Slogans are always having values and play a very active role in the lives of the people. From the beginning of the world, armies or groups have been using slogans for their plans. Especially the political parties. The slogans are the core and manifesto of the parties and also makes the people very d

Tahir Khalil sindhu – the only Minister in Punjab province, resigned from his portfolio as provincial minister for health after Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif severely reprimanded him for inefficiency. And Pakistan Times reported “Incompetent” Sindhu gets the boots. A Health Ministry’s spokesperson s

The United Nations is demanding immediate support for the Central African Republic (CAR) during a very difficult period. Apparently over 450,000 people have fled their homes after the Muslim dominated Seleka took power and began persecuting Christians irrespective of the alleged government of nation

The government of Turkey under Erdogan can’t rest in peace unless the current political elites are attacking another nation verbally, interfering directly into the affairs of others by utilizing terrorist forces, dictating to the people of Turkey, declaring Muslims non-Muslims for not following the

Anand Grover is a lawyer from India who is known for his legal activism in Indian law relating to HIV. He is a co-founder member of the Lawyers Collective and has been UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health since 2008. He spoke with the Citizen News Service (CNS) team as the 11th International

Some days ago, someone emailed me a set of questions about Islam and Arab culture. Was there any relationship between the two, he wanted to know. If Islam is universal in its scope and appeal and so transcends ethnic and linguistic boundaries, what about the tendency on the part of some Muslims to p

Pakistan - with a Muslim majority, the country’s Christian population is quite small, about 3-5 percent is Christian. Among them, 98% are living below poverty line. In rural areas, they live under the pressure of their landlords and in urban areas most of them work as laborers and could barely make

While efforts are underway to make a peace conference on Syria possible, the surrounding atmospheres are not encouraging as opposition groups in the Syrian conflict seem to still have reservations and preconditions. The Western-backed Syrian National Coalition (SNC), the main opposition group in exi

Subaidath was a Muslim student of India. She was not having peace of mind. One day, she read a Christian tract in her dormitory. Lord Jesus Christ showed Himself to her, touched her with His nailed hands and spoke to her with mild voice, “Do not be worried and upset. Believe in God the Father and al

Author: Haroon Khalid, Publisher: Westland, Chennai & New Delhi, Year: 2013, Pages: 330, Price: Rs. 395, ISBN: 978-93-83260-23-2, Reviewed by: Yoginder Sikand
At the time of the Partition, religious minorities accounted for around a fourth of Pakistan’s population. Today, they account for just thr

I eagerly listened to him as he went on. He was sharing with me the ‘spicy’ story of the private life of a mutual acquaintance. I probed him for more ‘juicy’ details. I wanted him to go and on! At that moment, I wish he would never stop! The shocking details that he revealed stirred in me a perverse

The 64th anniversary of the death of S P Singha was recently marked by Christians in Pakistan but if I said his name outside of Christian circles, few would know him. That is because the role of Christians like Singha in the formation of Pakistan has been largely airbrushed out of our national hist

The emerging of Christian leadership in Central India can be better understood against the background of Anti-Christian violence in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. The taking over of Uma Bharati as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 2003 boosted the Hindu fundamental organizations to attack

Despite a 26% overall reduction in new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific since 2001, the epidemic still outpaces regional responses. According to a new UNAIDS report on HIV in Asia and the Pacific, the rate of new infections remains the issue of most concern. According to the report, the fastes

My name is Jadavedan Potty (Pronunciation as Yaadhavedhan Potty; it means ‘priest born in Scriptures’; Scriptures means Hindu Vedas). I belong to a Hindu Brahmin (priestly) family in India. From childhood I was an idol worshiper. I used to go to temples. I used to get up at 4 in the morning and doin