extremism

Bilawal says polarized world needs mystic language of Sufism

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said the world needs the… Read More

Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam: sources

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to… Read More

PM says terrorist dens rooted out in the country

LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that sacrifices rendered by state institutions have destroyed… Read More

Terrorists spreading extremism in the name of religion: Rouhani

NEW YORK: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that terrorist organizations are spreading extremism in… Read More

US asks Pakistan, Afghanistan to cooperate for tackling extremism

WASHINGTON: United States has urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to work together in order to curb… Read More

France shut around 20 mosques since December: minister

PARIS: French authorities have shut down around 20 mosques and prayer halls considered to be… Read More

Pope says Islam is not terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Pope Francis said Sunday that Islam could not be equated with terrorism and warned… Read More

Bangladesh to regulate Friday sermons in mosques

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Friday moved to regulate weekly sermons in hundreds of thousands of mosques… Read More

Software unveiled to tackle online extremism, violence

WASHINGTON: A software tool unveiled Friday aims to help online firms quickly find and eliminate extremist… Read More

Microsoft to crack down on content promoting extremist acts

SAN FRANCISCO: With the world growing more concerned about attacks by militant groups on civilians,… Read More

Govt slaps ban on documentary

KARACHI: Federal government has decided to enforce a ban on Mohammad Ali Naqvi's documentary named… Read More

Rasheed bemoans ‘extremism’ in politics

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervez Rasheed Monday lamented that politics in country has contracted 'germs of… Read More

Injustice, economic deprivation major causes of extremism: Maleeha Lodhi

NEW YORK: Pakistan's Ambassador at UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi has called for comprehensive planning to… Read More

Terrorist networks in Pakistan destroyed, says PM’s adviser

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui… Read More

Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ failing in fight against extremism: activists

ISLAMABAD: Worshippers at the infamous Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital Islamabad still gather in… Read More

Pakistan welcomes formation of 34-nation alliance against terrorism

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan welcomed the formation of 34-nation alliance to counter terrorism, according to a press… Read More

Govt to name 122 Islamabad schools, colleges after APS martyrs

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday approved a summary of naming 122 schools and… Read More

Hate and extremism ‘not Islam’ says French PM

PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism… Read More

Comic book ‘Guardians’ to steer young Pakistanis away from extremism

ISLAMABAD: When Taliban militants stormed a school in Pakistan's northwest last December, killing 150 people,… Read More

Former principal of Karachi’s St Joseph’s College forced to leave Pakistan following threats

KARACHI: Veteran educationist Bernadette L.Dean left Pakistan, after receiving numerous death threats, according to sources… Read More