SC declares contempt law null and void
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: August 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme of Court of Pakistan declared the contempt law, recently passed by the parliament, […]
The moon is more important than the sun – or: was Mullah Nasruddin a Pakistani?
The news that Pakistani scientists invented the ‘water-driven-car’ (or was it the ‘Islamic car’?) makes me wonder whether Mullah Nasruddin was a Pakistani, because the Mullahs stated: One day Mullah […]
The Water Car Fraud Pakistan
The water car fraud By Pervez Hoodbhoy The Express Tribune, August 3, 2012 The writer received his bachelor degrees in electrical engineering and mathematics, as well as masters and Ph.D degrees, from MIT Agha Waqar Ahmad deserves a medal from the people of Pakistan for his great service to the […]
As Burmese Rohingya bleed, Rohingya immigrants in Karachi find no help no help from Pakistani ‘Muslim brethren’!
As the world rallies in favour of non-violence and mobilises against unjust oppression, a small community in Pakistan’s largest city struggles to raise its voice: these are Karachi’s Rohingya Muslims – a small band of immigrants who managed to escape from the Burmese oppression when the time was right. Today, […]
Science for the ummah – A Satire Piece
Source: Dawn Author: Nadeem F. Paracha Recently an enterprising Pakistani engineer claimed to have invented a car that is powered by water. Excited by the news, Pakistan’s, nay, the whole […]
The water car-technology or fraud?
The Express Tribune: Pervez Hoodbhoy Agha Waqar Ahmad deserves a medal from the people of Pakistan for his great service to the nation. In a few short days, he has exposed just how far Pakistan has fallen into the pit of ignorance and self-delusion. No practical joker could have demonstrated […]
Team Pakistan sweeps debating competition in Mexico
Credit: ET. KARACHI: For the three 15-year-old students selected to represent Pakistan in one of the largest high school tournaments in the world, The Karl Popper Debating Championship (KPDC), the first-time visit to Mexico became their time to shine. Not only did the Pakistani team win the final against the […]
Interpol refuses to issue red warrant against Musharraf
The Interpol has rejected Pakistan’s request to issue a red warrant against former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in regard to the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, Press TV reports. The Interpol […]
No reason cited: Top ‘sevadar’ law officer shown the door
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Umer Farooq Published: August 2, 2012 PESHAWAR: The government has sacked a top law officer who swept floors, did the dishes […]
Why Abdus Salam, Pakistan’s great physicist, has been written out of history by his own country
Credit:The telegraph via Wasim Sroya Adbus Salam: written out of history by his own country Professor Abdus Salam was one of Pakistan’s finest minds. His work in the field of theoretical physics, on unifying the electromagnetic and weak forces, earned him the country’s first – and only – Nobel prize […]
10 things Pakistanis don’t want to hear
The Express Tribune: Omar Kamal bin Farooq One of the biggest disadvantages of living in a nation as homogeneous as ours is that it is very seldom that you get to hear alternative narratives on history, religion, culture and society in general. People who try and present narratives that are different from […]
Illiteracy, violence and corruption, Muslim economic malaise – Universal Muslim Economic Failure
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FIJISUN – Pakistan’s new Spy Chief visits Washington DC & Islam Updates
Pakistan’s New Spy Chief Visits Washington at a Time of Frayed Relations By DECLAN WALSH and MARK MAZZETTI Published: July 31, 2012 S ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As befits any newly installed spymaster, a vague air of mystery surrounds Lt. Gen. Zahir ul-Islam, the head of Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, who is visiting Washington in […]
India formally allows foreign investment from Pakistan
The Indian government on Wednesday formally allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan, the latest in a series of confidence building measures to build trust between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. […]
Every one remembers Dr. Abdus Salam – except Pakistan. (Deutsche Welle, Germany)
Pakistan remains silent about its only Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam and his contribution to the recent discovery of the ‘God particle’ because the late scientist belonged to the ‘heretic’ Ahmadiyya […]
‘Peace bodies being set up for interfaith harmony’ Pakistani Minister of State for National Harmony
Source: Nation.Pk SLAMABAD – In a bid to promote interfaith harmony in Pakistan, Minister of State for National Harmony, Akram Masih Gill, said on Wednesday that formation of national peace committees for interfaith harmony was under way. While talking to a delegation of Ulema headed by Allama Muhammad Shoaib, Chairman […]
Amidst religious intolerance, Pakistan’s Nobel laureate fades away
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Dawn.com AFP | 1 day ago JHANG: The two-room bungalow, the birth place of Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, today stands empty, testament to […]
United States is “one major attack” away from unilateral action against Pakistan
NY Times: Grinning for the camera, the suicide bomber fondly patted his truckload of explosives. “We will defeat these crusader pigs as they have invaded our land,” he declared as […]
Official policies restrict religious freedom in Pakistan, says US
Dawn: In Pakistan, the Constitution and other laws and policies restrict religious freedom and the government enforced these restrictions, says a US State Department report released on Monday. The report, […]
Why Pakistan abandoned its Nobel laureate Abdus Salam
NYDailyNews.com The two-room bungalow, the birth place of Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, today stands empty, testament to the indifference, bigotry and prejudice surrounding the country’s greatest scientist. Professor Abdus Salam, the child prodigy born to a humble family on the sun-blasted plains of Punjab who won accolades all over the […]