Saudi Arabia Executes Record Eighty-One Islamic State, Al-Qaeda Members In One Day For Terrorism-Related Offences
13 March 2022
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• Saudi Arabia Executes Record Eighty-One Islamic
State, Al-Qaeda Members In One Day For Terrorism-Related Offences
• Brunei Islamic Film Festival Kicks Off To Explore
The Concept Of Film Genre
• Acting Foreign Minister of Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan Urges World Community To Contribute To Stable, Self-Reliant
Afghanistan
• Tiny Kingdom In Nigeria Celebrates As Threat From
Boko Haram Fades
Arab world
• How Reopening Of Cinemas In Saudi Arabia Has Proved
A Film-Industry Game-Changer
• Black Stone and Grand Mosque in Makkah upkeep under
‘expert control’
• Saudi aid agency launches project to help Syrian
orphans in Jordan
• Governor chairs meeting to make Makkah a smart
region
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Southeast Asia
• Islamic Boarding Schools Can Prevent Sexual Violence
Cases: Lawmaker
• PM Ismail Sabri: Cabinet ties not affected by Johor
state election results
• Law minister: Redelineation exercise for Sabah,
Sarawak must follow legal process
• Johor polls: DAP knew retaining all 14 seats an
uphill task, says Chow
• Anwar: Voter turnout trend as seen in Johor can
‘threaten democratic process’
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South Asia
• Six million Afghans are internally displaced: IOM
• 18th package of $32-million cash arrives in Kabul
• Blast wounds seven members of family in Helmand
province
• Gatco graft case against Khaleda: Charge framing
hearing adjourned for 38th time
• Police more involved than Rab in extrajudicial
killings: Study
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Africa
• ‘Quality Of
Human Assets Is Important Than Hardware’
• Islamic Police, Hisbah, Seizes Vehicle With 200
Cartons Of Beer In Kebbi
• Army graduates, supports 559 repentant Boko Haram
Members
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India
• NIA Arrests Six People For Trafficking Rohingya Muslims
Into India
• NIA charges two alleged Islamic State operatives
• Karnataka Man Attacks Wife 23 Times With Weapon,
Right-wing Groups Call it Case of 'Love-Jihad'
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Pakistan
• Opposition Predicts End Of Ruling Coalition ‘Within
Days’ PM's Attempt To Escape No-Trust Move Is Pushing Country Into Crisis: PPP
Senator Sherry
• Sialkot Lynching Case: ATC Indicts 89 Accused Of
Murdering Sri Lankan National Priyantha Kumara
• Opposition says ‘partisan’ speaker should not chair
key NA session
• Indecisive friends giving PTI sleepless nights
• Only One-Third Of 8,500 Missing People, Since March
2011, Have Returned: Report
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Mideast
• U.S. Looks Into Iraq Attack After Iran Says Israel
Killed Colonels in Syria
• Is the Iranian strike against a US base in Erbil
connected to Ukraine?
• Iraq To Host New Round Of Talks Between Iran And
Saudi Arabia
• Ballistic missiles hit Iraq's Kurdish capital, no
casualties - officials
• Turkish Mosque In Ukraine’s Mariupol City ‘Remains
Intact’
• Imam Khamenei’s message to Union of Islamic Students
Associations in Europe
• Shia leader gunned down in Ancholi target killing
• Missiles From Iran Struck in Vicinity of U.S.
Consulate in Northern Iraq, Officials Say
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Europe
• Blackburn Islamic Special Educational Needs School
Inspires New Classes
• Russian military shells a mosque in Mariupol where
over 80 adults and children were sheltering, Ukraine's foreign ministry says
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North America
• US President Biden Nominates Indian-Origin Political
Activist Shefali Razdan As His Envoy To Netherlands
• More US troops deploy overseas in wake of Ukraine
invasion
• US accuses Russia of using UN council for
'disinformation'
• US provides additional $200 million in defence aid
to Ukraine amid Russia's war
• Ballistic missiles fired at US consulate in Iraq
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Saudi Arabia Executes Record Eighty-One Islamic State,
Al-Qaeda Members In One Day For Terrorism-Related Offences
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By Arab News
March 13, 2022
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced that it
has carried out the sentences of capital punishment against individuals
convicted of terrorism and capital crimes.
