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Death mandate: Mehsud sanctions polling day attacks – by Nasruminallah: Referring to poll candidates and the democratic system, Mehsud expressed hope that the Taliban commanders would be busy working against the agents of an “infidel system.” PHOTO: FILE WANA / MIRANSHAH: Taliban commanders have been issued a mandate to carry
Pakistan’s hardliners’ political clout protecting them from the law – by Jon Boone: ‘It is against the most basic fundamental rights to have to go to a police station each day,’ says Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi Deobandi Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Editors’s note: We are cross posting an important article by The Guardian
Call to vote, PUC urges imams: LAHORE: The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has once again urged citizens to vote on May 11, calling it a religious obligation. “Pakistan Ulema Council believes and wholeheartedly supports the view that a vote is a religious obligation so
Pawns and prisoners of manufactured hatred – by Beena Sarwar: Screenshot of Sanaullah from a TV report last year, on Indian and Pakistani prisoners participating in a kite-flying festival together. “It’s really nice, I feel like a child myself,” Sanaullah told the reporter.b Tragically, Sanaullah, the Pakistani prisoner
LHC admits petition on PML-N rare tiger’s death – by Sana Saif: LAHORE: Animal rights activist and actor Faryal Gauhar has filed a petition in Lahore High Court against the Pakistan Muslim Lesgue-Nawaz (PML-N) for the death of a rare tiger which they brought to many of their rallies. The
Eections 2013: Pakistan’s hard right turn – Dr. Mohammad Taqi: It may be counterintuitive to say it now, but the chances are that once the desired rightwing polity has been eased in, the violent spree may actually subside Electioneering in Punjab is in full swing while elsewhere in Pakistan
طالبان کو سیاسی حمایت اور حثیت فراہم کرنے والی تحریک انصاف اور مسلم لیگ نواز – از حق گو: پنجاب میں الیکشن مہم پورے عروج پر ہے جب کہ باقی ماندہ پاکستان میں تین روشن خیال اور ا عتدال پسند جماعتیں دیوبندی تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے عتاب کا نشانہ بنی ہوئیں ہیں – پیپلز پارٹی ہو متحدہ قومی
Grave of a Glorious Companion of The Prophet Muhammad (SAWAW) Dug-in and Body Taken Away – by Abdullah AlFaisal: Syria May 2, 2013 Gloroius Companion of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him and His Holy Progney, SAWAW), Hujir Bin Addi (May Allah be Pleased With Him, RA ) has been brutalized once again. On May 2 a
Shiites reel at desecration of holy shrine – by Lauren Williams: Photos on SANA and social media websites showed the shrine before and after. BEIRUT: The destruction of a holy Shiite shrine near Damascus and exhumation of the body within, allegedly at the hands of Sunni rebels, was met with fury and
عمران خان صاحب اپنی روش کو بدلیں : طالبان ہم سب کے دشمن ہیں – از حق گو: :ایڈیٹر نوٹ عمران خان کی جلد صحت یابی کی دعا اور ان کے لئے نیک خواہشات کہ وہ جلدی سے صحت یاب ہو کر میدان سیاست میں دوبارہ واپس آسکیں – کل پیش آنے والا حادثہ اک نہایت افسوس
Sipah Sahaba ASWJ leader who fixed bounty on Salmaan Taseer given PML-N ticket – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: Besides fielding the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi-linked Chaudhry Abid Raza from NA-107 (Gujrat), the PML-N has awarded another party ticket to Sardar Ebaad Dogar from NA-178 (Muzaffargarh) despite his being an ardent disciple of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) who had announced
I will not vote for Imran Khan – by Shahryar: I might be starving for a leader that is attempting to change the face of my country for the better, but I will not vote for PTI. PHOTO: REUTERS In less than a week’s time Pakistan reaches a historic
