Posts Tagged ‘Jamaat-e-Islami’

In the following op-eds, Abbas Ather and Haroon-ur-Rasheed expose the ugly role of Jamaat Islami (including Islami Jamiat Talaba) in mistreatment of Imran Khan at the University of the Punjab. These columns also expose the role of Jamaat-e-Islami, Liaqat Baloch, in harassing Hamid Mir and his father Waris Mir. They also highlight that the [...]

The cat is out of the bag...Imran Khan is Taliban Khan and his supporters may be seen as would be suicide bombersA few days ago, Baitulla Mehsud, the notorious Taliban terrorist, was garlanded by a local president of Imran Khan's PTI in Waziristan. See details [...]

Some Comments:NetEngrInsaf Shaheen22/10/2007 6:32 AMhttp://www.insaf.pk/Forum/tabid/53/forumid/1/tpage/1/view/topic/postid/13467/Default.aspx#13467On the recent blast on PPP rally Imran Khan did not condemn this terrorism action instead he is saying that Bainazir Bhutto her self is responsible of the blast .WAO when Mr Imran Khan come to Karachi [...]

Friends of the TalibanTuesday, October 14, 2008As the joint session of parliament, called to create consensus on the issue of terrorism and the battle against it, continues, it seems evident the Taliban have friends in high places. The JUI-F leader has, for instance, called for the leaders of the organization to be called to brief the house on [...]

State your positionTHE quest for a consensus on the war on terror must continue, though it remains to be seen whether the in-camera briefing by the military to the MPs leads in that direction. Whatever little bit has come out of the closed-door briefing and the senators’ and MNAs’ response to it is not encouraging. The government insists that [...]

In his column in daily express on 20 June 2008, Abbas Athar suggests that Imran Khan should build a mental hospital. Abbas Ather also suggested the name of a possible first patient, i.e. Imran Khan himself.Imran Khan's advisors in ISI and Jamaat-e-Islami told him to boycott the elections because he was assured of the postponement of elections or [...]

In his op-ed piece in Daily Express on 11 October 2008, Abbas Ather notes that Pakistan is currently faced with the most ruthless enemies it has ever faced since its birth in 1947. Our current enemy is an extension of those forces which declared Quaid-e-Azam as Kafir-e-Azam sixty years ago. Ather prays to Allah to save Pakistan from Osamas, Mullah [...]

In its editorial on 10 October 2008, Daily Dawn deplores the undue haste with which some political leaders including those belonging to PML(N) (as well as Jamaat-e-Islami) declared the in camera briefing unsatisfactory. This suggests that PML(N) is busy in political point scoring instead of helping the people of Pakistan in their war against [...]

What would be the fate of Jamaat Islami, Imran Khan's PTI, PML(N) and all other parties which have a dubious stance on the issue of terrorism in Pakistan?In his recent comparative analysis at BBC Urdu Service, Wusatuallah Khan suggests that in the end there may be only two forces left in Pakistan, i.e. religious extremists and secular parties. [...]

Perhaps the most contentious issue in Pakistan since its very inception in 1947 is the nature of the state. Should Pakistan be a sharia based Islamic state or should she be a Modern democratic secular state? The (more...)

Suroosh IrfaniThree men who led the anti-Ahmedi movement (including Maulana Maududi, then head of Jamaat-i-Islami) were tried by a military court and sentenced to death, later commuted under pressure from Muslim countries, to life imprisonment. Even so, the writ of the state had prevailed, it did not submit to any of the agitators’ demands, and [...]

From ladies man to the Taliban Khan Imran Khan, the man who sparked the Newsweek riots: Islamist politician by day, London playboy by night. by James Forsyth and Jai Singh 05/31/2005 WITH 17 PEOPLE DEAD and anti-American sentiment even higher than usual in the Muslim world, people are looking for someone to blame for the riots that [...]

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Comment about the government’s policy on the war against terrorism is understandably rife in the media because of the sensitivity of the issue at hand. Some reporters speaking from areas of conflict are advising the government to “do what the people want”. Others are asking why there was no talk at the Foreign Office briefing to President [...]

Abbas Ather, Daily Express, 2 September