AFTER reading a post about Israel’s aggressive attacks in Gaza on the BBC Facebook page, I took a look at the comments. There were many voicing anger over the grave situation. Not much to my surprise, I found a comment (of a Muslim) condemning the killing of Palestinian Muslims by […]
Youtube: Video from last year but contains extremely shocking revelations by Farooq Maududi, son of Maulana Maududi. He paints a pathetic picture of his death, betrayal by his closest friends […]
Source: ET. In an enlightening bit of news, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti recently announced Rs90 million for the rehabilitation and renovation of a church in Mardan that was destroyed back in September during riots over an amateur anti-Islam video. While this is a surprising move — as members […]
Source: ET Tahirul Qadri acknowledges supporters at Minar-e-Pakistan. PHOTO: NNI LAHORE: Influential religious scholar Tahirul Qadri set a three-week deadline on Sunday for the Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition government to introduce election reforms or else face a “million-man march” on January 14. “Elections without reforms will be meaningless and people will […]
Daily Times: If Pakistan has to survive as a viable and progressive nation state in the modern world it must be organised around one slogan: Pakistan for Pakistanis, where Pakistani means any citizen of Pakistan who ‘may belong to any religion, caste or creed’ or gender or any distinguishing feature […]
Daily Times: Mohammad Ahmad. Jinnah’s Pakistan was to be a land free of prejudice. Discrimination was to be the forbidden word in Jinnah’s Pakistan. Jinnah’s Pakistan was not created for the Taliban. The destiny of Pakistan will not be inked by India, the US or China. The future of Pakistan […]
Bashy Quraishy: Secretary General – EMISCO -European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion – Strasbourg Member – Advisory Board – Migration Research Centre – Hacettepe University – Ankara, Turkey. Chair-Advisory Council-ENAR – […]
Source: Friday Times: The recent attack on Peshawar airport by TTP terrorists has raised several important questions regarding national security, civil-military relations and media perceptions. Unfortunately, the fact is that on a core concern of national security – the army chief has admitted that the existential threat to Pakistan is […]
Source: ET More than 200 villagers overpowered six police men and beat up the man, before burning him. The time has come to consider the nature of our society and what is happening to it. We appear to have descended into a frenzy of madness and wonder if anyone can […]
And the Man in rightly-characterized “black” dress is Farhat Hashmi. More Drones to annihilate the Whole Wazirastan TTP claims Peshawar blast responsibility PESHAWAR: A banned outfit Tehreek e Taliban […]
Source: Dawn.Com Khyber Senior Minister and and senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Bashir Ahmed Bilour was killed in the suicide attack.—File Photo PESHAWAR: Senior provincial minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour was among eight people killed Saturday after a Pakistani Taliban bomber blew himself up near a meeting of […]
Source: Dawn.com TWO slogans in Pakistan’s two largest cities — both emphasising the leader. In Lahore the stage is being prepared for the return of Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri. In Karachi, wall chalkings of the MQM’s earlier slogan, ‘Manzil nahin rehnuma chahiye’ (leader not destination) have cropped up once again. […]
You tube: Excellent and eloquent defence of Ahmadiyya Muslim role, rights and creation of Pakistan Watch in Youtube:
Source: ET As the cliché goes – love is blind; blind even to religious differences. Ava and Neil made a great pair. It’s rare to come across a couple so compatible and in tune with each other. They complemented each other perfectly. Spending time with them was always a pleasure; […]
Source: LUBP Saudi Arabia is key sponsor of Takfiri terrorism in Pakistan and other countries According to diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia is currently pushing Islamabad to abandon its plan for importing natural gas from Iran. Riyadh is also believed to be concerned over a recent move by Tehran offering crude […]
Dawn Blog: byMichael Kugelman: It’s been about a week since the Connecticut school massacre, and Americans are still grieving. Yet we’re comforted by the thought that, with time, the bereaved community of Newtown will bounce back. Students will return to school, and victims’ families will somehow get on with their lives. […]
Dawn: Nadeem F. Paracha | The most convenient understanding of the phenomenon of Pakistani extremists that one hears being echoed from TV studios and their favourite ‘guests’ suggests that young Pakistanis turning into religious fanatics has something to do with illiteracy and unemployment. Though not entirely incorrect, this notion, however, is a […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweden: Report to start Islamic Teachings in the primary schools of Hessen State of Germany is printed in the newspaper. Bit surprising to note that some Ulemas in Germany have become active. Which Ulemas have become active one has to see. Those can read Urdue should […]
Source: ET Sources say kingdom pressuring Islamabad to drop gas import, pipeline project. ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia soon after Riyadh voiced concerns over Pakistan’s rapidly growing economic and trade ties with neighbouring Tehran. According to diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia, on behalf of […]
Source: Tribune Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari signed ‘The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2012’ into law on Wednesday. The bill, which sought to ensure all children between five to 16 years of age are provided free education, was signed in a special ceremony held at the Chief […]