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Ulma-e-Deoband and My Bit for Change: Two websites producing Wahhabi and Deobandi Jihadists in the West: In the last few years, there’s an increasing number of radicalized Muslim
Demographic composition of foreign Jihadist militants in Syria – USA Study: Among the 280 dead fighters in Syria whose cases were examined, the
ASWJ-LeJ’s plan was to kill Shia Hazara girls and blow up their relatives at Bolan Hospital in Quetta: Note: The following article is cross-posted from the Baloch Hal with some
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Is Nawaz Sharif up to combating the Organised Terrorism? – by A Z: As I listen to the two videos in Urdu appended below, they
Is the Obama-led West being any better than Assad? – by A Z: We all know that Assad is a despot who has subjugated all
Putin is on the right side of history – by A.Z.: “You will not deny that one does not really need to support
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Is Nawaz Sharif up to combating the Organised Terrorism? – by A Z
As I listen to the two videos in Urdu appended below, they stand out more for the frustration and helplessness in the voice of both the speakers than their depiction of the dreadful state of affairs. The first video includes Faisal Raza Abidi, who talks about the recent incidents in Baluchistan including an attack on [...]
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Taliban respond to Obama’s peace talks offer in Doha by slaughtering four U.S. troops in Afghanistan
Four US troops have been killed just hours after the US announced its willingness to meet with Taliban in Doha, Qatar and called on the Taliban to renounce violence, dropping a condemnation of Al-Qaeda as a precondition. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed four US troops in Afghanistan, just hours after [...]
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Taliban supporting Ghairatmands like me are bleeding today – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji
According to sources, the Swiss authorities made it clear the money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and others could not be reopened as they have died down forever being ‘time-barred’. That is to say the time (period) in which these cases could have been legally reopened has expired. The Swiss law authorities also [...]
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Is the Obama-led West being any better than Assad? – by A Z
We all know that Assad is a despot who has subjugated all dissent and has killed his opponents, much like his father. That is an established fact for most sane minds. The question here is is the West any better than Assad where its interests matter? If you dispassionately consider the West’s support to the [...]
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تکفیری دہشت گردی یا سنی شیعہ فرقہ واریت؟ میڈیا جھوٹ کیوں بول رہا ہے؟
وطن عزیز پاکستان میں گزشتہ چند عشروں میں ستر ہزار سے زیادہ شہری جن میں سنی، شیعہ، احمدی، مسیحی، پولیس اور فوج کے افراد شامل ہیں تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گرد گروہوں کے ہاتھوں شہید کیے جا چکے ہیں پاکستانی اور بین الاقوامی میڈیا اس حقیقت کو چھپا رہا ہے کہ طالبان، سپاہ صحابہ عرف لشکر [...]
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حیدرقریشی- شخصیت اور ادبی جہات
عبدالرب استادکو ڈاکٹریٹ کی ڈگری سے سرفراز کیا گیا ان کے تحقیقی مقالہ کا موضوع تھا حیدرقریشی- شخصیت اور ادبی جہات شعبہ اردو و فارسی گلبرگہ یونیورسٹی گلبرگہ سے عبدالرب استاد کو پی ایچ ڈی کے اعزاز سے سرفراز کیا گیا۔ان کے مقالہ برائے پی ایچ ڈی کا عنوان ”حیدرقریشی- شخصیت اور ادبی جہات“تھا۔اس مقالہ [...]
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PPP: no resurrection sans introspection — by Babar Ayaz
The biggest shortcoming of the PPP, analysts believe, is that there was no leader to lead its election campaign. Zardari did not allow any credible PPP leader to emerge Like well-bred Pakistanis, most PPP leaders are putting up a brave face and blaming local and international conspiracies for their horrific defeat in the recent elections. [...]
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اعلیٰ طبقے کا ڈرائنگ روم
اکیسویں صدی میں یہ فخر اور حیثیت بہت ہی کم ممالک کو حاصل رہ گئی ہے کہ وہاں طاقت کی مکمل حکمرانی ہو اور جاگیرداری روایات پوری آن بان اور شان سے قائم قائم و دائم ہوں. یہ اتنا آسان کام نہیں ہے، اس کے لئے قوم کی اکثریت کو جاہل اور محتاج رکھنے کی [...]
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Syrian angst over foreign rebel fighters
The presence of foreign fighters is causing real anxiety not only in Syria, but across the region and Europe, as Lyse Doucet reports for Newsnight In the magnificent Ummayad mosque of Damascus, flags of two nations on different sides of a brutal war came together, in the hands of tearful mothers. “I [...]
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Tragic Incidents and our Thoughts – by H.A.Khan
Last 2 to 3 days went very sad and with all sorrows. The post budget reaction of some workers of the different departments and the increment of 10% in salaries didn’t gave much hope as the government had already increased the percentage of tax on the salaries so they will just get the 2 [...]
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Putin is on the right side of history – by A.Z.
“You will not deny that one does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies, but open up their bodies, eat their intestines in front of the public and cameras. Are these the people you want to support? Is it them who you want to supply with weapons? Then this [...]
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Ulma-e-Deoband and My Bit for Change: Two websites producing Wahhabi and Deobandi Jihadists in the West
In the last few years, there’s an increasing number of radicalized Muslim youth who are willing to participate in Jihadist violence and terrorism not only in Muslim countries but also in the West. The article in this link provides a Pakistani check-list of how likely is it that a Muslim would turn into a Takfiri [...]
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Demographic composition of foreign Jihadist militants in Syria – USA Study
Among the 280 dead fighters in Syria whose cases were examined, the largest single contingent — 60 — came from Libya, and the second-largest group — 47 — came from Tunisia. The third largest group of dead foreign fighters in Syria consisted of 44 Saudis, followed by 32 Jordanians, 27 Egyptians, 20 Lebanese, seven Russians, [...]
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Why Pakistan army should divorce Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Source: Adapted with minor edits and additional information form the Baloch Hal The city of Quetta observed a day of mourning on Sunday (16 June 2013) against the killing of more than 24 people in Saturday’s coordinated attacks on a university bus and the Bolan Medical College Hospital. When a political party within the ruling coalition, such [...]
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آخر اس بس ہوسٹس کا نام مریم نواز کیوں نہ تھا؟ – زین گردیزی
آخر اس بس ہوسٹس کا نام مریم نواز کیوں نہ تھا؟ – زین گردیزی ہاۓ افسوس اس کے والدین سے یہ خطا کیوں ہوئی ان کو دیکھ بھال کر لینا چاہئیے تھا. ادھر ادھر سے پتا کراتے. آج کل کے تخت نشینوں نے اپنے بچوں کے نام کیا رکھے ہیں. تب شاید کوئی افاقہ ہو [...]
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نوٹ:میں نے کبھی کہانی پلان کرکے نہیں لکھی ہے-کوئی واقعہ میرے تخیل کو مہمیز دیتا ہے اور کہانی مختلف ریشوں سے بنتی چلی جاتی ہے-یہ بھی ایک ایسی ہی کہانی ہے-جس کا سبب اس کے پڑھنے والوں سے چھپا نہیں رہے گا- (ع۔ح) ڈپلومیٹک انکلیو اسلام آباد کی طرف جانے والی شٹل سروسز کھچا کھچ [...]
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