“حسبُنا اللہ لب پہ ہے ہر آن اور نعم الوکیل” Urdu Poem by Arshi Malik
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Get Rid of Taliban and other Murderous Religious Warriors
By Saeed Qureshi The Taliban terrorists and suicide bombers defiantly stormed the VIP and Cargo terminal at Jinnah International airport in Karachi around midnight on June 9. In that attack 31 people including 10 terrorists were killed. Beside several individuals were also injured. Mercifully they could not inflict ant serious […]
ڈاکٹر مہدی علی قمر کے لئے ایک نظم by Arshi Malik
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[Urdu Artcile] Naseehato’n ka Guldasta (18) by Imam Shamshad A. Nasir
Kindly click on the images to zoom them. Imam Shamshad A. Nasir Shamshad A. Nasir is imam of the Baitul Hameed Mosque, Chino, California. Imam Nasir currently serves as the […]
‘We reported it blowing up first!’
Source: Dawn Author: Talha Ahmed For those of you lucky enough to have missed out on last night’s live television coverage of the attack at Jinnah International Airport, let me inform you that TV journalism died yesterday. What else would you call the broadcast of […]
Airport Attack in Pakistan Shows Taliban’s Lasting Strength
NY Times: LONDON — Only a week ago, the Pakistani Taliban appeared to be on the ropes. Violent rivalries had split the insurgency in two. Peace talks with the government had collapsed. Military jets had pounded militant hide-outs in the tribal belt. Then on Sunday, the Taliban hit back. A […]
Letter to a real martyr: #Justice4Mehdi
Fox News: by Faheem Younus — Dear Mehdi, Greetings of peace! You’ve been all over the place: CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal,Washington Post, Reuters… Up until a week ago, most Americans didn’t know you. But now, for millions, you are a celebrity. Because the media is telling your story… How you hail […]
Hate speech gains acceptance
Dawn: A SMALL-SCALE survey conducted by the online freedom of expression group Bytes for All of hate speech in social media used and frequented by Pakistanis has produced some disturbing, though not unexpected, results. Over 91pc of nearly 600 respondents surveyed claimed to have come across hate speech online and […]
LIVE: Karachi airport siege ends, 22 killed including 10 terrorists
The Exprress Tribune By Faraz Khan / Web Desk / Sohail Khattak / Saad HassanPublished: June 8, 2 KARACHI: […]
Gunmen attack Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport
Heavily armed gunmen have attacked Karachi international airport in Pakistan, killing at least nine people. Hospital sources say three of the gunmen who attacked Jinnah International Airport’s old terminal have […]
Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport
Heavily armed gunmen have attacked Karachi international airport in Pakistan, killing at least nine people. Hospital sources say three of the gunmen who attacked Jinnah International Airport’s old terminal have […]
Four security personnel injured in terrorist attack on Karachi airport (later reports: killed)
By Faraz KhanPublished: June 8, 2014 EXPRESS TRIBUNE KARACHI: At least four Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel were injured in a terrorist attack on Old Terminal of Karachi Airport late on Sunday. According to details at least four ASF personnel were injured when terrorist hurled crackers and opened firing near […]
Pakistan’s First Online Hate Speech Report- Ahmadis & Shias the worst targets
Source: globavoicesonline: Bytes For All, an advocacy organization in Pakistan has released the first ever empirical-based research report on online hate speech in Pakistan (here are some of their key findings). […]
Pakistan's First Online Hate Speech Report- Ahmadis & Shias the worst targets
Source: globavoicesonline: Bytes For All, an advocacy organization in Pakistan has released the first ever empirical-based research report on online hate speech in Pakistan (here are some of their key findings). […]
Reinterpreting ‘honour killings’
Dawn.com By Hasan Zaidi THE brutal murder of Farzana Parveen in broad daylight in Lahore and in front of a crowd of apathetic or complicit spectators has justifiably outraged decent folk in Pakistan and around the world. That the murder was carried out because Farzana had dared to marry against […]
Pakistani teen survives attempted ‘honour killing’ over love marriage
Woman, 18, shot in face, thrown in canal by her father for marrying against family’s wishes. The Toronto Star, 2014/06/07 Frame grab from Sky News Saba Maqsood, of Hafizabad, Pakistan, 18, has survived an ˜honour killing” in which her father shot her twice in the face and threw her into […]
Changing key players
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The current stalemate in the peace negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) could have been avoided if the military was leading the initiative instead of the civilian government’s nominated interlocutors, according to ex-military chief Gen (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg. In an exclusive interview with The Express Tribune, Beg, […]
Footprints: The real ‘people’s judge’
Dawn.com: by Mehreen Zahra-Malik — Courtroom No One’s marble-and-wood panelled walls, three-storey-high ceiling, skylights and subdued tone have always reminded me of libraries of old, where murmurings are the only language permitted. On Thursday morning, the courtroom felt more austere than usual, lawyers nervously listening to the proceedings, the modern […]
Footprints: The real 'people's judge'
Dawn.com: by Mehreen Zahra-Malik — Courtroom No One’s marble-and-wood panelled walls, three-storey-high ceiling, skylights and subdued tone have always reminded me of libraries of old, where murmurings are the only language permitted. On Thursday morning, the courtroom felt more austere than usual, lawyers nervously listening to the proceedings, the modern […]
Pakistan: not a country for minorities
Source Daily Times via Nasim Malik Habib Jalib once said, Zulm rahe aur amn bhi, kia ye mumkin hai, tum hi kaho. This verse means that it is not possible for injustice and peace to prevail at the same time. More: