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Related : Most favourite nation? S Akbar Zaidi With Thanks : First Post India In a bid to ensure more people to people contact, India is contemplating easing visa regulation for Pakistan nationals. With the cabinet note on the issue set to be tabled in a few days, it might be a couple of weeks before visa regulations are eased. The new [...]

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former, said Albert Einstein. Have a doubt ? You can look up Imran Khan's latest interview in Davos to understand. 'There are human beings and then there are Pathans ' this was our great revolutionary has to say to international audience in 2011 Davos [...]

Related : Merge FATA into KP : ANP jirga In the first week of January 2012, there was a sudden demand in the national political scene for new provinces cut out of the Pakhtun territory in Pakistan, namely the Hazara and FATA provinces. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has been leading the demand. The MQM has no political presence in the [...]

With Thanks : Express Tribune  By Saba Imtiaz / Sameer Mandhro MATLI/TM KHAN: Money, jobs and a debt-free life: It sounds like a sweet deal for many of the Hindu labourers in Matli, but it comes with strings attached — convert to Islam. Hundreds of Hindus in the area have converted to Islam in the past few years, courtesy [...]

Editor Note : President Asif Ali Zardari, while speaking to the people at Garhi Khuda Bux,  informed the nation that 80 percent of his party’s manifesto had been implemented. It is important to mention here PPP 2008 election manifesto was formed in the light of Charter of Democracy . In COD  PPP and PML N made a commitment to merge FATA [...]

Poem of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto When the world was still to be born When Adam was still to receive his form Then my relationship began When I heard the Lord's voice A voice sweet and clear I said "yes" with all my heart And formed a bond with the land I love When all of us were one My bond then began An exile now by destiny I am nearer [...]

Related article:  Imran Khan’s PTI joins banned terrorist groups in pro-army rally in Lahore Militant outfits known for close ties with the military establishment of Pakistan held the Difa-i-Pakistan Conference (Defence of Pakistan Conference) on December 18, 2011. They declared jihad as an obligation for Muslims and threatened the US, NATO [...]

The CIA (Crime Investigation Agency ) treated me like notorious criminal. Repeatedly they pulled my hair and slapped me on my ace . The wanted to make a false sexual allegation against Asif Zardari (Benazir Bhutto's jailed husband ) and wanted to say Benazir had given me (and party's student wing) weapons to create chaos in Karachi , or that she [...]

Editor's note : We present to our readers this excellent documentary by NDTV on revival of Bacha Khan's  non-violence movement of Khudai Khidmatgar by the youth of Delhi , India . With Thanks : NDTV http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D0xOp4WttZ8#!

According to news reports, the Supreme court of Pakistan has accepted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's petition  on the "memogate". Mr. Sharif had pleaded that the court should itself constitute a committee on the recent Husain Haqqani-Mansoor Ijaz memo issue and investigate it under the Article 184(3) of the Constitution, as according to him [...]

The LUBP team is deeply saddened to hear the news of Naseer Kavi's death. We urge the PPP office bearers and government officials to provide every possible moral and financial (if needed) assistance to Mr. Kavi's family. We also recommend that Mr. Kavi's name be considered for a posthumous award in recognition of his services to the people of [...]

  The rise of Imran Khan and memogate have enthused those who dream of a “reformed” democracy under the guiding hand of the army. A few days ago, I was planning to write about Imran Khan. Pakistan's most successful cricket captain and philanthropist had been trying to add “successful politician” to his resume since 1996, but after [...]

Is it really fair to say that the PPP is now pro-establishment (when in fact it has decided to tow the line simply to survive and protect all the good legislation enacted by its government) or equally is it fair to say that Nawaz Sharif is anti-establishment when his brother's Punjab government has sympathies with Jamat ul Dawah? Nawaz Sharif [...]

  Imran Khan has emerged as the Messiah for a nation long clamoring for the arrival of a noble soul, who would, with sincerity and clarity of vision, uplift millions from the abyss of poverty, despair and disrepair and propel Pakistan into the ranks of ‘developed’ nations. And his arrival on the political scene- termed as a [...]

