Tag: Rohingya
Bangladesh PM says Myanmar must take back Rohingya
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a new call for Myanmar to take back some 420,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in...
PM Abbasi urged OIC to play role in raising voice for...
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday addressed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) contact group.
Addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), PM...
UN urged to punish Myanmar army over Rohingya ‘atrocities’
YANGON: Pressure grew on Myanmar on Monday as a rights group urged world leaders to impose sanctions on its military, which is accused of driving...
India calls Rohingya refugees ‘threat to national security’
NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees were “a threat to national security”, pushing back against the...
UN seeks ‘massive’ help for Rohingya fleeing Myanmar ‘ethnic cleansing’
DHAKA/YANGON: The United Nations appealed on Thursday for massive help for nearly 400,000 Muslims from Myanmar who have fled to Bangladesh, with concern growing...
Senator Babar calls for suspending military supplies to Myanmar
Taking part in the discussion of the genocide of Rohingya, Senator Farhatullah Babar demanded suspension of military equipment, armaments and weapons to Myanmar till...
Hindus protest Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya
Plight of Rohingya in Karachi addressed as well
LAHORE: On Wednesday, the Hindu community demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club to denounce Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya...
Seven bodies washed ashore taking Rohingya boat death toll to 100
Seven bodies believed to be those of Rohingya Muslims washed ashore in Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said, highlighting the risks many of the persecuted...
Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown
International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for...
UNSC calls emergency meeting to discuss Rohingya Muslims
The UN Security Council has called an emergency closed-door meeting tomorrow to discuss the deteriorating situation of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
An emergency meeting is...
Bangladesh plans to move reluctant Rohingya to remote island
DHAKA: Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled violence in Myanmar in search of refuge could be forced to make their new homes on a...
Rohingya Muslims endure a difficult life in Karachi
For an estimated 300,000 Rohingya Muslims living in squalor in Pakistan’s largest city, the news from Myanmar in the past two weeks is reviving...
Erdogan urges Muslim countries to help Rohingya
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday urged Muslim countries to “use every means available” to stop the “cruelty” perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The...
PTI’s Nusrat condemns Rohingya genocide
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh Vice President Nusrat Wahid on Sunday strongly condemned the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
“The international community must take...
India calls on Myanmar to act with restraint in Rakhine
India has called for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, urging its ally to act with restraint as hordes...
Amir Liaquat arrested in Myanmar, unheard of since then
Anchor Amir Liaquat has been arrested in Myanmar by the immigration authorities, Bol News reported on Saturday.
In his conversation with the TV channel before...
Bangladesh hospitals overflowing with injured Rohingya
CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH: Nurses at the Bangladeshi hospital treating 16-year-old Rohingya refugee Mohammad Junaed for a bullet wound have had to tie him to his bed...
