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Why did PPP lose elections 2013? Interview with Humza Ikram: LUBP is currently conducting a series of interviews with Pakistan Peoples Party’s long-time supporters (Jiyalas) and independent political analysts to have their views on the party’s electoral debacle in 2013. The aim of this series is to provide constructive
Iran cuts Hamas funding over Syria: Lesson for Pakistan’s Shia clerics – by Khurram Jafri: In principle, LUBP has opposed the support given to Salafi-Wahhabi militant organizations like Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood by certain sections of Pakistan’s Sunni and Shia clergy. While we have fully supported the common agenda of protesting Shia genocide and
Pakistani state throws Ahmadi Muslims out of electoral process: The Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya has announced a boycott of the general elections in protest at the “extraordinary discrimination” against the minority group. In a press statement on Sunday (5 May 2013), JA spokesman Saleemuddin said that the Ahmadis were the only
RIP Abbas Ather: Your progressive voice will be missed amidst retrogressive landscape of Pakistani media: Lahore (5 May 2013): Renowned veteran journalist and Group Editor of Urdu daily Express Abbas Ather has expired after long ailment in Lahore. Syed Abbas Athar was suffering from cancer ailment from a long time and hospitalized in CMH
Thank you, General Beg, for revealing Pak establishment’s views on #TuQ and Shias – by Ghayyur Hussaini: Former Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Beg worte an article in daily “The Nation” (Name of the Game) published on 21st January 2013. This article gave his(establishment) opinion of the events that unfolded last week, especially long
LUBP Archive on National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA): MQM calls for national counterterrorism policy 19 January 2013 Deputy Convener of the Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Dr. Farooq Sattar has said that a national counter terrorism policy should be made as soon as possible as
Express Tribune publishes false propaganda about #TahirulQadri’s real name, asylum and return flight to Canada: In the last few days Pakistan’s urban elites, many of whom remain aligned (due to sectarian, economic, political reasons) with the Saudi-sponsored Deobandi-Wahhabi hegemony in Pakistani establishment, have been a part of a sustained propaganda campaign against Dr. Tahir
Why was #TahirulQadri launched? – by Cyril Almeida: NOW that that’s over, let’s try and figure out what it meant. First, the soft option. Qadri was launched to achieve several things. One: activate the non-Wahabis/Deobandis. Battered and bruised by the Wahabi-Deobandi combine, the establishment is looking for
Homophobia: Confession of a Pakistani guy – by Dr. Shazia Nawaz: Let’s call him Kasif. He is my cousin and a 28 year old young man. He is very handsome, went to English medium schools, lives in a posh area in Lahore, has several cars, and speaks English fluently. He
#Justice4KamranFaisal: CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry should be prosecuted for causing unbearable stress to a govt servant leading to his suicide: Author: Dr. Zulfiqar Ali CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry continued harassment and abusing of NAB officials led to Kamran Faisal’s suicide. We demand thatCJ Chaudhry be prosecuted for causing unbearable stress to Kamran Faisal leading to his suicide. Right-wing pro-establishment media
Sunni Ittehad Council: Sunni Barelvi activism against Deobandi-Wahhabi terrorism in Pakistan – by Aarish U. Khan: Related posts: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC): Peaceful Barelvis rise against the Taliban-SSP criminals Sunni Barelvi (Sufi Muslims) Struggle with Deobandi-Wahhabi Jihadists in Pakistan – by Arif Jamal Most of the banned militant terrorist outfits of Pakistan either subscribe to
Why did Pakistani plutocrats go hammer and tongs at Tahir ul Qadri? – by Ayaz Amir: Note: Here’s a sample of those criticizing Tahir ul Qadri: https://lubpak.com/archives/239195/comment-page-1#comment-361123 Related post: Why are they saying terrible things about Tahir ul Qadri? So it was not to be. Not because the people of the city were cruel –
Full text of Islamabad Long March Declaration after dialogue between Tahir-ul-Qadri and PPP-coalition: Note: Here’s a sample of those criticizing Tahir ul Qadri: https://lubpak.com/archives/239195/comment-page-1#comment-361123 Related posts: Why did Pakistani plutocrats go hammer and tongs at #TahirulQadri – by Ayaz Amir Why are they saying terrible things about Tahir ul Qadri? Following decisions were unanimously
