asia bibi Archive
آسیہ بی بی اور مذھبی دایاں بازو – عامر حسینی: سپریم کورٹ نے ایک غریب مسیحی مزدور عورت آسیہ بی بی کو بلاسفیمی کے الزام سے بری کردیا اور اسے رہا کرنے کا حکم جاری کیا۔ اس فیصلے کے سامنے آنے کے بعد اگر فیصلے میں کوئی سقم مدعی
Supreme Court’s belated decision puts TLP and ASWJ In an Existential crisis: While the situation in Pakistan is precarious countrywide, there is a silver lining. 1. Both PPP and PTI leaders support the SC decision. They represent the majority of parliament. 2. TLP has overreached itself by threatening SC Judges
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Asia Bibi’s innocence and the surrender of Pakistan: As a Pakistani, We ought to hang our heads in shame after the ordeal this innocent Christian sister of ours has gone through. This raises so many questions about the culpability of the State itself as well as
Understanding the Commercial Liberal: Mocking the faith symbols and icons of communities facing Genocidal violence, selectively going after safe and low hanging fruits, mixing Truth with lies – all these are hallmarks of a typical #CommercialLiberal. Another glaring tell is #ALPS; an
EU urges Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws: STRASBOURG – The European parliament called Thursday on Pakistan to overhaul its blasphemy laws with a view to repealing them, saying they were “increasingly used to target” Christians and other minorities. The parliament expressed particular concern about the
’میں نے توہین مذہب نہیں کی‘: عاشق مسیح نیو یارک ٹائمز میں لکھے گئے کھلے خط پر انگوٹھا لگاتے ہوئے پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب میں عیسائی خاتون آسیہ بی بی کو سنہ 2010 میں توہینِ مذہب کے الزام میں سزائے موت دی گئی تھی۔
I was tortured by the men who sentenced my Christian mother to death for blasphemy’: Daughter of Asia Bibi: Two young daughters of a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for ‘blasphemy’ today told how they were tortured by a mob of religious fanatics because of their mother’s alleged comments. Asia Bibi has been sentenced to hang
Asia Bibi and Pakistan’s liberal conscience – by Dr. Abbas Zaidi: I was asked to do a write-up on the Lahore High Court’s upholding of Asia Bib’s death sentence which a sessions judged awarded her in 2010. I did not write anything and waited for almost a week to find
PMLN Lawyers Wing aka Lahore High Court upholds death sentence for Aasia Bibi: ISLAMABAD: The upholding of death sentence awarded to a Christian woman Aasia Bibi on blasphemy charges way back in 2009 has brought the blasphemy laws back to the light again. General Ziaul Haq was the architect of Section 295-C
Blasphemy convict, Asia Bibi’s appeal at least two years away: LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Asia Bibi, the Christian woman on death row whose blasphemy conviction was decried as unjust by slain former Governor Salmaan Taseer, faces a wait of at least another two years behind bars before her appeal
Welcome to Canada, Rimsha Masih!: Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Christians, Shias, Ahmadis and other religious sectarian minorities. Pakistani Christians are being persecuted for years in Pakistan; their human rights are badly violated in this country. They
Salman Taseer: Resilience that gave us hope -by Zeeba Hashmi: There is nothing unusual about pain; there is nothing different about fear. But courage to overcome fear and pain defines it uniquely for us. Today is a day marked by 26 bullets that ripped the life out the most
Church report condemns Pakistan’s intolerance toward Non-Muslims: A 12-year-old Christian girl’s ordeal sheds further light on the plight of religious minorities. LAHORE, Pakistan — Human-rights activists in Pakistan and outside are aghast over the plight of a 12-year-old Christian girl who escaped the clutches of her
A tale of two murders: Searching for equal justice -By Kashif N Chaudhry: It is the responsibility of a country’s judiciary to provide “equal justice under law” to every single citizen of the state without difference. Without an independent and honest judiciary, all the rights guaranteed to citizens under the Constitution of
Independence Introspections – by Usmann Rana: Today Pakistan celebrates the 64th years of its infancy in world history. Forgive Pakistanis if they seem perplexed as to what exactly are they celebrating. Is it the increasing sense of isolation that Pakistan feels whenever a major wanted
The Face of Pakistan’s Courage: ‘If you believe in something, you have to be willing to die for it.’ By Bret Stephens On Jan. 4, Salmaan Taseer, the liberal-minded governor of the Pakistani province Punjab, was shot 27 times at point-blank range by his
Anti – Militancy Long March that changed Punjab: Sunni Ittehad Council is an alliance of traditional Barelvi religious / political parties, which is moderate in its essence and is popular with traditional and folk Muslims in Pakistani villages of Sindh and Punjab. The Council started a long
Bullets of Intolerance – by Farhad Jarral: The apparent lull following the daylight slayings in recent months of two of Pakistan’s most prominent liberal politicians raises even more questions about a nation unwilling to confront the propagators of fear and destruction. They took less than 60
Where Ansar Abbasi and Mosharraf Zaidi converge: “PPP killed Sherry Rehman’s bill”: Related articles: Three musketeers and the “PPP abandoned Salmaan Taseer” narrative A plan well executed Charter of irresponsible journalism in Pakistan in 2011 It is always entertaining to witness the little asset talk of the FCS eleven on Twitter
Day of prayer for the release of Asia Bibi: Tomorrow is an international day of prayer for the release of a Pakistani woman sentenced to death for blaspheming Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. Dominant Muslim nations such as Pakistan (“Land of the pure”) have instituted blasphemy laws which punish, often
Pakistan: 2010 disastrous year for rights, HRW: The Taliban and other religious extremists in Pakistan increased their deadly attacks against civilians and public spaces during 2010, while the Pakistani government response was marred by serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch maintained in its World Report
