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JUI-S chief Sami keen to mediate, but clueless about TTP – by Ismail Khan: AKORA KHATTAK: His back leant on a cushion against the wall, eyes half-closed, he gave some quick lesson to one of the disciples in waiting while another massaged his leg and in-between managed incessant phone calls for him. A
Ludhianvi vows to go to assemblies, despite losing elections – by Rana Tanveer: Radical Deobandi cleric Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi (C) addresses his supporters. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE LAHORE: Despite losing the elections in NA-89 Jhang, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) Chief Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi said that he would go to the assemblies, and anyone who tried
Helping Syrian rebels a dangerous risk – by Rand Paul: Editor’s note: Rand Paul, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Kentucky. (CNN) — The United States has a history of often picking sides in Middle East conflicts to its own detriment. In the 1980s, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Shia Genocide and our reaction to it – by Sabah Hasan: During, and more so, just after the countrywide four-day sit-in in January against Shia Genocide, my friends had questioned and commented on certain aspects of the event. I had promised my daughter (one of the persons who asked some
Soul searching for PPP: Editors Note: We are posting some useful articles which provide a damning indictment of the abject failure of the PPP media and policy advisers. While there were external factors that hurt the party this is not the entire story.
کیا شیعہ ہونا جرم ہے ؟ – از حق گو: کراچی کے ایک گھر سے صبح سویرے اپنے والد کے ساتھ سکول کے لئے نکلنے والے عون و محمد نے کبھی سوچا بھی نہیں ہوگا کہ وہ اپنی ماں سے آخری بار مل رہے ہیں – سوچا تو کسی
50th Anniversary of the Therhi Massacre – by Mohammad Alo: In Remembrance Thursday, June 6, 2013 On June 6, 1963, at least 116 Shia Muslims were massacred in the village of Thehri in the Khairpur district of Sindh province in Pakistan while taking part in the Juloos (procession) of
WAPDA refrendum 2013: the turning point – by H.A.Khan: 29th May, 2013 the labourers of the wapda will once again caste their vote to select their Union. For the last 04 years they had been choosing Hydro as their soul voice to work for their better rights in
For India, worries of another 1989 moment in the region – by Shivam Vij: With NATO pulling out of Afghanistan in 2014, foreign policymakers in New Delhi are concerned that Pakistan may refocus militants on Kashmir. As NATO troops solve the logistical challenges of a draw-down from Afghanistan, there is a sense
“The sympathy vote for PPP in rural Sindh is still alive”: Nazir Leghari, a senior journalist and resident editor Jang Karachi, who had been visiting the length and breadth of Sindh province, predicted the precise victory of the PPP a long time back. Here he analyses the reasons that led
An Islamist Beheading In Britain, Ctd: Greenwald refuses to label the beheading in London “terrorism,” calling it just another attempt to stir paranoia against Muslims: [T]he term at this point seems to have no function other than propagandistically and legally legitimizing the violence of western
دہشت گردوں کا فرار اور رہائی – سیکورٹی اداروں اور نگران حکومتوں کا کردار – از حق گو: انتخابات کے بعد ہونے والی پیش رفت میں یہ بات تو سامنے آگیی کہ وفاق اور پنجاب میں حکومت بنانے والی نواز لیگ بلوچستان میں حکومت سازی کے لئے بھی ایڑی چوٹی کا زور لگا رہی ہے اس کے
Saudi Arabia Funds Mossad Anti-Iran Operations – by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu: An article posted by a former CBSNews producer Barry Lando claims that none other than Saudi Arabia helps fund Israeli Mossad operations against Iran. “A Strange Alliance: Are the Saudis Bankrolling Israel’s Mossad?” appears on his blog. Lando’s source is named
سلفی دہشت گردوں کی بربریت – مغرب کو سعودی عرب سے تعلقات پر نظر ثانی کرنا ہوگا – از حق گو: لندن میں دو سلفی وہابی دہشت گردوں کے ہاتھوں برطانوی فوجی کا سر کاٹنا بلا شبہ ایک بہت سنگین اور دل دہلا دینے والا واقعہ ہے – ماضی کے واقعیت کی طرح یہ دونو قتل بھی سعودی سلفی نظریے
الیکشن کے بعد کا پاکستان – از حق گو: گیارہ مئی کے الیکشن ملکی تاریخ کے پہلے الیکشن تھے جن میں اقتدار ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت سے ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت کو منتقل ہوا – ایک ایسا ملک جہاں سیکورٹی اسٹیبلشمنٹ جمہوری حکومتوں کو گھر بھیجنے
Leaked memo: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s letter to Saudi King Abdullah – by Hakim Hazik: There are pockets of resistance where the burger fitna is still alive and the mummy daddy jihadis are waging a war against the Ummah. Very soon, inshallah they will be brought under the control of the righteous Punjab Police