If one red US cent goes towards putting a US soldier in harm’s way, that does not reflect well on the US officials who had been cosying up to Imran Khan and had a meeting with him just before the Lahore rally In the wake of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally at Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore last month, a flurry of reports and opinions has [...]

Related post: Secret Pakistan: BBC documentary on how Pakistan’s ISI trains and arms Taliban Human Rights of Pakistan Army – by Riaz Malik Urgent Petition: Stop Pakistan Army's Crimes against Humanity The world may help Pakistan through United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission on Pakistan (UNMOVICP) A [...]

With Thanks : BBC Urdu  We are pleased to post this excellent eye-opening interview by Farhat Taj where she exposes the Deep State and the false narratives of the likes of Imran Khan.   قبائلی لشکر لمبی جنگ کے لیے نہیں قبائلی لشکروں کے طالبان کے خلاف استعمال پر کئی [...]

Related :  Flood in Sindh & Design of Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD). LBOD: The culprit behind recurring floods in Sindh? REVIEW OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LEFT BANK OUTFALL DRAIN STAGE I With Thanks : Dawn Revisiting the LBOD issue WITH the recent monsoon experience, the question of whether the Left Bank Outfall [...]

There are about 3,500 Kalash people living in northern Pakistan. Their culture and language are endangered. They are a remarkable, spiritual and peace loving, animistic people. In the time of the Moghuls (rulers in this region in the 15th till the 19th century) wine was taken from the valleys of the Kalash to the tables of the moghuls. The [...]

Related post: APC: Pakistan army-orchestrated response to USA – by Ayaz Amir Since the recent attack on the US embassy in Kabul by the Haqqani network Taliban, Pakistan came under immense US pressure, including veiled threats of attack, for its links with the Haqqani Taliban with bases in Pakistan. Pakistan’s military, which runs the [...]

Are ‘soft’ Islamic evangelical organisations playing an unwitting role in the radicalisation of urban youth?   Storm after storm After the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991), the Pakistani society was flushed with the idea (duly propagated by the military-establishment) that it were the [...]

  At least three of the ‘elite’ who contributed to the controversial report, ‘Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite’, by Jinnah Institute (JI) and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) have come out to defend it in the face of growing criticism: Humayun [...]

"My patriotic and heroic countrymen, my honorable brothers and sisters, my brave sons and daughters! The aim of our movement, a civil disobedience, for six long years we have been facing persecution and oppression. Our cause for resumption of democracy have been ignored, our workers have been imprisoned and sentenced to death. Enough is enough. We [...]

  " I have accepted the post for the sake of the "oppressed, down-trodden and marginalized" of Pakistan, and that he had dedicated his life to the "struggle for human equality, social justice, religious freedom, and to uplift and empower religious minorities' communities." He added that he wanted to send "a message of hope to the people [...]

 The Ahmadiyah Muslim  community has long been persecuted in Pakistan . Sadly Pakistan most left leaning parliament  declared them non-muslim in 70's. Dr Taqi writes : The 1974 act of the Parliament of Pakistan, declaring the Ahmadiyya community and the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement – also described by other (even derogatory) terms like [...]

Related post: Pursuing Pakistan’s interests in Afghanistan? A rebuttal to Sherry Rehman’s Jinnah Institute’s report The report is aimed at justifying the establishment’s long-standing Afghan policy, the strategic depth policy that has brought nothing but destruction to the Pakhtun and has created religious bigotry in [...]

Related : SAFMA sends defamation notice to TV channel The security establishment frets that a strong politician from Punjab, who always had the wherewithal to cut them down to size, has been consistently expressing his will to do so too “Your Excellency doesn’t understand. A man is a Punjabi or Bengali before he is a Hindu or a [...]

  Blog Cross Post :  I Opyne “God has created men and women to be partners in the development of civilization. They are the two wheels of humanity’s carriage which cannot run on one wheel alone”. (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan) This is in response to the post titled: “Whither “Progressive” Bacha Khan’s Wife? – by [...]

