NEWS
DIGEST, Afternoon
14 April 2019: 08 Shaban 1440:Vol: 11, No:175
INDIA
Opposition parties to approach SC again to
demand verification of 50% votes by VVPATs
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Sunday held a
meeting to discuss the issue of EVM malfunctioning and said they will approach
the Supreme Court again to demand that at least 50% of paper trails be verified
with EVMs. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who on Saturday
met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora to raise the issue of EVM
malfunctioning, said 21 political parties have demanded verification of VVPAT
paper trails of 50% of the EVMs.Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said
opposition parties will approach the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the
EC for counting of at least 50% of the VVPAT slips with the EVMs in every
assembly segment.He said the opposition parties will carry out a nationwide
campaign on the issue of discrepancies in EVMs.“We do not think the EC is doing
enough to address issue of EVM malfunctioning,” Singhvi alleged.The Supreme
Court Monday directed the EC to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with
EVMs to five polling booths per assembly segment, from one at present, in the
Lok Sabha polls, saying it will provide greater satisfaction not just to
political parties but the entire electorate.PTI
Chandrababu Naidu Leads Oppn Offensive Against
EVMs, Demands 50% Verification of VVPAT Slips
Nirbhaya Fund Money Isn't Being Spent, Women's
Security Schemes Not Implemented
New Delhi: In the year 2012, the horrific
Jyoti Singh gang rape had raised serious questions regarding women’s safety.
The scale of socio-political movements that erupted in the wake of the gruesome
incident rattled the Indian masses to their core.The then UPA government had
found it difficult to control public outrage. As a result, the govt hastily
formed a committee led by Justice J.S. Verma which recommended stricter laws
and measures.The government also set up a special fund for women’s safety
called the Nirbhaya Fund. In line with the recommendations of the Justice J.S.
Verma committee, the central government – time and again – granted money to
various projects related to women’s security.We used to the Right to
Information in order to find out how much money the government has used from
the Nirbhaya fund and on which projects.To know about it was necessary because
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had raised the slogan ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao‘
(Save girl child, educate girl child) immediately after the present BJP-led NDA
government had come to power. It was important to find out whether the Nirbhaya
fund was being spent on saving the girl child, on their protection as well as
empowerment, or not. If yes, where and how was the money spent? Therefore, we
filed several RTI applications on the issue.thewire
Voters question Election Commission after they
realise 'indelible' ink vanishes
Many people during the first phase of polling
claimed that the "indelible" ink applied to mark the index finger of
the voter immediately after casting their vote could be removed just by
applying some chemical remover on it.After 2 reporters from News18 demonstrated
on TV how the indelible stain on their index fingers disappeared soon after
applying some nail polish remover on them, a lookup of Twitter showed that many
other people also shared similar experiences on the micro-blogging site. The
revelation could have far-reaching implications as the "indelible"
ink is meant to ensure that a voter can vote only once. IANS
Jharkhand lynching: ‘We lay motionless, assault
continued’
Ranchi :3 days after they were beaten up by a
mob near Jhurmu village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district over suspicion of
slaughtering a cattle, the three may be safe, surrounded by family members and
guarded by plainclothed policemen at the surgical ward of Ranchi’s Rajendra
Institute of Medical Sciences, but the horrors of the encounter do not let them
sleep.“Maaro saalon ko (beat them)’ is all we had heard when a mob of more than
25 ran up to us, armed with swords, sickle, iron rods,” recalled Janriush Minz,
40, at the hospital.Around him, in other beds, lay Peter Phuljans (50) and
Belasus Tirkey (60). The fourth person with them that day — Prakash Lakra — had
succumbed to the assault. The police had taken the four — all tribal Christians
— to the Community Health Centre in the district’s Dumri block. Lakra was
declared dead on arrival.Tirkey does not recall how long they lay outside the
police station on Wednesday night, but it was “at least two-three hours” before
police help arrived. “I believe it was around 4 am when the policemen arrived
and then they took us to the nearest Community Health Centre…. Could Prakash
have been saved (had the police help arrived earlier)?”On Friday, 2 of the 7
men charged with Lakra’s murder were arrested.indianexpress
Jailed Kashmiri students to ask Karnataka HC
for early bail hearing
Mangaluru :An advocate for 3 Kashmiri students
arrested in February in Bengaluru Rural district on charges of sedition and
assault following a fight in their college hostel over alleged comments made
against the Indian Army after the Pulwama attack, will press for an early
hearing of their bail plea in the Karnataka High Court next week.“Our bail plea
was rejected by the lower court. An appeal has been filed in the High Court.
