Pakistan

Muslims targeted

Editorial Published March 17, 2021 DAWN.COM FAR-right movements have gained ground across the globe, blaming ethnic and religious ‘others’ for all of society’s failings. In some countries, groups that were once labelled extremists are now controlling the levers of power, making life difficult for minorities. Amongst the xenophobic trends spreading […]

NON-FICTION: PROFILING GOD IN ISLAM

Source: Dawn. Com In 2014, in a bombing raid on the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Jordanian air force pilot Muath al Kasasbeh crashed his plane near Raqqa in Syria. He was promptly captured and ISIS used the social media platform Twitter to crowdsource suggestions on […]

HRC 46th Item 3 General Debate Ahmadiyya Muslims are victims of state-sponsored persecution in Pakistan

Source: HRC The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is perhaps the most obviously  persecuted religion in the world today. The Ahmadiyya Muslims are victims of state-sponsored persecution in Pakistan. One of the most recent examples is the target killing of doctor Abdul Qadir on 11 February simply due to the profession of his Islamic faith. Successive […]

What is terrorism?

Muhammad Amir RanaPublished March 7, 2021 The writer is a security analyst. THE Financial Action Task Force has announced that Pakistan would remain on its grey list for further monitoring for another four months. In this period, the country will have to improve its financial transaction mechanisms so that these […]

Pak tries to turn UN action into terror justification

By IANS| Published: 7th March 2021 By Arul Louis United Nations, March 7 : Pakistan is attempting to turn the UN’s counter-terrorism efforts into justification for terrorism. https://cdn.siasat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Pak-tries-to-turn-UN-action-into-terror-justification.webp During the negotiations on a resolution on Global Counter Terrorism Review, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Munir Akram said on Friday that the resolution […]