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London Exile Who Runs Pakistan’s Biggest City Is Losing Control

Edit Bloomberg 20 Oct 2016
After 24 years running Pakistan’s largest city from exile in a quiet suburban house in north London, Altaf Hussain may be finally losing his grip on power. In August, the corpulent, bespectacled 63-year-old leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the party that has run Karachi since the late 1980s, addressed a gathering of hundreds of followers in the city by phone, his voice relayed via loudspeakers ... Pervez Masih/AP Photo ... LEARN MORE. ....

By boycotting Iran over hijab, the U.S. chess player wastes a valuable opportunity

Edit The Dallas Morning News 19 Oct 2016
Iran has many problems when it comes to women's rights. Hijab is not the biggest one. But the Muslim headscarf is fueling a firestorm of controversy and debate following U.S ... Roots of hijab ... Social media campaign My Stealthy Freedom, which was created by exiled Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2014, provides a platform for these women to post photos of themselves without the hijab, in defiance of the law ... ....

Church of Pakistan remembers its martyrs (The Anglican Communion)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
(Source. The Anglican Communion) ... There have been numerous other attacks - included an attempt to attack the Warsak Christian compound in Peshawar last month ... One of the colony's residents, Samuel Masih - described in initial news reports as a security guard - raised the alarm with local security forces ... Samuel Masih was killed in the crossfire ... In his visit, Bishop Peters visited the family of Samuel Masih and prayed with them ... (noodl....

Customer Survey in September 2016: Customers Feel Optimistic (Bank Indonesia)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
(Source. Bank Indonesia). Bank Indonesia's Customer Survey indicates that customers remain optimistic about the economic condition of Indonesia ... Original documenthttp.//www.bi.go.id/en/ruang-media/info-terbaru/Pages/Survei-Konsumen-September-2016-Konsumen-Masih-Optimis.aspx. Public permalinkhttp.//www.publicnow.com/view/790C0908C298148A6A2BA658CC5C41F383CF87DA. (noodl. 35841465) ....

Pakistan adjourns hearing of Christian woman on death row

Edit Topix 14 Oct 2016
Saiful Malook, left, lawyer of Pakistani Christian woman Aasia Bibi briefs media with Bibi's husband Ashiq Masih outside the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 ... ....

Fresh setback for Asia Bibi as Supreme Court appeal delayed (The Anglican Communion)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
(Source. The Anglican Communion). [ACNS, by Gavin Drake] Asia Bibi, the Christian woman on death row in Pakistan after being convicted of blasphemy in a row over drinking water, will have to wait for her Supreme Court appeal after a hearing due to take place today was adjourned ... He said that Asia Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih had anger in his eyes as he left the court. ' ... 'I looked at Ashiq Masih and saw the anguish and anger in his eyes....

The Guardian view on blasphemy in Pakistan: a dark moment for religious freedom approaches

Edit The Guardian 12 Oct 2016
The supreme court in Lahore will on Thursday hear the appeal of Asia Bibi against her death sentence for blasphemy. It is a case that has already cost two lives ... This is a poisonous mess ... Almost all societies have speech codes enforced by law and reinforced by public opinion ... In one 2014 case in Lahore, the conviction of a street sweeper, Sawan Masih, was followed by a pogrom in which 180 Christian families were driven from their homes ... ....

Facing the Death Penalty for Blasphemy in Pakistan (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). In June 2009, Aasia Bibi, a low-paid farmhand, responded angrily when her co-workers refused to drink water that she offered them, claiming it was 'unclean' because she was a Christian ... And just last month, Nabeel Masih, a 16-year-old Christian boy, was charged with blasphemy and arrested for allegedly 'liking' a photograph of the Kaaba on social media ... Soon the matter will be before the courts ... (noodl....

Garuda, Citilink go missing on Traveloka

Edit The Jakarta Post 12 Oct 2016
Netizens have been complaining about Garuda Indonesia and Citilink flights not showing up in search results on travel site Traveloka ... 14; Citilink did not appear." ... — Mbah Darmo™ (@herylink) October 11, 2016 ... @WawanEvil Hai Ilham, ketersediaan maskapai Garuda & Citilink masih dalam perbaikan sistem maskapai guna peningkatan layanan Traveloka -WJ1- — Traveloka Indonesia (@traveloka) October 12, 2016 ...   ... ....

Afghanistan-Malaysia friendly international football match ends in draw

Edit Khaama Press 11 Oct 2016
Afghanistan appeared in the match in the format of 4-2-3-1 with Owais Azizi as goal keeper, Hassan Amiri, Ahmad Arash Atefi, Masih Saighani, and Mujib Jamali in the defense line, Abasin Ali Khel and Kaneshka Tahir in ......

Asia Bibi blasphemy case to be heard by Pakistan supreme court

Edit The Guardian 11 Oct 2016
Christian woman sentenced to death in 2010 after allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad during village argument ... Asia Bibi was sentenced to death in 2010 for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad following a bad-tempered argument with Muslim women in Itanwali, the small village in Punjab where she used to live ... Mustafa Qadri ... Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, told the Guardian the family has been in hiding ever since Qadri’s execution ... ....

The American chess champion challenging Iran's hijab fetish

Edit Topix 06 Oct 2016
Asra Q. Nomani i s a former Wall Street Journal reporter and a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement. Masih Alinejad is a journalist and founder of My Stealthy Freedom, a campaign to oppose compulsory headscarves in Iran ... ....

"I had to:" Inside the mind of an 'honor' killer in Pakistan

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 03 Oct 2016
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — For two months, over the thunder of machines at the steel mill, the men taunted Mubeen Rajhu about his sister. Even now, they laugh at how easy it was to make him lose his temper. Some people had seen Tasleem in their Lahore slum with a Christian man ... His rage grew ... "We have been scared since the killing took place," says a neighbor, Shahzia Masih, sitting in a small room decorated with pictures of Jesus and Mary....
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