Source: Dawn By Tahir Mehdi: He works with Punjab Lok Sujag, a research and advocacy group that has a primary interest in understanding governance and democracy. Our political discourse is dominated by two competing narratives of the recent history of Pakistan. Each claims to be ideologically rooted. The dominant one describes […]
Source: BBC Taliban militants wearing police uniform have launched an assault on a prison in north-west Pakistan. The attack on the jail in the town of Dera Ismail Khan began with several explosions at around midnight on Monday. Gunmen then opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and machine-guns, police chief Sohail […]
The BBC’s M Ilyas Khan reports on the work of a Pakistani organisation which helps to reunite missing children with their relatives – and helps a lost boy find his […]
Source: The Guardian Name: Burka Avenger. Age: Mid-20s, or thereabouts. Appearance: A mysterious black-clad superhero, taking on the Taliban one school at a time. Cool, a superhero. What’s his superpower? Oh dear. First of all, Burka Avenger is a woman. Read More
Epigraph: O ye who believe! why do you say what you do not do? Most hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not […]
Source: ET ST LUCIA: Pakistan beat West Indies by four wickets in the fifth and final One Day International to clinch the five match series by 3-1. Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq played a responsible innings steered Pakistan to within a run of victory. Facing Holder in the final over as his […]
Source: ET: SUKKUR: Suicide gunmen and car bombers mounted an unprecedented attack on the local office of the country’s premier intelligence agency in the otherwise sleepy town of Sukkur Wednesday evening, sparking a shootout that killed eight people and injured over three dozen. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility […]
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Source: dawn.com The depth of one’s spirituality is directly proportionate to one’s level of tolerance for other people’s beliefs. This means the more convinced a person is in his/her own beliefs […]
Source: ET MULTAN: Jahanian police are looking for a 25-year-old woman, who married three men in three months only to leave them, allegedly decamping with their cash and valuables. She was set to marry the fourth time when the groom turned out to be a distant relative of the first, who […]
وسعت اللہ خان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی ہر پاکستانی حکومت کہتی آئی ہے کہ پاک چین دوستی ہمالہ سے بلند اور سمندر سے گہری ہے۔ کیا ایسی تشبیہہ کبھی کسی برادر مسلمان ملک کے لیے بھی استعمال ہو سکتی ہے؟ کتنے مسلمان ممالک ہیں جہاں قانونی طور […]
Source: The News via Wasim Sr: KARACHI: In a report released last week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Pakistan was pinpointed as “one of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified, ‘water-scarce’.” As water demand exceeds supply in the South Asian country, […]
by Chris Woods The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The Bureau is publishing in full a leaked internal document – titled Details of Attacks by NATO Forces/Predators in FATA – which […]
Source: christiannews.net LAHORE, Pakistan – A Christian man was recently sentenced to life in prison by a Pakistani court for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages, even though the prosecution’s evidence was said to be highly questionable. Earlier this month, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mian Shahzad Raza of Pakistan’s Toba Tek Singh district ruled that […]
Source: Friday Times: A number of legal interventions are threatening to unleash unforeseen consequences for state and society in Pakistan. The Supreme Court has ordered the PMLN government to register a case of treason against General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and prosecute him on a fast track basis. But it is […]
Source: ET Reforms to run the strategy The National Counter Terrorism Force (NCTF) shall be established. It will have intelligence and law enforcement powers. It will collect information and strike at the terrorists itself. “Regular police will continue to do its routine crime control work and cooperate with NCTF in […]
Source: Daily Times via Wasim Sr: As I looked at Dr Salam’s tombstone, I felt a pang of guilt and shame at what we have done to the Ahmadis in Pakistan. We have abolished their religious freedom and in the process our own The disgusting manner in which Malala Yousafzai […]
Source: dailytimes.com.pk The Islamic sectarian divide, which was just a political divide over the legacy of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), has a long list of sectarian atrocities and the conflict in Syria is just one of its new chapters Islam as a religion was divided between Shias and Sunnis after the death […]
Source: LUBP According to empirical data collected by the University of Pennsylvania, radical Deobandi militants belonging to Sipah-e-Sahaba (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Deobandi ASWJ or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi LeJ) allied with another Deobandi outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are responsible for 95% of terrorists activities in Pakistan. More Details: