Posts Tagged ‘Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists’
Crappy Analysis: Ansar Abbasi and diapers
Ansar Abbasi is a very senior journalist for The News/Jang Group. While may not I agree with his views, from afar I used to assume he might be providing some intellectual strength to the right. I now think I assumed wrong. Mr Abbasi has begun to write series of articles relating to NATO soldiers, Pakistan's blockage of supply-lines and diaper [...]
Silence Of The Liberal Lambs – By Dr. Taqi
Editor's Note: In cross-posting Dr. Taqi's article from Outlook India, we at LUBP stand vindicated on our blunt stance in exposing Fake Civil Society (FCS). This group of candle-holding Tweeples and urban elites have failed miserably in even confronting the bigotry of the military establishment spokespeople like Ejaz Haider. This once [...]
Islamabad based Jihadi Women Group and their support in mainstream media
It’s been more than a week that a story appeared on page 2 of Dawn. It was a four column report about a mother whose son has been missing for nearly three years now. Though not known how he went missing exactly, but the mother is quite convinced that her son, Adnan, a resident of sector I-10/2, Islamabad has went missing due to [...]
Farhat Taj’s rebuttal to Ejaz Haider’s misleading information on Taliban
More misleading information — I —Farhat Taj Mr Haider’s most misleading information about the Ali Khels is that the Pakistani state supported their resistance to the Taliban. The fact is that the state abandoned the Ali Khels by design so as to punish them for their anti-Talibanism Mr Ejaz Haider responded to my article ‘Misleading [...]
I protest Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the holy land of Sindh – by Dr Saif ur Rehman
I am amazed that Nawaz Sharif is visiting the holy land of Sindh. I've used words "holy land" because Sindh is the land of sufis and saints, and it is the land of Bhuttos. It will not be wrong to say that there is no room for the likes of Nawaz Sharif in this holy land. Sindh is one of the strongholds of Pakistan Peoples Party and home to [...]
Press: In chains of another kind -by Waseem Altaf
The first attempt on media and free speech in Pakistan was made by Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan and associates when they tried to black out some passages of the Aug. 11, 1947 speech of Mohammad Ali Jinnah before the constituent assembly. However, Mr. Altaf Hussain, the editor of daily “Dawn” came to know of this, and he thwarted their effort by [...]
Prominent anchor abuses during a mental breakdown suffered from defending the indefensible!
Related post: Threatening telephone call from a proxy of Pakistan army – by Ali Raja A leading television anchor known for blatant "ghalatian" on live television, enough to embarrass his fans in front of likes of Hilary Clinton etc, has abused a critical viewer on SMS with expletives. The television anchor currently working for Dawn TV [...]
Osama bin Laden and Pakistani media – by Zalaan
پاکستانی میڈیا اینکرز بہت غصے میں ہیں اور کہ رہے ہیں که اگر فوج ، حکومت اور آ ئی ایس آ ئی اسامہ بن لادن کی حفاظت نہ کر سکی تو وہ عام آدمی کی کیسے حفاظت کر سکتے [...]
ISI assets begin their act to ensure “supremacy” of their masters
Related post: ISI Assets in action – II We have been talking about the various assets of the ISI in our media. Whether they do everything at the orders of theirs masters cannot be confirmed, however, they do feel it is their moral duty to give one theory after another to justify their previous lies. Off course, if a person does believe in the [...]
Condolences to Taliban apologist, Imran Khan, on the death of Osama Bin Laden – by Maula Bux Thadani
First of all, let me congratulate all Muslims, all Pakistanis, all Americans, all peace loving people on this planet (who want to live a life free of terror) on the death of the most vile and most dangerous terrorist the world has ever seen, Osama Bin Laden, a product of the evil ideologies of Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab, Syed Qutb and [...]
Justice Tariq Mehmood vs Ansar Abbasi on Raymond Davis’s immunity – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi
Related articles: LUBP Archive on Raymond Davis Between March 2007 and March 2009, Justice Tariq Mehmood along with Ali Ahmed Kurd, Asma Jahangir and Athar Minallah plus a few others were the darlings of our right wing media members like Hamid Mir, Ansar Abbasi, Talat Hussain, Kamran Khan, Kashif Abbasi, Moeed Pirzada, Shahid Masood etc. They [...]
