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Deobandi militants of ASWJ killed Sibte Jafar but they cannot kill his memory: Related posts: https://lubpak.com/archives/251633 https://lubpak.com/archives/73439 LUBP Editor’s note: Read this blog post by Sultana Haider with tears of anger and grief. For the right-wing and pro-establishment fake liberals, Sibte Jafar can be reduced to an Iranian fifth columnist. His cowardly

This is not about Shia or Sunni but barbarians hijacking our religion and our country — by Beena Sarwar: 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

Xenophobia, internal-racism deadly combo — by Andaleeb Rizvi: OMG, I went to Pakistan and it is so dangerous. Agreed! It is impossible to live there as a liberal/secular person. Excuse me? I have been living here as a liberal, atheist whatever for the past 5 years at

Of a Muslim and a Jew — by Zeeba T. Hashmi: you bring me to the creed not defined by my spirit but what surrounds is a world of empty hearts, with calculated minds what more can we design? save the want of the heart. in contradiction

A dying society: The more I read from young Pakistanis on social media, the more I wonder how in the world they did this to us. Such inability to think critically is not easy to acquire, and yet countless have acquired it.

Pakistani liberals and #ShiaGenocide: Nazis redux: We are the champions of liberalism and human rights in Pakistan. From late 1980s to 2013, we have remained silent on Shia genocide at the hands of Deobandi militants (ASWJ-LeJ) supported by certain elements in Pakistan army. If at

Nowruz in Pakistan’s Parachinar valley – by Riaz Toori: Blossom is a sure sign that spring has arrived in the earthly paradise of Parachinar. Related post: Nowruz: The forgotten spring festival of subcontinent – by Shaheryar Ali Every year on 21 March, the festival of Nauroze (or Nowruz)

Blaming the victim: Ejaz Haider blames Shias of Abbas Town for mistreatment of Ahmadis – by Sabah Hasan: Contrary to reported facts and credible sources, Ejaz Haider comes up with insensitive gossip to make the Shia victims of the Abbas Town Karachi tragedy look bad – by alleging them of discrimination against Ahmadiyya Muslims. As per newspaper

And, why does Pakistan cosy up to these Wahhabi tyrants? – by Sidq Maqaal: I read A Z’s article in this publication yesterday where he explains how, over the past many decades, Britain and the West have encouraged and used radical Islam for their foreign policy objectives. I agree with this but I

Pakistani voters must reject those parties and candidates that have ties with ASWJ-LeJ terrorists: Editor’s note: Voting is a very important decision. LUBP urges its readers to encourage moderate Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and all other communities to collectively vote against those parties and candidates that have any ties with or support of Takfiri

درویش استاد سبط جعفر دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کے ہاتھوں شہید: پوری پاکستانی قوم بلخصوص پاکستانی شیعہ مکتبہ فکر ، دیوبندی دہشت گردوں اہل سنت ول جماعت جس کا پرانا نام سپاہ صحابہ تھا کےہاتھوں ایک اور بہت بڑے سانحے سے گزر رہے ہیں مشہور شاعر،ادیب اور دانشور سید سبط جعفر

درویش استاد سبط جعفر: درویش استاد سبط جعفر عامر حسینی ہم ابھی ایک پرسے سے فارغ ہوتے ہیں تو دوسرے پرسے کی باری آجاتی ہے اور یہ سلسلہ کہیں رکنے کا نام نہیں لے رہا ہے-کراچی کربلاء میں بدل چکا ہے-کبھی تو اجتماعی

A sequel to ‘Why Do We Cosy Up to These Wahhabi Tyrants?’ – by A Z: OMG, what was she thinking? Camilla, wife of our future king, wore a flimsy, unsecured headscarf on her trip to Saudi Arabia. It rebelliously slipped off and almost uncovered all her hair! According to the strict, conservative Saudi Wahhabi

Pakistan’s Most Wanted Terrorists: Leaders, inciters and executioners: Related posts: Deobandi and Wahhabi radicalism is a larger issue than terrorism – by Ayesha Siddiqa تکفیری دہشت گردی یا سنی شیعہ فرقہ واریت؟ میڈیا جھوٹ کیوں بول رہا ہے؟ Who are Takfiri Deobandis? – by Fahd Khan Names