Why anti-Shia violence may be Pakistan’s biggest problem – by Omar Waraich: Pakistan’s Newest Martyrs: Why Anti-Shi‘ite Violence May Be the Country’s Biggest Problem – by Omar Waraich Source: Time For days, they refused to bury their dead. On a main road in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, hundreds of
The tide of Shia genocide in Pakistan – by D Asghar: The ones in our land who are denying what is rightly termed as ‘Shia genocide’ are actually aligning with the wrong side of history When a fellow writer on Twitter retweeted a remark as satire, it just resonated with
#ShiaGenocide: Three days that almost shook Pakistan — by Dr Mohammad Taqi: At a time when a national consensus was coalescing against the jihadists, the PPP and its coalition partners squandered yet another opportunity to take charge Once again, the Hazara Shia, perhaps the most peaceful community in Pakistan, has come
Genocide of Shias, the judiciary and the LeJ — by Dr Zaeem Zia: The terrorists of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan are bailed out and they continue their ruthless butchering of fellow Muslims As time passes, we as a nation are becoming increasingly insensitive to the murder of fellow Pakistanis. Although
People and their struggles! – by Dr Shazia Nawaz: It was years ago. I liked Musharraf. He was progressive. He gave media real freedom and he was good to women. And I do not mean to call him a womanizer by saying that. Women just seemed to have
Thank you, Imran Khan, for clear condemnation of #ShiaGenocide by LeJ terrorists: In this post, we wish to mention and thank Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, perhaps the only Pakistani leader, who clearly condemned Takfiri militants of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ, an alias of banned sectarian terrorist group Sipah Sahaba which is
#ShiaGenocide: A personal account of Lahore sit-in in support of Shia Hazaras of Quetta – by Qurat ul Ain Haider Zaidi: Yesterday (on 12 January 2013) at 4 pm we the students (of Sunni, Shia and other diverse backgrounds), civil society, Shia Hazara community living in Lahore, some TV artists and news anchors gathered in front of the Liberty Round-About-
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan expresses solidarity with victims of #ShiaGenocide in Quetta: Pakistan’s nuclear scientist and the founder of Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has strongly condemned Shia genocide in Pakistan at the hands of Takfiri terrorists of Sipah Sahaba (aka ASWJ-LeJ). He was reacting to the latest
Shia Hazaras of Quetta reject misleading report on #ShiaGenocide by New York Times’ Declan Walsh – by Jafar Hazara: In his interview to the PBS News Hour, Mr. Declan Walsh (Pakistan bureau chief of the New York Times), has provided some details which obfuscate the county-wide Shia genocide. Here’s a link to his interview: In essence, Declan Walsh:
Speak now on #ShiaGenocide, or forever hold your peace – by Saroop Ijaz: In the summer of 1979, a horrifying thing began to happen in Atlanta, Georgia, US — African-American children began going missing and subsequently their murdered bodies found. This continued till the spring of 1981 and by that time, the
A day after the massacre of 85 Shias in Quetta, PPP-MQM govt allows Malik Ishaq Deobandi to address hate rally in Karachi: Loose translation of Malik Ishaq Deobandi’s speech to Sipah Sahaba (ASWJ)’s public rally in Karachi on 11 January 2013 (a day after more than 85 Shia Muslims were slaughtered by Sipah Sahaba militants in Quetta): “I am not a
#ShiaGenocide: Shia leaders present their demand as Quetta sit-in continues – by Kamil Hazara: Shia leaders present their demands as sit-in continues After a day of tragedy (10 January 2013) in Quetta in which over 100 Shias and more than 10 Sunnis were killed by Deobandi militants (Sipah Sahaba aka ASWJ) and more
#ShiaGenocide: Massacre in Quetta provides damning indictment of Pakistan government and army: HRW: NEW YORK: The Pakistani government’s persistent failure to protect the minority Shia Muslim community in Pakistan from sectarian attacks by Sunni [Deobandi] militant groups [Sipah Sahaba Taliban aka LeJ-ASWJ], is reprehensible and amounts to complicity in the barbaric slaughter