سپاہ صحابہ اور طالبان کا سلیکشن کمیشن – از حق گو: جوں جوں الیکشن کا دن قریب آرہا ہے پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کے بڑھتے ہوے واقعات نے ہر ایک پاکستانی کو تشویش میں مبتلا کر رکھا ہے ، طالبان کی پیپلز پارٹی ، اے این پی اور ایم کیو
Hujr bin Adi’s grave’s desecration: Flowers of treasured heritage, plucked in ‘Spring’ – by Xain Gardezi: Spring usually is a long awaited and pleasant affair. After the brisk autumn and a long winter which dampens the moods, spring promises to bring blossoms, not only to the gardens but for the faces as well. That is
Over 900 Pakistani Hindus eligible for Indian citizenship: report: A Hindu woman weeps while seeing off a relative at the railway station. – Photo by INP KARACHI: Officials in India’s western state of Rajhasthan say around 919 Pakistani Hindus there have become eligible to apply for Indian citizenship,
Azizabad Blasts: When MQM Puts Your Life Before Theirs: Recently, I was out with my cousin shopping for ingredients to bake a cake. Soon after we reached home, there was a loud bang and suddenly everything became silent for a few minutes. I could hear a roar of bikes
آزاد عدلیہ – آزاد دہشت گرد – از حق گو: Andha Qanoon اندھا قانون by f757563946 عدالت کا لفظ کسی زمانے میں عدل کی پہچان ہوا کرتا تھا ، مگر پاکستان میں عدالت پہلے پہل تو خاکی وردی والوں کی رکھیل کے طور پر کام کرتی رہی اور جب
الیکشن 2013 – جھنگ میں سنی اور شیعہ مسلمان سپاہ صحابہ کے تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے خلاف شیخ وقاص اکرم کی قیادت میں متحد ہیں – از حق گو: جھنگ کا علاقہ شیعہ، تکفیری دیوبندی تعلقات کے حوالے سے تلخ یادوں بھرا ماضی رکھتا ہے ، جھنگ ان دونوں فرقوں کے درمیان کشیدہ حالات اور فسادات کے حوالے سے پاکستان بھر میں مشہور ہے سپاہ صحابہ ہو لشکر
18 politicians named in ISI funds scam contesting polls – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: At least 18 politicians belonging to several mainstream political parties, including Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, who had been named in the Mehrangate scandal as the alleged recipients of millions of rupees dished out by the ISI before
Keep calm and vote anti-Taliban – Ale Natiq: Taliban target secular parties in Pakistan Mohammed Hanif explains how Taliban and affiliated Takfiris are try to affect the results of elections through systematic attacks on secular parties. In the same talk, he clearly mentions Sipah Sahaba ( (aka ASWJ/LEJ) heinous
The smaller infinites of our thoughts – Qurat ul ain Haider Zaidi: Tweets and Facebook posts; thank god instagram is still away from all this shorbazi which seem quite interesting now a days.On one hand, the Young blood is doing a good job in front of computers/laptops and on the other
طالب زدہ……قسط 9: یہ قسط شروع کرنے سے پہلے ایک گزارش کرنا چاہونگا کہ میری کوشش رہی ہے کہ اس تمام سلسلے میں اپنی راۓ بلکل شامل نہ کروں ..اور اگر کروں بھی تو اس کی وضاحت کر کے کہ یہ میری
Trust me it’s our war! – by Danish Kazi: Today when I started to write this piece . I wanted to seek inspiration as everyone now speak about Elections, why Imran Khan may or not win? , why Nawaz Sharif is under threat? and a few speaking about
The Fight Must Go on – by Waseem Altaf: May 3, 2013, Chaudhary Zulfiqar, the public prosecutor in Benazir murder case was shot dead by unknown gunmen while he was on his way to the court. He had vital information. A message was conveyed to the conscientious. May
Pakistan, an unfortunate country? – Riaz Ali Toori: Terrorists are giving a very clear message to the people of Pakistan to either vote for those who want to see a stable country or vote for those who want us to perish How unfortunate is Pakistan that is
Too little, too late – by Zarrar Khuhro: The writer is senior staffer at The Express Tribune zarrar.khuhro@tribune.com.pk It’s great to see the PPP, the ANP and the MQM standing together on
