US offers $5m bounty for information on TTP chief Fazlullah on March 10, 2018WASHINGTON: The US State Department has offered a $5 million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the Afghanistan-based chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP). The announcement came two days after Fazlullah’s son was reportedly killed along with around two dozen others in a US drone strike in Afghanistan. The US State Department also offered rewards of […]
Muslim student attacked in UK for wishing man ‘Merry Christmas’ on December 31, 2017A Muslim student survived a horrifying attack in Durham after visiting a pub to celebrate his first Christmas in the UK. “My heart is broken and I am emotionally overwhelmed,” said Ihsan Abualrob, an international student of Palestinian origin. “It’s my first Christmas ever outside my country and that is my Christmas treat? They did […]
UK hijab outcry leads to consultations between schools’ watchdog and Muslim campaigners on December 13, 2017London: United Kingdom’s Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has started consultations with Muslim campaigners following outrage over its decision to question Muslim school girls about their reasons to wear hijabs. In a statement, a spokesperson for Ofsted has confirmed that Amanda Spielman, the chief inspector, met a group of Muslim women last week to […]
British Muslim men charged with terror offences on December 8, 2017British Police and MI5 foiled an alleged plot to kill the UK Prime Minister Theresa May and blow up Downing Street. Two Muslim men appeared at Westminster magistrate’s court, London, UK, on Wednesday morning charged with terrorism offences. The prosecution alleged that British-Bangladeshi Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from north London, conspired to launch a bomb […]
British PM May rebukes Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets on December 3, 2017LONDON: On Thursday, British Prime Minister took time out of her Middle East tour to publicly rebuke US President Trump over his far-right Britain First anti-Muslim retweets. Speaking to journalist’s in Amman, Jordan, May said: “The fact that we work together does not mean that we are afraid to say when we think that the […]
Expat Pakistanis keen to invest in upscale Gwadar real estate on December 1, 2017Birmingham: Hundreds of members of the Pakistani diaspora in Birmingham, U.K, expressed their enthusiasm to invest in an upscale real estate project in the port city of Gwadar in the restive Balochistan province at a real estate event held here over the last weekend. The event aimed to promote a development by the name of China-Pak […]
First Pakistani female footballer wins spot in prestigious FIFA course on November 28, 2017Leicester: Pakistan is renowned for its football industry in Sialkot that exported over 42 million balls ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2014,but the country’s national team has never drawn much attention on field in international football. It languishes at 201 out of 211 in FIFA’s international football ranking. A 26-year-old Pakistani football enthusiast,who has […]
British Muslims vow to fight high court judgement on November 6, 2017BIRMINGHAM: Around 100 parents, teachers and trustees of the UK’s first state-funded Islamic school, Al-Hijra, gathered this week inside a small library in Birmingham to discuss a recent British high court ruling that declared their school’s segregation policy “unlawful sex discrimination”. Al-Hijra trustee board member Yaseer Latif said: “We have a responsibility to our school […]
Malala dazzles all at LLF London on October 31, 2017UN messenger of peace, activist and youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, made a surprise appearance at the Lahore Literary Festival in London. Ensconced in creative genius and cultural wisdom, the 2nd annual Lahore Literary festival (LLF) came to London celebrating Pakistan’s history, culture and visionary talent. Speaking to a packed auditorium, […]
UK govt data highlights ‘uncomfortable truths’ for Pakistanis on October 15, 2017LONDON: People of different colours and ethnicities face increased disadvantages in the British society, stated a British Cabinet Disparity Report on Saturday. The report aims to highlight how people from various ethnic backgrounds in the UK compare across healthcare, employment, education and the criminal justice system. Sources close to the British Cabinet Office said: “Other […]