Follow @TheCircumvent Qur’an 33:59: “Prophet, enjoin your wives, your daughters, and the wives of the believers to draw their veils close round them. That is more proper so that they may be recognized and not be molested. God is ever… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Emphasis (bold text, etc.) in original text. PJ Media, October 16, 2017. Pakistani police burst into a classroom last week, dragged 14-year-old Arsalan Masih out, and beat him to death in what appears to be the latest sectarian… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Dawn, October 15, 2017. A man killed his wife and her alleged paramour in the name of honour in Waziro Kalay area here on Saturday. A man informed the Jarma police that his nephew allegedly saw his (latter’s)… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The Nation, October 16, 2017. The girl, who went missing 20 days ago and was stated to be eloped with someone, was murdered by her family for honour, disclosed the police here on Sunday Police resolved the honour killing… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Dawn, October 16, 2017. man killed his sister and her alleged paramour in the name of honour in the Balanari area of Kachhi district on Sunday. Levies officials said Mohammad Munir Bangulzai opened fire on his sister and… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Rabwah, October 12, 2017. A Pakistani court on Wednesday condemned three Ahmadi men to death on charges of committing blasphemy. The court also fined the men Rs 200,000 (USD 2,000) each, and if they are unable to pay… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Another example of the tolerant mindset against persecuted minorities. The Express Tribune, October 11, 2017. Twitter users did not react kindly to Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar’s recent National Assembly speech in which he had launched an attack on… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The Express Tribune, October 9, 2017. A man set his wife on fire at their house in Sialkot on Sunday. The victim M* had sustained severe burns and is being treated at the Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Police said… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Breitbart London, October 9, 2017. The Government is set to publish a ‘disparity audit’ which reveals that Pakistani women in Britain are “shockingly badly integrated” and “living in an entirely different society”. The Cabinet Office research, which will… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Premier, October 6, 2017. A Christian charity has expressed concern for two boys in Pakistan that have been arrested under the blasphemy law for allegedly burning swept papers containing Quranic verses. According to Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent He then went on to repeat that only the state has the right to declare who is Muslim and who is not. Indeed, in 1974, Pakistan’s parliament adopted a law declaring that Ahmadi Muslims are not Muslims. The… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The Express Tribune, October 5, 2017. A man was axed to death for marrying a divorced woman in Dera Ghazi Khan, police said. An official of Choti police station told The Express Tribune that 26-year-old Sheru fell in love with Gulabo, who… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent PTI, September 24, 2017. A young woman and her 10-year-old sister were murdered by their father in Pakistan in a so called ‘honour killing’, police said today. Abdul Gani killed his daughters – 20-year-old Shamim and Noreen –… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent “Vani is a cultural custom found in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan whereby a young girl is forcibly married as part of punishment for a crime committed by her male relatives.” The Nation Pakistan, September 25, 2017. An influential landlord abducted a girl… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The Express Tribune, September 25, 2017. A woman was allegedly beaten to death over a marriage dispute by her brother in Okara on Sunday. A police official told The Express Tribune that Akbari Bibi, a resident of Mohallah… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The News Pakistan, September 25, 2017. A girl was abducted and raped for 15 days. Nusrat Bibi of Basti Saidan Sain, Depalpur, was allegedly abducted on gunpoint by Allah Rakha and M Siddique. They took her to Bahawalnagar… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent September 19, 2017: 57 people indicted Dawn, April 13, 2017. A 23-year-old student of Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan was killed and another seriously injured by a vigilante mob for allegedly “publishing blasphemous content online”, local police said… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Dawn, September 18, 2017. In light of recent reports of involvement of students in terrorist activities, senators on Monday called for revisions in the syllabi taught in educational institutions. While debating a motion on the National Action Plan… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The Express Tribune, September 19, 2017. The Thal police on Monday said that they had arrested the prayer leader of a local mosque along with his accomplices for allegedly raping and then murdering a seminary student. Thal Station… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The Express Tribune, September 17, 2017. A man killed his two teenage daughters over ‘honour’ on Saturday night in Peshawar’s Achar Kalay area. A Banamarhi police official told The Express Tribune that the complainant, Amjad Al, had lodged an FIR… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Pakistan Today, September 16, 2017. A man named Irfan Ahmed Bhand was ordered by a civil judge in Dadu to sweep and pray five times a day at a mosque in Benazirabad for a whole year as a… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent The News Pakistan, September 17, 2017. SITE Super Highway police said that during an interrogation on Saturday a prayer leader had confessed to killing his 17-yaer-old cousin, who too was an imam and had been missing since August… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent PTI, September 15, 2017. A Christian man in Pakistan was sentenced to death for blasphemy after he sent a WhatsApp message to a friend that insulted Islam, his lawyer said on Friday. Nadeem James Masih was charged in… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Another serious blowback against the myth that “poverty causes terrorism.” Gulf News Pakistan, September 12, 2017. Newly appointed Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the number of educated young people who are joining… Continue Reading
Follow @TheCircumvent Daily Times, September 13, 2017. An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday sentenced a man to prison for 29 years for throwing acid on a woman. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.7 million. ATC judge Muhammad Asghar… Continue Reading