Source: Tribune ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry told lawmakers on Wednesday that it has sealed 102 Islamic seminaries for fanning extremism. Moreover, it has also frozen Rs1 billion in funds of proscribed […]
Source: Press TV Pakistan handed hundreds of hectares of land over to China Wednesday for development of a special economic zone in the port of Gwadar, part of a $46 […]
November 12, 2015 : Kunwar Khuldune Shahid Anyone remotely familiar with the poetry of Dr Muhammad Iqbal would know of his multi-pronged flirtations with numerous – often paradoxical – ideologies, at the same time. From fluctuating between a poet and a preacher to being the torchbearer of theocracies and personal […]
The Guardian: Supreme court says Mumtaz Qadri should be executed for shooting dead Punjab governor who backed reform of country’s hardline blasphemy laws A former police bodyguard revered as a […]
theguardian: by Julien Bouissou — A minor revolution in climate justice has just taken place in one of the countries most affected by global warming, reports Le Monde Villagers clear flood water from their houses in Jhado near Hyderabad, Pakistan. The high court of justice in Lahore has ordered the […]
PERSECUTION can be overt at times, subtle and insidious at others; and most people would likely agree that it is an ugly, despicable thing. However, there is one minority community in Pakistan — the Ahmadis — against whom persecution of both kinds not only exists but is celebrated as a […]
اور اب مسجد راحیل شریف وسعت اللہ خانبی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی 6 اکتوبر 2015شیئر دنیا میں مساجد کا نام شخصیات کے نام پر رکھنا معمول کی بات ہے جس کا عمومی مقصد عقیدت کا اظہار یا خراجِ تحسین پیش کرنا ہے۔ سب سے زیادہ مساجد خلفائے راشدین […]
Americas Niqab row: Canada’s government challenges ruling Zunera Ishaq can wear veil while taking oath of citizenship Stephen Harper’s ruling Conservative party, prone to linking all things Islamic to ‘security’ fears, is going to the Supreme Court to stop the Pakistani-born teacher keeping her niqab on while receiving citizenship. Robert Fisk reports on a […]
By Raza Habib Raja; Freelance journalist, PhD Student, Co-Editor Pak Tea House Huff Post: Pakistan displays strange contrasting patterns with respect to religion’s influence. Apparently, Pakistan looks to be a relatively […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in danger of jumping the gun after ordering that English be replaced with Urdu as Pakistan’s new official language, following a supreme court landmark verdict seeking the change Read more…….http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/pakistan-remains-tongue-tied-over-switch-to-urdu-1.1584819
Courtesy: Dr. Mohamed Boodhun Source: Friday Times n a recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s civil and military leadership unanimously discussed plans to introduce a legislation to […]
Tribune: At least seven militants attacked a heavily-guarded Pakistan Air Force base in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar early Friday morning, senior security officials said. Confirming the attack, ISPR said eight militants had been killed so far and a clearance operation was underway. Rescue 1122 officials said 22 people, […]
Epigraph: I asked the Messenger of Allah: “Who is the most excellent among the Muslims?” He said, “One from whose tongue and hands the other Muslims are secure.” [Al-Bukhari] Addressing […]
By Kashif N. Chaudhry; Physician, writer and human rights activist Huff Post: Religious clerics in Pakistan celebrate September 7th as a day of victory for Islam and Pakistan. Officially dubbed the […]
Besides pork, horse, donkey, other types of meat sold here http://www.express.pk/story/388366/ اہورریلوے اسٹیشن کے قریب سے کئی من سورکا گوشت برآمد، ملزم گرفتار ویب ڈیسک بدھ 2 ستمبر 2015 کارروائی کے دوران ایک شخص کو حراست میں بھی لے لیا گیا ہے۔ فوٹو: فائل لاہور: پنجاب فوڈ اتھارٹی نے ریلوے اسٹیشن کے قریب کارروائی […]
medium.com: When you visit a mosque, you don’t really expect to go through a fence topped with barbed wire and be greeted with men carrying rifles. But when it’s a mosque where dozens of worshipers were gunned down and killed five years ago, it’s become necessary. There are an estimated two […]
Rabwah.net: A two-member Supreme Court bench refused to grant bail on Wednesday to four men accused of attacking Ahmadi community homes in Gujranwala. In July, 2014, a mob had set fire to five houses of Ahmadis in People’s Colony after rumours of an alleged blasphemy incident. A woman and two […]
Mohsin Raza/Reuter PREACH 08.30.1512:01 AM ET Why Has Pakistan Become So Intolerant? I was beaten in Pakistan for my religion. I am far from alone. A Christian couple, parents of three children with a fourth on the way, were accused of blasphemy by a mob and incinerated in a brick […]
Suggested reading Urdu Video: Ghamidi Declaring Ahmadis to be Muslims Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let us ask Prophet Muhammad Are Ahmadi Muslims: A Collection of Articles? The Muslim Times has the best collection to […]
An Afghan man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment, TV footage showed. great pastime Public lashings and executions were common under the Taliban, who enforced a strict interpretation of Sharia law from 1996-2001. The militant group […]