A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times
By Zia H Shah MD As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, instead of […]
Pakistan sets sights on drones
Source: Asia Times. Speaking at his first cabinet meeting on June 10, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said “the dual policy of issuing public statements against drone attacks while [secretly] giving the go ahead to the US to carry on with the strikes will not be allowed under our rule. […]
Pervez Musharraf Arrested in Bugti Murder Case
Credit: Outlookindia.com REZAUL H LASKAR | ISLAMABAD | JUN 13, 2013 Former President Pervez Musharraf was today formally arrested and remanded to judicial custody for a fortnight over the 2006 killing […]
Google should ban Pakistan
ET: For a journalist, perhaps nothing is a greater violation of human rights than the denial of access to information. In the case of Pakistan versus YouTube, I think the nine-month banon Google’s video-sharing website is really the limit of regressive and, in the eyes of any global citizen who accepts the […]
Pakistan Budget 2013-2014:
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the federal budget for the year 2013-2014 in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Express News reported. The first litmus test of the newly sworn-in government began when Dar presented a Rs3.5 trillion federal budget in a bid to revive the country’s ailing economy. Designed […]
ISLAMABAD: Even in death, the Ahmadiyya community is discriminated
Source: beta.dawn.com | 113 Comment(s) Jadeed Qabristan (graveyard) is located near Murree Road in the heart of the garrison city of Rawalpindi. A signboard dangling outside the house of the gravedigger reads: “It’s […]
Bugti murder case: Quetta police team in Islamabad to arrest Musharraf
Credit: Dawn.com Syed Ali Shah QUETTA: A team from Crimes Branch Quetta reached Islamabad on Wednesday to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf in the Akbar Bugti murder case. Sources in Crimes Branch Quetta investigating the case told Dawn.com that a police team comprising senior officials had reached the federal […]
Ahmedi community member killed in targeted attack
Source: ET KARACHI: A member of the Ahmedi community was shot dead while his son and another companion were injured in a targeted attack in Soldier Bazaar on Tuesday evening. The victims were identified as Hamid Sami, 45, his son, Osama, 18, and a companion, Salman Zaman, 48. They were shot […]
Almost all key targets missed
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The numbers speak for themselves, and they tell a sorry tale indeed. “All targets set for the current fiscal year have been missed”, said finance minister Ishaq Dar while unveiling the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2012-13. It read like an economic indictment of the outgoing government, with the […]
Muslims urged to follow teachings of Prophet (PBUH)
Source: thenews.com.pk Rawalpindi: The person of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (peace be upon him) is a cause for the creation of the universe and blessing for all worlds so celebrating his birth anniversary is an honour for the faithful, says a press release. Pir Mohammad Naqib-ur-Rehman, custodian of Eidgah Shrine, […]
Minorities and Nawaz Sharif
Source: The Express Tribune By Yaqoob Khan Bangash Published: June 10, 2013 Last year, I was invited to a Christmas programme by the Lahore College of Theology. At that superb programme, […]
Ensure that blasphemy law is not misused
Source: ET Speaking of women and minorities, the president said that they are the most vulnerable segments of the society and the state must protect them. He added that the government should ensure that blasphemy law is not misused for personal gains. Admitting that dialogue can alone ensure peace, Zardari, […]
A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor As of 7th of June, 2013, the Muslim Times has been banned in parts of Pakistan. When the readers try to log in, […]
Pakistan summons US envoy Richard Hoagland over drone strike
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Just days after taking power, Pakistan’s new government has lodged a protest with the US and summoned a top American envoy to vent its frustration following a US drone strike that intelligence officials say killed seven militants. More:
Saudi Agenda and Nawaz Sharif
Source: LUBP One more time, Pakistan seems to have come under the full control of the ruling Saudi elite. As an arm of the U.S defense establishment, the brutal and repressive Saudi elites have been a major cause of instability in Pakistan, particularly during the past three decades. Saudi Arabia is an […]
First step towards implementing Saudi agenda: Nawaz Sharif decides to abolish the Pakistan-Iran pipeline project
Source: LUBP According to a pro-Saudi technical advisor of PML-N namely Miftah Ismail, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project would mean multiplication of circular debt by additional billions of rupees if the average present tariff of five dollars per mmcfd remains in place in contrast with the Iranian gas import costing […]
CIC calls India’s stance on Mohammad Ali Jinnah regressive
Source: indianexpress.com The CIC has asked the government to take a view on disclosure of two speeches made by Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah during pre-independence era which are in the […]
Stop religious discrimination, drone attacks: Debutant MNAs
On Twitter by Shahzad Raza: Persecution of Ahmedis, Shias and other religious minorities has killed the true essence of secularist ideology of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who never envisioned creating a […]
Maiden speech: No ‘surprises’, but a lot of candour
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Qamar Zaman Published: June 6, 2013 ISLAMABAD:Partly scripted and partly extempore, Nawaz Sharif’s 30-minute speech, his first as the prime minister, […]
Comedy of the grotesque
Source: ET It is amazing how fear can induce individuals, groups, even entire societies to lie, dissemble, surrender their will, and hide from the ugly reality. Fear generates pusillanimity, grotesqueries, chicaneries and charlatans. Take the example of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and us. Since a drone strike took out Waliur […]