Tag: minority
Hazaras calls off strike as COAS assures security
News Analysis | On Wednesday, the protesting Hazara community in Quetta called off its sit-ins and protest after COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa met the...
Egypt: seven years since the revolution
AFP | As Egypt votes in presidential elections, here are key events in the turbulent country since the 2011 uprising that ended the 30-year rule...
23rd March: A walk down memory lane
Dr. Yaqoob Khan Bangash | The March 1940 Lahore Session of the All India Muslim League—the first in fifteen months—was an epoch-making meeting of the...
The Army isn’t wearing Trousers – A postscript!
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | As anticipated, the earlier article referred above "The Army isnt wearing Trousers" has stirred up quite a storm showering me...
MQM fails to agree on candidates for Senate elections
News Analysis | The dispute between Muttahida Qaumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) members has failed to resolve even after three days. The MQM-P has failed to...
Is India’s Talaq bill really for Indian Muslim women?
Aateka Khan | December 28, 2017 was an ominous day in the legislative history of India. It is the foreboding day that the Muslim Women...
ISIS claims Egypt church attack that killed 9
AFP | A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the latest apparent jihadist attack...
China, Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to battle terror together
AFP | Ministers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and China met in Beijing on Tuesday where they agreed to work together to tackle the threat of terrorism...
Social venture helps Hazara women of Pakistan
AFP | Working at "Hazara", a restaurant in the Pakistani city of Quetta, is a potentially deadly political act: all of the greasy spoon's employees...
Shehbaz reviews shutdown order of cement factories at Katas Raj temple
News Analysis | Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, 2nd December, reconsidered the measures taken for restoration of the Katas Raj Temple, it’s dried...
Pope arrives in Bangladesh after controversial Myanmar visit
AFP Pope Francis on Thursday arrived in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees have sought sanctuary after fleeing a crackdown in neighbouring...
Twitter’s top trend in Pakistan: Happy Diwali
News Desk| On Thursday, Happy Diwali became the top trend on the social mediascape of Pakistan. A large number of people took to Twitter to...
Is Pakistan as extremist as portrayed by western media?
Afrah Jamal | ‘Finding a Safe Place for Pakistani Christians’ by Marijana PETIR, Member of the European Parliament – finds systemic persecution in Pakistan’s backyard,...
Rohingya is a humanitarian issue not a Muslim one!
M K Bhadrakumar | The Trump administration is shifting gear on Myanmar. After positioning itself on the “right side of history”, Washington is making the...
Rohingya Plight: Feeding Instability across Muslim World & jeopardizing China’s One...
James M. Dorsey | The plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority is becoming the Muslim world’s latest rallying call emulating the emotional appeal of the...
Halimah Yacob to be the First Muslim Malay President for Singapore
News Analysis | Amid widespread criticism, Halima Yacob has been formally elected as the eighth and the first Muslim female President for the city-state of...
