Shias demand share in Kabul's power structureThe Shia Ulema Council has urged the Taliban to ensure that they will treat all faiths and ethnicities with equality and justice. The Counc...
26 Aug, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
India slams Pak for raising Kashmir at UNHRC, asks it to 'introspect' its grave human rights situationDrawing the attention of the Council to crimes against humanity in Pakistan, New Delhi stated that enforced disappearances, state violence,...
16 Jun, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
UNHCR moves SC against CAA; India rejects interventionJeria in her plea to SC referred to India’s history of providing asylum to everyone who fled oppression and pointed out several areas of co...
04 Mar, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
Pakistan 'pernicious cradle of terrorism', must remember it is worst form of rights abuse: India at UNHRCHe said the reforms are aimed to further protect the overall human rights of Indian citizens and to curb Pakistan's "nefarious designs" aim...
27 Feb, 2020, 10.48 PM IST
In India, Ahmadis are Muslims: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi"We have had the citizenship law since 1955. There has been no change in its provision. Anyone can directly apply for Indian citizenship. T...
04 Jan, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
In their prophet’s shadow: Ahmadis and their plight as a communityEvery December, members of the Ahmadiyya sect, one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, gather in a township in Punjab, India - ...
04 Jan, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Over 1,000 academicians release statement in support of CAAIn the statement, they congratulated the Parliament for "standing up for forgotten minorities and upholding the civilizational ethos of Ind...
21 Dec, 2019, 05.35 PM IST
Pakistan tries to silence critics ahead of Imran Khan-Trump meetingPakistan has embarked on across-the-board censorship ahead of Monday’s meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Tr...
21 Jul, 2019, 09.04 PM IST
Ahmadis in Pakistan face persecution, flee to NepalUnder Pakistani law, Ahmadis are not allowed to call themselves Muslims.
19 Jun, 2019, 11.48 PM IST
After seven decades of Partition, how different does Pakistan feel from India?While India is often presented as an economically dynamic democracy, Pakistan is mostly painted as a militarised Islamic state that breeds ...
03 Mar, 2018, 10.11 AM IST
What's really behind Asia's upsurge of outrage?It's easy, too, to finger "radical Islam," and its international sponsors, such as Saudi Arabia, for the exponential rise in intolerance.
08 Dec, 2017, 01.36 PM IST
Pakistan's long-persecuted Ahmadi minority fear becoming election scapegoatPAKISTAN-ELECTION/AHMADIS (PIX)Pakistan's long-persecuted Ahmadi minority fear becoming election scapegoat
16 Nov, 2017, 07.57 AM IST
Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi kills Pakistan Nobel laureate's relativeThe killing of Saleem puts the spotlight back on Pakistan's problem of Ahmadi persecution. The issue is deep-rooted and dates back to pre-P...
30 Mar, 2017, 09.45 PM IST
Pakistan court denies bail to publisher of Ahmediyya dailyA two-member bench of the Supreme Court (Lahore registry) headed by Justice Sardar Asif Saeed Khosa dismissed the bail petition of Tahir Me...
09 Dec, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
Pakistan Ahmadis to boycott local body polls in PunjabThe provision for separate voting list for Ahmadis was initiated by General Pervez Musharraf in 2002 after a constitutional amendment.
29 Oct, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
Blasphemy: Mob attacks Ahmadis, kills woman, 2 girls in PakistanThe violence erupted in Lahore, after claims that a Ahmadi youth, had posted a photo containing blasphemous content, said Amir Mahmood
28 Jul, 2014, 07.25 PM IST
Bangladeshi refugee talk part of Narendra Modi’s dog-whistle politicsSingling out Hindu observances as one of the markers for deciding who can be an Indian is surely a red line Modi should not have crossed.
06 May, 2014, 04.56 AM IST