Posts Tagged ‘Hafiz Saeed’

The floods are devastating. They have been called the most unprecedented disaster due to natural causes in recent years. Although there are some analysts who argue that this is not a natural disaster but a man-made one since the natural flood area of the Indus was encroached upon, this discussion perhaps needs to be postponed for now. [...]

Like Dwight David Eisenhower, I had always thought that both the people of Pakistan and India have wanted peace and that both governments (read establishments) had better get out of their way and let them have it. This thought remained embedded in my mind until I went outside the usual circle of peaceniks on both sides of the border and met [...]

Many international and national analysts, scholars and journalist usually do not take into account some important distinctions between various jihadi and sectarian groups operating in Pakistan. In his op-ed (in daily Express, 7 June 2010), Muhammad Amir Hashim Khakwani points towards some important distinctions between the deobandi jihadis [...]

Let's consider the acquittals in high profile terrorism cases in May 2010 alone: On May 30, Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid was acquitted in the Children's Library case. On May 25, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals filed by the authorities challenging the release from house arrest of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed (ordered by the Lahore High [...]

By Yasser Latif Hamdani The Supreme Court has proved yet again that it is independent and free…  independent of any check by law and free of all rational sense. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the the Superior Courts have every intention to allow every terrorist and his mother in law loose on the streets.  By dismissing the [...]

Activists from Jamaat-u-Dawa, a charity widely viewed as a front for the banned Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, rally during an anti-India protest in Lahore last month. Arif Ali / AFP Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), potentially one of the most dangerous militant groups in Pakistan and one which is suspected to be behind a number of attacks conducted [...]

An exterior view of the mosque where Hafiz Saeed, leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa preached every Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan. – AP Jamaat-ud-Dawa easily evades ban Wednesday, 24 Feb, 2010 LAHORE: Long-haired jihadis toting automatic weapons patrolled a mosque last week as the cleric who heads the militant network blamed for the Mumbai attacks [...]

Lashkar-e-Taiba threat revived after Chicago arrest Friday, 20 Nov, 2009LONDON: The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the (more...)

GHQ attackers’ leader one of army defectorsLAHORE: The leader of the attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ) is one of several former military personnel to have joined terrorist groups, The Times (more...)

There is no military optionby Praful BidwaiUltimately, it wasn’t superior firepower, sophisticated interception methods or commando training that explains how one of the Mumbai attackers was arrested alive. The key to that feat lies in the great courage shown by the city’s policemen in overpowering Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman (Kasab) with nothing [...]

Will hypocrites such as Imran Khan and Qazi Hussain Ahmed listen to this sane voice?......India not the real enemy; militancy isIslamabad diaryFriday, December 26, 2008by Ayaz AmirMilitancy and extremism on the march. Three schools in Peshawar attacked with rockets. The Fazlullah-led Taliban in Swat (more...)

Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (Urdu: جمعات الدعوہ) is an organisation launched in Lahore, Pakistan in 1985. Previously called Markaz Daw'a wal Irshad, the organisation changed its name after the United States Department of State declared Lashkar-e-Taiba to be a terrorist organisation. It also (more...)

The monster in the mirrorThe Mumbai attacks have been dubbed 'India's 9/11', and there are calls for a 9/11-style response, including an attack on Pakistan. Instead, the country must fight terrorism with justice, or face civil warArundhati Royguardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 December 2008We've forfeited the rights to our own tragedies. As the carnage [...]

Pakistan's newspaper Dawn establishes Faridkot link to Mumbai terror attack; Ajmal Kasab's father (more...)

Ex-DG ISI Javed Ashraf justifies raids on DawaLAHORE: Former Inter-Services Intelligence director general (DG) Lt Gen (r) Javed Ashraf Qazi on Friday justified the government’s crackdown on Jamaatud Dawa (JD), saying Pakistan would have been isolated by the world if it had not acted. Talking to a private TV channel, Qazi said Pakistan did ‘the [...]

However, sanctioning is not enough. The UNSC must constitute a high-level team to tbe stationed in Pakistan, to continuously monitor and implement the closure of all forms of Jihadi activities in Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and also in tribal areas. Such camps are supported by retired and serving military (more...)

India releases names, details on Mumbai gunmenBy MUNEEZA NAQVI – (The Associated Press)MUMBAI, India (AP) — Police in India said Tuesday they had identified the nine suspected Islamic militants killed during the three-day siege of Mumbai and uncovered new details about them — including their hometowns in Pakistan.The new information, which [...]

Pakistan on tightrope with militant raidIt targeted a camp of the group linked to the Mumbai attacks Sunday.By Mark Sappenfield – | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitorand Issam Ahmed – | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitorfrom the December 9, 2008 editionNEW DELHI; and MURIDKE, PAKISTAN - By raiding a militant camp in [...]

Army raids LeT compound in Kashmir, say witnessesTariq Naqash and Syed Irfan RazaMonday, 08 Dec, 2008 (Dawn)MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD: Security forces have launched a ‘quiet’ crackdown on activists belonging to the banned jihadi outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba in different parts of the country and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In Muzaffarabad, a major army [...]

The Sovereignty DodgeWhat Pakistan Won't Do, the World ShouldBy Robert Kagan (The Washington Post)Tuesday, December 2, 2008; A21"We don't think the world's great nations and countries can be held hostage by non-state actors," Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said yesterday. Fair enough. But what is the world to do when (more...)

THE NEW YORKERDecember 1, 2008Lashkar-e-TaibaSteve CollIndian and American officials are now reporting that the Mumbai attackers seem to have connections to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based Islamist organization. Among other analytical clues, over the weekend, one anonymous American official quoted in the Washington Post noted that Lashkar has [...]

Hafiz Mohammed Saeed: Pakistan's heart of terrorHafiz Muhammad Saeed is the head (ameer) of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah Pakistan. He was a professor in Islamic Studies department of University of Engineering and Technology (more...)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 LAHORE: Muttehadda Ulema Council (MUC) has said in its unanimous decree (fatwa) that suicide attacks in Pakistan are haram and najaaiz.According to sources, a meeting of the Muttehadda Ulema Council was held in Lahore which was attended by the ulema from Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat, Ahl-e-Tashee, Ahl-e-Hadees, and the Devbandi [...]