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 […]
Speaking in Geo News show Jirga, Imam-e-Kaaba said that non-state actors cannot declare anyone infidel or apostate ISLAMABAD: Imam-e-Kaaba Shaikh Saleh bin Muhammad Ibrahim has said that an individual has no authority to call for a person’s death and declare him ‘wajib-ul-qatl’ and only a Muslim state has the power […]
PTI | Updated: Oct 28, 2017, Highlights Discriminatory Pak laws continue to result in prosecution of individuals due to their faith: US Senators State Department needs to notify Congress on its country of particular concern list by Nov 13 WASHINGTON: Six influential US Senators have urged secretary of state Rex […]
Source: UCA News A growing number of blasphemy attacks on campus has prompted a new program to promote religious understanding Students at a diversity workshop in Lahore. (Photo courtesy Youth […]
Mohammed Hanif OCT. 19, 2017 KARACHI, Pakistan — This country has a poor record of protecting its religious minorities, but we outdo ourselves when it comes to Ahmadis. Members of the sect insist on calling themselves Muslims, and we mainstream Muslims insist on treating them like the worst kind of […]
Source: Dawn BY Ali Akbar Speaking at a Khatm-i-Nabuwwat Conference in Peshawar on Wednesday and campaigning for the NA-4 seat at the same time, the emir of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), […]
Source: NY Times: KARACHI, Pakistan — This country has a poor record of protecting its religious minorities, but we outdo ourselves when it comes to Ahmadis. Members of the sect insist on calling themselves Muslims, and we mainstream Muslims insist on treating them like the worst kind of heretics. The […]
Source: Dawn However painful his life may be, and however worthless he might believe himself to be, a person will never agree to die, except in a state of extreme emotion, as is witnessed in the case of suicide. Death is perceived as the annihilation of life — a life […]
Source: Dawn WASHINGTON: The CIA head said on Thursday that the US-Canadian couple kidnapped by the militants in Afghanistan were held inside Pakistan for five years before being freed last week. “We had a great outcome last week when we were able to get back four US citizens who had […]
Source:Dawn IT was too outrageous an outburst for anyone to defend. So it is not surprising that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif distanced himself from his son-in-law’s hate speech on the floor of the National Assembly. The august house had perhaps never witnessed such bigotry targeting one of the most […]
Source: Huffpost With the image of Pakistan in the world today, I felt a certain elated too. After all, Pakistan is my motherland. However, I know this election wasn’t remotely based on our human rights record. It pains me to admit that Pakistan has a depressing human rights record and […]