Source: Dawn FOR the past one week, Islamabad has been virtually under siege with the followers of a radical cleric blocking the expressway connecting the city to the airport. The administration’s move to enclose the Red Zone with containers has added to the chaos. While the clerics blast the civil […]
Source: Swiss Info By Saad Sayeed RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Crammed into buses and mini-vans, more than 10,000 Pakistanis travelled to a mosque on the outskirts of the small Punjabi […]
This content was published on November 15, 2017 5:08 PMNov 15, 2017 – 17:08 Pakistan’s foreign minister was not diplomatic about India in his acceptance speech (Geneva School of Diplomacy) While accepting an honorary doctorate from the Geneva School of Diplomacy, Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif called India […]
Source: RT On Monday over two dozen countries criticized Pakistan’s human rights record at the universal periodic review (UPR) of UN Human Rights Council. The criticism came not only from developed countries like the U.S. and U.K but also from developing countries like Ethiopia and Namibia. Majority of the countries […]
November 13, 2017 Dial A for Apartheid This year’s annual Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Conference (October 19-20) couldn’t have asked for a more perfect timing.… By K. K. Shahid | Newsbeat National | Published 18 hours ago This year’s annual Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Conference (October 19-20) couldn’t have asked for a more perfect […]
Source: Rabwah Times By Ehsan Rehan. Ehsan is a Washington D.C. based reporter who covers Human Rights & Religious Freedom issues. He tweets at @Ehzan A Pakistani Shia leader has warned that the public and the government should be made aware of the “dangers” posed by Baha’is and […]
Source: Voice of America By Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD — Several thousand Islamists in Pakistan have effectively blocked a main crossing near the national capital, Islamabad, crippling the daily life of millions […]
Source: Associated Press By MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than 3,000 Islamists camped out on the edge of Pakistan’s capital, demanding the removal of the country’s law minister over […]
Source: Dawn ON Nov 13, UN member states will review Pakistan’s human rights record for the third time through the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. Pakistan has been reviewed twice before in 2008 and 2012, but this time around there is an important difference: Pakistan finally has […]
By Kashif Chaudhry Published: November 13, 2015 Zafarullah Khan would have been our Iqbal today and Iqbal our Zafarullah Khan. Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was one of the leading founding fathers of Pakistan. You know, the Pakistan Resolution that our national struggle was based on? He drafted it. He […]
BY Staff Report Detailed verdict Says Nawaz Sharif was given fair chance to defend allegations but he failed; however, accountability court can examine ‘undisputable’ evidence afresh Says Maryam Nawaz is […]
Source: New Delhi Times Pakistan’s government has formed a regulatory body to monitor and block blasphemous content online in an effort to further extend the enforcement of the country’s controversial […]
By SALMAN MASOOD and MEGAN SPECIANOV. 3, 2017 NYTimes.com Aasia Bibi and her boyfriend, Muhammad Shahid, at a police station in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan.CreditIram Asim/Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani newlywed has been arrested and charged with murder in the poisoning of 17 people, including several of her in-laws, in what officials described […]
Kashif N Chaudhry, Contributor Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist 11/05/2017 Dina Wadia, the only child of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is sadly no more. Aged 98, she passed away earlier this […]
The Express Tribune > Pakistan By RIZWAN JAMIL Published: November 3, 2017 His Royal Highness Sir Aga Khan III. PHOTO: FILE A pioneer of the Pakistan Movement, Sir Sultan […]
Source: BBC Villagers in a remote area of north-west Pakistan are in shock after armed men forced a 16-year-old girl to walk half-naked through the village, claiming it was to […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 3, 2017 A supporter of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) holds a picture of Nawaz Sharif outside the accountability court […]
Source: Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For the first time in five decades, a church bell rang Sunday at the largest Catholic church in the main city of India’s […]
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Irked by loud music being played at marriage ceremonies in the outskirts of the provincial capital, a committee of clerics announced that a nikah, for those playing loud music, will not be solemnised in the future. According to locals, music had been banned in the past when […]
October 30, 2017 Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD – Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Moulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday disclosed that some American senators in their joint letter to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry have expressed concern over the way Ahmadis are being treated in the country. Rehman, who is also chairman of the Parliamentary […]