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Posts Tagged ‘Jama’at-ud-Da’wah’

Saudi Arabia, UAE financing radical Deobandi-Wahhabi organizations in Pakistan


Saudi Arabia, UAE financing radical Deobandi-Wahhabi organizations in Pakistan

Related post: SSP-LeJ-JUI and the Libyan connection: In the light of WikiLeaks A US official in a cable sent to the State Department stated that “financial support estimated at nearly 100 million USD annually was making its way to Deobandi and Ahl-i-Hadith clerics in south Punjab from organisations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [...]

Banned militant groups allowed to roam freely


Banned militant groups allowed to roam freely

'Citizen safety, protetion for minorities and need for maintaining harmony' Apropos to our historical and current events that point towards discriminatory and humiliating laws the State of Pakistan have devised by giving in to the Islamist pressure, it is an undeniable fact that despite constitutionally marginalizing our vulnerable communities [...]

Imran Khan says he won’t allow any militant group to operate from Pakistan


Imran Khan says he won’t allow any militant group to operate from Pakistan

Related post: Imran Khan’s PTI joins banned terrorist groups in pro-army rally in Lahore Last month (Nov 2011), I was so hopeful after reading Imran Khan's clear and bold stance against militant groups basd in Pakistan: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said his party will ensure that no militant groups operate from Pakistani soil [...]

Imran Khan’s PTI joins banned terrorist groups in pro-army rally in Lahore


Imran Khan’s PTI joins banned terrorist groups in pro-army rally in Lahore

Related posts: Imran Khan’s Vice President Ejaz Chaudhry’s links with sectarian terrorists! Imran Khan’s message to the Defence of Pakistan rally in Lahore – by Hakim Hazik Imran Khan says he won’t allow any militant group to operate from Pakistan Imran Khan’s Lahore rally offers no hope to Pakistan’s religious and ethnic [...]

PAF airbase attack: The costs of promoting Devil’s Advocates like Imran Khan


PAF airbase attack: The costs of promoting Devil’s Advocates like Imran Khan

Pakistan has once again been beset with yet another terrorist attack undertaken by the frankensteins that are have been created and still being protected by the powerful security establishment. The day began with the news of two more Shias (both lawyers and brothers) being killed in Karachi by groups like Lashkar e Jhangvi that are allied to the [...]

Assessing PML-N and PPP’s response in the aftermath of the Abbottabad Operation


Assessing PML-N and PPP’s response in the aftermath of the Abbottabad Operation

Related post: ISI mobilizes fake civil society to defend Pakistani generals While Nawaz Sharif's bold stance on an independent commission to investigate the circumstances in which Osama bin Laden was found in a compound in Abbottabad and also his stance on the accountability and non-political role of Pakistan army has to be appreciated, one [...]

Five majors of Pakistan army amongst India’s most-wanted list


Five majors of Pakistan army amongst India’s most-wanted list

Five Pakistan Army majors are among the list of the top-ten most wanted terrorists wanted from the neighbouring country by India. The list of 49 most-wanted fugitives in Pakistan, handed over with dossiers by Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai to his counterpart Qamar Zaman Choudhary on March 28, 2011, has ex-majors Sajjid Majid aka Sajid Mir, [...]

Thank you, General Kayani and Shahbaz Sharif, for Hafiz Saeed’s speech on Kashmir Day


Thank you, General Kayani and Shahbaz Sharif, for Hafiz Saeed’s speech on Kashmir Day

Related articles: LUBP Archive on Hafiz Saeed Hafiz Saeed makes public appearance, alongside an ex-PM, in Islamabad after over 2 years The ISI-judiciary alliance and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Online factories of suicide bombers: An ISI production JD chief, religious leaders back Kashmir movement - by Arshad Dogar LAHORE: CHIEF of [...]

Sleeping with the enemy – by Gulmina Bilal Ahmad


Sleeping with the enemy – by Gulmina Bilal Ahmad

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. [...]

