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Rauf Klasra exposes bureaucrats’ corruption in Pakistan: The parliamentary watch-dog of the government, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), is in possession of a list of 450 members of the bureaucracy who have benefitted from the riches on offer via the plot allotment policy promoted by successive prime ministers.
Transparency International’s damning report on Pakistan’s judiciary and army: An interesting fact which remains, in the main, ignored in various reports and media analyses of the Transparency International Pakistan’s Corruption Perception Index is the mentioning of two institutions which are ranked as most corrupt in today’s Pakistan, i.e.
On Syed Talat Hussain, Angelina Jolie and Pakistan’s pseudo-liberals: Related articles: In rejection of pseudo-liberals of Pakistan – by Sarah Khan First of all, let me express my full support to Saad Mansoor’s article in which he highlighted and rightly condemned the misogynist undercurrents in Talat Hussain’s op-ed
On Safdar Abbasi’s participation in Geo TV’s Capital Talk – by Abdul Nishapuri: Related article: An open letter to Senator Dr Safdar Abbasi This is with reference to Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk (Geo TV) on 25 October 2010: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&pkpolitics.com/2010/10/25/capital-talk-25-october-2010 There are two obvious flaws in Hamid Mir’s logic: 1. The PPP (or
Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC): Peaceful Sunni Barelvis rise against Deobandi militants of Sipah Sahaba Taliban: Cross-posted from LUBP old website: Related article: Will the Barelvi majority in Pakistan stand against terrorism? – by Tanveer Qaiser Shahid Related posts: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC): Peaceful Barelvis rise against the Taliban-SSP criminals Sunni Barelvi (Sufi Muslims) Struggle with
The feud with Ansar Abbasi that led to Rauf Klasra’s departure from The News, and the role of pkpolitics: Our fellow bloggers at Cafe Pyala have recently posted a story on The News senior investigative journalist Rauf Klasra‘s potential move from the Jang Group to the Express Media Group. But now that the daily Express itself has confirmed it, Cafe
Zardari’s politics — by Shahzad Chaudhry: Governance and all matters are in the domain of the prime minister and not that of the president. So when all complain of governance, the president too joins in and seeks answers from the prime minister. Smart move! Is
Extremist Deobandis of Taliban/Sipah-e-Sahaba massacre Barelvis at Baba Farid’s shrine in Pakpattan: Related articles on LUBP: Fareeda, turya turya ja: In support of internal diversity of Islam Baba Farid of Pakpattan: Another Shrine attacked by the sectarian monsters alias SSP, LeJ, Taliban Monsters of the extremist Deobandi ideology have struck the
From the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill to the current US Aid to Pakistan military: Silence of the (bay) ghairat brigade: While the majority of Pakistan’s pro-military establishment journalists and TV anchors (e.g., Kamran Khan, Ansar Abbasi, Syed Talat Hussain, Hamid Mir, Dr Shahid Masood, Javed Chaudhry, Orya Maqbool Jan, Irfan Siddiqi etc) kept barking against the the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill,
Pakistani (pro-establishment) media’s war on politicians: Here is a valuable excerpt cross posted from Pakistan Media Watch: Let us review some recent incidents in our own media that have gone without even the slightest reprimand. On 7 October, a reporter for The Nation, Syed Fawad Ali
Judiciary on trial – by Kuldip Nayar: While Kuldeep Nayar raises some important questions about the accountability of judges in the Supreme Court of India, LUBP readers will appreciate that similar questions are rather more valid in the Pakistani context. Parliament must realise that the judiciary
18th Amendment: The Parliament must not surrender its sovereignty to grade-22 bureaucrats in the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court’s order (on the 18th amendment) throws light on certain very important issues about the court’s recent role and function in our constitutional democracy. The court has been stretching beyond its constitutional mandate. Suo motu notices were
Why do all PPP haters dislike Senator Babar Awan?: It is a fact that Federal Law Minister, Senator Babar, is a thorn in the side of all PPP haters, right from Justice Khalil Ramday (of the Supreme Court of Pakistan) to Justice Khwaja Sharif (of the Lahore High
Danish School Project, a commendable initiative of the Punjab government – by Ashraf Sohail: The following article was sent to the LUBP by Ashraf Sohail. It was previously published in daily Waqt.
