Salute to Nadeem Afzal Chan. He is a real Chan, the Moon of Pakistan politics!

Protests on threats to Hamid Mir by security estab:

raising the issue on a point of order, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Nadeem Afzal Gondal said that despite a democratic set-up in the country, journalists were receiving life threats for speaking the truth. He expressed concern over threats to Mir and demanded an inquiry by parliament into the matter.

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/na-forms-body-to-probe-threats-to-journalist/

Mehmal Sarfraz, a lifestyle liberal, mourns Salmaan Taseer and quotes another lifestyle liberal:

Two days after Mr Taseer’s assassination, Kala Kawa — a blogger — wrote these lines: “The Governor was killed because he voiced his opinion. That’s it. Until now I’d taken it as a given. We’re part of a fairly free country, where we at least have the right to say what we want to say. I’m afraid that no longer holds true; and that’s probably where the suffocation comes from.”

http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2012/jan/060112-opinion-An-ugly-reality.htm

Read again: Kala Kawa says, quotes by Mehmal: “Until now I’d taken it as a given. We’re part of a fairly free country, where we at least have the right to say what we want to say. ”

Free country? Did you ask any Shia Muslim the price of freedom to express and practice their fath? An Ahmadi Muslim?

Shame on lifestyle liberals, they are worse than Malik Ishaq and Riaz Basra.

In the same op-ed Mehmal misrepresents and hides another fact, the unholy nexus between right wingers and the liberal looking proxies:

“A rally held on December 18, 2011, was a perfect example of this alliance where the Difa-i-Pakistan Council (Pakistan Defence Council) chanted jihadi slogans against India, the US, NATO forces, etc. Banned terrorist groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) — now Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) — were out in full force spewing venom against our neighbour, India. The civilian government wants peaceful relations with India but the military wants to circumvent the peace process. Kargil war, the Mumbai attacks and this recent bigoted rally are all examples of how far the military can go, along with its jihadi proxies, to prevent peaceful relations with India.”

http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2012/jan/060112-opinion-An-ugly-reality.htm

Did you notice what Mehmal omitted from the above description of the Lahore rally by JuD-SSP? Of course, the fact that a liberal looking Imran Khan sent a special message to that rally. (Yes, the same Imran Khan whose candidate for MNA on women’s seat in 2002 was none other than the notorious Zardari-phobe Tammy Haq who happens to be Sana Saleem’s and Mehmal’s best friend.

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While Imran Khan could not attend the conference in person, his PTI workers participated in the conference and Imran Khan’s special message was read out on his behalf to the conference participants right before the Sipah-e-Sahaba leader Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi’s speech.

http://criticalppp.com/archives/66829

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/multimedia/2011/11/111108_imran_interview_ra.shtml

In this interview, Khan claims (3:10 onwards): “I am a liberal, was always a liberal.”

Chan is a true Jiala

PPP is the only hope of Pakistan’s oppressed groups

PPP MPA seeks action against Mumtaz Qadri’s supporters
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LAHORE – Days after religious groups protested in Lahore against the death sentence awarded to the killer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer, a member of the Punjab Assembly (MPA) has asked the chief justice of Pakistan to act against clerics supporting Mumtaz Qadri. Speaking in the Punjab Assembly on Thursday, Malik Pervaiz Rafique of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said that it was regrettable that Qadri was being provided luxurious facilities in jail, while the life of Christian blasphemy convict Aasia Bibi was in danger in her prison cell. Taseer, who spoke out in support of Aasia, was shot dead by Qadri, a member of the governor’s security squad. Rafique also expressed his concerns over the security of eight million Christians in Punjab. “The Punjab government must provide them security and guard their places of worship,” he said. But Treasury members refused to allow discussion on the topic, asking the opposition members to refrain from commenting on the case until the court gives its final verdict. The opposition parties also strongly protested over the deteriorating law and order situation and blamed the police for all the ills in the province. In their hard hitting speeches, members of the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) called Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah the “patron in chief of all the banned and terrorist organisations”. PPP Deputy Parliamentary Leader Shaukat Basra said dacoits were ruling in Punjab and police was getting bribes not only from the accused, but also from those coming to file cases. He said that banned extremist and religious organisations were having a free hand and the provincial law minister was still maintaining contacts with them. At this, Speaker Rana Mohammad Iqbal expunged the remarks, saying the member was calling the law minister patron of terrorist organisations.

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/01/ppp-mpa-seeks-action-against-mumtaz-qadri%E2%80%99s-supporters/

Nadeem Afzal Chan

Budget scrutiny by standing committees

“This is one of the most crucial reforms required in the National Assembly as it allows public representatives to truly discharge their role of control and scrutiny over purse strings,” said PILDAT, thanking and congratulating all the members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, under the chairmanship of Nadeem Afzal Gondal, MNA, for this initiative to approve this key reform.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\114\story_4-11-2011_pg7_21

@Abdul ,

In my personal view , both PPP and ANP’s second and third tier leadership has shown much more braver and clearer stance on issues like Blasphemy laws , terrorism , women harassment , sectarian violence .

Noor Sehar PPP MPA from KPK

http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_region_gives_women_legal_right_property/24444424.html

Dr Amna Buttar , Shukat Basra , Sajjda Mir , Perviaz Rafique from Punjab assembly .

Sassi Palejo , Shazia Marri , Humera Alwani , Shela Raza from Sindh .

Sadiq Umrani in Balochistan assembly .