Tag: Extremism

All Pakistan Ulema Council and Pakistan Interfaith League on Monday formed an Alliance to promote Interfaith Harmony and Peace in the country and stand...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the real challenge in dealing with terrorism and extremism is to win the hearts and minds of...

US Senator John Kerry, a long-time pro-Pakistan voice on the Capitol Hill, has joined the Obama administration in warning Pakistan over alleged sanctuary for...

Projecting positives “Our press tells us Pakistan is a dangerous place. I feel safe here in Pakistan, that’s why I’m here. Let me say on...

The menace within The word 'calm' is a relative one. More so in Pakistan. A lull in acts of terrorism reinforces the feeling of calm....

All roads, it seems, lead to the apex court After a torrid discussion with someone whose analytical excellence and intellect I hold in high esteem,...

Taseer is dead, in a physical sense. But in his death he survives because of the principle he stood for I asked a Barelvi friend...

Intolerance lives The murder of Salmaan Taseer, the outspoken liberal politician and Governor of Punjab, was a testimony to the depth of extremist sentiment in...

We’ll muddle through… Will 2012 be the year of hope or despair? It is difficult to give a categorical response to this question. However, the...

It’s in our own backyard "We are going to cut these soldiers into pieces one by one, and we will send these pieces to their...

The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), in collaboration with UNESCO, marked International Literacy Day on Thursday under the theme “Literacy and Peace”. Federal...

The government’s ban on international donors and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) – prohibiting them from working in the rain-hit areas of lower Sindh – has...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that terrorism and extremism cannot be eradicated comprehensively unless people’s living conditions are improved. In a message...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday sought help from actors and writers in fighting militancy, extremism and terrorism and help those who had...

It is the 1960s and a man locally known as Saleem, gets up as usual from his ‘bed’ in Nasir Bagh, and begins to...

Tajikistan on Saturday charged a BBC reporter with membership of a banned Islamist group, after his arrest sparked global concern that he was being...

It was supposed to be a warning about the perils of joining extremism. But those behind "Wish You Waziristan" — a cartoon take on...