ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Senate’s standing committee for interior Senator Talha Mahmood said former President Pervez Musharraf and former interior minister could be quizzed over Dr. Aafia Siddiqui issue if needed.
The standing committee meeting chaired by Senator Talha Mahmood held here. The officials of interior and foreign ministries briefed the meeting about measures taken for [...]
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior has summoned Former Federal Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat and Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah in committee next meeting for extraditing Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to United States of America in 2004.
On the other hand, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Talha Mehmood has made it clear Former [...]
Did you know that Pakistan played an important role in the adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights by the UN (in the days of the first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan)? The following is an except from On My Own, the autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt who led the process from 1946 to 1948.
In the [...]
This is the true story of a Brown Box. An ordinary cardboard box. Not too big, not too small. Nothing special. It was the kind of an everyday box used to package every thing from priceless objects to toilet paper.
A few months ago, I came home one evening to find this box waiting at my [...]
The US Senate has given the go ahead to President Barack Obama’s decision to close the infamous military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senate passed by a 79 to 19 vote to allow the government to transfer detainees from the prison to the US soil for trial or transfer them to their home countries.
The [...]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday postponed until October 30 the hearing of a petition seeking directions for the federal government to refer Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). A deputy attorney general on Tuesday appeared on behalf of the Interior Ministry and said the case could not [...]
Banned Speech by Anwar al-Awlaki – Part 1 of 3
Banned Speech by Anwar al-Awlaki – Part 2 of 3
Banned Speech by Anwar al-Awlaki – Part 3 of 3
Beyond Guantanamo Event – Moussa Zemmouri
Beyond Guantanamo Event – Yvonne Ridley, Part 1
Beyond Guantanamo Event – Yvonne Ridley, Part 2
Beyond Guantanamo Event – Amir Sulaiman, Part 1
Beyond Guantanamo [...]
THE Lahore High Court has been informed that Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case cannot be taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) without the consent of America and Afghanistan.
A deputy attorney general, appearing on behalf of the Interior Ministry, said this on Tuesday in reply to a petition, filed by Barrister Iqbal Jafferry, seeking the [...]
Please save the date for the city closest to you and kindly invite friends to support and attend the following events.
Friday, October 16th – Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, October 17th – Chicago, IL
Sunday, October 18th – Coney Island, NY
Tuesday, October 20th - Birmingham, AL
Wednesday, October 21st – Atlanta, GA
Thursday, October 22nd [...]
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Ministry on Friday informed National Assembly that government of Pakistan has spent Rs 2 million dollars for a team of lawyers for hearing the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
During a Question-Hour in the National Assembly, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan on Friday told the House that the next hearing [...]
