Protesters wrest control of Ahmadi worship place in Chakwal Source: Express Tribune LAHORE: Scores of people participating in a procession organised in connection with Eid Miladun Nabi on Monday wrested […]
Reuters International DEC 12, 2016 – A policeman stands guard at a market in Mingora, in Swat Valley, Pakistan December 7, 2016. Picture taken December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Hazrat Ali Bacha (reuters_tickers) By Asad Hashim MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – When Pakistani shopkeeper Abdur Rahim’s phone rang in mid-October, he was shocked […]
By PTI | Published: 10th December 2016 – | Image for representational purpose only. (Photo | AP) WASHINGTON: The US has expressed concern over reports of a police raid at the Ahmadiyya community headquarters in Pakistan and urged the country’s government to protect the religious freedom and basic rights of minority communities. […]
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has condemned the raid by Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on the publications and audit offices of the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab province. By: ANI | Washington D.c. | Updated: December 10, 2016 2:57 PM 1 SHARES FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedInEmail Pakistan’s anti-terrorism law should […]
Source: Newsdog.today “USCIRF condemns the brutal raid on the Ahmadiyya offices, the first such raid since Pakistan amended its constitution 42 years ago declaring that Ahmadis are ‘non-Muslims’,” said Thomas J. Reese, a Catholic priest of the Jesuit order. “Pakistan’s anti-terrorism laws should not be applied to the peaceful Ahmadiyya […]
Report by Nabeela Ali, Chairperson AMAN Children have been given tons of confidence through this public speaking competition – Steve Ashman, Chief Constable Northumbria Police ‘Anti-Radicalization Mentoring and Awareness Network (AMAN) project was set up in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January 2015 to safeguard school-age children, young […]
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-151-2016 PAKISTAN: Investigate the raid and harassment at Ahmadiyya Headquarters ISSUES: Right to adopt religion and faith, arbitrary arrests, torture, blasphemy laws, no rule of law ——————————————————————— […]
In 1980, soon after Pakistani professor Abdus Salam was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to developing the theory of electroweak unification in particle physics, he was invited to a ceremony at the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38238131
Source: Tribune Yasmin Perveen, one of the pioneer women ‘captains’ of Careem, adjusts back mirror while driving her car in Islamabad, Pakistan December 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS Taxi-hailing service Careem […]
Police official says Pakistan International Airlines flight PK661, which had about 47 people on board, has crashed en route to Islamabad from Chitral A file photo of a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane arriving at the Benazir International airport in Islamabad. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters Reuters in Islamabad Wednesday 7 December […]
Source: Dawn There are more than 40 passengers on board the plane. Chitral airport sources confirm singer-cum-evangelist Junaid Jamshed, his family, and Deputy Commissioner Umar Waraich were on board the flight and are feared to be among the casualties. More:
Source: Dawn — Read comments in the Dawn newspaper The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Faisalabad on Monday arrested two people for allegedly publishing banned literature linked to the Ahmadi community. The […]
Source: ET LAHORE: A day after Premier Nawaz Sharif posthumously acknowledged the contribution of the first Pakistani Nobel laureate physicist, Dr Abdul Salam, who was an Ahmadi by faith, Punjab’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) raided the community’s headquarters in Rabwa and detained four of its members. Jamaat Ahmadiyya Pakistan’s spokesperson […]
Source: Tribune US vice-president-elect Mike Pence stated that Donald Trump could use his “extraordinary deal-making skills” to reduce tensions around the world and resolve problems, including the Kashmir issue. In […]
Source: The Guardian By Jon Boone Nawaz Sharif orders university to name institution after the Nobel-winning physicist Abdus Salam, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community Pakistan’s prime minister has […]
December 5, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | Three people were arrested Monday afternoon in the town of Rabwah during a raid on the offices of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan. The arrests were carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab Police, which is responsible for investigating terrorism and […]
Source: Dawn Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved, in principle, the renaming of Quaid-i-Azam University’s (QAU) physics department to the Professor Abdus Salam Center for Physics on Monday, according to a Press Information Department (PID) statement. The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training was directed to draw up a formal summary […]
Source: The Telegraph A huge fire swept through a four-star hotel in the southern port city of Karachi on Monday, killing at least 11 people, officials said.More than 50 people suffered injuries in the early morning blaze, which started in the hotel kitchen, police officer Tauqeer Naeem said. The exact cause […]
Source: The Express Tribune By Purniya Awan Banning a whole community for religious purposes based on genitalia and physical appearance (in this case especially) makes no sense, considering that, historically, members of the transgender community have been caretakers of the Kaaba. In addition, the transgender community has possessed proper identities, […]
Source: ET Dowry, jahaiz in Urdu, is a tradition in Pakistan and India that has ruined numerous relationships and marriages. Parents borrow staggering amounts of loans just to satisfy the greed of their daughter’s in-laws and to ensure that she is not taunted after marriage. As evil as this tradition may be, almost […]