاروں کو ان مواقع سے زیادہ سے زیادہ فائدہ اٹھانا چاہیے۔ یہ بات انھوں نے یہاں اوسلو میں ایک وفد پاکستانی سے ملاقات میں کہی۔ وفد میں رکن پنجاب اسمبلی رانا محمود الحسن اور مسلم لیگ ن کے رہنما اور سماجی شخصیت رانا بشارت علی خان شامل تھے۔ سفیرپاکستان نے مہمان وفد کے اعزاز میں سفارتخانے میں ایک تقریب منعقد…

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آپ نے شال اوڑھ رکھی ہو، دوپٹے میں لپٹی ہوں یا برقع پہن رکھا ہو، ثمینہ کے خیال میں خواتین کو ہر حال میں ہراساں کیا جاتا ہے

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Pakistani Women Harassment Issues

ثمینہ پیارا راولپنڈی کی رہائشی ہیں اور ہر روز نوکری کے سلسلے میں اسلام آباد تک سفر کرتی ہیں۔ وہ کئی برس تک بسوں اور ویگنوں میں دھکے کھاتی رہی ہیں اور آخرکار دیگر ہزاروں خواتین کی طرح روز ہراساں کیے جانے سے تنگ آکر انھوں نے فیصلہ کیا کہ وہ موٹرسائیکل چلائیں گی۔ ثمینہ کہتی ہیں کہ ہراساں کیے جانے کا سفر، بس سٹاپ سے ہی شروع ہو جاتا ہے۔ ’جب آپ سٹاپ پر کھڑی ہوں تو کار یا بائیک والا آتا ہے، ہارن بجاتا ہے اور کہتا ہے…

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فردجرم عائد

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Fard e Jurm | Bill of indictment | Muhammad Tariq Norway

  (تحریر،محمد طارق ) سابق وزیراعظم نوازشریف ، غیر منتخب شیڈو وزیر مریم نوازشریف اور ایم این اے کیپٹن صفدر پر عدالت نے اپنے اثاثے غلط ظاہر کرنے پر فرد جرم عائد کر دی گئ ، قطعی نظر یہ فیصلہ غلط ہے صیح اس پر بحث کی جاسکتی ہے ، لیکن حکومتی پارٹی کے چند وزیروں کی طرف سے میڈیا میں یہ بیان دینا اس عدالتی فیصلے سے جمہوریت کو نقصان پہنچا ہے، جمہوریت خطرے میں ہے ، سمجھ سے بالاتر ہے ۔ اب حکومتی ممبران اور وزرا سے یہ…

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Norwegian Ombudswoman for serious action against anti-Muslim sentiments in the country

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Norwegian Ombudswoman Ms Hanne Bjurstrøm and Mr. Sigbjørn Aanes, State Secretary at the Norway's Prime Minister's Office

  Report by Syed Sibtain Shah The Norway’s Ombudswoman for Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination has asked the country’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg to take serious action in order to stop hatred against the Muslims in the country. Islam in Norway is second largest religion of this Nordic  country after Christianity. Total population of the Muslims in Norway as per registered members of the mosques and other Islamic centres is 121,095 people where with 40,000 people, Norwegian Pakistani community is largest Muslims group in the country. Muslims are 3.8% of the…

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Putin says Russia favours a global nuclear ban

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Vladimir Putin

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that a global ban on nuclear weapons can be achieved in the future. Putin said on Thursday at the Valdai forum for international policy experts in the Black Sea city of Sochi that total nuclear disarmament is a possibility that Russia would welcome. He said Russia would “want it and will be striving to achieve that.” Putin noted that new precision weapons now under development could be just as devastating as nuclear weapons. He said Russia is also working on such weapons. The…

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May pleads EU for Brexit deal she can defend at home

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British Prime Minister Theresa May pressed European Union leaders

British Prime Minister Theresa May pressed European Union leaders on Thursday for a Brexit deal she can “defend” at home as her counterparts said at a summit in Brussels that there were encouraging signs of progress in the talks. May appealed for “urgent” movement at a summit dinner, the night before her 27 counterparts were set to decide that there had not been enough progress on divorce issues to open trade discussions until at least December. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the EU’s most powerful figure, said however that there were…

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PPP seeks Senate discussion on Rs400bn ‘irregularities’ in CPEC projects

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Sherry Rehman

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday filed an adjournment motion in the Senate Secretariat seeking a discussion on irregularities worth Rs400 billion in projects initiated under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The motion states that the Auditor General of Pakistan has found “massive irregularities” in the Federal Government’s road projects. “What is most shocking is that these projects were initiated under CPEC,” the motion says. It further calls on the government to “initiate a full-fledged investigation to reveal a clearer picture of this serious issue.” The motion seeks that the…

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2 coal miners dead, 7 missing in Balochistan’s Harnai

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2 Coal Miners Died in Balochistan

Two coal miners lost their lives after a coal mine collapsed in Balochistan’s Harnai district on Thursday night. Seven others are still missing. The bodies of two coal miners were retrieved from the debris, while Levis sources told DawnNews that a search operation was still underway for the seven missing miners. Rescue workers and district administration officials are taking part in the operation. Poor working conditions inside coal mines in Balochistan claim the lives of miners on almost daily basis in Harnai, Sowrange, Dukki, Mach and other parts of the province, but often…

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Umar Khalid Khorasani, 9 associates confirmed killed by US drone strike

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Umar Khalid Khorasani Killed

The chief of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike, a spokesman for the group confirmed to AFP on Thursday. “Chief of our Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Umar Khalid Khorasani, who sustained serious injuries in a recent US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, succumbed to his injuries Wednesday evening,” JuA spokesman Asad Mansoor told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. “At least nine close associates of Khorasani were also killed in the strike,” he added. Mansoor said a high-level meeting of JuA’s consultative council will be convened soon…

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Nawaz Sharif indicted in Flagship Investments reference, pleads not guilty

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nawaz shareef

An accountability court on Friday indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a reference related to Flagship Investments and other offshore companies. The court charged Sharif in absentia for holding assets beyond his known sources of income, and read out a charge-sheet to his pleader, Zafir Khan. Khan pleaded not guilty on behalf of Sharif, who is currently in London tending to his ailing wife. According to the charge-sheet, Sharif told the joint investigation team that he was a shareholder in 15 companies, including Flagship Invest­ments, Hartstone Properties, Que Holdings,…

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