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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]