Dawn: Nadeem Paracha: It is believed that Pakistan’s descent into the quagmire of violence, partaken in the name of religion has its roots in 1974 when the otherwise ‘secular’ government […]
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The Nation: ISLAMABAD – The ruling PPP in Tuesday’s National Assembly session explicitly stated that none of the government departments had the authority to declare the Ahmadis and Qadianis as Muslims. “There has been no change in the government’s policy. And in the light of the Constitution, the Ahmadis and Qadianis […]
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Express Tribune: by Rabia Mahmood: LAHORE: Walls of the recently desecrated Model Town Ahmadi graveyard stand high, while an armed guard patrols the gate. On the very same road stands a Muslim graveyard with an open gate, low boundary walls and no armed guard on duty. The beefed up security follows in the […]
Daily Times: By Yasser Latif Hamdani: After the Lahore High Court’s verdict, Mr Sharif’s bravado is calculated to rally the people of Punjab behind the PML-N ‘Shahinshah-e-Punjab’ Shahbaz Sharif is the great Muslim ruler of the mighty province of Punjab in this ‘Islamic’ Republic of ours, or at least he likes to […]
Express Tribune: PARIS: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Sunday to attend a conference on “Stand up for Malala — Stand up for girl’s right to education” being organised jointly by […]
Huff Post: Engy Abdelkader. Perception is a powerful thing. Men wage wars on account of it: Iraq had WMDs. Except, of course, it didn’t. Innocent people are hurt, in a myriad of ways, due to it. Darker complexioned men with long beards and turbans are presumed to be Muslim and, […]
Source: Express Tribune by Khaled Ahmad: Ijazul Haq, son of army chief General Zia, has accused Zia’s then vice-chief General Aslam Beg of being a part of the conspiracy to kill his father. He appeared on Geo TV on December 1, 2012, and said he was sorry that General Hameed Gul, who was the […]
Source: The Local Germany’s Roman Catholic Church revealed on Friday that at least 66 clergy members had been accused of sexually abusing children and adults over a 10-year period, with most of the victims male. The findings were part of a scientific study ordered after the Church was thrown into […]
The Friday Times: by Saba Eitiazaz: The Ahmadiyya cemetery in Lahore’s Model Town is dead silent. Broken mud-ridden tombstones are scattered all over the graveyard. An old man weeps silently, trying to fix an uprooted tombstone bearing his father’s name with trembling hands. “After 35 years of serving this country, this […]
International Herald Tribune: By HUMA YUSUF: LONDON — On Monday, a dozen masked gunmen said to be affiliated with the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba broke into a graveyard in an elite neighborhood […]
The News: by Murtaza Ali Shah: European MPs want Pakistan to check sectarian killings BRUSSELS: European Parliament members have expressed concern over the rise of sectarian violence in Pakistan and the ability of militants to strike their victims with impunity. A major interfaith conference related to Pakistan situation in the […]
Source Dawn urdu بر صغیر میں مختلف مذاہب اور فرقوں میں مکالمے اور بحث کی روایت بہت پرانی ہے۔ بلکہ یوں کہئے کہ بہت پرانی تھی۔ آج یہ تصور کرنا بھیمشکل لگتا ہے لیکن پاکستان میں ایک وقت وہ بھی تھا کہ جب ایک فرقے کے عالم دوسرے فرقے پر […]
Newstatesman by Samira Shackle: By any standards, the last few days have been bleak for Pakistan’s persecuted minority communities. It started on Saturday, when a century-old Hindu temple in Karachi’s busy Soldier Bazaar area was demolished with the help of police. The Shri Rama Pir Mandir (temple) was razed to […]
Express Tribune blogs: by Badarchaudry: Pakistan is the bastion of Islam, and Muslims in Pakistan the vanguards of the Islamic movement. They will shortly take over the world and govern it with Shariah laws. The only problem is for us to draw a consensus as to who really is a […]
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (TrustLaw) – It is almost a cliché that getting more women into power is a good way to tackle corruption. Women, the argument goes, are less likely to take bribes or put personal gain before public good. But is it true? While many bristle at the […]
Express Tribune: LAHORE: An FIR was registered in the early hours of Tuesday against the vandalism of over 100 tombstones at an Ahmadi graveyard in Lahore. The FIR # 1096/12 was registered on instances of trespassing on burial places, punishment for dacoity, mischief and criminial intimidation and trespassing for assault or […]
(Reuters) – Britain and France on Monday weighed measures against Israel to protest at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations’ de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood. Germany urged Israel to […]
Express Tribune: LAHORE: Over 100 tombstones were desecrated by unidentified men at an Ahmadi graveyard in the Model Town area of Lahore early Monday morning. Eyewitnesses said 12 to 15 masked men, […]