پاکستان میں جذام کےخاتمے کےلیے شب و روز محنت کرنے والی ڈاکٹر روتھ فاؤ کی آخری رسومات سینٹ پیٹرک کیتھیڈرل میں ادا کی جا رہی ہے۔تینوں مسلح افواج کےدستے آخری رسومات میں شریک ہیں۔ آخری رسومات کے لئے وزیر اعلیٰ سندھ مراد علی شاہ، ایس آئی یو ٹی کے سربراہ ڈاکٹر ادیب رضوی، سعید غنی و دیگر بھی شریک ہیں۔ اس موقع پر سینٹ پیٹرک کیتھیڈرل میں موجود افراد نے کھڑے ہوکر ڈاکٹررتھ فاؤ کو خراج عقیدت پیش کیا۔ان کے تابوت کو پاکستانی پرچم میں لپیٹا گیا ہے۔ڈاکٹر فاؤ کی…
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Danish prosecutors have charged a 49-year-old imam for making public remarks against homosexuals, whom he compared to paedophiles. Prosecutor Jan Reckendorff says the unidentified imam violated Denmark’s penal code in interviews in June 2016 following the attack at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub, where 49 people were shot dead. Reckendorff said Friday the remarks “were so rough” that a court of law must now decide whether Danish law has been violated. No date for a trial was immediately set. The imam faces a fine or up to two years in jail…
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United States President Donald Trump on Friday finally parted ways with controversial far-right chief strategist Steve Bannon, after weeks of speculation and as the administration reels from the fallout over Trump’s response to a violent white supremacist rally. Seen as the driving force behind Trump’s nationalist-populist agenda — making him a hero of the so-called “alt-right” and a bete noire for centrists — Bannon’s presence at the White House has been contested from the start. He was the latest in a series of high-profile casualties in Trump’s inner circle, including…
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KARACHI: After 57 days under house arrest, Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was released and allowed to attend Friday prayers at Jama Masjid in Srinagar. The Mirwaiz had been under house arrest since June 23. On Friday afternoon, the chairman of the Awami Action Committee tweeted a photo from his official and verified account @MirwaizKashmir and said: “#Housearrest ends after 57 days, spoke at #JamaMasjid. GOI must realise aggression& repression can never resolve anything but only aggravate it.” An hour later, he tweeted again and said: “For the past 70years…
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KARACHI: A somewhat veiled criticism by senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz politician Pervaiz Rashid of former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan caused the latter to hit back, saying he did not know why “some people have put the burden of all their mistakes and blunders on the ministry of interior and the establishment”. In a TV interview, the first salvo was fired by Mr Rashid who sounded a little upset with the fellow Pindiite, Chaudhry Nisar, on what the interior ministry could and could not have done during Nawaz Sharif’s third…
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اوسلو:ناروے کے دارالحکومت اوسلوکے مضافات میں لورنسکگ کے خوبصورت علاقے میں ایک تقریب کے دوران پاکستان کی تاریخ اور پاکستان کے معروف سماجی کارکن مرحوم عبدالستار کی زندگی پر دستاویزی فلمیں دکھائی جائیں گی۔ تقریب کا اہتمام پاکستان یونین ناروے نے انیس اگست کویوم پاکستان کے حوالے سے کیاہے۔ پاکستان کی تاریخ کے بارے میں فلم پاکستان کے معروف کمپیئراور ثقافتی شخصیت عباس فلکی نے تیارکی ہے۔فلم میں بتایاگیاہے کہ کس طرح پاکستان قائم ہوا۔ قائداعظم محمد علی جنا ح کی قیادت میں تحریک پاکستان کس طرح کامیاب ہوئی اور…
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Report by Syed Sibtain Shah Renowned Pakistani social activist and philanthropist late Abdul Sattar Edhi’s widow Ms Bilquis Edhi and her son Faisal Edhi have arrived in Oslo, the capital of Norway. They were received by Chairman Pakistan Union Norway Ch Qamar Iqbal and the union’s delegation in Oslo, the capital. Senior journalists Atta Ansari and a number of Norwegian Pakistanis were also present. They will participate in a graceful ceremony arranged by the union in connection with 70th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence in Norway. The event will be held on Saturday, 19thAugust 2017.…
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اوسلو: ایدھی فاؤنڈیشن کے بانی مرحوم عبدالستار ایدھی کی زوجہ بیگم بلقیس ایدھی اور صاحبزادے فیصل ایدھی پاکستان یونین ناروے کی دعوت پر ناروے کے تین روزدورے پر جمعہ کے روز اوسلو پہنچ گئے۔ وہ انیس اگست کو پاکستان یونین ناروے کے زیراہتمام جشن آزادی پاکستان کے حوالے سے ایک تقریب میں شرکت کریں گے۔ اوسلوپہنچنے پر پاکستان یونین ناروے کے چیئرمین چوہدری قمراقبال اور ان کے ہمراہ وفد نے بیگم بلقیس ایدھی اور فیصل ایدھی کا استقبال کیا۔استقبال کرنے والے وفد میں عطاانصاری (سینئر صحافی) ، چوہدری اشرف (ڈنمارک)…
