Ewan-e-Tauheed under threat of demolition
DAWN.COM By Faiza Mirza RAWALPINDI: Worshippers at Ewan-e-Tauheed, which is the main worship site for Ahmadis in Rawalpindi, fear that the building will be demolished because of the recent propaganda […]
Efroze Chemical Industries owner says PIC batch contaminated
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: February 1, 2012 KARACHI: Owner of Efroze Chemical Industries confessed on Wednesday that the batch of IsoTab produced for […]
Blasphemy laws in Pakistan
Courtesy Daily Dawn: Editorial: THE list of those charged or accused under the country’s questionable blasphemy laws — that too on the flimsiest of pretexts — is far too long. Soofi Mohammad Ishaq, sentenced to death by a judge in Jhelum on Monday in a blasphemy case, is another addition to […]
Ten years, Indian soldiers family still waiting for justice
Dr. N . K. Kalia, father of Martyr Captain of Indian Army Saurabh Kalia, who laid down his life defending his country in Kargil from proxy war of aggression enraged by […]
In Pakistan, a rally against an Ahmadi mosque
Anti-Ahmadi campaign draws thousands, sparks online reactions Source: The Stream, Al Jazeera. More than 5,000 people rallied on Sunday against the Ewane Tawheed mosque, which was built by an Ahmadi group in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi. Protesters alleged it was constructed without official authorisation, while the Ahmadiyya community claimed […]
Colour me rainbow
Credit: Express Tribune: I realised that whilst Pakistan may not suffer from overt racism, it had, despite its Islamic pretensions, become an increasingly inhumane society, bitterly divided along lines of religion, class, ethnicity, gender and politics. The only difference being that the oppressors and the oppressed could not be easily […]
Obama admits US drone strikes into Pakistan
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Monday admitted that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and al Qaeda […]
Salam Sahab, we have failed you
Daily Dawn: Yesterday marked the 85th Birthday of Dr.Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist and the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate. He is not our national hero, his name is rarely ever mentioned, in […]
Protest against ‘unconstitutional’ practices becomes anti-Ahmadi rally
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Mudassir Raja Published: January 29, 2012 RAWALPINDI: Thousands of traders and activists from religious parties gathered in Rawalpindi on Sunday to call […]
Hundreds gather in Rawalpindi against land ‘encroachment’ by Ahmadis
Credit: Express Tribune: Scene from the anti-Ahmadi jalsa in Rawalpindi on January 29, 2012. PHOTO: SHIRAZ HASSAN RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of people organised a protest against the Ahmadiyya community in Rawalpindi on Sunday, claiming that community members had illegally established a worship place in the city. The protest, led by a representative of […]
The politics of living under terrorism
Courtesy: Express Tribune: Khalid Ahmed: Fear guides Pakistan. And this fear emanates from the absence of law and order. In other words, terrorism. Law and order can fluctuate in most Third World states and still not render them dysfunctional. When we say law and order in Pakistan, we mean terrorism coming […]
Muslims and minorities
IMAGINE the following scenario: a complex housing a mosque, a madressah, a girls` school and a home for the elderly being run by a Muslim charity is broken into at dawn and bulldozed by officials. No notice is served, and no documents challenging ownership are produced. Yet, within hours, the buildings […]
Pakistan: Government kneels down to JuD calls, asks Ahmadis to stop praying
Source / Courtesy: The Horizon The government officials have advised the members of the Rawalpindi Ahmadiyya community to stop praying at the Satellite Town Ahmadiyya center, Ewan-e Touheed. Known terrorist, […]
England Cricket Captain Andrew Strauss: England’s loss to Pakistan is the kind that hurts most
‘We just didn’t play well enough, individually or collectively’ . England’s No1 ranking at risk if they do not win third Test. Andrew Strauss admitted that England’s batsmen are no closer […]
Gilani bemoans ‘trust deficit’ with US
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: January 28, 2012 DAVOS: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza gilani said on Saturday there was “a trust deficit” between Islamabad […]
Gilani bemoans ‘trust deficit’ with US
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By AFP Published: January 28, 2012 DAVOS: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza gilani said on Saturday there was “a trust deficit” between Islamabad […]
Holy bans only
While in a Karachi park a frenzied, self-righteous TV show host chased couples out on a date filming them without their consent last week, in Lahore the Punjab assembly passed a resolution seeking a blanket ban on music concerts in educational institutions. Both are despicable acts of moral policing in a country which […]
Pakistan: Hate Campaign against Ahmadis of Satellite Town, Rawalpindi
Banners and posters containing hate content and threats against Ahmadi Muslims are being displayed at many significant places in Satellite Town area of Rawalpindi city adjacent to the Pakistani capital […]
Holy bans only
Dawn: While in a Karachi park a frenzied, self-righteous TV show host chased couples out on a date filming them without their consent last week, in Lahore the Punjab assembly passed a resolution seeking a blanket ban on music concerts in educational institutions. Both are despicable acts of moral policing […]
Security for Mansoor Ijaz: ‘Shahbaz’s statement contempt of court’
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: January 27, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has termed Shahbaz Sharif’s statements on providing security to Mansoor Ijaz as‘contempt of court’, Express […]