Fundos by default, not merely by design

The increase in violence in Pakistan is believed to have its roots in religious extremism, which is often tied to the conservative madrassas (religious schools). The same madrassas are also accused of using religious texts to radicalise their students.

New Afghan schoolbooks shun history of wars

The Afghan government has published new textbooks for schoolchildren that shun the country's modern history of conflict in an effort to promote national unity, an official said Tuesday.

Children in KP village schools do poorly

PESHAWAR, Feb 8: Around 60 per cent of grade II students in the rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 14 districts cannot read texts in Urdu or their mother tongue and over 70 per cent English text, says a survey.

Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate

(Reuters) - Dr. Joe Casillas, an obstetrician in Southern California, routinely prescribes birth control for his patients. Though he's a practicing Catholic, he doesn't follow his church's stern warning that contraception is a sin. He believes women should have access. Yet Casillas was dismayed when the Obama administration recently ruled that religious institutions had to follow the same rules ...

Pakistan: Brutal Sectarian Violence Against Shias Continues

It is a recognized fact that a state's police and law enforcement agencies play a critical role as the first line of defense against the threats of terrorism and insurgencies. Police is often failing to protect the members of religious minorities including ...