Asia

What is Pakistan’s ideology?

Daily Times: The Two Nation Theory, therefore, is a distant part of our history, a lawyer’s clever argument that unfortunately has become a blanket we cannot seem to rid ourselves of The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has laid another egg. This time, a certain Professor Kundi of the HEC was […]

What does Isis look like from the air? I buckled up my seat belt and found out From the air, the Isis heartland stretches out in a grey-black desert while smoke plumes from the sky

by Robert Fisk, The Independent Syrian Arab Airlines flight RB131 took off from Damascus International Airport to far-away Qamishli at 8.35am for its journey over Isis country, flying at an altitude of 17,000ft. Just how an airline can still function amid Syria’s tragedy – it has five working airbus A320s […]

It’s only for women over 30

Source: Dawn IYADH: It’s only for women over 30, who must be off the road by 8pm and cannot wear makeup behind the wheel. But it’s still a startling idea. The Saudi king’s advisory council — whose suggestions are not binding — has recommended that the government lift its ban […]

What Will Happen to Aasia Bibi?

Huff Post: On October 23, 2014, Aasia Bibi — the most prominent blasphemy case death-sentence prisoner in the history of one of Pakistan’s most controversial laws — had her appeal for retraction of her punishment met with rejection at the Lahore High Court. Her lawyers will move the appeal to […]

Misdeeds give an image of Islam that is terrible

Source: ET Deceased Shama’s father with her three children. PHOTO: SHAFIQ MALIK/EXPRESS ROME: A top Vatican official has described the lynching of a Christian couple in Pakistan as a humiliation for all of humanity. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the chair of the Roman Catholic church’s council for interfaith dialogue, said he had […]