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President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday reiterated that Pakistan would continue to render its unwavering support to Palestinian people till the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital. The President said this in a statement, read by him, at the luncheon of the President of the State of Palestine Mr. […]
Israel has boycotted the UN human rights forum over fears of scrutiny of its treatment of residents of the occupied territories, Russia Today has reported. Israel is now the first state in history to win a deferment of the periodical review of its human rights record. Tel Aviv has refused to send a delegation […]
Islam, the second largest religion in the world, has the lowest median age as half of the Muslims are 23-year-old or younger, compared to 28 for the whole world population, a recent study says. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion […]
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released a classified document last week, giving details about Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, an American citizen, who was appointed to gather information about Pakistan’s nuclear program. The CIA had prepared the report, titled “The Jonathan Jay Pollard Espionage Case: A Damage Assessment”, on October 30, 1987, Dawn, reports. […]
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians status to a nonmember observer state at the UN was approved by a vote of 138-9, with 41 abstentions, in the 193-member world body. […]
An Egyptian court has convicted in absentia seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a US pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world. The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, […]
International support is building for a Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition Thursday, a historic vote that is likely to pass easily. A growing list of European countries – including France, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland, pledging to back Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s request to go from observer entity to non-member observer state. […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon D-8 countries to work for development solutions for their one billion people with focus on encouraging the free flow of goods‚ free flow of peoples and free flow of finances. Addressing the opening of the 8th summit of the D-8 countries in Islamabad Thursday after assuming chairmanship […]
Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Thursday recommended a joint sitting of Ulema from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan to chalk out a combined strategy to combat terrorism in the region. While speaking to a private TV channel, Iranian president said we should not kill each other as we are Muslims and believe in one God. ‘We […]
Following a deadly eight-day conflict, Israel and Gaza agreed to a ceasefire effective Wednesday evening, the Egyptian foreign minister announced at a press conference. The cease-fire agreement was later confirmed by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The cease-fire is set to start at 9 p.m. Cairo time, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced […]
Despite reports of truce between Hamas and Israel, Gaza has come under renewed attacks from Israel, as agreement on a ceasefire to end a week of violence remains intangible. A number of explosions overnight left parts of the territory without power, says media reports. Earlier, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel […]
Declaring Israel a terrorist state for attacks on Gaza, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has underlined hostility for his former ally since relations between them collapsed in 2010. After nearly a week of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Turkish premier uttered server comments about Israel. […]
