Source: Pak Tribune Dated: 2 January, 2012 Arifa Karim, Pakistan’s pride who became world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) at 9 in 2004 continues to be in critical condition in […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 5, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court issued another contempt of court notice to Babar Awan over his media talk held […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 5, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) categorically refused to submit a letter to Swiss authorities as demanded earlier by […]
Dr. Paul Bhatti advisor to prime minister of Pakistan on national harmony said Ministry said World leaders belonging to different religion have been invited on International Interfaith Harmony conference planned for February this year regarding promotion of interfaith harmony and interfaith relationships at national and international levels to deal with the challenges […]
Dawn: KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee traded at a record low of 90.42 on Thursday for the second consecutive trading session amid increased import payments, especially of oil, and because of a negative outlook on the country’s economy, dealers said. “There are some oil import payments but there are few inflows […]
Ahead of his planned return to Pakistan later this month, former President Pervez Musharraf is expected to meet Saudi King Abdullah to discuss getting “foolproof guarantees” from Pakistani civilian and military leaders that he will not be arrested after his homecoming. Sixty eight-year-old Musharraf, currently living in self-exile in Britain […]
Pakistan has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in Asia, despite parliament recently passing laws aimed at improving the rights of women. Read more
Source: Express Tribune The SC had earlier issued a notice to the president but he did not submit his reply . ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the Memogate case summoned President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (DG-ISI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz […]
Source: TOI on line: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court warned the government of action if its verdict on amnesty law, which granted immunity to politicians and bureaucrats in corruption cases, was not implemented by January 10. The court had declared the amnesty law, National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), void. To implement the […]
Source: TOI on Line: Imran Khan’s sudden explosion on Pakistan’s political horizon seems to have shaken the country’s mainstream parties, with erstwhile foes PML-N and PPP proposing a summit. LAHORE: Imran Khan’s sudden explosion on Pakistan’s political horizon seems to have shaken the country’s mainstream parties, with erstwhile foes […]
RT: Mohammad Salman Hamdani was on his way to his job at the DNA analysis lab at Rockefeller University on September 11, 2001 when the 23-year-old EMT and police cadet raced to the World Trade Center to lend a hand. It was months before Hamdani’s mother learned that her son’s […]
DAWN: Sana Saleem: It was on this day last year, when a 26-year-old Mumtaz Qadri killed the very man he was meant to protect. Twenty seven bullets to silence Salman Taseer and to make sure that the debate on misuse of blasphemy laws is shunned for good. It was this […]
An NGO held a three-day Interfaith Harmony Camp at St Anthony’s High School, Lawrence Road, Lahore. “Through this, we hope to promote a sense of harmony, tolerance, co-existence and respect […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, hearing the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) reference case on Tuesday, remarked that […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune Published: January 3, 2012 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will take action against all relevant institutions if the […]
Various view points Compiled by Zubair Khan Former Pakistan ambassador Husain Haqqani’s counsel Asma Jahangir told Dawn TV’s Matiullah Jan in a detailed interview of Jan 1, 2012 – view online at: http://bit.ly/uAofcx – that she had taken up the case because she found it a travesty that an individual […]
Source / Courtesy: The Express Tribune The year 2011 must rank as one of the worst years in the nation’s life. It began with the killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and ended with the most internecine of politics to topple the incumbent government before its term in office via the memogate […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Madiha Saeed Published: January 2, 2012 KARACHI: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, while addressing a large gathering of supporters in Karachi, said that if […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Reuters Published: January 1, 2012 HONOLULU: President Barack Obama signed a sweeping US defense funding bill on Saturday which includes new sanctions […]
It is pertinent to mention here that over 960 people had been charged with blasphemy in Pakistan from 1980 to 2009. Of these, 479 were Muslims, 340 Ahmadis, 119 Christians, […]