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PTI-Jamaat coalition in KPK province shows its pro-Taliban, anti-women colours once again: The above news clip is a clear reminder, once again, of those fifth columnists in Pakistani society who stand with the Taliban. It is clear as day that today, Imran Khan’s PTI and its KPK provincial Government coalition partner,
A letter to Ali Abbas Taj and request to Raza Rumi – by Ali Wahab: 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
#ShiaGenocide: We condemn ASWJ terrorists and their humanizers on murder of 5 Shia Muslims in Quetta: QUETTA (15 July 2013): At least four Shia Muslims were killed Monday evening when Takfiri Deobandi terrorists of banned militant oufit Sipah Sahaba (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat-Deobandi ASWJ-D) opened fire at a vehicle in Quetta.
PPP does NOT tolerate any form of abuse! Also no official “media” appointment has been made: Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari: PPP’s central leadership has denied that it has appointed anyone as social medial coordinator of the party. On 13 July 2013, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari clarified on Twitter that she was “not aware of any ‘official’ social media posts.” In
جہانگیر ترین کا انصاف, دو سو سے زائد ملازمین کو بغیر نوٹس فارغ کر دیا: چار روز قبل سرائیکی خطے کی آواز روہی ٹی وی کو بند کر دیا گیا۔ دو سو سے زائد ملازمین کو بغیر نوٹس دیے فارغ کر دیا گیا۔دو سو ملازمین کا مطلب ہے دو سو گھر۔یاد رہے کہ روہی
Why do anti-establishment activists use pen names in Pakistan?: In Pakistan, the fate of anti-establishment writers and activists is very clear. Just refer to how prominent Asia Times correspondent Syed Saleem Shahzad was killed and dumped for being critical of the ISI due to its supports to Jihadist
Did LUBP publish hatred and lies against Salmaan Taseer before his murder?: A certain group of establishment-friendly liberals is currently busy in circulating a baseless slander against LUBP website that LUBP published hatred against Shaheed Salmaan Taseer a few days before his murder. According to da vincian @evo8X8, a close friend
Similarities between Egypt’s Morsi and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif: There can be no justification for the current subversion of democracy in Egypt which resulted in a coup against the Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi. However, it is even more difficult to feel any sympathy for the brutal Morsi regime that
تحریک طالبان کا اہل تشیع کو دھمکی آمیز خط -مجاہد حسین: Editor’s note: We are cross=posting an Urdu article by Mr. Mujahid Hussain which discusses Takfiri Deobandi terrorists’ threatening letter to Pakistan’s Shia Muslims asking them to convert to Sunni Islam or be ready to face dire consequences. The letter
شیعہ اپنی وجہ سے ہی قتل ہو رہے ہیں: عامر لیاقت کی شیعہ نسل کشی کو جواز فراہم کرنے کی مذموم سازش: حامد میر کے معروف پروگرام “کیپیٹل ٹاک” میں بدنامِ زمانہ عامر لیاقت کو بھی مدعو کیا گیا تاکہ وہ بھی فرقہ واریت کا حل پیش کرے۔ اس نے کہا کہ میں یہ نہیں مانتا کہ پاکستان میں فرقہ واریت
Don’t talk with the Taliban -by Husain Haqqani: WASHINGTON — THE United States is still planning to hold peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar, despite the fact that the group attacked the presidential palace and a C.I.A. office in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier this week. As was the
Ulma-e-Deoband and My Bit for Change: Two websites producing Wahhabi and Deobandi Jihadists in the West: Related posts: Pakistan’s Most Wanted Terrorists: Leaders, inciters and executioners Names and pictures of Wahhabi Deobandi terrorists responsible for global terrorism since 9/11 In the last few years, there’s an increasing number of radicalized Muslim youth who are willing to
Lovely Marxist debates sponsored by U.S. consulates in Pakistan – by Abdul Majeed Abid: “Organised in Karachi by PeaceNiche, in collaboration with the United States Consulates in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi, it was supposed to be a gathering of social media enthusiasts from India and Pakistan. It was an invite-only affair and most
A profile of Malik Riaz Hussain of Bahria Town – by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa: Note: We are cross-posting from Kafila an interesting article by Dr. Siddiqa on Pakitsan’s real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain. We are glad that Dr. Siddiqa has not written about M. Mansha and the other Billionaire supporters of PML-N.
