By: N. Elahi Ever since the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten committed the temerity to publish caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in 2005 and defended it on the basis of the right of freedom of expression, the inviolability of this right has come under fire. It has become divisive and disputed. No doubt the perennial parameters of […]
The Sindh Assembly on Monday approved an adjournment motion with a unanimous vote to denounce the anti-Islam film. The lawmakers called for global legislation on blasphemy like the western nations have done against the denial of holocaust of Jews in Europe during World War II. The motion was tabled by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) during […]
The YouTube ban in Pakistan entered into its third week yesterday. Government had issued orders last month to impose a blanket ban on the video sharing website in response to a blasphemous, sacrilegious video that caused outrage and indignation among Muslims. Reportedly, this decision was taken after Google Inc., the parent company of YouTube, refused […]
Thousands of workers hailing from different religious parties and DPC alliance factions participated in Difa-e-Pakistan Council “Hurmat-e-Rasool (PBUH)” march, held to denounce the anti-Islam film agitating Muslims around the world, and against the resumption of Nato supplies, drone attacks and military operation in Fata. The DPC march started from Al-Markaz-e-Islami, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Provincial Head Office, […]
LAHORE: Rallies and protests against the US blasphemous movie continued on Monday as Alami Tanzim Ahle Sunnat and Idara Sirat Mustaqim took out rallies to press for severing ties with the US and expelling its diplomats. The ATAS rally began from Gujrat early in the morning as a motorcade of slogan-chanting and flags-waving enthusiasts reached […]
By: Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: Although journalism is considered to be a risky profession across the globe now, in countries like Pakistan it is turning into a deadly profession. The September 29th target killing of a TV reporter Abdul Haq Baloch in the Khuzdar district of the trouble-stricken Balochistan has compelled his fellow journalists to stop […]
PESHAWAR: Difa-i-Pakistan Council on Monday took out a rally on vehicles in the provincial capital against the making of an anti-Islam film in the US and the frequent US drone attacks in the country’s tribal areas, with its leaders warning that the third world war would break out if blasphemous material continued to be produced […]
QUETTA: The Balochistan Union of Journalists has called upon the government to arrest the killers of journalist Abdul Haq Baloch, general secretary of the Khuzdar Press Club, who was assassinated two days ago. Addressing a protest rally outside the Chief Minister’s Secretariat here on Monday, BUJ leaders said the government had failed to protect lives […]
By: Bari Baloch QUETTA: Cases have been registered against 26 journalists for violating red zone area while carrying out a protest rally against target killing of journalists while the Station House Officer (SHO) of concerned police station was also suspended, on Monday. Dozens of journalists took out a protest rally against the targeted killing of […]
Abdul Haq Baloch, correspondent for “ARY News” television station and Secretary of Khuzdar Press Club, was gunned down by unidentified armed men on September 29, 2012 when he was on his way home in the town of Khuzdar in the militancy plagued of Balochistan province of Pakistan. He left behind a widow and two sons. […]
KARACHI: Police said on Sunday that they had opened a blasphemy case against nine people who attacked and looted a Hindu temple in Karachi during recent anti-US protests. “A case under the blasphemy law has been registered against nine people for ransacking a Hindu temple and looting gold ornaments from there in Gadap Town neighbourhood […]
By: Omar A Khan KARACHI: The ban on the very popular website YouTube continues in Pakistan. My question is that for how long will this remain? Surely, given the fact that millions of Pakistanis use this website daily, there should be some timeframe given by either the government or the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority which is […]
LAHORE: Teachers who work at Jamaatud Dawa schools and madrassas participated in a rally on The Mall on Sunday against an anti-Islam film. The protesters marched from Nila Gumbad to Masjid-i-Shuhada carrying JD flags, placards and banners and shouting slogans condemning the United States. JD chief Hafiz Saeed alleged in his speech that US President […]
Karachi: Thousands participated in a protest organised by the Ahle-Sunnat Wal Jamaat on Sunday against the anti-Islam film. The demonstration was taken out from Lasbella and marched on to Gurumandir. Speaking to The News, spokesman for the ASWJ, Maulana Akbar Saeed, said that the rally ended peacefully and the party decided to postpone its march […]
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