Tag: German

German populist party eyes gains despite ‘shoot the migrants’ uproar

Germany’s AfD began life as an anti-euro party, but it has morphed into a right-wing populist outfit suggesting that police should be allowed to...

German family-run businesses say ready to hire refugees: survey

More than half of small and medium-sized companies in Germany believe the mass migrant influx can help alleviate the country’s shortage of qualified labour...

German ire over Cologne assaults targets North Africans

Even 73-year-old retiree Edris says he has not been spared suspicious questions from Germans after a rash of sex assaults in Cologne blamed on...

German football team spent night at Stade de France amidst attacks

Germany's football team spent the night at the Stade de France in north Paris after a friendly match against France rather than take the...

German anti-Islam leader steps down over viral Hitler pose photo

The head of the German anti-Islamisation movement Pegida has stepped down after a picture of him posing as Adolf Hitler went viral on the...

German anti-Islam movement spreads to Spain

An anti-Islamic movement that is growing in Germany has opened a branch in Spain following last week’s attacks in France, the group said Wednesday. The...

German lawmakers decide to quiz Snowden

German lawmakers decided on Thursday they want to question former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden as part of a parliamentary inquiry into the mass...

German couple arrested in Khyber Agency

PESHAWAR Security forces on Saturday arrested a German couple in the Khyber Agency. An official said that security forces became suspicious about the couple and stopped...

German tourist freed by court after two-week detention in Multan

Local police arrested Kim Laura for visiting sufi festival without ‘specific permission’ Judge tells police to free woman, apologise to her Police have apologised to a...

German jazz ensemble enthralls Karachi

The German Consulate and Goethe Institut in Karachi organized a jazz concert on Monday evening in the city. The audience were in for a...

German firms to impart vocational training to Pakistanis

The Government of Germany is launching a joint initiative with eight German firms to impart vocational training for mechanical professionals in Pakistan. To be...

PHILANTHROPIC GESTURE

A German buyer of the textile products has agreed to pay compensation to the victims of the Ali Enterprises (Baldia factory) tragedy as well...

German magazine mistakenly publishes George HW Bush obit

A respected German magazine has mistakenly published an obituary for former US president George HW Bush. Der Spiegel published the obituary hours after a family...

Kaymer makes it a German double at Sun City

Martin Kaymer clinched his first title of 2012 as he won the Nedbank Golf Challenge in rainy conditions at the Gary Player Country Club...

German investment moot to be held in June 2013

A German Investment Conference is to be held in June 2013 In Pakistan with the collaboration of the German embassy and PGBF (Pakistan German...

German quits ‘unhygienic, drug-using’ Taliban

The former fighter also complained of the unhygienic conditions in the war-torn lands of Pakistan’s Waziristan province and Afghanistan that left him infected with...

German firm to compensate Karachi factory fire victims

A German discount clothing retailer has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million compensation for victims of a factory fire, a union leader said...