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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
NY Times: LOS ANGELES — Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making “Innocence of Muslims,” his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bloodthirsty, philandering thug. Bret Hartman/Reuters Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Washington Post: LAHORE, Pakistan — The young police inspector came to court to present evidence in a beating case. He left with his head and lip bloodied and his uniform torn — assaulted, he said, by a gang of black-suited assailants. The notorious lawyers of Lahore had struck again, police and […]
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 […]
ABC News: A Serbian man has been detained after pictures posted on Facebook appeared to show him setting the Muslim holy book on fire using a lighter. Prosecutor for cybercrime […]
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 […]
Dawn: PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Masood Kausar on Saturday alleged that the Punjab government had covert links with “terrorists”, DawnNews reported. Speaking at a fund distribution for the displaced people of Bara, the governor said that the Punjab government had been encouraging the “terrorists” hiding in the madrassas and […]
Russian TV: The Russian Foreign Ministry is concerned over Israeli plans to build more homes in East Jerusalem as an impediment to resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, says a report posted on the ministry Web site. “Israeli homes built on occupied lands, including in East Jerusalem, poison the atmosphere of the already […]
LAHORE: The secretary general of a village level Ahmadi community was gunned down in Ghatialian, Sialkot on Thursday night. DPO Sialkot, Afzal Kausar told The Express Tribune that Riaz Ahmed […]
New York Times: Many Pakistanis have united to condemn the Taliban for shooting Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl. According to a Taliban spokesman, the girl was targeted because she “was promoting Western culture […]
LOLITA C. BALDOR | AP ARABNEWS Friday 12 October 2012 WASHINGTON: A former US government official says American authorities firmly believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by the Tehran government, were responsible for recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Arabian Gulf and that they appeared to be […]
Daily Times: Towards Hotel Mohenjodaro — Yasser Latif Hamdani Will Pakistan then be willing to consider Ahmedis and other communities in Pakistan worthy of a certain amount of dignity? The miscreants who attacked a Hindu temple in Karachi to prove their religious bona fides have been charged under Section 295-A […]
Russian TV: Dozens of US and British anti-war protesters are joining a two-day march in Pakistan against US drone strikes on the country. The unmanned attacks result in only 2 […]
Daily Times: PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan has directed a woman accused of running a brothel to “improve herself” by attending classes at a mosque every day for a month, reports BBC News. The PHC chief justice made mosque attendance part of her bail […]