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 […]
Analysis – Glimmer of hope for cash-starved Pakistan economy as Sharif takes over
June 4, 2013 – 22:18 By Tomasz Janowski ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s economy is in its worst shape in nearly a decade and yet there is a sense of hope that the incoming government not only seems to know what is needed to fix it but, for once, may also […]
Wisdom for Balochistan
Source: ET A wise decision has been made, which could well determine a great deal about the future of Balochistan and possibly help calm its many woes. After a meeting in Murree with Baloch leaders who included Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and National Party (NP) […]
Sectarianism in Pakistan
Source: Wasim Sr Click HERE to watch very interesting video.
Who will stand for Ahmadis in Pakistan?
Source: Daily Times Author: Husain Nadim The use of anti-Ahmadi rhetoric by political parties raises a serious question: Is there anyone who will ever stand up for their rights? “It’s almost laughable. You first forcefully declare us a minority, then you promise to protect minority rights, and when you fail, you conveniently […]
The hawk and the dove
Source: The Economist. WHO knows what Pakistan’s two most powerful men spent three hours talking about when the army chief travelled to Lahore to pay a visit to Nawaz Sharif, the country’s incoming prime minister? But if they discussed schemes for taking on the group known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), […]
Can Peace be Negotiated with Pakistani Taliban?
Source: The News via Wasim Sr. The outlawed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) has backed out on its earlier offer to engage in peace negotiations with the government of Pakistan, following a missile attack by a US pilotless plane in the country’s tribal region in North Waziristan a couple of days back, […]
Taliban will not take over Islamabad………
Source: LUBP The future of the Taliban is bright in Pakistan. They will not take over Islamabad from where they can deal with the world. No. This will not suit them.The very abbreviation TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) and the concept behind it are bogus. The concept is that there are ‘good’ […]
No to Blasphemy Laws
Daily Times: by Marvi Sermad. One is amazed at the audacity of the advocates of blasphemy laws, who think of themselves as vigilant guards of not only the Almighty, but religious personages as well, thereby creating an illusion that God and the Prophet (PBUH) might not be able to deal […]
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ISLAMABAD: Minorities to be unsafe if blasphemy law amended
Source: www.thenews.com.pk ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said that the existing blasphemy law should not be amended, saying that all the prophets are equally respectable. It said that the minorities would become unsafe if amendments were made in the blasphemy law. These views were expressed in a meeting […]
Pakistani Wahhabi Deobandi militants celebrating the Woolwich beheading
Source: LUBP Here is a translation of Wahhabi Deobandi Jihadists of Pakistan eulogizing the horrible beheading of a British soldier in Woolwich, London. More: