‘Newspaper Article’ Archives
Silent majority stirs – People in FATA rise agains Taliban
FATA’s silent majority now seems to be stirring. It has for years watched in agony the destruction of its environs. Its once peaceful valleys and ravines are now a theatre of war, with homes, fields and shops destroyed, the tribesmen’s means of livelihood disrupted, and hundreds of thousands of men, women and children turned into internal [...]
Friends of Democratic Pakistan – Well done, Zardari.
MAKE no mistake about it — this is Pakistan’s hour of economic reckoning. We need every friend we have ever had and every dollar we can possibly get. It seems then that the Friends of Pakistan forum, which will hold its first meeting in Abu Dhabi next month, could be the right tonic for our economic ills. But caution is in order. Pakistan is [...]
Friends rally around Pakistan (Buck up Zardari)
A permanent forum known as Friends of Pakistan was launched in New York on Friday with the mission to help Pakistan out of its economic crisis. It has been estimated that Pakistan would need around $15 billion to prevent its economy from collapsing. The Forum’s first substantive session, hopefully meaning actual execution of commitments, will be [...]
Lashkar-e-Jhangavi = Sipah-e-Sahaba = Al-Qaeda = Taliban = Jaish-e-Muhammad = Other sectarian and jihadi organizations
Protégée terrorists attack KarachiThree would-be suicide bombers were killed along with a handcuffed hostage when one of the bombers blew himself up following a police raid on a house in Karachi’s Baldia Town on Friday. They were members of Lashkar-e Jhangvi. The operation came after the police arrested the mastermind terrorist Rahimullah. He [...]
The PPP haters and their blinkers – by Dr Babar Awan
Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Siddiqi, other PPP haters and their 'Khopay' (blinkers) - Disinformation cell against democracy in Pakistan - By Dr. Babar Awan (more...)
Talking to Mullah Umar and Hekmatyar?
The NWFP Governor, Mr Owais Ghani, has asked the United States “to talk to Mullah Omar, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Jalaluddin Haqqani, to negotiate peace in Afghanistan”. His contention is that “political stability will only come to Afghanistan when all political power groups, irrespective of the length of their beard, are given their just and [...]
US general’s warning – General David Petraeus’s assessment on war on terror and Taliban
MANY Pakistanis will tend to agree with what one of America’s top generals said on Thursday — the extremists threaten the very existence of Pakistan. Gen David Petraeus, who is to take over next month as commander Centcom (US forces in the Middle East and South-West Asia), told the media in Paris that Pakistani and American forces would have [...]
Pakistan opts out of isolationism, Zardari’s address at the UN
President Asif Ali Zardari’s address at the General Assembly of the United Nations on Thursday has to be rated as a good speech that fairly expressed Pakistan’s point of view on the problem of terrorism while avoiding the kind of isolationism that exuded from the speech of his Iranian counterpart, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr Zardari sounded a [...]
A shameful forgery (by Ansar Abbasi and other anti-PPP Junoonis)
The past week has seen a vicious electronic and press campaign maligning President Asif Ali Zardari through a forgery. Someone forged a garbled version of his remark recorded in the visitors’ book at the mausoleum of the Quaid-e-Azam and sent it around. Mr Zardari had carefully written, “May God give us the strength to save Pakistan”. This [...]
Zardari’s misspelled remarks proved fabricated – Disinformation cell in action by yellow journalists/Zaradari haters
By SHAFI BALOCH (Daily The Nation)KARACHI - The ongoing campaign against President Asif Ali Zardari regarding his poor knowledge of English during his recent visit to Mazar-e-Quaid has proved a malicious and wicked electronic campaign that has tarnished his image in the eyes of the general public and analysts who did not bother to verify the [...]
‘Stability in Bajaur within two months’
* FC IG says 1,000 Taliban, 63 soldiers killed in operation* Says 65% of problem would be eliminated if Taliban defeated in BajaurKHAR/TANG KHATTA: The situation in Bajaur Agency will be stabilised within two months, the Frontier Corps (FC) chief in the region said on Friday.“My timeframe for Bajaur is anything from between one-and-a-half to two [...]
War on terror & India’s stake
By Kuldip NayarTHE burning of Islamabad’s Marriott hotel that Indian channels showed at length is still etched in the memory of horrified people. They are worried about Pakistan. Even the hawks do not conceal their anxiety.The intelligentsia’s concern is that the nascent democratic government in Islamabad might not be (more...)
Jihad revised – by Q. Isa Daudpota
IMAGINE you are a radical Islamist leading a war against the infidels from the badlands bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan. In front of you is the statement, “We are prohibited from committing aggression, even if the enemies of Islam do that.”You are Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second highest leader of Al Qaeda, and this thunderbolt comes from your [...]
