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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
Source: Indian Express One reason the military establishment is now relying on Barelvi groups is because the previous “assets” have now become a liability. Pakistan faces continuous pressure from the international community for not acting against terror groups like Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa, or its previous incarnation, the Lashkar-e-Toiba. By using […]
Source: PT PESHAWAR: At least nine people have been killed and 37 others injured in a firing incident that targetted the hostel of Agriculture Directorate on University Road, Peshawar, early Friday morning. The attack was claimed by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. At least two explosions were also heard from the site of the […]
Source: PT Opposition leader threatens to hold sit-in at assembly’s stairs if session not called within a week PML-N’s disgruntled MPAs adamant over Sana’s resignation LAHORE: The Punjab government has abruptly prorogued the 33rd session of the Punjab Assembly for an indefinite period after getting the governor’s approval on Thursday […]
Source: Indian Express Arguably, Pakistan’s original sin is its construction and treatment of Ahmadis. The treatment of this small community has, in many ways, defined the nature of the Pakistani state more profoundly than anything else. Anti-Indianism is a strong undercurrent in Pakistan. But anti-Ahmadism, arguably, cuts even deeper than […]