Post-2013 elections, likely scenarios for PPP’s future in the Punjab – by Haris Gazdar: How do we read PPP’s collapse in Punjab? Not the immediate causes, but likely scenarios. It’s a long post, so take your time. Some PPP well-wishers might take comfort from 1997 from which the party had rebounded by the
Tahir Ashrafi is a moderate and progressive cleric but a sinister campaign was launched to delegitimize him – by Raza Rumi: Raza Rumi writes: “It is time to engage with clerics like Tahir Ashrafi and get them to join the struggle for a moderate and progressive Pakistan. Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, Chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council (an apex body of country
Worldwide concern about caretaker CM Najam Sethi’s inaction about attacks on Ahmadis in Punjab: Related post: No respite for Ahmadis in Chief Minister Najam Sethi’s Punjab Source/Credit: Ahmadiyya Times (with minor edits and additional information) By Imran Jattala | April 28, 2013 An Ahmadiyya prayers centre in Gulshan-e Ravi, Lahore, is attacked by
سینئرفوجی افسران کے معصومانہ سوالات: پاکستان پر گزشتہ 65 سالوں سے حکومت کرنے اور اس ملک کو تباہ وبرباد کرنےوالے ادارے کے سینئر افسران آج انتہائ معصومیت سے سوالات پوچھ رہے ہیں، کہ آخر وہ کون سی وجوہات رہی ہیں،جن کی وجہ سے یہ
Dr. Fayyaz, ASWJ-MDM’s candidate in Karachi, is a car thief: Dr. Fayyaz of banned sectarian outfit Sipah Sahaba (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ) is contesting elections from NA-241 Karachi where the bomb attack on ANP worker took place. Dr. Fazyaz is involved in car lifting and
Supreme Court rejects request by Raza Rumi and Saleh Zaafir to remove their names from secret funds list: Related posts: Misuse of taxpayer money: Raza Rumi, Saleh Zaafir among corrupt Pakistani journalists who gained from secret fund Mehran Bank Scam Part 2: Is ISI pumping money into Jinnah Institute via Tameer Bank? ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on
Raza Rumi unleashes ISI-ASWJ touts to harass and harm anti-establishment bloggers: Related post: Raza Rumi’s proxy jihad against anti-establishment bloggers The following notice has been published by a leading Shia web portal (Karbala-e-Quetta) to warn Shia and other human rights activists to be mindful of impostors (Takfiri Deobandi terrorists and
Misuse of taxpayer money: Raza Rumi, Saleh Zaafir among corrupt Pakistani journalists who gained from secret fund: ISLAMABAD (22 April 2013): The list of the 282 journalists who received payments and gifts from the secret fund of the information ministry was made public following a Supreme Court order. The complete list can be viewed as a PDF here. The list
We condemn abusive language by TFT blogger and Sipah Sahaba supporter against Marvi Sirmed: While we have certain differences with Marvi Sirmed, it will be wrong to not appreciate her current, clear stance against Takfiri Deobandi militants. In particular, we agree with her criticism of the hate interview of Ahmed Ludhianvi published by
Taliban and ECP/SCP are fulfilling Gen Kayani’s dream by killing and disqualifying liberal candidates: In Army dominated Pakistan, intelligence agencies and their affiliates play a major role during election times. As general elections 2013 are scheduled to be held on May 11, these dark forces have once again started using all their resources
Comrade Najam Sethi in the eyes of Comrade Nadeem Paracha: Related post: Pakistan’s five-star Marxist Najam Sethi brought to you by Comrade Mehmal Sarfraz https://lubpak.com/archives/255779 Pakistan’s leading progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Nadeem F. Paracha) promotes another like-minded progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Najam Sethi of the London Group).