The case has not come up for hearing. We will press for an early hearing next
week,” advocate Muzamil Mushtaq Shah, also from Kashmir, who represented the
students when they filed for bail in the Bengaluru Rural sessions court, said.3
students, Haris Manzoor and Gowhar Mushtaq from Spurthy College of Nursing, and
Zaqir Maqbool from Chinai College of Nursing located on the outskirts of
Bengaluru, were arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Spurthy Nursing
College principal Babu Dharmarajan after a brawl in the hostel over alleged anti-Army
social media posts by the students.indianexpress
Need to review narrative about Pakistan in
India, will engage with Delhi after elections: Pakistan envoy
New Delhi :Asserting that there was a need to
review the narrative about Pakistan in India, Pakistan’s outgoing High
Commissioner Sohail Mahmood on Sunday said the Imran Khan-led government was
hoping for a “re-engagement” with New Delhi after the Lok Sabha elections. “We
hope for re-engagement after the elections in India. Diplomacy and dialogue are
indispensable,” Mahmood, who has been appointed as Pakistan’s next Foreign
Secretary, said in an interview with PTI.At a time when ties between the two
countries are at an all-time low, Mahmood said dialogue between India and
Pakistan was the only option to understand mutual concerns and ensure peace,
prosperity and security in the region.“Sustained engagement and structured
dialogue would enable the two countries to understand mutual concerns and
differences, resolve outstanding disputes and build the edifice of durable
peace, security and prosperity in the region,” Mahmood said.indianexpress
Pak releases another 100 Indian fishermen as
goodwill gesture
Pakistan has released another 100 Indian
fishermen as a goodwill gesture amidst tensions between the two countries after
the Pulwama terror attack.The fishermen released on Saturday were part the
second batch of 360 Indian prisoners Pakistan has announced to set free in four
phases this month.PTI
Sex on false promise of marriage is rape: SC
New Delhi:The fact that the victim and her
rapist have married other people and gone their separate ways will not erase
the crime. The rapist would still have to answer for his crime, a Bench of
Justices L. Nageswara Rao and M.R. Shah concluded in their recent judgment. The
case concerns the rape of a woman by a government doctor in Chhattisgarh in
2013. The man had engaged in a physical relationship with her at his home on
the promise of marrying her. At the time of the crime, he was already engaged
to marry another woman. He later broke his promise to the victim.On the basis
of an FIR filed, the man was convicted of rape. The conviction was confirmed by
the High Court. He was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. The apex
court was appealed to.thehindu
Dalit family denied access to cremation ground
in Himachal
Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on
Sunday took cognizance of a complaint that a lower caste family was prevented
from performing the last rights at the common cremation ground in Dhara village
of the Kullu district on Thursday.Devvrat asked the Kullu administration to
take appropriate action.The issue came to his notice when a delegation of the
Sri Ravidas Dharma Sabha, led by its President Karam Chand Bhatia, apprised him
about the incident.According to media reports, the family had to cremate an
elderly woman by a rivulet as some upper caste people allegedly prevented them
from using the village crematorium. Village comes under the Patlikuhal police
station in Kullu district.According to social experts, it's not a stray
incident in Himachal Pradesh. The centuries old caste-based attitude continues
in the state and the most marginalised communities, including Dalits, are often
barred from public places, like temples and water taps, in villages.IANS
Congress complains to EC over ‘suspicious
black trunk’ in PM Modi’s helicopter
New Delhi:Karnataka unit of Congress has filed
a complaint with the Election Commission alleging transportation of a
“suspicious black trunk” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter during
his visit to Chitradurga for a rally last week.Congress spokesperson Anand
Sharma on Sunday demanded a thorough probe into the incident and asked PM Modi
to come clean on the issue. He also said the Election Commission should inquire
into the contents of the trunk.“We saw there were three more choppers escorting
the prime minister’s helicopter. After landing, a black trunk was taken out and
whisked away in a private car which was not part of the SPG cavalcade,” Sharma
alleged.indianexpress
BJP with its noxious agenda of banishing
Muslims wants to divide India: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar :BJP, with its “noxious agenda” of “banishing”
Muslims and minorities wants to “divide” the country, PDP president Mehbooba
Mufti said on Sunday as she hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his
