By Saeed Qureshi The rigid and myopic application of constitution’s articles 62 and 63 to determine the suitability of candidates for contesting this year’s elections has gone too far. While Pakistan is awash with endemic violence,unremitting abuse and infringement of every moral,social and religious injunction,paradoxically a strict religious,unrealistic and fanciful . . . →Read More:Let Pakistan be secular
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Badami Bagh is no less than a ravaged town awaiting life once again. Along the sides of the roads are little yellow tents set up for the Christian families who lost their homes when an angry mob set fire to the entire residential area. These little tents are filled with people. It is as if . . . →Read More:Conversations with Badami Bagh residents  Leave a comment  Law &Order,Speaker's Corner  Badami Bagh,Badami Bagh incident,Badami Bagh residents,Blasphemy allegations,blasphemy law,christian blasphemy,Christian families,Christian residents,Christians,Conversations with Badami Bagh residents,human rights,Muslims,PPP conspiracy to break the PML-N vote,terrorism By Sanaa Jatoi I come from a family with no male head of household. After my father’s passing in 2005,it has been my mother,my sisters and me. I have been privileged enough to make my own choices about how to live my life,but I have to admit that living in Pakistan in . . . →Read More:A tiny silver in the population By Fred Reed TSA I bet this won’t surprise you. The United States is the most hated country in the world,followed closely by Israel,and then by nobody. Wny? Why not Ecuador? China? Russia? East Timor? The hostility puzzles many Americans,who genuinely believe their country to be a force for good,a pillar of democracy, . . . →Read More:Billy Bob’s got to move out I am a Pakistani — born here,educated here and after working all over the world living here in Pakistan. I pay taxes — on all my income and my assets. In my home there is no gas,power only for three or four hours out of twenty four and the water supply is frequently disrupted. The . . . →Read More:What Should We Do? Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed in an explosion near the FC headquarters in Zhob district of Balochistan, Express News reported on Friday. . . . →Read More:Zhob Bomb blast kills 2 FC personnel Pakistani police blocked a bail request for the minor who reportedly suffers from Down’s syndrome,claiming her release would endanger her life and that of her family. The girl is accused of blasphemy for allegedly burning a Koran. . . . →Read More:Rimsha Masih in prison for her own safety By Iftikhar A. Khan and Wasim Shamsi ISLAMABAD / SUKKUR:Taking notice of large-scale migration of Hindu families to India because of security concerns,the government has decided to beef up security for religious minorities. . . . →Read More:Difficult conditions forcing Hindu migration Leave a comment Oppression Difficult conditions forcing Hindu migration,Hindu families,human rights,Islamabad,Malik sees conspiracy behind issuing 250 visas,migration of Hindu families,protect Hindus,security for religious minorities,Sukkur,Taking notice of large-scale migration of Hindu families to India By Sajjad Shaukat The Martyrs’ Day,popularly known as Youme Shuhada-e-Kashmir is observed on July 13 every year on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to 22 Kashmiris who were martyred in 1931 to free Kashmir from the brutalities of despotic Dogra rulers. . . . →Read More:Kashmir:the Martyrs’ Day Leave a comment Law &Order,Oppression brutalities of despotic Dogra rulers,Dogra rule,human rights,Human rights violation,Kashmir:the Martyrs’ Day,Kashmiri Muslims by Dogra forces,Kashmiri struggle against foreign occupation,Kashmiris,Kashmiris Fight for Freedom,Kashmiris to pay homage to 22 Kashmiris who were martyred in 1931,Line of Control,Martyrs Day,Muslims,protection of human rights,Srinagar,Youme Shudaha-e-Kashmir,Youme Shuhada-e-Kashmir A monk prays for an elderly man who had died suddenly while waiting for a train in Shanxi Taiyuan, . . . →Read More:Powerful Images | |||
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