Freedom of hate speech? – by Nadeem F. Paracha
Loose cannons In countries where democracy hasn’t had the time to strike root in political institutions and the social psyche, there is always the danger of it becoming a backdoor sanctuary for mobs of intolerant thugs who are the first ones to start misusing democracy’s many principles — especially freedom of speech. Interestingly they [...]
On Hamid Mir, Jonah Goldberg and Liberal Fascists
The new face of moderate Pakistanis, renowned columnist and talk show host, Hamid Mir along with his other counterparts like Javed Chauhdry have coined an oxymoron term "Liberal Fascists". He referred to Jonah Goldberg's book with the same title. Mr. Mir has written some columns on this and in "Josh E Jazbaat" called the Inter services [...]
On Hamid Mir’s definition of liberal-fascist – by Khaled Ahmed
Desperately seeking ‘liberal-fascist’ According to Hamid Mir in Jang (Jan 20, 2011), a “liberal-fascist is he who supports the US drone attacks on Pakistani territory, opposes the Islamic articles of the 1973 Constitution, supports Musharraf in his rule and is now supporting Zardari, and is in the habit of designating his opponents as [...]
Top Secret: ISI Media Roll of Dishonour
Disclaimer: This post is based on my personal research and understanding of the military establishment's strategies and tactics in Pakistani media, which I am publishing for the information and well being of the Pakistani nation. However, the post does not represent an official policy of the LUBP. **** While in his post titled "The ISI [...]
Orya Maqbool Jan and his Taliban apologist perspective on democracy – by Shoaib Adil
Mr Shoaib Adil belongs to the school of progressive writers. He is Editor in Chief of the "Nia Zamana", a liberal pro-democracy journal. In his current article (originally published in the 'Daily Aajkal'), he criticizes Orya Maqbool Jan, a right wing columnist of Jamaat-e-Islami, for his anti-democratic and anti-West approach. Orya Maqbool Jan, a [...]
Wikileaks prove that Dr Shahid Masood’s analysis was so right!
اک کہانی سنو سویرے سویرے نذیر ناجی وکی لیکس میں 2008ء اور 2009ء کے حوالے سے فوجی بغاوت کی جو خبریں‘ تجزیئے‘ حتیٰ کہ جنرل کیانی کا نام لے کر کھلی دعوتیں کہ وہ آگے بڑھ کر اقتدار پر قبضہ کر لیں‘ محض [...]
Are Pakistani Taliban CIA agents? An analysis of Hamid Mir’s column – by Zalaan
In this column in daily Jang today, Hamid Mir claims that the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) is supported and directed by the USA to conduct suicide attacks at various targets in Pakistan. In other words, Hamid Mir is now suggesting that the Pakistani Taliban are, for all practical purposes, agents of the CIA, Blackwater, Xe and other [...]
Malik ‘lodges case’ at press club against misreporting
After all, politicians are human beings and have a level of tolerance. That level of tolerance varies from person to person. Rahman Malik is at the receiving end most of the time especially from those belonging to the Taliban Union of Journalists. We all know who those journalists are. In an interesting meeting, Rahman Malik has pleaded the [...]
Poets and Hawks: On Pak India War Hysteria by Farooq Sulehria
Once again Pak India peace dialogue is underway, this time between the foreign ministers. Too much is posted and published on the various aspects of Paki India relations, basic issues, Kashmir conflicts, the newly hyped water conflict etc etc. Here we are adding a literary angle of what poets and intellectuals think on that. As their [...]
Munafiq ki aqeedat – by Ahsan Abbas Shah
Here is an analysis of the cruel role played by Jamat-e-Islami, Tehreek-e-Insaaf and some pro-Taliban journalists in Pakistan's war on terror. We will keep exposing terrorists and their apologists through our social journalism platform called Let Us Build Pakistan (LUBP) (more...)
Hum Khayal group to the rescue of CJ Lahore High Court – by Fawad Manzoor
It was very much expected that media will rush to defend their ideological brother. Members of Taliban Union of Journalist have acted upon their instincts and the apex investigative journalist of Pakistan, Ansar Abbasi, has written a conspiracy theory driven opinion to support Justice Khwaja Sharif. In the current scheme of things, PML-N and all [...]
Hamid Mir and high moral ground – by Khalid Wasti
حامد میر اور ہائی مارل گراؤنڈ حامد میر کے پنجابی طالبان سے رابطے ریکارڈ پر آ چکے ہیں - حامد میر پنجابی طالبان کے ایک رہنما کو بتاتا ہے کہ خالد خواجہ سی آئی اے کا ایجینٹ ہے اور امریکہ کے لیئے کام [...]
