Pakistani pilgrims wishing to perform Hajj this year will have to declare whether they are Shia on their Hajj application forms if they have any hopes of making the sacred pilgrimage. Confirming that the conditions had been forward by Saudi Arabia, government officials responsible for making Hajj arrangements said, “Saudi ...
Read More »Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaaf website gets hacked
Official website of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf was hacked last night by a Pakistani hacker group that wants to be known as “Muslim Cyber Group”. PTI’s website remained defaced for several hours showing a message from hackers for Imran Khan that argued that PTI Leader should be more vocal for the people ...
Read More »Pakistani terror group swears allegiance to Islamic State
Exclusive: Believed to be the first jihadi defection to the Islamic State outside of Middle East, move emphasis growing influence of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s self-declared caliph and the wanning hold of al Qaeda A Pakistani terror group has become the first in the region to break ranks and declare allegiance ...
Read More »Gun and suicide attack on Shias kills 23 in Taftan
As many as 23 people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber stormed a hotel in Taftan, where Shia pilgrims were staying, and blew himself up, late on Sunday. Talking to Daily Times, Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said that around 300 Shia pilgrims had entered ...
Read More »MWM ends sit-in after government assurance
Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) has announced to end their sit-in, that was initiated to protest against the target killings in Karachi, as the provincial government held successful talks with the organization’s leaders on Monday morning. On Thursday, MWM organized a rally against targeted killings in Karachi from Numaish Chowrangi. The participants of ...
Read More »Awakening of the Nation and Stability of Pakistan Conference bring Sunni and Shia’s together
“Awakening of Nation and Stability of Pakistan Conference,” in Skardu brought Sunni and Shia Muslims together and they vowed united struggle for full rights of people of Gilgit-Baltistan. Majlis-e-Wahdat-e- Muslimeen hosted the largest- attended public meeting in the history of Gilgit-Baltistan. Sunni Bralevis, Deobandis and Ahl-e-Hadees also joined the Shia Muslims’ ...
Read More »US sowing discord between Iran-Pakistan, says Ayatollah Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei criticised United States for its attempts to create rift between Iran and Pakistan, Fars News reported. During his meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Khamenei stressed on the fact that the relations between the two neighbourly countries were not related to third parties. “There are hands at work that intend to ...
Read More »Takfiri groups pose threat to all Muslims: Ayatollah Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that Takfiri groups pose a threat to all Muslims including Shias and Sunnis. “If Takfiri groups are not confronted, they will inflict more damage and blows on the Muslim world,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ...
Read More »Shia killings in Pakistan are not the result of a sectarian war
When Raphael Lemkin coined the term ‘genocide’ in 1944, he would have been hoping against hope that it would not have to be used to describe any events in the future. Mankind had witnessed the horrors of Herero, Zulu, Assyrian, Kurd and the more documented Congolese and Armenian genocides, in ...
Read More »Ayatollah Zanjani: Steadfastness of Pakistani community in face of terror is commendable
Ayatollah Shubairi Zanjani, speaking to a group of Pakistani Shia, commended their patience and forbearance in the face of the problems they face created by groups associated with the Taliban. “The torment that you tolerate and the steadfastness and patience you show for the protection of your beliefs has an ...
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