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Last Updated: March 23, 2024, 17:24 ISTFormer J&K CM Omar Abdullah questioning the Army's involvement in a divisive issue like the Uniform Civil Code in a "sensitive" place like Kashmir. (PTI file photo)The Army late Friday sent invitations to the media houses for a seminar on the subject "Navigating ...

ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Kifah Mustapha, the imam at Orland Park Prayer Center, wasn’t surprised when a petition protesting the idea of a Muslim cemetery in the area began circulating. Mustapha and leaders from other mosques in the suburbs of Chicago had anticipated resistance. They had seen the xenophobic ...

Salman Butt has been withdrawn a day after his much-criticised appointment as selection consultant for the Pakistan Cricket Board.Cricket authorities in Pakistan have withdrawn spot-fixing convicted former captain Salman Butt from a consultancy role a day after his appointment was announced, following criticism from the media, fans and cricket ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board has asked wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan to delete his tweet about the victims of Gaza after his match-winning performance against Sri Lanka in the ICC World Cup 2023 earlier this month.Rizwan had dedicated his century against the Lankans to the "brothers and sisters in Gaza" amid ...

This is the dramatic moment Palestinian supporters shout 'boycott McDonald's' as they gather outside a branch in Bristol, accusing the fast food chain of 'killing innocent people'.The video, posted earlier today, shows a young woman leading chants in support of 'Free Palestine', as roughly 20 other people join in ...

MUMBAI — A Pakistani cricket commentator who abruptly left India earlier this week has denied that she was asked to leave the country.Zainab Abbas, who was covering the Cricket World Cup, left on Monday after a backlash over her old social media posts that allegedly mocked India and the ...

ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani presenter covering the Cricket World Cup in India has left the country after a backlash over alleged "derogatory" posts on social media.Zainab Abbas was part of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) digital team covering the event.Abbas left on Monday amid claims by some local media ...

On X, Mr Jindal also shared a letter he wrote at the weekend to Home Minister Amit Shah and his son Jay Shah, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the governing body of Indian cricket, seeking the commentator's removal as an ICC presenter. ...

The Afghan Taliban strongly urged the Pakistani government to review its intentions to expel 1.7 million non-registered Afghan refugees from Pakistan based on Islamabad's allegations that illegal Afghan immigrants are involved in the country's security issues.For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The Taliban's ...

NEW DELHI: The India tour of Punjabi-Canadian signer Shubhneet Singh, popularly known as Shubh, has been cancelled amid a major backlash over his alleged support for Khalistan and separatists.Shubh, who was going to perform in several cities across India, had also shared a distorted map of India without Jammu ...