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Over 100 militants of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi released by CT Chief Minister Najam Sethi in Punjab – The News: Source: The News, 22 May 2013 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-178892-Over-100-activists-of-banned-outfits-released-in-Punjab ISLAMABAD: Over a hundred activists of banned sectarian organizations Lashkar-e-Jhangvi aka Sipah Sahaba Pakistan, who were arrested by the former PML-N government as a part of crackdown against these outfits
PPP lost, PTI gained Shia votes – by Faizan Bangash: Source: The News, 7 May 2013 (with minor additions and edits) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was able to attract a section of Shia vote bank which has traditionally been voting for centre-left leaning Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
PPP, R.I.P? – by Irfan Husain: An old Native American saying gives this sage advice: “If you are unfortunate enough to find yourself on a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount immediately.” Sadly, I did not follow this wise counsel and found myself
پیپلز پارٹی کی قیادت اور عوام میں بہت بڑا خلا پیدا ہو گیا ہے: مانی پہلوان کا تعلق لاہور کے اندرون شہر سے ہے۔ پینتالیس برس پہلے وہ ذوالفقار علی بھٹو کے سحر میں مبتلا ہوئے تو پہلوانی کا شوق جاتا رہا۔ اب وہ نام کے پہلوان ہیں ان کے اندر ’جیالے‘ کی
An open letter to the PPP leadership – by Mumtaz Alam Gillani: Note: This letter was written a few weeks before the elections 2013. To whom I should address because all of a sudden the party of shaheeds, liberals and democrats has become leaderless. I feel being proud of the fact
“Dear Taliban, This is your province.” says PTI CM in KPK. Taliban oblige by killing 21 Pashtuns in Malakand!: “We have no enmity with the Taliban” PESHAWAR (17 May 2013): Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and soon-to-be Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pervez Khattak on Friday said that the coming provincial government was ready to hold talks
The mysterious case of the white tigress used in PML-N’s political rallies – by Rina Saeed Khan: LUBP Editor’s note: The following article published in Dawn deconstructs how foreign journalists based in Pakistan are either naive or incompetent; some of them also happen to uncritically promote pro-establishment politicians. BBC’s Owen Bennett-Jones wrote an article recently that
Teen Talwar protest made me a PTI supporter – by Minal Soomro: The city of Karachi, once known as the city of Lights has been living in shadows now for a very long time. For the past few decades, It portrayed to be a city of the dead, where those alive
PPP lost my vote by handling Salmaan Taseer’s assassination awfully – by Sana Saleem: Related posts: Blaming the victim Fake Civil Society must stop blaming the PPP: A rebuttal to Naveen Naqvi and Sana Saleem
Sana Saleem, a Pakistani rights activist, gangs up with pro-establishment “fake liberals” to silence critical bloggers: Sana Saleem, a Pakistani blogger known for activism on elitist, selective and profitable causes, was found ganging up with pro-establishment fake liberals and a pro-Taliban Deobandi cleric in order to rationalize and reinforce harassing and silencing of liberal Pakistani
PTI urges Supreme Court to take action on threats and rigging in elections: ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has urged the Supreme Court to take action against Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) for alleged rigging and threats in elections in Karachi and Lahore. PTI Central Information Secretary Dr
