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Post-2013 elections, likely scenarios for PPP’s future in the Punjab – by Haris Gazdar: How do we read PPP’s collapse in Punjab? Not the immediate causes, but likely scenarios. It’s a long post, so take your time. Some PPP well-wishers might take comfort from 1997 from which the party had rebounded by the
Tahir Ashrafi is a moderate and progressive cleric but a sinister campaign was launched to delegitimize him – by Raza Rumi: “It is time to engage with clerics like Tahir Ashrafi and get them to join the struggle for a moderate and progressive Pakistan. Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, Chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council (an apex body of country wide religious scholars)
Worldwide concern about CM @NajamSethi’s inaction about attacks on Ahmadis in Punjab: Related post: No respite for Ahmadis in Chief Minister Najam Sethi’s Punjab Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times (with minor edits and additional information) By Imran Jattala | April 28, 2013 An Ahmadiyya prayers centre in Gulshan-e Ravi, Lahore, is attacked by
سینئرفوجی افسران کے معصومانہ سوالات: پاکستان پر گزشتہ 65 سالوں سے حکومت کرنے اور اس ملک کو تباہ وبرباد کرنےوالے ادارے کے سینئر افسران آج انتہائ معصومیت سے سوالات پوچھ رہے ہیں، کہ آخر وہ کون سی وجوہات رہی ہیں،جن کی وجہ سے یہ
Dr. Fayyaz, ASWJ-MDM’s candidate in Karachi, is a car thief: Dr. Fayyaz of banned sectarian outfit Sipah Sahaba (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ) is contesting elections from NA-241 Karachi where the bomb attack on ANP worker took place. Dr. Fazyaz is involved in car lifting and
Supreme Court rejects request by Raza Rumi and Saleh Zaafir to remove their names from secret funds list: Related post: Misuse of taxpayer money: Raza Rumi, Saleh Zaafir among corrupt Pakistani journalists who gained from secret fund ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday (25 April 2013) rejected a request from Raza Rumi and certain other journalists for
Raza Rumi unleashes ISI-ASWJ touts to harass and harm anti-establishment bloggers: Related post: Raza Rumi’s proxy jihad against anti-establishment bloggers The following notice has been published by a leading Shia web portal (Karbala-e-Quetta) to warn Shia and other human rights activists to be mindful of impostors (Takfiri Deobandi terrorists and
Misuse of taxpayer money: Raza Rumi, Saleh Zaafir among corrupt Pakistani journalists who gained from secret fund: ISLAMABAD (22 April 2013): The list of the 282 journalists who received payments and gifts from the secret fund of the information ministry was made public following a Supreme Court order. The complete list can be viewed as a PDF here. The list
We condemn abusive language by TFT columnist and Sipah Sahaba supporter against Marvi Sirmed: While we have certain differences with Marvi Sirmed, it will be wrong to not appreciate her current, clear stance against Takfiri Deobandi militants. In particular, we agree with her criticism of the hate interview of Ahmed Ludhianvi published by
Taliban and ECP/SCP are fulfilling Gen Kayani’s dream by killing and disqualifying liberal candidates: In Army dominated Pakistan, intelligence agencies and their affiliates play a major role during election times. As general elections 2013 are scheduled to be held on May 11, these dark forces have once again started using all their resources
Comrade Najam Sethi in the eyes of Comrade Nadeem Paracha: Pakistan’s leading progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Nadeem F. Paracha) promotes another like-minded progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Najam Sethi of the London Group).
