How will the US move to cut aid affect Pakistan?
Source: BBC News The Trump administration says it is cutting almost all security aid to Pakistan until it deals with terrorist networks operating on its soil. But will the cuts […]
Sovereignty belongs to God — II
Op-Ed Sovereignty belongs to God — II “There is no division of opinion about the Prophet, Abu Bakr and Omar. They had the riches of the world at their feet. […]
A dossier of the persecution of minorities in Pakistan
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Jan 5, 2018 Highlights The US State Department on Thursday put Pakistan on a special watch list for “severe violations” of religious freedom. Over the years, there have been several attacks on religious minorities such as Ahmadis, Hindus, Sufis and Christians. The country’s draconian Blasphemy law punishes […]
USA: Secretary Tillerson places Pakistan on special watch list for ‘religious freedom violations’
“Today, the Department of State announces that the Secretary of State re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan as Countries of Particular Concern […]
Where does Pakistan stand seven years later?
Pakistan Wasay Ibrahim January 4, 2018 It has been seven years since Salman Taseer was assassinated by his own security guard for raising his voice against Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws […]
Remembering Salman Taseer
Source: The Beginning By Saira A. Nizami January 2014 Years on, nothing has changed. Those who chant Qadri’s name stay the same and those who condemn this act and ask […]
US confirms new Pakistan aid cuts
Anwar Iqbal January 03, 2018 WASHINGTON: The White House has confirmed suspending $255 million of military aid to Pakistan, a move seen as the first step to implementing President […]
Trump says U.S. has gotten ‘nothing’ from Pakistan aid
Reuters International This content was published on January 1, 2018 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters before departing the White House for a visit to the Walter […]
Pakistan man exonerated after serving 9 years for blasphemy
Source: ABC news By ZARAR KHAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistan’s supreme court exonerated a man convicted of blasphemy after he served nine years of a life sentence in prison. A two-judge panel of the […]
Shunned by Pakistan’s Muslims, Ahmadis Find Refuge in a City of Their Own
Source: The New York Times By MEHREEN ZAHRA-MALIK Photo An Ahmadi graveyard in Rabwah, Pakistan. CreditMohsin Raza for The New York Times RABWAH, Pakistan — The guard inched open the metal gate […]
TV host Aamir Liaquat banned over ‘hate speech’
His hate speech led to murder of 3 Ahmadi Muslims by Asad Hashim 26 Jan 2017http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/tv-host-aamir-liaquat-banned-hate-speech-170126114713381.html Liaquat also accused those calling for the release of the activists of supporting blasphemy [Aamirliaquat.com] Pakistan’s media regulator has banned one of the country’s most popular television talk show hosts over “hate speech” and […]
Pakistan :Attaul Haq Qasmi resigns as PTV head to avoid allegations
Imported sexual enhancement drugs worth 150,000 rupees from UK and US every month. His salary was 1.5 million a month, spent millions on his own publicity. Has been given a new name ‘qasmi viagara’. Corruption at its worst in PTV, evidence has been gathered. Was kind and generous with female […]
Suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan’s Quetta before Christmas, killing nine
Source: Reuters BY Gul Yousafzai, Asif Shahzad QUETTA, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers stormed a packed Christian church in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding up […]
PAKISTAN :why didn’t the Muslims choose a ‘Maulana’ as the founding father of Pakistan?
There is no denying the fact that while many religious scholars actively participated in the Pakistan Movement, it was Jinnah who became Quaid-e-Azam. He did not need piety to enhance his persona and preferred human rights over Islamic jurisprudence Naba Fatima, DECEMBER 20, 2017 dailytimes.com.pk The amendment in the constitution of […]
Mainstreaming jihad: why now?
Source: Dawn FOR three decades Pakistan’s military establishment has stoutly denied supporting violent religious groups irrespective of whether a group’s target lay across national borders or, instead, its goal was to achieve specific political objectives within Pakistan. But today the military’s attitude is more ambivalent. Both serving and retired senior […]
Deadly attack on Methodist church in Pakistan
Source: BBC News A suicide bomb and gun attack on a Methodist church in Pakistan has killed at least eight people, officials say. Militants stormed the church, which was packed […]
Pakistan: Quetta church hit in suicide attack by Asad Hashim
by Asad Hashim Gunmen attacked the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in Quetta on Sunday [Naseer Ahmed/Reuters] Islamabad – A suicide attack on a church in the western Pakistani city of […]
Clerics help Pakistan pedophiles target minor Hindu, Christian girls
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/detail.php?articleid=3049 Pakistan pedophiles, who believe having sex with minors enhances their sexual prowess and stamina, routinely abduct minor Hindu and Christian girls, have sex and convert the girls to Islam and marry them, all within 24 hours. Muslim clerics in the length and breadth of Pakistan aid the culprits while […]
Six Ahmedis booked in Sialkot
BY Staff Report SIALKOT: The police in Bambanwala have registered a case against six people belonging to Ahmadiyya community for registering as Muslim voters in 2015 local bodies’ election. Police registered […]
Pakistan could lose territory to terrorists: US
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: Shifting between soft persuasions and tough advice, the United States is now saying that Pakistan could lose control of its territory if it does not sever ties with the Haqqanis and other terrorists. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — who issued the advice at a Washington […]