Raza Rumi’s proxy jihad against anti-establishment bloggers: Related post: Raza Rumi unleashes ISI-ASWJ touts to harass and harm anti-establishment bloggers Raza Rumi, editor of Najam Sethi’s The Friday Times (TFT) and director of pro-establishment think tank Jinnah Institute, continues his proxy Jihad by using a TFT
I am very happy that PML-N has captured imagination of the Punjab electorate; PPP almost routed – by Raza Rumi: Note: The king is dead, long live the king. Boat jumpers and opportunists are abundant in arena of Pakistani politics and media. It’s a fact that in the last 5 years 24/7, Najam Sethi and certain other liberal-seeming anchors
Why as a liberal I am voting PPP – by Khurshid Hasanain: Two guys with whom I spent many very happy years in Islamabad are annoyed/irked/ can’t understand why I refuse to vote for PTI and why I don’t admire Musharraf, like them. Why do I insist on connecting the actuality
سرائیکی بیلٹ کے ووٹ کا اصل حقدار کون: سرائیکی بیلٹ کے ووٹ کا اصل حقدار کون تحریر: ڈاکٹرعبدالروف سرائیکی بیلٹ جس کو بہت سے لوگ “حب الوطنی” کے ہاتھوں مجبور ہو کر “جنوبی پنجاب” کا نام دیتے ہیں، پاکستان کے پسماندہ ترین علاقوں میں شمار ہوتا ہے۔
پاکستانی سیاست میں موقع پرستی کا عروج: تحریر: امام بخش یہ بات اب بالکل واضح ہو گئی ہے کہ”صادق وامین” فرشتوں پر مشتمل اسٹیبلشمنٹ پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی سے جان چھڑانے کے لیےاپنےمن پسند ابنِ الوقت قسم کے جمورے وجود میں لاتی رہی ہے ۔ 1988ء میں الیکشن
This is how CM Najam Sethi and TFT columnists react to abduction of ex-PM Gilani’s son by ASWJ-TTP terrorists!: Raza Rumi and Mohammad Shehzad stage the hacking drama
Possible outcomes in Pakistan elections 2013 – by Ayesha Siddiqa: Naya Pakistan, an old fable Source: Based on excerpts from Kafila There is the ideal scenario that the Imran Khan ‘tsunami’ sweeps the elections. Although, it is not likely to happen, we must shudder at the thought of what
ہمارا ووٹ دہشتگردی کے خلاف: نکل پڑو 11 مئی کو جوق در جوق: جیالو، نکل پڑو 11 مئی کو جوق در جوق اور گھر بیٹھے ساتھیوں کو بھی نکالو تیر پر مہر لگا کر دنیا کو بتا دو کہ ہمیں اپنے پُر عزم قائد پر فخر ہے جس نے پانچ سال بیشتر
Why did I decide to part ways with PTI? – by Jibran Nasir: I will not put this video on my Campaign Page (Independent Candidate for NA-250 and PS-113) because I do not want my Page forum to turn into a ground for “politics of hate” as there are thousands of subscribers
Senior Pakistani journalist reveals that ex-PM Nawaz Sharif received financial support from Osama bin Laden: Summary: In the following Urdu column published in daily Dunya, senior pro-ISI Pakistani journalist Haroon-ur-Rasheed reveals that Pakistan’s ex-PM Nawaz Sharif received financial support from Osama bin Laden.
آئندہ کا مورخ پیپلز پارٹی کو پاکستان کے محسن کے طور پر یاد کرے گا – از حسن نثار: Future historian will remember PPP as Pakistan’s benefactor. (Hasan Nisar) Source: Jang, 9 May 2013
Pakistan Elections 2013: PML-N backed Sipah Sahaba terrorists abduct Ali Haider Gilani in Multan: Multan (9 May 2013): Known terrorists (Sipah Sahasba terrorists backed by PML-N) on Thursday kidnapped the son of a former Pakistani prime minister who is also standing in the country’s elections. His secretary Mohiyuddin and bodyguard were wounded and
PPP remains relevant as possible king-maker in Pakistan elections 2013 – by Amir Mateen: The PTI phenomenon may be difficult to predict in Election 2013 but it is relatively easier to assess PML (N) and PPP, if one goes by the old-style formula of measuring the worth of the so-called ‘electables.’ This scenario
