Cairo: June 24, 2011. (By Mary Abdelmassih AINA) Hundreds of Muslims surrounded the church of St George today in the village of Beni Ahmed West, 7 KM south of Minya, vowing to kill its priest Father George Thabet, who was serving the morning mass and was locked in the church with a number of parishi

Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi is a convert to Islam and the schizophrenia nature of his sermons and spreading the faith in mainly non-Muslim nations sums him up precisely. After all, note how he does not want to reside in beautiful nations like Afghanistan whereby he can witness women being herded like

Karachi: June 23, 2011. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC said in a statement issued here today by Central Council of PCC that 18th Amendment in constitution of Islamic republic of Pakistan which was signed by all Muslim political parties have stamped 20 million

Islamabad: June 23, 2011. (AKI) Police in Islamabad have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the killing of former federal minister for minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, who was shot dead in March, local media reports said.
The police are interrogating the suspect, who was traced through his cell p

ISLAMABAD: June 22, 2011. (PCP) Former Federal Minister and a nominee of Nobel Peace Prize J.Salik has lamented that the 18th constitutional amendment has given a serious blow to the democratic and legitimate rights of minorities.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday he said it is sham democrac

Dear Mr. Piebalgs,
RE: Bangladeshi State-agents target Human Rights Defenders for abduction and torture without any room for redress
I take this opportunity to introduce myself as a human rights defender and a journalist of Bangladesh. I work as executive director of a Dhaka-based human rights or

On Saturday, May 21, 2011, in the morning, I went out for some work. When I was returning to my house from the highway near the Sayedabad Bus Terminal a man, who appeared to be taller than me with a height of 5 feet 7 inches, stopped me and said, “Please come near to the car”, showing a car waiting

LARKANA: June 22, 2011. (By Nazir Siyal) US Counsel General William Martin on Tuesday visited the five thousand old civilizations Moen-Jo-Daro and Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto on the eve of 58th Birthday anniversary of former Premier of Pakistan Shaheed Benazir Bhutto to pay tribute martyred leader who s

WASHINTON DC: June 21, 2011. (By Ahmar Mustikhan) To mark the International day Against Torture, a talk "Torture as a Weapon of State Terrorism in Pakistan, Iran" will be held Saturday June 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the National Press Club in Washington DC.
The event has been organized by the pro-ind

Islamabad: June 21, 2011. (PCP) The Election Commission of Pakistan declared selection of Dr. Khatu Mall Jewan on a seat in National Assembly of Pakistan vacated after assassination of Federal Minority Minister Shahbaz Bhatti and issued notification of succession which was pending through a petition

Faisalabad: June 21, 2011. (By Shazia George) Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM) and Workers Party Pakistan (WPP) staged a protest rally against inflation and budget 2011-2012 to show gesture of unacceptability among public about anti-public budget presented by the government,

Islamabad: June 21, 2011. (Modern Tokyo Times) Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) came into power after the elections of February 2008 and for the first time the Ministry for Minority Affairs was established and Shahbaz Bhatti (Christian) became the first Federal Minister for Minority Affairs. It was the

London: June 20, 2011. Wilson Chowdhry, leader of British Pakistani Christian Association BPCA, appeals “Please pray for my family in Pakistan...” in his blog. He further writes: As I write this blog post two ISI agents have again visited my in-laws house this is a further attempt by the Pakistani H

LARKANA: June 20, 2011. (Nazir Siyal) President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari along with his daughter Bakhtawer Bhutto Zardari, Chief Minister of Sindh Sayed Qaim Ali Shah and Sindh Minister for local Government Agha Siraj Khan Durani reached Garhi Khuda Bux by helicopter, offered Fateha and laid flo

Shortly after the Qatari regime launched al-Jazeera on November 1996, the news channel gained an international reputation as an effective force for the democratization of the despotic Arab political order. Commentators, mainly in the United States, pointed to the channel’s slogan that emphasized t