Najam Sethi Archive
Deobandi cleric Tahir Ashrafi explains his position in response to Yasser Latif Hamdani’s allegations: Editor’s note: We are cross posting the article by Daily Times which explains the position of Allama Tahir Ashrafi about Ahmadiyya activist Yasir Latif Hamdani. The article uses terms like “Qadiyani” for Ahmadiyya Muslims which is a derogatory term
Activate all cadres to save democracy from Imran Khan and Tahir ul Qadri – by Samad Khurram: Imran Khan is a raving lunatic whose ego will destroy Pakistan. Tahir ul Qadri ordered his supporters to kill any one of his supporters who deserts the inquilab. Incitement to murder! He would be in jail in any civilized
جن پہ تکیہ تھا وہی پتے ہوا دینے لگے: طاہر اشرفی بنام یاسر لطیف ہمدانی اورمحمل سرفراز – از عامر حسینی: مجهے بڑی حیرانی ہوئی پچهلے دنوں ٹویٹر پر اچانک ایک ایسے آدمی کی مولوی طاہر اشرفی کے خلاف ٹویٹس پڑھکر جو ابهی کچه عرصہ پہلے خود اپنے مرشد خاص نجم سیٹهی اور لبرلز میں اینٹی شیعہ، اینٹی سنی بریلوی
35-Punctures Scandal: Ex Caretaker CM Najam Sethi threatens to take legal action against Imran Khan: Imran Khan’s wild and baseless allegations: rejoinder by Najam Sethi Monday, August 11, 2014 Lahore: Imran Khan has once again levelled false and baseless allegations against me in a press conference on 11th August 2014. He has many times
Noted elitist liberal Nadeem Paracha taken to task by an ordinary Pakistani citizen: Ali Zaidi made this comment on Facebook in response to abhorrent obfuscation of Shia Genocide in the media. Zaidi commented about this post: https://lubpak.com/archives/318239 We thank Ali Zaidi for actually trying but did you really expect these types to feel
Najam Sethi’s racist propaganda against Pashtun IDPs – by Farhat Taj: I have never been impressed by Najam Setti. He is more a propagandist. In the latest episode Aapas Ki bast (20 July 2014). He is Demonising the IDPs from Waziristan. ‘The IDPs have integrated with foreign terrorists
A comment on NYT’s article on creeping Deobandi extremism in Pakistan’ Sindh province: Saba Imtiaz and Declan Walsh recently wrote an article in the New York Times with title Extremists Make Inroads in Pakistan’s diverse South. In this article, the authors present the expansion of religious militancy in Pakistan’s Sindh province by constructing false Shia-Sunni binary,
اگر اس ملک میں کسی کو سستا اور فوری انصاف ملا ہے تو وہ نجم سیٹھی ہے: Thus spoke Najam Sethi, the Quaid-e-Azam of Pakistan’s fake liberals: نجم سیٹھی کا کہنا تھا کہ اگر وزیر اعظم کہیں گے تو وہ کرکٹ بورڈ کے سربراہ کے انتخابات میں حصہ لیں گے۔ اُنھوں نے کہا کہ بورڈ نے
PMLN’s hero Arsalan Iftikhar Chaudhry’s disgusting personal attacks on Imran Khan: In a recent talkshow (4 July 2014), in a move that is typical of PMLN tactics, Dr Arsalan Iftikhar Chaudhry, the corrupt son of the controversial, pro-Taliban former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, responded to criticism by launching personal attacks
Najam Sethi, a champion of democracy – Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: Is it not conflict of interest? A TV anchor, alleged of rigging in 2013 elections as caretaker CM of the Punjab province, is using his talkshow to attack his political critic, Imran Khan! http://www.zemtv.com/2014/07/05/najam-sethi-blasts-on-pti-chairman-imran-khan-and-proved-how-he-is-a-u-turn-khan/ Najam Sethi Blasts on PTI
ارسلان افتخار چوہدری، نجم سیٹهی اور نواز شریف: بهاگ لگے رہن، بادشاہیاں قیم رہن – از عامر حسینی: میں نے جب یہ خبر پڑهی کہ سابق چیف جسٹس افتخار چوہدری فیصل آبادی ثم مہاجر الی بلوچستان و دیوبندی تکفیری مشرب کے فرزند ارجمند ارسلان افتخار چوہدری کو بلوچستان سرمایہ کاری بورڈ کا چئیرمین اور سونے کی کانوں
مذھبی فاشزم ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔کیا جنرل ضیاء ہی مجرم ہے؟ از قلم -محمد بن ابی بکر: نوٹ:ہمارے ہاں اب یہ روائت بہت جمتی جارہی ہے کہ پاکستان میں پھیلتی اور بڑھتی مذھبی فاشزم کے سوال کو زیر بحث لاتے ہوئے اس کا سارا ملبہ کسی ایک فرد کے زاتی کندھوں پر ڈال دیا جاتا ہے
Ali Sethi’s shody journalism for New York Times – by Laleen Ahmad: Editor’s Note: It is important to challenge vague, wishy washy reporting and deliberate obfuscations with facts and counter arguments. In this article that was published by the New York Times, there were a number of egregious errors and omissions.
طالبان خان کی اصطلاح کا خالق کون؟ – از عامر حسینی: نجم سیٹهی اور جیو جنگ گروپ کا کہنا ہے کہ عمران خان کو طالبان خان سب سے پہلے ایل یو بی پاک ویب سائٹ نے قرار دیا اس اعتبار سے ٹهیک ہے کہ ایل یو بی پاک میری نظر
علی دایان حسن -جعلی لبرل میں نیا اضافہ—-تو مجھے مولوی کہہ ،میں تجھے حاجی: ہیومن رائٹس واچ کے پاکستان میں سابق ڈائریکٹر علی دایان حسن نے بی بی سی اردو ویب سائٹ پر ایک آرٹیکل لکھا ہے جس میں انھوں نے رضا رومی پر ہونے والے حملے کے حوالے سے حملہ کرنے والوں
Taliban Khan title: Najam Sethi ducks Imran Khan bouncer and dumps on LUBP: By shifting the blame on LUBP for the “Taliban Khan” label, Najam Sethi proved his spinelessness to the rest of the world. This is typical of the sort of journalism expected from Mr. Sethi where he mixes truth with
چڑی بازنجم سیٹھی اور جگا جج افتخار چودھری کی الیکشن دھاندلی – از نزیر ناجی: الیکشن ٢٠١٣ میں طالبان نواز لیگ کے حق میں سیٹھی اور افتخار چودھری کی انتخابی دھاندلی پر نزیر ناجی لکھتے ہیں (روزنامہ دنیا، یکم مئی ٢٠١٤ ): عمران خان تحقیق کریں تو معلوم ہو گا کہ پینتیس پنکچر تو
As expected, Jang Group backtracks while Najam Sethi, Nasim Zehra and Zaid Hamid attack Hamid Mir’s charges against ISI: Jang Group back tracks on its charges against ISI: ============ Sethi’s cocern, as is clear towards the end of this clip (see 1:45 onwards), is not the attack on Hamid Mir, by TTP-ASWJ or their alleged masters in Aabpara,
خطہ پنجاب کو جگاؤ بھی – از حسن مجتبیٰ: Source : http://e.jang.com.pk/02-27-2014/lahore/pic.asp?picname=08_06.gif
پنجاب کے نگران وزیر اعلی نجم سیٹھی نے نواز لیگ کو جتوانے کے لئے الیکشن میں پینتیس پنکچر کہاں کہاں لگائے؟ – از نذیر ناجی: Veterna columnits Nazir Naji exposes rigging in elections (2013) done by caretaker CM Najam Sethi in favour of PML-N. This rigging is known as 35-puncture scandal. Source: Dunya newspaper
Najam Sethi’s appointment as PCB Chairman is a reward for fixing 35 punctures in elections for Nawaz Sharif: Nawaz Sharif’s nepotism and corruption in favour of Najam Sethi and Jang Group is once again confirmed. Nawaz Sharif has gifted the lucrative Pakistan Circket Board (PCB) to his preferred media group (Jang Group) toady, Najam Sethi for services
Is generic rightwing bashing by Pakistani liberals any good?: Generic rightwing bashing by Pakistani liberals doesn’t help when the only CLEAR condemnation of radical Deobandi terrorists of TTP-ASWJ comes from the rightwing eg Sunni Barelvi SIC and Shia MWM. Rightwing-liberal binary is increasingly irrelevant in Pakistan given than
Ahmad Noorani’s clear stance on ASWJ-SSP terrorists shames elitist liberals: While elitist liberals, known for selective morality, commerically-oriented liberalism and populist bashing of easy targets (eg pro-Taliban thugs such as Javed Chaudhry and Orya Maqbool Jan), remain silent or vauge on systematic terrorism against Shias and Sunnis by Takfiri
Najam Sethi’s typical obfuscation of Shia genocide and absolution of PML-N and Pakistan army – by Sukaina Hazara: In his ISI gossip show (24 January 2014), Aapas Ki Baat, Najam Sethi reduced the ongoing Shia genocide in Quetta to a minor administrative problem of combining two districts. For him the continuing massacres of Hazara Shias and non-Hazara
Misbah interview raises questions on Sethi’s role – by Umar Farooq: In what can be charitably termed a bizarre occurrence, the PCB head Najam Sethi donned his other hat as a journalist on Saturday night and interviewed Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq on his popular political show, Aapas ki Baat. Sethi
A case for drones: Army-friendly censorship by Najam Sethi’s The Friday Time blog: Compare these two versions of the same article on drone attacks on Taliban hideouts in FATA, published by The Friday Times and Viewpoint Online. Viewpoint: A Case for Drones and Islamic University Lecturer involvement in the highly flawed Amnesty
Ludhianvi’s interview: Pakistan’s Capital TV normalizes Shia genocide by maninstreaming Takfiri Deobandi terrorists: Related post: An open letter to Raza Rumi – by Ali Taj, LUBP Editor-in-Chief On 4 October 2013, head of a banned terrorist outfit led a rally in Islamabad where anti-Shia, anti-Ahmadi slogans were rampant; moments later he joined
