قیدی – از عامر حسینی: نوٹ : قیدی ہندوستان کی ریاست مغربی بنگال کی ایک ایسی ہندؤ خاتون ادیب کی کہانی ہے جس نے ہندؤ مذھب میں عورتوں کو مجبور و مقہور رکھنے کا پردہ چاک کیا اور اس حوالے سے کئی ایک ناول
Top ten issues more pertinent for Pakistanis than Gaza: Every time there is Israeli aggression in Gaza Pakistani activists make it a point to clamour left, right and centre to feel good about themselves and also to boost their PR. Even though there are few issues that bolster
A judgment on minorities in Pakistan – by Amel Ghani: March 15, 2014. An angry mob attacked and set on fire a Hindu dharamshala in Larkana, Sindh. The provocation for this attack was the supposed desecration of a calendar with Quranic verses by one Sanjeet Kumar. By
‘The country is on a suicide mission’ – by Zarrar Khuhro: How badly will the murder of Rashid Rehman — the latest in a series of attacks on human rights activists and especially those involved in defending blasphemy accused — have a chilling effect on activism as a whole? The
Murder in the name of faith – by Zahid Hussain: THE fate of 65-year-old Khalil Ahmed was sealed on the day he was accused of blasphemy. It was his death warrant. He was killed while in police detention hours after he was arrested. A schoolboy, who has not
Geo TV owner, 3 others booked for ‘blasphemy’: ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Margalla Police Station on Saturday registered an FIR under sections 295-C and 298-A against owner of the Geo Network Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, morning show host Dr Shaista Lodhi, actress Veena Malik and her husband Asad Basheer Khatak for
جیو کی قوالی کے پیچھے اصل قوالی کیا ہے؟: جب اہل بیت ع کی شان میں گستاخی کو بنیاد بنا کر لدھیانوی اور حافظ سعید جیسے لوگ بھی بندش کا مطالبہ کرنے لگے جن کی روزی روٹی ہی اہل بیت اور ان کے ماننے والوں کی دشمنی میں
راشد رحمان اور جنید حفیظ -حقائق کیا ہیں؟: بدھ 7 مئی 2014ء کی شام ہیومن رائٹس کمیشن آف پاکستان کی ملتان ٹاکس فورس کے کوآرڈینٹر اور ملتان بار کے رکن راشد رحمان ایڈوکیٹ اپنے نجی چیمبر نزد کچہری روڈ اپنے ایک معاون وکیل ندیم پرواز کے ساتھ
سعودی عرب: بلاگر کو دس سال قید کی سزا: سعودی عرب کی ایک عدالت نے انٹرنیٹ بلاگر رائف بدوی کو ’توہین مذہب‘ اور انٹرنیٹ پر آزاد خیال فورم چلانے کے الزام میں دس سال قید اور ایک ہزار کوڑوں کی سزا سنائی ہے۔ مقامی میڈیا کے مطابق عدالت
The Invasion – by Waseem Altaf: I suddenly woke up at five in the morning when I heard the mullah shrieking from a nearby mosque on the loud speakers. Before he could finish off, another one opened his mouth and began reciting the “invitation”
Five ways Pakistan degraded women – by Rafia Zakaria: Pakistani women know to expect no special concessions. At any given moment in history, one or another political force, religious edict, or social problem is aiming directly at them, pointing fingers, attaching blame. Given this, most of them expected
Blasphemy law use on rise, led by Pakistan: US group: WASHINGTON: Governments around the world are increasingly invoking blasphemy laws, with Pakistan by far the country that jails the most citizens for allegedly attacking religion, a US report said Thursday. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, a government
The invented ‘crime’ of blasphemy – by Dr T Hargey: The various Muslim signatories, including Sadiq Khan, (report, 20 February) rightly condemn the imposition of the death penalty upon Mohammed Asghar on trumped-up charges of blasphemy. They conveniently focus on the execrable human rights perspectives of this appalling case
Pakistani Mandelas on Twitter – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: And their French Revolution against gastronomic apartheid Pakistan happens to be a country where a French restaurant not allowing Pakistanis inside because it serves haraam food is dubbed ‘apartheid’, while a document discriminating on the basis of religion