Express Tribune: When the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was demolished in December 1992, for Prof. Ram Puniyani it was not only a sacred edifice that had crumbled before him, but a part […]
Dawn: IT appears that there are three schools of thought when it comes to minority rights in Pakistan. There are those who champion religious minorities and raise their voices against […]
Credit: Nation via Wasim Sroya PTA bans Ahmadi website By: Our Staff Reporter | July 06, 2012 | 0 LAHORE – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned a website by the name alislam.org which was controlled by the Ahmaddiya community. An official of the authority said that the site had […]
At least some in Pakistan have the good grace to recognise Dr. Salam’s contribution in the field of science. Few Pakistanis know what the Higgs boson is and even fewer […]
Express tribune.com: by Saroop Ijaz One of the most majestic and arresting structures of Europe is the Great Mosque of Cordova. Apart from exquisite architecture, the unique thing about the […]
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon As an intelligence operation, it must have seemed like pure genius: recruit a Pakistani doctor to collect blood samples that could identify Osama bin Laden’s family, under cover of an ongoing vaccination program. But as an ethical matter, it was something else. The […]
Express Tribune: Ranked at 78th out of 80 less developed countries, Pakistan is the third worst place for a mother, according to a Save the Children report. The country also held […]
The Friday Times: Perhaps the most intractable question in Pakistani educational reform remains how best to reconcile religion and science within the curriculum. This is a serious matter but few are willing to engage with the issue directly, for fear of being branded religious heretics by some or apologists for […]
Fijian students in India thankful for assistance 13:38 Sun May 27, 2012 With Mereseini Marau at Fiji High Commission, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, India.Taken from/By: Facebook Report by: Shireen Lata Fiji students studying in India received an increase in their allowance. Fiji’s High Commissioner to India, Yogesh Karan reminded […]
Source: Dawn Author: Elena Doni Fakhra Yunus was a Pakistani dancer from Karachi’s red-light district. In 2000, her face was disfigured by an acid attack: she accused her former husband, who has always maintained his innocence, and who was acquitted. Fakhra obtained political asylum in Italy, […]
Express Tribune: Two years after the tragic attack on worshippers at Darul Zikr, an additional session judge, when faced with a petition calling for action against an Ahmadi worship place […]
Source: Pakistan Christian Post Lahore: May 29, 2012. (PCP) Bus Tour helping to bridge growing gaps among different religion’s youth in Pakistan by pointing out the commonalities of all faiths and by fostering interfaith understanding and cooperation, this program created an environment where religious factors are set aside and relationships […]
For years many Indian-Pakistani couples in the UAE have been unable to travel to each other’s countries because of strict visa rules. But a landmark agreement is about to change […]
Express Tribune: The UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, expressed serious reservations on Tuesday about Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, weak prosecution, procedures of such sensitive cases […]
Dawn: Minuscule tax revenues, mismanagement and overgenerous subsidies mean Pakistan is heading for a new financial crisis, say diplomats and analysts, with this week’s budget unlikely to offer any respite. […]
Credit: Express Tribune Will challenge the ruling in the higher courts, says Ahmadi spokesperson. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE LAHORE: Two years after the tragic attack on worshippers at Darul Zikr, an additional session […]
Credit: Heros of Pakistan via Wasim Saroya. In HOP, there is a deliberate effort on our part to highlight not only the prominent heroes of Pakistan like Dr AQ Khan’s. Rashid Minhas’s biography but we also try to bring into the fore some of the Heroes which are being cruelly […]
For printed article with photos click HERE. By Zubair Khan ” Oh Taxi Fahrer is noch mal da” Oh taxi driver is again here, is the English translation of aforementioned German sentence the receptionist uttered, when Mr Mansoor, wearing a Jean and shirt, entered a hotel to use toilet in […]
Source: VOA The leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami has been charged with war crimes by a special tribunal. Matiur Rahman Nizami was indicted Monday on 16 charges, including genocide and murder allegedly carried out during the country’s 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan. Another tribunal indicted Abdul Quader Molla, […]
London, 28 May 2012: At a dubious ceremony in London in which Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry awarded himself the International Jurist Award by the International Council of Jurists […]