Pakistan cleric killed in apparent sectarian attack
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a religious scholar who belongs to a little-known branch of Islam in Pakistan’s bustling city of Karachi, police […]
Professor’s murder
Professor’s murder Editorial from Dawn.com ALL too often Pakistan receives a violent shock, reminding society of the perils of letting hate and intolerance grow without check. On Monday, Dr Naeemuddin […]
Pakistan police look for suspects after Ahmadi professor killed
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Police in northwestern Pakistan have launched a manhunt for suspects, […]
Professor belonging to Ahmadi community shot dead in Peshawar allegedly after religious argument
Dawn.com 05 Oct 2020 Prof Dr Naeemuddin Khattak was a faculty member at the Government Superior Science College Peshawar. — Photo courtesy: Twitter A professor belonging to the Ahmadiya community was […]
Pakistani police say gunmen kill minority Ahmadi professor
By RIAZ KHAN an hour ago PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani Muslim professor shot and killed another professor from the Ahmadi minority in the northwestern city of Peshawar […]
Three Ahmadiyya community members arrested after LHC rejects bail
Court rejects petitioners’ plea seeking FIR against complainant, others for entering worship place without permission Rana Yasif October 02, 2020 PHOTO: FILE LAHORE:The Punjab police arrested three members of the Ahmadiyya […]
ISLAMIST WATCH BLOG Beware Pakistan’s Radical Barelvis
by Sam Westrop September 30, 2020 e1 One of the terrorists in the attack near the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris last week, which seriously injured two, has named his “guide” as Ilyas […]
Pakistan police rescue Ahmadi family from mob attack, charge teenage son with blasphemy
ASIA Pakistan Police on Thursday filed charges against an Ahmadi teenager after rescuing him and his family from a mob of religious extremists. The incident took place in the Phandu […]
Blasphemy Laws are a tool to surprise minorities in Pakistan
Blasphemy laws are a tool to suppress minorities in Pakistan
Punjab Assembly passes resolution against report by UK parliamentarians
Source: Business Recorder By Hassan Abbas; 09 Sep 2020 LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution against a report by parliamentarians from the United Kingdom in favour […]
Rights Bodies Alarmed Over Surge In Pakistan’s Blasphemy Cases
Source: Gandhara Supporters of Khalid Khan, the man who killed Tahir Nasim, who was in court on blasphemy charges, protest in Peshawar on July 31. Police in Pakistan have filed […]
Pakistan: Perils Of The Ahmadi Community – Analysis
The Shahada, the basic creed of Islam and of Ahmadi Muslims being erased by Pakistani police. Photo Credit: Markazan-e-Tasaweer, Wikipedia Commons Source: Eurasia Review By Sanchita Bhattacharya* On August 13, 2020, a 61-year-old Ahmadi man, Meraj Ahmed, was shot dead near his medical store in the Dabgari Gardens area of […]
3 Ahmedi men booked in Pakistan for sacrificing cow on Eid ul Azha
By M Zulqernain Lahore, Aug 17 (PTI) Three Ahmedi men have been booked for sacrificing a cow on Eid ul Azha this month in Pakistan”s Punjab province in violation of […]
Second Ahmadi-Muslim attacked in Pakistan within two days
Two prominent Ahmadis attacked in Pakistan in last two days. One passed away in Peshawar. The other, president of Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Lala Musa, was shot 10 times, but […]
Resolution to include minority heroes in curriculum submitted in Punjab Assembly
The resolution submitted in Punjab Assembly to include minority heroes in the curriculum referred to the extraordinary measures made by the state of Pakistan to facilitate the Sikh community. Now, […]
‘Holy warrior’ selfies: Pakistan teen feted for killing U.S. blasphemy suspect
Source: MSN By Umar Farooq and Jibran Ahmad ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets […]
Pakistan: Thousands of people take out a procession in Peshawar to hail the killer of an elderly blasphemy accused inside court
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: OpIndia Days after an elderly Ahmadiyya man was shot dead […]
USCIRF Expresses Outrage at the Killing of U.S. Citizen in Pakistan
U.S. Man Charged with Blasphemy Shot in Pakistan Courtoom JULY 31, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today mourns the death of Tahir […]
US ‘outraged’ over the killing of an American citizen in Pakistan
ASIA RABWAH TIMES The United States on Thursday called for the immediate reformation of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws after an American citizen was killed over alleged blasphemy. “We are shocked, saddened, […]
Man shot dead for ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan courtroom
Tahir Ahmad Naseem, accused of blasphemy by claiming to be a prophet, shot six times during a hearing. by Asad Hashim 16 hours ago Police officers gather at an […]