شراب پینا ایک آدمی کا اور دیوار پھلانگنا خلیفہ راشد دوئم کا:   ایڈیٹوریل نوٹ : حضرت عمرؓ کے ساتھ پیش آنے والا واقعہ اس سلسلے کے عمدہ واقعات میں سے ہے۔ یہ واقعہ امام غزالیؒ نے ’احیاء علوم الدین‘ میں ’الامر بالمعروف والنہی عن المنکر‘ کے تحت بیان کیا ہے:

نجف آمد اور روضہ امام علی کی زیارت – مبشر علی زیدی: نجف اشرف کے ہوٹل پہنچے تو نماز کا وقت ہورہا تھا۔ محمد علی بھائی نے کہا، چلو حضرت علی کے روضے پر چلتے ہیں۔ میں نے کہا، زیارت بعد میں، پہلے نماز۔ مجھے کسی مسجد کا راستہ دکھائیں۔ محمد

In a judiciary dominated by likes of Iftikar Chaudhry, Khwaja Sharif, Jawad Khwaja and other TTP-ASWJ apologists, Pakistani mourns Justice Rana Bhagwan Das:   KARACHI: Former acting chief justice Rana Bhagwandas passed away in Karachi on Monday, DawnNews reported. The 73-year-old former judge was under treatment for a heart ailment at a private hospital at the time of his passing. He was

Extraordinary step, extraordinary case – by Shiraz Paracha: The National Assembly and the Senate have approved the 21 amendment to the Constitution giving military courts legitimacy. This extraordinary legislation may help in resolving an extraordinary case. Few weeks ago, journalist Sohail Warraich was quoted saying that Benazir

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

Are we a moral society? -By Meera Ghani: Lately, I find myself losing hope. It seems as if we all are so caught up in our mundane day to day lives that we’ve stopped caring about what’s going on around us. I would much rather believe that

Arundhati Roy’s Statement on media and mob justice: There is too much similarities between Pakistani and Indian right wing media, both are inciting hatred and violence among the country’s citizens and especially against those having unpopular views and thoughts. Indian media was present around Arundhati Roy’s house with live coverage facilities

Is Dr Shazia not a daughter of the nation?: Thousands of people hold protest demonstration across the country to mark the ‘Protest Day’ being observed against the sentence of Dr Aafia, media reported on Friday. Demonstrations were staged by political, social, student organizations and religious circles in many small and

Kainat Soomro: Lost her brother pursuing gang rapists- by Rabia Ali: Source: The News, 26 June 2010 The family of the gang-rape victim Kainat Soomro had to suffer another loss on Saturday as they found the body of Kainat’s elder brother, who had been pursuing his sister’s case in courts,

Man Stoned to Death in Nowshera: In another barbaric act, a person has lost his life for having alleged illicit relations with a woman who was working as an intern at his tailoring shop. Though proponents of such an act would claim that the Holy

There cannot be justice without freedom – by Imtiaz Baloch: There cannot be a human rights violation greater than the enslavement of a people. All the categories of rights and freedoms are lost or snatched away with a single stroke. Such is the plight of Baloch and other stateless