Daily Times: Mohammad Ahamd. A number of Ahmadis have been implicated in charges under the blasphemy law, while their defence, which lies in their faith, is denied under sections 298 A, 298 B and 298 C of the PPC Ethnic and religious communities that are in a minority in our […]
The Times of India: Sonya Fatah. Sitara Brooj Akbar, a 12-year-old girl, hails from Rabwah, a town of 70,000 people, some 180km west of Lahore. Last year the young Sitara achieved a noteworthy academic record: she became the first girl of her age to clear the Cambridge University Ordinary Level examinations in three […]
Source: LUBP A must watch video under http://www.shiakilling.com, to understand existing problem of Pakistan. Click HERE Faisal Raza Abidi is a Pakistani political figure and the senator representing the representing the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for Sindh Province, since March 2009. He is also serving as the party president of […]
Source: Friday Times. By Najam Sethi Most Pakistanis are apprehensive that the general elections scheduled early next year may be postponed on one pretext or another. This anxiety flows generally from a running conflict between the Supreme Court and the Zardari government but specifically from acute tensions between the Supreme […]
Source: IBN Live Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today undertook a whirlwind tour of interior Sindh, visiting a temple and addressing a Hindu panchayat, where he said that India and Pakistan need to co-exist peacefully and work for good governance in the region. “I have brought a message of peace, […]
The Express Tribune: Aakar Patel. On the Indian subcontinent, regional trouble is blamed on the foreign hand. This is because our citizens love their nation and its constitution. It is the mischief of the neighbour that must be suppressed. Such stupidity is a commonplace in our parts among public, state […]
Faiz Ahmad Faiz Source: The Friday Times: by Ali Madeeh Hashmi Faiz: Regarding religion, I have mentioned that I attended Molvi Ibraheem Mir’s Quranicdars for years. In college my subject was Arabic […]
Pakistani Hindu revellers wave sparklers on the occasion of Diwali in Karachi on November 13, 2012. Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated with jubilation and enhusiasm as one of the biggest Hindu festivals. People decorate their homes with flowers and Diyas (earthen lamps), celebrate the homecoming of the God […]
Source: Examanior.Com via Wasim Sroya: Pakistan has turned into a veritable killing field for the minority Ahmadi Muslims, who were declared non-Muslims under Saudi pressure four decades back, a report of the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has bared.. “With its reelection to the Human Rights Council […]
Source: Free Movement via Wasim Sroya: The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London The Upper Tribunal has issued a new Country Guidance case on Ahmadis from Pakistan, the case of MN and others (Ahmadis – country conditions – risk) Pakistan CG [2012] UKUT 00389 (IAC). Shivani Jegarajah and Colin Yeo of […]
Daily Times: Dr. Haider Shah. The key measure of a de-radicalisation plan should be a complete overhaul of the syllabus of the educational institutions of Pakistan On New Year’s Eve, Britain comes alive with celebrations, fireworks and parties in every corner of the country. The freezing air fails to deter […]
Source: Dawn.Com By Mohammad Ali THE study of religion has been a phenomenon of interest. It is because of this curiosity that historically different perspectives have been developed to understand, interpret and extract meaning from religious concepts and practices. Some of the dominant approaches have been theological, jurisprudential, spiritual etc. […]
Pakteahouse: Akbar Zaidi and the critical re-evaluation of Jinnah By Yasser Latif Hamdani This morning writing in The News, Akbar Zaidi, a respected economist, called for a critical re-evaluation of Jinnah’s role in Pakistan’s history. Just to re-cap this was business as usual – Jinnah’s democratic credentials are questionable because of […]
The Christian Science Monitor: Taha Siddiqui. The father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb has launched a political party, which plans to participate in the next presidential election slated for early 2013. Abdul Qadeer Khan has started a 100-day campaign to tour Pakistan, starting with Kahuta, home to the first nuclear facility in Pakistan, […]
The Express Tribune: Nadir Hassan. The politicisaton of religious identity can be traced back to the Objectives Resolution and, after that, the anti-Ahmadi riots of the 1950s. Groups like the Jamaat-e-Islami and others, who had opposed the creation of Pakistan, suddenly found themselves with a political niche in the new country. […]
Source: ET: Hazrat Ali Shah declared guilty by Additional Sessions judge, fined Rs100,000. PHOTO: FILE CHITRAL: A man accused of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was declared guilty and awarded a death sentence along with a fine worth Rs100,000 by Additional Sessions Judge Azhar Ali Khan in Chitral. More:
Source: Nasir Rajput Aslamo Alaikum , Wah safi mian wah, zaberdast, bohat maza aya artikl purh kar. Allah apko khush rakhe ke ap ne mujhe khush kar diya. All Tala humarey hum watnoon ko aqal aur hosh ke nakhun day,aur woh waqt ki awaaz ko pehchaney warna pichli qoomoon ki […]
Source: ET Since July 2010, more than 400 bodies of missing persons have been found in Balochistan. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE LAHORE: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and her delegation tried to downplay the grave human rights situation in Balochistan during her presentation on October 30 to the United Nations (UN) Universal Periodic […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Sunara Nizami Published: November 14, 2012 Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan talks to media persons during a press conference with […]
By Heather Hurlburt US NEWS Heather Hurlburt is the executive director of the National Security Network in Washington, D.C. Heather previously served in the Clinton administration as speechwriter to the […]