It's the very first success by the general Christian leaders of Pakistan that the government was forced to restore the reserved minority seats in parliament. Pakistan Christian was the first to launch campaigns against these amendments. According to the PCP correspondents in Karachi and Islamabad, t

The Awardees are:

Hilario Davide, Jr., Chief Justice of the Philippines' Supreme Court, for Government Service. Chief Justice Davide is being recognized for "his life of principled citizenship in profound service to democracy and the rule of law in the Philippines."

Dr. Ruth Pfau, a Catholic n

Fr. Ilyas Gill, a Franciscan priest posted at the Kotri church, said some construction workers approached him on 11 April 2002, and sought his permission to tear down a row of shops built in front of the church and then rebuild them. "I told them the shopkeeper himself must come and talk about the i

It's important, that APMA was formed on July 14 in Islamabad only a week before this invitation. The Christian minority has been demanding the restoration of reserved minority seats in parliament and revival of separate election system in Pakistan. The minority's pressure on government for these dem

The men were captured in the town of Vehari in Punjab province on Monday night and belonged to banned Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Iftikhar Ahmed, deputy inspector general of the provincial police, said.

He said three men wanted for the October 28 attack on St Dominic's Church in t

Its again privileges to Muslim women that their reserved seats have been increased from 20 to 65 as allocated in Islamic republic of Pakistan constitution of 1973 and new reserved seats have been added and allocated for technocrats when 1973 constitution never allowed such seats of technocrats. The

Speaking on the issue of 'marriage' without 'wali' Dr Ghazi said: "I feel that 'marriage' without a 'wali' is a valid and legitimate marriage but it should preferably be held in the presence of 'wali'. Dr Ghazi supported the 'suicide attacks' saying: "I consider the 'suicide
attacks' carried ou

The prosecution had charged the convict with passing derogatory remarks about the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in a letter he sent to complainant Haji Mehmood Zafar, secretary general, Aujuman Ashait-e-Islam. The court upheld the charge and observed that Kenneth defiled the sacred name of the Holy Prophet

He said that under article 51, subsection 2A of the Islamic republic of Pakistan constitution of 1973 minorities have been allocated the 10 seats in national assembly of Pakistan on multiple systems under joint elections. By the 8th amendment in constitution the joint elections were replaced by the

A fresh sub-clause introduced into the government-crafted Election Order stipulates that only those candidates who have passed their graduation can contest seats in the federal parliament and provincial assemblies. Neither the Sheikupura-born Qaiser nor Jacob was available for comment on their disqu

Residents say the wall, erected four days ago under the nose of the army's guard commander on the compound, is the handiwork of a former watchman who has illegally occupied part of the compound. They claim that Iftikhar Ahmed erected the wall ahead of what they suspect to be a well-orchestrated plan

Speaking at the Minority Leaders Conference, organized by the Movement for Minority Representation in Parliament at Darul Khushnud, they said that they supported the joint electorate system that had been recently reintroduced, as the minority communities had been brought back in the political mainst

It will also be responsible for half of all the golden handshake funds that staff made redundant will be entitled to-a denationalization condition that has frightened away most former school owners. CBE officials say their board functions as a charitable trust that depends on public donations for it

Kingri Masih, a former Christina embraced Islam but then rev=converted to Christianity that is considered " Apostasy". This hurt a feeling of local Muslim Mr. Rana Nisar Ahamad who is who is an official of sunni Tehreek. He filed a case against Kingri Masih for denial of Islam and making derogatory

PAS, the largest opposition party in Malaysia, wants to see the country (traditionally one of the most moderate nations in the Muslim world) transformed into an Islamic state governed by Shari'ah law. PAS already controls Kelantan and Terengganu, two of Malaysia's thirteen states. An earlier attem