Rabwah Times

All Rabwah Snooker Tournament

MKA Rabwah (Majlis Khuddam ul Ahmadiyya) held an all Rabwah Snooker tournament from 14th to 28th August 2011. The event was inaugurated by head of Seht-o-Jismani Mr Zahid Mahmood on the 14th of August. Sehte-o-Jismani section is part of MKA the Ahmadiyya Youth Association and is geared towards improving physical fitness and to encourage sporting activities. 48 players from all over Rabwah took part in the tournament. The venue was White House Snooker club in Dar ul Rehmat West where …

Faisalabad: Ahmadi man killed for his faith

A 55 year old man was killed last night in the Samnabad neighbourhood of Faisalabad. According to reports around 1’o clock last night 4 unknown men entered the house of Naseem Butt by jumping over the walls of his house and started shooting at him. He was hit in the abdomen and in the back. Afterwards the gunmen escaped from the scene.

Eid under the Shadow of Guns

This Wednesday when Sabir woke up he was in a sombre mood, It was day of Eid a Muslim holiday which marks the end of Ramadhan. Muslims start their day by attending the congregational Eid prayer service in the morning. But Sabir knew he wasn’t going to the Aqsa Mosque, where thousands had attended congregational Eid prayers each year for decades, where the sweet smell of perfume would make the cool morning air even fresher. But No those days are …

Buddhist ruins found near Rabwah

Remnants of a 4th century AD Buddhist stupa and monastery have been found on the foothills of Rabwah in area once knows as ‘Punj Peer’. The discovery was made by Chiniot based a local NGO called Lok Baithak. The remains which include graves, walls of rooms, animal bones, pottery and meditation cells built out of stones and terracotta bricks are spread over an area of nine acres. According to archaeologists these may be the remains of the lost OJAN or …

Ahmadiyya mosque demolished in Lodhran

Jattwala, District Lodhran: Ahmadiyya community in Jattwala, district Lodhran intended to build a place for their worship. Ali Hasan, a member of Lashkr-e-Taiba (a religious outfit banned for its terrorist activities), filed an application in the District Superintendent Police Office to stop its construction. The SHO came to the site on the order of his superiors and ordered a stop to the construction and told both the parties to report to him in the police station the next day. There, …

Independence Day Preparations

As 14th august comes close people in Rabwah, Pakistan prepare to celebrate Pakistan’s 64th Independence Day. Flags, ticker tapes and badges have been on sale for weeks now but as the big day draws near tradesmen have seen an increase in sales. The local hospital and the town’s central mosque “The Aqsa Mosque” has also been lit up to commemorate the occasion but the Government seems to be oblivious of the occasion as the local administration offices still remain plunged …