Taliban Have Second Thoughts About Fighting in Afghanistan
Source: Daily Beast: As the spring weather warms and the snow melts off the high mountain passes separating Pakistan and Afghanistan, hundreds of Taliban fighters who spent the winter in Afghan refugee camps and other safe havens inside Pakistan are preparing to return to battle. But this year some insurgents […]
Ch Mafooz-ur-Rehman passes away!
Source: Prof Hamid Ahmad of Germany. All those associated with him and TI College: It pains me to tell you that our dear friend, Ch. Mahfooz-ur-Rehman passed away yesterday in Rabwah. Inna Lillahe wa Inna Ilaihe Rajeoon. May his sould rest in peace. His Janaza prayer is scheduled after Asar […]
Youth perceptions
Source: ET: As the nation prepares to head for historic polls next month, much of the country’s eyes will be focused on the youth, which is believed to be 25 million registered voters between the ages of 18 to 29 according to the results of a survey conducted by the […]
Pakistan on the verge of becoming violent, undemocratic society: HRCP report
Source: ET via Wasim Srroya: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is dangerously teetering on the brink of becoming a violent and undemocratic society, says a report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). The HRCP launched its “State of the Human Rights in 2012” annual report in Islamabad on Thursday. “Societies where the […]
Musharraf’s nomination papers rejected
Source: ET KASUR: Former president Pervez Musharraf’s nomination papers for NA-139 were rejected by the Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday, Express News reported. His papers were rejected following six objections made by advocate Javed Kasuri. One of the objections stated that the ex-general does not meet the criteria established in […]
Pakistan’s Destiny, World’s Fate
Source: Huff Post by Sunil Sharan via Wasim Srroya The Afghan endgame is nigh, but India and Pakistan, instead of calming the region, are playing cat and mouse. As America cuts and runs from Afghanistan, Pakistan exults, having defeated a superpower for the second time in a quarter century. In […]
The circus, the tamasha
Source: ET In extolling the seamless way in which the caretakers have taken over after the elected governments left office to pave way for the elections, I had noted in this space just last week that we had shown the world that “we are not a bunch of monkeys but […]
Bogus degrees scandal: Former Pak lawmakers fall like ninepins
KARACHI: ARAB NEWS Friday 5 April 2013 Last Update 5 April 2013 2:56 am Different Pakistani courts have put big question marks over the political careers of several former lawmakers who had deceived the system by using fake educational certificates to fulfill electoral conditions. The most recent wicket to fall […]
What a Unique way to remember Motherland Pakistan.
Source: Qama Ahamd Germany Ustad Aslam Roda International Hockey Tournament held in Frankfurt Attachment with Pakistani culture and youth-related endeavours should be appreciated: Consul General Pakistan Dr. Imtiaz A. Kazi Consul General of Pakistan. Frankfurt (Q. A. Ata): Four teams from UK, Holland and Germany took part in the first […]
Ahmadi Muslim lawyer shot in Sindh listed in critical condition
Source: Ahmadiyya Times, By Imran Jattala. An Ahmadī Muslim, Asif Dawood, is listed in a critical condition after attacked as part of a vicious murder attempt in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. The victim was returning home when he was shot at and badly injured by unknown men riding on motorcycle(s), it is reported. Victim was […]
Pakistan’s Dangerous Elections
Source: The Daily Beast: A self-confessed peddler of nuclear weapons, a sport star turned messiah, a Saudi proxy who once wished to declare himself the Shadow of God on Earth—these are just some of the candidates in Pakistan’s upcoming national elections. A supporter of the Islamist party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl […]
Illiterate Pakistan housewife makes vote history
KHAR, Pakistan: A Pakistani housewife, who cannot read or write despite being married to a headteacher, has made history by becoming the first woman approved to run for election in […]
Muslim mob targets Christian locality in Gujranwala ‘for disrespecting Islam’ News
Source:Pakistan Today.Com via Nasim Malik of Sweden LAHORE – In a renewed attack on minorities, a violent Muslim mob attacked a Christian locality in Gujranwala on Wednesday, damaging shops, houses and vehicles belonging to the local Christians following a clash between the youths of the two communities last night, Pakistan Today has […]
Terror makes first marks on Pakistan ballot
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has called off an April 4 rally that was intended to kick-start its election campaign after the Pakistani Taliban threatened to attack its public meetings. The PPP had scheduled the rally for April 4, the anniversary of […]
Pakistan should apologize to Bangladesh
Monday, 25 March 2013 Author / Source: ANISUR RAHMAN KHAN and HARUN UR RASHID E-mail Print PDF Salima Hashmi DHAKA, MAR 24: The Pakistan government should formally apologise to the people of Bangladesh for the atrocities committed by Pakistan occupation army during the War of Independence in 1971, Salima Hashmi, […]
Pakistan: A vanishing state
Source: ET Both empires and states fail or collapse. Examples include the Roman, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, Mughal and British empires. From the recent past, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Sudan are the best examples. Professor Norman Davies, in his book Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations […]
Pakistan’s Ambitious Program To Re-Educate Militants
Source: NPR via Wasim Srroya Enlarge image Pakistani men who worked for the Taliban attend a class at Mishal, an army-run rehabilitation center in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, on July 5, 2011. This and similar centers are trying to re-educate men taken in by the Taliban, who ruled Swat before the […]
Pakistan: (Punjab) Sethi orders removal of provocative posters, banners
LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi has directed that the ban on wall-chalking should be implemented strictly and posters and banners creating hatred and provocation removed immediately throughout the province. He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting regarding security and law and order at Chief Minister’s Secretariat […]
Sir Zafrullah Khan and Dr Abdus Salam Pride of the Muslim Ummah
Daily Times: Pride of the Muslim ummah —Yasser Latif Hamdani Logically, a free, fair and impartial judiciary, unmoved by religious passion or pressure should be able to strike down the […]