Pakistan

An international conference was held at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, in which the new rules for the interpretation of the Holy Qur’an were reviewed.The two-day conference, entitled “Contemporary Trends in Quranic Interpretations: Principles and…

The Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sahib Zada Noor Al-Haq Qadri, visited the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on Sunday.According to what was reported by (The Nation) newspaper, and followed by Shia Waves, “Qadri visited the…

The Pakistani government approved a bill to ensure the avoidance of errors in printing the Holy Quran and submitted it to the Pakistan National Assembly for it to become a law.The government prepared and submitted the bill in order to…

News sources reported today that the leader of the terrorist Taliban movement, Hibatullah Akhundzadeh, was killed in an explosion in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan.An Afghan Persian-speaking newspaper said that Akhundzadeh was killed in an explosion in the Pakistani…

The International Nonviolence Organization, Free Muslim, expressed its strong condemnation of the Israeli campaign of arrests, which affected a number of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank.In a statement, the organization stated that Palestinian human rights sources reported that the…

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed death sentences to three people for social media posts deemed insulting to Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, under the country’s blasphemy laws.A fourth accused, a college teacher, was sentenced to 10 years…

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony said efforts are going to be made to establish an international Quran academy in the country.Highlighting the position of the Holy Quran in Pakistan, Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said the academy will be…

Protests denouncing the killing of several Shia Hazara workers have entered the seventh day and it is possible that they will continue until at least mid-January.Opposition parties, civil groups, and Shia religious groups are demanding action regarding the ISIS-claimed attack…

Shia Rights Watch condemned the killing of 11 miners in the southwestern province of Balochistan, Pakistan, while it held the international community responsible for the genocidal war targeting Shia Muslims.The organization stated in a statement that it strongly condemns the…

Attackers in southwestern Pakistan have killed at least 11 workers at a remote coal mine, officials said Sunday.The victims were from the minority Shia Hazara community, Khalid Durrani, a government official, told French news agency AFP.ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility…