Source:ET The four accused are Ahmadis. LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge has fixed February 7 for arguments on the after-arrest bails of four men accused of publishing allegedly blasphemous books about the Ahmadi faith. Moeed Ayaz, Asmatullah, Razaullah and Ghulamullah, employees of Black Arrow Printing Press, were arrested on […]
Source: ET The decision by the Supreme Court to order the registration of an FIR for blasphemy against Sherry Rehman has lead to much outrage and alarm amongst Pakistan’s small and perpetually beleaguered group of liberals. The alarm is justified. Frankly, so is the outrage. Before I explain myself, a […]
Express Tribune: By Saroop Ijaz: “While the settler or the policeman has the right the livelong day to strike the native, to insult him and to make him crawl to them, you will see the native reaching for his knife at the slightest hostile or aggressive glance cast on him […]
By Yasmeen Ali They are married. When She says NO. And He forces. It is Marital Rape. Every woman has a right to take a decision about her body, to decide if she wants to exercise birth control, get pregnant and when NOT to have sex. Physical coercion alone is […]
Source: ET HRW report has claimed that the Pakistan government has failed to act against abuses by security and intelligence agencies. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: A spokesperson of Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) has termed the Human Rights Watch (HRW) recent report a pack of lies, propaganda driven and totally biased. More:
Source: ET Paramilitary soldiers and policemen gather at the site of the blast. PHOTO: AFP PESHAWAR: For any eyewitness, it may well have been a scene from the Armageddon. Charred human remains lay scattered amid pools of blood along the streets of a crowded market in Hangu, a brutal reminder of […]
Source: Friday Times. Asma Jehangir – a veteran activist against controversial laws, subjugation of women, suppression of minorities, highhandedness of state institutions, and dictators and dictatorial mindsets – is seen by some political players as unsuitable for the office of caretaker prime minister. There had been speculation for quite some […]
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Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden. — File Photo by Malik Siraj Akbar ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government has failed to act against abuses by the security and intelligence agencies, which continued to allow extremist groups to attack religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. The authorities did […]
Tax cases worth Rs225bn still pending http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-3-157033-Tax-cases-worth-Rs225bn-still-pending By Mehtab Haider Wednesday, January 30, 2013 From Print Edition ISLAMABAD: The biggest case of outstanding tax involving Rs129 billion against Tehrik-e-Jadid Anjuman Ahamdia Chanab Nagar is lying before the Lahore High Court, while total stuck-up amount of the Federal Board of Revenue […]
Source: Hindustan Times SERIOUSLY INCLINED JOURNALISTS ARE CONVINCED THAT THE ONLY TIME MALIK ISN’T PUTTING HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH IS WHEN HE ISN’T TALKING Pakistan’s portrayal of Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) as a victim of the majority community’s distrust of Muslims is nothing but a dogmatic reassertion of MA […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Javed Chaudhry Published: January 31, 2013 LAHORE: Former president of Pakistan, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has responded to allegations made recently by […]
Source: The Tribune Express By Aakar Patel: The writer is a columnist. He is also a former editor of the Mumbai-based English newspaper Mid Day and the Gujarati paper Divya Bhaskar aakar.patel@tribune.com.pk Published: January 31, 2013 In India, the Muslim lives on sufferance. It is the Hindu who has freedom to attack […]
Source: Yasmeen Aftab: On 28th January 2013 Copy of the Letter by Chairman NAB was released to the Media- addressed to the President of Pakistan: Please accept my gratitude for supporting unhindered execution of my mandate. Large recoveries have been made (about Rs 25 Billion). The Prevention activity of focusing […]
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan’s highest court reacted firmly to claims by the country’s anti-corruption chief that it overstepped its judicial powers by putting pressure on officials investigating allegations that last week prompted the court to order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. The […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden.
Or click on the link below to watch the video on YouTube. Dr Abdus Salam winning his Nobel Prize in 1979 This video contains rare footage of an Ahmadi Muslim […]
Huzoor-e-Anwar Hadrath Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) on Tahirul Qadri Drama To watch the video in Youtube, please click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hAvjjaeLZhE
In these days of Sunni – Shiah tension we should all study a bit more both the historical and present day reasons for the Sunni – Shiah ‘split’. I have therefore taken the liberty to draw your attention to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi’a%E2%80%93Sunni_relations and encourage all readers of The Muslim Times to study […]