2012-01-26 21:30:00
Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said Thursday consultations were underway among Pakistan's political parties for evolving consensus on holding early elections.
2012-01-25 18:22:00
Reacting sharply to the comments made by writer Salman Rushdie on Tuesday, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the controversies around Rushdie's visit to India to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has no connection to the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls.
2012-01-25 16:40:00
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that his party wants early and fair elections in Pakistan.
2012-01-25 13:15:00

The United States and other Western governments must accept the new reality that Islamists have emerged to fill the power vacuum in the Arab world after a wave of popular uprisings, Human Rights
2012-01-25 08:10:00

New Delhi: Author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday said he was shocked that even his video-conference address at the Jaipur Literature Festival was unacceptable and termed the entire controversy a 'black
2012-01-25 03:04:00

A Muslim protest over his over two-decade-old writing against Prophet Mohammad and resultant capitulation of the Rajasthan government scuppered the video chat of Salman Rushdie with the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) gathering on its concluding day on Tuesday, prompting the British Indian author to call the episode stifling of free speech and Indian politicians as a clan in bed with extremists.
2012-01-25 00:14:00

Doubts prevailed over the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie's scheduled appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) via video conferencing as a Muslim group protesters demonstrated against the conference on Tuesday.
2012-01-24 21:13:00
With his much talked about appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) via video conferencing getting cancelled over protests, British Indian writer Salman Rushdie on Tuesday rued that threats by Muslim groups 'stifled free speech'.
2012-01-24 18:33:00

Uncertainty prevailed over controversial British Indian writer Salman Rushdie's scheduled appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) via video conferencing on Tuesday, as media reports speculated on an unofficial gag order by state authorities.
2012-01-23 22:40:00

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government Monday termed as totally baseless and unfounded reports that state police prevented Salman Rushdie from attending the Jaipur Literature Festival. Principal Secretary