IMRAN GABOL — PUBLISHED 18 MINUTES AGO LAHORE: Local police on Saturday arrested the imam of a mosque on terror charges in relation to the incident involving a 15-year-old boy who had cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy. On Friday night a first information report (FIR No. […]
Source: Dawn.com By Pervez Hoodbhoy THE mosque in Pakistan is now no longer just a religious institution. Instead it has morphed into a deeply political one that seeks to radically […]
Good Things That Happened in 2015 in Pakitan Pakistani body builder Anwar Atif won the world famous match Arnold Classic. Pakistani body builder Salman Ahmad won the Muscle Mania Trophy in Las Vegas in 2015. Talha won a silver medal in commonwealth games. Fuad Khan is a Pakistani actor who […]
BY RABIA AHMED Bias has much to do with systems that are being eroded in Pakistan It’s interesting how the blowback following recent terrorist incidents has forced people all over the world to re-examine their convictions. You wish we’d do the same, here in Pakistan. Dr Larycia Hawkins, who […]
Ahmad, younger brother of Darul Yamen chapter president, Ghulam Tahir, is reported to be approximately 25 years of age. He was employed by Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan. Ahmadiyya Times | […]
Pakistan Today: By Rabia Ahmad: It’s interesting how the blowback following recent terrorist incidents has forced people all over the world to re-examine their convictions. You wish we’d do the same, here in Pakistan. Dr Larycia Hawkins, who teaches political science at Wheaton College near Chicago, remarked on Facebook recently […]
Source: ET About five years ago, when the PPP wasn’t the sick man we’re used to today, a public post fell vacant. The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) — i.e., […]
Saudi Arabia is pressing Pakistan to side with the Kingdom in its spate with Iran. Islamabad is reluctant to do so, given its own serious sectarian tensions. In the last week, the Saudi Foreign Minister and the Defense Minister have separately visited Pakistan to explain Saudi policy toward Iran and its decision to sever […]
LAS VEGAS: Streaming pioneer Netflix said Wednesday it had significantly expanded its global footprint to 190 countries, making its Internet TV service available in 130 new markets including Pakistan and India — but not China. The Netflix Pakistan website says users can watch TV shows and movies for $7.99 a month, with a free […]
Source: bdnews24.com An article on the killing of Bangladeshi bloggers has been removed by the Pakistani printers of the international edition of The New York Times. The censorship left swathes […]
Source: Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani The blasphemy law, as enacted in Pakistan in 1986, militates first and foremost against the Islamic principles of justice and here is why: if it is conceived as an Islamic law, is it subject to hadd? Five years ago today, Salmaan Taseer, the […]
Ruth Gledhill CHRISTIAN TODAY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR 30 December 2015 Asia Bibi is in prison in Multan in Punjab, awaiting the result of her appeal against her conviction for blasphemy. Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who has spent her seventh Christmas behind bars under death sentence in Pakistan for blasphemy, has […]
Source: The Guardian Two Pakistani clerics have come to blows at a meeting of the religious establishment over the fraught issue of the status of Ahmadis, a Muslim sect that […]
The Nation: The recent hateful protests by business owners demanding Ahmadi citizens to wear identification publicly have been a real eye-opener to anyone oblivious to intolerance in the Pakistani society. The protest was directed against Punjab police for removing hateful and derogatory signs from a shop warning Ahmadis to refrain […]
Guardian: Two Pakistani clerics have come to blows at a meeting of the religious establishment over the fraught issue of the status of Ahmadis, a Muslim sect that hardliners want declared apostates. A scuffle broke out on Tuesday between the two at a gathering of Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred. Killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Derived from Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: BBC A suspected suicide attack at a government office in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 22 people, police say. The bomb went off outside the National Database and […]
NADEEM F. PARACHA — DAWN.COM 18 COMMENTS Travelling on a plane to London in 2011, I spent most of my time studying a detailed research paper authored by Mathew J. Nelson, a distinguished lecturer of Political Science at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in the UK. I […]
I.A. REHMAN — UPDATED DEC 24, 2015 DAWN.COM 11 COMMENTS Throughout the past fortnight or so, people have been plied with reports, surveys and much rhetoric about the progress of the National Action Plan (NAP) but little has been offered to enable them to share the mood of complacency evident […]
Jinnah’s vision EDITORIAL — DAWN.COM 22 COMMENTS The frequent projection of Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s Aug 11 address to the Constituent Assembly creates an impression that this is the Quaid’s only speech that gives us his vision of Pakistan. On the contrary, throughout his political career, Jinnah made it repeatedly […]
• Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan revives peace hopes DATE WITH HISTORY: Pakistan’s Premier receives his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi upon his arrival in Lahore on Friday. AGENCIES Published — Saturday 26 December 2015 LAHORE: A surprise visit to Pakistan by Indian Premier Narendra Modi on Friday pressed the reset […]