By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) After a year when voters worldwide thumbed their noses at mainstream politics and the elite, a landmark annual survey has found trust in major institutions is eroding at a rapid rate and the effect is particularly pronounced here in Australia. The  Trust Barometer by …

By SJA Jafri RIYADH/ MELBOURNE: Tensions have risen sharply in the Gulf over the past week yet nearly as many questions have been raised as answered as to what exactly happened – and what could happen next. On Sunday morning, reports emerged that four ships “were subjected to sabotage operations” …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Labor Party’s leader Bill Shorten has conceded defeat in Federal Elections and called on party’s supporters to respect the election result, revealing he is standing down as leader of the party in the wake of its defeat. “I know that you’re all hurting …

By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE: The population with 125,000 of only Sikhs out of 552,000 Indians live in Australia has doubled than the presence of total 62,000 Pakistanis exist in Australia, while, on the other hand, the Sikhs ratio than Muslims not over 610,000 breathe in Australia has been exceeded 21 …

By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ RIYADH: Asian shippers and refiners have put ships heading to the Middle East on alert and are expecting a possible rise in marine insurance premiums after recent attacks on Saudi oil tankers and pipeline facilities, industry sources said on Tuesday. On Monday, armed drones attacked two …

By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE: The most wanted criminals in the world are the persons you definitely don’t ever want to deal with at any point in your life. They are the most notorious and elusive criminals on earth and have evaded capture for years. Here’s a list of the top …

By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) MELBOURNE/ KARACHI: A delegation of the Russian Army came to Pakistan at the end of last year as joint military exercise in the northern part of the country. This was the third straight year the joint drill was held in Pakistan, with special strategic …

By SJA Jafri KARACHI/MELBOURNE: Pakistan’s former capital Karachi has become the most dangerous city of Asia because of its low ranking in digital, health, infrastructure and personal security ranked by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) as revealed by the Safe City Index (SCI) an initiative sponsored by the Economist Magazine …

By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE/KARACHI: Masses across the globe declared and demanded that the Jafaria Disaster Management Cell (JDC) is really deserved for the Guinness World Record over its outstanding performances towards humanity especially oppressed people without any cast, create, culture, religion and sect since 2009 particularly regarding the arrangements …

By SJA Jafri {(Bureau Chief Australia),(Courtesy Messenger)} MELBOURNE: On the basis of this phenomenon that “Australia has humanitarian and legal obligations to accept refugees and reunite families, Australian society benefits from immigration” and having a policy that “immigration must be non-discriminatory”, the Greens’ Immigration and Refugees Policy has become not …