By Akhtar Pathan KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — When Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev landed in Moscow on Nov. 11 for a state visit, he was greeted with a warmth that felt almost familial. Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed him with deliberate displays of respect and warmth, making the point that the Central Asian country is an [&hell...
By Mushfiq Ahmad KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) — More than two-thirds of employees living with diabetes in Pakistan have faced negative treatment at work because of their condition, while over half have even considered leaving their jobs due to fear of discrimination and stigma, according to new research by the International Diabetes Federati...
By Akhtar Pathan KARACHI (MNTV) – From the Middle East to South Asia, Russia has positioned itself as a steady, values-driven partner to Islamic countries at a time when trust in the West is fading. Once seen as an atheist empire hostile to religion, Russia now speaks the language of faith, tradition, and respect for […]
By MNTV Staff Writer NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — As India marks Urdu Day on November 9, the birth anniversary of poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal, literary circles will gather for mushairas and readings to celebrate the language’s legacy. Yet outside those auditoriums, fading signboards and silenced scripts tell a different story. For generat...
Muslim Network Desk NEW YORK (MNTV) — The first time Zohran Kwame Mamdani knocked on a stranger’s door as a young housing counselor in Queens, he was not selling a dream. He was trying to stop a nightmare. The homeowner, an immigrant like him, faced foreclosure and a wall of paperwork. Mamdani sat at the […]
By Rohinee Singh NEW DELHI (MNTV) — When news broke that Zohran Mamdani had won New York’s mayoral race, there was unexpected joy in places far from the city’s skyscrapers in the narrow lanes of Delhi’s Paharganj, near Mumbai’s crowded stations, and inside the humble shelters of the Salaam Baalak Trust (SBT). There, former street […]...
By Iftikhar Gilani ISTANBUL, Türkiye (MNTV) — In a historic gathering at Istanbul University, the Gaza Tribunal — a global civil society initiative inspired by the moral legacy of the Russell Tribunal on Vietnam — delivered its final “Statement of Findings and Moral Judgment.” The tribunal, after a year of hearings on Sunday, declared that Isr...
Snow leopard Leo’s story exposes not only American arrogance but also Pakistan’s chronic bureaucratic apathy Akhtar Pathan KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) – KARACHI, Pakistan (MNTV) – When a shepherd stumbled upon a tiny, orphaned snow leopard cub in the remote Naltar Valley of Gilgit, in erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in 2006, it s...
Shabana Ayaz Istanbul, Türkiye (MNTV) — The growing mistrust between Islamabad and Kabul is fast becoming one of South Asia’s most alarming flashpoints. Airstrikes, retaliatory shelling, and the closure of border crossings have already disrupted lives and trade on both sides. But amid this grim backdrop, Turkish lawmakers visiting Islama...
New Carnegie report warns India’s dream of becoming a global power may be faltering, citing economic, strategic, and democratic weaknesses that could leave it reliant on US and far behind China by 2050 Mohammad Saad WASHINGTON (MNTV) — A new report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has cast doubt on Indian Prime Minister [&hell...
