Ahmadis And Pakistan

Op Ed by Yasser Latif Hamdani: Rohingyas and Ahmedis

Source: The Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani While Ahmedis can get passports as citizens of Pakistan, the officially sanctioned Muslims of Pakistan have to certify on the passport application that they consider Ahmedis non-Muslims Though there are some questions about the story but if Tahera Ahmad — the chaplain […]

Secular Pakistan

How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last month, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting debate on […]

Turkey, Pakistan and Islam

Source: The Daily Times Ataturk’s ideas were shaped by the French idea of republicanism whereas Jinnah’s liberal democratic views were influenced by the turn of the century British liberal tradition By Yasser Latif Hamdani Both Hector Bolitho and Stanley Wolpert, Jinnah’s biographers, record that Jinnah had in 1932 bought Grey […]

Secular Pakistan

Daily Times: How does one go about making Pakistan a secular state? It does not require a revolution as much it does an evolution. The fundamental rights of citizens must be safeguarded at all costs Last week, the justices of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had a very interesting […]