Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari WASHINGTON: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was so scared of a military coup after Osama bin Laden’s death that he was ready to create a “new security team” favourable to Americans and promised the US to hand over Pak-based 26/11 perpetrators including those […]
The new emerging political figure of Pakistan, Imran Khan speaks about the issue of “War of Terror”. This explains it all..He is probably the only Islamist politician in Pakistan who talks sense rather than the secular fools in power today..Pakistan today has become the hub of terrorism and mass corruption […]
By Huma Imtiaz / Kamran Yousuf Published: November 18, 2011 WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani said on Thursday that, in Pakistan, a single person’s claims can create crises. Whether the […]
Source: TOI WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington has offered to resign after reports that his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari, asked Washington for help to stave off a military takeover. A Pakistani businessman alleged in a column in the Financial Times last month that a senior Pakistani diplomat asked for […]
If it ever comes to Pakistan launching an atomic warhead, the final say would be with the all-powerful army leader, even though in theory the prime minister’s finger should be on the trigger. All indications are that the White House, despairing at the fragile government in Islamabad and reassured that […]
Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleged in an Oct. 10 op-ed in the Financial Times that on May 10, in the wake of Osama bin Laden‘s killing in Abbottabad, Zardari had offered to replace Pakistan’s powerful military and intelligence leadership and cut ties with militant groups. Ijaz said he was directed […]
KARACHI: While Shah Mehmood Qureshi continues to be crypticabout his political future, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Sindh leadership says the former foreign minister’s joining the PTI is a ‘done deal’. Party chief Imran […]
Courtesy: BBC urdu service پاکستان کی قومی اسمبلی نے خواتین کی صلح کے بدلے، ونی یا سوارہ، جبری یا قرآن سے شادی اور خواتین کو املاک میں حقِ وراثت سے محروم رکھنے کے خلاف قانون منظور کرلیا ہے۔ اس قانون کے تحت بدل صلح، ونی یا سوارہ، جبری یا قرآن […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2011 Source: Business Recorder The Federal Government Monday unveiled 37-year-old secret proceedings of joint sitting of the Parliament of 1974 that put Qadianis outside the pale of Islam. The Speaker of the National Assembly released a 21-volume official report on the proceedings of the Special Committee of the […]
Press Release Source/Credit: CHRE (especial thanks to Mr. Nasim Malik) Naveed Raphael, Press Information Secretary, November 14, 2011 Human Rights Community Protests to condemn the killing of Hindus in Shikarpur and increased violence against religious minorities: The human rights community staged a protest in front of Punjab Assembly […]
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Published: November 13, 2011 Two days after he and his Pakistani counterpart resolved to write a‘new chapter’ in relations between their countries, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that Pakistan’s powerful military was fully on board in carrying forward the peace process, reports The Economic Times. “I did discuss with […]
Published: November 13, 2011 LAHORE: The frantic political stir created by the up-and-coming Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has provoked opposing reactions on Saturday from the two heavyweight parties of the country, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). While Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani calmly shrugged off talk […]
Zubair Khalil Khan If there’s one thing that separates humans from other creatures on earth it is foresight: the potential to proactively anticipate what might be, and act accordingly. Yet, caught up as we are in our daily chore of busying out an existence that’s more often than not fuelled […]
MIRAMSHAH: The most powerful militant leader in Pakistan’s North Waziristan border region has threatened to tear up a peace accord and turn his fighters against the Islamabad government.
At the height of his cricket glory days, Imran Khan would visualise winning, standing on the podium, cup held aloft and propelling Pakistan to victory. Last weekend, standing before a sea of supporters in Lahore, he had a similar epiphany about his political career. “As I stood there, watching them, […]
By APP Published: November 11, 2011 WASHINGTON: Applauding the constructive approach shown by Pakistan and India at a meeting between their prime ministers in Maldives on Thursday, the United States has said cooperation between the two regional powers would be a win-win for the entire region. State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said Washington backs constructive dialogue between the […]
This study was sponsored by: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 as an entity separate and distinct from the State Department. USCIRF’s principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations […]
Source: Daily Times: ISLAMABAD: The head of the Homeland Security delegation, Michael McCaul, downplayed the significance of President Asif Ali Zardari’s remarks about “eradicating” the Haqqani network, saying it was unclear whether President Zardari had the power to make good on his pledge, given the influence of the military in […]
Source/Credit: Atlanta Journal Constitution ISLAMABAD — Text books in Pakistani schools foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities, while most teachers view non-Muslims as “enemies of Islam,” according to a study by a U.S. government commission released Wednesday. The findings indicate how deeply ingrained hardline Islam is […]