Malik Riaz, not Najam Sethi, is the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab: It is a fact that Pakistan’s military establishment and its various Punjabi-Muhajir affiliates (e.g., Malik Riaz of Bahria Town, Yunus Habib of Mehran Bank) have kept a large number of TV anchors and journalists (both in Islamist dominated Urdu
Hamid Mir is my role model, says Marvi Sirmed: Bakhtawar Bhutto Z @BakhtawarBZ 26 Mar @Razarumi Rumour after rumour to discredit + NEVER an apology. All these games been played from the beginning nothing new #ZAB #SMBB #AAZ (Context: Publication of false news items in The Friday Times,
پاکستان میں 65 سالوں میں انصاف نہیں دیکھا – سردار اختر مینگل: بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (مینگل) کے سربراہ سردار اختر مینگل پیر کو اپنی خودساختہ جلا وطنی ختم کر کے کراچی پہنچ گئے۔ ان کے کراچی پہنچنے کے ساتھ ہی ان کے آبائی علاقے خضدار میں نامعلوم افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے
#ShiaGenocide: Leading Pakistani intellectual, poet and academic Sibte Jafar killed by Deobandi militants: Entire Pakistani nation, in particular Shia Muslim community, suffers from another terrible loss at the hands of Deobandi militants of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ-LeJ, formerly known as Sipah-e-Sahaba). Famous poet, academician and intellectual Professor Sibte Jafar was killed
Attack on Christians in Lahore: Encouraging progress in Shahbaz Sharif and Raza Rumi’s Punjab: Lahore arson: CJ says Punjab police failed to conduct honest, thorough probe Source: Dawn, 18 March 2013 The Supreme Court on Monday declared that the Punjab Police had “failed to conduct an honest and through investigation” into the Badami
دیر آید درست آید: حسن نقوی: پہلے ہی بہت دیر ہو چکی ہے۔ اس کا اندازہ اس بات سے لگایئے کہ 2005ء میں ہمیں جن نرخوں پر ایران سے گیس مل سکتی تھی، اب موجودہ وقت میں اس کے نرخ دُگنے ہو چکے ہیں۔ لیکن
صحافیوں کی نگران حکومت: ندیم سعید کا کالم: Related post: The future government of Pakistan – by Nazir Naji پاکستان کی موجودہ اسمبلیاں اپنی مدت پوری کر رہی ہیں، بے یقینی کی کیفیت میں نئے انتخابات کی تاریخ کا اعلان ہوا ہی چاہتا ہے اور ساتھ ہی
فرقہ واریت کا عفریت اور طاہرہ کا لعل ! -تحریر: مجاہد مرزا: تحریر: مجاہد مرزا موت تو کسی کی بھی ہو اور کیسی بھی کیوں نہ ہو، دردمند انسان کے لیے باعث افسوس ہوتی ہے، چہ جائیکہ “ٹارگٹ کلنگ” جو کسی بھی بنیاد پر کیوں نہ کی جائے۔ چاہے وہ بنیاد
Pakistan army rejects dialogue with Taliban, says no difference between TTP and LeJ -by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: While an All Parties Conference has supported talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the security establishment believes that holding a dialogue with the TTP would be like negotiating with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) since there was barely any difference between
Politically Incorrect: Malik Riaz of Bahria Town -by Amir Mateen: Malik Riaz may have hundreds of cases against him but has never been jailed even once. Nor his son, Ali Riaz who is Bahria Town’s Chief executive. Both father and son have been nominated in numerous cases of murder,
The PML-N government was not always soft on ASWJ-LeJ militant groups -by Ayesha Siddiqa: LUBP Editor’s note: In the following article published in Express Tribune, Dr Siddiqa notes that the PML-N government was not always soft on ASWJ-SSP-LeJ and other Deobandi-Wahhabi militant groups. It had contested the ASWJ/SSP/LeJ network during the 1990s, but
Let’s send chocolates to LeJ -by Ammara Ahmad: Those who protest by delaying the burial of their dead make me laugh. Why would anyone use the dead to protest against those who are already dead? The whole country has been frozen by a wave of stupidity, selfishness
LeJ-ASW: The Taliban’s new, more terrifying cousin: How a virulent Pakistani terrorist group is trying to annihilate an ethnic rival–and why we should be worried A boy stands at the site of a bomb attack in a Shi’ite Muslim area of the Pakistani city of Quetta
Homegrown militancy: How is Pakistan army coerced into blackmail? -by Zain Gardezi: I had a pretty normal childhood like many Pakistani children. I was born in a generation which was regularly taught that all ailing problems of Pakistan are due to corrupt politicians and whenever Army will again come into power,
سپاہ صحابہ کی تاریخ اور نواز شریف کی پنجاب حکومت کا رویہ: سپاہ صحابہ کی تاریخ اور پنجاب حکومت کا رویہ اسلام ٹائمز: گذشتہ دہشت گردانہ کارروائیوں کے ساتھ ساتھ حالیہ لاہور کے واقعات ان دہشت گردوں پر پوری سختی کے ساتھ ہاتھ ڈالنے کے لئے کافی نہیں ہیں، جن میں
