by Mohamed Shafei | Oct 22, 2016 | Interviews
London- Director of Foreign Affairs for Jamaat e Islami Pakistan Sheikh Abdul Ghaffar Aziz, in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, described Saudi Arabia as the center of the Islamic world and a vital country in the region. On the sidelines of his...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 6, 2014 | World
Dhaka, AP—For two decades, the “Battling Begums” have been at the forefront of this South Asian nation’s politics, vying for power and trading insults in a poisonous rivalry. Now the longstanding enmity between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 5, 2014 | World
Dhaka, Associated Press—Police in Bangladesh fired at protesters and opposition activists torched more than 100 polling stations Sunday during a national election boycotted by the opposition and described as flawed by the international community. At least 11 people...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 26, 2013 | World
Bangladesh, AP—Authorities in Bangladesh began deploying military soldiers on Thursday to help civil administrators hold national elections on January 5 which the opposition is boycotting. The main opposition party and the allies joining its boycott insist Prime...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 17, 2013 | World
Dhaka, Reuters—Bangladesh’s Supreme Court sentenced an Islamist leader to death for war crimes on Tuesday, overturning a life sentence imposed by a tribunal, triggering outrage from his lawyers and protests from his supporters. The war crimes tribunal back in...
