What is Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri up-to in Pakistan?
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 […]
Pakistan: Obnoxious cleric-cum-lawmaker Ilyas Chinioti on anti-Ahmadi tirade
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 […]
Sacred geography: Why Hindus, Buddhist, Jains, Sikhs should object to Pakistan being called hell
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
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 […]
Pakistan Court clears all accused in church attack case
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 […]
Deadly twin blasts hit court in Pakistan
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 […]
Pakistani Flag hoisted in Zagreb
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 […]
Never encountered a people as gracious as those in Pakistan.
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:
Former UNDP director takes aim at Pakistan’s elite in scathing final interview
In a scathing criticism of the Pakistani elite, the former director of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for Pakistan Marc-André Franche, said the only way a critical change could happen in the country was when the influential, the politicians and the wealthy, would sacrifice short term, individual and family interests […]
China and Pakistan beware
Source: Dawn “China and Pakistan beware — this week, India and US sign major war pact,” warned the Forbes magazine in an article.The US media noted that the agreement was a key part of the Obama administration’s strategy to contain China, which has been spreading its influence across Asia.The media […]
Writing on the wall
Source: Dawn So reads the poster that hangs outside the nearly quarter-century-old Shaheen Books in Peshawar, one of the city’s last few retail outfits dedicated to the love of the printed word. Business has been so slow in recent years that it has been reduced to offering a 50 per […]
Pakistani arrested for making sandals for Bollywood King SRK
IANS/Islamabad- khaleejtimes.com Filed on August 28, 2016 | Last updated on August 28, 2016 at 07.04 am Pakistan Wildlife Department on Friday arrested a shoemaker who made Peshawari sandals with deer skin for Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. With years of experience and one of Peshawar’s oldest chappal maestros, Jahangir […]
Pakistan embarrassed as Baloch activists in Germany chant anti-Pakistan, pro-Modi slogans
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: Even as Pakistan has begun to internationalize its Kashmir campaign+ , the country was hugely embarrassed after dozens of exiled Baloch activists in Germany came out on Saturday to chant anti-Pakistan protests and to laud Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his stirring call to end atrocities […]
The roots of religious radicalism
Source: Dawn In his 2011 book Pakistan in Search of Identity, veteran historian Dr. Mubarak Ali wrote that the roots of Muslim religious radicalism in South Asia can be found in what came to be known as the Khilafat Movement (1919-1922). Eminent scholar and professor of political science, late Khalid […]
Canadian High Commission shuts down anti-Ahmadiyya Twitter troll
August 24, 2016 | by Rabwah Times | 1 The High Commission of Canada to Pakistan fired back after receiving a message calling Ahmadis “non-Muslims” on social media. On 23rd August 2016 the twitter account of the Canadian High Commission shared a picture and wrote: “Acting High Commissioner Stuart Savage […]
Merkel calls for ‘loyalty’ from Turkish-Germans
Source: The Local Those who have lived in Germany for many years should actively show a “high level of loyalty”, the Chancellor said. Germany accuses Turkey of supporting terrorism: report […]
India lose top Test spot to Pakistan after draw against West Indies
Source: TOI NEW DELHI: India lost their top spot to Pakistan in the ICC Test rankings after the fifth day’s play of the fourth Test between India and West Indies was abandoned owing to wet outfield at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad on Monday. India thus won […]
One dead, five injured in attack on ARY News Karachi office
Source: Dawn KARACHI: Violent protesters attacked an ARY News office in the Saddar area of the metropolis on Monday evening, which resulted in clash between police and the angry mob — killing one person and injuring several others. Police later confirmed that “MQM workers pelted stones at police officials and […]
Twitter bans extremist accounts – Supports Ahmadiyya’s ‘True Islam’ campaign
Twitter bans extremist accounts, Supports ‘True Islam’ campaign August 21, 2016 | by Alia Manzoor | Rabwah Times This week Twitter announced that it has removed an additional 235,000 twitter accounts, “in order to maintain a safe environment for users on Twitter”. The company said that the accounts were banned […]
Bin Laden raid bestseller’s author to pay $7m
Source: BBC A former US Navy Seal who wrote a bestseller about his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay nearly $7m (£5m) to the […]