Being a Hindu in Pakistan – by Marvi Memon: The writer is a PML-Q MNA [email protected] It’s not easy these days being a Hindu in Pakistan. The number of cases of members of the Hindu community being kidnapped for ransom is on the rise, both in Sindh and
Can we change our ‘hate-India’ mindset? – by Shahzad Chaudhry: The writer is a defence analyst and retired as air-vice marshal in the Pakistan Air Force Pakistan has been in the throes of a rumoured reconstitution of the government under the army’s patronage, similar to what Bangladesh enacted in
The Supreme Court’s inquiry committee holds Justice Khwaja Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif responsible for police torture on lawyers in Lahore: Time-line: 2 October 2010 Police torture on lawyers in Lahore The clash between lawyers and judges turned into one between lawyers and the police after charged lawyers insisted on taking out a rally, despite the imposition of Section 144
Another Rafiq Bajwa: Story of Babar Awan’s cheque to Qazi Anwar – by Nazir Naji: ایک اور رفیق باجوہ…..سویرے سویرے…نذیر ناجی 1977 ء کا سال تھا۔ پی این اے کی تحریک زوروں پر تھی۔ تمام مخالف سیاسی جماعتوں نے جمع ہو کربھٹو صاحب کے خلاف شدید نفرت پر مبنی تحریک چلارکھی تھی۔ پی این
Benazir Bhutto’s songs in Indian Rajasthan: راجستھان میں بینظیر کے نغمے نارائن باریٹھ بی بی سی ، جے پور (ہندوستان کی ریاست راجستھان کے باڈمیڑ کے دیہی علاقے میں ان دنوں پاکستان کی سابق وزیر اعظم بے نظیر بھٹو کی تعریف میں نغمے گونج رہے
What spooked the justices? – by Kamran Shafi: So much that a sitting of all the 17 honourable judges of the Supreme Court (SC) was called at midnight on the basis of what is fast turning out to be just a rumour run by a private television
In defence of the elected government of the PPP – by Ataul Haq Qasmi: بارہ اکتوبر،ایک شیطان جماعت اور آزاد عدلیہ….روزن دیوار سے …عطاء الحق قاسمی (نوٹ:۔یہ کالم وزیر اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی کی تقریر سے ایک روز قبل لکھا گیا) آج کسی ایک موضوع کی بجائے مختلف موضوعات پر اظہار خیال کو
A survey of Drone Attacks in Pakistan. What do the people of FATA think? – by Farhat Taj: Drone attacks — a survey Source: The News, March 05, 2009 The Aryana Institute for Regional Research and Advocacy, a think tank of researchers and political activists from the NWFP and FATA, conducts research, surveys and collect statistics on
Drone attacks on the Taliban terrorists are permissible in Islamic sharia – by Zalaan: مدرسہ انسانیت کا فتویٰ ڈرون کی شرعی حیثیت سوال : مفتی صاحب آج کل جو طالبان اور القاعدہ کو ڈرون مارے جا رہے ہیں ،ان کے بارے میں آپ کا کیا فتویٰ ہے ؟ جواب : القاعدہ اور طالبان
Breaking News: The News (Jang Group) removes its 19 January 2010 false story to escape legal action: Here is something which the critical readers of the LUBP would love to read: Watch Abbas Ather’s conversation with Asma Jahangir in today’s Column Kaar (16 October 2010). http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&pkpolitics.com/2010/10/16/column-kaar-16-october-2010 At about 8:00 minutes in the above video, Abbas Ather
Memory Loss of Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan: Mehran Bank Scandal and Barrister Akram Sheikh – by Aamir Mughal: According to a recent report published in The News based on Chaudhry Nisar’s conversation in Geo TV’s Capital Talk: Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has claimed that intelligence agencies were once again active for the downsizing of politicians.