A sample of Tahir Ashrafi Deobandi’s hate speech against Shias, Ahmadis and Sunni Barelvis: Given the blatant hate-speech against Ahmadis, Shias, Sunni Barelvis by him, we ask Pakistani media, activists, NGOs and foreign governments to Ban Tahir Ashrafi from appearing in the media, speak to sectarian harmony conferences, or visit foreign countries. Here
#Justice4QadriTwins: A Shia mother’s message to Pakistani nation and leaders: On 3 January 2012, two brothers, twins, appearing for the Board exam in Karachi were attacked by the Al Qeda affiliated Deobandi militants belonging to the Sipa Sahaba Taliban (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ). Their only
#ShiaGenocide: PPP’s Bashir Bilour (Dr. Syed Riaz Hussain) martyred by Deobandi militants in Peshawar – by Mazhar Toori: In the unabated wave of Shia genocide in Pakistan, the Takfiri Deobandi terrorists of Sipah Sahaba Taliban (SST, also operating as ASWJ, LeJ, TTP) gunned down Dr. Riaz Hussain in Peshawar today. He was the president of Pakistan People’s
ہم ہزارہ افراد کوشیعہ ہونے کے جرم میں قتل کرتے ہیں – سپاہ صحابہ کا بیان: Source: کربلائے کوئٹہ Government data: From 2008 to 2012, 420 non-Hazara Shias, 338 Hazara Shias killed in Balochistan List of non-Hazara Shia Muslims killed by Sipah Sahaba Taliban in Balochistan – by Marya Mushtaq We kill Hazaras not due
Former Deobandi militant exposes Sipah Sahaba’s role in #ShiaGenocide: A former militant of Sipah Sahaba converts to Salafi sect; exposes Deobandi militants’ role in Shia Genocide. سپاہ صحابہ کی کہانی خود ان کی زبانی۔۔ اہم انکشافات سپاہ صحابہ خوارج ٹولے کی نقاب کشائی اپنے ہی ایک سرگرم
اکابردیوبند علما شیعہ مسلمانوں کی تکفیر کو درست نہیں سمجھتے – از عبدل نیشاپوری: موجودہ دور میں عالمی سطح پر معروف متعدد اکابر سنی علماء نے شیعہ مسلمانوں کی تکفیر کو نا جائز قرار دیا ہے اور سنی و شیعہ مسلمانوں کے درمیان وحدت پر زور دے ہے ایسے علما میں مصر کی
بے گناہ عورتوں اور بچوں کا قتل: جاوید غامدی صاحب کا استدلال طالبان کے استدلال سے کیونکر بہتر ہے؟: Summary: In his response (dated 1 January 2012) to Taliban’s letter to Pakistani media, renowned semi-Salafi semi-Deobandi scholar Javed Ahmed Ghamidi quotes a tradition in which he suggests that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) allowed
#Justice4QadriTwins: Will civil society, media and CJ pay attention to #ShiaGenocide?: Recently on 3 January 2012, two brothers, twins, appearing for the Board exam in Karachi were attacked by the Al Qeda affiliated Deobandi militants belonging to the Sipa Sahaba Taliban (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ). Their
شیعہ مسلک کے جواز کے متعلق جامعہ الازہر مصر کے مفتی اعظم شیخ محمود شلتوت کا فتویٰ – از عبدل نیشاپوری: Summary: Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltut, Grand Imam of Al Zhar University (Cairo, Egypt) was a great champion of unity between Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims. He issues a fatwa in which he declared that in addition to four Sunni Mazahib
The Amman Message of Sunni-Shia unity: Source: http://www.ammanmessage.com ‘[T]he best resource for those who wish to travel along the straight path in their words and their actions, and in their spiritual and religious life’. — The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Shaykh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi
The Doha Debates: The Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam’s reputation as a religion of peace: This House believes the Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam’s reputation as a religion of peace MOTION REJECTED by 39% to 61% Participants at the latest Doha Debate have strongly defended Islam’s image after repeated accusations that it had been
Deobandi activists of Ulma-e-Deoband justify attack on Data Darbar Lahore: In an expression of medieval sectarian hatred and barbarianism, Deobandi activist of the Ulma-e-Deoband (Pakistan’s largest facebook page of Deobandi Muslims) justified the July 2010 attack on Data Darbar Lahore. The July 2010 Lahore bombings occurred on 1 July
No fear of Deobandi militants in India: Shias in Srinagar observe the Arbaeen of Imam Hussain: Srinagar: 3 January 2012 – Tens of thousands of Shia Muslims in Indian administered Kashmir observed the Arabaen, the fortieth day (Chehlum) of the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grand son, Imam Hussain. Streets in the Kashmir valley were flooded
Government data: From 2008 to 2012, 420 non-Hazara Shias, 338 Hazara Shias killed in Balochistan: Related posts: Shia Genocide Database: A detailed account of Shia killings in Pakistan since 1963 https://lubpak.com/archives/236909 We kill Hazaras not due to their Hazara ethnicity, but due to their Shia faith – Statement by Sipah Sahaba In 2012, total