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Change Has Finally Come to Pakistan
Although the voter chose Sharif’s experience over Imran’s innocence, this election may have changed Pakistan in more ways than we realise
Pakistan Elections: How Nawaz Sharif Beat Imran Khan and What Happens Next
The results of the Pakistan elections are in – but how did a former exile win the vote? By promising airports to people who can’t afford bicycles, says novelist Mohammed Hanif
Made in Bangladesh: The Terror of Capitalism
April 28, 2013 – Delhi. – On Wednesday, April 24, a day after Bangladeshi authorities asked the owners to evacuate their garment factory that employed almost three thousand workers, the building collapsed.
The Fossil Fuel Secret Behind Burma
This is Dr. Nafeez Ahmed’s first post on his new blog, Earth Insight, hosted by The Guardian.
Bangladesh Rally
Times Square Rally Against the impending civil war in Bangladesh a huge success. Thousands of participants who covered 5 blocks demanded end to government crackdown
Who Was Margaret Thatcher behind the hagiography what did she really do?
By George Galloway A man reacts as he attends a gathering of people celebrating the death of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, in George Square in Glasgow, Scotland April 8, 2013. She was 87. REUTERS/David Moir Every controversial divisive deadly thing that Thatcher did is being placed in soft focus, bathed in a rose-coloured [...]
Haitian Americans Lead Fight Against Cholera Outbreak
Haitians are still stinging from the dismissal last February by the United Nations of their claim for justice on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen ill and 8,000 who have died and continue to die since UN peacekeeping troops leaked raw sewage into the Artibonite River.
Fighting Phantoms in Pakistan and Bangladesh
With its dubious war crimes tribunal, Bangladesh risks opening a Pandora’s box unleashing forces that Pakistan has been battling for the past couple of decades
Syrian Rebels Capture Provincial Capital
Syrian opposition fighters captured the northeastern city of Raqqa on Monday
Syria Opposition to Join Rome Talks After Foreign Aid Pledge
The UK said it was ready to ‘significantly increase’ its support for Syria’s opposition The Syrian opposition has agreed to attend an international summit in Rome, after the US and UK “promised specific aid” to the Syrian people. The group had previously announced it would boycott the talks because of “the world’s silence” over the [...]
My Name is Khan and…
Khan in one of his articles in The New York Times-Outlook Turning Points ((January 2013) suggested that India has a bias against Muslims
Hijab for a Day: Non-Muslim Women Who Try Headscarves
World Hijab Day calls on non-Muslim women to try out life under the traditional head scarf. Can it lead to more religious tolerance and understanding?
Being a Khan: Muslim Post 911
“Your name pops up on our system, we are sorry.” “So am I,” I think to myself, “Now can I have my underwear back please?”
Burmese Refugees Sold by Thai Officials
An investigation by the BBC has revealed that Thai officials have been selling boat people from Burma to human traffickers.
AFMI Holds Successful 21st Annual Convention
The American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (USA & Canada) held its successful Annual International Convention and Gala Awards Ceremony in the historic city of Hyderabad on Dec.28-29,2012.
Germany Close to Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia
The German government is close to completing a 100 million-euro arms deal with Saudi Arabia to sell 30 armored vehicles, and Berlin’s national security council has already signaled its backing, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday
Afghans Seek Woman’s Motive for Killing Contractor
An Iranian-Afghan policewoman who killed a U.S. contractor at the police headquarters in Kabul may have been motivated by a personal grudge, said security officials
Rebels Seize Towns in Central Syria
Syrian rebels have captured at least six towns in the central province of Hama, activists say, in an operation aimed at putting pressure on President Bashar al-Assad from the north as insurgents close in on the capital from its southern suburbs.
Egypt Opposition Urges “No” to Constitution
Egypt’s liberal and secular opposition has urged its supporters to vote down a controversial constitution put forward by the Ikhwan
