What NATO summit means for Pakistan
BY: Moeed Pirzada ARABBEWS Anxiety over whether Pakistan will be able to attend the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21 was put to rest when the trans-Atlantic alliance decided […]
Saudi help for Pakistani flood victims continues
BY: ISLAMABAD: Z. MAHMOOD SHEIKH ARABNEWS Saudi Arabia, while fulfilling its commitment to help Pakistan in times of need, continued its relief activities with the launch of the second stage of reconstruction in which 5,000 more houses would be built costing $ 20 million. The houses are meant for those […]
Govt must protect minorities’ places of worship: Minister
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zahid Gishkori Published: April 1, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Minister In-charge of National Harmony Dr Paul Bhatti said on Sunday that he would raise objections […]
Secret case against Pakistan officer
Daily News From his prison cell, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to take over the military released his political manifesto: His call was for the army to sever its anti-terror alliance with the United States, which he contends is forcing Pakistan to fight […]
Bangladesh political leader indicted over 1971 war Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Azam has been indicted for genocide, murder and other atrocities during Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war.
Bangladesh political leader indicted over 1971 war Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Azam has been indicted for genocide, murder and other atrocities during Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war. The government claims up to three million people were killed by Pakistan’s army and pro-Pakistan militias during the struggle. A Bangladeshi special court […]
Pakistan’s new party promises to reform system
Politics in Pakistan is a dangerous and dirty business dominated by big landlords and other groups known more for their penchant for violence and terror than their desire to bring […]
Pakistan and Ahmadis: Celebrating Mother’s Day as a rejected son
Express Tribune: by Fahim Younas: As a rejected son, how do you celebrate Mother’s Day? Who enjoys the breakfast tray? Who receives the flower bouquet? That’s my story. But it’s […]
Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan!
Source: Daily Pioneer There was a time when the plight of Hindus in Pakistan would bring the Left and Right on the same platform. Today, it’s seen as a BJP(Right […]
Jihadi Nationalism: Will Pakistan Army undo Pakistan?
Express Tribune: Pak Army and Pak nationalism: by Khlaid Ahmad Pakistani nationalism, like all nationalisms, is based on what Ibn Khaldun called asabiya or the ‘group feeling’ that people living inside a state must […]
Red Cross stops work in Pakistani cities
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The Red Cross says it has suspended operations in two of Pakistan’s largest cities following the killing of a British nurse working for the group in the country. […]
PAKISTAN: A maimed democracy that denies its citizens the right to vote
Asian Human Rights Commission: Statement : The Asian Human Rights Commission has had discussions with the leaders of the Ahmadis, a religious minority community of Islam, at Lahore, Punjab province. During […]
Pakistan is the Key to London’s Olympic Security
Daily Telegraph: There are now just 80 days to go before the start of the Great Siege of London, when the daily routines of millions of the capital’s citizens are […]
‘Saudi-backed Wahhabis behind massacre of Shias in Pakistan’
An extremist Wahhabi group, backed by such countries as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, is behind the atrocious massacre of Shia Muslims in Pakistan, a political analyst says. “All these massacres […]
Religious intolerance in Muslim societies: Ordinance XX in Pakistan
Dailytimes; Yasser Latif Hamdani: Much like Akbar the Great, the Mughal Emperor, Mehmet Fateh and Suleiman the Magnificent refused to give in to the whims of the Muslim clergy. Their […]
Gems from Urdu Press: Pakistan Electricity Shortage A Qadiani Conspiracy
After declaring Ahmadiyya as Non Muslim, Pakistan solved all its problems, except of course electricity shortage. This was a deliberate conspiracy to make the Fort of Islam weak and to […]
State of the nation: Urdu press seen complicit in Ahmedi baiting
Credit: Express Tribune: Report on Ahmedis reveals victimisation and harassment. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE LAHORE: The Urdu press and media are contributing to the hate campaign against Ahmedis by publishing “baseless stories,” the […]
Pakistan: Murder of Justice: Shahbaz Bhatti murder suspect acquitted
Dawn: RAWALPINDI: A man booked for being allegedly involved in the murder of former minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, was acquitted by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday. In the ATC-II […]
Two blowbacks from Afghanistan: Will Pakistan Survive the Second One that is Imminent
Express Tribune: by Khalid Ahmad: Pakistan is about to face the second ‘withdrawal’ blowback from Afghanistan. The first, after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union, came under General Ziaul Haq, whose […]
Rare Good News: Pakistani cotton scientist declared the world’s best in 2012
Dawn: A Pakistan-based scientist has been honoured by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the body said in a statement released this week. Dr Yusuf Zafar, who is the director […]
Worship place: It no longer resembles a mosque
Credit: Express Tribune: By Rana Tanveer Published: May 5, 2012 A hoarding is installed behind the chhatri (flattened dome) at the entrance, so that the worship place does not look like a mosque. PHOTO: EXPRESS TRIBUNE LAHORE: Two days after being told by Misri Shah police to ‘cover up’ architectural elements […]