Pakistan by Dawood Rehman | Published on January 5, 2017 🔗 CALGARY – Police in Canada are investigating allegations of hate speech by a local imam who called a publisher and its administration ‘devil’ and ‘kaafir’. Professor Syed Badiuddin Soharwardy, an imam at a mosque, has been under investigation by […]
01/07/2017 Kashif N Chaudhry Physician, Writer, Human Rights Activist Recently, a Mosque in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted a prominent extremist cleric from Pakistan on record for calling for the killing of ”blasphemers,” apostates, and Ahmadi Muslims (and anyone who speaks for their equal rights). MASJID AL QUR’AN WEBSITEMasjid Al Qur’an […]
Source: The Guardian Fatwa issued against Shaan Taseer for allegedly insulting Islam six years after his governor father died in similar controversy Pakistani supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged […]
Source: ET Former chief of army staff (COAS) General (retd) Raheel Sharif has been appointed chief of Islamic military alliance and posted in Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed on Friday. Speaking in Geo TV’s programme ‘Naya Pakistan’, the defence minister admitted that an agreement had been finalised a few days […]
Source:ET LAHORE: Members of the Ahmadiyya community who fled their village in the wake of the storming of their worship place and a subsequent clash on Dec 12 have started trickling back to their homes in Chakwal’s Dulmail area. Upon their return, the Ahmadi villagers are facing a social boycott […]
Source: Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan police say violence erupted at a rally convened by Islamists in favor of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws in the city of […]
Source: Herald It was the 26th of May, the death anniversary of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadi faith, which considers itself a sect of Islam. This was no coincidence, for everyone at the rally agreed that Ahmadis, whom they disparagingly referred to as Qadianis, were fifth columnists, aasteen […]
Source: The Indian Express Written by Adil Akhzer | Chandigarh | Published:December 27, 2016 3:32 am THE ANNUAL Jalsa Salana congregation of the Ahmadiyya community began on Monday in Qadian in the border district of Gurdaspur, but without the customary participation of delegates from Pakistan. Last year, as many as […]
Source: Dawn By NABEEL ANWAR DHAKKU CHAKWAL: Much time has elapsed since Dec 12, which registered as the most critical in Dulmial, a sleepy village some 37 kilometres from Chakwal […]
Pakistan has a long road ahead in term of healing the wounds of its minority population December 24, 2016 Haris Raja Pakistan has a dark history of persecution against the Ahmadiyya community. Since its inception the right wing extremists have been causing agitations and inciting harsh treatment against Ahmadis based […]
Islamabad, Dec 28 Power-starved Pakistan today received a major boost as a China-backed 340 MW nuclear power plant in its Punjab province was inaugrated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who termed it as a milestone in the government’s efforts to end the mence of load shedding. The Chashma-3 plant is […]
Source: Dawn IT was the week before Christmas and, like all cities in the Western world, Berlin was lit up, the air was cold and the mood festive. At the Christmas market near the Zoologischer Garten train station, people milled about shopping and enjoying themselves. A short distance away, a […]
HIBA ARSHAD Every day our newsfeed is flooded with reports of violence inflicted on women, followed by flashy statements from our government officials to provide justice to the oppressed. Such late gestures may appease the masses but no level of retribution can erase the painful memories that seep deep into […]
DAWN.COM —UPDATED Dec 22, 2016 05:32pmhttps://www.dawn.com/news/1303840/railways-launches-special-christmas-train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2NTfEqJ_D8 WHATSAPP 17 COMMENTS EMAIL PRINT —Photo Courtesy: fb.com/PakistanRailways.PR Minister for Railways Khuwaja Saad Rafique on Thursday inaugurated a special purpose ‘Xmas Peace Train’ ahead of Christmas festivities in the country. The minister, while addressing the inauguration ceremony, hailed the role of minority groups, especially […]
حیدرقریشی , Haider Qureshi, Germany اردو ادب اور الیکٹرانک میڈیا معززخواتین و حضرات! ’’اردو ادب اور الیکٹرانک میڈیا‘‘کے موضوع پر ہونے والاآج کا سیمینار گلبرگہ یونیورسٹی کے شعبہ اردو وفارسی کی جانب سے ایک نہایت مستحسن اور قابلِ تعریف کاوش ہے۔اس طرح اردو کو اپنے عصر سے ہم آہنگ […]
Many of 2016’s most notable moments were mostly unfortunate, unchecked events of toxic masculinity. From the horrifying tragedy that was Qandeel Baloch’s senseless murder, to Donald Trump’s self-described ‘locker room talk’, and the Council of Islamic Ideology’s (CII)absurd suggestion that ‘lightly beating’ one’s wife ‘as needed’ is permissible, most of us are happy […]
As Robin Raphel worked for the State Department in Pakistan, her brand of traditional diplomacy ran into the new realities of covert surveillance. The collision turned her life upside down BY ADAM ENTOUS AND DEVLIN BARRETT THE LAST DIPLOMAT Just before 8 on the morning of Oct. 21, 2014, Robin […]
Source: The News By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its Annual Report 2016 called upon US administration to press Pakistan for the repeal […]
In what is probably the most ridiculous news you will hear today, a PIA flight has taken its passengers for a wild ride, literally. PIA flight PK307, which was bound to go from Lahore to Karachi, actually ended up in Muscat, Oman. The aircraft in question was a Boeing 777-340(ER) jet. […]
Watch | Shocking aftermath of Berlin christmas market ploughed by lorry 00:57 Harriet Alexander, New York Chiara Palazzo, Sydney Justin Huggler, Berlin 20 December 2016 • 8:54am 12 dead and 48 injured, some severely, at Berlin market Police believe “likely terrorist incident” Suspect arrested, man thought to be original driver found […]