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World | Press Trust of India | Updated: April 19, 2014 19:31 IST Karachi: Senior Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir, who faced threats from Taliban and other terror groups, was today shot at in Karachi by four unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen near a bridge… Continue Reading →
Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN | Feb 25, 2014, 05.09 AM IST Fifteen months ago Hamid Nehal Ansari, a graduate from Mumbai, took a flight to Kabul and sneaked into Pakistan to meet a girl he had met on the internet and fallen in love… Continue Reading →
Dear Speaker We understand that you are scheduled to speak at the ‘Think ‘13 Festival’ being organized by Tehelka at the Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, Goa from 8th to 10th November 2013. We bring to your kind attention the following brief facts regarding the… Continue Reading →
JOIN US WHEREIS THIS STINK FEST YAAR STiNK2013 – The Unbearable Stench of Blood Money When the fourth estate is peddled like real estate, when journalism and dirty business collude, and when Orwellian ‘doublethink’ becomes the way… Continue Reading →
Sushmita Banerjee Ms Banerjee wrote a best-selling memoir about her life in Afghanistan BBC An Indian woman, who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban, has been shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected militants, police say. Sushmita… Continue Reading →
By Rob Taylor and Folad Hamdard KABUL/DEH SALAH, Afghanistan | Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:44am EDT (Reuters) – One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai‘s main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women,… Continue Reading →
The poster by Amir Rizvi United Nations: Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai, in her first public speech at the United Nations since being shot in the head by the Taliban, has said she is inspired by Mahatama Gandhi‘s path… Continue Reading →
Legislation was approved by President Karzai in 2009, but stalled by conservative MPs who deemed it un-Islamic. Last Modified: 18 May 2013 14:27 President Hamid Karzai approved the law by decree in 2009, but it needs parliamentary approval [Reuters] Afghanistan’s parliament… Continue Reading →
By AFP Published: January 3, 2013 Soosan Feroz practicing with Afghan pop musician Farid Rastagar at a recording studio in Kabul. PHOTO: AFP KABUL: Sporting a long leather coat and western jeans under a headscarf, Soosan Feroz looks like many modern women… Continue Reading →
Source: Independent | Andrew Buncombe The sister of a man suspected of being involved in the shooting of the Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has apologised for the attack, saying her brother has brought shame upon the family. In an… Continue Reading →