remarks at a rally in Kathua in Jammu region of the state.At an election rally
in Kathua, the prime minister slammed the Abdullahs and Muftis, saying the two
families “ruined” three generations of Jammu and Kashmir and he will not allow
them to “divide” India.“Abdullah family and Mufti family destroyed lives of 3
generations of J-K. The bright future of J-K can be ensured only after their
departure. They can bring their entire clan into field, can abuse Modi as much
as they want but they won’t be able to divide this nation,” he said, adding
that for the better future of the state, they need to be voted out.The prime
minister was referring to NC leader Omar Abdullah’s demand for a separate prime
minister for J&K.However, Mehbooba
said the prime minister bashes political families before the elections
and then sends envoys to stitch alliance with them afterwards.PTI
Do Not Marginalize Us in Delhi, Muslim Leaders
to Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi:Muslim leaders from Delhi Pradesh
Congress Committee have written an unprecedented letter to Congress President
Rahul Gandhi demanding adequate representation within the party.4 leaders have
said that they have started feeling the heat of alienation within the Congress,
and the denial of seats to minority candidates goes against the ideological
strand of the party.The letter has been signed by Asif Mohammad Khan, Shoaib
Iqbal, Matin Ahmed, Hasan Ahmed. All these leaders have been former MLA’s from Congress
party representing different constituencies of Delhi.Speaking to The Citizen,
Asif Mohammad Khan, and former MLA of Okhla Assembly in Delhi said that this
declining representation of Muslims as candidates in elections is a threat to
democracy and the basic idea of social justice.“We have indeed written to the
Congress Chief, Rahul Gandhi demanding at least one Lok Sabha seat be given to
a Muslim candidate from Delhi. So far we haven’t heard of even one Muslim
candidate and have written in the hope that Rahul Handhi will make sure that
justice is done within the Congress party,” Khan said.thecitizen
Despite Respect For Nitish , Bihar's Most
Influential Muslim Body Hesitant to Vote for NDA
The most influential Muslim religious body in
Bihar, Imarat Shariah, has expressed its dissatisfaction over political parties
not providing enough representation to Muslims in proportion to their
population while distributing tickets for the Lok Sabha polls.Patna-based body
also cautioned that the Muslim community “likes Nitish Kumar but are hesitant
to vote for the National Democratic Alliance.”Moulana Anees-ur-Rehman Qasmi,
nazim (general secretary) of the Imarat Shariah said, “Nitish Kumar, as compared
to others, is considered a very good chief minister by the Muslim community.
However, people know that if they vote in favour of Nitish Kumar in Lok Sabha
elections, it is the NDA which is going to win at the Centre. Kumar is a very
able leader but his personal policies are not reflecting in NDA’s execution.
This is where the Muslim community is in two minds.”Qasmi further praised
Nitish by lauding his work towards infrastructural development of Bihar.
However, he also added a caveat — “Development is not the only key to good
governance. All religious and caste-based communities must be satisfied, only
then can a government be called successful,” he said.Bihar’s second phase of
polling scheduled for April 18 will be in those seats which have a large proportion
of Muslim population. Araria, Kishanganj and Katihar have more than 40% Muslim
voters each.Imarat Shariah has also in the recent past written to several
political parties demanding better representation of the Muslim community.
According to Qasmi, the Muslim community should have a representative in the
Parliament on at least 70 seats, “but there are very few that we see today,” he
adds. News18
Soni
Razdan Faces Criticism Over Her Tweet 'I am Junaid Khan, Muslim boy, killed by
mob on train for being Muslim'
Actress Soni Razdan faced criticism on
Saturday from netizens after she tweeted about Junaid Khan who was stabbed to
death on a train near Ballabhgarh in Haryana in June 2017. Social media users
alleged that she was "creating fake news".She posted an image of
deceased with a caption: "I am Junaid Khan, Muslim boy, age 15. I was
killed by a mob on a train for being a Muslim. Remember me when you vote."
Netizens reacted sharply to her post, with several of them posting messages
about Hindus killed in violence in various parts of the country.One social
media user responded to Soni's post saying she was "creating a fake
news" and pointed out that "Punjab and Haryana High court while
granting bail to one of the accused in the case said the fight was over seat
and nothing related to selectively targeting Junaid on basis of his
religion".On June 22, 16-year-old Junaid was allegedly beaten and stabbed
to death on a train at Ballabhgarh in Haryana by a group of people.IANS
In Kashmir, Mujahid to counter Chowkidar
It is Mujahid versus Chowkidar in Kashmir.
Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Sheikh Mohommad Imran has made a controversial appeal
to Kashmiris to prefix Mujahid (warrior) with their names a la
Chowkidar."I am changing my name. I am prefixing my name with Mujahid. I
am now Mujahid Sheikh Mohommad Imran. I request our youth to respond to
Chowkidars by prefixing Mujahid with their names. The definition of Mujahid is
one who is engaged in Jihad. Jihad is spiritual fight against the sins or the
enemies of Islam," said Imran in a video released on social media
platforms. Deputy Mayor noted that Islam and Jihad have been misinterpreted and
he was proud to be called a Mujahid. "I want to make it clear that I am a
proud Mujahid. Islam is a religion of peace. Our religion has been misinterpreted.
Jihad and Mujahid have been misinterpreted.I will not say Jihad is not a fight
against Islam. It is a spiritual fight against sins too," he said.Imran
won Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls as an independent candidate last year. He
was later elected deputy mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation with the
support of Congress party. The elections for ULB witnessed the lowest turnout
and some Corporators got single-digit votes, which were from their family
members.DNA India
Rajasthan: Communal clashes, violence mar Ram
Navami procession
Jodhpur:Police on Saturday used tear gas
shells to control the clash which broke out when a group of people allegedly
threw stones on a Ram Navami procession in Jodhpur's Soorsagar area.Some
vehicles were set on fire and a mob stoned houses and clashed with police
injuring two cops in Vyapariyon ka Mohalla in Soorsagar police station.The area
around Soorsagar had witnessed some clashes 3 days ago when clashing youths
damaged a motorcycle. Some claimed that the clashes over the procession were an
extension of the earlier clash which police did not handle properly. Police
have detained several people in the matter.india today
NCP manifesto promises to scrap Triple Talaq
Bill
NCP has recently released its 23 pages
manifesto for ensuing Lok Sabha polls with a lot of sops and promises ranging
from complete loan waiver to abolition of Triple talak bill. Tag line of this
manifesto was 'Aao Milke Desh Banaye, Hamara Aapka Hum Sabaka Bharat!' While in
2014, NCP had emphasised on Maratha and Muslim reservations. Maratha
reservations decision has been completed by the incumbent government but they
neglected the 5% Muslim reservations. dnaindia
On 128th birth anniversary, Ambedkar statue
taken down, left in Hyderabad dump yard
Hyderabad:
On the eve of the 128th birth anniversary of the father of the Indian Constitution,
Dr BR Ambedkar, a freshly-erected 10-ft-tall statue of the leader was not only
removed for want of permissions, but also dumped in the garbage by corporation
staff. The statue was erected at Punjagutta early on Saturday without obtaining
clearance from GHMC. Pictures of the damaged structure being carried from
Yousufguda to the Jawaharnagar dump yard in a garbage truck went viral and
evoked strong reactions from all quarters.Ambedkar Statue Protection Committee
— which installed the structure — led by G Vinod Kumar, staged a protest
against its removal at the site near the Punjagutta junction. As a
precautionary measure, the police detained at least eight persons, including
Kumar. The damaged statue, meanwhile, was taken to the Yousufguda Kotla Vijaya
Bhaskar Reddy indoor stadium. Officials say it got damaged while being
transported, but members of the association claim it got damaged as it fell off
the vehicle.Kumar said they sought permission from the government to erect the
statue at the Punjagutta junction, near the statue of former chief minister YS
Rajasekhara Reddy. In the absence of a response, the association went ahead and
installed the statue on Saturday.newindianexpress
India facing shortage of 6 lakh doctors, 2
million nurses: Study
India has shortage of an estimated 600,000
doctors and 2 million nurses, say scientists who found that lack of staff who
are properly trained in administering antibiotics is preventing patients from
accessing live-saving drugs.Even when antibiotics are available, patients are
often unable to afford them. High out-of-pocket medical costs to the patient
are compounded by limited government spending for health services, according to
the report by Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in US
In India, 65% of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures
push some 57 million people into poverty each year.HT
Bad loans: 80% of write offs in decade came in
last 5 years
Mumbai :With the government stepping in time
and again to bail out banks by recapitalising them with taxpayer money, banks
have stepped up writeoffs of loans taken by rogue borrowers. They wrote off a
whopping Rs 1,56,702 crore of non-performing loans during the nine-month ended
December 2018, taking the total loan writeoff to over Rs 7,00,000 crore in the
last 10 years, according to figures revealed by the RBI.Bulk of the writeoffs,
or almost four-fifth of the total amount written off in the last 10 years, have
accrued in the last five years since April 2014. In its reply to an application
filed by Indian Express, RBI revealed that the total loan written off in the last five years since
