KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – People in major Pakistani cities held rallies and demonstrations, as well as formed human chains, to express solidarity with Palestinians on the first anniversary of Israeli forces’ genocidal war on Gaza. Different political and religious parties, primarily the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the country’s main...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The transitional government in Bangladesh has lifted a ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing, and other associated organizations. According to an official notification, “no specific evidence of involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Chhatra Shibir, and its associated organizations with terrorism or v...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Major business centers remained shut across Pakistan on Wednesday in protest against high rates of taxes and rising power tariffs. Trade activities came to a standstill in all the major cities, including the capital Islamabad, on the joint call of trader unions and Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the country’s larg...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s president ordered the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia late Monday, hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid widespread protests. A statement from President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office said that all political parties had agreed to dissolve parliament to form a tr...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s law minister announced on Tuesday that the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party and its students’ wing would be banned. Anisul Huq told reporters in the capital Dhaka that the government will ban the religio-political party and its students’ wing Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir by using R...
Peshawar, Pakistan — AFP Almost 6,500 candidates from 150 parties will stand in Pakistan’s election this week. Five percent of these happen to be women. The constitution reserves seats for women in both the provincial and national assemblies but few women contest election outside that reserved quota. AFP has interviewed three femal...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s Election Commission on Monday assured the opposition parties of reconsidering the election schedule if they decide to participate in the upcoming national election slated for Jan. 7 next year. “We will welcome the opposition parties if they decide to participate in the upcoming election. We will create opp...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Bangladeshi authorities on Sunday launched a fresh wave of arrests amid a two-day nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike by the opposition demanding an a neutral caretaker government ahead of a national election. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and allies on Sunday started the str...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s main opposition leader was detained for questioning on Sunday morning, as clashes continued for a second day between police and protesters against the prime minister ahead of upcoming elections. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman said the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist P...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A rally by Bangladesh’s major religio-political party Jamaat-e-Islami on Monday condemned the Israeli attacks on Gaza and urged the Muslim world to ensure the safety of Palestinians and their rights. The procession expressing solidarity with Palestine in the capital Dhaka was attended not just by party members, but als...
