Analysts’ Views Mixed on China, Saudi Aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON - Pakistan has requested financial help from its close allies, including China and Saudi Arabia, and a bailout package from the International Monetary…
Mixed Reactions to Pakistani Cleric’s Death
WASHINGTON - Reactions are mixed in Pakistan Monday over the assassination of Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, a top Pakistani Islamic cleric, regarded as the "Taliban’s Father"…
US: Pakistan Should Continue Ban on Terror-linked Charity Groups
Washington is criticizing Pakistan for ending a ban on two Islamic charity organizations the United States has designated as terrorist groups. The expiration of…
Watchdogs Press Pakistan on Terror Financing
WASHINGTON - A delegation from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog monitoring terror financing and money laundering, has reportedly expressed…
Pakistan’s Islamist Party Warns Government of Countrywide Protests on Blasphemy Verdict
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a hardline religious-turned-political party, called for countrywide protests after the country's supreme court delayed a final judgment on the fate of…
Pakistan’s Ahmadi Muslims Fear Renewed Discrimination
Pakistan's Ahmadi community fears a renewed sense of religious intolerance and discrimination with the recent removal of an Ahmadi economist from the new Economic…
Pakistani Government Criticized for Removing Ahmadi Economist
Reactions are mixed over the Pakistan government's decision to withdraw the name of a prominent Western-educated economist from its recently established Economic Advisory Council (EAC)…
Dutch Lawmaker Cancels Cartoon Contest Amid Threats of Violence
A Dutch lawmaker, who was planning to hold a caricature contest of Islam's prophet, has backed away from his plans amid fears of violence.…
Islamists March to Protest ‘Blasphemous Cartoons’
Thousands of protesters from Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), an extremist religious-turned-political party, started a march from Lahore to Islamabad on Wednesday, demanding that the newly…