Asian Lite News Archive

Category: PAKISTAN

  • BIG INTERVIEW – Rahat Ali Khan

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    In an interview with Asian Lite’s Natalia Ningthoujam, Pakistani qawwali maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan says Bollywood music big investment unlike private albums. Asian Lite, the newspaper for the Asian Diaspora, will regularly carry interviews with Asian artistes Pakistani qawwali maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, known for giving hit Bollywood numbers like “Jiya dhadak dhadak” and…

  • British Envoy Visits Sialkot

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    The British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr. Philip Barton CMG OBE, visited Sialkot . During his time in one of Pakistan’s largestindustrial hubs, the High Commissioner held a range of trade related meetings with prominent business leaders.The British High Commissioner visited the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industries and met officials including the Chamber’s President, Dr. Sarfraz Bashir, to…

  • Pakistan justifies military operation

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday said the government’s decision to initiate a full-scale operation in North Waziristan tribal region was justified. He said during a speech delivered in the National Assembly Monday that the operation would continue until terrorism is eliminated from the country, Dawn online reported. Sharif added that the government had tried…

  • Pak air strike kills over 100 militants

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    Over 100 militants were killed and eight hideouts destroyed in a predawn airstrike launched by the Pakistani army in the country’s northwestern tribal area of North Waziristan, the media reported Sunday. Abu Rehman, an Uzbek militant group leader who is believed to be the mastermind of the last Sunday attack on Karachi airport, was also…

  • PROFILE – Writer T.V.Paul

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    Asian Lite profiles TV Paul,  an Indo-Canadian academic and the author of The Warrior State. Paul says Pakistan’s leaders lack vision, obsessed with India Pakistan’s failure to utilise foreign aid for socio-economic development has contributed to its sorry plight and such is the obsession of its political elite with military security that the country hasn’t developed even…

  • Modi condemns Karachi airport attack

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    India’s newly-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to a letter written by Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif, condemning the terror attack at Karachi airport, media reported Friday. Sharif on June 2, wrote a letter to Modi that he was satisfied with the bilateral talks they held during his visit to India to attend Modi’s swearing-in ceremony,…

  • Musharraf can travel abroad

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    A Pakistan court Thursday accepted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s request to leave the country, media reported. The Sindh High Court ruled that Musharraf’s name should be removed from the exit control list, which has barred him from travelling out of Pakistan, Dawn online reported. A two-judge bench of the high court issued the ruling…

  • Drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan

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    At least 10 people were killed in a second US drone strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan province, increasing the toll to 16 since Wednesday’s attack, media reported Thursday. According to officials, the drone targeted a house near Miranshah and fired eight missiles, The News International reported. The first US drone attack Wednesday killed six suspected…

  • Karachi airport attack investigation begins

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    The police have constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the terror attacks at the Karachi nternational airport, media reported Thursday. The inquiry committee would be headed by Karachi Police’s Deputy Inspector General Munir Ahmed Shaikh, Dawn online reported. On Sunday night, an audacious terror attack was mounted at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, in which 23…

  • UK to tackle human trafficking

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    Buddhdev Pandya MBE,   Political Editor for Asian Lite, says  the new bill specifically address slavery and trafficking in the 21st century. The Home Office published a historic bill aimed at stamping out modern slavery. The Modern Slavery Bill is the first of its kind in Europe, and one of the first in the world, to…

  • KARACHI – Remains of the Day

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  • Second attack on Karachi airport

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    Heavily-armed gunmen mounted a brazen attack near the Karachi international airport, within a day of a terror siege there ending in a toll of 30, media reported. The Airport Security Force (ASF) Academy came under heavy attack by terrorists Tuesday and Geo News reported a raging gun battle. The media report said the militants entered…

  • More bodies found at Karachi airport

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    At least seven bodies were recovered Tuesday from Karachi-based Jinnah International Airport’s cold storage facility in Pakistan, media reported. A terror attack on the airport Sunday night killed 23 people including 10 militants, Dawn online reported. The rescue operation followed by the attack, continued for nearly 28 hours. According to officials, the rescue workers broke…

