Pakistanis

Pakistanis vote in by-election seen as test of support for ousted PM Sharif

Lahore - Muslimchronicle

Pakistanis began casting votes on Sunday for the parliamentary seat vacated by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in a by-election seen as a test of support for the Sharif dynasty ahead of the 2018 general election. Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party hopes a resounding victory in in the eastern city of Lahore would show that support for theRead more

Need a sacrificial goat for Eid? Pakistan has an app for that

Islamabad - Muslimchronicle

Pakistan's cattle markets have been crammed for weeks as the Muslim country prepares for the sacrificial festival of Eid al-Adha this weekend, but in Islamabad and Karachi crowd-weary residents are ordering animals by app instead. Muslims slaughter an animal -- a goat, sheep, cow, bull or camel -- on the annual festival in a ritual that stems from the storyRead more

Pakistan marks grim Eid after oil tanker inferno kills 153

Bahawalpur - Muslimchronicle

Pakistan began Eid in mourning Monday as the death toll from an oil tanker explosion rose to 153, with scores more injured after they were caught in a fireball while scooping up spilt fuel. Dozens of grief-stricken relatives waited outside hospitals in Bahawalpur, the nearest major city to the disaster, to claim the bodies of their loved ones as PrimeRead more

8 charged over Pakistani liberal student’s lynching

Lahore - Arab today

Eight Pakistanis involved in the mob lynching of a fellow university student over his liberal views were charged with murder and terrorism on Saturday, court officials said, as condemnation grew. Mashal Khan, a journalism student, was stripped, beaten, shot, and thrown from the second floor of his hostel at the Abdul Wali Khan university in the conservative northwestern town ofRead more

Businessman clears debts of 132 prisoners in Ajman

Dubai - Arab Today

A billionaire gold merchant has paid Dh150,000 to release 132 prisoners from Ajman central jail. Firoz Merchant, founder and chairman of Pure Gold Jewellers, vowed to spend Dh3.8 million this year paying off the debts of prisoners languishing in the country’s jails, The Indonesians, Indians, Pakistanis, Philippines, Uzbeks, Bangladeshis, Sri-Lankans, Nepalis, Ethiopians, Syrians, Yemenis and Ghanaians were behind bars asRead more

27 Britons and five others in Dubai ‘laundered more than Dh20m’

Dubai - Arab Today

An international group of more than 30 business consultants and investors, and 18 companies, have been charged with laundering more than Dh20 million. Twenty-six British men and a woman, an Emirati, two Pakistanis, a Bangladeshi and an Iranian woman will all face charges at Dubai Court of Misdemeanours. Only 10 men, aged between 28 and 53, are in the emirateRead more

Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack

Lahore - ArabToday

Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and the city's residents railed at the government for failing to protect them. The chief minister of Punjab state Shahbaz Sharif declared a day of mourning after Monday's blast on Lahore's Mall Road, one of the city's main arteries, at rushRead more

Foreign Language Interest On The Rise Among Pakistanis

Islamabad - Arab Today

Pakistanis have lately discovered the importance of a well-known quote by freedom fighter Nelson Mandela: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” Many Pakistanis, eager for better jobs, foreign opportunities and brighter futures, are becoming proficient inRead more

India's anti-terror agency files charge sheet in air force base attack case

New Delhi - ArabToday

India's anti-terror agency filed a charge sheet in the Pathankot air force base terror attack case on Monday, nearly a year after Pakistani militants launched a deadly strike there, killing eight security force personnel. The National Investigation Agency filed the charge sheet in the case in a trial court in northern Indian state of Punjab and named Pakistan-based terror outfitRead more

4 suicides arrested daily in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh - Arab Today

Saudi security bodies arrested nearly four terrorists on a daily basis this year, the Saudi newspaper "Al Watan" reported Monday. According to the paper, the number of the arrested terrorists in the Kingdom in 2016 is estimated at 967, 154 Yemenis and 76 Syrians. Pakistanis ranked fourth, with 38 terrorists, the paper added. Source: MENARead more