Story Summary To the extent that culture matters in politics, the recent spate of leadership changes in Northeast Asia suggests that Asian societies are more tolerant – if not supportive – of dynastic succession. South Korea’s recently elected president, Park Geun-hye, is the daughter of Park Chung Hee, who ruled […]
Jan 10, 2013 – 19:21 By Gul Yousufzai SWISSINFO.CH QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 101 people were killed in bombings in two cities in Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, with most casualties caused by sectarian attacks in the city of Quetta. Two coordinated explosions killed at least 69 people […]
Source: ET Pakistan’s literacy rate hovers around 37 per cent. We are not sure how many of our people are actually educated in the real sense but what we are sure of is that education has lifted countries out of poverty and improved their overall quality of life. Educational initiatives […]
Pakistanmediawatch: The News Projects Sympathy For Militants In Report on JI Leader A report on the life of former Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed in The News (Jang Group) projects sympathy for religious extremism and militancy. The report terms Qazi Hussain Ahmed as ‘a man of valour and courage’ and uses as evidence his relationship with Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. […]
Youtube: Published on Dec 19, 2012 United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Professor Heiner Bielefeldt reflects on religious freedoms around the world, particularly in Pakistan. Pakistan […]
Source: New Religion via Nasim Malik of Sweden. Ummad Farooq speaks out against sectarian violence in Pakistan, weeks after his brother was murdered for being an Ahmadi Saad Farooq (left) with younger brother Ummad Farooq (right) By S. Taalay Ahmed I’m sitting across the table from Ummad Farooq in a small […]
Source: ET SSP rally had spread hate speech against Shias. PHOTO: EXPRESS/IRFAN ALI We are our biggest enemies. This is something many fail to see because they believe external forces are to blame for Pakistan’s problems but the recent filing of a first information report (FIR) in Multan against members […]
Source: ET A case was registered on Saturday against several members of a banned militant organisation Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), calling Shias and inciting violence against them. The First Information Report was registered at the City police station at Jalalpur Peerwala on the basis of a Special Branch report. It said […]
Daily Times: No state, modern or ancient, secular or religious, has successfully managed to exercise thought control on its citizens. The government’s flip-flop last week over the YouTube ban has once again exposed the misplaced priorities and a profound lack of logical and rational decision making on its part. YouTube […]
KHILAFAT To those who oppose US This poem was read in Toronto on Khilafat Day Mushaira Khilafat ki barkat say ham sab yahan Khilafat hamaray liyay misl-e maan Khilafat hamaray liey thandi chaan Tum kaho is ko barbadi islam ki? Yeh ilzam jhoota nahin manatay Ham agar mantay hain […]
Source: ET NEW DELHI: Pakistan lost the third One Day International (ODI) against India by 10 runs in New Delhi on Sunday, but managed to seal its victory in the series by winning the first two matches. More:
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Epigraph: “Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. O […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: The past year witnessed a 53% increase in sectarian violence, according to an annual report released on Friday by the Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS). Non-sectarian attacks, on the other hand, decreased by 20%. More:
Express News bureau chief in Lahore Muhammad Ilyas said that on Saturday, Ahmed’s health deteriorated and he was rushed to the hospital following cardiac arrest. His funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday January 6, 2013, at 3 pm in Peshawar. More
My Take: New Year’s resolution – don’t get murdered Editor’s Note: Qasim Rashid is a national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. Follow him on Twitter @MuslimIQ. By Qasim […]
Source: ET Sonu Khan Baloch named new K-P election commission chief. ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday shuffled provincial election commissioners for three provinces. According to the sources in the commission, heads of the election body were shuffled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. After the shuffle, K-P […]
Source: Friday Times. Ba Najam Sethi Dr Tahir ul Qadri continues to hog the headlines. In ten days, however, he has progressively diluted his demands under relentless media scrutiny. Consider. Originally he insisted that the army and judiciary were “stake holders” who had a right to inform any caretaker government. […]
Source: ET ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration officials on Friday rejected a formal request by Minhajul Quran International (MQI) to hold a rally in front of parliament, citing overcrowding and capacity as bottlenecks. Instead, the administration suggested a change of venue for the MQI’s January 14 rally, proposing the lush […]
Source and written by Yasmeen Ali Honourable Justice (Retd.) Mr. Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Your Honor, As a concerned Pakistani citizen,also a lawyer by profession I feel, our ballot paper do not allow the masses to exercise the right to vote in its true spirit.We see […]
Daily Times: Ayesha Asghar. The survivor is a Bheel, not just Hindu but also a scheduled caste one. The rape of children from scheduled castes is, unfortunately, very common in Sindh The survivor is a student of Grade I, in the district of Umerkot in Sindh. She is much younger […]