Pakistani Minister says life in danger after being called ‘Qadiani’

A Pakistani Minister who was called a “Qadiani” by a fellow politician has filed a Police case saying his life is in danger. During media appearances on May 19th and May 26th Nazir Chohan had claimed that Minister Shazad Akbar belonged to the “Qadiani group” and was not a Muslim. Reacting to the claims, Akbar, who serves as Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability, lodged a Police complaint against Chohan on Sunday. In the police report, Akbar …

اگر عمران خان وزیراعظم بنے تو ان کیساتھ شامل ہوں گے؟اس سوال پر مولانا فضل الرحمان کا جواب جانیئے

اسلام آباد (ویب ڈیسک) جمعیت علمائے اسلام (جے یو آئی)ف نے عام انتخابات میں پاکستان تحریک انصاف (پی ٹی آئی) کی جیت اور عمران خان کے وزیراعظم بننے کی صورت میں حکومت میں شامل ہونے کا عندیہ دیدیا۔ نجی ٹی وی کے پروگرام میں گفتگو کے دوران میزبان حامد میر نے سوال پوچھا کہ ”اگر معلق پارلیمینٹ آتی ہے تو پھر کیا ہو گا، اگر پیپلز پارٹی، پی ٹی آئی اور مسلم لیگ (ن) کے پاس کچھ سیٹیں آ جاتی …

تحریک انصاف میں ٹکٹوں کی تقسیم پر احتجاج غلط ، شریعت میں بغاوت کی سزا بہت سخت ہے: مفتی عبدالقوی

اسلام آباد (ویب ڈیسک) تحریک انصاف کے کارکنوں کی جانب سے ٹکٹوں کی تقسیم کے خلاف احتجاج کا سلسلہ جاری ہے ، ایسے میں مفتی عبدالقوی بھی میدان میں آگئے ہیں اور ایسی بات کہہ دی ہے کہ کارکنوں نے تصور بھی نہیں کیا ہوگا۔نجی ٹی وی اب تک نیوز کے مطابق مفتی عبدالقوی نے تحریک انصاف کے کارکنوں کے احتجاج کو شرعی طور پر غلط قرار دیتے ہوئے اسے بغاوت سے تشبیہ دی ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا ہے کہ …

PTI open to supporting an Ahmadi candidate in elections: Asad Umar

A prominent Pakistani politician has said his political party is open to the idea of supporting a candidate from the much hated Ahmadiyya sect of Islam. Asad Umar who is a policy head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and member of Pakistan’s National Assembly made the comments Tuesday at an event in the U.S. state of Virginia. Answering a Rabwah Times reporter’s question about whether PTI would support an Ahmadi candidate in the elections by offering him a ticket, Umar said: …

Pakistani singer Abrar-ul-Haq expresses support for Islamists

Pakistan’s prominent singer and politician Abrar-ul-Haq has announced his support for Islamists who are protesting against the Government in the city of Narowal. In a video message Haq urged the Government to give in to the demands of the Islamist protestors. The protestors are part of Tehrike-e-Labbaik-Ya-Rasulullah (TLYR) who have shutdown the capital Islamabad for the last few days and have called on the Government among other things to release blasphemy killers, hang blasphemers and limit the activities of Ahmadis, …

Pakistani politican wants to add anti-Ahmadiyya chapter in school syllabus

Speaking to a KhatmeNabuwat conference in Mardan, speaker of Pakistan’s KP (Khyper Pakhtunkhawa) Provincial Assembly Asad Qaiser said that “Provincial government will soon add a chapter on the belief of KhatmeNabuwat in the syllabus.” Asad Qasier is a politician from Swabi District of KP Province and is affiliated with PTI (Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf) which is considered to be a “liberal nationalist party”, lead by former cricketer Imran Khan.

Former Pakistani Diplomat accused of Blasphemy for speaking at Ahmadiyya convention

Wajid Shamsul Hassan’s speech at Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s annual convention in UK. Legislators from both ruling and opposition benches in Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly on Thursday severely criticised the statement of former Pakistani diplomat to UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan in which he said that the decision to declare Ahmadiyya Muslims a minority in Pakistan was wrong.

Pakistan Army rejects TTP’s allegations

A spokesperson of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has categorically rejected outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s allegations about their women and children in the custody of security forces. Commenting on the factual position of the issue‚ the spokesperson clarified that not a single woman or child is in the custody of security forces. In fact‚ women and children have never been detained. The spokesperson said this baseless accusation by outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is mere a propaganda to divert the attention from the real …

For Pakistan’s Ahmadis, a depressing tale of two gatherings

A fortnight ago, tens of thousands of members of the Ahmadi Muslim community gathered in the historic English market town of Alton. They were there for an annual conference. This year, the community was also marking the centenary of its presence in Britain. As far back as 1926, the Ahmadis established London’s first mosque. In countries as diverse as Canada and South Africa, there are similar events that take place throughout the year. But the one country where Ahmadis aren’t …

Clamoring for the Khalifa

CHINO, Calif.—This week, thousands of families arrayed in their colorful best are crowding into a sprawling mosque set among the golden hills of this old agricultural community east of Los Angeles. Some have come from across the country, and some from as far as Ghana. A few even risked travel out of Syria. They clamor to see Mirza Masroor Ahmad, a subdued, 62-year-old former wheat farmer and the world’s only “Muslim Pope.” The khalifa, as he is called, is the …

Pakistan election: the 4m votes no one wants

As Pakistan’s election campaign enters its dying days, no town has escaped the attention of the country’s politicians as they crisscross the country, plastering every spare billboard, lamp-post and shop-front with posters bearing their heavily airbrushed faces. Except Rabwah, a sleepy riverside settlement in the critical battleground province of Punjab. It is home to 40,000 potential voters who could safely be relied upon to vote whichever way the town’s elders recommend – a particularly large and reliable example of what …