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26-04-2021 Bureau Report KABUL/ WASHINGTON/ ISLAMABAD: : The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General Scott Miller, on Sunday said an orderly withdrawal of foreign forces and the handing over of military bases and equipment to the Afghan forces had begun. Miller said he was acting on orders …

26-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report PARIS/ JERUSALEM/ KARACHI: Thousands of Jewish across the world held massive protest in Paris and other French cities against Muslim community, the protesters were demanding the justice for an alleged Jewish woman who murdered by a Muslim man three years ago …

25-04-2021 BAGHDAD: At least 90 people were killed and more than 110 injured in a fire that broke out in the coronavirus intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital as public anger erupted demanding the prosecution of high-level Iraqi officials. The blaze on Sunday at the Ibn al-Khatib Hospital in …

25-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: “ANZAC Day” is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and “the contribution and suffering of all those who …

25-04-2021 BAGHDAD: 37 people were killed and 66 injured after a fire broke out on Sunday in a coronavirus intensive care unit in Baghdad, as Iraq faces a growing wave of COVID-19 cases. The fire at the Ibn Khatib hospital in the Iraqi capital was sparked by an accident that …

25-04-2021 LONDON/ WASHINGTON/ OTTAWA: More than one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to a tally, with more than half given in just three countries. At least 1,002,938,540 doses had been administered in 207 countries and territories by 17:45 GMT on Saturday, less than five months …

25-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Pakistan has officially reached out to India and offered support in the wake of a particularly lethal coronavirus wave in the country. “As a gesture of solidarity with the people of India in the wake of the current wave of …

24-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK: Pakistan on Saturday assured ‘every possible assistance’ to the family of Nafiah Ikram, a Shia Pakistani descent who was left disfigured in an acid attack outside her home in New York that also left her nearly blind. “The …

24-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Dozens more Shia people have been killed in Afghanistan during ‘present’ ongoing target killing wave while thirteen (13) others have ether kidnapped or abducted for ransom or slaughtering including five young Shia girls, sources told PMI. According to the reports …

24-04-2021 COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan police have arrested a Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted. Detectives took Rishad Bathiudeen, leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Party, into custody on Saturday …