Follies Of Faith
Pak PM Imran Khan’s cave-in on Ahmadi issue underlines a continuing injustice Written by Khaled Ahmed | Updated: October 13, 2018 PM Khan asked Dr Mian to leave the EAC, […]
AP PHOTOS: In Pakistan, Ansa, 10, starts her day with prayer
Source: Associated Press By SABA REHMAN TORU, Pakistan (AP) — She’s just 10 years old, but Pakistani girl Ansa Khan’s day is a hectic one. At the first hint of […]
PM Imran Khan says ‘special package’ for overseas Pakistanis soon
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is going to announce a special package of incentives for overseas Pakistanis to encourage them to send remittances through […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi Muslims Fear Renewed Discrimination
October 11, 2018 Madeeha Anwar Pakistan’s Ahmadi community fears a renewed sense of religious intolerance and discrimination with the recent removal of an Ahmadi economist from the new Economic Advisory […]
PM Imran assures equal rights for minorities
Source: The Express Tribune By Danish Hussain ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday assured country’s Christian community that incumbent government would protect “at every cost” all the rights the Constitution […]
No place for minorities in Pakistan
Monday, 08 October 2018 | Prafull Goradia Anyone who is not a Muslim is looked down upon as a non-believer or a kafir and state structures are geared to support […]
Ireland: Blasphemy referendum
Sir, – Colum Kenny claims that “blasphemy is not a problem in Ireland” (“Blasphemy referendum a waste of time and money”, Opinion & Analysis, October 9th). It may not be […]
The life and legacy of Nobel laureate Muhammad Abdus Salam come into focus in a new film
Book and media reviews from the journal Science, edited by Valerie Thompson. Valerie Thompson, Editor FILM SCIENCE LIVES By Andrew Robinson 10 October, 2018 Salam: The First ****** Nobel […]
Pakistan delays ruling on blasphemy death sentence case
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court postponed its ruling Monday on the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row […]
PAKISTAN: The IMF programme
Miftah Ismail October 10, 2018 The PTI government has finally decided to disclose to the nation that it is going for a new IMF programme. It waited to disclose this […]
What should we do with them?
Mohammed Hanif October 7, 2018 A number of politicians, ulema of various kind and tajzia nigars have concluded that Qadianis are not a minority. What can be worse than being […]
Ahmadiyya Legal Situationon further Worsens
Source: IHRC Justice Siddiqui while quoting Senator Raja Zafarul Haq’s report on the matter has pinned the blame on the former law minister Zahid Hamid and former Federal Minister for lnformation Technology and Telecommunication, Anusha Rehman. • Justice Siddiqui has also ordered for Haq’s report to be made public • […]
Free to call ourselves Muslim in India, say minority Ahmadiyyas
Hemani Bhandari OCTOBER 08, 2018 A ‘Minara’ (place of worship) of the Ahmadiyya community in Qadian, Amritsar. About 6,000 Ahmadiyyas live in the town in a settlement spread across […]
General Ziaul Haq: The man to answer for a lot that went wrong with Pakistan
Source: Dawn By Haseeb Asif It is now generally agreed upon by most people that Ziaul Haq’s martial law changed Pakistan’s destiny for the worst. Most, but not all. A […]
Europe’s perplexed Pakistanis
Source: Dawn News BY Pervez Hoodbhoy PAKISTANI immigrants to Europe tend to get a bad press. I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised by my brief encounter in Stockholm three weeks ago with […]
Man claiming to be ’11th caliph’ in Khanewal held over blasphemy charges
Source: The Express Tribune Police in Khanewal on Monday arrested a man claiming to be a pir (faith healer) and put him behind bars on the charges of blasphemy. The arrest […]
Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Source: CT ReutersBibi’s daughters pose with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum. The […]
Pakistan Supreme Court, Blasphemy Laws and Fate of Asia Bibi and a Whole Nation
Supreme Court reserves verdict on Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution Source: Dawn A special three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its judgement on the final appeal […]
Pakistani Islamists warn of ‘terrible consequences’ over blasphemy appeal
Source: Swiss Info Additional reporting by Saad Sayeed; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Nick Macfie Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 9:14 AMOCT 8, 2018 […]
Two Pakistani former PMs, journalist face court in treason case
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrives to attend The Queen’s Dinner during The Commonwealth Heads of […]