I beg to differ on March 6, 2017ISLAMABAD: Various cities in the upper parts of Pakistan were jolts by earthquake tremors on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. I heard one of my friend saying that God is angry with us and thus there are earthquakes and other natural disasters etc. It is common practice in Pakistani society; especially Muslim prayer leader decry in […]
Hrithik, Rakesh reach out to their Pakistani fans on February 3, 2017KARACHI: Hrithik Roshan’s film Kaabil hit Pakistani cinemas and received an enthusiastic response from the Pakistani audience. Director Rakesh Roshan urged Indian government to lift the ban on cinemas from screening Pakistani movies. According to sources, former actor Rakesh Roshan confessed to quit filmmaking as fewer screens were allotted to Kaabil in comparison to Raees […]
Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad seeks re election to FIFA council on February 3, 2017KUWAIT CITY: Olympic Council of Asia President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah of Kuwait will seek re-election to the FIFA Council after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) named him as one of eight candidates for the four spots available for the continent. Sheikh Ahmad, who heads the Association of National Olympic Committees and is an influential […]
New Years hopes on February 2, 2017Sir: The year 2017 has approached us telling that nothing is long lasting in this world. When the first sun of New Year appeared above the horizon and threw its rays onto the ground, we must have set our healthy thoughts and new visions. If someone complies with the above suggestion, he would have a […]
Action speaks louder than words on January 31, 2017ISLAMABAD: Since assuming his office as Minister for Human Rights in May 2016, Senator Kamran Michael has taken historic measures to ensure protection of basic human rights of common citizens, with a specific focus on the delivery of rights for children, women, marginalized groups and religious and ethnic minority groups in across country. Earlier, when […]
Christians in Pakistan on August 9, 2016Pakistani minorities under the leadership of Federal Minister for Human Rights Kamran Michael are planning to celebrate Minorities’ Day on August 11. The former government of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had declared August 11 as the minorities’ day; however, some minority groups choose to observe August 11 as a black day to register their protest […]
Live your life; let others live too on April 4, 2016With due respect to Muslims, multiculturalism is a failure in Pakistan. That being one of the reasons for creation of Pakistan, it is very unfortunate where things stand today. It is quite ironical when Muslims migrate to western nations, and expect them to accept them, and when they do not on any level, Muslim label […]
Out of the frying pan and into the fire on January 12, 2016Pakistan is predominantly a Muslim country with 97 percent of its population adhering to Islam and the religious minorities making just a fraction of the population with varying estimates at a few percent of the total population. The Constitution of country has guaranteed full rights and protection to all its citizens. The founder of the […]
Each one, teach one on May 4, 2014Pakistan came into being in 1947 under the leadership of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Jinnah had repeatedly promised equality of citizenship but this promise was not kept by his successors. Pakistan became an Islamic Republic in 1956, making Islam the source of legislation and cornerstone of the national identity, while guaranteeing freedom of religion and equal […]
Religious bigotry on February 9, 2014We are building not so much a multi-racial society or a multi-cultural society, we are building separate societies that really do not have much to do with each other. Equipped with just enough religion to hate those from another faith but not enough to love our co-religionists, Pakistanis have mostly turned their backs on religious […]