Source: ibtimes.com A Pakistani businessman named Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Afridi, 48, who has an extraordinarily luxuriant moustache, has lived under a cloud of death threats from Islamic extremists over what […]
Source: ET For, we too are floating about merrily, unaware that we are plumb in the sights of a dangerous, most fearful, and cruel enemy who would not think twice about cutting men, women and children’s heads off with a blunt knife (to cause the most pain) in his quest […]
VIEW : The weight of persecution — Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari Source: The Daily Times Pakistan has seemingly ensured that no Ahmedi demographic, including the dead, are spared the harsh reminder that they do not belong “That looks very biblical,” I said out loud while approaching the place Ahmedis call their […]
Source: ET QUETTA: DIG Operations and 28 other officials were killed, while 42 others were injured in a suicide blast at Police Lines, Quetta, on Thursday, Express News reported. The blast took place just before the funeral prayers of SHO City Mohib Ullah commenced at the Police Lines mosque. Around 300 […]
Source: ET PESHAWAR: Pakistani businessman Malik Amir Mohammad Khan Afridi has been kidnapped, threatened with death, forcibly displaced and lives apart from his family: all because of his enormous moustache. Impeccably […]
Source: Dawn.Com The separation of the church and state in the Christian world was first established by the German monk Martin Luther. His doctrine of the ‘two kingdoms of God’, one of a secular state and one of establishing faith in the hearts of believers through the Gospels, came to […]
Irfan A. Agha, MD; MRCP (UK) It is a self fulfilling prophecy that an issue with tribal, ethnic, religious and militant overtones when grossly mismanaged for over a decade will inevitably turn into a veritable Gordian knot. So it is with the problem of the Pakistani Taliban (the term Pakistani Taliban […]
Source: nation.com.pk Every time, I’d try to open a torrent site, the message pops up on my screen, saying: ‘Surf Safely’. This website is not accessible’. Goddamn it! Just what does […]
By Saeed Qureshi Musharraf was lucky because instead of being removed as Army head, arrested or even blown off in the air, he became, in matter of hours, the chief […]
NYTimes.com This Heroine Wears a Burqa to Fight Evil, By SALMAN MASOOD and DECLAN WALSH, Published: July 28, 2013 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Cartoon fans in Pakistan have been excited by the arrival of the country’s first caped crusader, in the form of a female superhero who flies through the air, […]
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani disaster management official says the death toll from heavy rain that caused flash floods and collapsed houses has risen to 53 over the past three days. The deaths reported by Brig. Kamran Zia on Monday spanned the entire country. He says 12 were in […]
Source: ET: PESHAWAR: Inspector General Police (IGP) Ihsan Ghani of Khyber-Paktunkhwa (K-P) in a bizarre statement compared the relationship between the Taliban and police as one between a batsman and a bowler, while speaking to the media on Monday. More:
Source: ET TOBA TEK SINGH: An explosion has taken place on the Shalimar Express train ahead of Toba Tek Singh, Express News reported on Monday. The explosion occurred in cabin number seven of the economy class. Two cabins have been damaged.According to Shalimar Express officials, first aid boxes are available within […]
DAVID ROHDE AUG 3 2013, 9:00 AM ET THE ATLANTIC As the Egyptian army continued its violent crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood this week, White House officials said that the […]
Source: Dawn.Com: Codenamed the ‘Mufti Scandal’ within NAB, the Bureau nabbed the Mufti behind the operation and imprisoned him for two months after which he offered to pay Rs450 million in exchange for his freedom. Another Rs100 million are still to be recovered and Ehsan’s name has been placed at […]
Source: ET: As a nation which too often faces threats to its sovereignty, mainly because of its peculiar geostrategic, political and economic situation, decisions made independently in Islamabad, which put the country’s own interests first, are always welcome. One of these decisions on the key Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline was announced […]
JEDDAH: SHAHRUKH JAMSHED | ARAB NEWS STAFF Published — Sunday 4 August 2013 Pakistan and India should sit down for serious talks on lingering issues for the benefit of their […]
Source: ET Pakistan, with its predictable need to be at the centre of the world’s attention, is arguably the most critical battleground where the future of faith, as a religious and political force, will be determined. And yet, Pakistan’s national discourse avoids any meaningful discussion on religion and the role […]
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