Pakistanis Hunt For Militants Behind Lahore Easter Bombing
Source: Huffington Post LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities launched a hunt on Monday for militants behind a suicide bomb that killed at least 65 people in an attack that […]
Pakistan army called in to quell blasphemy law protest
Source: Aljazeera Thousands of protesters have clashed with police near parliament in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, against the execution of a man charged with murdering a governor for his criticism […]
Lahore: Taliban’s attack on Easter targets Christians; 67 people killed
By Sophia Saifi, CNN Updated 6:51 PM ET, Sun March 27, 2016 | Video Source: CNN (CNN)A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Easter Sunday, saying it intentionally targeted Christians. The suicide blast in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 67 […]
In Pakistan, Taliban attack on Easter targets Christians; at least 70 people killed
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By Sophia Saifi (CNN) A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has […]
The Latest: Bomb blast in Pakistan park kills 60, wounds 300
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Latest on the bombing of a park in the Pakistani city of Lahore (all times local): 10.00 p.m. A spokesman for the Punjab government says that a bomb attack on a park in the Pakistani city of Lahore has killed 60 people and injured 300. Zaeem […]
To Fulfill Its Potential Pakistan Must Return to The Original Intent of The Lahore Resolution
Source: Huffington Post On March 23, 1940 the All India Muslim League adopted a historic resolution in the city of Lahore. This resolution has since come to be known as […]
Kamal announces ‘Pak Sarzameen Party’
Courtesy: Dawn.com Former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal addressing a press conference –DawnNews KARACHI: Announcing the name of his ‘new party’ on Wednesday, former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal said the “Pak Sarzameen Party” will release its manifesto in the near future. The manifesto is being drafted by those who are […]
Pakistan illegal alcohol leaves 24 dead from poisoning
Source: BBC At least 24 people in southern Pakistan have died from poisoning after drinking illegally-made alcohol, police say. A number of others are in hospital after Monday’s incident in […]
Conservative Muslim lawyers’ group behind spike in Pakistani blasphemy cases
Source: Reuters A little-known alliance of hundreds of lawyers in Pakistan is behind the rise in prosecutions for blasphemy, a crime punishable by death that goes to the heart of […]
Saudi jails holding 2,393 Pakistanis
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: There are nearly 2,400 Pakistanis being held in different jails of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s lower house of parliament was informed on Friday. Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign […]
Pakistan to declare Holi, Diwali, Easter as holidays
Source: The Indian Express The Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to take steps to declare Holi, Diwali and Easter as holidays for minorities in the country. “This […]
Pakistan parliament adopts resolution for Holi, Diwali, Easter holidays
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-parliament-adopts-resolution-for-Holi-Diwali-Easter-holidays/articleshow/51423609.cms Hindu Devotees light oil lamps in a temple in Pakistan’s Multan on the eve of Diwali festival. LAMABAD: For the first time, minority communities in Pakistan will have public holidays on Holi, Diwali and Easter festivals after the country’s parliament on Wednsday adopted a resolution to this effect.The National […]
Pakistan: My Father’s Killer’s Funeral
MARCH 11, 2016 Aatish Taseer By AATISH TASEER ON Feb. 29 — a bad day for anniversaries — Pakistan executed my father’s killer. My father was the governor of Punjab Province from 2008 until his death in 2011. At that time, he was defending a Christian woman who had fallen […]
Is Pakistan Saudi Arabia’s gun for hire?
Dawn: Heads of state do not typically flock to oversee military exercises in which their country’s troops are participating. But war games in Saudi Arabia are clearly an exception. Our prime minister and army chief last week joined dignitaries ranging from Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi to Sudanese President Omar […]
Captors freed Taseer’s son of their own will, says inquiry
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: An inquiry committee has concluded that Shahbaz Taseer was not rescued in a security operation, rather he was freed by his kidnappers of their own will. […]
Pakistan: Wrong turns of the right wing
UMER ALI Full of contradictions The hanging of Mumtaz Qadri united all religio-political parties last week as together they protested against it. Blocking roads, closing down markets forcibly, thrashing journalists and attacking media houses for not covering their protests – all was done to send a message that come what […]
Drunk PIA Pilot Irfan Faiz Jailed In Britain
A Pakistani pilot has been jailed for nine months in Britain for being drunk before he was due to fly a plane with 156 people on board. Irfan Faiz, 55, was found to have three times the legal amount of alcohol in his blood, prosecutors told Leeds Crown Court. http://news.sky.com/story/1172391/drunk-pia-pilot-irfan-faiz-jailed-in-britain […]
Pakistan’s prime minister is defying the clerics — very carefully
Source: The Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — During a speech to international business leaders here in late November, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shocked the country’s powerful religious community by calling […]
Shahbaz Taseer to reach home today
Source: Daily Times LAHORE – Shahbaz Taseer – the abducted son of former Punjab governor Salman Taseer – will reach home on Wednesday (today) nearly after a gap of five […]
When will Pakistan’s clergy celebrate our women?
Dawn: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has once again decided to dampen the celebration of empowerment in the country — this time by claiming that the Punjab government’s Women Protection Act is against the lawand that some clauses are not in compliance with the Shariah. The council has also […]