Jammu, December 15 (Scoop News)- Lambasting coalition regime for legitimizing corruption in Jammu and Kashmir, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today Congress and National Conference ministers have brazenly looted the State without caring aspirations and wishes of the people. He said that both Congress and NC have been exposed before […]
The Amanda Knox Case: The Italian Supreme Court Faces Renewed International Scrutiny
Last week the Italian Supreme Court released a 74 page document outlining its reasons for overturning the appellate acquittal of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher. The decision reinstates their original 2009 conviction and orders a new appellate level review to be held in Florence. For […]
Govt legitimizing Corruption on coalition pretext: Mufti
Srinagar, November 18 (Scoop News) – Peoples Democratic Party Patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has said by justifying corruption on the pretext of coalition politics the Chief Minister seems to be offering a license to politicians and civil servants. Addressing a public meeting at Sangrama of Baramullah district Mufti said it is not just displaying signs […]
HURRIYAT AND THE ART OF SELF DECEPTION
HURRIYAT AND THE ART OF SELF DECEPTION The controversy and fracas caused by Prof Abdul Gani Bhat’s recent statements that UN resolutions on Kashmir were “impracticable” and that separatists should “join hands with mainstream political parties on a common minimum political agenda” has once again exposed the three congenital ailments which afflict […]
Mortgages for minorities: the forgotten cause of the credit crisis?
When a Christmas cracker goes bang! it is only after equal and opposite forces have pulled on it from an opposite direction. To extend the metaphor, the bang is the sound of our economy imploding. But while the media have focussed on one force, the greedy bankers and neo-financial architecture, nothing has been said about […]
Musharraf shuts down Geo TV
ISLAMABAD: GEO TV, Pakistan’s premier Urdu news channel, also seen round the world as the main source of news and current affairs, was shut down at 1 a.m. Pakistan time (12 midnight Dubai time) after President Pervez Musharraf put tremendous pressure to silence a media outlet which had refused to bow down to his dictates. […]