April 2014 amounted to Rs 5,55,603
crore.Eager to show lower bad loans, banks wrote off Rs 1,08,374 crore in
2016-17 and Rs 161,328 crore in 2017-18. In the first six months of 2018-19,
they wrote off Rs 82,799 crore. The quantum of writeoff zoomed to Rs 64,000
crore in the Oct-Dec 2018 quarter. Indianexpress
NIA arrests fifth accused in 2017 Lethpora
attack case
Srinagar:NIA on Sunday said that it arrested
the fifth person allegedly involved in the Dec.2017 CRPF group centre attack in
Lethpora, Pulwama.Irshad Ahmad Reshi, a resident of Ratnipora in Pulwama and
allegedly an “over the ground worker (OGW)of JeM”, was a key conspirator of 2017
attack, a spokesman of NIA said.HT
WORLD
Al-Bashir under house arrest in Khartoum: Sudan
Deposed President Omar al-Bashir is under
house arrest in Khartoum, the commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSP)
has confirmed, Anadolu Agency reports.“Al-Bashir has not left the country,”
Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Daqlo said in televised statements.On
Thursday, Sudanese military ousted al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan since 1989, following
months of popular protests against his rule.The military also established a
military council to run the country for a transitional period of two
years.Daqlo said al-Bashir’s crackdown on peaceful protests “has prompted the
armed forces to take over the situation and depose him”. Asked about
al-Bashir’s trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Daqlo said
“the decision was up to the Sudanese people”.“Sudan is about to form a new
elected government, which will decide the shape of the next stage and will try
every criminal who has committed any crime against the Sudanese people,
including al-Bashir himself,” he said.middleeastmonitor
Sudan military rulers meet US envoy in
Khartoum
The deputy leader of Sudan’s ruling military
council, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daqlo, met in Khartoum on Sunday with US
charge d’affaires Steven Koutsis, Anadolu Agency reports.During the meeting,
Daqlo briefed the US envoy on developments in Sudan and the reasons behind the
formation of the transitional military council, the council said in a
statement.He also posted Koutsis on “steps taken by the military council to
preserve the security and stability of Sudan”, the statement said.US envoy, for
his part, welcomed the role of the military council in achieving stability and
underlined the importance of continued cooperation between the two sides to
enhance Sudanese-U.S. relations, according to the statement.middleeastmonitor
Sudan opposition submits list of demands to
military
Sudan's protest organisers have presented
their demands, including the creation of a civilian government, in talks with
the country's new military rulers, the group spearheading the demonstrations
said.A statement by the Alliance for Freedom and Change, an umbrella group
leading the protests, said a 10-member delegation submitted its list of demands
to the military during a meeting on Saturday.Thousands remained encamped
outside the army headquarters in the capital overnight into Sunday to keep the
pressure on the military council that took power after overthrowing long-time
President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday.aljazeera
Haftar's forces 'set to push into capital
Tripoli'
Forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa
Haftar are set to move in on Libya's capital, Tripoli, on Sunday, the head of
the country's self-proclaimed eastern parliament said. Haftar announced an
attack against Tripoli on April 4 to capture the capital and the entire west of
Libya from UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Prime
Minister Fayez al-Serraj. "We need to get rid of militias and terrorist
groups," Aguila Saleh, head of the House of Representatives allied to
Haftar, said on Saturday, using a reference eastern officials often make to
describe forces allied to the Tripoli govt. Meanwhile, Egypt's President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi met Haftar in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the latest
developments,Sisi's spokesperson said. No other details about the meeting were
immediately available.aljazeera
OIC calls for dialogue in Sudan after Bashir's
ouster
The world's largest Islamic bloc on Sunday
called on all parties in Sudan to pursue dialogue to guarantee a peaceful
transition of power.On Thursday, the Sudanese army ousted longtime President
Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan since 1989, following months of popular
protests against his rule.The army also established a military council to run
the country for a transitional period of two years.In a statement, the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urged all Sudanese parties to
"pursue constructive dialogue with a view to maintaining peace and social
cohesion in the country and achieving aspirations of the Sudanese people for a
peaceful transfer of power".Anadolu Agency
Israeli delegation cancels trip to Bahrain on
security grounds
An Israeli delegation composed of businessmen
and government officials has cancelled its participation in a conference set to
take place in Bahrain.The group, which was planning to attend the gathering organised
