Posts Tagged ‘Lal Masjid’

Related post: The mysterious connection between Malik Riaz of Bahria Town and jihadi terrorists: A call from Hunza We express our deepest displeasure on the federal government's decision to reward the pro-Taliban, pro-Sipah-e-Sahaba religious extremists of Islamabad's Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). According to news reports, Interior Minister Rehman [...]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Chairman and desperately waiting to capture Pakistan , Imran Khan, visited the "Holy" Laal Masjid in Islamabad on 18th March 2011. Yes readers, he spoke at a Friday sermon in one of the most terrifying places in the country. Most importantly, our right wing media didn't publish this major news for fear of alienating [...]

Monday’s presentation by Dawn reporter and Woodrow Wilson Institute Scholar Huma Yusuf examined the state of Pakistan’s media and offered excellent insights into the at-times-controversial institution and provided suggestions for addressing issues confronting Pakistani journalists and media consumers. Beginning the event, “Who Watches the [...]

The more mischievous among us even prayed to the Almighty to let the Saudis fall in love with this eminent ‘Islamic scholar’ and fund his outlandish theories, leaving television viewers ever so grateful for keeping him there. But, alas, he is set to make a comeback. This time he would be seen on a different channel. Of course, just [...]

لال مسجد کے سات کیوں وسعت اللہ خان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد ’جنہوں نے مشرقی پاکستان آپریشن پر معافی نہ مانگی انکے آگے لال مسجد آپریشن کس کھیت کی مولی تھا‘ کیپٹل ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی ( [...]

The Lal Masjid brigade brought life to a standstill in Islamabad. Its vigilante missions caused harm and nuisance. But that paled into insignificance when over a hundred lives were lost in the security operation executed to regain control of the mosque and clear it of weapons and militants. Fourteen security officials lost their lives during the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Note: It is pertinent to mention that the audio conversation presented in this post appears to be an intentional leak by the Punjabi Taliban or the ISI (first posted on the ISI fan page on facebook). While the exact intentions of this leak are not known, readers / listeners are 'advised to exercise caution' in drawing any conclusions. To that end, [...]

In this photo taken on Feb 18, 2010, alleged Pakistani militant Mohi-ud-Din, talks to the Associated Press while in police custody in Lahore, Pakistan. – AP Financed by Saudi Arabia, planned by the ISI, and executed by the Taliban The making of a suicide bomber LAHORE: Abdul Baseer sent the grenades and explosive vest ahead, then [...]

The truth is, if men (and some women) gladly sacrifice the concept of responsible (and sane) journalism just so they can pull off a sensational show that would win them fame and a bagful of corporate sponsors, if they are the ones claiming a ‘jihad against corruption’ and ‘patriotism,’ then God help us all. A friend of my brother’s, [...]

By Omar Khattab Pakistan’s overwhelmingly right-wing media and politicians have been condemning General Musharraf for taking action against the Islamofascists of the Lal Mosque. Even Chaudhury Shujat and Mushahid Hussain who were more pro-Musharraf during (more...)

The crisis in FATA and Swat has increasingly become reduced to a narrative of the evil Taliban versus the helpless state and society. That the Taliban have instituted a horrendous regime of terror is beyond question. But it is evasive and dangerous to think that the Taliban are the only bogeymen. We need to understand the (more...)

Perhaps inspired by their terrorist leader Mulla Abdul Aziz of the Lal Masjid of Islamabad, Taliban terrorist have started disguising themselves in Burqa in order to attack ordinary citizens of (more...)

Five burqa-clad Arabs arrested in Mohmand GHALANAI: At least 13 militants were killed in a clash with security forces following arrest of five burqa-clad Arabs, one Afghan national and a local man in Mohmand Agency on Tuesday. Four of the five Arabs are Saudi nationals — Ahmed, Ali, Mohammad and Obaidullah — and one Libyan national, [...]

Maulana Abdul Aziz AKA Burqa-posh Maulvi of Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) has got released under an agreement that he will not create any trouble for the government, however according to Dawn hate literature and militant (more...)

THEN NOW Lal Masjid cleric vows not to seek revenge ISLAMABAD, April 16: The former Khateeb of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz, was released on Thursday reportedly under a ‘deal’ and he announced that he would not seek revenge on former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf who has been accused of killing [...]

File photo of famous Lal Mosque Brigade Extremists disrupt dance programme LARKANA, April 4: Unidentified men forced the cancellation of a spring fair near Larkana on Friday after they objected to the presence of dancing girls. According to organisers, the “hoodlums belonged to the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam. However a JUI leader, Abdul Razzak Abid [...]

Attack on Pakhtun culture Tuesday, March 24, 2009 Farhat Taj In February this year someone circulated an email on one of the email lists I am a member of and was talking about the possibility of any attacks by extremists on shrines in NWFP, especially that of Khushhal Khan Khattak. The email said that we should all ask the provincial [...]

WHAT prompted the government’s change of heart at the eleventh hour that led to the announcement about the reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry?Whatever other factors may have been at play, we also know that America, Britain and the Pakistan Army were active behind the (more...)

Lal Masjid arms seized during operation ‘stolen’by Mohammad AsgharISLAMABAD, Dec 21: A large quantity of arms, seized by security forces during the Lal Masjid operation and stored in the Aabpara police station’s heavily guarded armoury, is missing, reported ‘stolen’.Dawn has learnt that, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman [...]

Although, Hamid Mir is notorious because of his sympathies towards jihadi and sectarian organizations, his op-ed in today's Jang is quite interesting. Read the first paragraph, in which Hamid Mir tells Musharraf that there are certain elements in the Lal Masjid, surrounding Abdul Aziz and Abdur Rashid Ghazi, who are forcing the two Mullah [...]

In his op-ed in Daily Jang, Hamid Mir, the media face of Taliban suggests that Pakistan is facing terrorism (suicide bombings etc) because Mullah Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid was shown in Burqa on Pakistan Television. What a fool is this Mr Hamid Mir and also any one who believes his cover up (more...)