Saaeda Begum, Mother of Irfan Khudi Ali -by Asim Rafiqui: Irfan Ali was perhaps one of the most well known young Hazara activists and human rights worker. His death in the January 10, 2013 suicide bomb attack sent shock waves across the country, and solicited outrage and statements of
PML-N should consider that buying ASWJ-LeJ votes with Shia and Sunni Barelvi blood is bad politics: Note: The following is an adapted version, with minor changes, of Mr. Feisal Naqvi’s article on the unholy alliance between Takfiri Deobadni militants of ASWJ-LeJ and PML-N. The minor changes reflect the fact that it is not only Shias
Steely resolve of Shia Hazaras: ‘We are not victims — we choose to live and to fight’ – by Rabia Ali: Trauma alone from a blast such as the one which took place in Quetta on February 16 can leave an individual paralysed with fear – but the girls of Hazara, the community which was targeted in the attack, have
Banned terrorist outfit SSP (ASWJ-LeJ) chief Ludhianvi confirms talks with PML-N – by Amir Mir: The cat is finally out of the bag. What was vehemently being refuted by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has actually been confirmed by none other than the chief of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ — defunct Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan-SSP) Maulana
کیا میں تکفیری ہوں؟ ڈاکٹر علی حیدر اور ان کے بیٹے کے قتل پر ایک سنی مسلمان کی تحریر: میرا ایک ہی بیٹا تھا ۔۔۔۔ مالک نے دیا ۔۔۔۔۔۔ اس کا انعام تھا ۔۔۔۔ اس نے لے لیا ۔۔۔۔ آپ سوچ بھی سکتے ہیں کہ ایک باپ، اپنے ہونہار بیٹے کی موت پہ، یہ الفاظ، کس دل سے
Two-nation theory 2.0: It is Sunni vs Shia this time around – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid (Pakistan Today): The writer is a financial journalist and a cultural critic. Twitter: @khuldune, Email: khulduneshahid@gmail.com Source: Pakistan Today, 22 Feb 2013 It is Sunni vs Shia this time around. Even though the original two-nation theory drowned in the Bay of
CM Shahbz Sharif will not act against LeJ because PML-N has political alliance with ASWJ – by Amir Mir: Punjab govt may not act against LeJ as PML-N has seat adjustments with defunct SSP While the federal government wants the Punjab government to launch a massive crackdown on the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) and defunct Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, currently operating
Pakistan intelligence services allow terrorists to slaughter Shia Muslims – Press TV’s report: Pakistan intelligence services allow terrorists to slaughter Shia Muslims: Ali Wasif Pakistan’s intelligence agencies have allowed terrorists to kill Shia Muslims across the violence-wracked Pakistan since the mid-1980′s. In the background to this, the outlawed Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
An example of how a pro-army #FakeLiberal blogger obfuscates #ShiaGenocide in Pakistan – by Ada Khakwani: On a relatively unknown pro-establishment blog (Five Rupees), a blogger (a graduate of a military academy, and an under-training establishment mouthpiece) known for flattery of urban elite fake liberals, has published a dishonest analysis titled “What’s up with the
#ShiaGenocide: When the victims are buried in mass graves, it’s genocide – by Farooq Tirmizi: When they need mass graves to bury the victims, it is time to start calling it a genocide. I have seen gut-wrenching images of poor Hazara men and women mourning their loved ones who were killed simply for being Shia. I
#ShiaGenocide: Pakistan announces operation after bombing, but is it just for show? – by Taha Siddiqui: In an apparent effort to end three days of country-wide protests, the Pakistani government ordered an operation today against the perpetrators of a bomb blast Saturday that killed at least 89 people in Quetta. The bomb attack targeted Pakistan’s Shiite Muslim
Dr Taqi debunks Iran-Saudi proxy war theory that Najam Sethi and others use to obfuscate #ShiaGenocide: There is no indication that the dark night of Takfiri terrorism is about to lift its heinous shadow from Quetta’s Shia Hazara. Are 40 days enough of a respite for the Hazara to be digging mass graves for their
From Quetta to Lahore, you’re condemned to suffer, and suffer heavily, for being a Shia – by Dr. Murtaza Haider: He was only 12-years old, full of life and promise. But that was on Sunday. Monday morning Murtaza Haider and his father, Dr Syed Ali Haider, were shot dead in a targeted attack by militants in an elite neighbourhood
#ShiaGenocide: Narratives on Hazara pogroms – by Wajahat S Khan: In less than five weeks, the Hazara of Quetta – one of that city’s original Shia communities – have lost close to 200 of their people. Both the old Hazara stronghold of Alamdar Road, and the newer, more ghettoised