Pakistan

The rise of Pakistan’s televangelists

BBC: Islamic groups in Pakistan were initially hostile to cable TV because of concerns about “obscene” foreign imports, but religion now dominates the airwaves. A new breed of Islamic TV evangelist has emerged, leading to a confrontation with liberals. On any day of the week, television in Pakistan is a […]

FIJISUN – Islam updates around the globe

KRAUTHAMMER: Islamic uprising, not Facebook revolution Santa Rosa Press Democrat Post-revolutionary Libya appears to have elected a relatively moderate pro-Western government. Good news, but tentative because Libya is less a country than an oil well with a long beach and myriad tribes. Popular allegiance to a central national … See all stories on […]

Pakistan-An act of bigotry

Express Tribune:  Editorial The demolition of six minarets by the police at an Ahmadi place of worship in Kharian says a lot about the continued official discrimination against the beleaguered community and our culpability in this discrimination. The spate of attacks on Ahmadi places of worship and the continuous assault on their […]

Ahmadiyya news in Indian/World media…

Since some days Indian news papers are giving extensive coverage to news regarding Ahmadiyyat. First it started with Higgs Boson and Dr. Abdus Salam…now again the heinous act of Pakistani Police demolishing minarets of Ahmadiyya mosque in Kharian at Lahore in Pakistan…also in comments section huge responses can be observed…Ahmadiyya […]

Higgs Boson and Pakistani scientist

Credit: Dawn .com RECENTLY, at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), scientists have discovered Higgs Boson, colloquially known as God Particle. It is termed as the final missing piece of the Standard Model of particle physics. The model was developed by Dr Abdus Salam in liaison with other scientists […]

Zardari signs contempt of court amendment bill

Credit: ET President Asif Ali Zardari gave his consent to the controversial contempt of court amendment bill on Thursday. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari gave his consent to the controversial contempt of court amendment bill on Thursday, Express News has reported. The bill will provide immunity from contempt proceedings […]

Dollar diplomacy disaster in Pakistan

Russian TV: The standoff between Washington  and Islamabad was the longest and most expensive exhibition of overwhelming arrogance by the White House to date. On the eve of the Independence Day, after an interminable string of near misses, the seven-month gridlock between the two countries was finally broken. With the […]

Fury grows at Islamabad’s NATO u-turn

Source: Asiatimes: A coalition of prominent jihadi organizations has descended on Islamabad to protest the reopening of NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, with 50,000 supporters refusing to leave a sit-in at Parliament House unless last week’s decision is revoked. Enjoying the full backing of intelligence agencies, the Defense of Pakistan […]