Hamid Mir’s tape: Embedded with the Taliban? – by Dr Mohammad Taqi
Many in the Pakistani media used the 2007-2009 lawyers’ movement in Pakistan as an ablution ritual to distance themselves from their fundamentalist past and created a centrist illusion around themselves “Newspapermen commit murder every day and week and go unpunished. Not that they escape judgment when they murder the King’s English; for [...]
Khalid Khwaja’s murder: Is Hamid Mir and Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman’s arrest likely?
Is Hamid Mir about to be arrested for his alleged role in Khalid Khwaja's murder through his friends in Punjabi Taliban? Is Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman too about to be arrested in his capacity as Hamid Mir's employer. Jang Group / Geo TV is notorious for its links with the Taliban, and has in its lust for more sensational stories always traded [...]
Farhad Jarral and Anas Muhammad of LUBP discuss Hamid Mir on “Students for a democratic Pakistan” radio show hosted by Sana Ali
Source Sana's Blog
Hamid Mir Saga: Follow the sequence – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi
In the last four days, Pakistan has mainly been in the news over the internet censorship of facebook, youtube and other websites where sacrilegious content is being broadcast against the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon Him). However, LUBP has not forgotten a matter that has brought great shame to Pakistan’s educated class and the mainstream [...]
Critical article on ‘Let us build Pakistan’ – by Syed Adeeb
Syed Adeeb's (based in Virginia, USA) picture from facebook Source: http://www.facebook.com/adeebmedia Journalist Hamid Mir Says PPP Envoy Husain Haqqani Planted Fake Audio- Clip To Defame Him "PPP megalomaniacal propagandist Fauzia Wahab once pointed out that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is the real killer of his ex-wife, PPP [...]
Guardian’s report on Hamid Mir’s audio tape – by Declan Walsh
Pakistani news presenter accused of link to Taliban hostage's murder Leaked audio tape purportedly reveals phone conversation between Hamid Mir and a Taliban spokesman about hostage Declan Walsh in Lahore guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 May 2010 19.50 BST Pakistan's pugnacious media world was plunged into controversy today when a leaked [...]
Did Hamid Mir have a conversation with the TTP? – by Ayesha Siddiqa
Source: Diary of a Politically Incorrect Vagabond http://criticalppp.com/archives/10918 The man in the tape is Hamid Mir beyond doubt. The voice and style of conversation is his. I have had conversations with him on several occasions and he breaks stories in this very style. The conversation should not surprise people as Hamid Mir has old [...]
Secret audio tape of Hamid Mir’s conversation with a Punjabi Talib associate of Hakimullah Mehsud
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, [...]
Irrational patriotism, liberalism and nuclear arsenal – by Raza Habib Raja
My article "Traitors and Reactionaries" which was just a satire has created this impression that I am some kind of a Taliban supporter or a media Taliban. A long emotional article of Chaudhary Ahmed Khan alleged that I am indulging in selective lynching of PPP. He also alleged that urban middle class people like me cannot find flaws with [...]
Who if not Baitullah? By Amir Mir
The United Nations Inquiry Commission report into Bhutto's murder has put Musharraf regime in the dock The three-member United Nations Inquiry Commission has almost absolved the slain Ameer of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Commander Baitullah Mehsud of the Bhutto murder charge. By doing so it has trashed the Musharraf regime's [...]
Towards a government of pious Muslims in Pakistan – by Khalid Wasti
تمام مسائل کا حل ----- صالح قیادت کا قیام ========================= پاکستان آزاد ہو جانے کے بعد بھی غلام ہے امریکہ کا ، ورلڈ بینک ،آئی۔ایم ایف اور عالمی استعمار کا ہماری پالیسیاں واشنگٹن میں بنتی ہیں ، [...]
Ansar Abbasi’s “Truth” Problem
Cross-posted from Pakistan Media Watch Just this week I posted about Jang Group’s problem with facts. Now, as if to prove my point, Ansar Abbasi writes an article filled with so many problems and errors that it’s hard to keep them all straight. The article in question appeared in Friday’s issue of The News titled, “SC’s resolve [...]
Smug thugs: the shameful role of right wing media in Pakistan – by Nadeem Paracha
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, [...]
