Pakistan

UN urges Pakistan to halt executions

ET: UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon is pressing Pakistan to end capital punishment and restore a moratorium on the death penalty the government lifted in terror cases following the brutal attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar. Ban spoke with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday to express his condolences after […]

On Jinnah’s Day, Don’t Side With His Enemies

kashifmd.com: The 25th of December is an important day for Pakistan. It was this day, that our founder – the Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah – was born. Officially dubbed Jinnah’s day, many celebrate this day by remembering Jinnah’s enduring struggle for the freedom and equal rights for the minority Muslim community within United India. Jinnah’s selfless […]

Islamabad’s Red Mosque Imam’s Brazen support for terrorists

Islamabad’s Lal Masjid Imam Maulana Abdul Aziz’s Brazen Support to the Terrorists المولوي عبد العزيز -الإمام الديوبندي للمسجد الأحمر بباكستان- دعم الإرهابيين دعما كبيرا   مقال افتتاحي في صحيفة نوائ وقت اليومية الأردية، باكستان (ترجمه من الإنجليزية: نيو إيج إسلام) الإمام في المسجد الأحمر( أو لال مسجد) الواقع في إسلام […]

Pakistan’s Old Curse

NY times: LONDON — Only a week ago, the Red Mosque seemed a nearly untouchable bastion of Islamist extremism in Pakistan, a notorious seminary in central Islamabad known for producing radicalized, and sometimes heavily armed, graduates. On Friday evening, though, the tables were turned when hundreds of angry protesters stood at […]

It wasn’t the final atrocity

Dawn.com: by Pervez Hoodbhoy — THE gut-wrenching massacre in Peshawar’s Army Public School has left Pakistan aghast and sickened. All political leaders have called for unity against terrorism. But this is no watershed event that can bridge the deep divides within. In another few days this episode of 134 dead […]