Bollywood 2009
Manish Gajjar previews the year ahead2008 has been a dreadful year for Bollywood seeing no significant box office gains except for the historic epic Jodhaa Akbar, Abbas-Mustaan’s suspense thriller, Race and comedy Singh Is Kinng reaching the 1 million...
Amnesty urges aid for trapped Sri Lankan’s
Sri Lankan government must help them, says groupAMNESTY International has made an urgent plea to the Sri Lankan government to allow it to pass humanitarian aid to thousands of people trapped as a result of fighting in the north....
Protecting the Pilgrims
Stopping rogue firms blighting the Hajj pilgrimageFOR British Muslim Sami Minhas his pilgrimage to Mecca was supposed to be the greatest spiritual journey he would ever take.
Like millions of others he trusted a local travel firm specialising in...
The Demise of the Traditional Arranged Marriage?
Samina Akhtar discussesTHE ROAD to finding your perfect life partner is a long and arduous one.
You have your criteria (with many boxes left unchecked) and needless to say, your parents have their own criteria to. Expectations are high,...
Pakistan must reverse Musharraf policies
Amnesty calls for Government to take actionA YEAR after the former President Pervez Musharraf unlawfully declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, the country is still suffering from the abusive policies he put in place, Amnesty International has claimed....
Barack Obama: A New Page in American History
Rohema Miah on America’s new PresidentVICTORY for Black Americans and justice in the face of the racism that has overshadowed America. Barack Obama, 44th President Elect has brought together and captured the aspirations, hopes and dreams of not only...
The Legacy of Halimah Ahmed
Murdered student’s charity brings hope to orphans LESS than a year after the tragic murder of a Derbyshire teenager, her ambitions are on the way to being realised.
Nineteen year-old Halimah Ahmed was studying International Relations and Global Politics at...
The Lost Boys
Calls for the release Pakistan's missing prisonersAMINA Janjua hasn’t seen her husband for three years.
In July 2005 Masood Janjua, 45, a businessman from Rawalpindi, and his friend Faisal Faraz, 25, an engineer from Lahore were travelling on bus...
Mohammed Rafi – Memories Reborn and Restyled
Sonu Niigaam and the CBSO bring a legend to lifeFOR all the singing legends in the world Mohammed Rafi has laid claim to being one of the greats.
Hailing from a strict Muslim family, Rafi became one of South...
Euro 2008 – Who’s your money on?
BBC experts give us their viewsTHE European Championships are here again, and sadly we won’t see an Englishman in sight. But unlike England there are 16 teams who deserve to be competing on the big stage. From Portugal’s wizard...
