Islam celebrates two great festivals annually – Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha. The first is the great festival that follows the month of Ramadan when the fast is broken. The second occurs about two months later during the month of Zil-Hajj when an animal is sacrificed in commemoration of Ibrahim’s sacrifice of his son. This festival is […]
Samuel Peter escapes death, returns to US
Except for divine intervention, the world of boxing would have been thrown into mourning as the World Boxing Council, WBC, heavyweight champion of the world, Nigerian-born Samuel Peter would have been dead, killed by his brother-in-law, after a family feud involving the boxer’s wife, Enobong. Peter, who has been in the country for about two […]
Half democracy?
“It’s the matter of excluding 50 per cent population from the electoral process which is a great deficit for democracy. Democratic government is elected by the people, including women, and not only by men,” remarks a Human Rights Lawyer, Barrister Muhammad Islam Khan, on female voting issue. He said keeping women out of the […]
Larkana people never bow to any despot: Benazir
LARKANA: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto says forces that are supposed to protect us are busy in an operation in Balochistan and extremism is on the rise in tribal areas. Addressing a large public gathering at Larkana, Benazir said dictators such as Ayub, Yahya, Ziaul Haq and Pervez Musharraf have indulged in oppression […]
WHO Warns Against Bird Flu
The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia’s first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.’ ” The key to the public health response is surveillance,” said Peter Cordingley, spokesman for the WHO Western […]
Castro hints at refraining from power
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, suggested he might give up his formal leadership posts – the first time he has spoken of his possible retirement since he fell ill. "My elemental duty is not to hold on to positions and less to obstruct the path […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 122
- 123
- 124
- 125
- 126
- …
- 133
- Next Page »