South Asians don’t take pride in their Nobel laureates
Source: dnaindia.com The question is: Does South Asia deserve its Nobel laureates? If the answer is ‘Yes’, then why are they treated in such a rotten manner, as if they are […]
Remembering Governor Salman Taseer
Remembering Fearless Salmaan Taseer By Pervez Hoodbhoy January 1, 2012 Governor Salmaan Taseer died at the hands of a religious fanatic on January 4 last year. Fearlessly championing a deeply unpopular cause, this brave man had sought to revisit the country’s blasphemy law which, as he saw it, was yet […]
15 Anti-Corruption Hadiths
By Muhammad Fathi Source: OnIslam.net Monday, 27 July 2015 Corruption is one of the worst predicaments that haunt many countries around the world. The abuse of power, authority and resources by governments and public servants hinders the progress of nations, alienates ordinary citizens and blocks them from […]
India: Terrorist attack in Gurdaspur, Lashkar-e-Tayiba behind this
Gurdaspur, July 27: Dressed in army uniform, three gunmen opened fire at a police station in Gurdaspur. The gunmen who were said to be carrying AK-47 rifles, first opened fire on a Punjab state road transport bus before attacking the police station. Seven persons including three civilians and four police […]
In Pakistan, Detainees Are Vanishing in Covert Jails
Pakistani police officers escorting the wife of a missing person at a demonstratio protesting secret detentions in Islamabad, Pakistan, last year. […]
No, Islam Is Not Inherently Misogynistic. Here’s Why.
Epigraph: “But whoso does good works, whether male or female, and is a believer, such shall enter Heaven, and shall not be wronged even as much as the little hollow […]
The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion
The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion by Rabwah Times In this path-breaking new work, Ali Usman Qasmi, assistant professor at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan. According to a recent assessment of state persecution in […]
Moral brigade active in Islamabad again
ISLAMABAD: Are they back – the moral brigades that blackened the faces of women on advertisement boards in 2007? At least that is what people feared when they found bared arms and faces of models on billboards defaced in Super Market during Eid shopping spree. Nobody saw who did it […]
Pakistan’s 15-year-old record-breaker struggles to find University Place
Source: rabwah.net The brightest 15-year-old in the world can’t find a place at university because she’s too young. Sitara Brooj Akbar moved from Rabwah, Pakistan to the UAE last year after […]
Press Trust of India: Taliban militants involved in attack on Ahmadis held in Pak
Source: business-standard.com | Press Trust of India Three Taliban militants who attacked a place of worship of the minority Ahmadia community last week in Pakistan’s Punjab province have been arrested and arms, suicide jackets were seized from them, police said. Four terrorists had attacked ‘Baitul Salat’, a worship place of […]
Munawar Shakeel: Cobbling his way to five award-winning books
Rizwan Safdar — Published about 17 hours ago, 7-14-15 The poet at his cobbler’s shop. —Photo by author In the small suburban town of Rodala, […]
Pakistan: 100,000 Christian flee the country
100,000 Christians Flee Persecution in Pakistan Pakistani Christians are fleeing their home country because of violence perpetrated against them both by the state and by Muslim citizens. Wed, July 15, 2015 A Christian man is beaten by police in Pakistan. (Photo: © Reuters) Pakistani Christians are fleeing their home country because […]
Maternal health in Pakistan is more disturbing than bomb blasts
Shahid Husain Sunday, July 12, 2015 An impressive slide show titled “A photographic journey into the lives of Pakistani women” by Wendy Merijnessen” was shown at the PMA House on Saturday noon. After a brief introduction by prominent gynecologist Dr Shershah Syed, the Belgian photojournalist presented her slide show on […]
For Over Six Decades Pakistan Has Been At War With Itself- Bigotry against Ahmadis is enshrined in law
Forbes.com: Pakistan was created, in the words of its founder MA Jinnah, to preserve “what is most precious in Islam.” But how do you determine what is best in any faith? For more than six decades, Pakistan has been at war with itself to answer this question. The principal casualties […]
Pakistan bans English translations of Islamic terms, including translating ‘Allah’ as ‘God’
Source: Christian Today By Carey Lodge 07 July 2015 A number of Islamic terms have been banned from translation into English under a new law introduced by the Pakistani government. The […]
First Cousin Marriages in Pakistani families Leading To Disabilities among Children
Source: Telegraph By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor 150 Comments Couples who are getting married should be forced to have a DNA test first to ensure they are not […]
Pakistan’s minorities: A case of systematic marginalization
The Friday Times: “India grants citizenship to 4300 refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan” read a recent news headline circulating in the media. As a Pakistani, this headline carried more heartache than surprise. At a time when the Pakistani social media is abuzz with underlining the plight of the minority Rohingya-Muslim […]
Schooling and social change in Pakistan
Jul 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Muhammad Nawaz Sharif The importance of education — and especially schooling — cannot be overestimated. Not only has the expansion of primary and secondary education been linked to accelerated economic growth, poverty eradication, and improved income equality, but education also appears to be closely […]
Hate speech: Prayer leader sentenced to 10 years in prison
Tribune: BAHAWALPUR: An anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced a prayer leader to 10 years and four months imprisonment after he was convicted of making hate speeches after Fajr prayers. Judge Khalid Arshad also fined Abdul Ghani Rs750,000. Prosecution said Ghani had delivered provocative speeches following Fajr prayers at a mosque in […]
Breaking News: Another Ahmadi Muslim Targeted in Pakistan
Source: Mrs Asia Ijaz of Bangkok. It has been reported Mr Malik Masood, an Ahmadi Muslim, resident of Pasni Baluchistan has been shot dead while he was on his shop. Inna lillahe wa Inna Eleahe rajeoon. If some has more news can update.