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Pakistanis form human image of Christchurch mosque

Pakistanis form human image of Christchurch mosque

Thousands of worshippers in Pakistan’s Jhang city pay tribute to 50 victims of New Zealand’s double mosque attack. Thousands of Pakistanis clad in white have gathered in the central city of Jhang to make a human image of New Zealand‘s Al Noor mosque in Christchurch city, where 50 people were killed by a white supremacist four weeks ago. […]

Missing Pakistani Activist Resurfaces After Yearlong Disappearance 

Missing Pakistani Activist Resurfaces After Yearlong Disappearance

A Pakistani social media activist has reached out to his family after a mysterious disappearance of 14 months. Samar Abbas, a Karachi native, contacted his family Tuesday to inform them he would be joining them soon, local media reported. “We received a call from Samar on Tuesday and he informed us that he has been […]

Pakistan Launches Application to Combat Cyberextremism

Pakistan Launches Application to Combat Cyberextremism

In an effort to combat extremism online, Pakistan’s government has launched an application that will allow its citizens to report websites that publish extremist content and hate speech. Called Surfsafe, it was developed by Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) and works in both Android and iOS devices. NACTA is a government body responsible for […]

Female Pakistani Activist Pushes Back Against Blasphemy Charges

Female Pakistani Activist Pushes Back Against Blasphemy Charges

A female Pakistani rights activist has broken with tradition and set a precedent by seeking legal action against the person who accused her of violating the country’s anti-blasphemy laws. Gulalai Ismail, founder of the Pakistan-based, nongovernment organization Aware Girls, was accused of insulting the religion of Islam, a charge she denies. Hamza Khan, 23, a […]

More Than 1,800 Pakistani Clerics Issue Islamic Decree Condemning Terrorism

More Than 1,800 Pakistani Clerics Issue Islamic Decree Condemning Terrorism

Religious clerics in Pakistan issued an Islamic decree, or fatwa, Tuesday condemning suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism as un-Islamic and against the teachings of the religion. The decree, endorsed by more than 1,800 prominent religious scholars from different religious institutions, is part of a new book titled Paigham-e-Pakistan or Pakistan’s Message, announced by […]

Parents of raped and murdered girl, 7, seek justice

Parents of raped and murdered girl, 7, seek justice

The parents of a seven-year-old girl who was abducted and raped before being murdered in a northwestern Pakistani city have demanded justice, as news of the incident sparked violent protests demanding better policing. The body of the young girl, Zainab, was discovered in a heap of rubbish in Kasur on Tuesday. She had disappeared on […]

US Warns Pakistan Weakness on Terror Could Cost Country $1.9B

US Warns Pakistan Weakness on Terror Could Cost Country $1.9B

The United States said its decision to suspend military aid to Pakistan will cost Islamabad just under $2 billion, as top officials from both countries engaged in a war of words Friday over differences in how to fight terrorism. “There has been ample time for Pakistan to show that it is taking our requests seriously,” […]

Pakistan Warns US Against Unilateral Military Action on Its Soil

Pakistan Warns US Against Unilateral Military Action on Its Soil

Pakistan has warned the United States against undertaking any “unilateral” military action on its soil and rejected as baseless accusations of “inaction” against the Haqqani Network plotting deadly attacks in neighboring Afghanistan. Chief military spokesman Major-General Asif Ghafoor reiterated Thursday that Pakistani forces have undertaken “indiscriminate operations” against terrorists, including Haqqanis,” rendering U.S. charges of […]

Pakistan Accuses US of Exporting War, Instability to South Asia

Pakistan Accuses US of Exporting War, Instability to South Asia

Pakistan is accusing the United States of “exporting war” and “perpetual instability” in South Asia, and of “speaking Indian language” in bilateral dealings. The allegations leveled by National Security Adviser Nasir Janjua again underscore the deterioration in Islamabad’s relations with Washington. It also strengthened reported suggestions the two countries are on a collision course, particularly […]

Pakistani Military Chief: Are Religious Schools Preparing Students for Job Market?

Pakistani Military Chief: Are Religious Schools Preparing Students for Job Market?

Pakistan’s powerful army chief of staff has waded into the sensitive issue of madrassas, questioning how well the religious schools are preparing students in the age of technology. General Qamar Javed Bajwa shared his critique of madrassas in a seminar about youth development in Quetta, which the United States and Afghanistan think is home to […]