Sunday, April 2nd, 2023
A battle for the soul of Islam plays out in a Bahrain courtroom
This week, there was more at stake in a Bahrain courtroom than the fate of three free speech advocates. At stake was a fundamental question that divides believers across the Muslim world and challenges autocratic rulers’ religious legitimization: Does Islamic jurisprudence need to be reformed to ensure it is more pluralistic, inclusive, and aligned with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? The three Shiite Muslim defendants in the Bahrain court case were members of Al Tajdeed or Renewal, a controversial group that favors unfettered debate about tenets of Islamic law.Read More
Shah Mahmood Qureshi censures PDM’s ‘decision to attack’ Constitution
ISLAMABAD, APR 2: After the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) expressed its distrust in the Supreme Court’s three-judge bench hearing the elections delay case, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi censured political parties in the ruling government for their “decision to attack” the Constitution. Qureshi’s criticism was largely aimed at the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), both of which are part of the ruling administration in Islamabad. A day earlier, Maulana Fazlur Rehman — president of PDM, a ruling alliance of 13 political partiesRead More
Amna Baloch appointed ambassador to EU and Belgium
ISLAMABAD, APR 02 (DNA) — Senior diplomat Amna Baloch has been appointed as Pakistan’s ambassador to the European Union and Belgium. According to diplomatic sources, Amna Baloch will assume her duties as ambassador next month. The post of Ambassador to the European Union and Belgium was vacant after Dr. Asad Majeed Khan became Foreign Secretary. Amna Baloch is currently the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Malaysia and was recently promoted to BPS-22. She assumed charge as the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Malaysia on 19 August 2019. She was born in 1966,Read More
Imran’s free spirited decision making
Qamar Bashir One million dollar question remained so far unanswered, why did Imran Khan dissolved the Punjab and KP assemblies? Did he made an error of judgment, did he fell willingly in the trap laid down by the government, when first they lured him by pledging to go for general elections if the provincial assemblies were dissolved, but conveniently set aside their pledge soon after they were dissolved, and later delayed the elections even at the cost of violating the constitution which necessitate holding of election with 90 days. Or,Read More
The First Day of April
Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. In the Julian calendar, as in the Hindu calendar, the New Year began with the spring equinox around April 1. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week ofRead More
Mohra Shera Dam construction: Rules violation, design change issues surface
Without feasibility study & consultant and design has been changed. Shocking revelations in the monitoring report’ PM should take legal action against those responsible by ordering investigation Mumtaz Ahmed Bhatti To meet the shortage of water, small, madam and large dams are being constructed across the country by the federal government. Monitoring of development projects at the federal and provincial levels is ongoing to ensure that the construction of dams is being done according to the standards or not. Monitoring and evaluation Departments issue reports after monitoring. Through observations said thatRead More