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Women Who Dare: Nafis Sadik, Champion of Choice for Women Around the World: BY Jaime-Alexis Fowler | February 28, 2013 Nafis Sadik has been called one of the most powerful women in the world. One of the greatest women’s advocates of the twentieth century, Nafis is an obstetrician, author, mother, and global thought

Death by a thousand cuts: After each act of violence against religious minorities, the Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or Sipah-e-Sahaba proudly own up to it without fear of punishment The recent mob attack on Christians in Lahore, resulting in the burning down of over one hundred

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

Many within Pakistan army and political parties are in cahoots with perpetrators of #ShiaGenocide – by Kubair Shirazee: Having received the nth invite to sign a Facebook petition to call for an end to the Genocide of Shias in Pakistan I ask myself; what will it take to put an end to this. Surely a Facebook petition

‘This is not about Shia or Sunni but barbarians hijacking our religion and our country’: Students and professionals in the Boston area organised a well-attended vigil on Friday evening in solidarity with Pakistan’s Shia Muslims and in protest against the ongoing target killings. A heavy snowstorm cleared up hours before the candlelight vigil at

The unequal time rule – by Huma Yousaf: Editors note: Otherwise a good article. While Huma Yousaf states the Hazara identity of killed Shias, what stops her from stating Deobandi identity of ASWJ killers? Is Sunni-Shia sectarian violence an apt term for #ShiaGenocide in Pakistan? LONDON —

A Sunni sister’s message to the Shia Muslims of Pakistan: Assalam-o-alaikum I don’t know who you are, or which corner of Pakistan you are currently residing in. I don’t know your name, your gender, your face or your condition. I don’t know if you are safe or if your

Consent and coercion in ‘Takfiristan’ — by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Both urbicide and ghettoisation of the Shia, especially that of the Shia Hazara in Quetta, remain underway in Pakistan as the politicians smoke the peace pipe with the Taliban/LeJ/ASWJ After the assassination of its brave leader Bashir Bilour, the

ISI’s top secret letter unfolds new dimension of Benazir Bhutto’s murder case: By Azaz Syed | DAWN.COM | 26th December, 2011 ISLAMABAD: Exactly four years after the brutal assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a letter of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), country’s top intelligence outfit, has revealed that the extremists groups related to

If you are not on Twitter and Facebook, you are not getting the full story – Lyse Doucet: How Twitter won the social media battle for journalism by @gordonmacmillan Polis, the journalism think-tank at the LSE, has published an in-depth report looking at the value of social media to journalism, specifically public service broadcasting, and it highlights

A village where Shahbaz Sharif is a villain – by Mirza Khurrum Shahzad: ISLAMABAD: When Shahbaz Sharif and his Punjab government will go out following an announcement for new elections, people in Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s village will be very happy. In the ancestral village of Dr. Manmohan Singh, Gah, Shahbaz

کہتے ہیں کہ حالات خراب ہیں ملک چھوڑ دو – اشعر زیدی: سپاہ صحابہ کے دیوبندی دہشت گردوں نے کراچی کے عباس ٹاؤن میں اس شیعہ بچے کو بھی شہید کر دیا صحافی ہوں ،طبیعت میں بے چینی کوٹ کوٹ کر بھری ہے ، کسی جگہ زیادہ دیر تک ٹک

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

سعودی عرب میں انقلابی لہر اور پاکستانی میڈیا بے خبر: رپورٹ: صفدر عباس سید: سعودی عرب کے صوبے الغسیم کے صوبائی دارالحکومت بریدہ میں سینکڑوں کی تعداد میں لوگوں نے جن میں اکثریت خواتین اور بچوں کی ہے احتجاجی مظاہروں کا ایک سلسلہ شروع کر رکھا ہے جن میں

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,

Diversity indicted in Pakistan: the buck stops with President Zardari — by Dr Mohammad Taqi: As to the allegations against the PPP’s legislators, the thousands of Barelvis killed and the Shia genocide in Pakistan, the buck stops with President Asif Ali Zardari Faqeeh e shehr bola badshah se/Barra sangeen mujrim hai yeh aaqa/Isay masloob

Shahbaz Sharif won Bhakkar MPA seat thanks to ASWJ-LeJ’s Malik Ishaq’s support: Feeling clearly upset over Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N’s changing tone and tenor towards Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (defunct Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan – SSP aka Lashkar-e-Jhangvi LeJ), the central leadership of ASWJ has reminded Shahbaz Sharif that he owes his present chief

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

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

Saaeda Begum, Mother of Irfan Khudi Ali -by Asim Rafiqui: Irfan Ali was perhaps one of the most well known young Hazara activists and human rights worker. His death in the January 10, 2013 suicide bomb attack sent shock waves across the country, and solicited outrage and statements of

کیا میں تکفیری ہوں؟ ڈاکٹر علی حیدر اور ان کے بیٹے کے قتل پر ایک سنی مسلمان کی تحریر: میرا ایک ہی بیٹا تھا ۔۔۔۔ مالک نے دیا ۔۔۔۔۔۔ اس کا انعام تھا ۔۔۔۔ اس نے لے لیا ۔۔۔۔ آپ سوچ بھی سکتے ہیں کہ ایک باپ، اپنے ہونہار بیٹے کی موت پہ، یہ الفاظ، کس دل سے