Related : Gilani announces Musarrat Hilali as first WOP Blogs Cross post :Individual Land It is a welcome precedence set by the Federal Ombudspersonfor Protection of Women against Harassment at Workplace, to dispose a case in two hearings and assign a verdict. The case in question was of a male bus driver harassing the female staff [...]

Related :  Taliban regrouping in Dir to strike back - Zia ur Rehman The flawed impression that Army has fully done its job in Swat and the Civil Administration now is responsible for sustaining peace in the region is absolutely unjustified. Despite  many commentator claims the army operation that cleared the Swat area of terrorists  however [...]

Benazir Bhutto came back to Pakistan in backdrop of an inconclusive dialogue with the former military dictator general musharraf. Before her return, she was highly critical of the terrorist activities of the Lal Masjid Clerics and amidst a hostile atmosphere, remained firm on her stance. Meanwhile other right and leftist political forces were [...]

  Pakistan Today Upside down, inside out. The laws of logic don’t apply to debates over Karachi. Many a cart is put before the horse, many a correlation is accepted as causation. The current spate of killings in Karachi resumed when the PPP’s enfant terrible, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, as subtle as a sledgehammer as always, burst out [...]

Senator Raza Rabbani One has mostly seen political leaders falling in the eyes of public, especially in this time and age where media puts the spotlight on too many undesirable aspects. Scandals of all sorts get attributed to them; clarifications, rebuttals, reactions, counter fights stud the blogs and Youtube sites. It is rare to see a leader [...]

Saleem Safi  wrote renaming of Pakhtunkhuwa was never PPP/Zardari agenda . Truth is it was PPP who wanted to move a renaming resolution in NWFP assembly in 1988. And later on I think was Akbar Khan of PPP who moved the resolution in assembly. Infact it was PPP not ANP which was interested in passing a renaming resolution in 1988. PPP also [...]

Related : Revisiting Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s trial – by Amna Paracha Amna Paracha was Begum Nusrat Bhutto’s political secretary through the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's trial. Her husband (late) Saleem Zulfiqar Khan was on the original defence bench. Mr Khan was a close confidant of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and worked closely with her for [...]

Editor's Note: This post does not reflect the views of LUBP in general The rise of Osama Bin Laden to the last circle of hate previously reserved for states (Cuba, USSR), and statesmen (Castro, Stalin), by the global media and international populace truly began on September 11, 20011. It is after that momentous occasion, that his face would [...]

    Dr. Mohammed Taqi who is also a regular columnist at the Daily Times, remembers him: “I met him last during the lawyers movement at his ISB residence and asked if he would write his memoir. He said ‘ Doctor, kiya likhna. Pehlay to meri apni bahoo naraaz ho jaiay gi ‘.” Senior Politician Ghulam Bilour and close [...]

Related : 1000 year old Hindu temple in Pak in desperate need of upkeep Will Pakistan wake up to it? Apprehensions of Pakistani Hindus The Pakistan Peoples' Party has been a sole voice for the minorities of Pakistan. We today face a very gloomy period of Pakistan's history. The unfortunate Gojra incident and the assassination of [...]

Blog Cross Post : Baloch Hal On the 1st of June 2011 at 23.58 EST, my mobile phone beeped while I was reading an online article. When I clicked to see the message from my cousin in Karachi, the screen displayed: BAD NEWS : PROFESSOR SABA DASHTYARI HAS BEEN KILLED BY UNKNOWN TARGET KILLERS AN HOUR AGO IN QUETTA. Shocked! Disbelieve! Anger! [...]

Blog Cross Post :Frequency Fellow What about our Nukes? Are they save enough? Who were they? They belong to CIA, MOSSAD, even RAW. They can't be Al-Qaida. Well after claiming the responsibility, if someone say, "How claiming the attacks means that Al-Qaida or Talban did that, even I can claim the responsibility of attack, then I am not sure [...]