Daily Telegraph: The 14-year-old was detained when a neighbor claimed she had burned pages of a religious book. She spent three weeks on remand in an adult prison. However, she was freed on bail after witnesses said she had been framed by a local Muslim prayer leader. The case, involving an illiterate […]
Express Tribune: ISTANBUL / DOHA: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described Israel on Monday as a “terrorist state” in carrying out its bombardment of Gaza, underlining hostility for Ankara’s former ally since relations between them collapsed in 2010. His comments came after nearly a week of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel […]
Daily Telegraph: A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished with a “bigger holocaust” from Israeli armed forces. The use of the Hebrew word for holocaust, “shoah”, tends to be used exclusively in Israel to describe the Nazi persecution of Jews. […]
Daily Star: By Dominik Lemanski BRITISH-based Muslim extremists want the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban to face a possible death sentence. The radicals will head to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad […]
Let us Build Pakistan: by Sarah Khan اسرائیل، غزہ اور مسلمانوں کی منافقت گزشتہ کچھ روز سے پاکستان اور دیگر مسلمان ممالک کے غیرت مند سیاستدانوں، صحافیوں، انسانی حقوق کے علمبرداروں، فوجی جرنیلوں، جہادی فرقہ وارانہ گروہوں اور اسلام کے رکھوالوں کو ایک نیا موضوع مل گیا ہے یعنی […]
Banned at home, Pakistan brewery seizes Hollywood moment By Randy Fabi RAWALPINDI, Pakistan | Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:17pm EST (Reuters) – What have Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, underage drinking and Pakistan’s only beer maker got in common? It was the arrest of the Hollywood stars’ daughter in New York with a can […]
alternet.org: The Israeli political leadership is committed to crushing Palestinian hopes for a decent future. An Israeli man inspects the damage to his house following a rocket attack from the […]
From Asian Human Rights Commission: Ms Afshan Malik was a student in the Government Degree College for Women, Gulshane Ravi, Lahore. Ms. Malik participated in the Natiya(poems in the honour of the Holy Prophet PBUH) competition in the Punjab Youth Festival. The Chief Minister of the Punjab, who was present at […]
The Economist Blogs: LAST Friday a big crowd filled much of Cairo’s Tahrir Square to call for strict imposition of shari’a law. The mostly cheerful protesters, many of them bearded […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch In a bid to overcome divisions among the political left and civil society on how to deal with stricter asylum rules, the non-governmental Refugee Council and […]
Dawn: UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Monday was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system. Pakistan, which had the endorsement of the Asia […]
Source: NY Times op ed By Thomas Friedman ISRAELI friends have been asking me whether a re-elected President Obama will take revenge on Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for the way he and Sheldon Adelson, his foolhardy financier, openly backed Mitt Romney. My answer to Israelis is this: You should be […]
Global Post: LONDON, UK — These are strange times for the British far right. As painful austerity fans surges in nationalism that are lifting their European counterparts’ political fortunes, the […]
Lutf Blog: – V : Conspiracy Theories The whole nation of Pakistan, including those who took up arms in exchange of petro-dollars are now eligible targets for collateral damage. In short, those who follow the “kuffar”, or help them, assist them, give them safe passage for military supplies are not worthy of being […]
Daily Times: By Adil Shahzeb: We cannot be teaching our children stories of the so-called jihad and martyrdom and then expect them to remain peaceful, law-abiding citizens of a tolerant society I remember going for the Friday prayers with my father at the age of 12, listening to the imam’s fiery […]
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind. The network, which has been widely linked […]
Until 38 years ago, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. Today, gay marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia, and 53% of Americans think gay marriage should be legal everywhere. The gay marriage fight isn’t over, but it’s […]
Asia Times online: By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA – Since the restoration of democracy in 2008, Pakistan has undertaken steps to uphold human rights, but the situation of minorities has only […]
Guardian: By Mohammad Hanif: Apparently, Pakistanis don’t need the Taliban to destroy their schools any more – they can do it themselves. Last week, a girls’ high school was set ablaze in […]
PAKISTAN: The stereo-type statement of the foreign minister during the UN UPR made her a laughing stock Asian Commission of Human Rights Commission: Contributors: Zulfiqar Halepoto Introduction: In the second […]