161SharesAs the world marked International Teachers’ Day on Monday to honor education providers, in Pakistan an Ahmadi professor was gunned down on his way home in Peshawar. The slain Prof Dr Naeemuddin Khattak was driving home after visiting his brother when two men on a motorcycle stopped his car and opened fire at him. He […]
On the 5th of May the government of Pakistan announced the establishment of a National Commission for Minorities. One can take it as a good gesture. However, like the successive governments, serious consideration has not been given to this very important initiative. Since 1990, this kind of ad hoc commission – rather committee – has […]
On May 5 the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government rescinded an earlier decision to include the Ahmadiyya community in the reconstituted National Commission on Minorities. The move, needless to say, followed in the wake of a much-publicised nationwide outcry. Of this two leitmotifs emerged. In one, the Ahmadiyya, by very nature of their beliefs, are […]