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 […]
New Delhi, Sept 1: The Pakistan Cyber Army which has launched many attacks on important Indian websites including the CBI’s portal has emerged in a new form today. Earlier known as the Pakistan Cyber Army it calls itself the Paksitan Cyber Mujahideen today. The name change was on expected lines […]
Dawn: For women, taking back the wheel has always been a herculean task. In neighbouring India, for instance, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the female labour force participation fell from 34 per cent in 1999 to 27 per cent in 2011 by seven percentage points, despite the economy […]
Wajid Shamsul Hassan offers regrets on his speech in Ahmadiyya Conference in UK Lahore: August 29, 2015. (PCP) As Punjab Assembly passes resolution of condemnation on comments of former High Commissioner of Pakistan in London Wajid Shamsul Hassan in Ahmadiyya Peace Conference in Alton, UK, on August 23, 2015, issues […]
Source: BBC In Pakistan’s prestigious medical schools, female students outshine and outnumber their male counterparts. However, many do not end up as practising doctors – and now there are calls […]
Pakteahouse.com: By Dr Mirza Sultan Ahmad The resolution, ‘Aims and Objectives of the Constitution’, was presented in the Legislative Assembly of Pakistan on 7th March, 1949, and was approved after just a few days ‘discussion. All members of the Muslim League who were Muslims cast their vote in favor of […]
rabwah.net As Muslims across the world celebrate the end of Ramadan, we look at the persecution suffered by Pakistan’s Ahmadis. They consider themselves Muslim, but many Pakistanis see them as […]
By Aroosa Shaukat Published: August 28, 2015 Assembly session marred by absence of govt officials. PHOTO: FILE LAHORE: A fierce debate erupted on Thursday in the Punjab Assembly over the […]
Source: The Nation Why has the field of sports always been seen as male-dominated in our country? Why only Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi, Aisam-ul-Haq – why not Sana Mir, Naseem […]