Hassan Abbas’s book reveals ISI was Involved in 1990 murder of Iranian diplomat in Lahore: Source: http://antisystemic.org/satribune/www.satribune.com/archives/sept04/P1_isi.htm Special SAT Report WASHINGTON, Sept 15: A former Pakistani police official has disclosed that Pakistan’s infamous Inter Services Intelligence Agency (ISI) operatives were directly involved in the 1990 murder of a senior Iranian diplomat in Lahore, an

The Dharna is not Shia! – by M. J. Nasir: Yesterday I spent 12 hours at the Dharna at Teen Talwar, Clifton, against the Shia genocide. At the time of writing, the Dharna is still underway and it has been over 24 hours since its start now. When I

Don’t question my loyalty, Mr. Chief Justice -by Murtaza Haider: Dual citizens can help restore the Chief Justice to his office, but they are not permitted to question the makeup of Pakistan’s election commission. While hearing a petition by Dr. Tahirul Qadri, who is a dual citizen of Canada

The collapse of Al-Jazeera’s credibility: “Before the beginning of the Arab Spring, we were a voice for change…a platform for critics and political activists throughout the region. Now, Al-Jazeera has become a propaganda broadcaster.” Related post: Deconstructing Al Jazeera and its paymasters Since the

تیز ترک گامزن منزل مانددور نیست: جہاں آرا منظور وٹو ۔۔۔۔: بالآخر پاکستان کی سیاسی تاریخ میں پہلی مرتبہ عوام کی منتخب آئینی، جمہوری حکومت اپنی آئینی مدت پوری کرنے جا رہی ہے۔ جمہوریت جس کے چراغ آج دنیا بھر میں روشن ہو رہے ہیں، جس کو آج دنیا بھر

Hide your condoms, Dr. Maria Khan is coming! -by Ammara Ahmad: We need to stand up to these so-called ‘educated’ but otherwise unethical anchors who show up in western dresses, speak confident English but in fact have a very conservative and bigoted agenda. My name is Dr. Khan and I

Junaid Jamshed and Nida Yasir: cost of TRPs is lifestyle and culture: SOURCE: This blog post first appeared here. I was alerted to Junaid Jamshed’s nonsense on Nida Yasir’s Good Morning Pakistan show by this timely written piece by Ayesha Mir. She writes: I knew this could not be all and

Pakistan’s Shia Genocide 101: Source: This article first appeared here and an edited version was published on Viewpoint. For decades Shia Muslims have been killed in Pakistan and the issue has either been pushed under the carpet or obfuscated using blanket terms such

Shia Genocide is not a Saudi-Iran proxy war – by Ali Taj: A debate that took place on a Facebook forum highlights the nature and reasons of Shia genocide in Pakistan. The conversation was initiated by a repetition of oft-repeated theories that are deeply insensitive to the victims who in this

Sunni Barelvi (Sufi Muslims) Struggle with Deobandi-Wahhabi Jihadists in Pakistan – by Arif Jamal: Source: Adapted with minor edits from The James Town Foundation Related posts: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC): Peaceful Barelvis rise against the Taliban-SSP criminals Sunni Ittehad Council: Sunni Barelvi activism against Deobandi-Wahhabi terrorism in Pakistan – by Aarish U. Khan Dawat-e-Islami:

Massacre on Alamdar Road: On January 10th the besieged Hazara Shia community in Quetta suffered their worst day yet when two bombs (probably a suicide bomber followed by a remote controlled car bomb) killed scores of people on Alamdar road (the death toll

Shaheed Bilour: immortalized, not silenced — by Ammara Ahmad: Mr Bilour was the only mainstream politician who dared to take a clear position against terrorism. The greatest victory of a politician and activist like Bashir Bilour is to be known for his cause during his lifetime and afterwards.

Was Benazir Bhutto a victim of the system?‏ -by Ammara Ahmad: Benazir Bhutto was arguably one of the most powerful people in Pakistan. She was Pakistan’s first woman prime minister and the head of its largest political party gunned down by extremists in 2007. As the world mourned the fifth

A response to Right and Left alliance against Bilawal and PPP – by Shaheryar Ali: Editor’s Note: The post came after Marxist intellectual, author and novelist Tariq Ali had a talk on Pakistan with Harry Kreisler, part of the series “Conversation with history” series by University of California. It has responded to Tariq Ali’s

Behind the headlines : Malala Yousafzai, Asif Ali Zardari and the new Pakistan: Note: While David James article does an important job of cataloguing the salient achievements of the current PPP government, it incorrectly credits Pro-military establishment, Pro-PCO Iftikhar Chaudhry and civil society-backed, Sherry Rehman, for improving Pakistan-US relations post Salala incident. On the other

General Kayani’s ostrich policy about Deobandi militants of Sipah Sahaba Taliban -by Saleem Safi: Related post: General Kayani’s Afghan game and the collateral damage in Pakistan Source: Daily Jang

تبلیغ میں کیا خرابی ہے؟: ہر سال لاکھوں کی تعداد میں لوگ تبلیغی اجتماعات میں شرکت کرتے ہیں ؛ پھر یہ لاکھوں لوگ پورے ملک میں پھیل جاتے ہیں اور نیکی کی تلقین کرتے ہیں۔ گزشتہ پچیس سے تیس برسوں میں یہ تعداد چند

پاکستان میں ہندو اقلیت کے چیلنجز- تحقیقی رپورٹ: علی ظیف ( یہ تحریر ہندو لڑکی رنکل کماری کے جبرئ تبدیلی مذہب کے واقعہ کے میڈیا پر نمایاں ہونے کے بعد ایک قومی روزنامہ کے لیے قلم زد کی گئی تھی لیکن مدیران کی جانب سے اسے اس