Jinnah, Islam, Secularism and Pakistan: Resolving Contradictions
By Dr. Abdul Alim for The Muslim Times: On the eve of Christmas and the day before the birth anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan Yesterday I […]
India PM Modi in surprise Pakistan visit
Source: BBC Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif after landing in the Pakistani city of Lahore on a surprise visit. Mr Modi was on […]
Strangers in their own country
BY UMER ALI Jhelum survivors recount their stories It was just another day for Arsalan, who worked as a Sales Manager at Pakistan Chipboard Factory when he was informed about police arresting the Security In-charge of the factory over allegations of desecrating the Quran. Working past his office timings, […]
The Ahmadi Conundrum in Pakistan
Posted: 12/22/2015 Saima Baig Blasphemy is a crime in Pakistan, the punishment for which can be death. The law is a left over of the Indian Penal Code that the British had introduced, and which was later expanded upon by the military dictator Zia ul Haq. More often […]
Indian PM Modi makes surprise visit to Pakistan
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Reuters) REUTERS Published — Friday 25 December 2015 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Dec 25 : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Friday to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited the rival nation in over […]
Blasphemy and punishment: SC has ‘limited powers’ to interpret Islamic laws
Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has observed that it has limited jurisdiction when it comes to interpreting the injunctions of Islam on the issue of blasphemy and its punishment. A […]
Interior ministry considering honorary citizenship for ‘ideological Pakistani’ Donald Trump
Source: Khabaristan Times Islamabad: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has revealed that the ministry is considering giving honorary Pakistani citizenship to the early favourite for Republican nominee in […]
The reaction to Hina Rabbani Khar’s comments against anti-Ahmadiyya laws highlight the religious double standards in Pakistan
Source: The Nation By Usman Ahmad is a British freelance writer and photographer based in Pakistan. His portfolio can be seen on his website http://www.usman-ahmad.com. Follow him on Twitter If Pakistanis want equality […]
Debunking the Qadri narrative
Source: Tribune Mumtaz Qadri appealed to the courts recently to spare his life after he was sentenced to death for taking the life of Punjab governor, Salmaan Taseer in 2011. […]
Pakistan’s Failed War On Ideology
Foreign Policy: Since the Dec. 16, 2014, school massacre in Peshawar, Pakistan, the government in Islamabad has taken robust steps to crack down on internal militancy. As Sameer Lalwani recently explained, these steps go well beyond merely targeting anti-state terror outfits such as the Pakistani Taliban. With terrorist violence down […]
Pakistan Taliban reject Islamic State leader’s claim to be ‘caliph’
Source: Reuters Pakistan’s Taliban have rejected Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s claim to be the global leader of all Muslims, the movement said in a statement seen by Reuters […]
AlJazeera: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar questioned on anti-Ahmadiyya Laws
Source: Aljazeera Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر; born 19 November 1977)[3] is a Pakistani stateswoman who was the 26th Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Hailing from a powerful feudal […]
Meet the British physicist who ignored Taliban death threats to teach in the badlands of Pakistan
Voices Meet the British physicist who ignored Taliban death threats to teach in the badlands of Pakistan David Gosling spent four years as principal of University of Peshawar – “When you have education in its totality, it enables our students to see what should be obvious: we are all one” Robert […]
Assistants of terror: How women raise funds for Da’ish in Karachi
Source: ET PHOTO: THE TELEGRAPH KARACHI: It all started with a request. Short and simple. “Aap se darkhwast hai [We’re making a request to you]”. And that was enough. It was a code, used by Islamic State-inspired militants to raise funds for their activities in the metropolitan city. The women’s wing […]
Pakistan blasphemy laws increasingly misused to settle petty disputes against Christians
The Independent: When Shafiq Masih visits his relatives, he risks running into a mob. A Christian, convicted and acquitted under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws after a dispute with a neighbour, Mr Masih lives in fear. He fled his home in Faisalabad, where he said he was almost lynched by a […]
Laughter is the best medicine
Lahore, Pakistan http://www.zemtv.com/2015/12/20/khabarnaak-on-geo-news-19th-december-2015/ Khabarnak on Geo News : fake interview of Allama Tahir ul Qadri ————— The only cow in a small Russian town stopped giving milk, so the villagers went to Minsk and bought a new one. The cow produced lots of milk, and the people were so happy, […]
Pakistan is still trying to get a grip on its madrassa problem
Source: The Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a country that has more than 20,000 religious schools, Pakistani investigators say the madrassa where Tashfeen Malik studied the Koran doesn’t stand […]
The Ahmadi question
Source: ET It is as if the sectarian mobs have started taking turns targeting a different minority every month, putting Pakistan to shame internationally. This time, the Ahmadis are in the spotlight — again. First, we saw the disturbances in Jhelum and now there are hate posters at Hafeez Centre, […]
Pakistan: Police gives in to mob rule (again)!
From Facebook: Kashif N Chaudhry added 2 new photos. The State gave in to the Mullahs. The guy who was held by police in an unprecedented move against hate speech […]
Anti-Ahmadiyya poster: Mob protest against the arrest of shop owner in Lahore
14th December 2015, 8:04 PM 0 LAHORE: A mob came out in the surrounding of Lahore’s Hafeez Center on Monday to protest against the detention of police’s arrest of a shopkeeper for pasting a hatful poster against Ahmadi communities. Consisted mainly of shopkeepers from Hafeez Center, Lahore’s largest electronic marketplace, […]