Rise of Anti-Blasphemy party in Pakistan elections
‘You Must Vote for the Holy Prophet’: Anti-Blasphemy Party Flexes Muscle in Pakistan Source: Wall Street Journal By Saeed Shah and Bill Spindle A political party formed just last year by a […]
On the corner of Green and West: Saadat Virk embraces the present but thinks of the past
By Zoya Azhar For the Gazette/Hampshire Life Friday, August 03, 2018 Saadat Virk is a shopkeeper and a man of faith. The owner of a convenience store — unabashedly […]
Pak’s descent into violence rooted in its intolerance to religious diversity: US Congressmen
Press Trust of India | Washington Last Updated at August 3, 2018 Pakistan has failed to arrest the country’s descent into violence mainly due to its intolerance to religious diversity, […]
Imran Khan tells Britain he will retrieve Pakistan’s looted wealth
Imran Khan is won the July 25 general election, but is still trying to form a coalition Credit: Getty Ben Farmer, Islamabad 2 August 2018 • Imran Khan has told […]
A man, no planHow will Imran Khan govern?
Perhaps he will surprise Aug 2nd 2018 | ISLAMABAD A WEEK after a general election rocked by suspicions of fraud, the dust is beginning to settle. It looks all […]
Global Opinions: Who’s afraid of Imran Khan’s Pakistan? Almost everyone
by Mehreen Zahra-Malik August 2 at 1:34 PM Mehreen Zahra-Malik, a former Reuters correspondent, is a journalist based in Islamabad. On Friday evening I drove back home to Islamabad after […]
Pakistani opposition to challenge Khan with own PM candidate in parliament
Reuters International This content was published on August 2, 2018 FILE PHOTO: Labourers, who set up the venue, sit under a wall with a billboard displaying photo of Imran Khan, […]
Pakistan dismisses US concerns over use of IMF funds
Pakistan’s economy has hit severe turbulence over the past year and most analysts expect the nation to seek a bailout, either from the IMF or closest ally China, to avoid […]
Imran Khan to take oath as prime minister on Aug. 11
Pakistani men sit near a poster of Pakistan’s cricketer-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan in Islamabad on Monday. (AFP) Arab News July 30, 2018 Imran’s parrty, […]
No Representation of Christians in National Assembly of Pakistan through general voting practice
Islamabad: July 30, 2018. (PCP) Former cricketer Imran Khan is declaring his party – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has the right to form the new government in his nation’s 2018 national election. […]
Pakistan’s Promised Day?
Rafia Zakaria Anjum Naveed/AP Images A man on his cell phone sitting in front of a poster showing Imran Khan, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, which won last week’s […]
Imran Khan must help end the persecution of Pakistan’s Ahmadi Muslims
Source: Washington Post By Qasim Rashid, who is an attorney and the national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. He is a Truman National Security Fellow. On July 25, […]
Pakistan’s Elections Won’t Dilute the Military’s Influence
(ABDUL MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images) Stratfor’s geopolitical guidance provides insight on what we’re watching out for in the week ahead. The defining feature of Pakistani politics is the fraught relationship between the […]
Imran Khan faces tough pitch on India-Pakistan ties
Imran Khan gestures as he delivers a speech during a political campaign rally in Islamabad. Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP Pallab Bhattacharya In his very first media interaction after the […]
Pakistan: Is Imran Khan up to the prime minister’s job?
Former cricketing superstar is poised to become Pakistan’s next prime minister, despite allegations of election fraud. Inside Story28 Jul 2018 https://players.brightcove.net/665003303001/SJg0bzqkZ_default/index.html?videoId=5815071845001 He says it is a new Pakistan. Imran […]
Imran Khan declared successful after rejected votes recount in NA-131
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has been declared wining candidate from NA-131 after recounting of 2,835 rejected votes. Imran Khan emerged as the winner again by 602 votes whose […]
The rise, fall and rise again of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s next leader
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman LAHORE, Pakistan — Imran Khan, a charismatic cricket star who has fiercely criticized American counterterrorism policy in a region plagued by extremism, appeared […]
Pakistan elects first non-Muslim in modern history to general national assembly seat
Source: Independent Pakistan has elected a non-Muslim to a general seat in the national assembly for the first time in its recent history, even as the victory of ex-cricketer Imran Khan raises some concerns […]
Pakistan’s Khan in coalition talks with small party, independents
Reuters International This content was published on July 28, 2018 Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gives a speech as he declares victory in the general election […]
Loyal citizens, persecuted minority: the plight of Pakistani Ahmadis
Commentary / Insight Neither the Ahmadi individuals nor their community has any agenda to conspire against you or Pakistan. Far from it, we have said time and again that have […]