Where is Pakistan Heading ?: So few weeks back after the Abbas Town tragedy perpetrated by the usual suspects (see Takfiri Deobandis) ; i decided to browse through different Pakistani talk shows hoping for some much needed honesty. You would at least expect some self reflection

Sharifs want to ride two boats while Ludhianvi fears sinking ship — by Xain Gardezi: Politics is a strange phenomenon to say the least. Arch rivals may suddenly find blood brothers among themselves and old friends can be used a scapegoat fairly easily to let rot. It is of course no surprise than that

Zaheer Kidvai’s insensitive comments in Tehelka on #ShiaGenocide: Zaheer Kidvai’s insensitive comments in Tehelka http://blog.tehelka.com/the-division-gets-worse/ on Shia genocide in Pakistan are a perfect example of why the world community is so misinformed about this issue. His comments reek of subconscious sectarian bigotry. They highlight that instead of informing

I am a Sunni, I think I am – by Ali Lahori: Perhaps I am suffering from a bad case of amnesia. I think my parents told me that I am a Sunni and I was supposed to follow the sunnah of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh). My parents taught me to love

Making false binary of Sajid Naqvi and murder promoter Ludhianvi (ASWJ/LEJ) is tantamount to promoting murder: As a follow-up from yesterday’s discussion on Twitter( https://lubpak.com/archives/251633) and not managing to make any convincing argument, Mr. Sethi in an act of desperation rolled out another insensitive member of the TFT club of authors, no this time it was not

#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

Criticism on Ludhianvi’s interview in TFT: Najam Sethi & co shoot the messenger: Recently, The Friday Times (owned and edited by Najam Sethi and co-edited by Raza Rumi) published a very distasteful interview with Ahmed Ludhianvi Deobandi, head of banned terrorist group Sipah-e-Sahaba (aka ASWJ-LeJ). In addition to three posts on LUBP,

Ludhianvi’s interview: an item number in Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi’sTFT blog? – by Ejaz Baloch: Much has been said about an interview of the leader of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi. Why advisor to a right-wing media group like Jang/Geo has placed that interview in a a Right Wing Liberal weekly

Sipah-e-Sahaba Taliban wrecking mothers’ lives – by AZ: As the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP aka ASWJ-LeJ) and Taliban (TTP) continue to bring annihilation to it and slaughter courses through its districts, Pakistan wails in desolation on the breath of hate. Cradle of an old and proud civilization, it

Pakistan to be Rwanda: Through Ahmed Ludhianvi, Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi’s call for Shia holocaust – by Mahpara Qalandar: Editor’s note: I am at great pain to publish this article. I have always had great regard for Raza Rumi and Najam Sethi. This interview with Ahmed Lidhanvi Deobandi has no news value whatsoever. It does not cross-question any

اس کے نام جس کا کوئی وکیل نہیں – سلمان تاثیر، شہباز بھٹی اور جنید حفیظ کی کہانی: Related post: Islamofascists of Jamat Islami initiate blasphemy case against a university teacher in Multan ایران کے ایک جلاوطن دانشور فلسفی عبدالکریم سروش ہیں وہ کہتے ہیں کہ کسی بھی معاشرے میں حریت فکر کی پیمائش کا پیمانہ اس

کیا پنجاب حکومت لشکرِ جھنگوی کے خلاف آپریشن کر پائے گی؟ – از حسن نقوی: ملکِ خداداد میں فرقہ واریت، دہشت گردی اور قتل و غارت گری کا بازار ضیاء الحق کے زبردستی کے نفاذِ اسلام سے شروع ہوا۔ ایک ایسا سلسلہ جو کسی طور تھمنے کا نام نہیں لیتا۔ مسلمانوں کو ’’مسلمان‘‘ بنانے

Abbas Town massacre: Police arrests the prime suspect Deobandi militant of ASWJ-Taliban: Karachi (14 March 2013): Police announced to have arrested the prime suspect in last month’s Abbas Town blast, along with his two accomplices from Karachi on Thursday, Express News reported. It was revealed that they were associated with Tehreek-e-Taliban

