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Oman Mosque Attack: Islamic State group’s new strategy of surprise and dramatic strikes

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With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that every citizen has the right to criticise any decision of the state while quashing an FIR against a professor for his WhatsApp status criticising the abrogation of Article 370. Under the said guarantee, every citizen has the right to offer criticism of the action of abrogation of Article 370 or, for that matter, …

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Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in a restive southeastern border area of Iran on Saturday, Pakistan's ambassador and a rights group said, amid efforts by the two countries to mend ties after tit-for-tat attacks. Iran's state media identified the dead only as foreign nationals and said no individuals or groups had claimed responsibility for the shootings in Saravan in …

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Pakistanis Rue State of Their Nation, Praise India for Successful G20 Presidency

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party organises a protest in London to show force ahead of Pakistan’s October vote. “It’s the state of affairs in Pakistan at the moment, myself and others thought it was unjust and believe it’s part of a foreign-backed drive to remove Khan Sahib from power,” she told Al Jazeera. “In his 26 years in politics, …

Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. As many as 7,306 Pakistani nationals applied for Indian citizenship till December 14, 2021 Over 7,000 Pakistanis applied for Indian citizenship till Dec 14: Govt As many as 7,306 Pakistani nationals applied for Indian citizenship till December 14, 2021, Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai informed Parliament on Wednesday. …

As many as 7,306 Pakistani nationals applied for Indian citizenship till December 14, 2021, Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai informed Parliament on Wednesday. Pakistani nationals account for nearly 70 per cent of the 10,635 applications for Indian citizenship received till the specified date, according to data provided by the Union home ministry. Rai said the Centre …

Pakistanis on social media are outraged after BCCI decided that cricketers who participate in the Kashmir Premier League in Pakistan will not be permitted to enter India for cricket related work. Source: Twitter While the Pakistan Cricket Board claims that the Kashmir Premier League has nothing to do with politics and accuses BCCI of politicising cricket, Pakistanis state explicitly that …

The world knows that Bangladesh is South Asia’s youngest nation state, but few people — and particularly those born well after the cataclysmic events surrounding its birth, who are now in their 20s, 30s and 40s — are fully aware of the torturous processes over a long period of time that led to the creation of arguably one of the …

On September 29, Manisha Valmiki, a 19-year-old Dalit girl succumbed to her injuries from a gang rape committed by four Thakur men in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. However, concerns raised by Dalit and anti-caste thinkers from Pakistan often remain ignored and outright dismissed, especially by caste and class privileged Pakistani Muslims who refuse to see caste, let alone …