Pakistan

Pakistan: a culture of intolerance

Source: Asia Times: Pakistan’s impoverished and peaceful Christian community has endured mob rampages, blasphemy charges, and was largely spared the ravages of suicide bombings, till last month. Suicide bombings on September 22 at Peshawar’s All-Saints Church, which is designed like a mosque to reflect inter-faith harmony, killed 83 worshippers and […]

Time out:

Source: Dawn.Com: It was, perhaps, inevitable given the work ethic that prevails in Pakistan. After initially declaring a three-day holiday period for Eidul Azha, the federal government followed Sindh’s lead and, on Monday, announced that on Friday, too, the country would be taking time out from business as usual, thus […]

One dead in blast outside Lahore hotel

The Express Tribune: by Rana Tanveer – LAHORE: A high-intensity blast occurred outside the Sindhi Biryani hotel in old Anarkali, Lahore — also known as ‘food street’ — on Thursday, Express News reported. At least one person died, while eight others were injured in the blast.  DCO Naseem Sadiq confirmed that two of the injured are in critical […]

Mass fraud

Source: ET: We may be moving steadily closer to a system where it becomes possible to pick up electoral fraud, using sophisticated electronic technology now available. Following the moving of an electoral tribunal by a PTI candidate, Muhammad Zubair Khan, who according to announced results had lost by a huge […]