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 […]
Pakistan’s ‘Islamophobia’ problem
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid 22 May 2020, 1:25pm Imran Khan has dedicated much energy to the plight of Muslims around the world. Now, his government has finally decided to […]
Pakistani airliner carrying 99 plunges into Karachi houses
May 22, 2020 – 23:51 A man stands on the debris of a house at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in […]
Pakistan claims new Kashmir residency law ‘illegal’
by Anadolu Agency KARACHI, PAKISTAN May 19, 2020 Pakistan on Tuesday said a new residency law introduced in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir is “illegal and contravenes” international law. Islamabad termed […]
The politicisation of the Ahmadi issue – Part 1
By Raza Habib Raja Published: May 18, 2020 PHOTO: MAKHZAN-E-TASAWEER This is the first part of a two part series. Read part two here. ~ Although Pakistan is no […]
The politicisation of the Ahmadi issue
Source: The Express Tribune By Raza Habib Raja, who is a recent Cornell graduate and currently pursuing his PhD in political science at Maxwell School, Syracuse University. This is the […]
‘COVID-19 used by Pak as cover for increased human rights abuses’
19 May 2020 Brussels, [Belgium] May 18 (ANI): The coronavirus crisis, sweeping the world has been used by Pakistan as a cover for increased human rights abuses in many forms, […]
Pakistani Ahmadi Leaders Fear Backlash After New Minority Commission Formation
WASHINGTON – Leaders of Pakistan’s Ahmadi community fear a recent debate surrounding the group’s Muslim status and potential membership in a newly formed minority commission could put the group’s security […]
Blindly to oblivion
Source: Dawn Another self-created flashpoint that threatens to devastate society is a global economic system that is unjust and cruel. As the poor and the vulnerable suffer most from Covid-19 — as they do from other diseases — we can see why the deprived are becoming increasingly resentful of a […]
Op-Ed. Pakistani Religious Zealots’ obsession with Ahmadis: a non-issue in 2020
The Writer, a Pakistani law student, from the University of Maryland, United States argues that if Jacquline Kennedy were to fly PIA today she would not make her famous statement: […]
Op-Ed: Ahmadis and Jinnah
Yasser Latif Hamdani@theRealYLH May 4, 2020 DAILY TIMES For the past few weeks one has noticed a spike in hatred against the tiny Ahmadi community in Pakistan. Ahmadis it must […]
You may have abducted my father but you can’t take away his bravery
My father, Idris Khattak, a devoted human rights defender and the most selfless man I know, disappeared on 13 November 2019. I have not heard from him. No one has […]
HRW slams exclusion of Ahmadis from Pakistan minority commission
HRW calls exclusion of Ahmadiyya from commission ‘absurd’, while sect leaders warn it could lead to greater persecution. by Asad Hashim 8 May 2020 Ahmadis routinely face widespread discrimination in […]
Punjab Assembly resolution for conditional inclusion of Ahmadis in minorities commission
Amjad Mahmood Updated May 13, 2020 Community to be included if chief “submits in writing that they accept the Constitution, their status as non-Muslims.” — APP/File LAHORE: Lauding the […]
A Mistake Every Ahmadi Child In Pakistan Makes
Source: Naya Daur By Raheel Ali Raheel Ali writes about being an Ahmadi in Pakistan, a tale as old as time, a tale of hope and despair and the longing […]