A reply to Geo TV’s ad on President Zardari – by Shahzad Saleem: Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman is a major tax defaulter in Pakistani media. Geo channel of Jang Group that also publishes two major newspapers (Urdu and English), owes Rs1.68 billion in sales tax to the government. The same group has also a
This leprous daybreak: Pakistan’s apex court’s misplaced focus – by pejamistri: Ali Ahmed Kurd is absolutely right in saying that: یہ داغ داغ اجالا یہ شب گزیدہ سحر وہ انتظار تھا جسکا یہ وہ سحر تو نہیں (Transl: This leprous daybreak, dawn night’s fangs have mangled – This is not
Geo TV’s Aafia Mafia – by Fasi Zaka: TV journalism’s Aafia mafia Dr Aafia has been hijacked, and not just by the Americans, who had her flown to the US and gave her a dubiously excessive punishment for attempted murder, but by the Pakistani media itself. Just recently Meher
The night when judges could not sleep: An example of the ‘Geo-Judge alliance’ against Pakistan: Geo TV’s rumour mongering The Supreme Court’s “restraining order” to stop government functionaries from any moves to undermine the judiciary have brought to the fore the unsavoury role being played by a section of the electronic media [i.e., Jang
Talking knees: How to be a successful TV anchor and talk show host in Pakistan – by Nadeem Paracha: Want to be a successful TV anchor and talk show host in Bakistan? The following is what you need to know … Amreeka A modern-day Babylon. Run by evil men whose bloodlines are linked to epic, evil characters such
Treason: Let us apply Article 6 on CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry: Sacked Pakistan judges fear repeat performance: Jokers in the Supreme Court of Pakistan Apparently, it was disinformation spread by Geo TV and made judges fool. They overreacted on rumours and got trapped in the Geo TV’s game to improve
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
The drop-scene of 13 October and a song for Nawaz Sharif: ڈھائی سالہ جمہوریت سویرے سویرے…نذیر ناجی بھٹو کے بعد سیاسی پنیری اگانے والے دو آمر چلے گئے۔ آخری آمر کے بعد (یا اللہ! پھر نہ کوئی آ جائے) ”ڈھائی سالہ“ جمہوریت کی جو روایت قائم ہوئی‘ اسے بدلنے کی
Call to a nation: story of an old farmer affected by the flood in Pakistan – by Aymen Zaheer: Aymen Zaheer, a young poet, has written a poem “Call to a Nation” which depicts the voice of an old farmer who is affected by the flood in Pakistan. The farmer’s family was displaced by floods; they sit on
Corruption of Chairman NAB Justice Deedar Shah: انسانوں کو ناانصافی کے ترازو پر نہ تولا جائے……عرض حال…نذیر لغاری لگ بھگ 13سال پرانی بات ہے۔ میں گلشن حدید میں ایک دوست کے ساتھ موجود تھا، مجھے اطلاع ملی کہ الفلاح تھانے کی حدود میں ڈی ایس پی
Imran Khan: Pakistan’s cricket-playing revolutionary – by David Ignatius: Pakistani politics these days is something of a feudal system, dominated by a tired collection of old-line parties and politicians — with one notable exception: He’s a charismatic former cricket star named Imran Khan, who talks like a Pakistani
Shahbaz Sharif has come out of his skin by expressing his feelings about chairman NAB Justice Deedar Shah – by Ali Raja: Here is a news items from today’s Dawn: Shahbaz warns of long march on NAB chief appointment LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday warned the federal government of a long march against the latter’s “obstinate behaviour” regarding
PML-N’s objection on NAB Chairman Deedar Shah – by Rauf Klasra: Research by: Aamir Mughal According to daily The News International (October 09, 2010): Nisar terms Deedar’s appointment ‘inappropriate’ ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in his written correspondence with the Prime Minister termed the
Some common fallacies often shared by Taliban apologists and (fake) liberals: Related posts: Intellectual dishonesty in misrepresenting Shia massacres in Pakistan Unloading the entire blame of sectarian terrorism on Saudi Arabia and Iran is unfair – by Adnan Farooq LUBP archive on Shia genocide in Pakistan Here is a list
Militants next door – by Zia Ur Rehman: Cross-border movement of Afghan Taliban continues to threaten peace and security in Chitral On September 30, some 250 Taliban insurgents entered Chitral’s tehsil Arandu from Nuristan in bordering Afghanistan and tied the Pakistani security personnel deputed at a Gudibar