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Threat of Talibanisation to the land of Sachal and Lal Shahbaz: Religious Fanatics Start Slaughtering Caretakers of Shrines in Sindh !
SANGHAR: Another shrine caretaker butchered *Religious fanatics are behind slaughter campaign: Local peopleSANGHAR, April 15: Caretaker of a shrine was slaughtered at the shrine near Jhol on Tuesday. Imdad Shah was asleep at the shrine of Miskeen Shah when unidentified people slaughtered him. They also (more...)
Talibans’ Sharia doesn’t allow them to lay down arms !!! Talibans vow to to take their ‘struggle’ to new areas !
Swat Taliban refuse to lay down arms ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban will not lay down their arms in a northwestern valley as part of a deal that included the introduction of sharia law but will take their 'struggle' to new areas, a militant spokesman said on Wednesday.President Asif Ali Zardari, under (more...)
Who Rules Orakzai Agency: Talibans or Govt. of Pakistan ?
Map of FATA and NWFP (Source: FATADA) We've been hearing news of Talibanisation of Orakzai Agency for months and there were also statements from officials of Pak Army and Federal Government denying such news. However, a news item appeared on today's Daily Times should leave no doubt in our minds about Talibans comprehansive control in Orakzai [...]
A Critique of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation (formal surrender of Swat to Taliban) by Latif Chaudhry
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According to Sufi Mohammad’s Shariat: Talibans would not be punished for their crimes against humanity !
Militants enjoy immunity from law: TNSM ISLAMABAD, April 14: The chief of Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi came up with an audacious interpretation of the Nizam-i-Adl regulation on Tuesday, asserting that the law would protect militants accused of brutal killings from prosecution. The assertion highlights the dilemma (more...)
President Zardari finally signs so-called Nizam-i-Adl Regulation & Swat officialy given to Talibans !
Daily Times' Editorial: Getting parliament to endorse Swat lawsPresident Asif Ali Zardari has sent the Nizam-e Adl Regulation to parliament for a vote of endorsement before he signs it into law for Swat and its traditionally linked jurisdictions. The ANP is understandably miffed because the February 16 “peace agreement” was signed between Sufi [...]
NY Times: Militants have gained strength in D.G. Khan, which is a gateway both to Taliban-controlled areas and the heart of Punjab !
Students practice memorizing the Koran at the Darul Uloom Rahmaniya Madrassa in Dera Ghazi Khan. (more...)
Does Pakistan army have the will to confront the Taliban? – by Zohra Yusuf
Day of the Taliban By Zohra YusufTO say that the entire nation hangs its head in shame over the flogging of young Chand Bibi in Swat would not only be a cliché. It would be a lie. There (more...)
Buner finally falls to Talibans: Thanks to Pakistan Army and NWFP Government !
A view of beautiful Buner Valley.An armed Taliban militant stands beside the body of one of two policemen killed in Buner district, April 7, 2009.—Reuters Militants recruit followers, extend patrols in Buner BUNER: Militants extended their patrolling to new parts of the district and have started preaching at different mosques asking local youth [...]
Farhat Taj: Life in Swat after the peace deal
On Feb 16 a peace agreement was signed between Sufi Mohammad, leader of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the government of the NWFP with complete blessing of the PPP-led federal government. Sufi Mohammad reached Swat with a promise to convince his (more...)
Blog Recommendation: Taliban violence in Pakistan
Dear AllRabia Shakoor (administrator of the Grand Trunk Road blog) has started a new blog http://talibanviolence.wordpress.com comprising of videos of the Taliban violence and just videos and pictures of Taliban activity in general. The idea behind the new blog is that people were so surprised by the Swat girl lashing video that they must really [...]
TTP Swat Threatens to Kill MPs Opposing their Brand of Shariah !!!
President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday referred the draft Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009 to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, advising him to table it before parliament for debate prior to its implementation. Meanwhile both TTP & TNSM have said that MPs opposing to the so-called Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009 would be declared "non-Muslims" [...]
Our intelligence agencies are patriot and can’t be involved in Baloch leaders’ killings – by Wusatullah Khan
! نا بابا نا غلام محمد بلوچ ، شیر محمد بگتی اور لالہ منیر کو بلوچستان میں متحرک طالبان یا القاعدہ نے مارا ہے۔کیونکہ قوم پرستی کی لہر عام بلوچوں میں امریکہ کے خلاف جذبہ جہاد پیدا کرنے میں سب سے [...]
After Buner, what will be the next target of Talibans ??
Buner bagged --- Editorial: Daily The News---12th April, 09 Buner, with a population of slightly over half-a-million according to the 1998 census, has fallen without a fight. Another piece of Pakistan, 1865 square kilometres to be precise, has disappeared into the maw of the Taliban. Local people, peaceful and no trouble to anybody, were [...]
Many Politicians have yet to publicly denounce the Taliban. And the army has yet to demonstrate that it is serious about fighting this war.
The high cost of surrender By Irfan Hussain IMAGINE that a neighbouring country had killed a leading Pakistani politician, blown up a popular hotel in the middle of Islamabad and killed thousands of security personnel and innocent civilians in a series of bombing raids. Imagine too that the enemy’s stated goal is nothing short of the capture [...]
After Swat it’s now Buner: Talibans continue their advance in Buner as Securiy Forces offered no resistance !