The individuals, totalling 81, were convicted of
various crimes including murdering innocent men, women and children; pledging
allegiance to foreign terrorist organizations, such as Daesh, Al-Qaeda and the
Houthi militia; targeting residents in the Kingdom and traveling to regional
conflict zones to join terrorist organizations
Other crimes include kidnapping, torture, rape,
smuggling arms and bombs into the Kingdom, targeting government personnel and
vital economic sites, killing law enforcement officers and maiming their
bodies, and planting land mines to target police vehicles.
The accused were provided with the right to an
attorney and were guaranteed their full rights under Saudi law during the
judicial process, which found them guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes
that left many civilians and law enforcement officers dead.
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Brunei Islamic Film Festival Kicks Off To Explore The
Concept Of Film Genre
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Izah Azahari
March 13, 2022
The Brunei Islamic Film Festival kicked off with a
symposium titled ‘Islamic Film Genre: Questions, Possibilities and Implications
for the Bruneian Screen Industry’ at Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
Complex yesterday.
Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Hajah Nurul Amal
Munjiatul Athirah binti Pengiran Sura Negara Pengiran Anak Haji Muhammad Bey
Muntassir was the guest of honour.
Symposium participants comprised individuals from
higher learning institutions including Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
(UNISSA), Mahakarya Institute of the Arts Asia (MIAA) and Kolej International
Graduate Studies (KIGS) as well as filmmakers and officials from production
houses and government agencies.
Festival Director Siti Kamaluddin opened the symposium
with a speech describing her excitement over the Sultanate’s first-ever film
festival dedicated to Islamic content.
“In 2019, we introduced the Islamic film competitive
category as part of the annual Brunei Film Blitz, and the category has since
grown. But this year, it has become its own festival,” she said.
Being a firm believer in the importance of education,
research and study, Siti Kamaluddin said, “This is why the festival is starting
with a symposium, which will allow participants to explore the concept of film
genre, and what it means to have an Islamic Bruneian screen identity.”
Matters pertaining to Islamic etiquette, halal food
preparation, Islamic financing and insurance were discussed in greater detail
to ensure filmmakers delve into these details when producing Islamic content.
The symposium ended with a filmmaking workshop
allowing participants to put into practice what had been discussed at the
symposium. Participants were assigned filmmaking exercises on ideation,
cinematography, sound recording and editing.
Intensive individual mentorships will be made
available for participants over the next two weeks while they produce Islamic
short films to be screened on March 30.
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Acting Foreign Minister of Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan Urges World Community To Contribute To Stable, Self-Reliant
Afghanistan
Acting Foreign Minister of
the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi
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By Najibullah Lalzoy
12 Mar 2022
Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi asked the International Community to do their
part in building a stable and self-reliant Afghanistan as an unstable and weak
Afghanistan avail no one.
Amir Khan Muttaqi insisted that Afghanistan does not
intend to be a country for conflicts of superpowers of the world.
Speaking at Antalya’s Diplomatic Forum in Turkey on
Saturday, March 12, 2022, the acting Minister said that the US along with its
allies could not defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan but the Taliban uprooted the
terror group from the country.
He attacked the current definition of diplomacy
claiming to be used for waging and intensifying wars across the world. Muttaqi
said the definition should be looked at honestly so that it be used for the
prevention of wars and conflicts.
“Many opportunities have been created in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has the potential to be a connecting and transit spot between
central and south Asian countries. We ask participants of the Diplomatic Forum
to assist Afghanistan in getting its assets unfrozen and economic sanctions
lifted.” Muttaqi said.
The acting FM further added that Afghanistan has no
political asylum seeker and all who have left Afghanistan is owing to economic
issues. Amir khan Muttaqi said all Afghans in exile will return to the country
once the country’s economy gets going.
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Tiny Kingdom In Nigeria Celebrates As Threat From Boko
Haram Fades
Luke Luwu on the lookout for
Boko Haram terrorists approaching Sukur in northeast Nigeria
Richard Assheton For The
Sunday Times
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Richard Assheton
March 13 2022
The king rose early on the biggest day for his people
in years. By 9am the walled centre of the village was abuzz with the chatter of
thousands who had come from the hills around.
