Over 60% of US drone targets in Pakistan are homes – research
RT: The CIA has been bombing Pakistan’s domestic buildings more than any other targets over the past decade of the drone war launched by the US, says the latest research […]
Pakistani doctor given UN award on child health
Dawn.com — ISLAMABAD: The World Health Assembly has rewarded a Pakistani physician, Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta, for his global work on child health and newborn survival. World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Margaret Chan announced the ‘Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize’ for Dr Bhutta at a session of the assembly […]
Obama has put Pakistan drone war on hold
(CNN) — A year ago, President Obama delivered a speech at the National Defense University in Washington in which he made the case that it was time to wind down the “boundless global […]
Persecution against Ahmadis in Pak increased manifold: Report
IBNlive-Press Trustt of India — Acts of persecution against the minority Ahmadi community in Pakistan have increased “manifold” over the past year as seven community members fell prey to religious intolerance and 16 were attacked, according to a report. The annual report of Jamaat Ahmadiyya also claimed that due to […]
Pakistan: “The end of pluralism and choice”
xindexoncensorship.com: Shahidullah Afridi’s roots are in a village in the Bara administrative division of the Khyber agency. For the last four years, Afridi has been living in the neighbouring city of Peshawar, but keeps a keen eye on events at home. He was shocked when he heard that last week, […]
[Urdu poem] یا رب مدد by Arshi Malik
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Islamabad: Sikh community storms Parliament House
Source: The Express Tribune By Iftikhar Firdous Published: May 23, 2014 ISLAMABAD: After storming through the gates of Parliament House in protest of alleged desecration of their holy books in Sindh, […]
In a first, Twitter blocks ‘blasphemous’ tweets in Pakistan
ET: The online social-networking and microblogging site, Twitter, has honoured five requests brought forward by Abdul Batin, an official of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), to block ‘blasphemous content’ in Pakistan, […]
In a first, Twitter blocks ‘blasphemous’ tweets in Pakistan
ET: The online social-networking and microblogging site, Twitter, has honoured five requests brought forward by Abdul Batin, an official of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), to block ‘blasphemous content’ in Pakistan, […]
The British officer’s advise (to ISI)
Waseem Altaf The fact that Hamid Mir received six bullets on his body is no more an issue. That Hayatullah, Musa Khankhel and Saleem Shahzad were brutally murdered was […]
Imran Khan should Demonstrate Political Maturity
By Saeed Qureshi Imran Khan and his unruly and impulsive political cohorts should not demonstrate indecent haste in dislodging the incumbent elected PMLN government thus opening a corridor for the army to take over power. He should understand that by doing so he would inflict a deadly blow to democracy […]
The beginning or end of the state of Pakistan?
Instead of grappling with insurgents as a separate stakeholder, their inclusion in the system and then subsequently in primary institutions is likely to infect these power centres in a dreadful way “A great civilisation is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within” — Will Durant. Much has […]
[Urdu poem] پیرِ پیراں by Arshi Malik
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Madam Noor Jehan, Zille Huma and Saqib Zeervi Sahib
Courtesy: Shahid Pervaiz, Canada The following are excerpts from pages 352 to 354 of “Tajrebaat jo hein Amanat Hayat ki; the auto-biography of (late) Saqib Zeervi Sahib; a famous Pakistani, Ahmadi, Poet, an elite journalist and Editor of “The Weekly Lahore”.
Canada Speaks on Murder in Police Custody
Press Release from Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada Another member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Murdered in Pakistan- This time while in Police Custody Mr Khalil Ahmad (65), an Ahmadi Muslim, […]
The murder of reason
Credit: Dawn.com By Irfan Aslam Only five bullets were needed to silence Multan’s bravest son, Rashid Rehman. Those who mourned his death were many: the weak and the destitute, single women without family support, landless peasants, bonded labourers working in brick kilns and farms, and of course, Junaid Hafeez and […]
Letter to my beloved homeland Pakistan
Dear Pakistan, Late last year when i was told that I would have to leave you, I was heartbroken. I had tried hard and wished with all my heart that i could have a few more years with you….despite your troubled state. I felt then that i wanted to be […]
[Urdu Video] Altaf Hussain Supports Ahmadi Muslims
Source: tune.pk Another report:
Punjab: Blasphemy accused Ahmadi man gunned down in police station
Source: Dawn.com May 16, 2014 Ahmadi man gunned down in police custody Sharaqpur, Punjab: A teenager walked into a police station on Friday and shot dead a 65-year-old man from a minority community accused of blasphemy in a Punjab village, their spokesman said, the second murder involving Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy […]