Gaza is currently under attack and the world is sleeping over the matter. There are several lives being lost daily. At an average, at least one Palestinian kid dies every three days; and the ratio is increasing by the day. The Pakistani government has asked the international community to take action on the matter. Israel […]
Israel began early Tuesday in a military operation of large scale against the Gaza Strip, less than two years after the cease-fire after the bombing that caused almost 170 deaths in 2012. Tuesday hit 50 targets in the Gaza three them from warships. According to Army sources, these rocket launchers, military buildings and infrastructure of […]
The escalation in the Gaza Strip continued on Sunday morning with further exchanges of hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist militias. Hamas announced the deaths of six of its members in the collapse of a smuggling tunnel in the town of Rafah, along the border with Egypt. According to the Palestinian news agency Maan, […]
Israeli police have arrested six suspects in the murder of the young Palestinian Jadair Abu Mohamed, whose charred body was found on Wednesday morning in West Jerusalem. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, arrests point to right-wing Jewish groups. The 16 year old boy died, according to newspaper, in revenge for the murders of three […]
Jul 7 2014 | Posted in
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Egyptian President, Dr. Mohamed Morsy, arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a day-long state visit for talks on bilateral and international matters, officials said. President Morsy is the first civilian, democratically and freely elected President of Egypt to visit Pakistan. The last bilateral visit was by late Gamal Abdel Nasser in the 1960s. […]
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 […]
Jan 30 2013 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 21 2012 | Posted in
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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. […]
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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Condemning the Israeli attacks on Gaza, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif termed them barbaric and urged the Pakistani government to take up the matter. The former two-time premier while speaking to the media said, “I’m glad that not only Islamic countries but non-Islamic countries also spoke against the issue.” He also urged […]
Nov 19 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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