Pakistan PM accused of sowing division
A new report says Imran Khan fanned religious bias against the Ahmadiyya during the 2018 election campaign Pakistani civil rights activists protest the killing of Ahmadis in Lahore in May, […]
Asia Bibi arrives in Canada after leaving Pakistan
Christian woman freed last year after spending eight years on death row for blasphemy Michael Safi in Delhi and Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad @safimichael Wed 8 May 2019 Asia […]
Equality of citizenship
OP-ED Equality of citizenship Yasser Latif Hamdani @theRealYLH MAY 6, 2019 90 years ago when Jinnah stood up to speak on the Child Marriages Restraint Bill in […]
Monstrous rumours stoke hostility to Pakistan’s anti-polio drive
MAY 3, 2019 – A boy receives polio vaccine drops by anti-polio vaccination workers at a booth outside a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (reuters_tickers) By […]
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Negombo after clashes, bans social media
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019 FILE PHOTO: A soldier stands guard outside St. Sebastian Church, days after a string of suicide bomb attacks across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, May 1, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo (reuters_tickers) COLOMBO (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan […]
A 2000-year-old guest from Pakistan comes to Switzerland
By Anand Chandrasekhar MP3 FILE DESCRIPTION THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 5, 2019 11:00 AMMAY 5, 2019 – 11:00 Convincing Pakistan to lend an ancient Gandhara Buddha statue to […]
Pakistani minorities: A one-sided story
Stereotypical reporting of such groups limits their exposure and keeps them stuck in unrepresentative pigeonholes Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore May 4, 2019 An Ahmadi man sells goods in Rabwah, Pakistan. (Photo by […]
MEPs join condemnation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws – threaten suspension of subsidies and trade preferences
This week a cross-party group of 51 Members of the European Parliament issued a collective letter addressed to Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the islamic Republic of Pakistan, expressing their concerns and seeking […]
Masood Azhar ban
Source: Dawn While some segments may see the move as a ‘victory’ for India, the fact is that Masood Azhar and his group have caused nothing but trouble for this […]
Musharraf granted adjournment of hearing till after Ramazan
PAKISTAN Web Desk MAY 2, 2019 A three-member bench, headed by Justice Tahira Safdar, granted Musharraf adjournment after his lawyer Salman Safdar told the court that doctors had advised him to avoid travelling due to his health issues. Safdar maintained that although Musharraf wished to return to the country yet […]
Ahmadi community in Sri Lanka dealing with wrath of locals after Easter Sunday Bombings
Web Desk MAY 1, 2019 The Ahmadi community in Sri Lanka is worried about backlash in their country of refuge after the Easter attacks. Many of them fled from Pakistan […]
A real photo of Pakistani PM Imran Khan with Ahmadi leader ?
AFP Fact Check No, this is not a real photo of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan with a religious minority leader after a ‘secret meeting’ AFP Pakistan Facebook Twitter Email Published on Thursday 02 May 2019 At 15:25 An image shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts purports to […]
Concerned over minority persecution, EU threatens to suspend all subsidies to Pak
Source: ANI | Europe Last Updated at May 2, 2019 09:45 IST Expressing its concern over “persecution of religious minorities” in Pakistan, the European Union (EU) has threatened to suspend […]
Pakistan plans to bring 30,000 madrasas under government control
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2019 By Saad Sayeed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan plans to take control of a network of over 30,000 madrasas as part of a […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan concludes official visit to China
Aisha Mahmood April 29, 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan concluded on Monday his four-day official trip to China on the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The premier attended the 2nd Belt […]
Pakistan Embarrassed; Russian Vladimir Putin Declines To Meet Imran Khan at BRI Summit
By EurAsian Times – April 29, 2019 In a massive embarrassment to Pakistan, Islamabad could not convince Russia for a bilateral meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Imran […]
Fears grow in Sri Lanka for refugees targeted by mob violence
More than 1,000 refugees, mainly Ahmadi Muslims from Pakistan, under police protection Jack Power, Joe Humphreys Ahmadi refugees from Pakistan at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Centre in Pasyala, Sri Lanka, […]
Pakistan says it is on the road to major change, but few are fully persuaded
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2019 FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (C) applauses as he is observes the fly-past by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 […]
Stand United: Sri Lanka must not fall into the terrorists’ trap and allow communal disharmony
April 26, 2019, In signs that the Sri Lankan terror bombings have put a strain on social relations in that country, several Pakistani refugees were violently attacked by locals […]
Sri Lankan Ahmadi Muslims flee feared backlash
Sri Lankan navy soldiers perform security checks on motorists at a road in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Sri Lanka banned drones and unmanned aircraft and set off more controlled detonations of suspicious items Thursday four days after suicide bombing attacks killed more than 350 people in and […]