By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA: A former Canberra-based journalist accused of threatening to carry out beheadings, driven by his extreme religious views, has been remanded in custody. James Michael Waugh, 28, was arrested on Tuesday evening when police swooped on his home in Canberra’s south after a tip-off to …

Two more journalists kidnapped in Karachi By Syed Jaffer Abbas Jafri KARACHI: Two more Shia journalist have forcibly kidnapped by secret security agencies on specific directions of the federal government during the last five days in Karachi. According to sources Matloob Hussain Moosavi of Daily Jang (a largely circulated Urdu …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE/KARACHI: The practice of social work focuses on more than day-to-day patient assessment. Today’s social workers are advocates, community developers, and human rights activists. The social work profession is committed to social justice. Social workers fight for oppressed communities and marginalized individuals, often forgotten about by …

Hyderabad, April 3 (PMI): A boy, Dinesh Jena, who left home in Navodaya Nagar in Moulali on January 21, 2011 and found missing since then, was traced in Ranakala village in Amritsar district of Punjab State.             On receipt of a complaint from Susanna, wife of ABS Salam that her son eight-year-old …

MVisakhapatnam, April 3 (PMI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayavati today said actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan would become next chief minister of Andhra Pradesh State after the upcoming elections. She also said the grand alliance consisting of the BSP, JSP and the Left parties would form the government in the State.  …

Hyderabad, April 3 (PMI): Former deputy chief minister and TRS leader Kadiam Srihari today said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao-led Federal Front is most likely to come to power at the Centre after the upcoming elections. The BJP and the Congress have no chance of winning majority to come to …

Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has enforced a complete ban on top mediators those were involved in negotiations between different Taliban groups and both Pakistani as well as Afghani governments during the last eight years while the Afghan Taliban rejected reports in the Pakistani media that they were prepared to resume meetings …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE/WASHINGTON: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today published a list of 94 journalists and media staff killed in work-related incidents during 2018. The new death toll marks a slight increase up from 82 killings recorded last year and represents a reversal of the downward …

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather on multiple occasions, police said. “We received a complaint on March 25 from a 14-year-old girl stating that she has been raped several times by her stepfather,” Golconda Police said on Tuesday. After the complaint was registered, the minor girl was …

A 14-year-old “mentally unstable” girl was allegedly raped by three people in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana and two of them were arrested Tuesday, police said. The three accused in their mid-20s allegedly kidnapped the victim from Manuguru town and took her to an isolated place on a bike and …