Pakistan

Pakistani authorities foil terror plot against Ahmadis in Rabwah

Pakistani Security forces foiled a potential terror attack in the Ahmadiyya town of Rabwah on Saturday. According to local media reports, the CTD (Counter-Terrorism Department) raided a vacant Government building adjacent to a Police post and arrested at least one suspect. The CTD also recovered explosives and detonators hidden inside a desktop computer. The suspect was arrested from ‘Muslim Colony’, an ‘illegal settlement’ of Muslims set up by the Pakistani Government which is considered a no-go area for Ahmadis. A …

Bilawal Bhutto hints at abolishing Pakistan’s anti-Ahmadiyya Laws

Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari dropped hints that he will work towards abolishing Pakistan’s controversial laws against Ahmadi Muslims. The 28-year-old politician admitted that Pakistan had a lot to answer for the way how minorities were being treated in the country. Responding to a question about the role of Pakistan People’s Party in introducing the legislation against Ahmadis in 1974, Bilawal said: We can go into the past and keep talking about what people have done at …

Pakistani Minister voices his support for Blasphemy Laws

Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has voiced his support for the country’s controversial Blasphemy laws. He made the comments while speaking at the ‘KhatmeNabuwat’ conference in Golra Sharif on Saturday. Speaking at the conference, Dar said: There would be no change in the blasphemy laws, as Pakistan came into being in the name of Allah and Prophet Muhammad.Pakistan was the only country whose foundation was laid on Islam and Kalma Tayyaba. There would be also no change in KhamteNabuwat laws, …

اسلام کے جملہ حقوق محفوظ ہیں

آپ نے اکثر کتابوں پر لکھا دیکھا ہوگا کہ جملہ حقوق محفوظ ہیں۔ اسی طرح بہت سی مصنوعات پر بھی اسی ٹریڈ مارک کا نشان دیکھا ہوگا۔ اسی طرح مختلف کمپنیوں کے نام کے ساتھ رجسٹرڈ کا لفظ بھی دیکھا ہوگا۔ گو کہ ان تمام معاملات کے پیچھے بنیادی اصول مشترک ہیں مگر انکی نوعیت کےلحاظ سے انکی تقسیم مختلف ہوجاتی ہے اور اسی طرح ان سے متعلقہ قوانین بھی۔ ان سب قوانین کا بنیادی موضوع ،ایک فرد یا ادارے …

Building up Pakistan-Israel Relationship

Very rarely I put myself in political confabs or depict my views over political issues because I have always been confronted by extreme zealots, but one cannot be aside from the instinct of politics specially in a country like Pakistan where we talk politically, eat politically, play politically, sleep politically etc. Pakistan in my personal stance is the only country where you will find the worst of the worst in all grounds of life. Each nation of the world is …

Pakistani-Americans concerned over disappearances of Pakistani activists

Pakistani-Americans have expressed their concern over the recent disappearance of activists and bloggers in Pakistan. Prominent Activist and bloggers known for their controversial political and religious views have gone missing in the past week. Salman Haider, a prominent activist went missing on the evening of January 6th in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. Within hours of his abduction several other activists including Goraya, Aasim Saeed, and Ahmed Raza Naseer also went missing. In a statement AdvoPak director condemned the disappearances …

Pakistani Americans condemn Berlin Christmas Attack

Pakistani Americans have condemned the attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Berlin. Washington D.C. based Pakistani advocacy group AdvoPak called the attack a “senseless act of violence”. At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured after a truck rammed into the crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible terrorist attack. “We as Pakistani Americans condemn this violent attack on the Christmas market in Berlin and …

Canadian Jews urge Canada to ‘address’ persecution of Pakistani Ahmadis

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs has condemned the recent attacks on Ahmadis in Pakistan and urged Canada’s Ministry of Foreign affairs to raise the issue of Ahmadiyya persecution with Pakistan. In a statement President of CIJA, Shimon Koffler Fogel said: We are deeply troubled by the recent mob attack on the Ahmadi mosque in Chakwal and raid on their offices in Rabwah. Freedom of religion and the right of minorities to live in security are core values for …

چکوال میں احمدیہ کمیونٹی کی مسجد پر دھاوا

پاکستان کے صوبہ پنجاب کے ضلع چکوال میں احمدی برادری کی ایک قدیم عبادت گاہ پر ایک گروہ کی جانب سے حملہ کرنے کے بعد پولیس نے علاقے کا کنٹرول سنبھال لیا ہے۔ پیر کو پیغمبر اسلام کے یومِ ولادت کے موقع پر ضلع چکوال کے گاؤں دولمیال میں موجود احمدی کمیونٹی کی مسجد پر علاقے میں بسنے والے ایک گروہ نے حملہ کیا۔ واقعے کے بعد پنجاب حکومت کے محکمہ داخلہ کی جانب سے سماجی رابطوں کی ویب سائٹ …

Muslim mob attacks Mosque in Pakistan

Police and Army personnel were called in on Monday as a Muslim mob armed with guns and rocks attacked a Mosque in central Pakistan. The mob which numbered over 1,000 was part of a procession celebrating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad when it attacked the minority Ahmadiyya community’s Mosque in Dulmial village, Chakwal. Around 40 worshippers who were present in the Mosque locked themselves in as the mob opened fire and hurled rocks. After gaining control of the …

US ‘very concerned’ over Pakistan’s crackdown on Ahmadis

The U.S. Government criticized Pakistan on Friday for raiding the International Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim minority in Chenab Nagar (Rabwah). Speaking at a press briefing, U.S. State Department’s Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner commented: “We are obviously very concerned about these reports [that] the Punjab counter-terrorism police have raided the international headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah and arrested 4 individuals for publishing literature.” Responding to a question about Pakistan’s attack on Ahmadi Muslims and other minorities earlier …

غصہ کیا جو ضبط ۔۔۔ تو آنسو نکل گیا ۔۔

عنوان کے لئے مصرعہ حضرت چوہدری محمد علی مضطر مرحوم سے مستعار لیا ہے اور واقعہ یوں ہے کہ جن دنوں حامد میر صاحب روزنامہ اوصاف اسلام آباد کے ایڈیٹر تھے اور راقم الحروف اوصاف میں کالم لکھا کرتا تھا، ان دنوں عاجز نے ایک ادبی رپورٹ اور چوہدری صاحب کی شاعری کے حوالے سے ایک مضمون حامد میر صاحب کے سامنے رکھا کیونکہ مظہر برلاس جو میگزین ایڈیٹر تھے وہ اسے چھاپنے میں متامل تھے کہ چوہدری صاحب کا …