The celebrations that greeted the king were the first
of their kind in nearly a decade. For much of that time the people of Sukur, a
little-known, Unesco-listed kingdom 3,000 feet up in the highlands of northeast
Nigeria, lived in fear. Their unique culture, with its own language, calendar
and distinctive dry stone walls, was under threat from Boko Haram, the Islamist
group that has terrorised the region since 2009. In 2014 militants climbed the
steep track to the settlement, razing houses and burning crops. People
scattered, abandoning the terraced
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Arab world
How reopening of cinemas in Saudi Arabia has proved a
film-industry game-changer
RAWAN RADWAN
March 12, 2022
JEDDAH: When Saudi Arabia first announced it was
lifting its 35-year ban on movie screening four years ago, few predicted the
strides the Kingdom’s fledgling film industry would soon make.
“I watch a movie at least twice or three times a month
and wouldn’t mind going more if not for my frequent travels,” Jawaher
Abdullatif, a 35-year-old private sector worker from Riyadh, told Arab News.
Source: Arab News
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Black Stone and Grand Mosque in Makkah upkeep under
‘expert control’
TAREQ AL-THAQAFI
March 12, 2022
MAKKAH: Several teams of experts have been deployed to
provide services for pilgrims at the Grand Mosque including maintaining the
Kaaba’s Black Stone, cleaning prayer areas, ensuring guidance information and
proper translations, and establishing security and crowd control.
This is according to Dr. Saad bin Mohammed
Al-Muhaimid, the under-secretary-general for the affairs of the Grand Mosque,
who told Arab News that the presidency was working jointly with several
government bodies to prepare for the influx of Umrah pilgrims.
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Saudi aid agency launches project to help Syrian orphans
in Jordan
SPA
March 12, 2022
AMMAN: Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of
the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, on Saturday launched a
project caring for Syrian orphans in Jordan.
Al-Rabeeah distributed school bags and gifts to orphaned
students in Irbid province, as well as 22 electric chairs to Syrians with
disabilities.
Source: Arab News
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Governor chairs meeting to make Makkah a smart region
ARAB NEWS
March 13, 2022
JEDDAH: Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, governor of Makkah
and advisor to King Salman, chaired a meeting in the presence of Minister of
Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Al-Swaha in Jeddah to
discuss developing Makkah into a smart region.
During the meeting, attended by the presidents of the
region’s universities, Prince Khalid went over the work accomplished by the
Ministry of Communications in contribution to the transformation of the region.
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Southeast Asia
Islamic boarding schools can prevent sexual violence
cases: Lawmaker
13-03-2022
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Islamic boarding schools play a
crucial role in preventing cases of sexual violence among students, Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar said.
He opined that boarding-based educational
institutions, both universities and Islamic boarding schools, were susceptible to occurrences of sexual
violence.
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PM Ismail Sabri: Cabinet ties not affected by Johor
state election results
13 Mar 2022
BERA, March 13 — The results of the Johor state
election which saw Barisan Nasional gaining a landslide victory yesterday would
not affect relations among ministers and deputy ministers from other parties at
the federal government level.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said
even though the first Cabinet meeting after the state election would be held
next week, he is optimistic that all its members are professional and would
make the right decisions for political stability and people’s well-being.
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Law minister: Redelineation exercise for Sabah,
Sarawak must follow legal process
13 Mar 2022
KUCHING, March 13 — The proposed redelineation
exercise to add parliamentary seats in Sabah and Sarawak must be carried out
through a proper legal process, said Minister in the Prime Minister's
Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
According to Article 113 of the Federal Constitution,
he said, any review or study on redelineation exercise can only be done once
every eight years.
“It means for Sarawak, if we want to see the addition
of parliamentary seats, it will only happen after eight years, in 2023. A study
will be carried out then,” he said when met by reporters after attending an
event in Kampung Tanjung Bako here today.
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Johor polls: DAP knew retaining all 14 seats an uphill
task, says Chow
13 Mar 2022
GEORGE TOWN, March 13 — DAP, which failed to retain
all its 14 seats in the Johor state election (PRN) yesterday, expected to win
only up to 10 seats given the changed political situation in the country, said
its National Vice-Chairman, Chow Kon Yeow.
The Chief Minister of Penang said Pakatan Harapan
(PH), especially DAP, was well aware that it would face a big challenge to keep
all its seats in the election.
