To Afghans with nowhere to go
To Afghans with nowhere to go Abbas Nasir Published August 15, 2021 – AS news organisations report on the rapid territorial gains by the Taliban in Afghanistan, a lot of debate around the issue […]
Happy Birthday, Mother – When will you accept me as your own?
Pakistan’s Ahmadis consistently speak of coexistence, not separation. They continue to seek tolerance, not division.Kashif Chaudhry | August 14, 2015 It was August 14, 1984. I was only two-years-old. My father decorated […]
Pakistan’s profane blasphemy laws
Islamists are using the country’s sharia laws to persecute minorities 10 August 2021, 1:20pm by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid An eight-year-old Hindu boy is currently in custody in the southern Punjab. He […]
Conference told Pakistan blasphemy laws ‘equated to ethnic cleansing’
PAKISTAN ON JULY 29, 2021 ByEU Reporter Correspondent A conference on Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws was told that the legislation has been equated to ethnic cleansing. The blasphemy laws, while purporting […]
Abdus Salam in Pakistan: Prejudice Poisons the Well of Knowledge
07/08/2021 by Pervez Hoodbhoy A screenshot of Abdus Salam. Source: Netflix When Pakistan’s prime minister lectures Europe about Islamophobia, the world snickers. Forced conversions? Lynching by enraged mobs? Having to […]
Pakistan Police arrest 3 under controversial blasphemy laws
ANI8th August 2021 Islamabad [Pakistan], August 8 (ANI): Pakistan Police have arrested three people under controversial blasphemy law for allegedly desecrating the holy Quran in Abbottabad and Havelian. In the […]
Uncertain future for Pakistan’s mammoth civil service as PM’s institutional reform aide quits
Dr. Ishrat Husain giving remarks during a ceremony at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad on December 26, 2019. (Photo courtesy: Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad) Short Url https://arab.news/bhzkh LAHORE, […]
Hindu temple desecration: SC censures Punjab police, orders ‘immediate arrests’ of culprits
Hindu temple desecration: SC censures Punjab police, orders ‘immediate arrests’ of culprits Haseeb Bhatti Published August 6, 2021 – http://www.dawn.com The Supreme Court on Friday censured Punjab police for failing to safeguard […]
Right to Freedom of Belief Under ‘Sustained Attack’ in Pakistan, Warns ICJ
by Newsweek Pakistan August 5, 2021 File photo. Asif Hassan—AFP International Commission of Jurists urges Islamabad to take human rights abuses against minorities ‘seriously’ and recommends repeal of blasphemy laws Pakistan must […]
Malaysia’s Unwelcoming Shore for Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution
Malaysia has long guaranteed the safety of thousands of refugees, despite remaining outside international conventions, but that’s changing at a worrying pace.By Gayle Manchin and James W. CarrJuly 28, 2020 Several airlines offer direct flights from Myanmar to Malaysia, but many Rohingya Muslims like Sharifah Shakira can only make the journey by using […]
Malala . Courting controversy
Courting controversy Waqar Gillani Encore July 25, 2021 The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board denies that it confiscated a textbook for featuring a picture of Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai remains […]
Muharram-ul-Haram: Coordination network established to avert untoward situation: Ashrafi
APP 02 Aug 2021 ISLAMABAD: Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Interfaith Harmony and Middle East and President of Muttahida Ulema Board (MUB) Punjab Hafiz Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi said a […]
Who messed up Afghanistan?
Who messed up Afghanistan? Pervez Hoodbhoy Published July 31, 2021 IN his latest interview to PBS NewsHour, Prime Minister Khan correctly said the US “really messed it up in Afghanistan” and he also rightly […]
Back to the future
SEARCH Back to the future Maleeha Lodhi Published August 2, 2021 AS concern grows in Pakistan about the fallout of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, protracted fighting that morphs into […]
Islamic instruction stirs fears over Pakistan’s school curriculum
Educationists in Pakistan feel it will prove equally harmful for both majority and minority faiths Peter Jacob, director of the Centre for Social Justice, speaks at an education conference in […]
Spike in Ahmadiyya persecution in Pakistan
By News Desk Published on August 2, 2021 Sheikh Nasir Ahmad was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Pakistan because he is from the Ahmadiyya community. The targeting of the Ahmadis in […]
Pakistan’s Social Media Is Overflowing With Hate Speech Against Ahmadis
The minority community has always faced persecution in the real world. Online, it’s become even more common.By Tehreem AzeemJuly 30, 2021 Twitter Spaces allow individuals to hold audio conversations. The microblogging […]
‘US really messed it up’: PM Imran on Afghanistan situation
Dawn.com Published July 28, 2021 – Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the United States “really messed it up in Afghanistan” as he questioned the American motive of Afghan invasion in […]
Keep religion and state separate, says scholar
By Sean Augustin -July 23, 2021 PETALING JAYA: Religion could “very easily” become a tool of the state if the two entities are not separated, a prominent Turkish scholar says, adding […]
‘When the blood starts’: Spike in Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan
News|Religion Attacks and blasphemy cases against Pakistan’s Ahmadi sect spike, driven by the rise of a far-right group and a religious campaigner. 26 Jul 2021 When the first bullet whizzed […]