by Sarfraz Ali | Published on March 25, 2017 🔗 ISLAMABAD – Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan government has formally permitted ex-army chief Gen Raheel Sharif (r) to lead Saudi military alliance to fight militancy. The minster on Saturday revealed this during an interview with Geo TV […]
By John Cheeran Published: March 23, 2017 Narendra Modi. PHOTO: REUTERS To provoke a somnolent establishment into action, your message has to be blunt. There cannot be a more blunt warning to India’s political leadership and defence establishment than what Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab have delivered in their admirable […]
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By News Desk Published: March 6, 2017 Army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa. PHOTO: ISPR Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on an official visit to Qatar, has said that Pakistan Army greatly values its defence cooperation with the middle-eastern country. “Pak-Qatar […]
By AFP – Feb 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Hospital workers transport a man injured in the Charsadda blast to the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday (Reuters photo) ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military announced the launch of a nationwide anti-terrorist operation on Wednesday, days after a series of bloody […]
Reuters International FEB 21, 2017 – Hospital workers transport a man injured in the Charsadda blast to the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez (reuters_tickers) By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing five people and […]
We have become so rigid in our beliefs that we have forgotten the basic message of Islam: peace. Every time we declare someone an infidel, are we promoting peace? February 06, 2017 Nirvaan Nadeem Aamir Liaqat, apologies, ‘Dr.’ Aamir Liaqat was, for a brief period, officially banned. That it took […]
DAWN.COM — UPDATED Jan 26, 2017# The following is an excerpt from a declassified document released online by America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as part of a searchable database on its website Reading Room. Declassified documents were previously only available to the public at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. […]
Reuters International JAN 29, 2017 Human rights activists hold a picture of Salman Haider, who is missing, during a protest to condemn the disappearances of social activists in Karachi, Pakistan January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani blogger Aasim Saeed who went missing […]
Pakistan’s former army chief, Raheel Sharif, is at the center of a controversy after documents leaked to the media purportedly showed he had been allocated a large tract of land in Lahore. DW examines. According to the media reports, Raheel Sharif was given the land worth 1.35 billion rupees (12 […]
Source: Dawn It’s been creeping up on us for a while, but Nawaz and Raheel have now helped make it public.It’s not about personal relations with foreign governments — those are as old as the republic. And it’s not about enriching yourself through a shady deal or two — those […]
Four prominent online campaigners with anti-military views believed abducted since Friday Activists in Karachi hold a rally calling for the release of Salman Haider, editor of the online magazine Tanqeed. Photograph: Fareed Khan/Associated Press Jon Boone in Islamabad Tuesday 10 January 2017 Four social media activists with outspoken, secular and […]
this would not only be a very risky undertaking militarily but a fiasco in the political sense for Pakistan at least January 09, 2017, 2:06 am Syed Fazl-e-Ali Naqvi The media is agog with the news of General Raheel Sharif’s likely appointment as the Commander of the 39 nation Islamic […]
Pakistan has a long road ahead in term of healing the wounds of its minority population December 24, 2016 Haris Raja Pakistan has a dark history of persecution against the Ahmadiyya community. Since its inception the right wing extremists have been causing agitations and inciting harsh treatment against Ahmadis based […]
Source: Indian Express The army and Rangers personnel have been deployed in the Dulmiyal village and other parts of the district to control the law and order situation. By: PTI | Lahore | Published:December 16, 2016 About 3,000 people have been booked by police in connection with the attack on […]
NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU — CHAKWAL: Section 144 of the Pakistan Penal Code was imposed in Chakwal by the District Coordination Officer (DCO), Mehmood Javed Bhatti, in order to maintain the law and order situation after religious leaders announced they will observe Friday as a “day of protest”. The district administration […]
Harry Farley JOURNALIST 15 December 2016 Thousands of people will gather to pray in south London on Friday after a series of attacks against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan. The Baitul Futuh Mosque has issued an open invitation to join Friday prayers this week in “solidarity with victims of persecution” in […]
December 12, 2016 Hassan Javid When the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) raided the offices of the Tehreek-e-Jadid in Rabwah earlier this week, arresting nine men, it claimed to have done so in order to stop the publication and propagation of hate speech. The Punjab Government barred Tehreek-e-Jadid from producing any […]
Reuters International DEC 12, 2016 – A policeman stands guard at a market in Mingora, in Swat Valley, Pakistan December 7, 2016. Picture taken December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Hazrat Ali Bacha (reuters_tickers) By Asad Hashim MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim’s phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked […]
December 5, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | Three people were arrested Monday afternoon in the town of Rabwah during a raid on the offices of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan. The arrests were carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab Police, which is responsible for investigating terrorism and […]
Source: Indian Express. Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. When reports first began to surface that Qamar Bajwa was in the running for the top post, he was subjected to a […]