Weak state abets radicalization in Pakistan – by AZ: As I read the news about the concerned PML(N) MNA being absolved of land grabbing charges after hundreds of innocent poor Christians’ homes were torched and their belongings looted on his watch, I am painfully reminded of how the

How well-meaning but naïve journalists create false Shia-Sunni binary – by Mahpara Qalander: I am not going to talk about Yazidi Shia journalists like Ejaz Haider, Shakir Hussain and Nasim Zehra, or Yazidi-Salafists like Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Sidiqqui, Mosharraf Zaidi and Najam Sethi who have spent better part of their lives spreading

Some lesser known facts about Pope Francis: A profile of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Pope facts: Bergoglio is the first Latin American pope. He is also the first Jesuit pope. Bergoglio is of Italian descent. Not the *biggest* leap beyond Europe the cardinals could have picked. Bergoglio, 76, has spent nearly his entire

Philanthropist Parveen Rehman killed by Deobandi militants in Karachi: Karachi (13 March 2013). Deobandi militants of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) killed the Director of Orangi Pilot Project, Parveen Rehman in Karachi on Wednesday. Rehman was targeted when she was travelling in her car near Orangi Town’s Peerabad

Racist Tribune pokes fun at Bacha Khan: Balochistan Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested eleven children aged between 11 to 16 years, who were allegedly involved in carrying out the Bacha Khan “Chowk” blast in Quetta, Express News reported. The blast at Bacha Khan square

Iran-Pakistan pipeline: A significant step forward – by AZ: This Monday, Iranian and Pakistani presidents inaugurated the construction of a much-delayed section of a $7.5bn gas pipeline linking the two neighbours. The two leaders unveiled a plaque before shaking hands and offering prayers for the successful conclusion of

Badami Bagh is a conspiracy to defame GHQ assets – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: I think this entire incident has been manufactured by the RAW-Illuminati-Masonic Lodhis (desi version of Masonic Lodge) to defame our strategic assets like ASWJ-LeJ. ASWJ-LeJ and Jaish Mohammad are sister organizations and subsidiaries of our Good Taliban and Good

Land of Yazid – by Anas Abbas: The most revered of all Muslim religious sites, the Khaan e Kaaba, is enough to mesmerize Muslims. Saving money for the pilgrimage, donning the precious ihram, leaving for Jeddah on a wing and a prayer, chanting Allah humma labbaik,

Roots of Takfiri Deobandi militancy: Hero worship of evil renders the worshiper himself evil – by Rusty Walker: Christians all over Pakistan are enflamed from the smoke signals sent from the burning of Christian homes in Badami Bagh, Lahore. The message blazes over the hundreds of obliterated Christian residences, and seems to threaten: “Pakistani Kafirs lives will

Road to death in Pakistan goes via Raiwind – by Mahpara Qalandar: Who lead the mob which burnt down the entire Christian neighborhood of Badami Bagh in Lahore on 9 March 2013? The answer: (i) Riaz Malik, a PML-N leader who is a member of our national parliament and (ii)

PMLN and Sipah Sahaba (ASWJ) enable minority persecution: Source: alexpressed PMLN has been claiming recently that their track record in terms of terrorism/ law and order has been good. Some of the anchors on the mainstream media have also been touting the same line but nothing could

PMLN sponsored Deobandi militants of ASWJ are planning further violence against Lahore’s Christian community – by Farooq Naeemi: After burning more than 170 house of poor Christian community in Lahore’s Badami Bagh area, Deobandi militants of the Sipah-e-Sahaba (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ aka Lashkar-e-Jhangvi LeJ under the patronage of Shahbaz Sharif-led PML-N government

Mumtaz Qadri, the Barelvi poster child for apologists of Deobandi TTP-ASWJ terrorists: Why do Deobandi activists, the Taliban-ASWJ apologists and pro-establishment fake liberals love Mumtaz Qadri? Examples from Twitter Comment: This is typical obfuscation tactic. Violence by Sunni Barevlis, Sufis or Shias is not a norm but an