Guernica: by Ali Dayan Hasan — On the invention of “the liberal extremist” and the attempted assassination of a friend. He’s just the wrong kind of Pakistani—the kind that is killed nowadays. On March 28 in Lahore, my friend of almost thirty years, Raza Rumi, journalist and much else, survived […]
Daily Times: As in the case of the Irish Catholics and Protestants, the South Asian Two Nation Theory made an exclusively territorial claim, i.e. Indian Muslims are a nation and never that Muslims everywhere were a nation. My article (‘Pakistan and Israel: Study in contrasts’, Daily Times, April 14, 2014) […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent Saudi Arabia is giving $3bn – yes, £2bn, and now let’s have done with exchange rates – to the Pakistani government of Nawaz Sharif. But what is it for? Pakistani journalists have been told not to ask this question. Then, when they persisted, they were […]
by SYED FAKHAR KAKAKHEL DAWN “Amrikay jasees day,” (It’s an American spy) they shouted in the typical Waziri dialect as they gathered to witness the execution of a US spy said to be responsible for finding targets for drone attacks. Five children, their faces covered, sticks in their hands, drag […]
By Haadia from Lahore Tuesday 9th of October 2012, an ordinary day, at least for me. But the life of a girl from Swat was dangling in the midway of […]
By Pierre Meilhan and Greg Botelho (CNN) — Gunmen wounded a prominent Pakistani TV news anchor on Saturday in an attack his brother linked to the nation’s government, despite its firm denial. Hamid Mir […]
The legacy of Sir Ganga Ram Sir Ganga Ram still lives in the hearts of millions of people in India and Pakistan through these two hospitals in Lahore and Delhi, where they treat all patients equally regardless of any socio-economic identities Ravi Nitesh April 17, 2014 Be First To […]
Observer: by Rohi Sarbaz Khan — Friday, April 18, 2014 – Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in educationand employment. Feminist advocates or supports the rights and equality of women.Whereas Islamic […]
Daily Times — New code of conduct approved by ulema convention declares that no prayer leader/cleric will debase or induce his followers to debase any of the holy prophets, their companions or family members in sermons * No Muslim sect will be declared non-Muslim and no Muslim or non-Muslim will […]
By Saeed Qureshi Unlike Saudi Arabia and Iran Pakistan is not a religious but a nation state. It should be liberated from socio-religious taboos that hinder its progress and development like other developed nations around the world. It was Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), who switched Pakistan then relatively a […]
ET: ISLAMABAD: Issuing its 65-page detailed judgment on delimitation for local government (LG) polls, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that it is the duty of the state not to interfere with the religious beliefs and ideologies of individuals. “The freedom to profess religion and to manage religious institutions (Article 10A), […]
ET: KARACHI: Richard Parker swims in the Life of Pi ocean. Afterwards, the 10 million hair on the Bengal tiger’s body are wiped down, his fur gradually morphing from dripping wet to dry. InFrozen, we watch the little girl Elsa create snowfall and her enchanting ice world emerge. The line between fantasy and […]
Pak Tea House: Raza Habib Raja Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is a body whose job is to give recommendations to the government for making the legal framework more in line with Islam and right now it is actively reviewing several existing laws for that purpose. The impetus for Islamization […]
Source: ET The latest talk on the media is that former DG ISI General Pasha apologised to former president Zardari on Memogate and took the defence plea that he did it on the orders of General Kayani. (Sohail Warraich, in his television show, recently claimed former president Zardari had told […]
Source: clrforum.org Next month, Anthem Press will publish The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan by Ali Usman Qasmi (Lahore University of Management Sciences). The publisher’s description follows. ‘The Ahmadis […]
Source: The Daily Times In Social Studies textbooks it is mentioned that Hindus are extremists and eternal enemies of Islam, whose culture and society is based on injustice and cruelty, while Islam delivers a message of peace and brotherhood, concepts portrayed as alien to the Hindus. Pakistan was created in […]
Dawn: A report jointly prepared by the Rawalpindi and Islamabad police has claimed that the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was getting active support from hardliner religious seminaries to carry out terrorism in the twin cities. Fearing a strong backlash from the TTP in case of the failure of the ongoing […]
Source: tribune.com.pk The establishment of one religion as the state religion to the exclusion of others diminishes equality of citizens of other faith. How can Pakistan be a democracy if all […]
Source: ET An amendment was also added to the Constitution a year later which proclaimed Ahmadis non-Muslims. Bhutto’s government went on to make Islamiat compulsory in schools and banned alcohol in Pakistan. Ultimately, his government’s policies led to the empowerment of Islamist groups. Add in Ziaul Haq’s inclusion of the […]
Iron ore deposits to bring about industrial revolution Aurangzeb Malik, DAWN.COM CHINIOT: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif sees an industrial revolution coming to Chiniot after the exploration of iron ore reserves in the district. He said Punjab was rich in mineral resources which remained unexplored in the last 64 years. “If […]