By Zia Khan Published: October 10, 2011 Source?courtesy: Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: The banned conglomerate of militant groups, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), will seek mediation by countries like Saudi Arabia, if the government offers them peace talks — a top militant leader of the banned outfit said in a ‘cautious’ response to Pakistan’s earlier […]
By Obaid Abbasi Published: October 10, 2011 Source/Courtasy: Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: Former Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif will defend Mumtaz Qadri, the murderer of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, in court on Tuesday, confirmed Lawyer Raja Shujaur Rehman. Justice Khawaja was appointed Chief Justice of the LHC on April 12, […]
By Rana Tanveer Published: October 10, 2011 Source/Courtesy:Express Tribune LAHORE: Speakers at the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) National Khatam-i-Nabuwat Conference railed against the death sentence handed to Mumtaz Qadri for the murder of Salmaan Taseer, as well as Ahmedis and America, on Sunday. SIC Chairman Sahibzada Fazle Karim announced that they would […]
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By Shamsul Islam Published: October 8, 2011 Source/Courtesy: Express tribune FAISALABAD: At least 10 students, including seven girls, and a female teacher were expelled from Chenab Public School and Muslim Public School, Dharanwali area of Hafizabad, for being Ahmadis. “It is extremely unfortunate that my daughters are being deprived of the most […]
By Mudassir Raja Published: October 9, 2011 Source/Credit:The Express Tribune RAWALPINDI: A trial court hearing the assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is likely to announce an order on the acquittal applications of two accused police officers on October 15. Special Judge ATC-I Shahid Rafique, while carrying out proceedings at […]
Source: Wasim Saroya of Bosnia and Friday Times. It was early winter, in 1947. Lal Chowk, the city centre of Srinagar, was about to be “historic”. Thousands of people who had gathered in the square were listening to Jawaharlal Nehru who was standing up on a make […]
By Ayesha Siddiqa Published: October 8, 2011 Source / Courtesy: Express Tribune How about freeing Mumtaz Qadri for the simple reason that the state system has lost the capacity to execute punishment? The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge, who gave him the death sentence, is already on the run. It will be […]
SOURCE: DAILY TIMES PAKISTAN NEW YORK: The American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) announced the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality (WISE) Conference to be held from October 14 to October 17 in Istanbul, Turkey. “Soon the world will witness how Muslim women activists, scholars, politicians jurists and poets have assumed […]
Source: Asia times on line. A divisive policy debate pits top US military leaders, Pentagon officials and the Central Intelligence Agency, who want to put priority on pressuring Pakistan to attack Haqqani network forces, against those in the Barack Obama administration who doubt that a military effort could be decisive […]
Source: Nasim Malik of Sweeden FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-139-2011 October 7, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The principals of the schools obey the instructions of Mullahs to rusticate the Ahmadi students The government has still not taken any action against the cases of rustication of […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday announced the verdict in the Karachi suo motu case. In his opening remarks, the chief justice said Islam is a religion of peace and it places great importance on the life of a human being. Justice Chaudhry said it was […]
Source: Dawn.Com Jalaluddin Haqqani (R), the Taliban’s Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan while his son Naziruddin (L) looks on, during a visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, in this October 19, 2001 file photo. – Reuters Photo WASHINGTON: US officials recently held secret talks with the Haqqani […]
Source: Dawn.Com THE predicament of Junaid Ahmed illustrates precisely the mischief that continues to be unleashed by the presence of Section 295 C, the `blasphemy law`, on Pakistan`s law books. A student at a Chakwal seminary run by a member of the Tehrik Khuddam Ahl-i-Sunnat, Junaid Ahmed took permission from […]
source:asiatimes on line. ISLAMABAD – The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ – Army of Jhangvi), a Pakistan-based, al-Qaeda-linked, anti-United States, Sunni Deobandi sectarian-turned-jihadi group, has let loose a reign of terror against the Shi’ite minority. In its latest attack, the LeJ on Tuesday killed 13 Shi’ites traveling on a bus to work in […]
LONDON, October 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Warning over Wahhabism, influence of internet and media focus on extremist groups at security and cohesion debate Politicians, think tanks, religious leaders and academics came together for a landmark conference at the European Parliament to highlight the threats posed by religious extremism and to […]
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune LAHORE: Members of the Sunni Tehreek clashed with police at the Mall Road on Monday, while protesting against Mumtaz Qadri’s death sentence in Lahore, reported Express 24/7. Sunni Tehreek, which is a part of Tahaffuz Namoos-i-Risalat Mahaz— a wing consisting of eight different religious groups— started the protest march from […]
Credit/Source: The Express Tribune KABUL: The operational leader of Taliban-allied militant group the Haqqani network denied any recent links between his network and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in an interview with the BBC released on Monday. Sirajuddin Haqqani also denied that the network killed Afghan peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani Haqqani said the […]
Published in The Express Tribune, October 3rd, 2011. As his students watched, a recent convert to the Ahmadi faith, Dilawar Hussain, 42, was shot dead at a government primary school in a village in Sheikhupura on Saturday. According to the FIR registered, the deceased was shot twice while he […]
Source/Credit: Dawn KABUL: The killer of Afghan peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani was Pakistani, a statement from Afghanistan’s presidential palace said Sunday, quoting investigators. Evidence shows that Rabbani’s death last month “was plotted in Quetta and the person who carried out the suicide attack against Rabbani was a citizen of Pakistan,” the […]