Dear newspaper of Pakistan,
I tried to send this letter to everyone in the Pakistan government and human rights groups I could get an e-mail address for and haven’t gotten a reply. Hopefully one of you can do something about it, I’m sure you will be interested. If anyone in the government reads thi

It was the voice of women in Uttar Pradesh that found an expression at a silent march organised by women's organisations working for women rights in Lucknow on 12 February 2011. Though there was no slogan shouting or chest beating to lament the state of declining law and order in the state when it c

Deuteronomy 30: 15-20, Psalm 119: 1-8, I Corinthians 3: 1-9, Matthew 5: 21-37
We are a nation of choosers: paper or plastic? Small, medium, large or super-sized? Fries or chips? Coke or Pepsi? Organic or conventional?” Having a choice has become a staple of the American dream. Political agendas of

Collaboration and funding are some of the major requirements for delivering new, more effective and safer vaccines against tuberculosis (TB). This was a much-heard statement during the annual research meeting of the TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI). 'Challenging' would be an understatement whe

The issue of the blasphemy law is still making headlines in the national and international media and it seems that it is no more simply a local issue but has crossed over our borders and into the consciousness of the world’s religious and political leaders.
First, Pope Benedict XVIII asked the Gov

Mr. Ram Singh Sadhu a member of the Sindh Assembly has resigned from the membership of the asembly on January 24, 2011. His seat has been declared vacant by Mr. Nisar Khoro, speaker of the assembly on January 29, 2011. He belonged to Pakistan Muslim League (Q). There were threats to his life so for

In Andhra Pradesh state of India, a doctor gulped down sleeping pills when pulled up by authorities for not doing field visits to follow up tuberculosis (TB) patients (source: The Times of India). "There was no other medical officer" in the clinic so she couldn't go to field visits and rather attend

Just a short stroll through Rewali, Adampur, the mud embankment in Kaiserganj, Bahraich, a small district in the flood prone area of Uttar Pradesh, gives you an idea of the gravity of the predicament people here face year after year. Yet this year none seem to grumble their grievances about governm

Sixty per cent of people living with HIV in India are losing their life because of a preventable and curable cause: tuberculosis (TB). India's largest network of people living with HIV (Indian Network of people living with HIV - INP+) held a meeting recently with Cepheid, and Foundation for Innovati

Ordinarily, men and women throughout his life and especially in their youth, feel a strong impulse to share his life with another person, usually of the opposite sex. Thus, both seek companionship, affection, complementary psychological, help with their projects and dreams and also to the difficulti

Karachi: January 31, 2011. (PCP) The Central Council of Pakistan Christian Congress have dissolved PCC-Canada Chapter with immediate effect on intimation of Agnes Massey, PCC-Canada Chapter President.
Agnes Massey resigned from PCC-Canada Chapter in 2010, but her resignation was under consideratio

For a country like India that has the largest number of people infected with tuberculosis (TB) in the world, there are significant life-saving advances made in TB care and control over the past years, despite challenges. A lot more remains to be achieved but the gains made over the past decade, are

If people living with HIV (PLHIV) are food insecure, then we alarmingly lose the desired good outcomes of quality HIV treatment and care. This was powerfully articulated and backed by evidence in the session of Dr Christine Wanke, Director, Division of Nutrition and Infection, Tufts University Schoo

Holland, January 25, 2011. (Shumail P. report for PCP) Parvez Iqbal, President Pakistan Christian Congress Holland Chapters in his exclusive message to the Human Rights Unit for South Asia in EU and to the European Parliament as whole has thanked for first considering an appeal filed by PCC Holland

Third Sunday after the Epiphany, January 23, 2011
Christ Episcopal Church, La Crosse, Wisconsin
The Rev. Canon Patrick P. Augustine, D.Min., Rector
Matthew 4: 12-23
Proclaim the Kingdom of God
Preaching the Gospel this morning is a challenge in Green Bay Packers country. Our minds are focused