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U.S. slams Pakistan’s Human Rights record

The U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has expressed concern over Pakistan’s human right record over the past year. In its annual country report on Human Rights Practices, the U.S. pointed out significant human rights issues which included targeted killings and forced disappearances. It also condemned Pakistan Government’s restrictions on freedom of religion and discrimination against religious minorities. According to the Bureau, Pakistan’s “Security forces reportedly committed extrajudicial killings in connection with conflicts in Punjab, Balochistan, FATA, Sindh, …

Counselor from German Embassy in Pakistan visits Rabwah

On Monday the German Embassy in Pakistan shared details about their counselor’s visit to the town of Rabwah, home to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan. The visit was lead by the press and cultural counselor of the German Embassy. During the tour, the counselor paid a visit to the Tahir Heart Center, which is considered amongst the top cardiac hospitals in Pakistan. In a Facebook post, the Embassy described the visit as “Interesting” and said: Our counselor for the …

London’s Pakistan High Commission to meet with Ahmadis after pressure from British MP

British MP Tom Brake has secured a commitment from the Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner that he will meet representatives of the Ahmadiyya Community – who have a very strong presence in South West London – to discuss abuses and persecution against the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan. On Tuesday 6th February, Tom Brake MP and Siobhain McDonagh MP, the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, met with the Pakistani Deputy High Commissioner Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri and …

Christians attacked in Pakistani city of Quetta

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on worshippers coming out of a church in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing two people and wounding five others. Police officer Javed Ahmed says two gunmen riding on a motorcycle targeted churchgoers as they were leaving after the Sunday evening service in the Eisa Nagri neighborhood of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Ahmed says a young girl was among the wounded and that two others were in …

Pregnant Pakistani singer shot dead during performance

A pregnant Pakistani singer was shot dead while performing at a wedding in Southern Pakistan. Samina Sindhu, a local folk singer was shot dead Tuesday night in a village near Larkana. According to reports, Tariq Jatoi shot Sindhu after she refused to dance during her performance. “Samina declined to dance because she was pregnant,” her husband, Aashiq Ali, said. “Her refusal enraged the accused who killed her.” Sidhu was taken to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead on …

نادرا کا ڈیٹا جاری کرنے پر سکیورٹی خدشات ہیں: جماعتِ احمدیہ

‘نادرا’ نے اسلام آباد کی عدالتِ عالیہ کو بتایا تھا کہ گزشتہ 16 برسوں کے دوران 10205 شہریوں نے قومی شناختی کارڈ میں مذہب کے خانے میں تبدیلی کراتے ہوئے خود کو مسلمان سے احمدی درج کروایا۔ پاکستان میں احمدی مذہب سے تعلق رکھنے والے افراد نے اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ کی جانب سے شناختی دستاویزات میں مذہب کی تبدیلی کو عدالت کی اجازت سے مشروط کرنے پر تحفظات کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ اس سے انہیں لاحق …

Christian family shot dead in southwestern Pakistan

Four members of a Christian family were gunned down in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, police said, in the latest attack on the minority community. The family was traveling in a rickshaw when armed men on a motorcycle intercepted them and opened fire in Quetta city, the capital of Baluchistan province. A woman was rushed to the hospital. Her father and three cousins were killed. “It appears to have been a targeted attack,” provincial police official Moazzam Jah Ansari told Reuters. …

ربوہ کا پانی بند کر دیا گیا

اہلیان علاقہ میونسپل کمیٹی چناب نگر کیخلاف سراپہ احتجاج،عوام دشمنی شروع ،پانی بند کردیا گیا،شہریوں کی وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب،کمشنر فیصل آباداور ڈی سی چنیوٹ سے اپیل،تمام چارج لے کر ضلعی انتظامیہ کو دے دیا جائے ، PEEDAایکٹ کے تحت کاروائی کا مطالبہ چناب نگر(غدیر احمد بھٹی کی رپورٹ)اہلیان علاقہ میونسپل کمیٹی چناب نگر کیخلاف سراپہ احتجاج،عوام دشمنی شروع ،پانی کئی روز سے بند ۔شہریوں کی وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب،کمشنر فیصل آباداور ڈی سی چنیوٹ سے اپیل،تمام چارج لے کر ضلعی انتظامیہ …

Pakistani clerics protest against ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’ by Ahmadi Student

Islamic clerics in Pakistan have lodged a protest against what they call ‘Fraudulent misrepresentation’ of faith by a student in Gojrah, a city 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Lahore. Speaking at the local press club the clerics demanded action against the ‘fraudulent misrepresentation’ of faith by Bilal Ahmed, a high school student from Chak-297GB. Clerics, Qari Noor Ahmad, Khalid Rizvi, Rana Tariq and others claimed that the teenager had falsely obtained permission to privately sit in high school level exams …

Pakistani court orders list of people who left Islam

On Monday a Pakistani court ordered the country’s national citizen database to handover list of individuals who left Islam and requested a change of religion with the department. The High Court court of Pakistani capital Islamabad ordered Pakistan’s Citizen Authority (NADRA) to provide detailed information on an estimated 10,000 Pakistani citizens who are believed to have changed their religion from Islam to Qadiani [Ahmadiyya]. The court also directed the citizen authority to include their age, names of their parents and …