05-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY: Australian Test cricket great Stuart MacGill was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint for ransom and then badly beaten. NSW Police confirmed the former leg spinner had allegedly been abducted, held and then released in an incident which occurred last month. Robbery and Serious …

04-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ KABUL/ PARIS: The International Press Institute, an international organization that protects journalism against censorship, warns that dictatorial-minded governments are stepping up their efforts to suppress free media. According to the annual report of the institute, which was released on the occasion of …

03-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The incumbent chief minister’s party in India’s West Bengal state has defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in state elections held as the coronavirus pandemic surged to crisis levels. Modi has been criticized for focusing on the elections instead …

02-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report ASHWAUBENON (WISCONSIN)/ KARACHI: “Target Killing of Muslims (non-Christians) principally Shias and White Terrorism against non-Whitish mainly Asians and Blackish are not only continued across America but also rising very fast while neither any Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) especially police nor Biden …

02-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: The UK High Court of Justice has ordered the British government to provide Halal food to a Pakistani family at the time of sehri and iftar during their 10-day mandatory quarantine, a decision that will be applicable to thousands of …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report 01-05-2021 ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ GENEVA/ UNITED NATIONS/ GUANTANAMO BAY (CUBA): A Guantanamo Bay inmate alleges he was tortured by his American captors after the September 11 attacks and will file a complaint with the United Nations over his unending 19-year detention, his lawyer has said. …

28-04-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report RIYADH/ TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has struck a conciliatory tone towards the kingdom’s arch-nemesis, Iran, saying he sought “good” relations after reports the rivals held secret talks recently in Baghdad. The two countries, locked in a fierce struggle for regional …

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 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 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 …