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Don’t link terrorism with Islam: Imran Khan

Lahore, July 5 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said that terrorism should not be linked with Islam.

Talking to media persons after visiting Jamia Naeemia to express grief over the assassination of country’s top religious scholar Sarfaraz Naeemi here, Khan termed the suicide bombings as a ‘political issue.’

“No religion can allow suicide bombing. There is no [...]

Imran cannot run with the Taliban and disco in London at the same time : Pak editorial

Islamabad, June 27 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan may have vehemently opposed the military offensive against the Taliban and other extremists in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) terming the offensive as ’suicidal’, but Khan apparently is unsure about what he really wants to achieve by showing a soft corner towards the extremists, an editorial in [...]

BJP’s Navjot Singh Sidhu enters poll fray

Amritsar, Apr 23 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and sitting MP of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Navjot Singh Sidhu entered the poll fray to seek re-election.

Accompanied by the state’s deputy chief of the state, Sukhbir Singh Badal,idhu proceeded to the office of the Returning Officer, astride an elephant.

This event also witnessed a huge turn [...]