Is it America’s war our our war? The colour between black and white: Ayaz Amir
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/sep2008-daily/27-09-2008/col5.htm (more...)
Tehreek-e-Taliban, a gang of anti-Pakistan criminals and mercenaries – Muhammad Amir Khakwani
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Militants in the tribal areas of the NWFP have established firm networking (with jihadi groups) in southern Punjab
An unknown terrorist outfit calling itself Fidayeen-e Islam has telephoned the Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV office in Islamabad to claim responsibility for the attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday. The phone call was made from within Pakistan but not from Islamabad. But that doesn’t mean (more...)
So, let us pull out of the war on terror. What is the alternative?
Digesting the Marriott blast Some facts about the Marriott Hotel blast are coming out gradually as the scene of destruction is carefully examined and videos from the security cameras are scrutinised. More and more people are put off by the concept of suicide-bombing and are criticising it. The fifty-odd clerics who had issued the fatwa against [...]
Significance of the Marriott bombing – By Khalid Aziz
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 by Khalid Aziz The writer is a former chief secretary of NWFP and heads the Regional Institute of Policy Research The suicide attack on the Marriott has brought into question Pakistan's participation in the war on terrorism. In a sense the attack was the consequence of the flawed policies which permitted our [...]
Liar, Taliban supporter, Ansar Abbasi must be tried in an anti-terrorism court because of his lies in the Marriott Hotel Attack Report – Mumtaz Gilani
MNA threatens to sue journalist Tuesday, September 23, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Mumtaz Alam Gillani, member national assembly (PPP) on Monday strongly contradicted a news item appearing in a section of the press on September 21 that he was witness to a US embassy white truck carrying steel boxes, which were unloaded and shifted inside the Marriott [...]
Ansar Abbasi, Hamid Mir – Read this editorial in your own paper, Daily News.
Pakistan’s 9/11 Monday, September 22, 2008 The Marriottt in Islamabad is no more. This is a reality that many are still finding it hard to come to terms with. The hotel, where wedding guests assembled, where friends chatted, where journalists covering key events gathered, where business deals were struck and from where tourists ventured out [...]
Terrorism apologists – Read this editorial in Daily Dawn
Defeating terrorism THE carnage at Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel has shocked Pakistan and has been rightly condemned. The target may have been ‘western’ but the timing — soon after iftar — ensured that the majority of victims were Pakistani. In the days ahead, the bombing will take to a fever pitch the debate about whether Pakistan is [...]
Admit it: this is Pakistan’s war
Twelve hours after the blasting of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, the flames had still not been doused. The medium-sized Shehzore truck, packed with 600 kg of RDX explosives, drove up to the hotel barrier and exploded, setting the hotel on fire. It is more than likely that, just as he was “pleasantly” surprised by the result of the attack on [...]
Defeating terrorism: The carnage at Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel
Sunday, 21 Sep, The carnage at Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel has shocked Pakistan and has been rightly condemned. The target may have been ‘western’ but the timing — soon after iftar — ensured that the majority of victims were Pakistani. In the days ahead, the bombing will take to a fever pitch the debate about whether Pakistan is fighting [...]
Doublecross: Musharraf and Pakistan Army’s ambiguous stance toward Al-Qaeda and Taliban-
According to the US-based Pew Research Centre’s Global Attitudes Project, the number of Muslims globally supporting suicide attacks and Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has fallen sharply in the past six years. But the think tank still has its red signal on about “significant Muslim minorities in eight countries continuing to endorse suicide [...]
Islamabad Marriott Attack: Parliament was the target
Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Muhammad Ahmad Noorani (The News) ISLAMABAD: The Marriott attack was actually aimed at parliament where the entire civil and military leadership of the country had gathered, in violation of the security codes, but it was thwarted by the strict security arrangements. Two security check-posts established on the [...]
Democracy haters / enemies of Pakistan want to create a split between PPP and Pakistan Army
The PPP and the Army The ruling PPP and the Pakistan Army seem to be in sync even as the Americans seem to be speaking with many tongues over policy in the war against terrorism. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has fully backed COAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on his handling of the two challenges facing Pakistan: the insurgency in Bajaur [...]
Breaking News: Marriott Hotel Bomb Blast in Islamabad 20 September 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A car bomb detonated Saturday night in the heart of Islamabad, killing at least 20 people and wounding at least another 20, police said.Flames and smoke pour out of a window of the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad after the bombing.The blast caused a natural gas leak that set the Marriott Hotel on fire, police said. More [...]
Punjab’s undesirable politics of defection (i.e. Lota Politics)
Despite advice from all sane quarters, Punjab is in the grip of a power tussle. A firm arrangement is making transition to an uncertain one that is going to be haunted by court cases and general acrimony. The PMLN government wants to end the coalition with the PPP and wants its ministers out of its cabinet. Since it falls short of a majority after [...]
