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Chaos, absence of leadership best environment to spread ideology: Bin Laden on Arab Spring

November 3, 2017 News Desk

Osama Bin Laden | Bin Laden on Arab Spring

A journal made public by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and apparently handwritten by one of Osama bin Laden’s daughters offers a glimpse into how the Al Qaeda leader viewed the world around him and reveals his deep interest in the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions unfolding in the months before he was killed in a United States raid. He talks about Libya becoming a pathway for militants to Europe; of his visit as a youth to William Shakespeare’s home in Britain; of how quickly turmoil had gripped the Middle East. The 228-page journal meanders…

2,600 Sikh pilgrims from India arrive in Pakistan to celebrate Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 News Desk

Over 2,600 Sikh pilgrims arrived at Wagah Railway Station on Thursday from India to participate in the religious and cultural rituals to mark the 549th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jee. Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Chairman Siddiqul Farooq welcomed the Sikh pilgrims at Wagah. He was accompanied by Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Pardhan Sardar Tara Singh, Sardar Bishon Singh, Additional Secretary Shrines Tariq Khan Wazir and other ETPB officials. Farooq said that arrangements for the celebrations have been finalised by the board and assured that ETPB…

Pakistan’s Minister of State for Religious Affairs meets President of Turkish Diyanet

November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 News Desk

Minister of State for Religious Affairs & Inter-Faith Harmony of Pakistan, Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah, met with the President of Religious Affairs of Turkey (Diyanet), Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş. Minister Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Shah congratulated Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş on his appointment as the President of Turkish Diyanet. While referring to the deep-rooted and brotherly Pakistan-Turkey ties, he said these relations are anchored firmly in common faith and shared history. He hoped that both countries would work together for the common causes of the Muslim Ummah. The…

A successful interesting Story: How a Sri Lankan refugee becomes billionaire in Norway?

October 29, 2017October 29, 2017 News Desk

How Rasiah Ranjith Leon becomes billionare

Oslo (Bureau Report) Rasiah Ranjith Leon (49) came to Norway as a refugee in 1998 but now he sold his company and gains billions. Norwegian Newspaper Finansavisen reported that as an entrepreneur, he started the mobile company Lebara with two others because he was understood that it is expensive to make a phone call from Europe including Norway to overseas. He achieved his goal and It has proved to be a bit of a success story. In September, Leon sold out his company, which was priced at one billion dollars – equivalent…

Kashmir Council EU holds a protest against Indian Occupation of Kashmir in Brussels

October 28, 2017 News Desk

Kashmir Black day 27 October 2017 |Kashmir Council EU Protest in Front of Indian Embassy Bruseels Belgium on 27 October 2017

A protest demonstration was held on Friday by Kashmir Council EU on the occasion of Indian Occupation of Kashmir (27th Oct) in front of Indian Embassy in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and world over are observing Black Day on 27th October to mark the illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir by India. The peaceful demonstrators led by Kashmir Council Chairman Ali Raza Syed demanded New Delhi to free Kashmir and give right of self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The…

Pakistan Parliamentary delegation calls on Turkish Ministers for Customs & Trade and Interior

October 27, 2017 News Desk

ANKARA, 27 October 2017: The visiting 17-member parliamentary delegation of Pakistan led by Mr. Muhammad Pervaiz Malik, Federal Minister for Commerce & Textile Industry and Chairman of Pakistan-Turkey Friendship Group in National Assembly, separately called on the Turkish Minister for Customs & Trade and Minister for Interior here today. Both the Turkish Ministers appreciated the strong support and solidarity extended by the people, Parliament and leadership of Pakistan against the heinous coup attempt of 15 July 2016 in Turkey. During meeting with Turkish Minister of Customs & Trade Mr. Bulent…

KEA urge United Nations to adopt measures to prevent another Pak-India War

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 News Desk

President Kashmir European Alliance Sardar Pervez Mehmood Oslo Norway

Oslo: Kashmir European Alliance calls for immediate measures to prevent another Pakistan-India war. UN Security Council and General Assembly need to adopt measures to prevent another Pak-India war, President of Kashmir European Alliance Sardar Pervez Mehmood has said on the occasion of Kashmir black day. UN should expand UNMOGIP and its deployment on both sides for comprehensive monitoring of the ceasefire; Initiate the withdrawal of heavy artillery from LoC positions and set in motion the exchange of solemn mutual assurances by both countries not to resort to force and not…

Above $ 25 million collections in Norway for Children’s Education in Pakistan and four other countries

October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 News Desk

25 million fund raising by NRK Tv for Pakistan and four other countries

Report by Syed Sibtain Shah More than 220 million Norwegian Kroner equal to US$ 25 million were collected in a fund raising move in Norway for Children’s Education in war affected areas of Pakistan and four other countries. The one-day fundraising campaign was conducted by Norway’s state run TV (NRK) and beside other people Norwegian Pakistanis specially their children also participated in the drive on Sunday. According to the media reports, the amount will be utilized through UNICEF in areas affected by war and conflict in Pakistan, Colombia, Mali, Syria…

Returning Rohingya will not be able to reclaim land, suggest officials

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 News Desk

SITTWE (Myanmar): Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find that their crops have been harvested and sold by the government, according to officials and government plans. Nearly 600,000 Muslims have crossed the border since Aug 25, when alleged Rohingya militant attacks on security posts sparked a ferocious counteroffensive by the Myanmar army. The United Nations says killings, arson and rape carried out by troops and ethnic Rakhine Buddhist mobs since late August amount to a…

Induction of New FM: Three ladies on most powerful positions of Norway

October 22, 2017 News Desk

Norwegian PM Erna Solberg | Finance Minister Siv Jensen | First Women Foreign Minister Marie Eriksen Søreide

Bureau Report With the induction of new female foreign minister for the first time in the history of Norway, total strength of the central cabinet became 19 people including the Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Nine persons of 19-member cabinet are females and rest of them are men. The lady who took the Norwegian Foreign Ministry this week for first Time in the country’s History, is Ine Eriksen Søreide (41) affiliated with right wing conservative party. Since its independence in 1905, Norway had more than 30 foreign ministers and all of…

15 Afghan army cadets killed in Kabul suicide attack

October 21, 2017October 21, 2017 News Desk

A suicide bomber killed 15 Afghan army trainees as they were leaving their base in Kabul on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest deadly attack in the capital. “This afternoon when a minibus carrying army cadets was coming out of the military academy, a suicide bomber on foot targeted them, martyring 15 and wounding four,” defence ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri told AFP. Kabul Crime Branch chief General Mohammad Salim Almas said police have launched an investigation into the attack which happened in the west of the city. “The…

Human Rights Movement UK asks Norwegians to help Rohingyas in Burma

October 20, 2017October 21, 2017 News Desk

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…

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

October 20, 2017 News Desk

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…

Putin says Russia favours a global nuclear ban

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

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…

May pleads EU for Brexit deal she can defend at home

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 News Desk

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…