PAKISTAN: Equal opportunities needed
by MANSOOR AHMAD LAHORE: Pakistan with 3.8 percent minorities of the 8.35 million population is the poorest among the poor, as poor are denied equal opportunities in economic activities. The […]
Pakistan must limit extremists’ activities: security expert
By Mohammad Mazhari International January 13, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – An Indian security expert advises Pakistan to limit extremists toeing the Wahhabi line, saying extremist thoughts have been […]
Pakistan Stepped Up Crackdown On Media, Failed To Stem Violence Against Women, Minorities In 2020: Report
13 January, 2021 by ANI New York [US], January 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2021 said that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities. The […]
Gulf state religious moderation falls by the wayside in Pakistan
January 8, 2021By Dr. James M. Dorsey Silent about rising sectarian violence in Pakistan, Gulf states vying for religious soft power risk exposing the limitations of their concepts of an […]
Pakistan attempts to prosecute Ahmadi US citizens for digital blasphemy
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page In 2016, Pakistan enacted digital regulations that allow authorities to block online content in the […]
US group appeals for Pakistani woman jailed on blasphemy
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press JANUARY 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD — The U.S. religious watchdog appealed Friday for the rights of a Pakistani woman from the country’s minority Ahmadis who has been jailed on blasphemy charges, declaring her a prisoner of conscience and urging Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government to immediately […]
8 Pakistani women named in 100 outstanding nurses and midwives global list
Imtiaz Ali Published December 28, 2020 The eight Pakistani healthcare workers acknowledged in the global 100 Outstanding Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list. — Courtesy: AKU Eight Pakistani nurses […]
Pakistan’s search for identity
Three books by western journalists underline the terrible toll the religious-based nation has faced since independence Victor Mallet NOVEMBER 3 2020 Since Pakistan’s parliament declared the world’s first Islamic republic […]
No contradiction between Islam and Science
Federal minister wants to assist the moon-sighting body Waqas Ahmed January 07, 2021 Science-Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry. PHOTO: PID/FILE ISLAMABAD: Science-Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said there are no contradictions between Islam and science, stressing that the ministry wants to achieve consensus on moon sighting with the help of […]
Poachers’ paradise: Gulf hunts fuel Pakistan falcon trafficking
For years, Pakistan has stood at the nexus of the falcon trade, which though officially banned, is on the rise. Wild birds are prized over those bred in captivity because they are believed to be better hunters, though there is no evidence to support those claims [Zain Zaman Janjua/AFP] https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8VZ36U.jpg?resize=770%2C513 […]
Mulims and Technology
Pervez Hoodbhoy Updated 02 Jan 2021 The writer is an Islamabad-based physicist and writer. EXCEPT for some defiant holdouts, most Muslims have come to accept the printing press, loudspeaker, weather […]
UNGA adopts Pak-led resolution on interreligious dialogue
Our Staff Reporter December 04, 2020 ISLANABAD – The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a resolution co-sponsored by Pakistan and the Philippines on the “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural […]
Karima Baloch, Pakistani human rights activist, found dead in Canada
Husband says foul play cannot be ruled out after body of 37-year-old dissident discovered in Toronto Karima Baloch Baloch, 37, was granted asylum in Canada in 2016. Photograph: Baloch Students […]
Pakistan threatens Google, Wikipedia over ‘sacrilegious content’
Source: DW Author Seerat Chabba Pakistan authorities have sent notices to Google and Wikipedia over content like caricatures of Prophet Mohammed and an “unauthentic” version of the Quran. Pakistan has […]
49 years later, lessons that remain to be learnt from 1971 India-Pakistan
New Delhi: On 16 December 1971, India won a decisive victory over Pakistan after a 13-day war that led to the creation of Bangladesh. While it was a short and […]
The academic rankings racket
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Dawn By Pervez Hoodbhoy OVER half a dozen international “well-reputed” university ranking organisations annually […]
The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign
By Abid Hussain & Shruti Menon BBC Urdu & BBC Reality Check Published 4 hours ago A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least […]
Christian woman murdered for refusing to convert to Islam
Epigraph Every human life is precious and sacred and killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: CT A Pakistani Christian woman has reportedly been murdered after refusing to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man. Sonia Bibi, 24, was shot dead multiple times in the head […]
Chomsky regrets Pakistan drifting away from science in lecture to Karachi students
KARACHI: Today’s generation faces questions that have never been raised before in the human history, world-renowned intellectual and social critic, Noam Chomsky, said Monday. “These questions are a burden and […]
The Way I See It Pakistan’s Treatment Of Dr Abdus Salam Represents Our Collective Bigotry
Pakistan’s treatment of Dr Abdus Salam represents our collective bigotry In 1980, students at QAU threatened to break Salam’s legs if he entered the premises Raza Habib Raja December 05, […]