Demonizing the Ahmadis of Pakistan
Source: assistnews.net LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — I asked my tailor, a hardworking man in his early forties, who works in his shop in a peaceful locality in Lahore where I have been living for […]
Ahmadis killed and gravely wounded in attacks; police ask for fictional ‘No Objection Certificate’ to prevent Ahmadis from praying
Source: AHRC Report via Nasim Malik of Sweden The persecution of the Ahmadis, a minority sect, by police and fundamentalist Muslim groups is continuing unabated. In the month of June, two persons from the Ahmadiyya sect were gunned downed by ‘unknown killers’ in Karachi and Lahore. Another Ahmadi was shot […]
Religiosity replaced Accountability
Source: Kansascity Opinion via Wasim Sr One aspect that got short shrift in the long report but is, nonetheless, deeply troubling is the charge that “In the premier intelligence institutions, religiosity replaced accountability at the expense of professional competency.” Pakistan may not technically be a theocracy, but various levels of […]
Education ‘can change the world’ – Malala at the UN
NEW YORK CITY: ARAB NEWS Saturday 13 July 2013 Malala Yousafzai marked her 16th birthday with an emotional speech at the UN in which she said education could change the […]
Malala Day At UN: Teen Activist Shot By Taliban Said 10 Moving Things That Gave Us Goosebumps
Huff Post: by Nader Salass. Malala Yousafzai spent her 16th birthday demanding compulsory education for young people worldwide. In a speech Friday at the UN in New York, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head in October 2012 for speaking out about her right to education, talked about […]
Pasha’s Abbottabad briefing: the ISI chief found faults with everyone
Pakistan Today. Pasha said the Lahore police protected those who attacked the Qadianis in 2010 and even directed them to the hospital where the wounded were being treated. “No guards were assigned to the hospital for security despite the information passed on by ISI as venal political influence intervened everywhere,” […]
Pakistan Double Cross on Terrorism
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What are we testing for?
Source: LUBP The prime minister said that the most recent carnage in Hazara Town is a “test case”. This is better than nothing. However, it makes one wonder what are we testing for? Testing for limits of human indifference to slaughter? What is the threshold that will make us snap? […]
Influential perpetrators?: Prayer leader allegedly paraded naked
Source: ET A prayer leader who was allegedly paraded naked in Chohar Sharif village has blamed the police of siding with the accused men. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday after filing a complaint with the district police officer (DPO) of Haripur, Chan Muhammad Khan, 51, who is the prayer leader […]
What the OBL report means for Pakistan
Source: ET It’s like May 2, 2011 all over again. Except that instead of missing pieces and details, there is a story to satiate your ghairat’s rabidly thirsty disbelief. Don’t be fooled by the faded A4 paper and plain typewriter font; this isn’t a US Navy Seal’s best-selling hardcover of the Osama bin Laden […]
Ramadan 101: Ten facts about the holy month of Ramadan
Source: Christian Science Monitor By Jeremy Ravinsky, Correspondent and Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer Throughout the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims will fast from dawn until dusk. Here are 10 facts to […]
Breaking: Chief Security Officer of President Zardari Killed in a Blast in Karachi
ET: KARACHI: Security in-charge Bilawal House, Bilal Sheikh was killed along with three police officials in a blast that took place in the Jamshed Quarter area, near Gurumandar, Karachi on Wednesday, Express News reported. […]
Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan continues: Asian Human Rights
PAKISTAN: Ahmadis are once again persecuted even as the new government is formed June 4, 2013 For some time now anti-Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya (Jaamat) activities have been escalating all over Pakistan and particularly in Lahore. The members of Jamaat have been mercilessly tortured and rebuked in public over fake and felonious accusations. […]
ISI’s Pasha – Punjab Government Protected those who Attacked Ahmadis in 2010
Source: Newsweek Pakistan Pasha also criticized the provincial leaderships, claiming the Punjab police had “protected those who attacked the Qadianis last year [2010].” According to the report, the former ISI chief claimed the police even directed the militants to the hospital where the wounded were being treated. “The provincial government […]
Report: Osama bin Laden — doting grandpa, paranoid terrorist – Leaking Abbotabad Commission Report
Islamabad (CNN) — Osama bin Laden typically wore a cowboy hat while tending his garden. Its broad brim obscured his features from the view of pesky eyes or satellite cameras that might blow his cover while he was hiding out in Pakistan, according to a report published widely in Pakistani media. […]
Bin Laden Leaked Dossier: Punjab Government Complicit in May 28, 2010 Attacks
Source: AlJazeera Courtesy: Imran Jattala “In Lahore the police protected those who attacked the Qadianis last year (2010)and even directed them to the hospital where the wounded were being treated. […]
‘Wasim Akram bowls over Melbourne woman’
Source: ET Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram is engaged to Melbourne woman Shaniera Thompson, after proposing to the 30-year-old ‘on his knee and asking her to marry him’, according to the Herald Sun. The former star cricketer, 47, proposed to Thompson, a former public relations consultant from Brighton who has […]
Pakistan: Sister killed for dancing in the rain
By Rob Crilly, Islamabad 9:03PM BST 30 Jun 2013 The girls, aged 15 and 16, are seen running around wearing traditional dress, covered in green and purple headscarves, outside their simple stone bungalow in the town of Chilas, in the far north of the country. Local media reports named them […]
Asian TV channel fined over ‘kill’ speech
Source: bbc.co.uk An Asian TV channel has been fined £85,000 by Ofcom after it broadcast a speech by an Islamic scholar who said Muslims had “a duty to kill” anyone who […]