Cairo. November 26, 2005. Female genital mutilation is carried out on at least 3 million women and girls a year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, says a new Unicef report.
Nearly half of those circumcised, a tradition believed to enhance a girl`s beauty, tame her sexual desires, ma

Nepal. November 26, 2005. A teenage boy who has been meditating under a tree in the verdant forests of southern Nepal is attracting thousands of pilgrims who are convinced the youth is another Buddha.
Devotees flock daily to catch sight of Ram Bahadur Banjan, who sits cross-legged and silent with h

Ontario, Canada. November 24, 2005. Dr. Kuldip Singh Kular, a member of the parliament of Ontario, released two CD albums of Stephen Gill at his riding office in Brampton, Ontario, on November 21 for Canada International Panjabi Sahit Academy (CIPSA). One album, titled A Selection of Interviews of D

Germany: Missions agency Reach The Unreached (RTU) repeated last year`s outreach in Karachi with evangelist Bernd Goldbach. The following is an excerpt from their report:
Pakistan, a nation double the size of Germany, is, with 160 million inhabitants, the second-largest Islamic nation in the world.

The suspense over the nominations of the Bollywood Music Awards 2005, during the past weeks in Trinidad and Tobago, and the Indian Diasporas worldwide is finally over. Music lovers now know the best five performances by music artists as well as their choice of the best music director.
The performer

Banglore. November 21, 2005. The Global Council of Indian Christians GCIC, President Sajan George strongly condemned the statement made by RSS leader. He said that "the supremo of radical Neo-fascist Hindu organization`s(RSS) latest direction to Hindu women to procreate more to keep up the majo

Hong Kong. November 21, 2005. AHRC appeals to concerned Christians, Muslims, Hindus and other religious communities to write to President of Pakistan and other administration officials to express their concern on incident of Sangla Hill. We update AHRC appeal letter for copying and sending to releva

Jakarta. November 19, 2005. Indonesian police said Saturday they have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of involvement in the beheading of three teenage Christian girls in the religiously-divided district of Poso.
Police arrested Irfan Masuro in Poso in Central Sulawesi province last Sunday,

LAHORE. November 19, 2005 A Christian family comprising five members, embraced Islam on Friday at village Jhugian, near Bund Road. Father of three daughters and one son, Bashir Masih, now Muhammad Bashir, is the head of a middle class family, and is working with the Lahore Municipal Corporation. He

Islamabad: November 19, 2005. Former federal minister, nominee for Nobel Peace Prize and organizer Pakistan Human Rights Party, J.Salik addressing a Press Conference said that falling down of Speakers' chair in the National Assembly, inauguration in absentia by Prime Minister of Sector D-12 after 12

Sangla Hill. November 18, 2005. This is time to pray for Christians in Pakistan. There was attack on Christian by Muslim On Saturday 12th Nov 2005 at 10 am in District Nankana Sahib, Tahsil Sangla Hill city, 40 kilometer from Faisalabad. More than 10,000 Muslim were involved to demolish the Christia

Pakistan: A Christian young adults have strongly condemned Sangla Hill incident in a communication to Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress. He writes" I never expected that I will get response back from Christian Congress because there is lot of mails to attend in your mail box.

KARACHI, Nov 16: The High Court was requested on Wednesday to institute a Judicial Inquiry into the incident of manhandling of a girls hostel Administrator and inmates in April as proposed by the Provincial Government.
In the alternative, petitioner Ghazala Shafique prayed through her Counsel, Mr.

Islamabad: Former Federal Minister J.Salik condemned the brutal attacks where a mob set on fire three Churches, Homes of Clergymen as well as destroyed Convent School building hostel and houses in Sangla Hill. He said in his statement after his return from Sangla Hill. He said that it is a horrible

Dated: November 13, 2005
The Honorable Pervez Musharraf
President of Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan.

Re: Sindhis` Human Right To Communicate and National Language Amendment Bill

Dear Mr. President,

Let me first offer my sympathies to the families of the victims of earthquake in Pakistan. I