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 […]
Pakistani Christian man accused of blasphemy by his wife and daughter
11 Jun 2020 London: A wife and daughter have accused their husband and father, respectively, of committing blasphemy. Pakistani Christian man Anwar Masih from Lahore has been charged under blasphemy […]
Pakistan seeks relief from China over Belt and Road
Pakistan seeks relief from China over Belt and Road Islamabad wants to renegotiate repayment after claiming costs of power plants were inflated A Pakistan report alleges that set-up costs for […]
Clerics Allegedly Vandalise Graves Of Ahmadis In Sheikhupura
Naya Daur July 2, 2020 Some local clerics have allegedly vandalised the graves of members of Ahmadiyya community in Punjab’s Sheikhupura district. The official account of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community posted the […]
EU bans Pakistan national airline flights over pilot exam cheats
PIA will not be able to fly into the EU for at least six months because of doubts over validity of pilot licences Associated Press Tue 30 Jun 2020 So […]
Imran Khan criticised after calling Osama Bin Laden a ‘martyr’
Source: BBC Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under fire from opposition MPs after telling parliament that the US “martyred” Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden, the mastermind of the […]
Malala Yousafzai full of ‘joy and gratitude’ after graduating from Oxford
Source: The Guardian Educational campaigner tweets about completing philosophy, politics and economics The Nobel prize-winning campaigner Malala Yousafzai has expressed her “joy and gratitude” after completing her degree at University […]
After 73 years of Indo-Pak partition, Muslim owners still await Hindu tenant to come back and open lock of his shop
By Sikh24 Editors – June 14, 2020 CHANDIGARH, Punjab—At the time of India-Pakistan partition in 1947, a Hindu shopkeeper doing business on a rented shop was forced to leave his shop […]
Racist attitudes
Source: Dawn ONE of the most beautiful images of George Floyd that I have seen is painted in an unexpected place: on the wall of truck artist Haider Ali’s home in Karachi. Floyd’s portrait is adorned with the bright flowers and fluorescent flourishes typical of truck art, and the words […]
Pakistan initiates action against Ahmadiyya channels
ANI 11 June 2020 Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan authorities have initiated actions against Ahmadiyya channels and issued notifications to ensure none of the channels belonging to the […]
Against Coronavirus, Pakistan Turns to a Traditional Remedy: Blame Ahmadis and Jews
Source: Haaretz Ahmadis, like Israel and Jews, are designated ‘enemies of Islam,’ and hence of Pakistan, accused of working in tandem to provoke crises across the Muslim world. Their latest plot? COVID-19 Every few minutes for the past week, a viral meme entitled “coronavirus timeline in Pakistan’ has been shared […]
The question of being a minority
Waqar Gillani Political Economy June 7, 2020 The newly constituted National Commission for Minorities was in the news over lack of Ahmadi representation The federal government came up with a […]
IHC rejects petition to include Ahmadis in NCM
NAWAIWAQT GROUP Friday | June 05, 2020 BY SHAHID RAO ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Thursday, turned down a writ petition challenging the federal cabinet’s decision of not […]
Is Pakistan’s Minorities Commission Doomed To Fail?
Ewelina U. Ochab Contributor On May 5, 2020, Pakistan’s federal cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, established the National Commission for Minorities (the Minorities Commission), six years after a 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan called for the creation of such a body. The 2014 ruling of the […]
Op-Ed Equal before Allah, unequal before man
Source: Daily Times By Syed I Husain Difference, or, let us say, the right to differ, lies at the root of all knowledge, inquiry investigation, research and progress. While, therefore, […]
USCIRF condemns Pakistan for arresting an Ahmadiyya woman on blasphemy charges
USCIRF condemned the arrest of Ramzan Bibi, a 55-year-old Ahmadi Muslim woman in Cheleki, Pakistan, on blasphemy charges.https://t.co/yZvvztDBFy — USCIRF (@USCIRF) May 28, 2020 Suggested reading Are Ahmadis Muslims? Let […]
Obey the Khulafa with true sincerity
Friday Sermon delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II and Musleh-e-Maudra on 29 June 1917. After reciting Tashahud Ta‘awuz, and Surah al-Fatihah, the following verses were […]