  • Pakistan’s nukes safety good:US

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    Condemning the deadly militant attack on Karachi airport that left 28 dead, the US has offered Pakistan assistance in investigating the crime, but at this point was not concerned about the safety of Islamabad’s nuclear arsenal. “We have offered assistance to the relevant Pakistani authorities investigating this crime,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters…

  • Karachi airport reopens

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    The Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan’s Karachi reopened to passengers Monday afternoon following Sunday night’s terrorist attack in which 19 people were killed and 25 others injured, local officials said. Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in its statement, said the airport was reopened to passengers after the security forces declared it clear. Earlier in the…

  • Karachi toll rises to 23

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    At least 23 people, including 10 terrorists, were killed at Pakistan’s Jinnah International Airport in Karachi after it came under attack Sunday night, a leading Pakistani daily reported. The entire airport has been cleared and all terrorists have been killed, a Pakistan Army spokesperson was quoted as saying by The Dawn. Major General Asim Bajwa, spokesperson…

  • MQM chief thanks supporters

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    The exiled leader of MQM also thanked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari. He also expressed his gratitude for the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) condemning his arrest and also thanked Tahirul Qadri, Chaudhry Shujaat and Pervez Musharraf. Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain addressed his party lawmakers and workers who…

  • Altaf gets bail in London

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    Altaf Hussain, the exiled leader of Pakistan’s powerful MQM party, has been released on bail by police in London after being arrested on suspicion of money laundering, BBC reported. The 60-year-old was questioned for seven hours on Friday evening. He had been transferred to hospital for check-ups after being arrested on Tuesday. Investigations are continuing…

  • Daredevil act of teenage pilot

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    Haris Suleman (17) will be taking off with his father on an incredible journey to fly their single-engine plane around the world in just 30 days. While most schoolchildren are finishing off their exams and looking forward to the summer break, Haris Suleman will be taking off with his father on an incredible journey to…

  • Pakistan hails Obama’s Afghan withdrawal

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    Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama’s plan of withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan, noting that the country stressed the importance of a responsible withdrawal and “cautioned against the creation of a security vacuum”. The statement came hours after President Obama said that the US plans to pull out all forces from Afghanistan by…

  • US applauds Modi-Sharif meeting

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      Welcoming the meeting between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, the US said it supported all efforts to strengthen dialogue and cooperation between the two neighbours. “We continue to welcome any and all steps India and Pakistan take to strengthen and deepen their dialogue and cooperation,” State Department spokesperson…

  • Sharif promises peace

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that he desired to take forward the peace process he had initiated with then Indian leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Sharif told his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at a meeting here that “I intend to pick up the threads of the Lahore peace declaration” of 1999. He told the…

  • Nawaz renews peace mission

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    Upon arriving in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of India’s incoming premier Narendra Modi , Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that he is looking forward to his meeting with Modi, Express News reported on Monday. In an interview with an Indian television channel, Nawaz said the meeting is crucial for both countries. He also added that ties between…

  • Modi Swearing-in Ceremony – Pictorial

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  • I’m carrying message of peace: Sharif

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    “I am carrying the message of peace,” said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who left for India Monday to attend the oath taking ceremony of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi, media reported. “I’m carrying the message of peace and will discuss all matters with the Indian leadership. Dialogue process is the only way to resolve…

  • BNP ousted from EU

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    As the Manchester results were announced, Asian Lite can confirm the racist British Nationalist Party and its chief Nick Griffin will be ousted from the European Parliament. The North West region of England elected 8 MEPs including Afzal Khan, the former Lord Mayor of Manchester. Along with him two Labour, two Conservative and three UKIP…

  • Indian fishermen to cross Attari border

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    A total of 151 Indian fishermen released by Pakistan from prisons in that country ahead of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to India will cross over into Indian territory Monday, officials said here Sunday. Pakistan Sunday released on humanitarian grounds the Indian prisoners, who were detained when they strayed into Pakistani waters while fishing.…

