Published by Reuters UK KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan’s Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad. A decree from the group’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, said that if […]
Pakistan police arrest 8 men over apparent religious killing
Published by Al-Araby Pakistani police say they arrested eight men of the Ahmadi sect of Islam on Saturday who had opened fire on a group of Sunni Muslims the night prior, killing one and wounding another. Senior officer Faisal Mukhtar said the Ahmadis shot at the Sunnis while they were chanting religious poems in the […]
Riaz Pirzada directs to ensure compliance of job quota for persons with disabilities
Federal Minister for Human Rights Riaz Hussain Pirzada has directed to ensure the compliance of job quota for persons with disabilities. In a statement in Islamabad on Saturday, the Minister said in this regard an official correspondence …
Rana Tanveer leaves for Saudi Arabia to attend Int’l conference on education
Minister for Education Rana Tanveer Hussain has left for Saudi Arabia on a five-day official visit where he will attend an international conference on education.Rana Tanveer Hussain will also hold a meeting with his Saudi counterpart on education matte…
Pakistan will continue to stand by Afghan brothers, sisters through thick and thin: PM
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan will continue to stand by Afghan brothers and sisters through thick and thin.In a tweet on Saturday, he said the first consignment of relief goods for the flood affectees has reached Afghanistan to be fol…