A 53-year-old Christian mother on death row in Pakistan for allegedly committing blasphemy is asking for prayers as she waits to hear whether the Supreme Court will free her or uphold the capital punishment, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) reported this week.
Thousands of supporters of the Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) took to the streets of Pakistan over the weekend to demand the execution of a Christian mother facing the death penalty for allegedly committing blasphemy.
(AFP) — The family of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother who faces execution for blasphemy in Pakistan, said they hoped the Supreme Court would free her.
The chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cautioned Pakistan this week against “excessive loans” from its ally, China, citing risks.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court postponed its ruling on Monday on a final appeal by a Christian woman, Asia Bibi, who became the first woman to be sentenced to death in 2010 under the country’s strict blasphemy law.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A defence lawyer says Pakistan’s top court will hear the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of insulting Islam’s Prophet Mohammad.
The official publication of China’s Communist Party, the People’s Daily, published a video Tuesday promoting its One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative featuring a cartoon panda named “Pan Pan,” heavily quoting communist party leader Xi Jinping and claiming the plan will enrich the world through “common development.”
Officials in Pakistan announced on Monday that China’s massive Belt and Road railway project will see its $8.2 billion budget slashed by $2 billion as concerns over Pakistan’s debts to China mount under new Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Actress Lindsay Lohan is accused of trying to kidnap homeless children on the streets of Moscow, Russia, after she posted a video of herself confronting what appears to be a homeless Muslim family.
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New Delhi canceled a meeting on Friday between Pakistani and Indian ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing Islamabad’s “evil agenda” and “unclean intentions” as the reason.
Pakistan urged its ally China this week to take steps against the alleged human rights abuses and repression of ethnic Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, marking one of the first public criticisms from a predominantly Muslim country of Beijing’s policy in the province.
Pakistan remained a safe haven last year for Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network (HQN) jihadis despite the pressure the Trump administration applied on the country to stop harboring terrorist groups, the U.S. State Department reported on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s new prime minister, former cricket player Imran Khan, is in Saudi Arabia as part of his first official overseas trip.
An al-Qaeda-linked prisoner held at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, proclaimed his innocence in an op-ed published by the Houston Chronicle Sunday and urged the new prime minister of Pakistan to “press” the United States for his release.
Details of what may be Britain’s worst ever grooming gang case are emerging after being taken up by a member of the House of Lords, with the victim allegedly abducted, held captive for 12 years, and forced into two Islamic marriages and eight abortions.
35-year-old Bryant Neal Vinas of New York has been described as the first American to join al-Qaeda after the 9/11 terrorist attack. In an interview published on Monday, Vinas said he joined because he was enraged at U.S. policy in Afghanistan and the Middle East, but was disappointed to find the experience “extremely boring” after his combat missions into Afghanistan were aborted and he was told he lacked the religious qualifications to become a suicide bomber.
Nearly 17 years after the Afghanistan War began, there are few signs of progress and indications the Taliban is increasing its hold onto power in Afghanistan, despite continued U.S. support for the Afghan government.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, accompanied by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Friday for meetings with President Ashraf Ghani to discuss security issues and the prospect of peace talks with the Taliban.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for meetings with top officials and the new prime minister, Imran Khan. Pompeo told reporters his objective was to “reset” America’s troubled relations with Pakistan.
The Taliban released a statement on Tuesday confirming the death of Mawlavi Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the notorious Haqqani Network (HQN), a terrorist organization allied with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The Haqqani Network quickly made it known that new leaders are prepared to take over and Haqqani’s death will not hinder its operations.
Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada has used her verified Twitter account to call for cartoonists who draw the Prophet Mohammed to be “hanged immediately”, claiming that drawing Islam’s founder is “the worst act of terrorism”.
The government of Pakistan has celebrated the cancellation of a cartoon competition facilitated by Dutch anti-Islamisation politician Geert Wilders in which participants were encouraged to draw the Islamic prophet, Mohammed.
Ten thousand Islamic radicals have rallied in Pakistan against a ‘Draw Mohammed’ contest in the Netherlands by Geert Wilders, as the South Asian country’s politicians demand global blasphemy laws.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife makes a fashion statement by wearing a white niqab to his swearing-in ceremony.
The “several hundred” members of the Afghanistan-based al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorist group are intent on carrying out attacks inside India, the United Nations warned in a new report.
Contents: Chinese workers in Pakistan injured in terrorist bombing; War of words grows over IMF funding for Pakistan’s debt
Sarah Champion MP says she has “aged” after the Labour Party threw her off its front bench for calling out “British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls” and now requires enhanced police security — but vows “I am quite a long way from done.”
A wave of attacks perpetrated by the Taliban, recently deemed by a U.S. government-linked study as the world’s second most lethal terrorist group, killed more than 30 people in Afghanistan since Sunday. The killings came as negotiations reported get underway between the United States and the ruthless narco-jihadis to end to the nearly 17-year-old war.
Contents: Pakistan elects anti-American far right religious Imran Khan to be prime minister; Pakistan faces imminent financial crisis threatening China’s CPEC
Christian watchdog groups have voiced concern over last week’s election of former cricket star and Islamist Imran Khan as Pakistani Premier, noting Khan’s public supported the nation’s harsh blasphemy laws.
Chinese state media celebrated the victory of Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan in an editorial Monday, claiming the two countries’ relationship of “iron brothers” will “flourish” under his leadership.
The former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan declared victory in Pakistan’s elections on Thursday, hailing what he describes as the “fairest” vote in the country’s history despite opposition claims of vote-rigging and corruption.
Pakistan experienced multiple violent incidents, including a suicide bombing that killed at least 31, on Wednesday as the nation took to the polls for regional legislative elections.
The State Department is bringing together Christian and other religious leaders from all corners of the world this week for a ministerial advocating religious freedom around the world, including Muslim-majority nations like Pakistan, predominantly Hindu India, and communist China, where both Christians and Muslims face harsh oppression.
