The Contribution of Islam to the Solution of World Problems
by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (ra) On the occasion of the 16th Congress of International Association for Religious Freedom held in Chicago, Illinois (USA), on the 10th August 1958, Sir […]
Pakistani Christians in limbo after church closure
Community cries foul after parish blasted as affront to Muslim faith but new land deeds outside village still not forthcoming Kamran Chaudhry, Nayya Sarabah Pakistan June 16, 2018 Christians have […]
First-ever UN human rights report on Kashmir calls for international inquiry into multiple violations
GENEVA (14 June 2018) – There is an urgent need to address past and ongoing human rights violations and abuses and deliver justice for all people in Kashmir, who […]
Pakistan: Killing of Pakistan Taliban chief ‘significant’
This frame grab taken November 11, 2013,from 2008 video footage shows Maulana Fazlullah, newly appointed chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), speaking with local journalists in the Pakistan’s northwestern Swat valley. […]
NU-Q students win Pulitzer fellowship
June 15 2018 Qatar NU-Q students will join research fellows from top universities around the world in pursuing their research. Three students from Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) will investigate […]
Afghan Taliban raise hopes with surprise Eid ceasefire
Source: Reuters KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Muslim Eid holiday in the middle of June, their first offer of its […]
How much farther from Jinnah’s vision
June 7, 2018 BY Remshay Ahmed Why so much religious persecution? On 31st May 2018 the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a statement labelling Pakistan as a […]
Growing persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan. By Ata Us Salam
Growing persecution of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan. By Ata Us Salam Since a Sunni political party Tahrik Labbak-ya-Rasool-Allah (TLYRA) has started to gain popularity in Pakistan during the last […]
Pakistan: ‘Mirzai’ — the biggest enemy
Source: The Daily Times How painfully helpless would one feel when one cannot even defend oneself? When one’s so-called ‘protectors’ are complicit in the crime being committed By Hassaan Khan Niazi As the world watches the drama unfold in Jerusalem, al-Aqsa mosque is once again the centre of our attention. […]
Imran Khan’s rise is a metaphor for a changing world the west has failed to see
Jason Burke The ex-cricketer joins a long list of outsiders who are transforming global politics Sun 3 Jun 2018 ‘The top job in one of the world’s most troubled, resilient […]
Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Condemns Attack on Ahmadiyya Mosque in Sialkot, Pakistan
Posted on May 26th, 2018 By A. Abdul Aziz. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Ahmadi Muslims will continue to respond to all forms of provocation and injustice with prayers […]
A night of trouble in Sialkot
Waqar Gillani June 3, 2018 The act of preserving historic buildings owned by Ahmadis was checked by the local clerics of Sialkot, who oddly absolve themselves from the incident by […]
Pakistani Hazaras face a constant threat of targeted violence. Many say the security response has been ghettoizing and ineffective.
Source: PRI By Sabrina Toppa When Jalila Haider, a Hazara lawyer and human rights activist, returned to her hometown Quetta in southwestern Pakistan last month, her mother thrust a video in […]
Will Ahmadi persecution ever end?
Source: Daily Mail In 1974, the Pakistani government initiated what has gone down in the books of history as one of the most oppressive and unjust acts targeted towards a […]
Pakistan: Italian girl Sana Cheema honor killing
ASI, PFSA official held for bribe in Sana Cheema case GUJRANWALA: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) arrested on Thursday a police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi Inquisition
Source: The Daily Times By Busharat Elahi Jamil This dark episode of Spanish history is repeating itself in Pakistan In the 15th Century, the Catholic Monarch Ferdinand II and Isabella […]
Pakistan: Man Blinded by Father, Brothers in Loralai for Falling in Love
Balochistan: A man has been blinded by his own father and siblings for allegedly wanting to marry a girl he fell in love with in southwestern Pakistan.https://www.voanews.com/a/man-blinded-by-father-siblings-for-falling-in-love/4410181.htmlAbdul Baqi, 22, thought his family would help him get married. Instead, his father and four brothers accused him of violating Islamic values and removed […]
Pakistan: Prominent Sikh Leader shot dead in Peshawar
Yudhvir Rana / TNN / May 30, 2018 AMRITSAR: A prominent Sikh religious leader Charanjit Singh Sagar was shot dead in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan on Tuesday. President of Peshawar based Khalsa Peace and Justice Foundation of Pakistan Radesh Singh Tony told TOI that unidentified gunmen shot dead Charanjit Singh in […]
Pakistan gave Osama to the US, former spy chiefs claim
Source: AT A range of controversial issues are raised in ‘The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace’, but the most sensational is the claim relating to al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. “The ISI probably learnt about OBL [Osama bin Laden] and he was handed over to the United States […]
Persecution of Ahmadis: A problem in the DNA of Pakistani society
Source: Asia Times By Imad Zafar, who is a columnist/commentator for newspapers. He is associated with TV channels, radio, newspapers, news agencies, and political, policy and media related think-tanks. Life […]