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By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, (AA): A Bangladeshi special court has handed down the latest in a line of death sentences to a former political activist prosecuted for war crimes. On Thursday, the International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic court, found Forkan Malik guilty of rape and murdering civilians. “The court observed that he willingly committed these crimes, especially on […]

10th Jul 2015

Bangladesh: Crush at charity distribution event kills 23

By Mainul Islam Khan DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A crush at a Ramadan charity distribution event in Bangladesh has killed 23 people on Friday. Apart from one boy, all of the victims were women crushed at the early morning event held after the dawn prayer in a chewing tobacco factory in the northeastern […]

7th Jul 2015

Nepal’s Christians, Muslims slam draft constitution

[Nepalese walk at Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Ali Kemal Akan/ Anadolu Agency] Deepak Adhikari KATHMANDU, Nepal (AA): Nepali Christian and Muslim leaders have protested a draft of a long-delayed republican constitution for failing to honor pledges made by previous governments to protect their rights. Lawmakers of the quake-devastated country are giving the final touches to […]

5th Jul 2015

Jammu & Kashmir: Two militants, Indian soldier killed in gunfight

[Archive photo: Indian Central Reserve Police Force stand guard near site of a grenade attack in Srinagar’s city centre Lal Chowk on November 29, 2014. Photographer: Ahmer Khan/Anadolu Agency] SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir (AA): Two suspected militants and a soldier of the Indian army were killed and another soldier wounded in a gun battle in Boniyar area in northern Indian-held […]

3rd Jul 2015

Pakistan: 19 killed in train crash

[Pakistani rescue workers takes part in a rescue operation after train compartments fell into a canal following the partial collapse of a bridge in Wazirabad in the Punjab province, Pakistan on July 2, 2015. Photographer: Rana Irfan Ali/Anadolu Agency] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A train carrying troops has fallen off a collapsed bridge in northeastern […]

30th Jun 2015

Pakistan: 20 killed in tribal clashes in Baluchistan

[Map of Balochistan in red, part of Pakistan. Wikimedia] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): More than 20 separatists were killed in bloody clashes between two rival groups in Pakistan’s violence-plagued Baluchistan province on Monday, police said. Fighting between the Baluchistan Liberation Army and the United Baluch Army in remote Kohlu district, 300 kilometers (185 miles) from provincial capital […]

29th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave death toll tops 1,400

[Photo: Pakistani People cool off themselves in a canal at Lahore, where temperature reached 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit), June 28. Photographer: Rana Irfan Ali/AA] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): There has been no let-up in deaths caused by a blistering heatwave which has gripped Pakistan’s southern Sindh province for over a week, with Sunday’s death […]

26th Jun 2015

Jammu & Kashmir: Flood fear haunts Kashmir again

[Photo: Aman Farooq/GK] By Khalid Gul / Showket Dar Islamabad/Anantnag, J & K, India, (Greater Kashmir): Incessant rains wreaked havoc in many parts of South Kashmir on Thursday, causing damage to private property, bridges and road infrastructure, reports and witnesses said. The VaishawNallah waters—which had wreaked havoc during September 2014 floods and washed […]

26th Jun 2015

Pakistan: More than 1000 killed by heatwave

[Photo: An Army doctor treats a patient affected by heatwave at heat stroke centre in Karachi on June 24. Photographer: Sabir Mazhar/AA] By Aamir Latif KARACHI, (AA): A four-day long heatwave in Pakistan has killed more than 1000 people. Health officials told reporters on Tuesday that at least 748 of the deaths had been in the populous southern port […]

26th Jun 2015

Jammu & Kashmir: Kashmir University shut after police, students clash

[Photo: Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a deserted street during a curfew in Srinagar, Kashmir on December 8, 2014. Photographer: Ahmer Khan] By Shazia Yousuf SRINAGAR, Indian-held Kashmir, (AA): Police in the Indian-held Kashmir on Thursday stormed Kashmir University and used aerial fire to disperse a student protest. The police clashes with the […]

