Pakistan

11 AUGUST: JINNAH’S PROMISE BETRAYED

Jinnah Institute: By Yasser Latif Hamdani On 11 August 1947, the Pakistan Constituent Assembly (“PCA”) met for the first time. The inaugural session was presided by Shri Jogindranath Mandal, president of the Scheduled Caste Federation and a member from East Pakistan.  In this session, the PCA elected Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali […]

Being Ahmadi

The sufferings of the Ahmadis are not confined to killings and destruction of their property. Whole generations of their young men and women have been forced to stay imprisoned within their mental recesses. Forty years ago Zulfikar Ali Bhutto claimed credit for solving the 90-year-old problem relating to the status […]

A bubble called Pakistan

Indian express: Barely 14 months after convincingly winning a general election, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government is being asked to resign amid threats of street protests. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and Canada-based Sunni cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri plan separate marches on Islamabad on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day. Several politicians and parties known […]

Religious doublespeak- by Yasser Latif Hamdani

Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — Given that religious scholars are nothing but shopkeepers of religiosity whose livelihood depends on such hatemongering, it is hardly surprising that Ashrafi resorts to such incitement to violence. The deadly attack on Ahmedis, killing one unborn child, two little girls and one old grandmother, […]

While we persecute you

Daily Times: by Aisha Fayyaza Sarwari — It is savagery at its worst, with everyone as an accomplice because there is a disagreement about your religious beliefs, under which many are unsure what kind of punishment is required. Yet there is no disagreement about random extremists acting out the judge, […]

Do Shias have a future in Pakistan?

Do Shias have a future in Pakistan? By Soha Jafri Published: July 25, 2014, blogs.tribune.com.pk/23393 26 CommentsShare this Print Email So far in Pakistan more than 10,000 Shias have been killed (in direct attacks only). PHOTO: AFP How this could be possible? I shook my head in disbelief. “Ibn-e-Raza has […]

Paint it Black!!! Dr Adib Rizvi road

Grand Trunk Road: by aliarqam — On 23, 2010, President Asif Ali Zardari while signing “gift of life” certificate ceremony announced that his government would nominate prominent medical professional, philanthropist and founder of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT)Dr Adibul Hassan Rizvi for Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his services in the […]

Pakistan: Gujranwala Murder Rampage

 Gujranwala blasphemy case: Ahmadis point fingers at ‘silent spectators’ By Rana Tanveer Published: July 28, 2014, in Express Tribune LAHORE: An elderly woman, two minors and an unborn child all perished late on Sunday when houses belonging to Ahmadis were set ablaze in Gujranwala by a charged mob after an Ahmadi […]