Pakistan

US Warning Over Anti-Islam video

U.S. warns of rising threat of violence amid outrage over anti-Islam video By the CNN Wire Staff updated 10:19 PM EDT, Thu September 13, 2012 Protesters chant slogans during a march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13. One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security […]

Is this Jinnah’s Pakistan?

Credit: ET The writer is professor of political science at LUMS Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the father of our nation, must be turning in his grave if angels were to carry the news and pictures of today’s Pakistan to him — targeted killings of Shias, persecution of Christians and public conversion […]

The News: [Ahmadis] as non-Muslim minority

Qadianis as non-Muslim minority Source: The News September 7, 1974, is a memorable and historic day for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as, on this day, the National Assembly, through a constitutional amendment, unanimously declared all the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as non-Muslim minority. Later in 1984, through […]

No terror tag for Pakistan, ISI: US

Credit:TOI The United States is not considering terror tags for Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI despite charges of their patronage of terrorist groups, American officials said on Friday. (AP Photo) WASHINGTON: The United States is not considering terror tags for Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI despite charges of […]

Pakistan needs to change blasphemy law

In Pakistan, the Muslim cleric who denounced a mentally challenged Christian girl of 14 for blasphemy has now been arrested for allegedly framing her. It is the latest bizarre twist in a case that sparked a worldwide outcry. In Pakistan, blasphemy can bring a death sentence or life in prison, […]

Ahmadis, it was found, after initially being declared a minority in 1974, have suffered the most as a result of blasphemy law

Source: ET Chairman of the Ulema Council alleges Rimsha accused in order to force Christians out. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: Ever since the introduction of stringent amendments in blasphemy laws under General Ziaul Haq’s rule, more people suffered from communal clashes than ever in the sub-continent. Since 1990 alone, fifty-two people have […]