Police investigate shooting report at JFK airport, evacuate 2 terminals
NEW YORK — Two passenger terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport were evacuated Sunday night, following unconfirmed reports of shots being fired, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. “At about 9:30 p.m., (Port Authority) Police received a call of shots fired at Terminal 8 departures,” Port Authority Police spokesman Joe […]
Cannes Mayor Bans ‘Burkinis’ From Beaches
Mayor of the French coastal city Cannes has banned burkinis from the beaches. The full body suits — originally designed for Muslim women to wear to the beach that still cover them from head to toe — were banned from beaches for fear of “disrupting public order,” according Mayor David Lisnard. Any person entering the […]
Eid al-Adha 2016 holiday: When is the first day?
The Eid al-Adha is Islam’s holiest festival celebrated annually around the world and an official holiday in Muslim-majority countries. Eid al-Adha 2016 is expected to begin on Sunday, September 11. Authorities in Saudi Arabia will confirm the actual dates of the Muslim festival and the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca on September 1 based on the […]
Seven Jewish visitors ejected from Temple Mount on religious holiday
Tel Aviv (dpa) – Seven Jewish visitors were removed from Temple Mount by police on Sunday as thousands gathered in Jerusalem’s Old City to pray at the Wailing Wall on a Jewish fast day, Israeli media said. According to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, the seven, out of a group of about 300 Jewish visitors, were […]
Freedom is a blessing of God
Freedom leads to enhanced expressions of creativity and original thought, increased productivity and an overall high quality of life. The word ‘freedom’ has great depth of meaning. Freedom is a great motive which became the cause of Tahreek-e-Pakistan it made the Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah to get freedom. The bones of our […]
Report: Europol to hunt for Islamic State members in Greek camps
Athens (dpa) – The European Union’s police force is teaming up with the Greek authorities to search for Islamic State members in the country’s migrant camps, according to a newspaper report on Saturday. The Europol initiative is to begin at the end of August and involves rigorous checks intended to root out potential terrorists from […]
A business model that witnesses a wide embrace
The distinctive organisational forms adopted by social enterprises throughout the world depend on the existing legal frameworks, on the political economy of welfare provision and also on the cultural and historical traditions of non-profit development in each country. Consequently, the social enterprise sector globally encompasses both new typologies of organisations and traditional third sector organisations, […]
Ex-players, colleagues and officials pay rich tributes as Hanif is laid to rest
Pakistan cricket legend Hanif Mohammad who passed away on Thursday after protracted illness was laid to rest here on Friday afternoon at the PECHS Graveyard amidst emotional scenes. The former national team skipper’s Namaz-e-Janaza was offered after Friday prayers at Masjid-e-Nomani near his residence in Al-Hilal Society opposite Askari Park (Old Sabzi Mandi). The prayers […]
Economists, businesses fear adverse economic impact
Economists and business leaders on Friday expressed the view that terrorist attacks in Dhaka and Sholakia might erode investors’ confidence leading to an adverse impact on Bangladesh’s foreign direct foreign investment (FDI) and export trade. They said that such adverse impact on FDI and export could be detrimental to the country’s gross domestic products (GDP) […]
Trump Blames Sarcasm After ‘Founder Of Islam’ Comments
Donald Trump is writing off another set of controversial comments as a joke. The GOP nominee tweeted early on Friday saying that when he called President Barack Obama the “founder of ISIS” on the campaign trail Wednesday that he was only being sarcastic. “Ratings challenged CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and […]