سپاہ صحابہ کے فرقہ وارانہ دہشت گردوں کی امداد بحرین کی حکومت کرتی ہے – مولانا طاہر اشرفی کا جراتمندانہ انکشاف: Related post: راولپنڈی میں ایک کالعدم تنظیم نے سنی شیعہ تصادم کروایا – مولانا طاہر اشرفی کا انکشاف https://lubpak.com/archives/291113 Summary: Tahir Ashrafi revealed that sectarian terrorists of Sipah Sahaba (ASWJ) are financially sponsored by the Bahrain government. He also
عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کی شکست ۔چند معروضات- از زلان مومند: مسیح الافاغنہ باچاخانؒ کے ایک پیرو کار کی حیثیت سے عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کی انتخابی شکست کو روزمرہ کی دیگر ناکامیوں اور ناآسودہ خواہشات کے سلسلے کی ایک کڑی کہنا نہایت ہی دشوار ہے ، اگرچہ ایک نہایت ہی
Christian student killed by firing of Muslims in native village of Shahbaz Bhatti: Faisalabad: May 20, 2013. (PCP) A Christian village named Khushpur in sub-district Samundari of Faisalabad district came under attack of Muslims on May 19, 2013, killing one Christian student of 10th Grade and injuring many Christian by firing.Father Felix,
Losing Tsunami Style – by Arsalan Riyasat: The attitude adopted by PTI’s workers over losing the elections in Karachi and Punjab is childish to say the least. Although the indiscipline, rowdism and lack of respect of PTI’s supporters towards their opponents is nothing new, they seem
HDP, electoral defeats and dirty politics – by Naqi. H.: The voters of PB-2 once again rejected Hazara Democratic Party in May 11 elections by electing Majlis-e Wahadat-e Muslimeen’s candidate. This was HDP’s second consecutive defeat in elections ever since it was made in 2003. But like 2008 defeat,
Every party’s hardcore supporters view the supporters of other parties as ignorant, irrational and malicious, with an ethnic/cultural stereotype to boot – by Saroop Ijaz: The writer is a lawyer and partner at Ijaz and Ijaz Co in Lahore saroop.ijaz@tribune.com.pk The chief minister (CM)-designate for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has already made the silliest statement for the next few years, or at least, let us hope so;
Balochistan: Nawaz Sharif directly in partnership with the ISI – by Amir Mateen: PML (N)’s Balochistan Chief, Sanaullah Zehri’s electoral alliance with ISI-backed Shafiq Mengal group has thrown Balochistan politics into a tailspin. This may have seriously threatened the security and political stability of the already violence prone province. This also
The uncertain “Nawaz Sharif” adventure that now begins – by Ayaz Amir: So most of us got it wrong…I certainly did, expecting an Imran Khan surge that did not come. Just a fortnight before the voting the received wisdom on most pundit lips was hung parliament. Goes to show how conventional
افغان نواز شریف سے خائف -از داؤد اعظمی: پاکستان کے عام انتخابات میں نواز شریف کی فتح کو افغانستان میں تشویش کی نظر سے دیکھا جا رہا ہے اور بعض لوگوں کا خیال ہے کہ اس سے وہاں میں مزید عدم استحکام پھیلے گا۔ طالبان نے نواز
Pakistan elections: how Nawaz Sharif beat Imran Khan and what happens next – by Mohammed Hanif: پاکستانی سیاست بھی ایک عجیب کہانی کی طرح ہے ، آج سے چودہ سال پہلے پاکستان پر ایک شخص حکومت کرتا تھا جسے پاکستانی عوام کی بھرپور حمایت بھی حاصل تھی مگر اس کہ سرپرست چند جرنیلوں کو اس
Lost identity: The incredible story of Kamran Rizvi – by Anirvan Ghosh: MAY 9, 2013 Kamran Rizvi is 55 and looks a decade older. It has taken a while to meet him. He has a day job at a Hess gas station, and during the evening he works at a department
Fake jehadi – by Waseem Altaf: From 1987 till 1989 he was Director General ISI and was fully involved in Afghanistan. However after the withdrawal of the Soviet troops in 1989 and establishment of a friendly regime, he looked towards East, for he had a
The agony and esctasy of PTI – by Maheen Usmani: m ‘’It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was
My party, PPP, lost because it forgot about the people – by Malik Zameer Hassan: Let’s accept it; we kept playing the footage of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s assassination to grab sympathy votes. PHOTO: REUTERS One factor which always made me proud to be a part of thePakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the its representation in
Post-elections 2013: What Pakistani nation expects from PML-N – by Marvi Sirmed: Congratulations to PML-N for overwhelming victory in the Punjab and in National Assembly. Now that we are almost sure that it will make federal government hopefully without alliances with smaller groups, there comes a heavy responsibility on PML-N.
