Apple is helping bring education to girls in Brazil
Source: CNN By Heather Kelly Forty students learning how to code in a classroom on the third floor of Pontifical Catholic University in downtown Rio de Janierio got an unusual […]
The Unity of God
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad The Review of Religions, November 1992 Urdu Audio The following is the gist of the opening address delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Head of the […]
True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat— A Grave Threat to Islam Replies to Some Allegations (12) Mirza Tahir Ahmad ISLAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LTD. In 1984, the Islamic […]
Pakistani politicians’ asset declarations reveal deep pockets
Candidates have declared bulletproof cars, jewellery and foreign properties – but few in Pakistan believe they tell the full story Ben Farmer June 21, 2018 Fleets of bulletproof vehicles, like this […]
Closing Pakistan’s electoral gender gap
Jul 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Quratulain Fatima ISLAMABAD — One hundred years ago, women in the United Kingdom gained the right to vote, and today, most women in the […]
Letters: Targeting minorities
Daily Times July 15, 2018 Sir: An active campaign is being run against the Ahmadi community in election rallies.The party leaders at the top and the party workers at the […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi community could be further imperiled by a new court order
World Meena Menon Jul 15, 2018 The most remarkable thing about the Ahmadis’ “place of worship” is the silence. There is no azan; nothing identifying these spaces as houses of […]
Pakistan’s Imran Khan ‘quietly confident’ he will be PM
Reuters International This content was published on July 13, 2018 Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gestures while addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting ahead of general […]
Pakistan elections 2018: The major political parties
From left to right, mapping the major stake holders in the upcoming general elections on July 25. Alia Chughtai, Asad Hashim | 11 Jul 2018 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) The […]
Radicals, extremists campaign ahead of Pakistan elections
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON FAISALABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan is seeing an unprecedented number of extremists and militant sectarian groups — even an international terror figure with a […]
Pakistan: A brief history of the anti-blasphemy laws
Asad Ahmed Updated May 10, 2018 Religious protesters in Korangi area of Karachi show their support for the Tehreek-e-Labbaik sit-in | White Star In November last year, Islamabad in […]
Pakistan elections: Non-Muslim ‘electables’ of a ‘party for Muslims’
Non-Muslim ‘electables’ of Jama’at Islami In 2000, Pervaiz Masih was informed he would be contesting local government elections in Peshwar’s Town III from the platform of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). Masih emerged victorious after securing 172 votes in a constituency where the party traditionally polled around 27-35. Today, he heads the […]
Ousted Pakistan PM flying home to face jail, authorities lock down Lahore city
Reuters International This content was published on July 13, 2018 Ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, appears at a news conference at a hotel in London, Britain July 11, […]
Laughter is the best medicine: Two Muslims get liquor licence in garb of non-Muslims
Islamabad By Rana Mushtaq July 14, 2016 ISLAMABAD: A scam of obtaining liquor licence from the authorities concerned by Muslim citizens under the garb of non-Muslim identity has come to […]
Ahmadis in Pakistan’s electoral paradigm
Perspectives The modern state system does not support any official religion in an independent state. Religious beliefs and faith are the concern of citizens Busharat Elahi Jamil July 13, 2018 […]
Son of slain anti-Taliban politician among 20 dead in Pakistan blast
Reuters International This content was published on July 11, 2018 Men and relatives carry a coffin of a victim, who was killed with others in Tuesday’s suicide attack during an […]
Five Ahmedis shot, injured in two incidents in Pakistan
Epigraph: Whoever kills a fellow human, it is as if he has triggered a genocide. (Al Quran 3:32/33) Source: Daily Times July 9, 2018 Lahore: Five Ahmedi citizens of Pakistan […]
Imran Khan criticised for defence of Pakistan blasphemy laws
Source: Guardian PTI leader accused of using blasphemy issue to win backing of religious right By Memphis Barker in Islamabad Imran Khan has been accused of risking bloodshed for electoral […]
Jinnah’s Pakistan is finally dead
Op-Ed Taliban Khan has now reignited the issue of Khatm-e-Nabuwat. This is a door that should have been kept closed Yasser Latif Hamdani @theRealYLH July 9, 2018 Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam was a […]
The danger of mainstreaming militants in Pakistan
By Vinay Kaura Pakistan’s hybrid system of government oscillates between patrimonalism, semi authoritarianism and quasi-democracy. The military is Pakistan’s most powerful institution which uses both populism and democratic cover to legitimate its dominance, while the civilians are left with little option but to depend on the military to stay in […]