Reopening of schools in September in doubt

General Rawat challenged status quo, pushed reforms even if it ruffled feathers

Whether one agreed or disagreed with him, one could never ignore India?s top military officer, General Bipin Rawat. He himself made it very clear that as the country?s first-ever CDS, his mandate was to push ?jointness and integration? among the Army, Navy and IAF despite stiff resistance, while also weaning the forces off their overwhelming dependence on expensive foreign weapon systems. ?Gen Rawat was a total go-getter. He did not believe in being a status-quoist. In meetings, he would often

15 Dec, 2021

Foreign Minister Peiris hands over financial grant to Priyantha Kumara’s family

Foreign Minister Professor G.L Peiris, at an event held at the Foreign Ministry today (15), handed over a financial grant to the family of late Priyantha Kumara who was brutally killed by a mob in Sialkot area, Pakistan recently. Minister Peiris, while expressing his deepest condolences to the family on the tragic death of Priyantha Kumara said that the prime concern at this moment is the future of the two children and the financial security of the family. In this regard, the Minister stated t

15 Dec, 2021

Digital sanctions are latest Pakistani tools for persecuting Ahmediya Muslims

Pakistan?s religious intolerance against Ahmediyya Muslims has graduated to another level with state institutions clamping down on the community using digital tools and sanctions. Ahmadis number about 4 million in Pakistan, but the community has been forbidden to call itself Muslim since 1974. Ironically, it is the only country to label them as non-Muslims. Here, Ahmadis are not even allowed to call their houses of prayer ?mosques,? while basic religious practices associated with Islam are forbi

15 Dec, 2021