29 Ahmadi graves desecrated
DUNYAPUR:For minorities in Pakistan, persecution never ends. Even in death, the Ahmadiyya community faces persecution. In a gruesome incident late Saturday night, 29 graves in an Ahmadi graveyard were desecrated […]
Religion without ethic: Punish the Sinner, let go the Criminal
by Khalid Ahmed- Express Tribune; There is little consciousness of ethic in us because of the way we understand our religion. It deals with piety through worship. Once attained, piety is supposed to ensure ethical conduct. Therefore, religiosity is what we emphasise and practise it to make others believe that […]
The Bad Sufi – the client faith of the American Empire
Sufism – once just another variant of Islam, now bankrolled by Britain and the US as a ‘moderate’ form of the religion that could help counter extremism in Pakistan. But what is Sufism? Where did it come from? And what role does it play today? In the first of a […]
Rupee receives heavy battering against dollar: Is Pak economy unraveling?
KARACHI: The rupee’s downward rally continued in the interbank as it fell for five straight days against the dollar to close at Rs 89.40 on Friday. The greenback’s demand surged due to high import payment The rupee was traded at Rs 89.02 versus the dollar as imports’ payment of more […]
Kayani’s bold move: ‘Pakistani troops will return fire if Nato attacks again: Is this the beginning of the end for Pakistan?
ISLAMABAD: In a development that pushes US-Pakistan relations further into the realm of uncertainty, the army has authorised its local commanders deployed near the Afghan border to retaliate to any […]
’ نواز زرداری پر غداری کا مقدمہ بنوانا چاہتے ہیں‘
آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعرات 1 دسمبر2011 15:08 GMT 20:08 PST, Credit:BBCurdu پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے رہنما بابر اعوان نے کہا ہے کہ سپریم کورٹ میں متنازع میمو کی سماعت حکومت کے خلاف […]
Memogate: Parliament failed to protect sovereignty says Nawaz
By Express / Faisal Shakeel Published: December 1, 2011 Credit:Xpress Tribune ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif succeeded in pushing back the memogate affair under the spotlight as he and his party members dubbed […]
Al Qaeda holding US Aid worker Warren Weinstein in Pakistan: SITE
By AFP Published: December 2, 2011 Credit:Xpress Tribune WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda is holding a US aid worker who was kidnapped in August in Pakistan, the extremist group’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said in […]
Blasphemy allegations: Ahmadi family under threat from clerics
LAHORE: An Ahmadi family in Khushab says it is being victimised by local clerics who instigated the expulsion of a 16-year-old from his school and are now pressing the police to register blasphemy cases against him and his father. The father, Hakim Jameel, told The Express Tribune that activists of the Aalmi […]
Bonn boycott
Source:Dawn.com THE government’s decision to boycott the Bonn conference next week needs to be carefully parsed. Statements attributed to officials about the boycott did not appear to categorically rule out a last-minute reversal in the Pakistani opinion. It is possible, given the behind-the-scenes lobbying that the announcement will trigger, that […]
US preparing to vacate Shamsi air base
By Reuters Published: November 30, 2011 Courtesy: Xpress Tribune The United States (US) is preparing to accede to Pakistani demands that it vacate a remote air base in Pakistan used for […]
Clinton hopes for Pakistan cooperation despite Bonn boycott
By Reuters Published: November 30, 2011 Courtesy:Xpress Tribune BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA:US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she regretted Pakistan’s decision to boycott next week’s international conference on Afghanistan but hoped […]
Not all deaths are mourned the same: All deaths are equal but some are more equal than others
Several politicians and citizens in general are enraged over the violation of their sovereignty. While this outburst of grief is understandable and very much justified, one wonders why other acts of violence against ethnic and sectarian minorities in Pakistan have not stirred the same outpour of grief and anger that […]
Confused details emerging of NATO attack on Pakistan!
Source: Newyorktimes: “Some participants, who declined to be identified by name, expressed dissatisfaction with the military briefing.”. Also on Tuesday, the Pakistani military also offered its first detailed account of the weekend episode, which widely differed with NATO and Afghan diplomat accounts. The army ruled out United States assertions that […]
Editorial: What Happened on the Border?
Source: Newyorktimes: It’s not clear what led to NATO strikes on two Pakistani border posts this weekend, but there can be no dispute that the loss of lives is tragic. At least 24 Pakistani troops were killed. We regret those deaths, as we do those of all American, NATO and […]
US suspects NATO forces lured by Taliban into deadly raid
Source: Times of India: There has been a wave of protests across Pakistan over Nato raids that killed Pak soldiers. WASHINGTON: NATO forces may have been lured into attacking friendly Pakistani border posts in a calculated maneuver by the Taliban, according to preliminary US military reports on the deadliest […]
NATO attack: Pak to boycott Bonn Conference on Afghanistan
Source: TOI on line. PM Yousuf Raza Gilani ruled out “business as usual” with the United States after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. LAHORE: Pakistan on Tuesday decided to boycott the upcoming crucial Bonn Conference on Afghanistan to protest a cross-border NATO air strike that killed […]
No more business as usual between Pakistan and US, says Gilani
Published: November 28, 2011 Courtesy:Xpress Tribune ISLAMABAD: Following the ‘unprovoked’ attack by NATO forces on Pakistani border checkposts, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani warned the United States, that their relations had gone south […]
Picture of the day
Bodies of the victims killed in Mohmand Agency-Pakistan during an attack by US/NATO gunships. Source: Daily Times
The second-best solution is to take the nuclear weapons away.
Source: asiatimes on line SPENGLER Blazing Saddles in Pakistan Even before America found itself on the defensive after the air-strike deaths, the Washington consensus was summed up by the need to keep Pakistan on side as a “friend” because of its nuclear capability. While Pakistan menaces the United States with […]