Russian President Vladimir Putin has said insulting Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) doesn't count as the expression of artistic freedom. Addressing annual news conference, he said insults to the prophet (PBUH) are a violation of religious freedom and sacred feelings of people, who profess ...

WASHINGTON: The United States designated 10 countries, including Pakistan, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia, as countries of particular concern on Wednesday for alleged religious freedoms violations. The US added Russia to the list as ties dip to their lowest ebb since the Cold War. US Secretary ...

ISLAMABAD - India, under the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is undergoing immense rise of religious nationalist vigilante groups and worsening social discrimination, posing grave threat to the religious freedom of minorities, particularly Muslims and Christians. This concern was expressed ...

*WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Michael 'Mike' Pompeo has issued a Presidential waiver for Pakistan, exempting it from any subsequent sanctions that follow a country's designation as a violator of religious freedom.* On Monday, Secretary Pompeo designated Pakistan and nine other ...

Pakistan on Wednesday rejected its designation on a US blacklist on religious freedom saying it is “completely against the realities on the ground.” US Defense Secretary Mike Pompeo on Tuesday announced that Washington has placed Pakis­tan, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, ...

NEW YORK The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Friday welcomed Pakistan’s decision of setting up a National Commission for Minorities, calling it a step in the right direction. “We are encouraged by the formation of the National Commission for Minorities as ...

ISLAMABAD - India gets a strong snub from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. US Commission on International Religious Freedom has strongly condemned the deadly violence against Muslims in Indian capital New Delhi. In a statement, the watchdog noted with grave concern that ...

*ISLAMABAD: **Pakistan strongly react against US over placing Islamabad in religious freedom blacklist, taking India out.* Islamabad has categorically rejected the US State Department’s “unilateral and arbitrary” decision of keeping Pakistan in its 2019 annual blacklist for religious ...

*WASHINGTON: *The US on Friday issued its 2019 annual blacklist for religious freedom violations, keeping Pakistan in it for a second year but still ignoring India, despite its targeting of Muslims over cow slaughter allegations, occupied Kashmir lockdown and the latest citizenship act on communal ...

ISLAMABAD - New York Times exposed Indian government religious freedom restrictions in Occupied Kashmir. US based newspaper, The New York Times said, the India's military lockdown has hit the religious freedom of the people in the occupied Kashmir. It said in its report that the call out (Azan) ...