The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: The ExpressTribune By Web Desk / AFP Published: April 16, 2013 PESHAWAR: At least 11 people were killed and 49 injured in a suicide blast in Peshawar near a Awami National Party (ANP) meeting on Tuesday, said officials.The bomb blast took place […]
Source: ET Musharraf nomination papers were rejected from all four constituencies he had applied for. “Yes, his paper has been rejected by the high court. We will file an appeal in the Supreme Court,” Musharraf’s lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri told AFP. Earlier, the High court Rawalpindi bench election tribunal and […]
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Dawn.com: The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 quake struck the slightly populated region. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but the quake was felt as far away as New Delhi and Gulf cities of Dubai and Bahrain. The epicenter was in southeast Iran in an area of mountains […]
Source: ET We would all like to believe that the ballot is more powerful than the bullet, and that the pen is mightier than the sword. They are, but only in the long run. In the heat of battle, a pen is rather useless. Similarly, the positive effects of the […]
The Express Tribune: LAHORE: Islampura police on Friday registered a case against six Ahmedis on blasphemy and terrorism charges and arrested four of them including a hawker and editor and […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune April 13, 2013 Posted byZaid Ahmed Abro The day Pakistanis unite and truly sacrifice for Pakistan, only then will they have Quaid’s Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS Today, my country, Pakistan is more divided than the subcontinent was in the 1960s amongst Hindus and Muslims. […]
Source: ET LAHORE: (In additon to What Chief Editor posted in Urdu) Islampura police on Friday registered a case against six Ahmedis on blasphemy and terrorism charges and arrested four of them including a hawker and editor and printer of an Ahmedi publication, The Express Tribune has learnt. Police registered […]
پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب کے دارالحکومت لاہور میں پولیس نے احمدیہ جماعت کے اخبار کے مدیر سمیت چھ افراد کے خلاف توہین مذہب اور دہشت گردی ایکٹ کے تحت مقدمہ درج کیا گیا ہے۔ جماعت احمدیہ کی جانب سے جاری کیے گئے ایک بیان میں ان افراد کو حراست میں […]
Source: LUBP In order to perceptively comprehend some of the dynamics behind the latter day Shia Killings in Pakistan, it is pertinent to read the very insightful report convened by the Government of Pakistan for the yesteryear Ahmadiya killings in 1953, titled: The Ahrar-Ahmadiya controversy Munir Report of the Court of Inquiry 1954. […]
Source: DW of Germany via Wasim Srroya: North Korea owes a great deal to Pakistan, in particular to its former nuclear chief Abdul Qadeer Khan, who, in 2004, confessed that he sold nuclear secrets to Pyongyang. Experts say that without Khan’s help, North Korea would not be able to conduct […]
Source: Asia Times: By Ashfaq Yusufzai BAJAUR AGENCY, Pakistan – “My sole motive is to serve my people, especially women who have had no role in politics so far. I feel we can make progress only by bringing in women into mainstream politics.” These are the words of Badam Zari, […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Tuesday 9 April 2013 Last Update 8 April 2013 11:02 pm ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court summoned former dictator Pervez Musharraf to appear today over allegations of high treason and barred him from leaving the country, dealing another blow to his homecoming. It is the first time the […]
Source: ET However, separate voter lists are prepared for Ahmadis. “They are singled out on the basis of religion,” said Rizvi, adding that all other minorities, such as Hindus and Christians, are included in the general lists. The majority of Ahmadis have always boycotted elections. They refuse to be declared […]
Source: Te Daily Beast via Wasim Srroya Rafia Zakaria is one of Pakistan’s most readable columnists. She’s writing a book on Karachi, the port city to the south that, having once served as Pakistan’s first capital, is now paralysed by sectarian bloodletting. Anyone with an interest in Pakistan should read […]
Amidst the already confounded social setup, the Election Stage is being zealously constructed; and the watch dogs (returning officers) appear to be well determined to deliver the Most Truthful (sadiq) and the Most Judicious Custodians (amin) as their “clean stamped” candidates to the voters. A spiteful circus – falling short […]
Source: TOI GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan: A cancelled rally, a loathed president and a party chairman kept out of the public glare because of Taliban threats — Gulzar Ali Khawaja has never seen anything like it. For the first time in his life, the once ardent supporter of the Pakistan […]
By Zubair Khan During Pervez Musharraf period electronic media started enjoying freedom of expression. With passage of time it continued.Setting aside the state controlled TV stations all other channel these days seemed to be involved in various activities exposing those aspects which for years remained no go areas of […]
Pakistani judges provoke laughter, with oddball questions for election candidates The Toronto Star, April 5, 2013 By: Sebastian Abbot The Associated Press, Published on Fri Apr 05 2013 ISLAMABAD—Aslam Khan Khattak passed his first — and perhaps most curious — test this week in his quest to become a member […]