Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by army clashes against the Taliban, the U.N. said in an international appeal Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A gas pipeline from Iran's South Pars gas field to Pakistan is symbolic of the level of friendship between Tehran and Islamabad, officials said.
Former bowling great Wasim Akram Monday called for positive steps in Pakistan cricket following its humiliating defeats in Australia, saying the team needed a strong approach to progress.
The war that Pakistan has waged inside its own borders since 9/11 has cost the country $35 billion and displaced millions. Pakistan - Asia - Government - Taliban - United Nations
NEW DELHI, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Pakistan's senior representative in India has met the foreign secretary as the two countries get ready to restart stalled high-level talks over border issues.
The Nation -- "The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th piece by Jane Perlez in the New York Times.
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s government awarded a contract to France’s GDF Suez SA to supply 3.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year to help meet the South Asian nation’s growing energy demand.
Dear Muslims, it is a shocking news that the most famous Encyclopedia on the internet Wikipedia is still containing the blasphemous caricatures of our beloved Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam despite receiving hundreds of thousands of protest letters from Muslims across the glob. Ironically we are crying against one or few time publication of these caricatures in Danish and Norwegian newspapers but don’t notice that Wikipedia is blatantly and shamelessly insulting an Ummah of 1.5 billion Muslim. Here are some steps we all should take to force Wikipedia to remove these blasphemous cartoons and apologize to Muslim Ummah. Here are ten the steps. for more click here
Prof. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is considered most controversial personality when we talk about Indo-Pak relations. India accuses him for masterminding Mumbai attacks and demands that Pakistan should put him behind bars and clamp down his organization Jamat-ud-Dawah. Pakistan says India is unable to prove that Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is involved in any kind of unwanted activities inside India.
People outside Pakistan often think why Pakistan is not acting upon international demands against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. But here in Pakistan everyone knows that it is not an easy task for the government to act against a leader who enjoys enormous public support all over the Pakistan.
On February 5. 2010 Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for the first time after his release from home detention addressed a huge public gathering. He also addressed Friday prayer outside his mosque because the Qadsia Mosque was not able to accommodate thousands of people came from different parts of Punjab to listen his speech as well as participate in Kashmir Day rally organized by Jamat-ud-Dawah. With My mobile I captured some video clips of his Friday sermon as well as of the rally. Here are some you tube links of these clips. You can analyse yourself how popular he is in Pakistan and how much it is difficult for government of Pakistan to act against a popular leader.
On Friday Ameer Jamat-ud-Dawah Pakistan Prof. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed for the first time in a year addressed a public gathering in Lahore to show solidarity with Kashmiri brethrens. He was detained in December 2008 after Security Council put his name in the consolidated list under resolution 1267 of Taliban and Al-Qaeda Sanction Committee. He was released in June 2009 after Lahore High Court declared his detention orders as illegal. Since then he kept mostly low profile in the media and public but on Friday he not only addressed a huge public gathering in Lahore but his party also showed its massive public Read the rest of this entry »
Many of us are still in a state of shock over the guilty verdict returned on Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The response from the people of Pakistan was predictable and overwhelming and I salute their spontaneous actions. From Peshawar to Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and beyond they marched in their thousands demanding the return of Aafia. Even some of the US media expressed discomfort over the verdict returned by the jurors … there was a general feeling that something was not right. Everyone had something to say, everyone that is except the usually verbose US Ambassador Anne Patterson who has spent the last two years briefing against Dr Aafia and her supporters. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the premier cellular mobile phone companies in Pakistan is facing threat from Islamists. The Norwegian company Telenor has brought huge amount of foreign investment in Pakistan but this is second time in five years that its business in Pakistan is facing immense menace from furious religious elements in the country. On January 8, 2008 a Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten had published six out of twelve blasphemous caricature of the Prophet of Islam made by Danish cartoonists. The National Assembly, Read the rest of this entry »
The protest movement against reprinting of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is gradually gaining momentum in Pakistan. On Sunday thousands of people held a protest demonstration in front of Lahore Press Club against the reprinting of the blasphemous cartoons of Prophet of Islam Muhammad (PBUH) in a Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten and demanded that Pakistan should sever all kinds of ties with Norway and Denmark and declare war on both countries. Many of the protest banners carried writings such as “Anyone who wills Kurt Westergaurd will be hero of Islam”, “Somali Cartoon attacker is Hero of Islam” “We can scarify ourselves for the honor of our Prophet”. Participants of the demonstration were also chanting slogans of ‘Al-Jihad Al-Jihad’. Read the rest of this entry »
Lahore: Leaders of religious parties have a announced a nationwide protest campaign on Wednesday against the reprinting of blasphemous caricature of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him) in a Norwegian newspaper earlier this week. While addressing a joint press conference organized by Tehreek Hurmat-e-Rasool an umbrella organization of religious and political parties to safeguard the honor of Prophet Muhammd (Peace be Upon Him) the leaders of Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam, Jamat-ud-Dawah, Jamaiat-e-Ulama-e-Pakistan (JUP), Tehreek-e-Insaf, Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, Majlas-e-Ahrar, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith (Ibtisam group), Shia Political Party and Tehreek Minhaj ul Quran demanded that Pakistan should sever diplomatic and economical ties with Norway.
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