24th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave has killed 782 in 3 days

[Photo: Pakistani relatives shift a heatstroke victim to a hospital in Karachi, on June 24. Photo Sabir Mazhar, AA] By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, (Dawn): While prolonged power cuts and the harsh heatwave persisted across Sindh, another 337 people — 311 in Karachi alone — died in public and private sector hospitals of the province on Tuesday, […]

24th Jun 2015

UK online snooping against Pakistan ‘alarming’

[Photo: GCHQ. Photo by GCHQ] By Hassan Belal Zaidi ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): Digital rights activists and lawmakers appear equally concerned by recent claims that Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) gained access to Pakistan’s Internet Exchange under its computer network exploitation (CNE) — or hacking — operations. The revelations, made by journalists Glenn Greenwald and […]

23rd Jun 2015

Jammu & Kashmir: Forces kill civilian in Khudwani

[Photo: Mir Wasim/GK ] By Khalid Gul Kulgam, (J & K, India): Massive protests rocked Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kaimoh tehsil after government forces killed a local youth on Monday. The slain civilian was identified as Asif Rashid Tantray (24) son of Abdur Rashid of Redwani Bala village. Locals as well as the family […]

23rd Jun 2015

Pakistan: Relief from heatwave as parts of Karachi receive rain

KARACHI, (The News, Xinhua): Residents of the city have been struggling with the worst heatwave in decades and now they can breathe a sigh of relief. Parts of the city received light rain on Monday turning the weather pleasant. Rain was received in Orangi Town, North Nazimabad and F.B. Area. Death toll from […]

22nd Jun 2015

Pakistan: Heatwave devastates Sindh, 136 dead

[Photo: Ambulances bringing bodies of people who died because of heatstroke and dehydration pictured outside the Edhi morgue in Karachi on Sunday.—Online] By Hasan Mansoor KARACHI, (Dawn): Despite the Met office’s academic conclusion about Karachi’s weather sliding down a notch, a devastating heatwave gripping Sindh for several days has taken a toll of […]

11th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Two cops killed, 6 injured in Peshawar suicide blast

[Photo: SSP Mian Saeed confirms the attack which targeted FRP Deputy Commandant's vehicle was a suicide blast. DawnNews screengrab] By Ali Akbar PESHAWAR, (Dawn): At least two policemen were killed and six others were injured Thursday morning when a suicide blast targeting the vehicle of Deputy Commandant of Frontier Reserve Police (FRP) occurred in […]

9th Jun 2015

BJP: Those opposing yoga should drown in ocean

[Photo:BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has said that those opposing yoga and ‘surya namaskar’ should either leave India or drown themselves in the ocean.] Delhi, (Hindustan Times): BJP parliamentarian Yogi Adityanath waded into another potential controversy on Tuesday by saying that those opposing yoga and ‘surya namaskar’ should either leave India or drown themselves in the […]

8th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Five Hazara Shia Muslims gunned down in Quetta

[Photo: The Nation] QUETTA, (Agencies): Gunmen killed five people after storming two tea shops belonging to the Hazara Shia Muslim community in Quetta on Sunday. “Two gunmen, one each, stormed two tea shops belonging to the Hazara community in the Meezan Chowk neighbourhood of the city and started indiscriminate firing,” local police official Muhammad Tariq […]

7th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Three terrorists killed in shootout with security forces

MASTUNG, (The News): Three terrorists were killed in exchange of fire with security forces while three camps of the militants were also wiped out during search operation in Mastung. According to security sources, FC and other security troops launched large-scale search operation in Johan and Burg areas of Mastung. During exchange of fire three […]

5th Jun 2015

Pakistan: Crackdown on seminaries promoting terrorism

[Photo: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah chairing provincial apex committee meeting at CM House: PPI] By Habib Khan Ghori KARACHI, (Dawn): The Sindh government has decided to initiate a crackdown on 48 seminaries which have been found to be promoting terrorism in the country in general and in the province in particular. […]

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Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.