Human Empowerment Through Female Education.
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Memogate: Mansoor Ijaz given final chance, summoned on February 9
Source: Express Tribune The Pakistan-American businessman, who is one of the central characters of the Memogate scandal, has twice denied coming to Pakistan to record his statement before the commission. ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal has given Mansoor Ijaz one final chance and has summoned the Pakistan-American businessman […]
Memogate: Despite assurances, Mansoor Ijaz refuses to come to Pakistan
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Web Desk Published: January 24, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Despite assurances on full security from the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal, Pakistani-American […]
Punjab Assembly passes resolution to ban ‘objectionable’ concerts
Courtesy: Tribune: LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a ban on organising ‘objectionable’ music concerts in private and public academic institutions. The move comes weeks after three students were […]
The threat within
REPORTS of an attempted coup in Bangladesh by serving and retired military officials in connivance with a banned Islamist group, Hizbut Tahrir, having been foiled by Bangladeshi authorities over the weekend is a reminder of the potentially catastrophic nexus between radical Islam and the armed forces in Pakistan too. The […]
What Pakistan should learn from Bangladesh!
Source: Znews, Times of Assam and Euraasia Review Bangladesh coup linked to 1971 war Islamist Conspiracy against Bangladesh Government – Bangladesh Army Hizbut-Tahrir ( HT) Steps Up Attempts To Subvert Bangladesh Army – Analysis The above news should be a wake up call for Pakistan as much as it is […]
Farahnaz says fled Pakistan for fear of kidnapping by ISI: No one safe anymore
Daily Dawn: KARACHI: Farahnaz Ispahani, media adviser to President Asif Ali Zardari and wife of Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, has said that she had fled to the US for fear […]
Historic walled city under threat
LAHORE: The medieval walled city of Lahore is under threat from a construction ‘free-for-all’ ruining centuries of heritage, as an ambitious Pakistani restoration project to protect it stalls. Rapid and illegal growth is crowding out the “old city” —the section of the eastern hub fortified by a wall during the […]
Pakistan: Hydra unity
Courtesy Daily Dawn: ……….This actually shouldn’t come as a surprise in a country where the state has for long been active in defining what or who a ‘Muslim’ is, and that too in a society brimming with various sects and sub-sects. This has left the sects judging one another, sometimes […]
In order to achieve Religious Harmony and Peace Pakistan can follow the success story of Ghana.
By Zubair Khan ” it does not matter where you come from. As long you are in Ghana we consider you as Ghanaian, we will treat you as Ghanaian and we are proud of it” These were the few strange and astonishing words, which on 18th of January 2012, […]
Punjab has become a ‘living hell’ for minorities: PML-Q MPA
Courtesy Express Tribune: Pakistan Muslim League –Quaid (PML-Q) MPA Shahzad Elahi, speaking during the Punjab Assembly session on Friday, said the province had become a ‘living hell’ for minorities. […]
Gilani contempt hearing: ‘Did not write letter because president has immunity’
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Agencies / Faisal Shakeel / Web Desk Published: January 19, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appeared before the Supreme Court on Thursday in […]
Science at the grass roots
IN an article ‘Neutrinos and Angels’ he wrote for a national daily, Prof Pervez Hoodbhoy, one of Pakistan’s leading scientists, quotes the late Carl Sagan, America’s well-known astronomer, astrophysicist, and science communicator. Sagan told Bible Belt Americans: “Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during […]
‘US envoy visit to Pakistan, impossible’
Courtesy Press TV: Pakistan has rejected a request by US special envoy Marc Grossman to visit the country, saying it is “not possible at the moment”. “Ambassador Grossman asked to […]
ZAB reference case: Babar Awan’s license suspended
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 17, 2012 http://tribune.com.pk/story/322825/babar-awans-license-cancelled-temporarily/ ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the license of federation’s counsel Babar Awan temporarily in the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) presidential reference case on Tuesday, reportedExpress News. The apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad […]
As U.S.-Pakistani relations sink, nations try to figure out ‘a new normal’
Courtesy Washington Post: In a call to her Pakistani counterpart this month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama administration’s counterterrorism “red line”: The United States reserved the right […]
Coalition meeting: PM Gilani proposes to step down
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 16, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has offered to step down in the wake of the worsening political […]
NRO verdict: SC issues contempt of court notice to Gilani
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: January 16, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a contempt of court notice to Prime Minister […]
In the event of a coup, will stand by army: Musharraf
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 15, 2012 NEW DELHI: Former president and chief of the All Pakistan Muslim League General Pervez Musharraf says that he […]
Arfa Karim passes away in Lahore
Source: Dawn The youngest Microsoft professional, Arfa Karim passes away at the age of 16 in a Lahore hospital on Saturday, DawnNews reported. Arfa fell desperately ill last month and […]