New Breaking News coming from Pakistan?
Reliable sources confirming: General Ishfaq Nadeem New boss (Chief of Army Staff) General Zubair, Comd SPD General Bajwa CJ COS Now 3 x 4 star generals in Pakistan Army. Current COAS starts farewell visits.
Pakistan Bans All 11 Christian TV Stations, Arrests Cable Operators in Crackdown
Source: Christian Post BY ANUGRAH KUMAR Pakistan’s television regulatory body has banned all 11 Christian TV channels airing in the country and arrested at least six cable operators for defying the order, according to reports. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, or PEMRA, does not grant landing rights for religious […]
Donald Trump will clear bill to declare Pakistan a terror state, says Shalabh Kumar
Source: The Economic Times By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury NEW DELHI: US President elect will approve a Congress bill to declare Pakistan a terror state when the legislation reaches him in […]
Why Pakistan’s Gwadar port is important for China
Source: TOI The first consignment of Chinese goods passed on November 13 through the Gwadar port in Pakistan on to ports in West Asia and Africa. The port is the showpiece of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, which Beijing sees as a crucial link that will help it in its […]
Scores of Turkish Teachers Have Been Expelled From Pakistan
Source: Time The politically motivated move comes ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit Pakistan has expelled more than 100 Turkish teachers from 28 international schools in response to […]
Fellow Pakistanis, don’t worry about Trump. Worry about our ‘Trumpistan’
Source: The Nation By Kashif Chaudhry is a physician, writer and human rights activist. He is currently completing his cardiology fellowship in Boston, USA. Kashif is a strong proponent of […]
To please Turkey, Pak-Turk schools staff told to leave country
November 16, 2016 Islamabad [Pakistan]: Pakistan Interior Ministry has asked the Turkish staff of Pak-Turk schools and colleges to leave the country by November 20 ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit. This comes as in August, Islamabad had promised visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavusoglu that it would […]
Bombing at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan Kills Dozens
Source: The New York Times By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A powerful bomb blast ripped through a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday evening, killing at least 52 people and wounding at least 100 others, officials said. The bombing, believed to have been carried out by a suicide […]
Ahmadiyya threatened by Shia Cleric
Source: RT On November 11, Leader of Shia Ulema Council Multan division, Syed Muhammad Shah said: Belief in KhatmeNabuwat is a part of our faith, denying that is like denying Islam, We will sacrifice everything for its sake. He further said: ” The constitution of Pakistan has declared Qadianis (Ahmadis) […]
Blast at Sufi Shrine in Pakistan Kills 50, Wounds More Than 100
Source: Time By Abdul Sattar / AP The blast occurred with hundreds in attendance at the shrine of Sufi saint Shah Bilal Noorani QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from […]
Blast at Pakistan shrine kills 52, wounds scores
Reuters International www.swissinfo.ch NOV 12, 2016 An injured boy is wheeled from the ambulance after an explosion in at the Shah Noorani Shrine in Baluchistan, at a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (reuters_tickers) By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion claimed by militant […]
‘Every second woman suffers domestic violence in Pakistan’
Dawn.com: by Faiza Ilyas — KARACHI: Every second woman in Pakistan suffers from some form of domestic violence that has an extremely damaging effect on her physical and mental well-being, said Dr Tazeen Saeed Ali during a session held on Saturday as part of the three-day national health sciences research […]
Shia rights activist Gul Zehra Rizvi opposes equal rights for Ahmadis
November 6, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | A prominent Pakistani Shia rights activist has come under fire after her views against a persecuted Muslim sect were made public. Gul e Zehra Rizvi who is the central president of Imamia Student Organization(ISO) has been active in organizing protests against the targeted […]
The mantle of religious interpretation needs to be taken away from the clergy
By Raza Habib Raja Published: November 6, 2016 blogs/tribune.com.pk I have often been more amazed not at the religious fanaticism of the few, but at passivity of the moderate majority. And although sceptics will cast their doubt, the fact is that Pakistan on the whole has a moderate population. In Pakistan, comparable […]
Imran appears a puppet in the hands of the establishment.
Source: Dawn The leader of the opposition took it a bit too far when he said that Mr Khan’s shenanigans actually empower Nawaz Sharif; in fact the manner in which the PML-N and the PTI have gone at it over the past few years has empowered the men in khaki […]
Pakistan, India may temporarily recall their envoys:
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Signalling a fresh slide in ties, Pakistan and India may temporarily recall their high commissioners and scale down the size of diplomatic staff in each other’s missions in the wake of the latest diplomatic spat over the spying episode, a media report said on Friday. The latest spat […]
After Quetta, Modi must turn his statesmanship to Pakistan
Source: AT While it is alright to insist that Geelani is an Indian citizen and that Kashmir is an integral part of India – or, that the only thing to discuss with Pakistan is its vacation of occupied territories – the ground reality is that Pakistan can be of help […]
New Appointments of COAS of Pakistan Army
Chief of Army Staff: General Qamar Javed Bajwa (Baja) Chairman Joint Chief of Staff: General Zubair Mahmood Hayat Source:
On a knife edge
Source Dawn Islamabad on Nov 2. Not in large numbers, but just enough to cause alarm.Because the government is already alarmed, even the minimum could work. A bunch of stragglers here and there chanting and marching towards police barricades, TV cameras in tow.Then, let the government do its thing and […]
Pakistani court closes licensed liquor shops for non-Muslims
Source: Reuters By Syed Raza Hassan | KARACHI, PAKISTAN A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the closure of all liquor shops in the southern province of Sindh, officials said, cutting […]