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, […]
DawnOKARA: Sultan Mehmood Gujar was a solid supporter of militants and even donated money to them, until he attended an innovative 40-day lecture series by a moderate cleric aimed at countering violent extremism. The course, given to the public at an Islamic school in a hotbed of militancy in Pakistan, […]
Source: Dawn Author: Sana Saleem You would have to be exceptionally callous to be able to forget the image of a woman being shot in broad daylight; unarmed and seven […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Zia Khan Published: January 1, 2012 ISLAMABAD: It looks like the sweets former premier Nawaz Sharif received from President Asif Ali Zardari […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Owais Jafri Published: January 1, 2012 MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the decision of forming an […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Abdul Manan / Express Published: December 31, 2011 GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Zahid Gishkori Published: December 30, 2011 ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Friday summoned former Ambassador to the United States […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Sidrah Moiz Published: December 30, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Counsel for former Ambassador to the United States Asma Jehangir, speaking in reference to the […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: December 30, 2011 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday declared the Memogate case to be maintainable and formed a […]
Source: Express Tribune. The court has released a short order and will release a detailed order later. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday declared the Memogate case to be maintainable and formed a commission to probe into the scandal. Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Esa will head […]
Source: Express Tribune: PM confirms the visit, no comment on trip’s purpose. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States are working quietly to bring some normalcy to their troubled relationship following last month’s Nato airstrikes in Mohmand Agency. As part of some behind the scenes efforts, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt […]
ISLAMABAD: Lal Masjid’s firebrand clerics on Thursday accepted a government offer of 20 kanals of land in Sector H-11/4 for rebuilding Jamia Hafsa, averting a feared clash reminiscent of the bloody standoff between the two sides in July 2007 that saw the seminary for girls razed to ground. This alternate […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Asad Kharal Published: December 28, 2011 LAHORE: Senior commander of the banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Dr Arshad, accused of killing four intelligence […]
Express Tribune: The year opened with the assassination of then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer by his own security guard Mumtaz Qadri in Islamabad on January 4. Taseer was killed for speaking against the blasphemy law and raising a voice in favour of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death […]
Source: TOI on Line. ISLAMABAD: Embattled Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday vowed to continue as the country’s head of the state despite the “fabricated crisis” built around him amid rising tensions with the powerful military establishment. “We want to make history, not headlines. I tell you politics – […]
Source: Dawn Author: Faiza Mirza Amidst the clouds of political and economic turmoil looming over Pakistan, including fiascoes as big as “memogate scandal” and “President Zardari’s departure to UAE”, Pakistanis, […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: December 27, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while hearing the Memogate case on Tuesday, said that the […]
source: TOI on Line The Pakistan government is unhappy with Kayani, currently on a three-year extension, and Pasha, who received a one-year extension in service last year. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government is seriously contemplating the removal of powerful army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI head Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja […]