African leaders gather for a two-day summit in Beijing focused on economic ties with China amid increasing criticism of its debt-laden approach to aid in the developing world.

Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Tuesday said he has raised the issue of the blasphemous cartoon caricature competition with the Dutch foreign minister and also called upon the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to summon an urgent session for adopting a unanimous position in response to the planned Dutch blasphemous event.

In the latest crackdown on the ideas promoted by the members of Hizb ut Tahrir calling for the re-establishment of the Islamic society through the establishment of the Khilafah Rashidah upon the method of the Prophethood, Pakistan’s Security officials arrested two devoted Muslim women, Sister Dr. Roshan and SisterRomana Hussein, holding them prisoners in accordance to the dictates of their Western masters.

Even the smallest amount of alcohol is bad for your health, a new study has found.The Global Burden of Disease study reveals that although moderate drinking may protect from specific diseases — particularly ischaemic heart disease and diabetes — the positive effect is completely offset "by the risks associated with cancers, which increased monotonically with consumption."