Blasphemy case: Fake images show Aasia Bibi leaving Pakistan
AP Filed on November 12, 2018 Pakistan’s government struggling with a crisis surrounding Aasia Bibi – a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row […]
Canada in talks with Pakistan over possibly taking in Asia Bibi
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government was holding talks with Pakistan over potentially offering asylum to Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently freed […]
Asia Bibi issue: President European Parliament telephones PM Imran Khan
Source: The News ISLAMABAD: President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani telephoned Prime Minister Imran Khan and discussed matter related to Asia Bibi on Tuesday. PM Imran stressed the need […]
Imran Khan’s treatment of Asia Bibi is a dangerous betrayal
International edition The Guardian Samira Shackle While Pakistan’s blasphemy law has long been a flashpoint, the leader’s capitulation to violent extremists is deadly serious Tue 13 Nov 2018 ‘Imran Khan […]
An ancient community in Pakistan fades as conversions to Islam rise
Source: The Washington Post By Haq Nawaz Khan BUMBURET, Pakistan — For centuries, a small community of fair-skinned, blue-eyed people known as the Kalasha have inhabited a remote valley in northwest Pakistan, […]
Under the shadow of Asia Bibi; Life as a Christian in Pakistan
Source: CNN Rawalpindi, Pakistan (CNN) It is a chilly winter’s morning and a weak blue fog has settled over Rawalpindi as we arrive at the city’s St. Joseph’s Cathedral. A security […]
Govt’s botched handling of Aasia Bibi protests is ‘divine justice’: PML-N senator
Dawn.com | Nadir Guramani Updated November 12, 2018 The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on Monday once again came under fire in the Senate from opposition lawmakers over its handling of protests by religious parties against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi, with PML-N’s Mushahidullah Khan claiming that the ruling party […]
Should Pakistan revisit its Israel policy?
By Kamran Yousaf Published: November 12, 2018 On October 25, a tweet from an Israeli journalist caused uproar in Pakistan. Avi Scharf, Editor of the English edition of the […]
The recent buckling down of the state to mobs of the radical right is not the first time it has done so.
Source: Dawn Buoyed perhaps by signs of cleavage between Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and its protectors, the government is trying to look brave after the event and separating dharna (sit-in) participants from arsonists and destroyers of property. It is also true that the concessions allowed to the agitators in the […]
PM Imran Khan expected to address the nation today: sources / and postponed …
PM Imran Khan expected to address the nation today: sources Web Desk On Nov 11, 2018 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to address the nation today, ARY News […]
When universities tackle taboos in Pakistan
Students’ solidarity trip to Ahmadi headquarters in Pakistan sparks outcry Kamran Chaudhry, Lahore Pakistan November 6, 2018 “Seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China,” […]
Woman freed in blasphemy case still in hiding in Pakistan
Source: Associated Press By KATHY GANNON ISLAMABAD (AP) — A week after Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted her of blasphemy, a Christian woman who had been on death row for eight […]
US ‘war on terror’ has killed over half a million people: study (in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq only)
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
India clears sale of “enemy shares” held by people who moved to Pakistan
Reuters International Nov 9, 2018 By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government said it will sell stocks worth millions of dollars seized from people who moved to Pakistan […]
Petition regarding Lahore police’s inaction against TLP leaders fixed for hearing
Rana Bilal Updated November 08, 2018 A sessions court in Lahore on Thursday fixed for hearing a petition against police officials for their failure to register a case against […]
Aasia Bibi flies out of Pakistan: BBC
Source: The Express Tribune MULTAN : Aasia Bibi, a blasphemy accused who was acquitted by the apex court on October 31, flew out of Pakistan in the wee hours of […]
Agreement gives immunity to TLP leadership’s dangerous remarks
ISLAMABAD: The agreement between the government and Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) gives immunity to the controversial video statement of top TLP leader Pir Afzal Qadri against the prime minister, army […]
Order from Chaos: Imran Khan and Pakistan’s hardliners
Madiha Afzal Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Before he became Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan wasn’t known as a leader who stood up to the country’s hardliners. As an opposition […]
Pakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed
Reuters International Nov 8, 2018 (reuters_tickers) By Asif Shahzad and Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani Christian woman has been freed from prison a week after the […]
Khalifa stops in Prince William on U.S. tour, blesses new mosque
Olivia Aveni Briscoe November 5, 2018 His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad arrives at the the Masroor Mosque in Woodbridge. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — Muslims have a new mosque in which […]