راولپنڈی کےمتعدد حلقوں میں پی پی پی کے جیتنے کے روشن امکانات ہیں: رپورٹ :ٹاپ سٹوری آن لائن اضافہ و ترمیم : ایل یو بی پی قومی اسمبلی کی سات اور صوبائی اسمبلی کی چودہ نشستوں پر مشتمل شہر راولپنڈی کا شمار اہم ترین انتخابی اکھاڑوں میں ہوتا ہے، پنجاب کے حلقوں
Whither animal rights? White tiger used by Maryam Nawaz Sharif for PML-N electioneering dies – by Laibaah: Related post: Elections 2013: Maryam Nawaz Sharif is an emerging star campaigner – by Raza Rumi Lahore (8 May 2013): The white tiger, part of the election campaign of Maryam Nawaz, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N),
ووٹ ڈالتے وقت یہ سب یاد رکھیں – از تحسین احمد: کاش کاش میں گونگا، بہرہ، اندھا ہوتا۔ میرے سر میں دماغ نہ ہوتا تب ہی یہ ممکن تھا کہ پچھلے چار سال سے میری دھرتی ماں پاکستان کے ساتھ جو کچھ کیا جا رہا ہے وہ نہ دیکھ سکتا
#PakVote 2013: An analysis of PPP’s manifesto – by Adil Hoodbhoy: Roti, kapra aur makaan Ilm, sehat sab ko kaam Dehshat sai mehfooz awam Ooncha ho jamhur ka naam The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) manifesto (PDF here: manifesto2013) correctly identifies the country’s significant youth population as the major driver for
میڈیا کے ساتھ نواز شریف کی متکبرانہ وحشیانہ بدسلوکی کی تاریخ – از حسن نثار: Source: Daily Jang, 7 May 2013
Elections 2013: Convicted LeJ terrorist Chaudhry Abid Raza Deobandi contesting on PML-N ticket from Gujrat – by Amir Mir: Source: The News, 6 May 2013 ISLAMABAD: A Lashkar-e-Jhangvi-linked alleged terror suspect who has already spent five years in jail on murder charges and had known links with a slain al-Qaeda linchpin Amjad Hussain Farooqi is running for a
Imran Khan says his Deobandi militant brothers (Taliban) didn’t kill Benazir Bhutto: In a startling claim, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was not killed by the Taliban. Speaking in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the PTI chief said that Bhutto had been “clearly
Elections 2013: PML-N’s alliance with banned terrorist group Sipah Sahaba in Islamabad and Rahim Yar Khan: Islamabad and Rahimyar Khan: Worried by the potential for an upset defeat, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates in various constituencies in Pakistan, particularly in Punjab province, are joining hands with pro-Al Qaeda banned terrorist outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba (aka Ahle Sunnat
Exposed: PPP’s Qamar Kaira’s secret meeting with terrorist Sipah Sahaba leader Molvi Nisar Deobandi: PPP’s central leader and former federal minister for information Qamar Zaman Kaira held a secret meeting with local head of banned terrorist outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba (aka Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) in order to beg for votes for a
Election Commission and Lahore High Court must not favour corrupt Sharif brothers of PML-N – by Ali Asad: An advertisement being shown on TV channels with former Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif asking a Judge Malik Malik Qayum to spare an MNA of PML-N on behalf of the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been banned by the
Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi launch a vicious propaganda campaign against LUBP: Owner (Najam Sethi) and editor (Raza Rumi) of The Friday Times (TFT) have deputed a TFT columnist Mohammad Shehazad to launch a vicious propaganda campaign against LUBP, an independent Pakistani blog known for providing non-mainstream reflections on issues of
شام میں وہابی دہشت گردوں نے عظیم صحابی رسول حضرت حجر بن عدی کی قبر کھود کر جسد مبارک اغوا کر لیا: شام میں سعودی عرب اور امریکہ کے حمایت یافتہ وہابی دیوبندی دہشت گردوں نے جلیل القدر صحابی رسول (صلی الله علیہ والہ وسلم) حضرت حجر بن عدی رضی الله تعالیٰ عنہ کی قبر مبرک کی بے حرمتی کی اور