WITHOUT any verification, some foreign media flashed a report the other day that Pakistan is sending troops to Qatar in the wake of tension brewing amongst Gulf States. The foreign office was quick to reject the report as completely fabricated and baseless adding these false reports appear to be part […]
Source: The Guardian Taimoor Raza was found guilty of insulting the prophet Mohammed during an argument on social media with a counter-terrorism official Blasphemy is a sensitive charge in conservative […]
Catholic employees and students will soon be able to worship on campus. ucanews.com reporter, Faisalabad Pakistanhttps://international.la-croix.com/news/muslim-university-the-first-to-host-a-church-in-pakistan/5319#sthash.0cqjYYWg.dpuf In a corner of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), a large banner at the entrance of a Christian area is emblazoned with the photos of a Catholic bishop and a picture of St. […]
Source: Asia Times By Syed Afreen Why are increasing numbers of educated young Pakistanis falling for the message of hate peddled by extremists online and among their social circle? The […]
Source: The Daily Beast The so-called Islamic State said Thursday that it killed two Chinese teachers kidnapped last month in southwestern Pakistan. The two were working as language teachers in Quetta when armed men disguised in police uniforms abducted them on May 24. The ISIS-friendly Amaq news agency said members […]
Source: BBC News By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad Image copyrightEPAImage captionFruit prices shot up with the advent of Ramadan Social media activists in Pakistan have ended a three-day […]
Source: Dawn THE tragic death of a sanitary worker in Umerkot in Sindh on Thursday highlights — yet again — how those who boast of providing aid and succour can fail to show even an ounce of humanity. Young Irfan Masih had been cleaning a deep manhole when he was […]
Insaf Newspaper June 1, 2017 ….. Idris Ahmad and Saba Zafar sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment, with RS 200,000 each fine under 298B PPC. Faisababad special court Judge Muhammad Khalik Naz decision. Seven others were set free. Amir Fahim, Zahid Mahmood, Ihsan Allah Danish, Nafis Ahmad, Rashed Mahmood, Abdus Samee, […]
Reuters International MAY 30, 2017 A worker repairs an electrictricity transformer at a workshop in Peshawar, Pakistan May 30, 2017. REUTERS/ Fayaz Aziz (reuters_tickers) By Syed Raza Hassan and Jibran Ahmad KARACHI/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Protesters in Pakistan’s largest city set tyres ablaze on Tuesday after power cuts disrupted a […]
http://www.humsub.com.pk/65009/ghazala-qazi/ Dr Ghazala Qazi, My friend who is diabetic asked her physician about fasting, he refused to answer for fear of Ramadan Bill. Any one eating in public is liable for Rs 500 fine and 3 months of incarceration. Read, cry and reflect گرمی کی شدت سے پیدا ہونے والی […]
Dawn: IN a recent address, Chaudhry Nisar hit out at political opponents by classifying them as ‘secular’ and equating the term with ‘non-believing’. Clearly, the interior minister needs tuition in history and political philosophy. There is no simple thing, place or peoples called the ‘secular’, the ‘religious’, the ‘West’, ‘good’ […]
Source: ET As per conventional wisdom about small states and their foreign policy formation, neo-realism or systemic and structural-level theories provide rich insight to predict small states’ foreign policy priorities given their focus on the dynamics between ‘power’ and ‘security’. According to the neo-realists, small states are driven to form […]
Source: ET The attack on Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai was staged, read a tweet last week. This wasn’t a social media troll or veteran conspiracy theorist. This was a Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Mussarat Ahmad Zeb, who also hails from the royal family of Swat, the region where Malala […]
Source: ET US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, his first to any country since assumption of office, has aroused global interest and is of special significance for the Muslim world. The reason is during the presidential campaign he had made unkind remarks about Islam and was critical of […]
Source: Dawn THE obscenely opulent reception arranged in Donald Trump’s honour, with Arab autocrats lining up to pay homage to the American president, forgetting his inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric and his likening of the Saudi royal family to ‘slaveholders’ in the past, did not come as a surprise. Nor did the […]
Source: Dawn IN a recent address, Chaudhry Nisar hit out at political opponents by classifying them as ‘secular’ and equating the term with ‘non-believing’. Clearly, the interior minister needs tuition in history and political philosophy. There is no simple thing, place or peoples called the ‘secular’, the ‘religious’, the ‘West’, ‘good’ […]
May 22, 2017 An official of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, second left, and a soldier collect information from a resident during a census at Rabwah in Chiniot District in Punjab province, Pakistan, in this March 27, 2017 file photo. — AFP RABWAH, Pakistan — Marginalized, attacked and frequently hit […]
“I rebelled. I said ‘I’m going to marry whomever I want.’” FAHAD NAVEED | HUFSA CHAUDHRY Saks and Suzie’s Pakistani-Palestinian-American-Muslim family Saks Afridi and Suzie Afridi. — Photo courtesy Saks Afridi Fifteen years ago, at a crowded picnic in Redwood City, California, young college student Saks (short of Sakib) Afridi […]
Pakistan is largely shut out of the high-profile event, despite high hopes for recognition. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 23, 2017 The Donald Trump-led Arab […]