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For many years, I was convinced that Sindh is the most liberal and secular province. I thought that minorities were more secure here because of the history deeply rooted mysticism. But that was until I became familar with teenager Rinkle Kumari’s tragic tale. One, amongt many, whose story needed...

Minist*er cites ‘sexual lust’ as the key reason men force non-Muslim girls to conver*t. The minister for national harmony has alleged that about 100 non-Muslims, mostly Hindus girls, were forced to convert to Islam in recent months. The minister, Akram Masih Gill, told The Express Tribune...

DHUBRI (Assam): Six Bangladeshi infiltrators have been arrested by security forces from two separate places in Assam, official sources said today. According to official sources, BSF personnel today arrested two Bangladeshi nationals Ashraful Islam (29) and Hazrat Aali (33) from south Assam's...

The latest news from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is that “India is the world’s largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are third in the list”. Worldwide arms sales have grown by 24 per cent in 2007-11 compared to 2002-06, and the...

Mandatory Quran teaching: Resolution unanimously passed in PA LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to make teaching of the Holy Quran with comprehension mandatory at all public and private institutions in the province. According to the Rules of Procedure of...

India’s tit for tat to UK on visa norms NEW DELHI: Indians have often been at the receiving end of UK visa regulations in the recent past but New Delhi for once has managed to tame the British authorities. In yet another visa row between the two countries - this time around in a third country...

Don’t push us to the wall, warns minority MPA Take a page out of Balochistan’s book and wake up to the injustices being done with the Hindus in Sindh was the message from a minority MPA to the government and political leadership during the Sindh Assembly session on Wednesday. Pakistan...

Subject of Politics is largely related to opinions and views of people; hence it is divisive and controversial. Despite that, some people insist that when I write on this topic I should avoid controversial things and forge unity. Is that possible? In my view it is not possible to be in politics...

Dosa Plaza: How Prem Ganapathy built Rs 30 crore empire with seed capital of just Rs 1000 A class X passout with no particular skill set, I was lured to Mumbai, only to be robbed. It was an inauspicious start to my entrepreneurial journey, but it turned out for the best. I belonged to a...

What Pakistanis learn in school!!!! :angry:

Baloch happy with US resolution LAHORE: As the government called a US congressman’s bill for an ‘independent’ Balochistan an ‘attack’ on Pakistan’s sovereignty, Baloch nationalist leader Harbiyar Marri said the resolution was a ‘positive move’ aimed at ending Baloch people’s grievances. In...

Why India gets away in Kashmir Kashmiris resent, quite rightly, the intrusive presence of India’s jawans on their streets. But the jawans don’t want to be there. New Delhi doesn’t want the jawans there either. So why are they there? India says the army is in Kashmir because of...

India agrees to aid NASA in MoonRise mission The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has asked the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to build an orbiter that will provide the communication between the soil samples collected from the far side of the moon and the earth in...

India brokers deal in Maldives Maldives will go to the polls, possibly by year-end, to elect a new President. Till then, the national unity government will run the country. The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), to which the former President, Mohamed Nasheed, belongs, will be part of the...

Pakistan added to money-laundering blacklist PARIS: An international money-laundering watchdog has added Pakistan, Indonesia, Ghana, Tanzania and Thailand on Thursday to its blacklist of nations that fail to meet international standards. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has found that...

Tribune survey: Online Pakistanis ‘Muslim’ first, ‘Pakistani’ second A majority of Pakistan’s internet users say they consider themselves ‘Muslim first’ (49%) , ‘Pakistani’ second (28%) while 23% voted ‘Other’, a survey conducted by The Express Tribune found. On the flipside, the survey...

Pakistan and the FMCT PAKISTAN is blocking the start of negotiations of a global halt to the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. The Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) can’t begin, Pakistani diplomats say, because existing stockpiles won’t be covered. But Pakistan would...

Saudi Arabia offers more crude supplies to India Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, has offered additional crude supplies to India, a move that could help Indian refiners replace supplies from sanctions-hit Iran. :cheers: Saudi Arabia is the biggest oil supplier to India, the...

IGI second best in world New Delhi: Delhi's IGI airport has been ranked the second-best airport in the world for 2011 by the Airports Council International. The airport scored this distinction in the category of airports with 25-40 million passengers per annum. Last year, it had been ranked...

Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata IIMs make it to Asia-Pacific top 10 again BANGALORE: The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) - Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Calcutta - continue to be the quality B-schools in the country. The trio has figured in the top 10 in the Asia-Pacific region. The QS...