On February 21, the news agency Radio Liberty reported: “The Shayhontohursky administrative court of the city of Tashkent recognized Luiza Muminzhanova’s claim to expell her from the International Islamic Academy because of her headscarf unfounded. -  I was told: “You must choose - a hijab or studying”. “I have chosen a hijab”, - says Luiza Muminzhanova, expelled from the first year of the International Islamic Academy, to our radio.

ISLAMABAD: The Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has said Malaysia appreciates and will continue to maintain its good relationships with Pakistan and India but won’t take sides with anyone in the event of conflict.

Indonesia's anti-graft agency on March 16 named a prominent Islamist politician backing President Joko Widodo's re-election campaign as a suspect in a bribery case. The United Development Party (PPP) chairman Muhammad Romahurmuziy (Romi) had allegedly accepted bribes to get two people high ranking jobs at the religious affairs ministry.

Prime Minis¬ter Imran Khan on 18 March 2019, summoned the Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to Islamabad. He repriman¬ded him for having allowed a bill to be passed that promises an exorbitant increase in the salaries and perks of provincial lawmakers.