By: Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: A petition has been moved praying the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take a suo moto notice of the illegal activities of Google search engine in Pakistan and its subsidiary YouTube that uploaded a blasphemous video sparking violence and causing damage to the property worth millions. The petitioner has prayed directing […]
By: Wajidullah PESHAWAR: Like other parts of the country, a large number of people hailing from different walks of life, including activists of different political parties, students of religious seminaries and business community, held separate protest demonstrations and rallies over the sacrilegious movie. A big protest rally under the banner of Jamiat Itehadul Ulema (JIU), […]
UNITED NATIONS: As foreign ministers of Islamic countries condemned the anti-Islam film at their annual coordination meeting, Pakistan Friday introduced a declaration that reflects their outrage over the hate effort, calling it a violation of freedom of expression. “The international community needs to stand together to decry proponents of hatred working under the garb of […]
By: Asad Farooq KARACHI: Ahl-e-Sunnant Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) staged separate protest demonstrations here on Friday against sacrilegious film. JUI-F Karachi held the protest day against blasphemous film and police brutality on protesters. The party activists and leaders staged several protest demonstrations outside mosques after Friday prayers in the city. ASWJ held […]
By: DR ALFRED CHARLES The federal government should lift the ban on YouTube. Many people, especially students, are suffering because of this ban. Some of these students seek YouTube help to complete their assignments. Would it not be better to educate people to inculcate self-discipline and self-control so that they restrain themselves from watching the […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday restrained a private TV channel from airing Indian dramas and ordered Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to disconnect its complete transmission if it disobeyed the court order. Justice Aysha A Malik issued the interim order on a petition moved by another Pakistani private TV channel. […]
SUKKUR: Protest rallies were taken out and demonstrations held on Friday in Sukkur, Hyderabad, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Tando Allahyar, Jacobabad, Mirpurkhas, Larkana and other districts of Sindh on the call of the Sunni Action Committee (SAC) against the sacrilegious film made in the US. There was complete shutter down in Tando Allahyar and Ranipur town of […]
PESHAWAR: After offering a bounty of $100,000 for the killing of the US maker of an anti-Islam film, Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on Friday announced to put a bounty on the heads of the future blasphemers, too. Addressing a public meeting here at the historical Mahabat Khan Mosque after Friday prayers, he said he […]
ISLAMABAD: Nearly 300 lawyers from Rawalpindi and Islamabad staged a peaceful protest against the anti-Islam film here on Friday. On the call of Rawalpindi Bar Association, the lawyers took out a rally from the district and sessions court towards Islamabad. Passing through Faizabad, Kashmir Highway, Aabpara, Ataturk Avenue and Shahrah-i-Jamhuriat, the rally reached outside Parliament […]
BY: AYAANA MALIK Afghan government’s ban on the Pakistani newspapers clearly exemplifies the sentiments of the US-backed Afghan government, while the criticism arising from within the Afghan community for such an approach shows that the people do not view the curb as a sensible step. In fact there is a call for dialogue between the […]
Just a few days back, Friday was declared ‘Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool’ by our government and now the same anger is directed towards the Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour’s announcement of bounty for killing the anti-Islam US film-maker. This is not the first time that the Muslim world has witnessed such vicious anti-Islam propagandas and blasphemous material yet […]
By: HASSAN MUNIR Before the Holocaust, ‘freedom of speech’ was misused. Cartoons dehumanising Jews were published along with a hate campaign resulting in the worst massacre killing millions of Jews. Let’s face it. This excuse of freedom of speech, just like the excuse of killing in the name of God, will be misused time and […]
QUETTA: The members of Al Islam Group on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against US and anti-Islam film and expressed support for the stance President Asif Ali Zardari took on blasphemy law at the United Nations. The protesters were carrying banners and placard inscribed with anti-US slogans. They chanted massive slogans against the US and […]
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday ordered Islampura police to act in accordance with the law in an application seeking a case against the makers of an anti-Islam film, against Google and YouTube, and against the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s chairman. Judge Abdul Sattar Langah issued this order on a petition moved by […]
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