30-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ AYBAK/ ISLAMABAD: As many as 16 Shia studentsamong 21 civilians have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime has said. The blast took place in Aybak in the Samangan province and left …

30-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ QUETTA: A suicide bomb blast has struck a police vehicle in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least one police officer and two civilians and wounding dozens, according to police. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as the …

25-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: For Anwar Ibrahim’s supporters, his appointment as Malaysia’s new prime minister has been a long time coming. The 75-year-old opposition leader secured the Southeast Asian country’s top job on Thursday after its king intervened in the political impasse that followed last weekend’s …

25-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them, others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were frozen, millions are a step away from famine. “Our …

24-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PM), marking an incredible comeback for a man who was first lined up for the job in the boom years of the 1990s before he was suddenly sacked and jailed. The …

23-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah will pick the next prime minister soon, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing the national palace, which did not specify the timing for his decision. The palace statement comes as the incumbent coalition said it would …

20-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia tumbled into fresh political turmoil Sunday after a tightly contested general election delivered a hung Parliament with no clear winner and a surprising surge of support for an Islamist party. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s reformist alliance secured the biggest gain with …

17-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Secessionist pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has announced that voting in the Australian Phase of the Punjab Independence Referendum will be held on January 29, 2023, in Melbourne. Terming the ongoing global Khalistan Referendum as the last battle to “Kill The …

13-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: England beat Pakistan by five wickets in a pulsating final in Melbourne to win the Men’s T20 World Cup and become double world champions. Chasing 138 in front of a raucous Pakistan-supporting crowd, they fell to 45-3 and 84-4 amid electric fast …

12-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report VIRGINIA/ GEORGIA/ HOUSTON/ ISLAMABAD: This year’s midterm elections in the United States proved to be historic for the Muslim community in America with 82 Muslim candidates sweeping local, state, federal and even judicial seats in 25 states, a report from the Council on …