22-02-2021 SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: The Head Office of the Geo and Jang Media Group was attacked on Sunday by protesters in Karachi. A mob broke a walkthrough gate installed at the entrance of the building as well as the main entrance door to the building. The …

19-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled. The decision could mean thousands of Uber drivers are entitled to minimum wage and holiday pay. The ruling could leave the ride-hailing app facing a …

18-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s former home minister who was accused of sexual harassment by a journalist has lost a criminal defamation case he had filed against her after a court in Delhi ruled that his libel claims were unproven. As the #MeToo movement globally …

15-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MANAMA: Small and sporadic demonstrations took place in Bahrain on Sunday amid a hefty police presence, marking 10 years since the Gulf nation’s Arab Spring-inspired uprising. On February 14, 2011, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demand an elected government …

11-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report PARIS/ LONDON/ KARACHI: Riots are expected in France while the anger has increased across the world against anti-Muslim and anti-Islam legislation by alleged so-called human and civil rights champions known as ‘French Parliamentarians’ under the direct supervision of their President, sources …

10-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report LONDON/ KARACHI: The Britishers have become mad, they are the real human rights violaters, they need to learn basic ethics, elementary education (primary to lower-secondary), know about essential moral values and must obey the natural law and international customs as the remaining world …

08-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report BEIJING/ CANBERRA: Another Chinese-born Australian citizen arrested in China on severe spying charges like many other Australians those have been arrested in China in different masked faces or under-covered characters like teachers, journalists, doctors, tourists, smugglers and engineers etc., sources revealed. According to …

07-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Almost 110 to 160 of people are feared dead in India after a Himalayan glacier broke apart and crashed into a hydroelectric dam with people hurriedly being evacuated amid rising water levels on a nearby river. Footage from TV channels …

06-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BHAINSWAL: Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signaling growing support for a months-long campaign to have the government reforms scrapped. Angry at what they see as legislation that benefits …

05-02-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ The creators of an Indian farmers’ protest “toolkit” shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will be investigated by police, authorities said, claiming it was designed to “encourage disaffection and ill-will” against the government. Tens of thousands of farmers have been …