HINA RABBANI KHAR has daunting task ahead
Vol. XLIX No. 18
Date: July 31, 2011
Welfare Party of India criticises central, state governments for picking
The Welfare Party of India strongly criticised the central government and the state governments, especially the Maharashtra government, for the indiscriminate picking up of Muslim youth, searching their houses and…
‘Reservation is a Step towards Social Equality’: SIO
Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) organised a lecture and interaction on “Reservation: A Step towards Equality” at its headquarters in the capital. The speakers for the evening were Prof.…
Al-Shifa Multispeciality Hospital OPD inaugurated
The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in New Delhi, Mr. Faisal Bin Hassan Ahmed Trad on July 20 inaugurated the Out-Patient Department (OPD) of newly established Al-Shifa Multispeciality Hospital at Dawat…
Separate Police Van for Kalmadi?
It refers to media-reports indicating Delhi Police having filed consent-report in the court for accepting demand of Suresh Kalmadi and some other hi-fi convicts for taking them to courts in…
Approval of EPRs
As expected the 4-member committee set up by the AEC [atomic energy commission] after visiting Finland have approved of and sang paeans in favour of the EPRs [evolutionary pressurised reactors]…
Rising Violence against Females
Atrocities against women and girls including rape cases are taking place in India, particularly in UP and Delhi. Five rape and molestation cases were recently reported within 2 days in…
Call a Spade a Spade
This refers to the report that CPI(M) has asked the Centre to reject the U.S. demand for changes in the nuclear liability law. While one should commend the Left party’s morals…
UN SEEKING $300 MILLION FOR SOMALIA
The United Nations on July 20 declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia and said it could quickly spread unless donors took action. Mark Bowden, humanitarian coordinator for Somalia
IRAN DENIES SHOOTING DOWN US SPY PLANE
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on July 23 denied that it shot down an unmanned US spy plane over a uranium enrichment site, saying that its air defences had only hit a…
PRO-DEMOCRACY JOURNALIST ESCAPES DEATH IN YEMEN
A pro-democracy journalist working for the Yemeni state TV on July 21 survived an assassination attempt in the capital, the second opposition figure targeted in less than three days. Yasser…
QADDAFI RULES OUT TALKS, RALLY EMPHASISES DIVISIONS
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi on July 21 ruled out talks with the rebels trying to end his 41-year-rule, raising questions about whether a flurry of Western efforts to negotiate an…
EGYPTIAN WOMEN DEMAND GREATER ROLE IN GOVT
As Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf reshuffles his Cabinet, trying to placate the boiling Egyptian street with a more representative government, women have started to speak up, demanding greater representation…
EGYPTIAN PROTESTERS REFUSE TO QUIT TAHRIR SQUARE
Hundreds of Egyptians on July 23 braved scorching heat to demonstrate against the ruling military council, refusing to dismantle a protest camp they had set up two weeks ago in…
AMU MEDICAL COLLEGE RANKS AMONG 25 TOP MEDICAL COLLEGES
The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University has been ranked among the top 25 Medical Colleges of India out of 273 Medical Colleges recognised by the Medical Council…
RSS LEADER BOOKED FOR KILLING MAN
Police have booked an RSS leader for culpable homicide (not amounting to murder) of his partner-turned-foe, Naveen Randev (62) late on Tuesday night. The deceased was reportedly dragged out of…
LOOPHOLES IN POLICE CLAIMS ON FORBESGANJ FIRING
The National Commission for Minorities has raised questions on the claims of Bihar Police regarding the June 3 firing incident in Forbesganj in the state in which four persons of…
ISHRAT ENCOUNTER: ‘GUJARAT, CENTRE NOT INTERESTED IN GETTING TO THE
The Ishrat Jahan fake encounter probe has got a new chief, the sixth since the Gujarat High Court began monitoring the case. But not a single arrest has been made…
Int’l Workshop on Electro-Chemo-Therapy for Effective Cancer Treatment
B.S. Abdur Rahman University in association with Purdue University (one of top 10 US Universities), USA and Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai are jointly organising an International Workshop on “Electro-Chemo-Therapy for…
Islam is a Validation of the Good, a Means to
I embraced Islam after graduating from Cambridge. Prior to that I was a skeptical Catholic; a believer in God but with a mistrust of organised religion.
Ramadhan Fast and Taqwa
The Qur’ān prescribes fasting for believers in these words, “O you who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as they were enjoined upon those before you, so that…
Mumbai Blast and the Usual Suspects
Every time a bomb goes off somewhere in India, the media rushes to put the Muslims in the dock, observes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED.
Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa
RAMZY BAROUD analyses the worst humanitarian, multilayered disaster throughout the Horn of Africa, and appeals to the world to have a degree of human decency and common sense and re-channel the…
THE DEBT CRISIS Causes and Cure
In the 1980s we had the epidemic of AIDS; today it is debt. There were lots of speculations or conspiracy theories regarding the origins of the AIDS virus being man-made,…
THE DEBT TSUNAMI
The global economy is in danger once again. Europe is engulfed by a debt crisis that threatens the existence of its common currency the Euro and America is now on…
A Month of Endurance
Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) delivered a sermon on the last day of Sha’aban…
He wasn’t a Self-seeker
Are you asking them for something? What Allah has given you is the best. He is the best of Providers. You are calling them to Straight Way, but those who…
Let Egypt Lead
The 18 Arab countries stretching from Saudi Arabia to Morocco have more than 25 crore Muslims and they inhabit the heart of Islamic world. Most of the countries were under…
PUTTING FAITH IN YOUNG GENERATION Hina Rabbani Khar has Daunting
Marking the scheduled visit of External Affairs Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar to India, SYYED MANSOOR AGHA writes extensively on her political career and the daunting task she has…
