Dera Ghazi Khan --- Meerwala gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai has been invited by a New York-based magazine to receive "Glamour Women of the Year Awards" in a ceremony on Nov 2, Dawn learnt on Thursday.
In a letter to Mai, Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive explained that the magazine honoured the w

One man was killed after thousands of rioters rushed a Coptic church in Egypt complaining of an anti-Islam message in a church play.
Police used tear gas and arrested dozens of the 5,000 protesters after they assembled outside the St. George's Church in Alexandria Friday, the BBC reports.
The ma

WETZLAR, Germany – More than 53 million Muslims live in Europe – 14 million of them in the European Union, according to newly released figures.
The Central Institute's Islam Archives in Soest, Germany, says the number of Muslims in Europe has increased by 800,000 over the last two years, repor

At least one man was killed last night in rioting in Birmingham over an alleged sex assault on a black girl by youths of Asian descent. One man was stabbed to death at a take­away food outlet in the Lozells area of the city. Unconfirmed reports said another man also died when a minicab was set alig

Dear Friends,
In response to the many requests for information about the terrible earthquake, I am sending you this brief overview of the situation.

1. As National Director of Caritas Pakistan I have just returned to Faisalabad after spending 5 hectic days in Islamabad-Rawalpindi to review the s

Islamabad: Former Federal Minister J.Salik's historical cage's Container in which he encaged himself for more than 7 month for peace awareness and to save the children in Afghanistan, is now being used for medical facilities in destroyed Muzaffarabad after this strong earthquake. Four beds and washr

Kabul. A former regional governor who oversaw the destruction of two giant
1,500-year-old Buddha statues during the Taliban's reign has been elected to parliament, election organisers said yesterday as results from two provinces were finalised.
Mawlawi Mohammed Islam Mohammadi was the Taliban's g

Oregon. USA. The Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA) celebrated their twelfth anniversary with an annual awards ceremony on October 15th, 2005. Fifty participants came together to hear about ACHA's accomplishments in the last year and to recognize unsung heroes with two awards.
Make a

The Human Rights Activist and the activist who has spearheaded struggles of Barbers Movement, in Puri district, Orissa, Mr Baghambar Patnaik is now in Jharpada Special Jail (Bhubaneswar) protesting against the state government's inaction to declare the barbers as Bonded Labourer and the non-implem

You are aware of the severe earth quake that caused devastation in Uri and Baramullah in J&K and in Muzzafarabad, Punch, Rawalkot, Gilgit, Baltistan and other parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan. On the Indian side of the LoC, as per reports, nearly fifty thousand people ha

Miss Canada Pakistan Inc. sent the first ever Pakistani delegate to the third largest pageant in the world, Miss Earth 2005. Naomi Zaman represented Pakistan once before in the Miss Tourism Pageant held in China. Being Miss Pakistan Earth 2005, Naomi Zaman, introduced her project for Pakistan's pres

Several kiln workers in the province went on strike over unsatisfactory wages, said a Bonded Labour Freedom Front Pakistan (BLFFP) statement on Thursday.
The statement said the BLFFP was told by its representatives in Narowal, Sialkot, Pasrur, and other surrounding areas that workers were not bein

Stephen Gill, a prominent poet of Urdu, English and Panjabi, was the only poet who was invited by The Word on the Street, a semi-government cultural organization, to present his Urdu poetry at the 16th annual gathering to celebrate the joy of reading and the rich diversity of the Canadian literary s

Islamabad: Former Federal Minister, nominee for Nobel Peace Prize and Organizer Pakistan human rights party J.Salik in solidarity with the countrymen victims of the earthquake has postponed the n"Christians' March" scheduled on October 28, 2005 in Islamabad from all over the Pakistan.
He has expre

Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) appeals to all the peoples of Pakistan and other countries of the world to donate generously and help our brothers and sisters, who are deeply distressed, following the disastrous earthquake that hit Pakistan and has claimed thousands of lives. Over 90,000 people ar