The slaying of the 20-year-old psychology student in Turkey, Özgecan Aslan, during an alleged attempted rape has prompted angry street protests across the country and demands that the Turkish government do more to combat violence against women. Police on Friday discovered the charred corpse of Özgecan Aslan in a riverbed in southern Mersin province. According to authorities, she was killed while fighting back a sexual assault by the driver of…

Democracy Shows Hypocrisy in Factory Arson Case A report submitted by a Rangers official in the Sindh High Court on 7 February said that MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) was behind the fire incident that claimed the lives of at least 258 factory workers. The report was based on the information collected from an alleged MQM worker, Rizwan Qureshi. The reason the state and its institutions would hesitate to act against…

News: On February 2, 2015, Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak outlined three important principles that must be practiced and complied by every citizen in this country to ensure Malaysia remains as a country that is peaceful, stable and harmonious as well as become a model of harmony to the world. The three principles are to practice moderation, respect each other and the importance of being fair, he stated…

Regime Boasts about Indicators that Reveal the Collapse of the Economy Painting a rosy picture detailing "improvements" in the social and economic sectors, Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed claimed on 1 February that the PML-N government had rejuvenated the economy in the 17 months it had been in power. However, a journalist also drew the minister's attention to the fact that prices of consumer items such as flour, vegetable ghee, sugar,…