Monday, January 20th, 2025
Mihai Eminescu, Allama Iqbal monument to be restored
The monument, which symbolizes the cultural bond between Pakistan and Romania, was inaugurated approximately 21 years ago by then-Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, in recognition of the literary contributions of the two iconic poets Ansar M Bhatti ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Muhammad Ali Randhawa, announced that an FIR has been registered against those responsible for vandalizing the monument dedicated to Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu and Pakistan’s national poet Allama Iqbal. In a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter), the Chairman emphasized CDA’s commitment to preserving nationalRead More
The U.S. Bans TikTok for the Wrong Reasons
By: Qamar Bashir Macomb, Detroit, Michigan Today, when I woke up, like most people do nowadays, I checked my social media applications—especially TikTok. However, instead of opening as expected, I was greeted by a heartbreaking message: TikTok is finally banned in the USA, but there is hope that once Trump takes office, the ban may be reconsidered. This ban disheartened many like me on multiple levels. First, it was not China but the USA—a country whose First Amendment explicitly prohibits laws restricting media freedom—that imposed the ban. Second, in nationsRead More
Heroic and pride history of Azerbaijan
Today, we are commemorating 35 years of the military assault against the people of Azerbaijan and an unprecedented massacre targeting civilians by the former Soviet regime in breach of international law. Towards the end of the 1980s, the former Soviet Union’s disregard for Armenia’s illegal territorial claims against Azerbaijan, deportation of hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis from their ancestral lands in present-day Armenia, and inciting ethnic riots for backing separatist activities in Azerbaijan’s Garabagh region, further stimulated the rise of the national independence movement against the Soviet regime in Azerbaijan. OnRead More