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Anwar: Voter turnout trend as seen in Johor can
‘threaten democratic process’
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
13 Mar 2022
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — PKR president Datuk Seri
Anwar Ibrahim today congratulated Barisan Nasional (BN) over its landslide
victory in the Johor state election but raised caution over the low voter
turnout yesterday.
In a statement posted on his Facebook, the Opposition
leader and Port Dickson MP said that his party accepts the mandate of the
people of Johor.
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South Asia
Six million Afghans are internally displaced: IOM
By Najibullah Lalzoy
13 Mar 2022
International Organization of Migration (IOM) in its
latest report said that there are currently six million people displaced internally
adding that drought and conflicts have triggered the people to locate from
their residences.
The report that is published on Saturday, March 12,
2022, reads that the number of IDPs rose unprecedentedly in 2016 and 2018 and
that 2021 was also one of the worst years for the people.
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18th package of $32-million cash arrives in Kabul
By Najibullah Lalzoy
13 Mar 2022
Afghanistan’s Central Bank-Da Afghanistan Bank- in a
press release said that as the United Nation’s humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
continues, the 18th package of having $32 million in cash has arrived in Kabul
on Saturday, March 12, 2022.
The amount of money has been delivered to Afghanistan
International Bank (AIB).
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Blast wounds seven members of family in Helmand
province
By Najibullah Lalzoy
12 Mar 2022
Provincial officials of Helmand province said that an
explosion wounded seven members of a family including children in the Marja
district of the province.
The officials said that blast took place in Dasht
residence of the district Friday afternoon, March 12, 2022
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Gatco graft case against Khaleda: Charge framing
hearing adjourned for 38th time
Star Digital Report
Mar 13, 202
A Dhaka court today adjourned until May 10 the hearing
on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 15 others in Gatco
graft case.
Judge Muhammad Ali Hussain of Special Judge Court-3 of
Dhaka passed the order after a petition on behalf of Khaleda Zia was submitted
seeking an adjournment of the hearing, Masud Ahmed Talukder, one of her
lawyers, confirmed The Daily Star.
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Police more involved than Rab in extrajudicial
killings: Study
Staff Correspondent
Mar 13, 2022
The police are involved in more extrajudicial killings
than the Rapid Action Battalion, found a report by the Centre for Governance
Studies.
The CGS, a think tank conducting research and media
studies on governance issues, analysed cases between 2019 and 2021, and
released these figures yesterday at a virtual discussion titled
"Executions at Will?".
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Africa
‘Quality of human assets is important than hardware’
By Guardian Nigeria
13 March 2022
IN any war, one major tactic is to exploit your adversaries’
weakness. Our monopoly of controlling the air space gives us a fighting
leverage and advantage in the skies.
However, it may be inaccurate for us to conclude that
air assets are now more important that land or sea assets. The fight is dynamic
and all the services are building capacity not just for the present events but
to protect Nigeria’s territory in the immediate-to-long term.
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Islamic Police, Hisbah, Seizes Vehicle With 200
Cartons Of Beer In Kebbi
BY SAHARA REPORTERS
MAR 12, 2022
Operatives of Kebbi State Hisbah Board on Saturday has
seized at least two hundred cartons of alcohol in Birnin Kebbi.
The Hisbah operatives, who acted on a tip-off swooped
on a particular location around old market area where a car, which was loaded
with the banned product and was about to be offloaded for sale to the general
public was impounded.
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Army graduates, supports 559 repentant Boko Haram
Members
By Mansur Aramide
13 March 2022
Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) of the Nigerian Army,
yesterday, graduated and equipped 559 repentant members of the outlawed Boko
Haram and Islamic West African Province (ISWAP.)
OPSC commandant, Colonel Uche Nnabuihe, said:”63 were
trained in barbing; 76 in shoemaking; 175 in welding; 167 in tailoring; 56 in
carpentry and 22 in laundry services.”
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India
NIA arrests six people for trafficking Rohingya
Muslims into India
12th March 2022
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The NIA has arrested six people who were
allegedly part of a syndicate involved in the illegal trafficking of Rohingya
Muslims into Indian territory, an official said on Saturday.
The network was operating in the border areas of
Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya as well as other parts of the country, the
official of the premier investigation agency said.
