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 […]
Pakistan : Silence of the Lambs
Silence of the Lambs Anwaar Hussain November 16, 2017 Disclaimer: The Eqbal Ahmad Centre for Public Education (EACPE) encourages critical and independent thinking and believes in a free expression of one’s opinion. However, the views expressed in contributed articles are solely those of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect […]
Chitral welcomes Aga Khan IV
December 10, 2017 By:Samaa Web Desk Officers receive Prince Karim at Chitral airport. PHOTO: DC CHITRAL’S TWITTER ACCOUNT CHITRAL: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader and 49th Imam of the […]
Pakistan has lost more lives and troops to terrorism than any other country: Pentagon
Source: Dawn News Acknowledging Pakistan’s fight against terrorism, the Pentagon said that the country has lost more lives and troops to terrorism than any other country. Addressing a press conference on […]
‘We Must Protect Our Girls.’ Will Pakistan Finally Vote to End Child Marriage?
Source: Time By SABRINA TOPPA / LAHORE December 8, 2017 Aisha was 14 years old when she married a man almost a decade older in a match arranged by her parents. […]
How people in India see Pakistan, 70 years after partition
Source: Pew Research Center BY HANYU CHWE Indian soldiers take up position at an outpost on the India-Pakistan border in R.S. Pora, southwest of Jammu, on Oct. 2, 2016. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty […]
‘A disaster in the making’: Pakistan’s population surges to 207.7 million
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable September 9 Rubina Rehman, a government family welfare worker, counsels a young mother. Her job includes promoting family planning and providing contraceptives to limit family […]
Clerics Who Accuse Ahmadis of Being “non-Muslim” Are Abetting Violence & Discrimination
Qasim Rashid December 6th, 2017 On November 26, Pakistani clerics held public rallies against Ahmadi Muslims, demanding even harsher and more violent laws against them. For decades, Pakistan has legislatively […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadiyyas Could Become the Next Rohingyas
By Sten Widmalm on 06/12/2017 • Any suggestion of providing basic rights to the Ahmadiyyas is enough to trigger massive protests and even riots among Muslim extremists. A protester near burning tents in Pakistan. Credit: Reuters The recent turmoil in Pakistan has mostly been described as “blasphemy protests”. An ‘amendment’ […]
5 Christian Families Flee Pakistani Village After Teen Falsely Accused of Blasphemy
Source: The Christian Post By Samuel Smith , CP Reporter | Nov 10, 2017 7:16 AM (PHOTO: REUTERS/ATHAR HUSSAIN)A Pakistani Christian woman attends mass along with others on Christmas day at St Andrew’s Church in […]
Minority faith groups should feel their rights are the most secure in Pakistan: Supreme Court
Source: Dawn While wrapping up proceedings in a suo motu case pertaining to the preservation of minorities’ rights in Pakistan, a three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal, directed that the state make special considerations for people belonging to minority faiths at the provincial and federal […]
The rise of Barelvi politics could be a double-edged sword for society
Source: Dawn “Barelvis have been subjected to suppression for over a century and a reversal to this phenomenon has started,” contends Rizvi. “Though it will take time but eventually the voice of the majority will prevail.” Referring to Deobandi political parties, he notes: “We have learned a lot in the recent […]
Pakistan is making concessions to religious extremists. What’s the cost?
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable December 3 at 7:00 AM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In the past 10 days, two dramatic events — the government’s capitulation to a violent protest by radical […]
Pakistan: Bhutto and Jamaat Ahmadiyya
http://niazamana.com/2017/12/bhutto-and-jamaat-e-ahmadyya/ بھٹو اور جماعت احمدیہ December 1, 2017 1:37 am · 12 comments آصف جیلانی یہ ان دنوں کی بات ہے جب ابھی آئین کی دوسری ترمیم منظور نہیں ہوئی تھی جس کے تحت احمدیوں کو غیر مسلم قرار دیا گیا تھا، اور اس سے بھی بہت پہلے جب ذوالفقار علی […]
Pakistan’s tryst with religious extremists
Source: The Hindu It was pointed out by a legislator that the oath for lawmakers, which declares that Mohammed is the final prophet, was replaced with another undertaking in one of the amendments. The original oath was introduced to bar the Ahmadiyya community from contesting elections on a Muslim seat […]
Pakistan persecutes a Muslim minority
Source:WSJ You may expect a country created as a homeland for Muslims to celebrate the homegrown sect that gave the world its first Muslim Nobel laureate in physics (Abdus Salam), and the first Muslim Oscar winner (Mahershala Ali). But when it comes to Pakistan’s treatment of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community—less […]
Taliban leaders comfortably living in Pakistan with drug money: US general
November 29, 2017 BY Agencies WASHINGTON: The top US general in Afghanistan General John Nicholson said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan’s support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. He also claimed that though the Taliban’s tactical-level commanders were in […]
Blame Islamic fundamentalists, not Ahmadis for ruining Pakistan
Faith is personal. Faith is the humn connection to the divine. Faith, or lack thereof, is to be judged only by God. | Tarar Square | Long-form | 30-11-2017 Mehr Tarar @MehrTarar 33 Total Shares Pakistan, between November 5 and 26, witnessed one of the biggest lockdowns in its troubled and […]
Trump is acting like Pakistan’s former dictator
global Opinions By Qasim Rashid December 1, 2017 President Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday in Washington. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press) […]