  • Pakistan frees 59 Indians

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    Pakistan on Sunday released 59 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, officials said. The Indian prisoners, mostly fishermen, were freed from a jail in the port city of Karachi. They will be handed over…

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  • Sartaj Aziz to accompany Sharif

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    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be accompanied by Sartaj Aziz, adviser on national security and foreign affairs, as well as Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry on his India visit to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. In a statement, the Pakistan Foreign Office said that Prime Minister Sharif, who has accepted the…

  • Sharif to attend Modi ceremony

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    Nawaz Sharif to attend Modi’s swearing-in ceremony Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday confirmed that he would attend the oath taking ceremony of Indian Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi to be held Monday, a media report said. Officials said that Sharif took the decision after a series of consultations with his close aides, Dawn online…

  • Amir ready for sleepless nights!

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    Bolton-Boxer Amir Khan has become a father. The former Olympain used his official Twitter to break the news to his millions fans this morning. His wife Faryal Makhdoom gave birth to a baby girl which they had called Lamysa, he said. He tweeted: “Faryal and I are delighted to announce the birth our first child Lamysa…

  • Sharif summoned in asset case

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    The Lahore High Court summoned 16 politicians, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to appear before it next month for maintaining their assets abroad, media reported. The court ordered the respondents, including former president Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, to submit their written replies with all details of their assets inside the…

  • Sick Advet on Malala draws flak

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    The media agency agency responsible for using cartoon images of Pakistani-school girl Malala Yousafzai, shot in the face by the Taliban, to promote a mattress brand has apologised and launched an investigation, The Guardian reported.  The poster ad features a series of images of Malala being shot, falling backwards covered in blood, being put on a…

  • Asian face of Ukip in trouble

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    After the resignation of Sanya-Jeet Thandi, the Ukip leader Nigel Farage once again besieged by controversy, with the party’s small business spokesman and Bradford businessman Amjad Bashir accused of hypocrisy over revelations that seven people were arrested for immigration offences during a raid on his Manchester restaurant in 2013. The premises of Ukip’s European election…

  • Pak army to begin Afghan talks

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     Pakistani army chief General Raheel Sharif will visit Afghanistan on Monday to discuss war against terrorism and security situation with top Afghan and NATO commanders.It would be General Sharif’s first tripartite meeting with Afghan army chief General Sher Mohammad Karimi and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander General Joseph Dunford.“The Chief of the Army Staff…

  • ‘Immigrants must learn English’

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    Britain’s most powerful British politician said the immigrants must learn English and “respect our way of life.” Sajid Javid MP, the Culture Secretary in David Cameron’s cabinet, says as he criticises migrants who have lived here for years but still cannot speak the language. Mr Javid to the Telegraph newspaper that the voters have legitimate…

  • ‘Deal with NaMo cautiously’

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    Pakistan should not show “rage where it may not be due” while dealing with a new Narendra Modi-led government in India, a leading Pakistani newspaper said.“Modi’s rise to such power, decisive and non-controversial, will have a global impact but our region will have to deal with this new leader in our best national interest,” The…

  • May 20 ultimatum for Indian journalists

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    The only two Indian journalists stationed in Pakistan have been told to leave the country by May 20, a media report said Thursday. Snehesh Alex Philip of The Press Trust of India (PTI) and Meena Menon of The Hindu newspaper were told to leave the country by May 20, Dawn online reported. “Both of them…

  • Forum supports Journalists

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    The Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) Indian chapter has urged Pakistan not to send back two Indian journalists and renew their expired visas. The visas of the two Indian journalists – based in Pakistan since August 2013 – expired in March, PIPFPD office-bearers Asha Hans and Jatin Desai said in a joint…

  • Imran faces legal battle

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     In response to allegations by former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party chairman Imran Khan, Jang Group managing director Shahrukh Hassan has said that the PTI chairman himself has been in favour of the “Aman ki Asha” project, media reported . Aman ki Asha or Hope for Peace is a campaign jointly started by the…