Malik Riaz, not Najam Sethi, is the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab: It is a fact that Pakistan’s military establishment and its various Punjabi-Muhajir affiliates (e.g., Malik Riaz of Bahria Town, Yunus Habib of Mehran Bank) have kept a large number of TV anchors and journalists (both in Islamist dominated Urdu
Hamid Mir is my role model, says Marvi Sirmed: Bakhtawar Bhutto Z @BakhtawarBZ 26 Mar @Razarumi Rumour after rumour to discredit + NEVER an apology. All these games been played from the beginning nothing new #ZAB #SMBB #AAZ (Context: Publication of false news items in The Friday Times,
پاکستان میں 65 سالوں میں انصاف نہیں دیکھا – سردار اختر مینگل: بلوچستان نیشنل پارٹی (مینگل) کے سربراہ سردار اختر مینگل پیر کو اپنی خودساختہ جلا وطنی ختم کر کے کراچی پہنچ گئے۔ ان کے کراچی پہنچنے کے ساتھ ہی ان کے آبائی علاقے خضدار میں نامعلوم افراد نے فائرنگ کرکے
#ShiaGenocide: Leading Pakistani intellectual, poet and academic Sibte Jafar killed by Deobandi militants: Entire Pakistani nation, in particular Shia Muslim community, suffers from another terrible loss at the hands of Deobandi militants of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ-LeJ, formerly known as Sipah-e-Sahaba). Famous poet, academician and intellectual Professor Sibte Jafar was killed
Attack on Christians in Lahore: Encouraging progress in Shahbaz Sharif and Raza Rumi’s Punjab: Lahore arson: CJ says Punjab police failed to conduct honest, thorough probe Source: Dawn, 18 March 2013 The Supreme Court on Monday declared that the Punjab Police had “failed to conduct an honest and through investigation” into the Badami
دیر آید درست آید: حسن نقوی: پہلے ہی بہت دیر ہو چکی ہے۔ اس کا اندازہ اس بات سے لگایئے کہ 2005ء میں ہمیں جن نرخوں پر ایران سے گیس مل سکتی تھی، اب موجودہ وقت میں اس کے نرخ دُگنے ہو چکے ہیں۔ لیکن
صحافیوں کی نگران حکومت: ندیم سعید کا کالم: Related post: The future government of Pakistan – by Nazir Naji پاکستان کی موجودہ اسمبلیاں اپنی مدت پوری کر رہی ہیں، بے یقینی کی کیفیت میں نئے انتخابات کی تاریخ کا اعلان ہوا ہی چاہتا ہے اور ساتھ ہی
فرقہ واریت کا عفریت اور طاہرہ کا لعل ! -تحریر: مجاہد مرزا: تحریر: مجاہد مرزا موت تو کسی کی بھی ہو اور کیسی بھی کیوں نہ ہو، دردمند انسان کے لیے باعث افسوس ہوتی ہے، چہ جائیکہ “ٹارگٹ کلنگ” جو کسی بھی بنیاد پر کیوں نہ کی جائے۔ چاہے وہ بنیاد
Pakistan army rejects dialogue with Taliban, says no difference between TTP and LeJ -by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: While an All Parties Conference has supported talks with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the security establishment believes that holding a dialogue with the TTP would be like negotiating with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) since there was barely any difference between
Politically Incorrect: Malik Riaz of Bahria Town -by Amir Mateen: Malik Riaz may have hundreds of cases against him but has never been jailed even once. Nor his son, Ali Riaz who is Bahria Town’s Chief executive. Both father and son have been nominated in numerous cases of murder,
The PML-N government was not always soft on ASWJ-LeJ militant groups -by Ayesha Siddiqa: LUBP Editor’s note: In the following article published in Express Tribune, Dr Siddiqa notes that the PML-N government was not always soft on ASWJ-SSP-LeJ and other Deobandi-Wahhabi militant groups. It had contested the ASWJ/SSP/LeJ network during the 1990s, but
Let’s send chocolates to LeJ -by Ammara Ahmad: Those who protest by delaying the burial of their dead make me laugh. Why would anyone use the dead to protest against those who are already dead? The whole country has been frozen by a wave of stupidity, selfishness
LeJ-ASW: The Taliban’s new, more terrifying cousin: How a virulent Pakistani terrorist group is trying to annihilate an ethnic rival–and why we should be worried A boy stands at the site of a bomb attack in a Shi’ite Muslim area of the Pakistani city of Quetta
Homegrown militancy: How is Pakistan army coerced into blackmail? -by Zain Gardezi: I had a pretty normal childhood like many Pakistani children. I was born in a generation which was regularly taught that all ailing problems of Pakistan are due to corrupt politicians and whenever Army will again come into power,
سپاہ صحابہ کی تاریخ اور نواز شریف کی پنجاب حکومت کا رویہ: سپاہ صحابہ کی تاریخ اور پنجاب حکومت کا رویہ اسلام ٹائمز: گذشتہ دہشت گردانہ کارروائیوں کے ساتھ ساتھ حالیہ لاہور کے واقعات ان دہشت گردوں پر پوری سختی کے ساتھ ہاتھ ڈالنے کے لئے کافی نہیں ہیں، جن میں