UN chief condemns ‘escalating’ violence in Pakistan
Express Tribune: UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Sunday he was “appalled by the escalating terrorist violence in Pakistan,” after 19 Shia pilgrims died in a car bomb and […]
Hazara Shias lose all hope in Pakistan
Source: ET ARACHI: Shabana Khan* speaks from behind a screen put up to protect her identity at a recent women’s assembly. I cannot see her. I do not know what her age is. I have no way of observing her non-verbal communication. But what I do know is that this […]
Read if you can
Source: ET We have yet to learn how to grieve as a nation the thousands of names and the unnamed. If we stopped for a second to make the pain register, perhaps something unimaginable would happen to us as a people. Perhaps, for now, because it is so unbearable, our […]
After killing 21 paramilitary soldiers in Peshawar, Deobandi militants kill 40 Shias in Mastung
Source: LUBP Related posts: Pakistani (Fake) Civil Society’s continued denial of atrocities by Sipah Sahaba Taliban Pakistan, Social Media, and Two Big Massacres – by Mohammad Murtaza Shia Muslim pilgrims from Punjab and KPK refute HDP’s ethnic propaganda with their blood – by Anwar Changezi Mastung, Balochistan: Only a few […]
Pakistan-India match: Jamshed guides Team Green to ODI win
Source: ET CHENNAI: A stellar batting performance from Nasir Jamshed, who scored 101 runs off 132 balls, led Pakistan to its first victory on Sunday in the current Pakistan-India ODI series. Team green won by six wickets, with 11 balls remaining. Earlier, Jamshed and skipper Misbahul Haq took Pakistan to 172 […]
Teenage icon: Rome again honours Malala, father collects reward
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Fazal Khaliq Published: December 30, 2012 Malala’s father is a former teacher and headmaster. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE SWAT: The city government of […]
A time to remember outstanding Pakistanis: A S (Patras) Bokhari- Saviour of UNICEF
Ed. Note: Addition to the heading by Editor Express Tribune: Anwar Mooraj: Whenever we are heading for the New Year, I get this irresistible urge to exhume and disinter the […]
Pakistanis show resilience against disasters
Dawn: WASHINGTON, Dec 27: Human resilience for the 13 highest risk countries has been declining but in Pakistan it has been increasing, shows a recent study by researchers associated with the US Department of Energy. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, which conducts research for the Department of Energy, are developing […]
Our inner demons
Source: Dawn.Com WINSTON Churchill is reported to have said: “An appeaser is a man who feeds a crocodile in the hope that it will eat him last.” More:
A Study into Pakistan’s Future: What is in Store for the People?
The Brookings Institute: Conclusions by Stephen P. Cohen At the most abstract level of analysis, the interplay between the contested ideas of Pakistan and the integrity of the Pakistani state will be determinative. When a state is unable to protect its citizens and to collect the taxes required for the […]
The Polio Murders
From the fulminations of Swat’s polio-hobbled Maulana Fazlullah to Shakeel Afridi’s vaccination ruse to the latest attacks on health workers, Pakistan’s anti-polio campaign faces tough challenges. But all may not […]
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai named Teenager of the Year
The Pakistani teenage activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban and is currently recuperating at a Birmingham hospital has been named Teenager of the Year by The […]
Bilawal Bhutto launched but there was no mention of the continuous persecution of Christians and Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan
Source: LUBP As critical supporters of Pakistan Peoples Party, we welcome and applaud Chairman PPP’s bold and eloquent address at Garhi Khuda Buksh. To millions of Pakistanis, a new PPP leader has clearly emerged and done so in an impressive manner. To the PPP jiyalas, he was Shaheed Benazir Bhutto […]
Pakistan come from behind to beat India, lift Asian Champions Trophy
Source: ET Pakistan beat out arch rivals India 5-4 to win the tournament. PHOTO: AFP/FILE DOHA: Pakistan came from behind against India in a closely fought final to win the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Doha 5-4 on Thursday, Express News reported. The match, in which India led at half […]
Faithful fragmentation: A Failed Islamization Experiment in Pakistan
Dawn: Nadeem F Paracha: When religious extremists assassinated Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 and Bashir Ahmed Bilour in December 2012, my mind kept going back to what some political thinkers had warned about decades ago. Men, whose warnings were not only ignored but labeled as being treacherous and ‘anti-Pakistan.’ For example, the following […]
We could learn from Australia but do we really want to?
Source: Daily Times. Sabria Balland Chowdhury In the NRA’s recent press conference, they blamed gun massacres on everything from violent movies to video games but refused to take any responsibility whatsoever We can certainly hope that the Sandy Hook school shootings in Connecticut have finally evoked a moral standing on […]
What really happened at Lal Masjid
Source: Friday Times The news on 5 December 2012 read like this: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has constituted a judicial commission to probe the 2007 Lal Masjid operation in Islamabad in 2007 – a government crackdown on a controversial pro-Taliban mosque in the capital which ended in a bloody eight-day siege […]
Pakistan revenue official made Osama bin Laden pay Rs 50,000 bribe: Report
Source: TOI ISLAMABAD: Even the world’s most wanted terrorist could not escape the bribery dragnet. Osama bin Laden’s safe-house in Pakistan’s garrison city Abbottabad was built after paying a bribe of Rs 50,000 to a revenue official, a media report said on Wednesday.The bribe was paid to the ‘patwari’ so […]
Pakistan begin their India tour with a win
Source: TOI Pakistan’s captain Mohd Hafeez takes the stump as Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi celebrates the win against India in the first T20 match in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) BANGALORE: A dream debut by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bagged three for nine from his four overs, wasn’t enough to stop Pakistan […]
Our savage nature
Source: Daily Times Another barbaric incident has once again revealed this nation’s dysfunctional relationship with the country’s blasphemy laws and a social psyche so cruel that one cannot help but hang one’s head in shame. A man, accused of burning a copy of the holy Quran when staying overnight at […]