The shrine of Sufi Saint Pir Baba in Buner. (Swat)Taliban move into new Buner areas BUNER, April 10: Instead of pulling out of Buner as they had announced on Thursday, the Taliban of Swat moved on Friday to consolidate their hold and took control of new areas, including the shrine of Sufi saint Pir Baba. Security forces offered no resistance. [...]
Balochistan Burns!
Furore in Balochistan over killing of nationalist leaders QUETTA, April 9: A police constable was killed and at least 12 other people were injured in firing on Thursday as Balochistan slid into violence after the bodies of three Baloch nationalist leaders were found in Turbat. The decomposed bodies of Baloch National Movement (BNM) [...]
Does Pakistani State Really Control FATA, which is under CIA’s drones’ attack ?
According to Wikipedia -----"Sovereignty is the right to exercise, within a territory, the functions of a state, exclusive of any other state, and subject to no other authority."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SovereigntyKeeping aforementioned definition in mind, are we really justified to term drones' attacks on terrorists' targets in FATA as a [...]
After India, Afghanistan, & Iran it’s now China which wants Pakistan to take action against militants !!! Isn’t it time to wake up ???
China Leans on Pakistan to Deal With Militants Washington is not the only ally calling on Islamabad to take action against militants based in its tribal areas along the Afghan border. Now, according to a prominent Pakistani politician, Beijing is calling on the Pakistani government to deal with militants based there and allegedly plotting attacks [...]
How possibly could a party such as the secular ANP get into such a low deal with those of the Taliban’s ilk?
Barbarians at the gate By Kamran Shafi SORRY for the trite title, but its blood-chillingly true, isn’t it? As my readers well know, I am quite quickly moved to tears: films like Il Postino and East is East and books like Chronicle of a (more...)
"Talibans would take their war to Islamabad and the day is not far when the capital will be in the hands of Talibans"– Claims Mullah Nazeer
Pakistani Taliban said moving closer to capital MINGORA: Pakistani Taliban are moving into a new area in northern Pakistan, clashing with villagers and police in a mountain valley, police and district officials said on Wednesday. (more...)
Architect of infamous “Operation Midnight Jackal” Major Amir joins PPP ???
Return of the ‘Midnight Jackal’?By Shahzad RazaWednesday, 08 Apr, 2009ISLAMABAD, April 7: Major Amir, who allegedly conspired and collaborated with others to topple the first Benazir Bhutto government, is said to have developed close relations with the Pakistan People’s Party top leadership. Party sources told Dawn that (more...)
Who rules Bajaur ?? Talibans or Govt. of Pakistan ???
Bajaur TTP declares amnesty for anti-Taliban elders !!! Suicide attacks to continue : Maulvi Umer KHAR: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur Agency on Monday declared amnesty for all anti-Taliban tribal elders and appealed to internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in refugee camps to return to the tribal region. The TTP said [...]
70% of religious seminaries (madrassahs) in Pakistan belong to the Deobandi school of thought: Report
According to a report appeared in today's Daily Express more than 1.9 million students are enrolled in 17000 religious seminaries (madrassahs) of which around 70% i.e. 12000 belong to Deoband school of thought, around 20% i.e. 3500 belong to Barelvi school of thought, around 2.2 % i.e. 380 belong to Ahl-e-Hadith, 2.3% i.e. 390 belong to Shias, and [...]
A wake up call: Is Talibanisation now creeping in cities of Sindh — The land of Sachal and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar ??
File photo of famous Lal Mosque Brigade Extremists disrupt dance programme LARKANA, April 4: Unidentified men forced the cancellation of a spring fair near Larkana on Friday after they objected to the presence of dancing girls. According to organisers, the “hoodlums belonged to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam. However a JUI leader, Abdul Razzak Abid [...]
Mission Islamisation: Gen. Zia’s dream has been fulfilled as teen-aged girl flogged publicly in Swat !!!
THE OTHER COLUMN: Up shitcreek —Ejaz Haider (more...)
Divided or weak political will is the main reason for the inability of the Pakistani state and society to cope with terrorism.
Counter-terrorism confusion —Dr Hasan-Askari RizviThe terrorist attack on the Police Training Centre in Manawan on March 30 underlined the mounting challenge terrorism poses to Pakistan. A small group of well-trained and ideologically motivated attackers carried out the assault in a (more...)
Taliban style justice: Young girl lashed publicly in Swat !
Sharia Law in Swat, Pakistan. Video of Taliban publicly lashing a girl. (more...)
Terrorists strike at Lahore police training centre
LAHORE: More explosions were heard inside the police training academy in the Manawan area on the outskirts of Lahore where terrorists used machine guns and grenades to launch a savage attack, (more...)
Muslims can’t commit suicide-bombings in mosques: Claim right-wing politicians !
Jamrud Mosque attack: read the message!A mosque housing nearly 300 people who were saying their Friday prayers was attacked by a suicide-bomber, killing 70 and crippling 125. The reaction of the political agent of Khyber was that “the attackers could not be Muslims because Muslims (more...)
Imran Khan is a Liberal just like Quaid-e-Azam M.A.Jinnah !! : An Interesting Debate on PTI’s Blog – by Ahmer Asif
Below is an interesting debate copied from PTI's blog. The purpose of posting this debate is to expose real character of PTI which is infested with ex-JI workers and leaders. What we can see below is that supporters of Imran Khan poorly failed to defend their leader through rational argumentation and instead they resort to Ad Hominem frequently [...]
