سورن سنگھ خوش نصیب تھا – ضیاالدین یوسف زئی: شہید سردار سورن سنگھ کے قتل کی خبر آتے ہی کسی خراسانی نے نامعلوم مقام سے بیان دیا کہ سورن سنگھ کو طالبان نے قتل کیا ہے۔ وجہ یہ بتائی گئی کہ ’’سورن سنگھ حکومت کا اعلیٰ عہدیدار تھا

Takfiri Deobandis slaughter Shaheed Soran Singh just like Shaheed Shabaz Bhatti in the past:   SWAT: Sardar Soran Singh, special assistant to chief minister KP on minorities’ affairs and an MPA, was gunned down in a targeted attack near Pir Baba in Buner district on Friday. “Gunmen riding on two motorbikes came in

Ancient gurdwara closed since 1942 set for reopening: PESHAWAR: The district administration on Saturday patched up things between Sikhs and Muslims over a gurdwara dispute paving the way for the reopening of the place of worship closed since 1942. “Members of Sikh community will resume the acts

’مالیر کوٹلہ مذہبی ہم آہنگی کی مثال ہے‘: بھارتی پنجاب میں صرف مالیر کوٹلہ ایک ایسا شہر ہے جہاں آج بھی مسلمانوں کی اکثریت ہے اور پورے پنجاب میں رمضان کے دوران اتنی رونق کہیں اور نہیں ہوتی جتنی کہ اس شہر میں ہوتی ہے۔ باقی پنجاب

Two slabs of marble from Lahore – by Waseem Altaf:   On December 27, 2013 at 2 PM, my friend Amit’s mobile phone rang in Amritsar. It was somebody wanting to deliver a carton that had just arrived from across the border in Pakistan. Amit already knew what it

RIP Harjeet Singh : Pakistani Sikh killed by takfiri terrorists of ASWJ:   Please spare a moment to pay respect to Harjeet Singh, our Pakistani Sikh brother. He was killed in Peshawar yesterday by Deobandi ASWJ terrorists. His only crime? His faith. From Khyber to Karachi to Balochistan, Deobandi ASWJ militants

We condemn target killing of Sikh community in KP – by Abdul Nishapuri: Sikh community’s silent protest is the first of its kind in Peshawar’s history against the target-killing of a Sikh shopkeeper in Shabqadar last night (13 March 2014). The protestors carried black flags and demanded that government should protect the

Shahbaz Bhatti Murder Case: Witnesses Threatened: “Threatening pamphlets claiming to be from the Punjabi Taliban were found in the office of our key witness, whose name cannot be disclosed for security.” Shamoon Gill, spokesman of APMA, told AFP. He said the pamphlets had warned the

Sikh holy book desecrated again in Sindh: KARACHI: Before police could arrest culprits who desecrated Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib in Pano Aqil, a similar incident happened in Shikarpur, in which unknown people tore 24 pages of the sacred book. The incident has caused annoyance

Hey Sikhs: Happy 543rd Birthday! – by Tarek Fatah: Source: Huffington Post Today, millions of Sikhs and their friends around the world are celebrating Gurpurab, but few outside India know the significance of this day or its history. It’s the 543rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the

Bulleh Shah – A voice against religious bigotry: 8th of September, 2011 marks the commencement of three-day celebrations of 254th Urs of Baba Bulleh Shah in Kasur. The man who had been refused by the mullahs to be buried after his death in the community graveyard because

Music binds people & souls, says Rekha Bhardwaj: Music has power to bind souls, saturate valor, associate humanity, and express feelings of love, care, happiness and pain, it has also great power to pacify. The traditional music and folk songs of the subcontinent particularly connect various religions

The persecution of Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan is unaccaptable!: The following two incidents should be a source of shame to all Pakistanis.  The first instance involves our dear Sikh Pakistani brothers and sisters and this is how Express Tribune reported it: “The Sikh community in Lahore have been

Pakistan, a place where non-Muslims also live: By Anthony Permal A lot has been written about the plight of minorities in Pakistan – some by minorities themselves but mostly by the majority. In most such reports, analyses and blogs, the focus has been on the aggressive

International Minorities Conference III: International Minorities Alliance demands Pakistan to be run according to the vision of its founder. International Minorities’ Conference 2011 was organized by International Minorities Alliance on “Equal Citizenship, Equal Rights” at Avari Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan on Jan 23, 2011.

Muhammad bin Qasim, Ghaznavi, Aurangzeb, Ilamd Din, AQ Khan, Mumtaz Qadri: Heroes of doom as role models – by Waseem Altaf: There is hardly any sector of Islamabad left where so called scientist A Q Khan does not have a plot or a palatial house, including the illegally built palace at Bani Gala. Last time he was in the news

Guru Nanak: The Prophet of Peace – by Dr Kirat Singh Inqilabi: The LUBP team offer our best wishes to our Sikh brother and sisters on the birthday (jayanti) of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Guru Nanak was born in 1469 in what is now Pakistan. At the age of

Happy Diwali to all – by LUBP team: Divali,  Deepavali or festival of lights is an important five-day festival  occurring between mid-October and mid-November, as it is based on lunisolar Hindu Calendar It is celebrated in almost all the South Asian countries by the followers of  Hinduism,

The Noble ‘Servant’ Of Peshawar- by Shaheen Buneri: Source: Radio Liberty Khurshid Khan, an eminent 60-year-old lawyer and deputy attorney general of Pakistan, wants to “heal the wounds” of the terror-stricken minority Sikh community in that country. So he does an extraordinary thing at a temple in

Citizens of Lahore name Shadman Chowk after Bhagat Singh – by Afnan Khan: LAHORE: A large number of citizens, including students from various educational institutions gathered, at Shadman Chowk on Tuesday to mark the 79th martyrdom anniversary of Bhagat Singh Shaheed, one of the pioneers of the struggle for an independent subcontinent.

For Pakistan’s Sikhs, a kidnapping – and a killing – reflect fears of nation’s minorities: In this photo made on March 19, 2010, Surjeet Singh, from Pakistan’s Sikh community, sits with family members after his release in Peshawar, Pakistan. Singh, who had been kidnapped for ransom by alleged militants, was freed after 42 days

Taliban kill Jaspal Singh and the mullahs keep mum — by Ishtiaq Ahmed: Photo Source: BBC Urdu A time to humanise Islam There is a screaming silence from the custodians of Islam — the ulema — on the execution of Jaspal Singh, probably because he was not a Muslim. The Muslim masses

Who Rules Orakzai Agency: Talibans or Govt. of Pakistan ?: Map of FATA and NWFP (Source: FATADA) We’ve been hearing news of Talibanisation of Orakzai Agency for months and there were also statements from officials of Pak Army and Federal Government denying such news. However, a news item appeared