Right Needs Wise Counsel: “AL QAEDA hardly exists here,” he said, “and what are called the Taliban are [our] own tribal people. The more we kill them, the more militants we produce.” Thus spoke PTI leader Imran Khan to BBC’s Islamabad reporter Orla
سربجیت سنگھ کا قتل یا ہارٹ اٹیک – از وسیم الطاف: 22 سال جہنم میں گزارنے کے بعد بلآخر سربجیت سنگھ کو قتل کر دیا گیا -وزارت خارجہ کہہ رہا ہے کہ اسکی موت ہارٹ اٹیک سے ہوئی – یار کیس کو بیوقوف بنا رہے ہو ایسی واہیات باتوں سے
An Expedient Alliance? The Muslim Right and the Anglo-American Left – by Meredith Tax: I was recently in London to launch my book Double Bind: the Muslim Right, the Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights, published by a new transnational think tank, the Centre for Secular Space. (The New York City launch is
Book Review : Where is the fountainhead of jihad? – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Book Review: Fountainhead of Jihad: The Haqqani Nexus 1973-2012 Authors: Vahid Brown and Don Rassler Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Columbia University Press (March 26, 2013) Price: US$ 35 The general elections in Pakistan scheduled in ten days from now
شیعہ ہزارہ کے قتل عام میں ایک عرب ملک ملوث ہے، مولانا محمد شیرانی -از اسلام ٹائمز: Islam times: Chief of Islamic Ideology Council Molana Sherani said that the Shia Hazara Genocide is backed by a US sponsored Arab nation. All politicians know about this but are afraid to speak. اسلام ٹائمز: چیئرمین اسلامی نظریاتی کونسل
طاہر اشرفی نے لال مسجد آپریشن میں وفاق المدارس کے دیوبندی علما کے دوغلے کردار کو بے نقاب کر دیا – از حق گو: لال مسجد آپرشن کے حوالے سے مولانا طاہر اشرفی کی ایک وڈیو ابھی کچھ دن پہلے ہی منظر عام پر آی ہے جس میں موصوف نے کافی جرات و صاف گوئی سے کام لیتے ہوے لال مسجد آپرشن میں
Free fair and impartial elections 2013: It is clear as sunlight that for the banned extremist outfit Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the next best thing to eliminate Democracy or what they call “kufr ka nizam” is to throw their full illegal militant weight behind
Can This Alliance Be Saved? Salvaging the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship – by C. Christine Fair: As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms ever nearer, opponents of “abandoning Afghanistan” continue to rehearse the ostensible lessons from the U.S. exeunt from the region in 1990. They warn that the U.S. failure to stay the course and rebuild Afghanistan led inexorably to the rise of
Hamza Ahmed and the urban feudalism in Karachi – by Maheen Usmani: In Pakistan, lest we forget, the hired underlings are at the lowest rung of the ladder and are the puppets of their masters. PHOTO: IRFAN ALI Karachi gives off a palpable sense of fear which stems not just from
Obama orders first Boston bombing suspect deported back to Saudi Arabia: Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the Saudi national who was taken into custody moments after 2 bombs rocked the Boston Marathon, is being deported back to Saudi Arabia. On Thursday, FOX News announced that Ali Alharbi, 20, was being deported back to
With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan – by Matthew Rosenberg: KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of
تبلیغی اجتماع یا اجتماعی فرار – از وسیم الطاف: راولپنڈی اور اسلام آباد کے سنگم پہ واقع کیرج فیکٹری کے قریب ایک کھلی جگہ پہ آج تبلیغی جماعت کا سہ روزہ اجتماع آخری دعا کے ساتھ اختتام پذیر ہوا جس میں امت مسلمہ کی سربلندی اور یہود و
ڈالروں اور ریالوں کے عوض تکفیری دیوبندی دہشتگرد ناحق خون بہا رہے ہیں – مفتی گلزار نعیمی: از اسلام ٹائمز پاکستان میں جاری دہشتگردی میں ایک ہی مسلک کے لوگ ملوث ہیں، مفتی گلزار نعیمی شام کی صورتحال کو خراب کرنے میں امریکہ ملوث ہے اسلام ٹائمز: جامعہ نعیمیہ اسلام آباد کے سرپرست کا “اسلام ٹائمز”
طالب زدہ …..قسط 8: جہاں تک میرا یقین ہے ، آئی ایس آئ دیو بندی خیالات سے متاثر یا دیوبندی سوچ رکھتا ہے ، جس کی وجہ یہ ہوسکتی ہے کہ دیوبندی مکتبہ فکر سے منسلک لوگوں میں جہادی سوچ زیادہ ہوتی ہے