The Bomb blast in the Marriot hotel in Islamabad has brought Pakistan to a point which has shaken it from its base. Every Pakistani has been pushed into a maze of questions which were deemed sacrilegious to our nationalism sometime back. But now the answers to these questions are the key to our survival.
 
Why was […]

When the GEO TV flashed the breaking news of a terrorist attack at a hospital in D.I.Khan on 21st August 2008, I was having fun with friends. The mention of D.I.Khan made me pause, have my fingers crossed and set my eyes at the TV. In line with my fear, it was a targeted attack […]

Source: Daily Times
* International Religious Freedom report says discrimination against minorities prevalent
* Says promotions for minorities limited
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: While Pakistan was credited with have taken ‘some steps’ to improve the treatment of religious minorities, the International Religious Freedom Report, released at the weekend, described the general situation on this front in pretty negative terms.
The […]

War has come to Pakistan’s door step a long time ago. It is most unfortunate that even till yesterday, many of us denied this fact. Not any more. Not when War has pushed in to our house and is now in our living rooms, in our bedrooms, in our backyards, every where around us.
Pakistan is […]

We have been saying for a long time now that the so-called ‘Pakistani Taliban’ is a group of criminals and not Mujahideen and their agenda is suspicious. These exclusive pictures, released by BRASSTACKS today, provide the proof. This is the Nowshera boy who was arrested before he could pull the trigger on his suicide jacket. […]

 This opinion was first published at The WeCite Blog
I’m not convinced we are winning it in Afghanistan. I am convinced we can… We are looking at a new, more comprehensive strategy for the region that would cover both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. In my view, these two nations are inextricably linked in a […]

Source: The Terror Wonk
This short analysis from the invaluable Middle East Media Research Institute is well worth a read. It discusses the controversy Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Asif Zardari set off when, while delivering the keynote address at the 23rd Internationalist Socialist Congress, he described madrassas as propagating Islamist extremism.
Unsurprisingly, Pakistan’s religious leaders condemned […]

 
Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal’s dream of Pakistan turned into a reality on 14th August 1947. Surely, they did not know that the Pakistan they dreamt about is still far from reality. Though, despite of its socio-political problems Pakistan has done considerably well in the past 60 years but that doesn’t not mean in any regard […]

Charity is the source of spreading happiness in the society by giving basket full of benefits to the deserved ones. This benefit is not just entitled for the person who receives relief but it brings equal remuneration for those who sponsor relief to the poor, needy and the orphans. Charity is essential for the development […]

How would one weigh a person?
Hey I KNOW EVERYONE DOES WEIGH AS THE LADY ABOVE IS DOING..THIS IS WRONG GUYZ !
Ah, I know a bigwig has just said what a stupid question is this, because the answer is as simple as putting an elephant in the refrigerator – where you open the door of the refrigerator, […]

We hear everyday by the media of Musharaf’s coalition partners that Pakistan is a terrorist state. Moreover, we were told that we would be sent back to the Stone Age at the time of Afghan war post 9/11. Nevertheless, we are warned by Uncle Sam day after day to sort things out or else they […]

Source: The Wall Street Journal

By ZAHID HUSSAIN
Here in the remote mountains of Pakistan, a deep, mostly dry riverbed has been turned into a training camp where about two dozen young men, most in their teens, receive rigorous training for the war against NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
Their day starts at 4 a.m. with prayers, […]

Article/Report,                                                                               
                         24th June 2008
Dear Companions
  
I am readdressing with humble concern the report on the subject of the heaviest issue.
There is a necessity of immediate attention, accuracy, consideration and examinations of the conditions heretofore exposed.
On the fifty-fifth session, 7th September 2001, 11th plenary meeting, the UN General Assembly adopted the Resolution 55/282.
The General Assembly […]

Source: Teeth Maestro

The borders of Pakistan remain under constant pressure from the offensive generated by the American War on Terror, it is this plague amongst other problems that continue to weaken Pakistan on a daily basis. Its ironic that the war is thousands of miles away from the coast of America yet they assume the […]

Source: The Strata Sphere

by AJStrata
This story explains how American children are being sent to Pakistan to be brainwashed in “Taliban-backed madarsa”:
A Pakistani filmmaker has launched a campaign to secure the release of 78 American teenagers from a Taliban-backed madarsa in the country and asked the US to step in to check students enrolment in […]

Source: Reuters
By Zeeshan Haider

Hundreds of Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar rally.
Chanting slogans of “jihad is our way”, burqa-clad women, some with babies, listened to fiery speeches from […]

Source: AP
By Sadaqat Jan

Investigators on Monday examined the site of a suicide blast that targeted police in the nation’s capital as officials sorted out clues about the alleged attacker.
No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion that left at least 15 people dead and dozens wounded. It appeared to be the capital’s deadliest suicide attack […]

Source: AP
By NAHAL TOOSI and ZARAR KHAN

A year after the deadly military siege of the Red Mosque, the radical spirit of the pro-Taliban stronghold lives on.
The dead are hailed as martyrs. Militants — and politicians — use the Pakistani mosque standoff as a rallying cry. And conspiracy theories have found fertile ground as questions linger […]

Haan Fauji ne Farangi se bachaya hai Watan ko,
Par Iska matlab ye nahi ke Barrack chor ke fauj raah-e-iqtadar pe chal parey,
Haan Aman - o - Mohabat se sajaya hai watan ko,
Aesey Aman - o - Mohabat se ke aaj Bhai Bhai ko mar raha hai Sarhadon par,
Haan Maan Ki Tarah Doodh Pillaya hai watan […]

 
O ALLAH, OUR MIGHTY LORD,
FORGIVE US AS WE COME ONWARD,
BLESS US AS WE COME FORTH,
TOWARDS YOU OUR LORD,
TO YOU, SO WE BUILD OUR FAITH STRONG.
MAKE US AS PURE AS THE DAY WE CAME INTO THIS WORLD.
FORGIVE US FOR OUR BLUNDERS,
FORGIVE US FOR OUR SINS,
BLESS US BY REBUILDING OUR SOULS,
MAKE US LIKE THE DAY WE WERE,
THE […]

Source: Pro Pakistan
Finally something that has been widely debated with respect to its allowance in the light of Islam .There are always conflict of opinion regarding such matters .
Something I found with a little research it is in Sahih Muslim Book #004, Hadith #1942
‘A’isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) came […]

This is in reply to the letter of WG.CDR. (R) AHMED S. JAN (DAWN, 20th May). I completely disagree with his notion that Zardari is abiding with the Bhurban Deceleration and Nawaz Sharif is not. I would request him to read the text of the accord once again:
1 - Allied parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party […]

[Note: The following article has been re-published on NaiTazi.com with permission from Selina Haider of the WeCite Blog]
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Qari Ziauddin, who teaches Koran to boys in Qari Latif Islamic school, hanged Atif upside down with a ceiling fan in the school after beating him with sticks, which caused his death.
This is the police statement released in […]

 
We are the beginning of the new century which is nearing its first decade, more than six decades old and are still lagging behind in the field of education. People from the west have reached the moon and are trying to touch other galaxies because they invest in the most vital entity for the survival […]

Source: Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen have killed a Shiite Muslim shop owner and two of his customers in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan.
Saturday’s attack happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a town on the Indus River in Pakistan’s northwest.
Police official Abdul Ghafoor said the family of the slain shop […]