Pakistan’s Tyrannical Majority
Source: NY Times By Manan Ahmed Asif, an assistant professor of history at Columbia, is the author of “Where the Wild Frontiers Are: Pakistan and the American Imagination.” JUST after the […]
Women’s prayer service at Israel’s Western Wall marred by protests, arrests (PHOTOS)
Police kept more than 2,000 protesting ultra-Orthodox men away from a women’s service at the Western Wall. JERUSALEM — A women’s prayer service at Israel’s holy Western Wall Friday was […]
Old rules in New Pakistan
Since Imran Khan revealed his feelings about a minority Muslim group in Pakistan, some young voters’ opinions of him have soured. KARACHI, Pakistan — For the last two years, former cricketing superstar Imran Khan has been trumpeting talk of change to Pakistan’s public. Standing in front of beloved national monuments […]
Elections 2013: Live updates
Source:ET Recent Update JI announces election boycott in Karachi, Hyderabad 01:52:PM Two people die in a fight at Karachi polling station 01:46:PM Karachi rigging: Bogus votes and abduction in Malir Cantt 01:40:PM ANP workers took away ballot boxes from PS-96 Karachi: Polling officer More:
Pakistan Elections May Go to the Terrorists
Source: The Conservative Papers. As one waits for a clearer indicator of the likely outcome of the polls, one has to be worried over the possibility of rogue elephant terrorist organisations such as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Sunni extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ) causing major disruptions in the elections, particularly […]
Declan Walsh, New York Times Reporter In Pakistan, Expelled From Country Before Elections
NEW YORK — Pakistan is expelling The New York Times’ Islamabad bureau chief on the eve of national elections, accusing him of unspecified “undesirable activities,” the newspaper said Friday. Declan […]
Video: What Happened When Ahmadiyya Muslim Delegation Met Election Commission?
MTA: An Urdu discussions on state sponsored persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and other minorities in Pakistan. This one focuses specially on how State led apartheid has isolated the Pakistani Muslim Ahmadis from taking part in elections. Ahmadiyya Muslims made a full representation to Election Comission of Pakistan. Mujeeb-ur-Rahman advocate explains […]
Day of decision
Source:ET Election on May 11 is a truly historic one, marking the first constitutional transition of power from one democratically-elected government to another. DESIGN: EMA ANIS What happens today will decide our immediate future, hopefully for the next five years. Intense games of number crunching are, of course, on everywhere; […]
Friday prayers in the Mosque of the Ahmadiyya Tasikmalaya held under tight security
Metrotvnews.com: More than 50 Ahmadiyah performed the Friday prayers at the mosque in the village of Al Fadhal Wanasigra, Tenjowaringin Village, Salawu district, Tasikmalaya, West Java. It was guarded by […]
Ahmadis living in sheltor for seven years denied right to vote
Mataram: Over 70 Ahmadis living in the temporary shelter in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), cannot use their voting rights in the election of Governor of NTB. They do not […]
FPI Behind Ahmadiyah Attack in West Java
TEMPO.CO, Bandung – West Java Police Chief, Inspector General Tb. Anis Angkawijaya, says the Islamic Defender Front (FPI) was behind the attack on the Ahmadiyah community at Salawu and Singaparna […]
Baghdad denies refuge to PKK fighters
Iraq has denied refuge to Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, a key element of an accord to bring an end to years of deadly conflicts between Ankara and the […]
Pakistani minorities leery of democracy – Violence by Islamic radicals on rise since 2008 elections
LAHORE, PAKISTAN – In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under Pakistan’s democratically elected government because of the growing violence of Islamic radicals, who are then courted by political parties, say many in the country’s […]
Ahmadis stand third with over 115 thousand registered voters?
Source:ET “Christians, the second largest non-Muslim community in the country – Hindus being the largest – has over 1.2 million voters. Ahmadis stand third with over 115 thousand registered voters followed by the Sikh community with more than five thousand,” he said.Mr. Malik listed Umerkot, Tharparkar and Mirpurkhas, all three […]
Survivor rescued from rubble 16 days after Bangladesh factory collapse
By Ian Johnston and Sohel Uddin, NBC News A survivor was pulled alive from the ruins of an eight-story factory in Bangladesh on Friday, more than 16 days after it […]
The Pakistani Taliban is setting the election agenda as much as anyone
Source:The Economist. IT WAS a television image that many feared seeing in an election campaign beset by terrorist attacks. A prominent party leader, aspiring to be prime minister, was shown bloodied, unconscious and being carried from a rally. Late on May 7th Imran Khan, the charismatic leader of the Pakistan […]
Ahmadis in Pakistan face unfair election
Source: Washinggton Post. A Pakistani woman walks past posters of a parliamentary election candidate. B.K. Bangash/Associated…) On May 11th, the world’s second most populous Muslim country, Pakistan, will mark a historic election. The country’s 66-year history is marred by the presence of martial laws and never before has one elected government replaced […]
Cyber disinformation campaign
Source: Daily Star Editorial. Doctored news confuses general public. THE scale and sophistication involved in spreading propaganda around the number of casualties at Shapla Chattar during the crackdown by security forces on May 05 has reached new heights. From news reports it appears that some bloggers managed to spread the […]
Women Attacked By Ultra-Orthodox Jews, While Praying at Western Wall
Source: The Huffington Post Thousands of ultra-Orthodox jeered, spit and threw rocks at the 400 ‘Women of the Wall’ who prayed at the Western Wall today, according to the Jerusalem […]
US support war crimes trial
Source: BD News 24 Washington DC: The United States has reiterated its support to the Bangladesh government’s initiative to put to trial the crimes against humanities committed during the 1971 Liberation War. US State Department Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell extended the assurance to Bangladesh in wake of the ‘debate’ and political […]