My Take: New Year’s resolution – don’t get murdered!
My Take: New Year’s resolution – don’t get murdered Editor’s Note: Qasim Rashid is a national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Follow him on Twitter @MuslimIQ. By Qasim […]
ECP shuffles provincial election commissioners
Source: ET Sonu Khan Baloch named new K-P election commission chief. ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday shuffled provincial election commissioners for three provinces. According to the sources in the commission, heads of the election body were shuffled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. After the shuffle, K-P […]
Indonesian city bans women straddling motorbikes
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A city in Indonesia’s Islamic law stronghold of Aceh will ban women from straddling male drivers on motorbikes, its mayor said on Wednesday, dubbing the position “improper”. […]
Remembering Outstanding Pakistanis: Sahibzada Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad- Ahmadiyya Muslim Services for Pakistan
flickr: MM Ahmad was first posted in Lahore, the capital of the part of Punjab that was attached to Pakistan. Among the positions MM held in Lahore was that of […]
Bang or whimper?
Source: Friday Times. Ba Najam Sethi Dr Tahir ul Qadri continues to hog the headlines. In ten days, however, he has progressively diluted his demands under relentless media scrutiny. Consider. Originally he insisted that the army and judiciary were “stake holders” who had a right to inform any caretaker government. […]
Long march: Administration shoots down MQI rally plan in capital
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration officials on Friday rejected a formal request by Minhajul Quran International (MQI) to hold a rally in front of parliament, citing overcrowding and capacity as bottlenecks. Instead, the administration suggested a change of venue for the MQI’s January 14 rally, proposing the lush […]
Australian Muslims donate$1 million to Syrian refugees
Petra | Jan 03, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) office in the Kingdom on Thursday received $1 million donated by the Muslim community in Australia to support Syrian refugees in Jordan. According to an IRW statement, an Australian delegation presented the financial assistance to […]
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr visits church, Sunni mosque as anti-government protests rage
By Associated Press, WASHINGTON POST BAGHDAD — Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reached out to Iraq’s religious minorities Friday, visiting a Baghdad church desecrated in a deadly 2010 attack and a […]
Solar-powered e-bikes for India
Source: The Hindu The Government could plan for 50,000 e-bikes with solar charging stations over two years in educational, business and public sector campuses. E-bikes and e-scooters, battery-powered and charged by solar energy, can transform transportation in India, making it fuel independent, environmentally friendly and affordable. Now is the time […]
In recognition: Malala Yousufzai wins international peace award
Express Tribune: LONDON: Malala Yousafzai has been awarded the “2012 Tipperary International Peace Award” for her courage to raise her voice for female education. The other nominees for the award included US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President of Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi, former Kenyan journalist John Githongo and the […]
Jakarta Planning to Build Sister City Relationship with Jerusalem
The Jakarta Globe: In a symbolic gesture of camaraderie, the Jakarta administration announced on Thursday that it plans to form a sister city partnership with Jerusalem in the near future. […]
Video: Remembering Taseer: Ahmadiyya Mosque Lahore Terrorist Attack and his Visit
Youtube: Time to remember Salman Taseer, a brave man who stood boldy against the extremist elements paid for it with his life. May Allah rest his soul in peace. Watch:
Pakistan Security – 2012 Dance of death and destruction continues
Center for Research and Security Studies: The overall level of violence declined by almost 15 percent during 2012[1] across Pakistan.[2]Meanwhile, ethno-political violence in Karachi (Sindh), religio-political terrorism in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and nationalist-separatistviolence in Balochistan continued unabated. The deadly wave of target killings in Karachi, presumably triggered by the rivalry between Muttahida […]
Mataf expansion work in full swing
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 4 January 2013 Works on mataf (circumambulation area around the Kabaa) expansion is being stepped up, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported. The second floor of the eastern side […]
His toy-inspired idea can save thousands of Afghan lives
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABPRESS Friday 4 January 2013 Childhood toys lost in a war-torn field have inspired an odd-looking invention like a giant dandelion seed head which its young Dutch […]
Offering Option in Ballot Paper:Election 2013
Source and written by Yasmeen Ali Honourable Justice (Retd.) Mr. Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Your Honor, As a concerned Pakistani citizen,also a lawyer by profession I feel, our ballot paper do not allow the masses to exercise the right to vote in its true spirit.We see […]
The story of an injustice
Daily Times: Ayesha Asghar. The survivor is a Bheel, not just Hindu but also a scheduled caste one. The rape of children from scheduled castes is, unfortunately, very common in Sindh The survivor is a student of Grade I, in the district of Umerkot in Sindh. She is much younger […]
Vandalism at Jerusalem holy site may have aimed to erase traces of Muslim past
Haaretz: About two weeks ago, a young ultra-Orthodox man was arrested after he was caught using a hammer to smash centuries-old painted wall tiles. An attempt to harm the fragile […]
Jewish community once thrived in Afghanistan
Ancient manuscripts indicate Jewish community once thrived in Afghanistan CBS News: A trove of ancient manuscripts in Hebrew characters rescued from caves in a Taliban stronghold in northern Afghanistan is […]
Pakistan wins first ODI series against India since ’05
Source: ET KOLKATA: Team green sealed their victory by winning their second match by 85 runs in the One-Day International (ODI) series against India in Kolkata, their first win against India in a bilateral series since April 2005. Pakistan earlier intensified its bowling attack and sent five batsmen back to the […]