Source: The Citizen Will Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif retire as scheduled in November, or seek a second term in office? This is a major question in both India and Pakistan, as while General Sharif has announced that he will not seek a second term, his soaring […]
Source: The Citizen: NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) took notice of complaints that allege that two television channels have aired ‘provocative’ content against the minority Ahmadi community. A statement by Pemra noted that a complaint was registered against New TV’s ‘Harf-e-Raz’ and Channel 92’s ‘Subha-e-Noor’ shows […]
By PERVEZ HOODBHOY PAKISTAN’S Foreign Office says Pakistan is “deeply saddened” by the execution in Bangladesh last week of Mir Quasem Ali. Mir Quasem was found guilty in 2014 by a Bangladeshi court of torture, multiple murders and arson. He was sentenced to death after what Pakistan describes as “a flawed […]
Jinnah refused to turn out Ahmadis from the Muslim League, and stood steadfast on the principle that anyone who called himself a Muslim is a Muslim. This is how Jinnah managed to keep Shias, Sunnis, Ahmadis, Ismailis and countless other Muslims united und By: Yasser Latif Hamdani 12-Sep-16 Pakistan Electronic […]
Pakistani worker checks a line of beer cans at the Muree Brewery Company in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE > PAKISTAN By AFP Published: September 12, 2016 RAWALPINDI: […]
By Our Correspondent Published: September 11, 2016 Mufti Muhammad Abdullah of the Jamaat-i-Islami said Ahmadis were stooges of the West and enemies of Pakistan. PHOTO: FILE MULTAN: A khatm-i-nabuwwat conference was organised in Multan on Saturday. Participants reiterated their call for more social sanctions on Ahmadis. In a first: Anti-Ahmadiyya advert […]
Source: The Tribune Express By Rana Tanveer LAHORE: Several religious organisations celebrated September 7 as Khatm-i-Nabuwat Day. They demanded more religious and social sanctions on Ahmadis in Pakistan. These organisations held […]
Decades of persecution and a full ban on the Ahmadiyya faith has not changed the Government’s attitudes toward Pakistan’s most persecuted faith group. Ministers in Pakistan’s Provincial Assembly of Punjab continue to make sure the Ahmadis are not given any rights or recognition. On August 31st, Minister for School Education, […]
By Tech DeskPublished: September 8, 2016 Pakistan is among the least innovative countries in the world, a report released last month has revealed. According to the Global Innovation Index (GII) […]
By Hussain Nadim Published: September 9, 2016 The writer is a PhD candidate and coordinator of the South Asia Study Group at the University of Sydney The current refugee crisis in Europe is not the only event that debunks the myth of Western civilisation’s high moral standards of human rights, […]
Source: ET While I recognise that the state of Pakistan is inundated by a number of issues, with terrorism topping the list, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to bring to the notice of our rulers — especially the prime minister — the dilemmas faced by the minorities […]
http://morigin.voanews.eu/embed/player/Article/3496943.html CHANAB NAGAR, PAKISTAN — Her hands shook slightly — a sign of age — as she held her thin, long dupatta scarf in front of her face and turned slightly away. Years of covering her face in front of men had made her shy. In her 53 years of […]
What is Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri up-to? By Saeed Qureshi Allama Tahirul Qadri has been coming to Pakistan with a mandate of eradication of corruption and removing the incumbent PMNL government and […]
Daily Rabwah | News Watch | US Desk Source/Credit: The Express Tribune By Staff report | September 3, 2016 LAHORE: In the Punjab Provincial Assembly where the Occupied Kashmir was the focus of the proceedings last Thursday with lawmakers from the Opposition taking the floor to condemn Indian atrocities, not […]
SCroll.In: Under the shadow of the Alamgiri gate constructed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb that opens towards the iconic Badshahi mosque and is now used as the principal entry into the Lahore Fort, is a small temple, a modest structure with a small dome on the top, a typical Mughal […]
My Reminiscences of Professor Abdus Salam by Hardev Singh Virk Visiting Professor, SGGS World University, Fatehgarh Sahib-140406, India Email: hardevsingh.virk@gmail.com In summer of 1972, after submission of my doctoral thesis in Marie & Pierre Curie University of Paris, I took a train to Sarajevo in Bosnia (Yugoslavia) to spend my holidays […]
Source: Deccan Chronicle Lahore: A court has cleared all the 46 people accused of attacking a church and houses of Christians in a neighbourhood near Lahore’s Sanda police station over faulty investigation and prosecution. Reports suggest that the mob had attacked the Christian neighbourhood after accusing one of the residents […]
Source: Aljazeera At least 14 people were killed and dozens wounded when two bomb blasts went off at a district court in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. A suicide bomber threw […]
By Zubair Khan An email came. Sender was President International Women Club Zagreb. The club, somehow, came to know that we (husband and wife) originally belonged to Pakistan and it invited us to represent Pakistan in the International Christmas Bazar, an annual event organised regularly for many decades in prestigious […]
Source: Dawn I have traveled to many countries around the world in the 60 years of my life. I have never encountered a people as gracious as those in Pakistan. More: