Source: IBN Live Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today undertook a whirlwind tour of interior Sindh, visiting a temple and addressing a Hindu panchayat, where he said that India and Pakistan need to co-exist peacefully and work for good governance in the region. “I have brought a message of peace, […]
Pakistani Hindu revellers wave sparklers on the occasion of Diwali in Karachi on November 13, 2012. Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated with jubilation and enhusiasm as one of the biggest Hindu festivals. People decorate their homes with flowers and Diyas (earthen lamps), celebrate the homecoming of the God […]
By Asma Afsaruddin* LE SOIR/Worldcrunch -Essay- As someone who writes and lectures about women and gender in Islam, I am often asked if women had any role in the making […]
Source: Dawn CHAKWAL, Nov 4: After being restored to life, the pond at Katas Temple greeted the first flock of Hindu pilgrims. The sacred pond was specially showered with rose petals as pilgrims drank its water and filled bottles to take home. The pond had dried up in summer however […]
Written by Ram Puniyani Pakistan has been facing innumerable troubles, not entirely due to its own faults. The whole politics of oil, the designs of Empire and the subservience of Mullah-Military complex to the US designs have brought in lot of misery in the region. Currently one is painfully witnessing […]
AGENCIES – ARABNEWS Sunday 4 November 2012 LAHORE: A Pakistani court yesterday refused bail to the head teacher of a school caught in a blasphemy row. Asim Farooqi, 77, was […]
By Michael Georgy GILGIT, Pakistan (Reuters) – About 20 men dressed as Pakistani soldiers boarded a bus bound for a Muslim festival outside this mountain town and checked the identification cards of the passengers. They singled out 19 Shi’ites, drew weapons and slaughtered them, most with a bullet to the […]
Updates from Press Secretary SAAPK who posts from his public twitter account … tweets are listed in reverse order (i.e. latest first): Saleem ud Din @SaleemudDinAA @Hi_Its_Annie No but they were working […]
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 […]
UPDATE: According to Press Secretary SAAPK, Riaz Ahmad of Ghatialian, Sialkot also martyred. “We have to understand that a new family has been destroyed as Saad Farooq was starting his […]
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Know your nemesis: عالمی مجلس تحفظ ختم نبوت کے تحت ہر سال ہونے والی آل پاکستان سالانہ ختم نبوت کانفرنس کا سب سے بڑا فیض اور ثمر یہ ہے کہ […]
Source: Dawn -Illustration by Faraz Aamer Khan Amidst numerous incidents of chaos, anarchy, hatred and fundamentalism, finding solace in hope of a peaceful future is the only choice left for many people living in the country. It is during such times when great leaders like Mahatama Gandhi are truly missed, […]
by Mike Ghouse Pakistan like India has a common pluralistic heritage, but it has lost its tracks since Soviets invaded Afghanistan, and we the Americans countered their encroachment with funding Madrasas to produce Jihadists to go get the soviets, kill or get killed mind set, and they ran the Soviets […]
Source: Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Art can be effective in highlighting and combating intolerance in the society. This was the message on display at the Virsa Museum on Saturday, where young artists exhibited the artwork they had created during a week-long workshop. The workshop, “Face Off 2,” was organised by the Hunerkada […]
Source: The News The Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) has expressed dissatisfaction over the announcement made by the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for the reconstruction of the Sarhadi Lutheran Church in Mardan as well on the police investigation process to track down the culprits who incited people to set the church […]
Source: The News Islamabad: The Pakistan Interfaith League (PIL) has condemned the unfortunate incident of burning of a historic church and its attached buildings in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa late Friday afternoon. A crowd targeted the historic ‘Sarhadi Lutheran Church’, built back in 1937 and set it on fire. In the […]
KARACHI: With the country torn apart by religious extremism and intolerance, the metropolitan city is also witnessing a rise in hate crimes against minorities. In the latest incident, a 23-year-old Ahmadi shopkeeper, Muhammad Ahmad, was gunned down in Gulistan-e-Jauhar late Saturday night. Source: Tribune, Pakistan http://tribune.com.pk/story/437786/ahmadi-shopkeeper-gunned-down/ Within a span of […]
KARACHI, Sept 1: Over 300 Shias have been killed on sectarian grounds across the country this year alone, with Quetta and Karachi the worst affected by the menace. “A total of 313 people of the Shia sect were killed in eight months (January to August 2012),” said Abdul Hai of […]
In Pakistan, the Muslim cleric who denounced a mentally challenged Christian girl of 14 for blasphemy has now been arrested for allegedly framing her. It is the latest bizarre twist in a case that sparked a worldwide outcry. In Pakistan, blasphemy can bring a death sentence or life in prison, […]