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NIA charges two alleged Islamic State operatives
Devesh K Pandey
MARCH 12, 2022
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a
supplementary chargesheet against two persons, who have been accused of being
affiliated to the Islamic State terror outfit.
They have been identified as Afshan Parvaiz Jarabi and
Tawheed Latief Sofi, both residents of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. They have
been arraigned in connection with a case registered by the agency in June 2021,
pertaining to a conspiracy by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to radicalise
and recruit the youth in India.
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Karnataka Man Attacks Wife 23 Times With Weapon,
Right-wing Groups Call it Case of 'Love-Jihad'
MARCH 12, 2022
Aman from Karnataka’s Gadag brutally attacked his wife
and left her battling for life in a hospital, days before their divorce
petition hearing was to come up in a court.
Police said that the inter-religious marriage of the
couple had hit a rough patch when Apoorva Puranik alias Arfa Bano had learnt
about the first marriage of her husband Ijiaz.
Apoorva, who was studying MBA in Hubli, fell in love
with Ijaz who was an auto driver in the area where she lived. The couple got
married in 2018, despite opposition from the girl’s family. Apoorva changed her
name to Arfa Bano after the wedding. The couple has a two-year-old child.
Around six months ago, Apoorva learnt about Ijaz’s
first marriage. According to police, this led to several heated arguments
between the two. Heartbroken, Apoorva applied for a divorce and the petition
was to come up for a hearing on Friday. But the estranged husband attacked
Apoorva on Wednesday in Gadag, assaulted her 23 times with a lethal weapon. She
is now battling for her life at KIMS hospital in Hubli. The police have
arrested Ijaz.
Apoorva’s mother Ashwin said her daughter was studying
in Hubli and when she and Ijaz got their marriage registered. “He would assault
her often. We opposed the marriage but thought they will live happily. We
didn’t know about his first marriage. When she got to know, she filed for a
divorce. He had converted our daughter before marriage and changed her name to
Arfa. He wanted her to not ask for a divorce, he would ask her to live the way
he wanted," said.
Meanwhile several right-wing groups and chief of Sri
Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik, have called it a case of Love-Jihad. “This is the
latest example of Love-Jihad. Marrying innocent Hindu women and then torturing
or converting them is happening everywhere. We welcome the prompt action of the
police to arrest him. But they have booked him under not so stringent sections.
If he comes out of jail, we will thrash him. We demand stringent sections to be
slapped against the culprit,” Muthalik said.
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Pakistan
Opposition predicts end of ruling coalition ‘within
days’
Zulqernain Tahir
March 13, 2022
LAHORE: Opposition parties’ negotiations with the PTI
government allies have entered the “final phase”, with the joint opposition
hoping the ruling coalition will break “in a matter of days, if not hours”.
Cracks within the coalition government also appeared
visible on Saturday after Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Federal
Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi traded barbs, with Mr Ahmed taking a
veiled swipe at the PML-Q and accusing it of “blackmailing” the government in
return for support during the opposition’s no-trust move against Prime Minister
Imran Khan.
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Move Is Pushing Country Into Crisis: PPP Senator
Sherry
Dawn.com
March 12, 2022
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman hit out at Prime Minister
Imran Khan on Saturday and accused him of pushing the country towards a crisis
in his attempts to avoid the joint opposition's no-confidence resolution
against him.
"His plan to avoid no-trust [motion] is pushing
the country towards tension and constitutional crisis. In [his] confusion, [he
is using] wrong language and making plans.
She also took the PM to task for the language he used
against the opposition in a scathing attack while addressing a gathering in
Lower Dir on Friday. Rehman said the premier's speech showed he was ready for a
confrontation with everyone.
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Opposition says ‘partisan’ speaker should not chair
key NA session
Amir Wasim
March 13, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties on Saturday termed
the conduct of National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser “partisan” and demanded
that he should not preside over the session on the fateful day of voting on the
no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The reaction from the opposition parties came in
response to a controversial speech by the NA speaker in Swabi in which he
defended the premier, declared that PTI members would with full force fight the
opposition’s move that he said would fail.
Source: Dawn
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Indecisive friends giving PTI sleepless nights
Amir Wasim
March 13, 2022
ISLAMABAD: The delay in decision-making by the four
smaller but key coalition partners of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)
on the issue of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan is not
only prolonging the prevailing political uncertainty in the country, but it has
also started to unnerve the government.