by the Global Entrepreneurship Network on April 15, said in a statement it was
withdrawing from the summit on security grounds."While we advised the
Israeli delegation they would be welcome, they decided this morning not to come
due to security concerns and a wish not to cause disruption for the other 180
nations participating," the organisation's president Jonathan Ortmans told
Reuters news agency on Sunday.The cancellation came after the kingdom's
parliament issued a statement rejecting the visit, and some protests against it
in the streets of the capital Manama.While Israel does not maintain any
diplomatic relations with any of 6-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
nations, analysts say some of the countries are not opposed to normalising ties
with Tel Aviv. aljazeera
Israel converts historical mosque into a bar
and events hall
Israeli municipality in Safed has turned
Al-Ahmar Mosque into a bar and events hall, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported.As one of
the most historical mosques in the Arab city, which was occupied by the Jewish
gangs in 1948, the building was first turned into a Jewish school, then into a
centre for Likud’s elections campaigns and then into a clothes warehouse before
finally being converted into a nightclub.London-based newspaper reported that
the mosque was turned to a bar and wedding hall by an firm affiliated to
Israeli municipality. Its name was changed from Al-Ahmar Mosque to Khan
Al-Ahmar.Khair Tabari, secretary of Safed and Tiberias Islamic endowment, said
that he had been waiting for the Nazareth court to take a decision regarding a
complaint he filed requesting the evacuation of the mosque and returning it to
the endowment.He said he attached documents to prove Islamic ownership of the
mosque. He called for the different political and popular bodies to increase
their cooperation with him in order to save the mosque from violations.Safed
was once home to 12,000 Palestinians who were forced out of their homes in
1948.Tabari said that the mosque is now open for use for everything except
prayers by Muslims.MEMO
Ex-Iraqi premier calls for disbanding Hashd
al-Shaabi
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has
called for disbanding the Hashd al-Shaabi, a largely Shia paramilitary force
that provides support for government troops, Anadolu Agency reports.“The
mission of Hashd al-Shaabi has ended after victory against the Daesh terrorist
group,” Allawi, the head of Al-Wataniya coalition, said in statements.He
proposed that members of the paramilitary force could join the Iraqi police or
military forces.“The dissolution of Hashd al-Shaabi is a move to turn Iraq into
a civilian state,” Allawi, whose coalition has 21 seats in 329-member
parliament, argued. Established in 2014 with the express purpose of fighting
Daesh,Hashd al-Shaabi was formally incorporated into Iraqi army in
2017.middleeastmonitor
Muslim Student Assaulted, Hijab Pulled off by
Schoolmate in US
New York: A high school Muslim student's hijab
was pulled off allegedly by a schoolmate who also hurled anti-Muslim slurs
during a fight in the US, prompting authorities to arrest her, according to a
media report.East Brunswick High School girl, whose name and age were not
released, got into an argument with another girl on Wednesday because both
students wanted the same seat in a common area on campus, the school's
Superintendent Victor Valeski said in a statement.As the fight escalated, one
of the girls pulled off the other girl's hijab and started screaming
anti-Muslim slurs at her, the superintendent was quoted as saying by WNBC-TV.A
school security officer broke up the fight, but not before it was caught on
video. The video was posted to social media at some point after the fight, the
report said.PTI
New Palestinian government sworn in amid
factional tensions
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on
Saturday swore in a new government headed by a loyalist from his dominant Fatah
party, a move rejected by Hamas as a blow to unity efforts, Reuters
reports.Mohammed Shtayyeh, an economist and longtime Abbas adviser, will serve
as prime minister of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority (PA). Foreign
Minister Riyad al-Maliki and Finance Minister Shukri Bishara will continue in
their positions.Shtayyeh was named Palestinian prime minister on March 10,
replacing the independent university president Rami Al-Hamdallah. He will run
the ministries of interior and religious affairs until new appointees are named
for the two posts.The rival Hamas group that runs Gaza called the move blow to
unity efforts that faltered since the 2 groups signed a new reconciliation deal
in Cairo in Oct.2017, but disputes over power-sharing had blocked the implementation
of the agreement.middleeastmonitor
Regime airstrike injures 5 civilians in
Syria's Idlib
5 civilians were injured in a regime airstrike
in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, according to the White Helmets civil
defense agency on Sunday.The overnight attack targeted the towns of Urum
al-Jawz and Bsanqul and Jabal al-Arabaeen, which overlooks the town of Ariha,
it said.White Helmets said three children were among those injured in the
attack.
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