Muslims everywhere continue to protest to show solidarity with Gazans on religious grounds. Recently British foreign minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi resigned from her ministerial post, in protest of the government’s policies related to Gaza and she is being praised by her Muslim fellows especially b

The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad continues to fight bravely against sectarian and terrorist forces that are sponsored by outside nations. After several years of a brutal conflict sponsored by Gulf and NATO powers it is clear that the destabilization of Syria is leading to the colla

NATO Powers and Gulf nations have sponsored the destabilization of Syria from the earliest period and the consequences of such a brutal and barbaric policy is clear for all to see. The Alawites are being taken to the sword in Syria; Christians are being cleansed and forcibly converted to Islam in bo

It is ironic that Hezbollah (Hizbullah) in Lebanon under His Eminence, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, is more concerned about the plight of Christians and other religious minorities, rather than the so-called democratic West. Indeed, it is abundantly clear that America, France and the United Kingdom are f

The Shia Muslim population is persecuted in nations like Bahrain, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and in other nations throughout the mainly Muslim world. However, recent events in Egypt and Turkey are setting off alarm bells because despite being small minorities in both nations, it is

The ferocious fighting in the northeastern town Arsal on the Lebanese-Syrian border has resulted in dozens of soldiers killed from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), and forcing thousands of refugees fleeing towards Syrian border as refugees started believing that Syria is more secured than Lebanon. T

Philadelphia: August 8, 2014. (PCP) Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC have urged government of Canada to support Allama Tahir Ul Qadri on his campaign to revival of true democracy in Pakistan.
Dr. Bhatti condemns appeal of Punjab Government in a letter to revoke cit

We know that nearly one third of the 35 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) have tuberculosis (TB), and 13% of 8.6 million new TB cases every year are HIV positive. Also 1 in 5 HIV associated deaths are due to TB. Moreover PLHIV are 21-34 times more likely to develop active TB disease than person

Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is mobilizing governments and other partners to achieve new set of targets, referred to as, 90:90:90 by 2020, but with current set of tools, approaches, funding commitments, and challenge that HIV poses to the world, the goal seems certainly a bold

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip which is already broken. There was a proposal that Israeli and Palestinian delegations will travel to Cairo, at the invitation of Egypt, to attempt to reach a “durable” ceasefire. Israel has made it clear that it is unlikely to pu

Sehrish Ishfaq, 5, poor Pakistani Christian girl was drowned in the seasonal drainage; during the first moon soon rain in the federal capital. She found dead, the voice reiterated itself. How this could be possible? I shook my head in disbelief while speaking on the mobile phone. In state of disbeli

According to a joint UN report entitled “HIV prevention, treatment and care in prisons and other closed settings: a comprehensive package of interventions,” at least 30 million men, women and children globally go through prison systems each year, and the prevalence of HIV, STIs, hepatitis B and C an

Despite overall progress in HIV prevention, rates of HIV infection among key affected populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people remain alarmingly high. For example, recent data indicates that MSM are up to 19 times more likely to have HIV than the general population

Stigma related to HIV not only blocks access to existing services for key affected populations but also increases risk of HIV acquisition manifold. When self-stigma or shame seeps in, it pushes people into depression, aggression, self-harm, addictions or even suicide. HIV-related stigma and discrimi

The Constitution of Pakistan 1973 guarantees fundamental rights to all citizens of Pakistan but Pakistani textbooks are promoting the culture of discrimination, intolerance and biases through letting down the religious minorities and especially Christianity and Christians, Hindu religion and Hindus