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Iranian student to be executed for stone-throwing during demonstration
Tehran, Mar. 17 (ANI): The Iranian Government has decided to execute a 20-year-old Iranian student, who was arrested for throwing a stone during the pro-democracy mass protests against the country’s alleged rigged presidential elections.
Islamic studies student Mohammad-Amin Valian was arrested on the basis of a photograph taken at a mass demonstration against the rigged presidential [...]
Head examiner suspended in Pak after bread found wrapped in exam answer sheets
Islamabad, July 5 (ANI): Following the bizarre incident of intermediate examination answer sheets being used as bread wrappers coming to light, the Balochistan Education Department has suspended the head examiner and examiner.
The Balochistan Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) chairman, Dr Ghulam Hussain said that both the officials have also been served show-cause notices for [...]
Centuries old mosque in Srinagar gets a face lift
Srinagar, Mar 15 (ANI): Renovation work at the centuries old Mosque of Akhund Mulla (also referred as Akhoon Mulla) at Srinagar in Kashmir is underway to restore the old grandeur of the monument.
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has taken the responsibility to restore life in the much-neglected heritage.
Akhund Mulla is [...]
Hafiz Saeed Wanted by India, living in Pakistan
A professor of Islamic Studies, Saeed’s family migrated to Pakistan from Simla in northern India during the bloody Partition of the subcontinent in 1947.
Saeed has headed Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the charity front for Lashkar, since publicly quitting the militant wing days before it was banned following the attack on the Indian parliament.
He was put under house arrest [...]
