Why the Trump-Led Islamic Summit in Saudi Arabia Was a Disaster for Pakistan
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 […]
Islam’s Lesser Muslims: When “Khuda” became “Allah”
Published on September 2nd, 2016 | by Guest by Alia P. Ahmed In 1985 a curious thing happened: a prominent Pakistani talk-show host bid her audience farewell with the words Allah Hafiz. It was an awkward substitution. The Urdu word for goodbye was actually Khuda Hafiz (meaning God be with […]
BELT TIGHTENING: Switzerland to end development aid to Pakistan
MAY 19, 2017 – Swiss assistance focused on livelihood generation schemes like helping women produce handicrafts (Swiss Cooperation Pakistan) Budget cuts have forced the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to withdraw aid to Pakistan. On Friday, SDC announced that it was ending development cooperation in two northern […]
Faith education
Source: Dawn By Jan-e-Alam Khanki, who is an educationist with an interest in the study of religion and philosophy. RELIGIOUS education is an integral part of all faith communities, who try […]
Truth its three types – religious, spiritual and scientific
مذہبی سچ‘ روحانی سچ اور سائنسی سچ 15-05-2017 ڈاکٹر خالد سہیل 1,090 Views http://www.humsub.com.pk/63825/khalid-sohail-22/ بعض لوگوں کا ایمان ہے کہ ساری دنیا میں صرف ایک ہی سچ ہے. بعض لوگوں کا خیال ہے کہ دنیا میں اتنے ہی سچ ہیں جتنے انسان. اور بعض لوگ یہ سمجھتے ہیں کہ ہم سچ کو […]
Pakistan daily leaks plans for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Two versions of the plans, running to 231 pages, are with the government. A shortened version, which has 30 pages of only broad descriptions of the plan, were circulated to […]
Ahraristan not Pakistan
It is quite a popular thing to trample on religious liberty of the citizens of Pakistan provided it is done in the name of Islam By: Yasser Latif Hamdani 15-May-17 I hate to keep repeating myself, but repeat myself I must so long as necessary. Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam was a party founded […]
37 alleged of attack on Ahmadi place of worship released on bail
37 alleged of attack on Ahmadi place of worship released on bail National MAY 12, 2017 BY PAKISTANTODAY 37 men arrested for attacking an Ahmadi place of worship last year […]
Immigration, Islam and the West
Source: ET Colonialism brought Europe and the West to Asia and Africa. The tide has now turned. Demographic change and immigration are now bringing Asia and Africa to the West. The West prevailed in the first encounter that took place in the 18th and 19th centuries. The lands it conquered […]
Bakhtawar criticizes law forbidding public eating during Ramazan, says ‘this is not Islam’
Source: The Express Tribune Perturbed by legislation making eating in public during Ramazan a jailable offence, Bakhtawar Bhutto took to Twitter to condemn the rule. The daughter of former […]
World Bank to finance solar power projects in Pakistan
Source: Tribune Express By Zafar Bhutta PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has agreed to finance solar power projects from its Green Fund in an effort to improve the energy […]
Millions of Pakistanis receive blasphemy warning texts
Source: Tribune Express ISLAMABAD: Millions of Pakistanis have been receiving text messages from the government warning them against sharing “blasphemous” content online. “Uploading & sharing of blasphemous content on Internet […]
Why to write Ahmadiyya? Terminology in Journalism
Source: Dawn AN item in the press appearing some days ago under the headline ‘Ahmadi professor found murdered’, drew attention to the challenges of news coverage, especially news related to crime.Such a report could have been given quite a few other headings. For instance, the heading could have been ‘A […]
Pakistan exporting terror, claim three neighbours
Source: TOI With Iran’s top military official warning Pakistan of reprisals for sheltering Sunni militias attacking targets in Iran, three of Islamabad‘s neighbours have accused it of cross-border terrorism. Iran’s warning that it might be considering its version of“surgical strikes”+ comes after 10 of its border guards were killed+ by […]
Our darkest moments
Source: Dawn SEVENTY-ONE deaths in 27 years. According to data collected by Al Jazeera, that is the estimated number of people killed in violence connected to blasphemy allegations. It includes the 12-year-old who lost his life in the town of Hub on Thursday, after a mob resorted to aerial firing […]
In the crosshairs: Ahmadi gunned down in Rahim Yar Khan district
THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE By Rana Tanveer Published: May 5, 2017 PHOTO: REUTERS LAHORE: An Ahmadi man was shot dead on Wednesday night in the Saddar area of Rahim Yar Khan district. Basharat Ahmad, 61, was on his way to his house in Green Town from his own petrol pump on […]
Pakistani Hindu wins Emerging Young Leaders Award
Source: https://www.rabwah.net/pakistani-hindu-wins-emerging-young-leaders-award/ A Pakistani Hindu has become the first Pakistani to be awarded the Emerging Young Leaders Award. The award is granted by the U.S. Department of State to a group of young leaders in recognition of their efforts to promote positive social change in their communities. Raj Kumar who is […]
Pakistan Has Few Pauses or Prayers to Spare For Its Women or For Its Poets
Pakistan Has Few Pauses or Prayers to Spare For Its Women or For Its Poets By Rafia Zakaria May 3rd, 2017 Farzana Naz, a budding poet was attacked by a mob in a library where she was reciting poetry, and succumbed to her injuries in hospital in […]
Boy, 10, killed in attempted blasphemy lynching in Pakistan
Source: The Guardian Five other people wounded after mob attacked police station in bid to seize Hindu man accused of insulting Islam A protest in Peshawar following the death by […]