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Unhinged Society

Pakistan reserves death penalty over blasphemy yet barely enforces laws against rape?

(ISLAMABAD) - The straightforward fact is, when I am writing these lines; I find no hope provision of justice and protection to marginalized portion of the society.

I am a representative of the most vulnerable community of the country, largely dealt under Islamic militancy. Until 2006, rape in Pakistan was a crime that was largely dealt with under Islamic law.

Death Threats to Dr. Paul Bhatti, Former Pakistani Minister of National Harmony and Minority Affairs

Terrorist organisations Fidayaan-e-Mohammad, Tehrik-e-Taliban Punjab and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. They leveled a serious warning not to pursue the murder case of Shahbaz Bhatti against the militants.

(ISLAMABAD) - Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Chief of LEAD (Legal Evangelical Association Development), strongly condemns the death threat to Dr. Paul Bhatti.

He is the former Pakistani Minister of National Harmony and Minority Affairs. Dr. Bhatti is also the elder brother of martyred Shahbaz Bhatti.

Judge Orders Demolition of Slum Settlements

I wonder that if the Capital Development Authority will take action as per the High Court Judge, where these five thousands families will settle?

(ISLAMABAD) - Life is so precious, and everyone in the world would love to live safe and sound lives, nobody wishes for that more than the people living in the suburbs of Islamabad (slum areas).

They are forced to live a different kind of life there. I feel pity to think of the circumstances they are living in...

One More Christian Girl Abducted, Converted and Forcibly Married to an Influential Muslim Man

In Pakistan kidnapping, forcibly conversion and forced marriage are a major issue with religious minorities.

(PUNJAB) - The Christian family from Layyah staged a protest in front of Lahore Press club along with other Christian leaders and demanding justice from Punjab Government.

This latest case involves a sixteen years age girl from Chak 270 TDA Layyah District, Ms. Samariya, who was abducted when the girl was on her way to school...

Religious Bigotry

Fawad Chaudhry, one of the PPP political leaders has demanded that people nominated by Taliban for negotiations should be arrested and investigated for their links with terrorists...

(ISLAMABAD) - We are building not so much a multi racial society or a multi cultural society, we are building separate societies which really don’t have much to do with other.

Equipped with just enough religion to hate those with another faith but not enough to love their co-religionists – Pakistanis have mostly turned their backs on religious atrocities.

Gohmert Discusses Merits of a Free Balochistan

Bullet ridden bodies were discovered in suspected mass graves in Pakistan's military controlled province of Balochistan.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) spoke on the House floor about Balochistan, Pakistan. He read an article of mass graves being discovered in Pakistan's military - controlled province of Balochistan - and the silence of US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Of course Kerry's silence is fairly consistent with most U.S. officials when it comes to out of the way places like Balochistan, the scene of Pakistan's "dirty war".

Pakistani Army is Using Poison Gas in Panjgur Balochistan

Panjgur is completely manifesting a scene of an occupying military garrison. So far six innocent villagers including women and children have been killed.

(PANJGUR, Balochistan) - Pakistan's Army used poison gas in an attack on the Baloch population in Panjgur district on Friday.

There are several fatalities. Dead bodies of innocent women, children, young and old, all lay scattered in the front compound of the houses. No medical team, no press, hydro is cut off, telephone lines are cut off and the Army is jamming mobile phones.

Human Rights Ambassador Asks World Leaders to Intervene to Save the Life of a British Citizen

Human Rights Ambassador, William Nicholas Gomes, is asking world leaders to intervene to save the life of a British citizen who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani court in Rawalpindi for blasphemy.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes said Mohammed Asghar needs proper treatment, not a death sentence.

"In any case no one deserve death sentence. I call upon the international community and world leaders for strong intervention to save the valuable life of this British citizen. Pakistan has alarming record of human rights violations," Mr. Gomes said.

Aitzaz: Young Boy who Tackled a Suicide Bomber

May your soul rest in eternal peace and may Pakistan see more births of the likes of you Aitzaz Hasan.

(ISLAMABAD) - ONCE in a while, a story comes along that makes you so proud to be part of the human race. Unless you are an avid reader or ardent follower of world current affairs, the name Aitzaz Hasan may not ring a bell. However, this is one name that should be written next, if not above, to that of Malala Yousafzai in the history of Pakistan.

Malala is a 16-year-old teenage Pakistani school pupil and education activist who on October 9, 2012 was shot in the head and neck in an assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen while returning home on a school bus.

Pakistani Government Shows No Sign of Taking Action Over the Federal Shariah Court`s Blasphemy Law Ruling

“We all know the blasphemy laws are being misused to settle personal scores, and this will be taken to another height and victims from religious minorities will become defenseless and more vulnerable if it becames Shariah law.” - CLAAS UK Director Nasir Saeed

(LONDON) - Last month the Federal Shariah Court (FSC) of Pakistan ordered that the death penalty be the only punishment for a blasphemer, and that life imprisonment be removed as an option.

The Pakistani government has been given until next month to implement the order and time is running out if the decision is to be challenged.