And it all became evident on Saturday when Interior
Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed alleged that the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q)
was “blackmailing” the government in return for support during the opposition’s
no-trust move.
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Only One-Third Of 8,500 Missing People, Since March
2011, Have Returned: Report
Malik Asad
March 12, 2022
ISLAMABAD: Of the 8,463 citizens missing since March
2011, only 3,284 have returned home, revealed a report submitted by the
Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances to the Islamabad High Court
(IHC) on Friday.
The commission — set up in 2011 to trace the missing
persons and fix responsibility on the individuals or organisations responsible
— disclosed that the institutions concerned did not produce detainees in 550
cases despite the issuance of production orders.
During the nearly eleven years from March 2011 to Feb
28, 2022, the commission received 8,463 complaints about enforced
disappearances, the report said. Of these cases, it has disposed of 6,214 cases,
whereas 2,249 are still under investigation.
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Mideast
U.S. Looks Into Iraq Attack After Iran Says Israel
Killed Colonels in Syria
BY TOM O'CONNOR
3/12/22
The U.S. military is tracking reports of a missile
attack near Washington's consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil days
after two Iranian colonels were reportedly killed during an airstrike in Syria
that was blamed on Israel.
A Pentagon spokesperson told Newsweek that the Defense
Department was "looking into the reported attack near Erbil," but did
not provide any details.
The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government's
Directorate General of Counter Terrorism reported that 12 ballistic missiles
targeted near the U.S. consulate in Erbil and were launched outside of Iraq's
borders to the east, where Iran is located.
Source: The News
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Is the Iranian strike against a US base in Erbil
connected to Ukraine?
Maite Knorr-Evans
12 March 2022
Reports are emerging that on 12 Friday, Iran targeted
a US military base and consulate in Erbil Iraq, with as many as six missiles.
Rather, the attack in Erbil is reportedly related to
the killing of two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leaders in an
Israeli air attack that took place in Syria earlier this week.
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Iraq to host new round of talks between Iran and Saudi
Arabia
Reuters in Erbil
12 Mar 2022
Iraq will host another round of talks between regional
foes Iran and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the foreign ministry in Baghdad said
on Saturday, without giving further details.
The Iraqi foreign minister, Fuad Hussein, revealed the
development during remarks at a diplomatic forum in Antalya on Turkey’s
southern coast cited by local media. A foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed
the comments to Reuters.
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Ballistic missiles hit Iraq's Kurdish capital, no
casualties - officials
March 13, 2022
ERBIL, Iraq, March 13 (Reuters) - A dozen ballistic missiles
launched from outside Iraq struck the country's northern Kurdish regional
capital Erbil on Sunday, Kurdish officials said, adding there were no
casualties.
The attack was launched from Iran, a U.S. official
told Reuters. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not
provide further information.
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Turkish mosque in Ukraine’s Mariupol city ‘remains
intact’
Tolga Ozgenc
12.03.2022
A Turkish mosque in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has
remained intact, the head of the mosque association said on Saturday, as
clashes continued in and around the city.
Clashes continue in a neighborhood that is 2
kilometers (1.25 miles) away from the mosque, said Ismail Hacioglu, the head of
the association of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Mosque.
"Our mosque remained undamaged,” he noted.
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Imam Khamenei’s message to Union of Islamic Students
Associations in Europe
March 13, 2022
In a message to the 56th gathering of the Union of
Islamic Students Associations in Europe, Imam Khamenei stressed the need to
understand the various fronts, adopt a correct stance and prepare for playing
one’s part in the global developments to the best interests of the camp of
truth.
The current political and military events form part of
the historic turn in the world that had been predicted. The outstanding,
prominent intellectuals of our great nation have special responsibilities at
this stage. An understanding of the fronts and adopting a correct stance are
their short-term responsibilities. And preparing to play one’s part in global
developments to the advantage of the camp of truth is their longer-term
responsibility.
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Shia leader gunned down in Ancholi target killing
By Faraz Khan
March 13, 2022
In less than 10 days of the Peshawar bombing, a major
sectarian killing took place in Karachi on Saturday night where Syed Salman
Haider Rizvi, general secretary of the Pasban-e-Aza and former president of the
Masjid Khair-ul-Amal, was shot dead in target killing in the Ancholi area.
