Muslims

News Desk Islamabad:  Tears of joy rolled down from his cheeks when a Jalandhar-based Sikh got to know that his original family was in Pakistan and they were Muslims 75 years after the Partition. According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS),…

Asma Kundi ISLAMABAD: Nida, 42, a Christian housemaid, rang the doorbell of a nearby house, where she worked as a cleaner and after the door opened, she asked the house lady if she could use their toilet. The lady inquired why she…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: One of the litmus tests for any country’s claim to civility and inclusiveness is how it treats its religious minorities. Religious minorities make up about 4 percent of Pakistan’s indigenous population, comprising…

Farkhund Yousafzai Islamabad: With a metal rod to lift the sewer lid and a bamboo stick to unclog the pipes, Imran Masih kicks off his day to earn a livelihood. He is a sanitation worker in a busy neighborhood in Islamabad, who works…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Over the last week or so, the global media has been reporting on the developing unrest in Sweden over the planned burning of the "Holy Quran" by the right-wing Stram Kurs Party. BBC reported the arrests of over…

Shazia Mehboob Tanoli One of the litmus tests for judging our or for that matter any country’s progress and inclusivity in hybrid scenarios is how it treats its religious minorities, its most vulnerable and marginalized sections of…

AFP: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it will permit one million Muslims from inside and outside the country to participate in this year’s hajj, a sharp uptick after pandemic restrictions forced two years of drastically pared-down pilgrimages.…

Shazia Tanoli ISLAMABAD: Removal of all the Covid-19 related restrictions has boosted the number of traditional roadside Iftars in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Roadside Iftars are the main feature of the holy month of…

Ishtiaq Ahmed By now many of us must have learned about the suicide bombing of the Mosque in Peshawar during the Friday prayers, killing 56 and injuring 194, in an act of extreme barbarity. It is reported that the suicide bomber was…