Rights groups slam Pakistan's 'repressive' anti-terror law

Terming Pakistan's new anti-terror law as a "blatant attack on the fundamental rights of the people," a human rights group today demanded the repeal of the "draconian" legislation. "The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is appalled at ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda's Pakistan-based "core organization" had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more "operationally autonomous" and ...

The Minister said so while chairing a meeting of core group on Prime Minster's low-cost housing scheme Friday. A detailed briefing about the Low-Cost Housing Scheme was given to the Minister by the Secretary Housing & Works (H&W). The Minister said ...

Countercurrents.org ' Honour killing is rampant in South Asia where in its core countries India and Pakistan each about 1000 killings take place every year according to Honour Based Violence Awareness Network (HBVA) . It means about six women are ...

Axiata Group Berhad Divests Non-core Assets in a Bid for Better Focus on Core Business [2014-07-02] Kuala Lumpur, 2 July 2014.In line with Axiata Group Berhad's (Axiata) strategy to focus on mobile communications, Axiata has entered into an ...

The Hamburg Süd group held its own in a difficult environment in 2013. The total sales revenue for the shipping division fell by 3.9 per cent to EUR 5.25 million with freight rates declining slightly and with the most important trading currency, ...

(Siddharth Varadarajan is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi) Wednesday's announcement that the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries will meet in Islamabad on August 24 "to ...

A recent survey by industry group GSMA has shown that the success of mobile banking in East and Southern Africa has led to increasing numbers among the world's 2.5 billion unbanked gaining access to the service. Thanks to the fast uptake in ...

Telenor Group ( OTCPK:TELNY ) Q2 2014 Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2014 3:00 AM ET Meera Bhatia Good morning, everyone and welcome to Telenor Group's Second Quarter Results Presentation. My name is Meera Bhatia and I have the pleasure to ...