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لاہور ہائی کورٹ نے سابق وزیراعظم نواز شریف کے عدلیہ مخالف تقاریر پر توہین عدالت کی درخواست قابل سماعت ہونے یا نہ ہونے سے متعلق فیصلہ محفوظ کرلیا۔ لاہور ہائیکورٹ کے جسٹس مامون رشیدشیخ نے مقامی وکیل رانا شاہد کی درخواست پر سماعت کی۔ درخواست گزار نے مؤقف اختیار کیا کہ سابق وزیراعظم نواز شریف نے اسلام آباد سے لاہور روانگی پر ریلی کے دوران عدلیہ مخالف تقاریر کیں جو توہین عدالت کے زمرے میں آتی ہیں۔ درخواست میں عدالت سے استدعا کی گئی کہ عدلیہ مخالف تقاریر پر نواز…
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Oslo: Exclusive Interview by Overseas Tribune Former President Pervez Musharraf has asked the government of Pakistan to make country’s better abroad. In an exclusive interview with Overseas Tribune Executive Editor Syed Sibtain Shah, he said, government is not fulling its responsibility on foreign policy. Musharraf is currently visiting Oslo, the Norwegian capital on invitation of Pakistan Union Norway led Ch Qamar Iqbal in order to participate in Pakistan’s Day celebration in the country. He said, it is duty of sitting government to take steps for making the foreign policy…
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اوسلو: ایدھی فاؤنڈیشن کے لیے فنڈریزنگ مہم کا آغازہوگیاہے۔ یہ چندہ مہم اتوارتک جاری رہے گی۔ مہم ایسے وقت ہورہی ہے جب ایدھی فاؤنڈیشن کے بانی مرحوم عبدالستار ایدھی کی زوجہ بیگم بلقیس ایدھی اور صاحبزادے فیصل ایدھی پاکستان یونین ناروے کی دعوت پر ناروے کے تین روزدورے پر جمعہ کے روز اوسلو پہنچ رہے ہیں۔ انہیںیونین کے زیراہتمام پاکستان کی سترسالہ جشن آزادی کی تقریب میں شرکت کی دعو ت دی گئی ہے۔یہ تقریب انیس اگست کو ناروے میں ہوگی۔ نارویجن پاکستانیوں کا ایک گروپ یہ چندہ مہم رضاکارانہ…
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I am not the only one responsible for preventing a confrontation between institutions, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said during an interview with BBC Urdu which aired Thursday. Answering a question about worsening relations between different institutions of the state, Sharif said that he was not in favour of taking a collision course but it was everyone’s responsibility to ensure that the need does not arise. His clarification came amidst mounting criticism from opponents that he has been riling up his loyalists against state institutions after his ouster by the Supreme Court.…
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A white van jumped the sidewalk on Thursday in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district, killing at least two and injuring several people as it rammed into a summer crowd of tourists and residents, police said. A person suspected of driving a van into pedestrians on one of the busiest streets of Barcelona on Thursday was holed up in a bar, a Spanish police source said. “One of the attackers is holed up in a bar,” said the source, who declined to be named, adding that police were looking for a…
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Oslo, August 17, 2017 Former President General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf has arrived in Oslo, the Norwegian capital city Thursday. He will participate in a gathering in connection with 70th celebrations of Pakistan’s Day arranged by Pakistan Union Norway. Musharraf was received by a delegation of Pakistani community headed by Pakistan Union Norway’s Chairman Ch Qamar Iqbal. The delegation was comprising Syed Zaki ul Hassan, Sheikh Fawad Anwar, Malik Pervez, Naveed Khawar, Dr Jameel Talat, Haji Asghar Dhakar, Afzal Dhakar, Haji Akram Sikriali, Shahid Munir, Shahzad Ghafoor, Nadeem Rashid, Ch Yar,…
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Australian senator and leader of the right-wing One Nation party, Pauline Hanson, wore the burqa to the Senate chamber for the daily questioning time session on Thursday, The Guardian reported. According to the daily, Hanson’s move — meant to push for a ban on the burqa — caused commotion in the chamber and drew strong criticism from Australian attorney general George Brandis who issued a warning that the action may be offensive to the “religious sensibilities of other Australians”. “Senator Hanson, I’m not going to pretend to ignore the stunt that you…
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