Pakistan hangs four over Peshawar school attack
Source: BBC Pakistan has hanged four men linked to last December’s massacre at an army school which killed more than 150 people, mostly children. The men were sentenced to death […]
Is it Time to for Pakistan to Revisit the ‘Ahmadi Question’?
Source: huffingtonpost.com Neatly nestled amidst the immaculately kept ‘Bahishti Maqbara’ cemetery in Rabwah, is the final resting place of Professor Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s first Nobel Laureate and the first Muslim to receive the prize. The headstone marking his burial spot is a discreet slab of white marble, distinguishable from those around […]
Pakistan: USCIRF Condemns Attack on Ahmadis
Source: uscirf.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) condemns in the strongest possible terms the heinous attack on an Ahmadi […]
Pakistan: Manufacturing intolerance
Source: tns.thenews.com.pk Mob violence after provocative announcements from local mosques on allegations of blasphemy… Sounds familiar? It’s a factory in Jhelum this time Five days after the torching down of the […]
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE
Source: Newsweek PAKISTAN’S AHMADIS FACE PERSECUTION, THREATS FROM LOCAL MOBS AND THE STATE. “Are these the people with bullets who took my papa away?” two-year-old Sabiha Ahmad asked her mother […]
APPNA Condemns Jhelum Terrorism and Urges Pakistan Government to Bring Culprits to Justice
Dear APPNA Members, Recent burning of an Ahmadi place of worship in Punjab’s Jhelum district two days after a factory was set on fire in the district late on Friday […]
In Pakistan, the conflation of religion and politics threatens the freedom of the press
by Razi Rumi On the run Calling for secular reform in Pakistan’s politics earned me the enmity of the political Islamists, who tried to kill me it was a November night in Islamabad, not too different from thatevening when the assassins came for me. The two nights are inseparable in […]
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE
Newsweek: PAKISTAN’S AHMADIS FACE PERSECUTION, THREATS FROM LOCAL MOBS AND THE STATE. “Are these the people with bullets who took my papa away?” two-year-old Sabiha Ahmad asked her mother anxiously when AFP visited her family, members of Pakistan’s persecuted Ahmadi minority, who are currently living in hiding. The toddler’s family […]
Manufacturing intolerance
The NEWS: Five days after the torching down of the chipboard factory and looting of workers’ houses and offices, about four kilometres from Jhelum on G.T. Road, by a violent mob, the smoke was still billowing from its warehouse and fire-fighting vehicles were still at work. On November 20, some […]
Pakistan: UET Lahore’s secret policy prohibits hiring of Ahmadis | Rabwah Times
Source: rabwah.net An American University Professor has exposed a Pakistani University’s secret hiring policy that prohibits hiring of Ahmadiyya Muslims. The professor is a member of an external committee that reviews applications of faculty […]
Pakistan’s witch-hunt against Ahmadiyya Muslims | Rabwah Times
Source: rabwah.net *Names have been changed where indicated to protect the identity of interviewees. November, 27, 2015 — It was pitch dark at 2:30am in the morning. The only sounds that Imran* could hear were coming from the factory that was set ablaze a kilometer away, and the slogans against Imran […]
The pariahs of Pakistan
By Farrukh Khan Pitafi Published: November 27, 2015 The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and tweets @FarrukhKPitafi Ishtiaq Ahmed, author of hundreds of children’s books, died this month. What struck me after hearing the news was the sheer number of admirers I came across on social media that day, […]
PAKISTAN: Mullahs continue destruction of Ahmadi Muslim Mosques and properties
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION November 28, 2015 The world had hardly come to terms with the shock and horror of the burning down of a chipboard factory by an enraged mob led by misanthropic mullahs when news has emerged of another attack. This time an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Kala […]
I am ashamed by this Ahmadi clause at a university in Lahore
Source: The Express Tribune By Abbis Haider The author is a graduate of King Edward Medical University and has studied journalism and sociology from Punjab University. He is currently […]
Minority matters an Op-Ed from Dawn
Source: Dawn.com By Reema Omer; who is a legal adviser for International Commission of Jurists “I AM the prime minister of all Pakistanis, whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, […]
The unmistakable hypocrisy: Pakistan’s double standard with Ahmadi Muslims
Daily Times: November 23, 2015: New Delhi, India; Ramnath Goenka Express Excellence in Journalism Awards; Aamir Khan in conversation with Anant Goeka, Indian Express. As the outrage over the Indian superstar’s alleged ‘disloyalty’ and ‘ingratitude’ to his motherland, and his ‘intolerable’ audacity to speak up about the “growing intolerance” in […]
Violence against Ahmadis flares up in Jhelum
Source: ARY news By: Dr I Malik A Medical Doctor working in East Midlands, England. It is unfortunate that once again minorities are being targeted in Punjab, Pakistan. On Friday 20th […]
A Christian Television Station set on fire in Pakistan
Karachi: November 25, 2015. (PCP) A Pakistani Christian Television Channel named “Gawahi” was set on fire by some masked men destroying studios, computers, Bibles, cable network equipment and furniture on night of November 24, 2015. The Gawahi Television was broadcasting Bible teachings, Hymns, Sermons and Christian youth evangelism attracting […]
Preliminary report: Police mishandled Jhelum riots
Source:ET ISLAMABAD: The police are responsible for the Jhelum tragedy as the high-ups failed to address the religious sentiments of a mob which not only led to displacement of some 1,200 Ahmadiyya community members but also caused them huge business losses, according to a preliminary report said presented to Prime Minister […]
Pakistan: LEAs captured more than 40 suspects of Jhelum incident
Source: tribune.com.pk | paktribune.com JHELUM: Police have arrested up to 35 people over riots in the Jhelum, which reportedly forced members of the Ahmadi community to flee their homes, authorities said Tuesday. The unrest […]