By Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri There are varying figures on the number of total Muslim population currently residing in different parts of China. According to information for the years 1912-49, they were said to be around 50 million but subsequent data in 1990 placed the total number of Muslims at around 17 million due to their migration to neighbouring Central Asian Republics and influx of Han Chinese promoted by the government. Muslim population in China may…
Posts published in “Day: April 24, 2010”
By EDWARD WONG in The NY Times, Apr 24 YALONG BAY, China — The Chinese military is seeking to project naval power well beyond the Chinese coast, from the oil ports of the Middle East to the shipping lanes of the Pacific, where the United States Navy has long reigned as the dominant force, military officials and analysts say. China calls the new strategy “far sea defense,” and the speed with which it is building…
By Babar Dogar & Ranjan Roy in The News, Apr 24 LAHORE: Former foreign minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri has said the solution to the Kashmir dispute is just a signature away once India and Pakistan decide to pull the file from the rack. While addressing the concluding session of the two-day seminar — held as part of the ongoing Aman ki Asha campaign, launched by the Jang Group and Times of India — and later…
By Usman Manzoor in The News, Apr 24 ISLAMABAD: The AJK Supreme Court has set the “historic wrong” committed by its deposed chief justice on Friday when it dismissed a petition against the Supreme Court of Pakistan, declaring AJK a separate country. Because of this very petition, a reference against the AJK deposed CJ Riaz Akhtar Chaudhry was filed and proceedings were initiated against him in the Supreme Judicial Council where he was found guilty…