Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden named as Rob O’Neill
BY Melanie Kembrey THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD The Navy SEAL who says he shot and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been identified as Rob O’Neill. US network Fox […]
Gujrat policeman kills man in custody alleging blasphemy
Dawn: GUJRAT: A police officer on Wednesday night murdered a detained man with an axe, later alleging that the man had committed blasphemy. 45-year-old Jhang resident Syed Tufail Haider was arrested a day earlier for wounding two people from a locality in Gujrat. According to police authorities, Tufail came to […]
Wagah bombers say India is next
Source: indiatoday.intoday.in | Source: https://twitter.com/EhsanTTPJA Hours after the suicide attack on the Pakistan side of the Attari-Wagah border crossing, the group that claimed responsibility for the carnage sent out a sinister warning: India […]
Christian couple burnt alive in Kasur, Pakistan
Nov 04, 2014 PAKISTAN Samaa TV Samaa UrduSamaa FM Samaa TV live KASUR: An enraged mob beat a Christian couple to death in Pakistan and burnt their bodies in the […]
Radical Brides Are Banned From Fighting and Relegated To Cooking
Radical Brides Are Banned From Fighting and Are Mostly Relegated To Cooking and Cleaning By Sabina Khan November 3, 2014 “Your day will revolve around cooking, cleaning, looking after and sometimes even educating the children … In addition, if your husband gives you permission, then you can go to […]
An enraged mob beat a Christian couple to death and burnt their bodies in the brick kiln
Source: Dawn. LAHORE: An enraged mob beat a Christian couple to death and burnt their bodies in the brick kiln where they worked on Tuesday for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Holy Quran, police said. The incident took place at the town of Kot Radha Kishan, some 60 kilometres […]
Islamic scholar says ISIS perverts Islam
Source: dailypilot.com Islamic scholar Mujeeb-ur-Rahman denounced the teachings of a radical faction of Islam during a recent lecture at UC Irvine. More than 100 people, including about 70 UCI students, attended […]
[Urdu Video] Shahadat of Hazrat Imam Hussain (Waqiat), Islam
Source: tune.pk Description: A presentation of Muslim Television Ahmadiyya Pakistan about the martyrdom of Hadhrat Imam Hussain (ra). http://tune.pk/player/embed_player.php?vid=4860602&folder=&width=600&height=350&autoplay=no
Religion under our Constitution of Pakistan
Source: The Daily Times By Yasser Latif Hamdani The most important reason why it is not supposed to be a theocratic constitution is because it seeks to enable Muslims to […]
Religion under our constitution by Yasser Latif Hamdani
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — The most important reason why it is not supposed to be a theocratic constitution is because it seeks to enable Muslims to live according to Islam and not force them to live according to Islam. Very few lawyers, jurists and members of the […]
Islamic State fears grow in Pakistan and Afghanistan
ET: ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State organisation is starting to attract the attention of radicals in Pakistan and Afghanistan, long a cradle for militancy, unnerving authorities who fear a potential violent contagion. Far from the militants’ self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, the name of IS has cropped up several times in […]
ISIS five commanders enter in Pakistan
thenewstribe.com — KARACHI: At least five commanders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) entered in Pakistan from Australia, the country’s intelligence agencies revealed ISIS activities in a high-level meeting in Karachi today, November 1. According to the agencies report, the large quantity of gold has also been transferred […]
Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III and Pakistan
APROPOS the news item ‘Role of various leaders in Pakistan Movement highlighted’ (Oct 17), I would like to point out the efforts of Sir Aga Khan III for the creation […]
Can Taliban seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the Pakistan — and the world — to ransom?
Source: Pakistan Observer: According to their assessment this also raises the risk that the Pakistani Taliban, even if it cannot seize the commanding heights of state institutions, could seize either by force or through infiltration a nuclear warhead at an individual installation and use it to hold the country — […]
By the Numbers: Pakistan’s Perilous Religious Laws
FP: Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi’s death sentence for blasphemous activity has shone a spotlight on the perilous situation for religious communities in Pakistan. The country’s laws repress religious freedoms for all and are vigorously enforced, especially against religious minorities. In addition, an alarming level of violence against the religious “other” is plaguing […]
Five Pakistanis listed in BBC’S 100 Women
ET: Conquering the world with their documentaries, campaigns and cartoons, five Pakistani women have made it to BBC’s 100 Women list. Among BBC’s 100 women are documentary film-maker and Oscar award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Internet rights activist Sana Saleem, filmmaker and campaigner Sarah Khan, cartoonist Nigar Nazar and Saadia Zahidi. Nigar Nazar […]
Poison in the body politic
The News: Forty years ago, Pakistan’s parliament passed the Second Amendment to the 1974 Constitution, declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslims. The move, taken presumably under Saudi pressure, has led to far-reaching consequences that are tearing the country apart. Pakistan’s Ahmadi citizens, who first supported the call for the new nation and […]
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari under blasphemy law?
Source: Pakistan Observer. A petition had been filed in the Sindh High Court against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as the petitioner, Anjuman Islah-e Moashra Ameer Haji Gul Ahmed demanded the […]
Iran, Pakistan Exchange Mortar Fire
The Diplomat: by Ankit Panda — Amid growing tensions, Pakistan and Iran exchanged mortar fire. According to Pakistani officials, the Iranian army fired six mortar shells into the Pakistani border town of Mashkail early Friday morning. The BBC reports that Pakistan “is then thought to have fired back.” This exchange of fire comes […]
Coming back to life: Buddhist songs resound in Jaulian monastery after 1,500 years
ET: HARIPUR: For 1,500 years the place was almost silent, with only the occasional sounds of visitors’ footsteps and rustling leaves filling the air. Earlier this week, however, Jaulian monastery came alive with the songs of Buddhist monks for the first time since it was destroyed in the 5CE by the […]