شیعہ نسل کشی اور سعودی فنڈنگ – از حق گو: سعودیہ میں اربوں رپے پاکستان میں لگائے ھیں صرف مدارسے کھولنے میں کوئی سے بھی دو پرجیکٹ بتادیں جس سے پاکستان کو بہت فائدہ ھوا ھو۔ دو بار مفت تیل دے دیا اور ساتھ میں ۳۲۰۰ مدرسے کھولدئے
پیپلز پارٹی کی شکست کے بعد رہنماؤں کے استعفے: پاکستان کی سابق حکمراں جماعت پیپلز پارٹی کی گیارہ مئی کے عام انتخابات میں غیر متوقع انتخابی کارکردگی کے بعد پارٹی رہنماؤں کے مستعفی ہونے کاسلسلہ جاری ہے۔ گیارہ مئی کے اب تک غیر حتمی انتخابی نتائج کے مطابق
Post-elections 2013: Battle must go on – by Peja Mistri: One of the most dreaded consequence of defeat of PPP and ANP in elections 2013 will be the change in their policies on “War on Terror”. We are already hearing voices within the parties, that the defeat is
اور روشنی اندھیروں میں ڈوب گیی – از حق گو: پاکستان میں نام نہاد آزاد میڈیا کی تاریخ اتنی پرانی نہیں ہے لیکن اس کے باوجود اس میڈیا کے غیر ذمہ دارانہ اور جانب دارانہ کردار کے حوالے سے عوام میں جلد ہی شعور اجاگر ہوگیا ، اس کی
جعلی کالم یا جعلی صفحات تحریک انصاف کو تباہ کر دیں گے – احمد وقاص گورایہ: تحریک انصاف سے متعلق میں نے کل سوچا تھا کچھ نہیں لکھنا. لگتا ہے تحریک انصاف اس الیکشن سے کچھ بھی سیکھنے کو تیار نہیں . لیڈر شپ بچوں کی طرح گھروں میں گھس گئی ہے. یہ لوگ سیاست
Democracy wins, federation loses – by Farahnaz Ispahani: AP CHALLENGES AHEAD: Nawaz Sharif is not the only one facing challenges. While Nawaz Sharif has won the election decisively, he faces the challenge of reaching out beyond his main base in Punjab to the rest of Pakistan Pakistan achieved
پیوستہ رہ شجر سے ، امید بہار رکھ – از حق گو: آخر کار الیکشن کا دن بھی آ کر گزر گیا – پاکستان کی عوام نے دہشت گردوں کی دھمکیوں کی پروا نہ کرتے ہوے بڑیتعداد میں ووٹ ڈالا اور اپنی اپنی پسند کی پارٹیز کو ووٹ دے کر کامیاب کروانے کی
The Political Parties of Pakistan – Saim Saeed: A Pakistani soldier loads ballot boxes into a van in Rawalpindi. Authorities hope the app, combined with a fully revised voter list and an unprecedented level of public scrutiny, will help ensure the election will be the cleanest ever.
Soldiering on: Ruqayya Hashmi fights for Shia Hazara community in Balochistan – by Waqas Naeem: Undaunted by terrorist threats, Dr Ruqayya Hashmi fights for the Shia Hazara community in Balochistan. ISLAMABAD: In several cities across Pakistan, political parties and candidates have faced threats and deadly attacks on the basis of political ideology. But, in Quetta,