Afaq Ahmed, the leader of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-H), has raised significant accusations concerning the recent violence in Karachi. He claims that a motorcycle was intentionally placed under a dumper truck at UP Mor. The goal, he asserts, was to create a false impression of ethnic conflict in the city. Ahmed insists that those […]
Conspiracy
Dutch town takes Twitter to court to remove conspiracy theories
A small Dutch town took Twitter to court on Friday to demand the social media giant takes down all messages relating to a supposed ring of satan-worshipping paedophiles that were alleged to have been active in the town in the 1980s. Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, a town of around 35,000 inhabitants in the middle of the Netherlands, has […]
Origins of the polio conspiracy narrative
An important lesson of history is that rumours of a conspiracy against large segments of population can only be ignored at great peril. Neglect on this front can easily lead to anarchy and bedlam. In 1857, for instance, the rumour that the new cartridges used cow and pig fat, insulted the pride of both Hindu […]
Brigadier Shah: Imran Khan’s new interior minister linked to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Brigadier (retd) Ijaz Shah has been appointed as the minister for interior by Prime Minister Imran Khan in his major cabinet reshuffle. Shah was given the interior ministry post three weeks after getting a position in the PM’s cabinet. Earlier, Shah took the oath as minister for parliamentary affairs. Shah is one of several people […]
Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami charged with domestic violence
KOLKATA: Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami was on Friday charged with domestic violence by the police, after his wife filed a complaint against him. Days after going public about Shami’s affairs with other women, his wife Hasin Jahan filed a formal complaint against him. Hasin Jahan complained that her husband had physically assaulted her, while she […]