The tragic incident took place outside Rizvi’s
residence near the Masjid Khair-ul-Amal in Ancholi Society within the
jurisdiction of the Samanabad police station. Rizvi, 43, was the son of the
late SM Haider, prominent Shia leader and founder of the Pasban-e-Aza.
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Missiles From Iran Struck in Vicinity of U.S.
Consulate in Northern Iraq, Officials Say
By Gordon Lubold
March 12, 2022
A missile strike early Sunday that landed in the
vicinity of a new American consulate under construction in northern Iraq
originated from Iran, according to U.S. officials.
The attack comes as the U.S. is edging closer to
cementing a deal to revive the 2015 agreement with Tehran that constrains
Iran’s nuclear program.
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Europe
Blackburn Islamic special educational needs school
inspires new classes
By Muhammad Khan
13-03-2022
A Blackburn special educational needs and disabilities
(SEND) Islamic school is inspiring other towns to open similar classes.
Students at Tuyoorul Jannah school have a variety of
conditions including autism and global development delay. Classes are run from
a base on Shear Bank Road.
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Russian military shells a mosque in Mariupol where
over 80 adults and children were sheltering, Ukraine's foreign ministry says
KATIE BALEVIC
MAR 13, 2022
Russian forces shelled a mosque in the Ukrainian city
of Mariupol on Friday, where over 80 people, including children, were
sheltering, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said.
"The mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
and his wife Roxolana (Hurrem Sultan) in Mariupol was shelled by Russian
invaders," the foreign ministry said, per Al Jazeera. "More than 80
adults and children are hiding there from the shelling, including citizens of
Turkey."
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North America
US President Biden nominates Indian-origin political
activist Shefali Razdan as his envoy to Netherlands
Mar 12, 2022
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has announced his
intent to nominate Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as
his envoy to the Netherlands, according to the White House.
Duggal, a mother of two, is an experienced political
activist, women's rights advocate and human rights campaigner, the White House
said.
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More US troops deploy overseas in wake of Ukraine
invasion
Mar 12, 2022
SAVANNAH: US soldiers continued to deploy Friday to
Europe, joining thousands already sent overseas to support NATO allies amid
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
About 130 soldiers from the 87th Division Sustainment
Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, lined up with rucksacks
inside a terminal at Hunter Airfield in Savannah before marching outside and
boarding their chartered flight. It departed amid grey skies and rain.
Republican U.S. Rep. Earl ``Buddy'' Carter, of Pooler,
Georgia, was among those in attendance. He was seen ``fist-bumping'' many of
the soldiers as they boarded the plane.
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More US troops deploy overseas in wake of Ukraine invasion
Mar 12, 2022
SAVANNAH: US soldiers continued to deploy Friday to
Europe, joining thousands already sent overseas to support NATO allies amid
Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
About 130 soldiers from the 87th Division Sustainment
Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, lined up with rucksacks
inside a terminal at Hunter Airfield in Savannah before marching outside and
boarding their chartered flight. It departed amid grey skies and rain.
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US accuses Russia of using UN council for
'disinformation'
Mar 12, 2022
UNITED NATIONS: The United States accused Russia of
using a UN Security Council meeting Friday for ``lying and spreading
disinformation'' as part of a potential false-flag operation by Moscow for the
use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine.
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russia was
playing out a scenario put forth in the council last month by US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken that President Vladimir Putin would ``fabricate
allegations about chemical or biological weapons to justify its own violent
attacks against the Ukrainian people.''
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US provides additional $200 million in defense aid to
Ukraine amid Russia's war
Betul Yuruk
13.03.2022
US President Joe Biden authorized Secretary of State
Antony Blinken on Saturday to provide an additional $200 million in defense aid
to Ukraine amid Russia's war against that country.
Biden instructed Blinken to provide the funds under
the "Foreign Assistance Act," the White House said in a statement.
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Ballistic missiles fired at US consulate in Iraq
By Patrick Reilly
March 12, 2022
Up to a dozen ballistic missiles launched from Iran
were fired early Sunday morning towards the US consulate in Iraq’s Kurdistan
region capital of Erbil, officials said.
While no casualties were reported, Iraqi and US
officials gave differing accounts of the attack, which also damaged the office
building of a Kurdish news outlet.
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