The mysterious connection between Malik Riaz of Bahria Town and jihadi terrorists: A call from Hunza – by Abdul Nishapuri


The mysterious connection between Malik Riaz of Bahria Town and jihadi terrorists: A call from Hunza – by Abdul Nishapuri

Related articles: The car race tragedy in Malik Riaz Hussain’s Bahria Empire Shame on PPP govt for rewarding Lal Masjid terrorists: Jamia Hafsa allotted 40 times larger land than the original site Many of our critical readers know that Malik Riaz, mafia chief of the notorious Bahria Town project, has been able to build his property [...]

Punjab turns a blind eye as militant scourge thrives – by Ayesha Nasir


Punjab turns a blind eye as militant scourge thrives – by Ayesha Nasir

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 [...]

The ISI-judiciary alliance and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa


The ISI-judiciary alliance and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa

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 [...]

This is what young Pakistanis are learning


This is what young Pakistanis are learning

Activists of the JuD hold aloft weapons during an anti-India protest rally in Lahore on Friday

Mumbai terrorist attacks partially planned in Pakistan


Mumbai terrorist attacks partially planned in Pakistan

Islamabad hands over Mumbai probe report to New Delhi Mumbai attacks partially planned in Pakistan: Malik * Interior adviser claims arrest of main operator in attacks, five others * Says Pakistan needs more information from India * System of several countries used to launch attacks By Sajjad Malik/Tahir Niaz ISLAMABAD: Pakistan [...]

Swat: Taliban hit-list and two-finger sign


Swat: Taliban hit-list and two-finger sign

If international humiliation and domestic depression is what the Taliban wanted, they have found the device with which to do it in Swat. They have released a list of 43 people whom they have declared “wanted” and liable to punishment under the Taliban sharia. People on the list include former and (more...)

Derailed de-radicalisation


Derailed de-radicalisation

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Zeenia Satti Just like the Afghan war was allowed to turn into Pakistan's civil war, similarly, the Mumbai attacks are likely to usher in civil unrest in Punjab. While events in neighbouring countries adversely impact Pakistan's domestic politics, the same are cited internationally as the manifestations of Pakistan [...]

Acting on the Mumbai dossier – By Praful Bidwai


Acting on the Mumbai dossier – By Praful Bidwai

Saturday, January 10, 2009 (The News) Six weeks after the Mumbai attacks, the Indian government is still groping for a strategy to get Pakistan to crack down on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other extremists. The Pakistani (more...)

India provides evidence of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan….


India provides evidence of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan….

A page from the dossier given to PakistanDossier: handlers used virtual number to contact a mobile with one of the terroristsSiddharth Varadarajan (The Hindu, Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009)New Delhi: Amidst the clutter of telephone calls the Indian intelligence agencies were monitoring into and out of the Taj Mahal hotel on the night of the November 26 [...]

Indian military retaliation would play straight into LeT’s hands. – Praful Bidwai


Indian military retaliation would play straight into LeT’s hands. – Praful Bidwai

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 [...]

Media war and India-Pakistan tension


Media war and India-Pakistan tension

As the world worries about India and Pakistan going to war over the Mumbai attack of November 26, 2008, Pakistan is all set to take on India if it attacks. Defence ministry officials in Islamabad, responding to an intelligence report saying India had prepared for a war with Pakistan, were quoted by the press Saturday as saying “Pakistan is not [...]

Hamid Mir nails Pakistan Government’s lie on Ajmal Kasab ….


Hamid Mir nails Pakistan Government’s lie on Ajmal Kasab ….

This Pakistani nailed Pak Government’s lie on Kasab (more...)

The most damaging aspect of the jihadi infrastructure has been at the domestic level, as we have been transformed into a violence-prone society…


The most damaging aspect of the jihadi infrastructure has been at the domestic level, as we have been transformed into a violence-prone society…

In our own interest — Talat MasoodStrategies and policies have to change in accordance with current realities. It may have been expedient to pursue foreign and defence policy through the use of proxies in the 1980s and 1990s, but not any moreThe Mumbai attacks, if not handled properly, could shake the very foundations of the Indo-Pak peace [...]

Is Jama’at-ud-Da’wah a charity / welfare organization? An anlaysis


Is Jama’at-ud-Da’wah a charity / welfare organization? An anlaysis

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...)

