Source: Reuters.com (Reuters) – Afghanistanhas banned all Pakistani newspapers over what security officials say is anti-government propaganda aimed at Kabul, an interior ministry spokesman said on Saturday, in a move likely to worsen already tense cross-border ties. Pakistani newspapers are usually filled with statements that the Afghan government does not […]
Source: Dawn Author: Shaan Khan Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist shot in the head by the Taliban, is on her way to Britain for treatment as she struggles to overcome her injuries, the Pakistani military said Monday. “It was agreed by the panel of […]
The Express Tribune: by Syed Mohammad Ali. The Pakistani diaspora is usually at the forefront of expressing disgruntlement when it comes to complaining about Islamophobia abroad. Yet, as a nation, we continue to treat minorities within Pakistan itself abhorrently. ………Hatred and fundamentalism have fermented to unacceptable levels. They need just the […]
Dawn; KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain appealed to the people of Pakistan belonging to different schools of thoughts to refrain from offering prayers behind the ulema who […]
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Know your nemesis: عالمی مجلس تحفظ ختم نبوت کے تحت ہر سال ہونے والی آل پاکستان سالانہ ختم نبوت کانفرنس کا سب سے بڑا فیض اور ثمر یہ ہے کہ […]
Source: Dawn Author: Anwar Iqbal For 20 years Rashid waited for this day. But instead of boarding the plane, he returned his tickets. It all seemed so meaningless to him after reading how a 14-year old girl, Malala Yousufzai, was gunned down […]
The Express Tribune: by Chris Allbritton Pakistan is a land of many stories, and I miss them terribly. But what I don’t miss, having been forced to leave Pakistan this summer because of a possible threat to my safety, is the constant barrage of conspiracy theories and an unwillingness by […]
Source: TOI People hold candles and pictures of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Oct 9, 2012 by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls, at a school in Lahore October 12, 2012. (Reuters photo) RAWALPINDI: The police said on Friday that they had […]
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission via Nasim Malik. The Ahmadis, a sect that believes in Islam and claims to be an ardent follower of it, has been declared as non-Muslim under the Pakistani legislation. Evidently, the Government of Pakistan has not only confiscated their freedom to faith, belief and practice, […]
The Express Tribune AQ Khan: the truth finally prevails By Sajad Haider Published: October 12, 2012 “The public and AQ Khan’s admirers should know that firstly, he was just a copper metallurgist employed in Holland by Urenco and assigned to a less sensitive section, which was not directly involved in […]
From Reza Sayah, Shaan Khan and Ashley Fantz, CNN The recovery of a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the neck and now breathes on a ventilator hinges on what happens over the next two days. Malala Yousufzai remains in a Rawalpindi hospital after […]
This interview gives some idea about her courage and convictions. Scroll down for her 2011 interview. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/world/asia/pakistan-teen-activist-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
The Express Tribune: by Amina Jilani. The mighty Pakistan Army, the government of the failing, flailing republic, the Taliban, drones, Imran Khan and Malala Yousufzai — they are all linked in more than one distressing way. ………That the army and the government don’t do much to take on the TTP […]
Pakistan police: Three arrested over teen peace activist shooting Rashid Mahmood / AFP – Getty Images Students recite verses from the Quran as they pray for Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head in a Taliban assassination attempt, at her school in Mingora, the main town of […]
Source: The Pioneer via Wasim Sroya: Voices of sanity are steadily losing ground in Pakistan. Moderate elements are being harassed, physically assaulted and even killed by hardliners within and outside the administration The 2.4 million Ahmadis in Pakistan are the most persecuted group in the country. Despite their reverence for […]
Source: ET As this country plumbs ever newer depths of the crap-hole, it becomes clearer to Pakistanis that those that hold it by the throat were always wrong; that they were not merely deluded, they were dishonest because they wanted a bigger share of the measly national pie; that they […]
Source: TOI: Injured Malala Yousufzai who was shot by Taliban assailants on October 9. PESHAWAR: One of the Taliban’s most feared commanders, Maulana Fazlullah, carefully briefed two killers from his special hit squad on their next target. The gunmen weren’t going after any army officer, politician or western diplomat. Their […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Sunara Nizami Published: October 12, 2012 RAWALPINDI: Neuro-surgical and intensive care specialists have said that although Malala’s state is satisfactory, the next […]
The NewYork Times: by Nicholas D. Kristof. Twice the Taliban threw warning letters into the home of Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who is one of the world’s most persuasive advocates for girls’ education. They told her to stop her advocacy — or else. […]