Secretive Najam Sethi and mysterious agencies – by Asif Jilani: English translation by: Mahpara Qalandar Originally published in Sindh language in daily Kawish, Urdu tranlsation published by LUBP blog Summary: In this article, Mr. Asif Jilani, senior Pakistani columnist and veteran broadcaster of BBC Urdu, has exposed some hidden aspects
Dehati Aurat Gate: Hamid Mir lies, Najam Sethi distributes, Nadeem Paracha covers up: Related post: The dehati aurat remark: Who tasked Hamid Mir to sabotage Manmohan-Nawaz meeting? https://lubpak.com/archives/284931 It was disappointing to see Nadeem Paracha engage in all kinds of deflection tactics to take the heat of his friends at the Jang
The dehati aurat remark: Who tasked Hamid Mir to sabotage Manmohan-Nawaz meeting?: Related post: Dehati Aurat Gate: Hamid Mir lies, Najam Sethi distributes, Nadeem Paracha covers up [youtube id=”a47HFJ0imYk” width=”600″ height=”340″ position=”left”] Pakistan’s pro-military establishment journalist Hamid Mir is heard in the above TV programme (Aapas ki Baat – Geo TV/Jang
Let’s slam Imran Khan but stay mute on Nawaz Sharif and Gen Kayani’s love affair with Taliban: As a Taliban apologist, Imran Khan and his PTI deserve to be criticized for their dishonest, insensitive and ridiculous narrative – especially in light of his disgustingly insensitive remarks on the latest massacre of at least 80 Christians by
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s article contradicts lies crafted by Najam Sethi’s TFT Blog: Related post: Exposed: Raza Rumi and Rezaul Hasan Laskar behind the fake story about Bilawal’s tiff with Zardari In his English editorial for The Friday Times (TFT Blog) as well as his Urdu column for daily Jang (literal meaning:
Is it fair to throw the humiliating DI Khan jailbreak in the PTI’s lap alone? – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Just as the intelligence agencies’ ability to detect and intercept the TTP plan to attack the Dera Ismail Khan (DIK) prison was being questioned, reports in the media started appearing about the intelligence agencies tipping off the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Najam Sethi’s ‘The Friday Times’ blog promotes banned sectarian terrorists – by Shia Post: Source : Shia Post, http://en.shiapost.com/2013/07/12/the-friday-times-promotes-sipah-e-sahaba-terrorists/ An article titled “The Madarssa Network of Sindh” was published in The Friday Times magazine (TFT Issue Number: Vol. XXV, No. 22, July 12-18, 2013) written by its Ali K Chishti (@akchishti) who is known
Najam Sethi seeks extra-constitutional powers as interim head of Pakistan Cricket Board: Dawn’s report: LAHORE, July 27: Amid the ongoing constitutional crisis surrounding Pakistan cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a review petition against the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision is seeking extra- constitutional powers for its caretaker chairman Najam Sethi. The
Conflict of interest: Najam Sethi wants the multi-billion TV rights deal for his employer’s sports channel: Note: We never trusted this man even in his core profession of journalism leave alone the cricket that he knows little of. Sethi never was a journalist. He became a so called journalist through proxy by bringing out a
Supreme Court’s politically biased decision to bring the Presidential elections forward: Pakistan’s blatant Pro Taliban and Pro PML-N judiciary once again disgraced itself with its latest unconstitutional and politically biased decision to hold the Presidential elections earlier the Constitutionally scheduled date. The Election Commission of Pakistan reversed its own statement
Response to Ali Wahab’s letter – by Ali Taj: Dear Ali Abbas Taj Editor LUBP I am extremely disgusted to find that on Twitter, in the recent Raza Rumi / Farhad Jarral vs LUBP tug of war, my late mother, Fauzia Wahab has been dragged into! Yes, being