The drone of the ummah and the infidel blasphemers – by Hakim Hazik: Cross-posted from Justice Denied Note: This post was written two days before Salmaan Taseer’s martyrdom. From Khyber to Karachi and from Wahga to Naukundi, the lovers of the faith and of the blasphemy law came out in force. Armed
Dealing with the devil -by Mahreen Khan: The brutal and horrific assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer is indescribable, not just for having taken place but for its aftermath and the deep fissures which have been torn into our national sanity. The murder was carried out
What will become of Pakistan’s moderates now? -by Daud Khattak: It has been three days since the killing of Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan’s largest federal unit, Punjab, by a lone assassin in the country’s fortified capital of Islamabad. While the high-profile killing leaves a serious question mark hanging
Blasphemy Law rocks Pakistan once more – by Tahir Aslam Gora: Is Pakistan governed and controlled by religious forces? The answer is yes. No matter who is the incharge of the government, be a government run by secular leaning Pakistan Peoples Party, be a government comprised of middle class business
Don’t Let Aasia Die – by Haris Ubaid: Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has been assassinated for speaking in support of a christian woman Aasia Bibi, a 45 year old Christian wife and mother who was sentenced to death by hanging in Pakistan for being a Christian on
Death of a hero: the aftermath -by Waseem Altaf: Salman Taseer, the lone ranger was a pure soul, unlike most of our politicians who are scared of speaking the truth. He stood for the right cause and sacrificed his life for whom nobody dares to come forward–the downtrodden
Politicizing blasphemy law: who is behind Namoos e Risalat movement?: “Many believe the two parties are acting at the behest of the security establishment to undermine the country’s political system.”, BBC As per the news published in various news papers Pakistan Peoples Party led government appeases religious parties on
Happy new year? – by Kamran Shafi: WELL, hopefully, what with the obscurantist forces back on the march in an attempt to bludgeon into submission those who advocate the imperative and immediate need of making the blasphemy laws in this country less draconian, less obnoxious; what
PPP’s bold stance on blasphemy law, and some encouraging comments: According to a CNN report, Pakistan will review blasphemy laws to prevent them from targeting innocent people. The government will form a committee of scholars to revisit the law, said Shahbaz Bhatti, the federal minister for minority affairs. It will
An open letter to the leadership and workers of the PPP – by Shuja: With the drop out of the JUI from the ruling coalition, the PPP government suddenly looks vulnerable. And the fact is that it has become vulnerable. The possibility of the revival of defunct MMA has already been raised. The
Christians will observe Christmas as a ‘protest day’, Sandul prays for Aasia Bibi: President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday said that his government would not allow the blasphemy law to be used for the settling personal scores. “The government,” he insisted, “will take all appropriate measures, whether administrative, procedural or legislative to stop
Updated: Asma Jahangir’s SCBA on blasphemy law: ye dagh dagh ujala: In a unanimous resolution today, SCBA warned government against pardoning Aasia Bibi. The meeting was chaired by the SCBA president Asma Jahangir . Later addressing a press conference, Ms Jahangir criticised the government’s performance and its failure to
Pakistan’s powerful religious right: How Islam has shaped modern Pakistan – by Urmila Venugopalan: It’s Unfortunate that native Sufi Islam in Pakistan has become threatened by Wahabi Islam(Saudi Arabia’s official Islamic ideology), especially in many areas of the northwestern area and southern Punjab. The mordancy, of course, is that Wahabism was imported into
WASHINGTON DIARY: We hypocritical Muslims —by Dr Manzur Ejaz: Aasia Bibi’s case does not make much sense. Having lived with many rural Christians — who are mostly very poor and are considered untouchables — I know that these poor souls are incapable of committing the crimes they are
Blasphemy laws, extremists’ reaction and life threatening comments: Related Articles: Now the whole world demands: repeal Pakistan’s blasphemy law Asia Bibi likely to be pardoned by President Asif Ali Zardari Shia physician charged with blasphemy in Hyderabad Sindh The impact of blasphemy laws on human rights It
Pakistan’s Institutionalized Discrimination Against Religious Minorities -by Rebecca Buckwalter Poza: In June 2009, a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, brought water to Muslim women working in a field with her. They rejected the water because a non-Muslim had touched it, and an argument ensued. In the aftermath of what should have
Laws that insult reason and justice -by Peter Jacob: The point that our religious parties seem to ignore is that the fault lies within the content and intent of the blasphemy laws themselves. The assumptions and the very scheme of these laws are manifested to be at cross-purposes
AHCR campaigns to prosecute Maulana Yousaf Qureshi: Related News Stories: “No one will let her live. The mullahs are saying they will kill her when she comes out.” And Chief Justice Justice Khwaja Sharif of the Lahore High Court barred the government from introducing any change
“No one will let her live, the mullahs are saying they will kill her when she comes out”, a BBC report on Asia Bibi: “No one will let her live. The mullahs are saying they will kill her when she comes out.” And Chief Justice Justice Khwaja Sharif of the Lahore High Court barred the government from introducing any change in the blasphemy
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