Man on trial for blasphemy shot dead in court in Pakistan
Source: The Guardian A Pakistani man on trial for blasphemy has been shot dead in a courtroom, in the latest violent incident connected with the country’s blasphemy laws. Tahir Ahmed […]
Man shot dead for ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan courtroom
Tahir Ahmad Naseem, accused of blasphemy by claiming to be a prophet, shot six times during a hearing. by Asad Hashim 16 hours ago Police officers gather at an […]
The Lahore High Court Bar Association wants Ahmadis barred from sacrificing animals.
Source: Dawn LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has demanded the federal interior ministry to restrain the Ahmadi community from adopting Islamic rite of sacrificing animals on Eidul […]
Only in Pakistan: 3 years jail for sacrificing a sheep on Eid!
Words fail me when reading such an idiocracy. May be some one else can comment? Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times India’s PM to attend […]
Hajj – In the Eyes of the Caliph
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: Review of Religions, July 2020 volume Compiled by Shahzad Ahmed and Ahmad Nooruddeen […]
A ban on good sense
Source: Dawn THE recently passed Punjab Tahaffuz-i-Bunyaad-i-Islam Act provides sufficient cause for concern to anyone invested in the intellectual and cultural climate of this country. There are several aspects of the legislation that elicit consternation, but I want to focus on three in particular: the first is the deference to […]
Changing dynamics
Source: Dawn THE geopolitical calculus in Pakistan’s immediate neighbourhood is clearly changing, and those who formulate this country’s foreign policy must plan now to ensure we are comfortably placed to take political and economic advantage of the emerging scenario. Over the past few days, reports have emerged of a 25-year […]
Pakistani police probe minister after killing of journalist
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police said Saturday they were investigating the shooting death of a local journalist to determine whether a provincial minister was behind the killing. The development comes a day after the family of Anwar Jan accused Abdul Rehman Khetran, a minister for food in Baluchistan province, […]
Pakistan returns 200-year-old temple to Sikhs in southwest
By ABDUL SATTAR, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press Members of the Sikh community take part in worship at the Gurudawara Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, […]
Pakistan journalist ‘abducted in broad daylight’ after criticising Supreme Court judges
Raza Hamdani 4 hrs ago © Provided by The Independent A prominent Pakistani journalist has been abducted in broad daylight after criticising the country’s Supreme Court, his family says. CCTV […]
Education: PTI’s plan exposed
Source: Dawn BE prepared, Pakistan! Imran Khan’s government is poised to inflict damage upon this country’s education system in a manner never seen before. Its so-called Single National Curriculum (SNC) hides systemic changes going far deeper than the ones conceived and executed by the extremist regime of Gen Ziaul Haq. […]
Graves of minority Ahmadis desecrated in Pak”s Punjab: Community member
By M Zulqernain Lahore, Jul 16 (PTI) The graves belonging to the minority Ahmadi community members have been allegedly desecrated by police following a protest by religious extremists in Pakistan”s […]
Pakistan Bows To Islamic Hard-Liners To Halt Hindu Temple Cons
PAKISTAN July 16, 2020 15:53 GMT By Daud Khattak Frud Bezhan Pakistan has an estimated 8 million Hindus. The construction of the first Hindu temple complex in Islamabad was intended to […]
Will build ‘biggest dam’ in country’s history, Imran vows
BY STAFF REPORT , (LAST UPDATED 18 HOURS AGO) –PM kickstarts construction of much-delayed; dam to become operational in 2028 –Says project will generate jobs for people of Gilgit-Baltistan; […]
Minorities under attack as PM pushes ‘tolerant’ Pakistan
Source: MSN and Associated Press BY KATHY GANNON PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — It’s been a tough month for religious minorities in Pakistan, and observers warn of even tougher times ahead […]
Graves of Ahmadi-Muslims vandalized in Gujranwala, Pakistan
Police officials of PS Saddar Gujranwala attacked upon very old Ahmadiya graveyeard, where almost more than 250 graves of Ahmadi’s including, few graves of Sahaba Masih e Maoud in village […]
Hindu temple in Muslim Islamabad?
Source: Pakistan Today BY HASAN AFTAB SAEED The CDA has halted the construction of the boundary wall of the Krishna Mandir citing technical reasons. But now that the issue has […]
Ahmadi graves desecrated in Pakistan ASIA
ASIA RABWAH TIMES5 days ago Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi Muslims say scores of headstones have been destroyed by Pakistani authorities at a cemetery in Sheikhupura. Amir Mahmood, a spokesman for the […]
Pakistan’s “Commission for Minorities” without the Ahmadis
Endemic anti-Ahmadiyya discrimination Pakistan’s conduct towards the Ahmadis and its obsession with religious identity is symptomatic of the radicalisation of society that permeates all areas of life and is […]
Ordinance XX- A legal analysis
Source: Daily Times Last week marked 36 years since the mighty General, Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth and longest-serving head of the state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan promulgated the infamous […]