Tag: Religion

Ahsan Iqbal defends PTI for picking Atif Mian in economic council

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former minister Ahsan Iqbal has defended the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for picking Dr Atif R Mian in...

Pakistan ranks highest in Asia where ‘religion is very important’: PEW

PEW Research Centre recently published a report that ranked Pakistan in the highest position in Asia where religion is "very important". The survey that was...

China targets rumours, religion in updated party rules

  BEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party has issued a revised set of regulations governing members' behavior, threatening punishment for spreading political rumours and recommending those...

‘Nobody should be asked to disclose religious belief while seeking employment’

Caretaker minister says govt should challenge judgment about civil servants to mention their religion on a form Ali Zafar sees personal, political or...

Separating religion from state is a conspiracy: TLP chief

KARACHI: Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi said on Tuesday that separating religion from state is a conspiracy. Addressing a meet-the-press programme at...

Religion, science can exist in their domains without clashing: Hoodbhoy

LAHORE: Renowned nuclear physicist, activist distinguished Forman Christian College professor Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy on Wednesday said that there was no danger to religion from science,...

He was Hawking, not hawkish!

By Ravi Kumar Stephen William Hawking, whose life was astoundingly far-reaching, is still receiving outpourings of praise and love for the contributions that he made...

Church and religion take back seat as a secular Ireland votes...

NENAGH/CORK: Three decades after Ireland introduced one of the world's only constitutional bans on abortion, the Church that was so pivotal in securing the...

Pakistan’s curriculum should not be secular: Hafiz Saeed

LAHORE: Jamatud Dawa (JuD) Ameer Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on Tuesday while terming Pakistan an ideological state said that the country’s curriculum should not be secular. Addressing...

Activists say court ruling of declaring religion threatens minorities

ISLAMABAD: Rights activists in Pakistan expressed concern Sunday over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents,...

Implementation of national narrative on inter-sect harmony stressed

MULTAN: Islamic Research Institute (IRI) of International Islamic University (IIU) Director General Dr Muhammad Ziaul Haq on Friday called upon for the need of a...

Saudi cleric calls Valentine’s Day a ‘positive event not linked to...

RIYADH: A prominent Saudi cleric endorsed Valentine’s Day, long forbidden in the kingdom, calling it a “positive social event” that was not linked to...

PM urges religious scholars to guide for establishment of modern Islamic...

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday urged the religious scholars of the country to guide the establishment of modern Islamic state by the...

Pope says ‘Islamist militants’ profane God’s name

Pope Francis condemned “unprecedented violence” by Muslim militants, saying at a Good Friday service that followers of religions who carried out acts of fundamentalism...

Beef row: 2 Muslims cattle traders hanged to death in India

In an incident reminiscent of the Dadri lynching, two Muslim men herding eight buffaloes on their way to a Friday market were beaten up...

India justifies denying visa to US religious freedom commission

India has justified denying a visa for a delegation from US government by saying that it does not want to permit a foreign entity...

Our religion forbids oppression against women: Sharmeen Obaid

Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has said that our religion forbids oppression against women. She was speaking during a press conference held at a local hotel. She...