Pakistan this week unveiled its first ever counter-terrorism policy after battling a home-grown Islamist insurgency for more than a decade, announcing that every act of militant violence would be met with retaliation on their bases.
Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the "national security policy" before parliament a day after it was formally approved by the cabinet, ending years...
Vauxhall to unveil turbo-engined street-legal race sibling
With over 300PS generated from its 2.0-litre turbo engine, the Astra VXR Extreme will be the most powerful front-wheel drive Vauxhall ever when it’s unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next month.
Derived from last year’s Astra Cup race car that competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Championship, the Extreme is the lighter, more powerful...
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner was among four Britons arrested on Tuesday 25th February on suspected terrorism offences related to Syria, police said.
Moazzam Begg, 45, who was released without charge from Guantanamo Bay in 2005, was detained at his home in Birmingham on suspicion of attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terrorism overseas.
Begg was held by the US...
The Bradford-based organisation, QED-UK, has been praised by a European Commission Ambassador for its work delivering English language classes to third country national women, who are mainly from Pakistan.
QED tackles grass-root problems by offering services in health, education and employment to disadvantaged sections of Britain’s eight million ethnic minorities.
Its flagship ‘English for Work’ ‘Unity Through Diversity’ and ‘Living in...
A 17-year-old published writer from Cambridge is getting ready to launch his latest book which will include a special poem about his Asian background.
Aukash Zahid has been writing poetry professionally for more than a year now and has already been published in 15 books, available in reputable outlets such as Waterstones and WHSmith.
His poetry is specifically targeted at bringing...
Serious discontent has grown among students of the University of Bradford over the constant absence of its vice chancellor Imran Khan.
Khan has been so embroiled in Pakistani politics that he hasn't attended a single graduation ceremony since 2010.
The University's student union has now floated a motion to drop the cricketing legend turned politician in Pakistan from the highest post....
A team of fundraisers from across England took on a mammoth challenge earlier this week as they conquered the hilly route from Halifax to Bradford – on foot.
The runners, and walkers, took on the 12km route in hope of raising money for the national charity, Islamic Relief, with all members completing the trek and in turn raising thousands for...
Plans for a new high-end hotel project in central Leeds could spell the end for one of the city’s most well-known curry houses.
Akbar’s Restaurants have become some of the most recognisable establishments in the county, yet it seems their Greek Street premises may not be running much longer if the proposed 90-bedroom hotel receives planning permission.
The work will require...
A Leeds-based imam has been awarded for his outstanding contribution to the welfare and integration of minority communities into mainstream British society.
Imam of Makkah Masjid, Qari Asim MBE, was awarded the British Community Honours Award last week in front of esteemed guests and personnel in the capital.
The award was presented by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Rowan Williams,...
The Balochistan government has decided to establish a 2,000 capacity girls schools across the province with the technical and financial support of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) and Global Partnership.
Girls schools would be established in Balochistan's backward and far-flung areas.
“Global Partnership has already decided to provide 34 million dollars in this regard,” Sanaullah Panezai, Unicef's Balochistan...
Dreamworks Animation's green ogre Shrek will star in a family entertainment attraction that will open in London in the summer of 2015, the first of six attractions based on the blockbuster movie franchise that will be built over nine years.
Dreamworks licensed Shrek and other characters to Madame Tussauds and Legoland owner Merlin Entertainment, which will build and operate the...
Bradford East MP, David Ward, has surveyed over 2,500 businesses in Bradford and discovered that a significant 36.22 per cent thought that leaving the EU would have direct negative effects for their company with an overwhelming 84 per cent of those surveyed believing that staying in the EU would be in Britain’s best interests.
The results from David’s business survey...
After back-to-back defeats at the end of 2013, Adil Anwar’s flourishing boxing career took a huge body blow, yet now, with a full year ahead of him, he vows to come back stronger and better than ever before.
At just 26-years-old, the ‘Platinum Kid’ certainly has time on his side, and his loyal followers will, no doubt, continue to support...
The UK has more obese women than any other country in Europe, according to European Union figures.
Data agency Eurostat, which looked at 19 countries, found nearly a quarter of UK women - 23.9 per cent - were recorded as being obese in the year 2008 to 2009.
Just over 22 per cent of UK men were classed as obese, coming...
The Indian premier League may be the highest-profile format of cricket in the world yet the future of the games seems likely to be away from its founding country.
Reports suggest that the eighth edition of the IPL is almost certain to partially move from India after government officials said they would not be able to provide adequate security throughout...
A professional footballer turned coach has set up a one-of-a-kind sports academy in Yorkshire as he hopes to pass his love of sport onto the next generation of stars.
Jameel Nawaz, from Halifax, launched the J3 Sports Academy in September last year. With a team of qualified coaches by his side, the club aims to improve the participation in sport...
Connection vouchers worth up to £3,000 are now available to small and medium-size businesses across Bradford and Leeds to cover the cost of upgrading to superfast broadband, offering Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) the opportunity to transform the way they do business.
Funded through the Government’s ‘Superconnected Cities’ programme, the connection vouchers are available to companies in the two cities,...
At next month’s Geneva Motor Show Audi will pull the wraps from a completely new iteration of the compact sports car that tore up the rulebook and changed the course of design in its class at its 1998 launch. For the third generation of the iconic TT, the designers have reinterpreted a host of ideas from that first, game-changing...
Bollywood star, Akshay Kumar, went onto Facebook to thank his fans for helping him reach 8 million followers on his official social media fan page.
The Khiladi star showed his gratitude to his fans by saying: ‘Another month and another million! Can’t say anything but thank you J Loads of love to all 8 million Akkians. Love and Prayers, Akshay’
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