Everyone at fault, except us. Why is it that everything that goes against us becomes a conspiracy?


Everyone at fault, except us. Why is it that everything that goes against us becomes a conspiracy?

Everyone at fault, except usIn the national interestMonday, December 15, 2008by Kamal SiddiqiThe writer is editor reporting, The NewsOne can only wonder at the collective amnesia that Pakistanis suffer, and how the various quarters are quick to exploit our insecurities. One look at our television chat shows makes you wonder which world we live in, [...]

Time to arrest Ansar Abbasi, the unofficial spokesperson of Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamatud-Dawa…


Time to arrest Ansar Abbasi, the unofficial spokesperson of Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamatud-Dawa…

Ansar Abbasi, the unofficial spokesperson of the Taliban and Hizbut Tahrir, writes a column in support of Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jamatud-Dawa... We have a question. If the Government of Pakistan is sincere in the war on terror, if President Zardari and General Kayani are sincere in their drive against (more...)

The monster in the mirror. India fight terrorism with justice, or face civil war – by Arundhati Roy


The monster in the mirror. India fight terrorism with justice, or face civil war – by Arundhati Roy

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 interviewed….


Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn establishes Faridkot link to Mumbai terror attack. Ajmal Kasab’s father interviewed….

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

China’s strong message to Pakistan. PPP and PML-N united against terrorism; Cleaning up the act with conviction


China’s strong message to Pakistan. PPP and PML-N united against terrorism; Cleaning up the act with conviction

Cleaning up the act with convictionThe government of Pakistan, together with the leaders of the armed forces, and the main opposition party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), have done Pakistan a great service by heeding the voice of the international community in general, and China in particular, by taking action against the organisations [...]

Ex-DG ISI General (R) Javed Ashraf justifies raids on Jamaatud Dawa (JD)


Ex-DG ISI General (R) Javed Ashraf justifies raids on Jamaatud Dawa (JD)

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 [...]

What is absolutely unforgivable is any state-sponsored proxy war, or non-state actors charged by the righteousness of their cause indulging in mayhem.


What is absolutely unforgivable is any state-sponsored proxy war, or non-state actors charged by the righteousness of their cause indulging in mayhem.

Between a rock and a hard placeFriday, December 12, 2008by Shafqat MahmoodWe have been in trouble for so long that sometimes we do not recognise the intensity of our new difficulties. The Mumbai tragedy may not lead to open hostilities between India and Pakistan but it has certainly created serious problems for us internationally.Whether the [...]

UN Security Council sanctions Pakistani terrorist groups (Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaatud-Dawa). But is that enought?


UN Security Council sanctions Pakistani terrorist groups (Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaatud-Dawa). But is that enought?

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...)

Pakistan arrests suspected mastermind of Mumbai attacks: Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba /Jamatud Dawa arrested.


Pakistan arrests suspected mastermind of Mumbai attacks: Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba /Jamatud Dawa arrested.

Pakistan arrests suspected mastermind of Mumbai attacksZaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, named by sole surviving attacker as ringleader, held after raid on militant camp in Pakistani Kashmir * Saeed Shah in Islamabad * guardian.co.uk, Monday December 8 2008 16.56 GMTZaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi speaks during a rally in April 2008 Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi speaks [...]

Profile of a terrorist: Mohammad Ajmal Amir Imran (Kasab) of Laskhar-e-Toiba, a recruit from Faridkot


Profile of a terrorist: Mohammad Ajmal Amir Imran (Kasab) of Laskhar-e-Toiba, a recruit from Faridkot

The capture of the terroristMumbai massacre story unfolds in terrorist’s interrogationPraveen Swami— PHOTO: AFPPrize catch: Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman, the only terrorist arrested in Mumbai, is undergoing treatment at an undisclosed location in the city. This handout photo has been released by the police.MUMBAI: For the past week, newspaper [...]

Profile of a terrorist: Hafiz Mohammed Saeed of Lashkar-e-Toiba, an ISI sponsored terrorist orgnaization


Profile of a terrorist: Hafiz Mohammed Saeed of Lashkar-e-Toiba, an ISI sponsored terrorist orgnaization

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...)