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News for Wednesday, 25 Jul 2012

Nine more killed in northeast India, 170,000 displaced

Nine people were killed overnight in clashes between ethnic groups in India's northeast, officials said Wednesday, as the death toll reached 35 with 170,000 villagers displaced by the unrest. "The situation...

Crowds flock to Virgin ‘miracle’ tree in New Jersey

Fervent Catholics in a crime-ridden New Jersey town are flocking to what they say is the miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary's image in a tree trunk. On Tuesday, a crowd...

Dunya News adopts code of conduct

In an apparent effort to avoid controversial situations and promote transparency and objectivity in the field of electronic journalism, the management of DunyNews TV channel has come up with a...

Dealing with poverty

The rise in poverty is a global phenomenon and developing countries like Pakistan seem to be the worst victims. Recession in the US and the European Union has increased the...

On the Arakan conflict

Recently, a number of readers have raised quite justified concern over persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma. However, I was taken aback to see how the social networking sites are...

More policewomen

In Pakistan, there is a limited trend of women joining the police department. There are several hurdles for women whenever they want to join the police professionally. Women comprise 50...

Hats off to Gayari diggers

Whenever the body of a shaheed is found from the Gayari sector, it raises the hopes of scores of families who are still waiting to see their loved ones. The...

Misuse of immunity?

Americans are known to be sticklers for the rule of law, equality and fairness; notions that seems to be only applicable for their own society and homeland. When it comes...

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