About His Holiness – Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
About His Holiness His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Mir-za Mas-roor Ah-mad), is the fifth Khalifa (Caliph) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Elected to this lifelong position on 22nd April 2003, […]
Lawmakers deliberately amended Khatam-e-Nabuwwat clause to benefit Ahmadis, rules IHC
Raja Zafarul Haq’s report held former federal ministers Anusha Rehman and Zahid Hamid responsible to alter the Election Act 2017 Pakistan by Mahmood Idrees | Published on July 5, 2018 […]
Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
by A. Z. Mohamed July 3, 2018 https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12576/blasphemy-laws-pakistan Many extremist Muslims are aiming at even more government submission to sharia through intimidation and terror. Christians and Ahmadis continue to raise […]
Op-Ed : Another election based on religious exclusion
Source: Daily Times No election can be “free and fair” if an entire community of about 0.3 million people is effectively excluded from the electoral process Rana Tanver Set by […]
The Power of The Pen
By Farokh Khan on June 16, 2018 Antioch University, Features, Social Justice I am thankful that my life is different because of my time in Santa Barbara. Before coming to America from Pakistan, I did not have a free life. In Santa Barbara, I am fortunate to live a free life. But […]
Of pirs, goats and kaali daal: Pakistani leaders and their superstitious ways
Source; Dawn News BY Ali Osman Pakistanis are a superstitious lot. It is easier for us to blame our own mistakes, lack of vision or just poor risk perception on […]
Controversy erupts over Imran’s visit to Pakpattan shrine
Source: Dawn News BY Tooba Masood | Shafiq Butt A shaky video of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Maneka arriving at Pakpattan to pay their respects […]
Put back on terror-financing watch list, Pakistan vows to improve
Pakistani paramilitary soldiers on patrol near the site of an attack by Pakistani Taliban on February 14, which killed four paramilitary policemen. (AFP) Reuters June 30, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Placed back […]
Pakistan: Ahmadiyyas demand potent investigation for Qazi Muhammed Shoban’s murder in Lahore
Qazi Muhammed Shoban did not have any personal enmity, neither was he involved in any kind of trade conflict with anyone. He accepted Ahmaddiyat 15 years ago. Times of Ahmad […]
Pakistan: Ensure Ahmadi Voting Rights
Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Religious Community Expand Women walk out of a community center of the Ahmadiyya community in Rabwah, Pakistan, October 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (New York) – The […]
Vatican: Pakistani priest appointed as cardinal in Vatican
By AFP / News Desk Published: June 29, 2018 Tribune.com.pk SHARE TWEET EMAIL Newly-appointed cardinal Joseph Coutts receives guests in Paul VI’s Hall at the Vatican following a consistory ceremony, June 28 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS VATICAN CITY: Pakistani Archbishop Joseph Coutts from Karachi on Thursday was appointed as a cardinal by Pope Francis. Coutts is one of the […]
Comparing faiths
Source: Dawn RELIGIOUS experience has been a profound phenomenon in human history in terms of holding beliefs, adopting a religious language, and interpreting the mundane and sacred. There is no one type of experience all religions universally acclaim, but a “variety of religious experiences”, as William James rightly demonstrates. Therefore, […]
Hassanabdal Cadet College was ‘first of its kind’
Source: Dawn By Amjad Iqbal Established in 1952 by Ayub Khan, the Hassanabdal Cadet College was the first quasi-military boarding school of its kind in Pakistan. The first principal of […]
US envoy urges Pakistan to stop protecting terrorists
Source: Associated Press By ASHOK SHARMA NEW DELHI (AP) — Nikki Haley, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, said Thursday her country is urging Pakistan more strongly not to […]
Pakistan takes radical Sunni leader off terrorist watchlist ahead of election
Source: Reuters BY Asif Shahzad, Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has removed the leader of one of the country’s largest Islamist extremist groups from its terrorist watchlist while the Election […]
Being human
Source: ET We have strange notions of accountability in Pakistan. We are not satisfied with audit reports or bureaucratic mechanisms that give holistic accounts of performance. No, we enjoy a good berating. The more humiliating the better. Extra points if it is done in front of television cameras and is […]
Pakistan placed on FATF grey list
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: Pakistan was officially placed on a terrorism financing watchdog’s grey list on Wednesday, failing the country’s efforts to avoid the designation, diplomatic sources claimed. The report could not be confirmed independently and the FATF did not make an official announcement till late in night. The sources said […]
‘Green gold’: Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees
Source: Al Jazeera News The change is drastic: around the region of Heroshah, previously arid hills are now covered with forest as far as the horizon. In northwestern Pakistan, hundreds […]
The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power
Simon & Schuster Asif M Basit Author: Tariq Ali Publishers: Simon and Schuster (2008) Pages: 315 Tariq Ali is undoubtedly a trendsetter in the field of political analysis. Those who […]
‘Green gold’: Pakistan plants hundreds of millions of trees
1 / 3 Pervaiz Manan, head of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa forest department, shows pictures of a previously deforested hill in Heroshah district in northwest Pakistan. (AFP) 2 / 3 Khyber […]