Newspaper Articles Archive
A dangerous void in Pakistan. The Taliban are unlikely to stop with Swat. – by Ahmed Rashid: A dangerous void in Pakistan —Ahmed Rashid The crisis in Pakistan leaves the US with few policy options. Large injections of cash are desperately needed to give the government the time to re-establish the writ of the state and
Tahir Sarwar Mir: Sharif Brothers and their principled struggle for revolution: Nila Gumbad loves Anarkali Shahbaz Sharif’s revolutionary style and the pledge to change his name (to what?) unless…. Parda hai parda – Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Some relevant comments: MalangBaba said: Reconciliation can only happen if both sides are
Let’s sing Iqbal’s Tarana-e-Hind-o-Pak to fight religous extremism – by Aakar Patel: Mr Zardari, tear down this wall Sunday, March 08, 2009 Aakar Patel Allama Iqbal imagined Pakistan as a utopia in northwest India where Punjabis would do ijtihad and read Nietzsche. The Quaid-e-Azam ordered a Pakistan where religion would cease
Zardari is a cheater – Nawaz Sharif keeps his promises: In the following op-ed, Tanvir Qaiser Shahid exposes some secrets of the relationship between Qazi Hussain Ahmed’s Jamaat-e-Islami and Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N.
Abbas Ather: The Motorway Party as the saviour of Pakistan?: Does the urban Punjab represent the whole Pakistan? Does the motorway party (i.e., PML-N, whose popularity is limited to cities on the motorway from Lahore to Rawalpindi) represent the majority of Pakistan? Do the motorway journalists (i.e., Dr. Shahid
MQM holds a huge rally in Karachi against the the damaging of the Benazir memorial in Rawalpindi by the PML-N workers…: MQM rally to condemn damaging of BB’s memorial PDF Print E-mail KARACHI, March 1 (APP): The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) held a huge rally in downtown Karachi on Sunday to protest against the damaging of the memorial at the
Talat Masood: Fallout of the Supreme Court verdit: Fallout of the verdict Monday, March 02, 2009 Talat Masood The way events are unfolding in Pakistan it appears our national failure has been programmed and the political software written by our leaders, whether it was the erstwhile military
Seema Mustafa: What the people of Pakistan think about the Taliban: What the people of Pakistan think about the Taliban Monday, March 02, 2009 Seema Mustafa The tide is turning for the people of Pakistan. And the fear and apprehension is palpable as soon as one crosses the Wagah border
Hasan Nisar: Punjab and People’s Party: Editorial: Give Punjab back? Amid scuffling MNAs, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced Saturday on the floor of the National Assembly that the PPP would sit on the opposition benches in the Punjab Assembly if it failed to form
Quetta: 2 March 2009: 2 more Shia killed by Humayun Jogezai and his associates in Taliban: Quetta Police Chief, Humayun Jogezai has been once again successful in engineering and executing another round of Shia killings. Innocent people of Quetta demand an honest police officer such as Shoaib Suddle to be appointed in place of terrorist
Shia pilgrims killed in Medina: King Abdullah Has No Robes: George Galloway speaks about the killing of 4 Shia pilgrims by Wahhabis in Madinah
Qazi Hussain Ahmed hears the buzz of the military boots…: Are the old ISI stooges re-aligning themselves? Qazi doesn’t see President Zardari Govt. continuingUpdated at: 1335 PST, Sunday, March 01, 2009 (The News) LAHORE: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmad said that President Zardari government was not seen continuing. Talking
New York Times: Nawaz Sharif is manipulating the combustible court ruling for personal political gain: Pakistan in ‘mortal danger’: NYT Masood Haider Sunday, 01 Mar, 2009 like Mr Zardari, Mr Sharif is a flawed leader and no doubt is manipulating the combustible court ruling for personal political gain: NYT NEW YORK: ‘Between the threats
Nawaz Sharif’s politics of agitation: Politics of agitation —Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi Moderation, tolerance and accommodation can help overcome the present crisis. Both sides need to stand-down from their rigid perspectives. The longer they confront each other in the streets, the harder it will be
Hangu kidnapping of Shia School Students by Taliban: Hangu kidnapping Sunday, March 01, 2009 In what appears to be another act of sectarian violence in the Hangu area, which has seen over a year of conflict between tribes divided along the lines of sect, a van driver
Swat Peace Deal with Taliban: Questions which ANP must answers: Swat Peace Deal with Taliban: Questions which ANP must answers By: Ahfaz-ur-Rehman, Daily Express, 1 March 2009
Why do Taliban (and their supporters) attack secualr Pashtuns?: US responsible for the situation in Pakistan Irfan Khan Momand UK [email protected] Source: “FRONTIER POST” FEB.12, 2008 The recent suicide attack on Awami national Party rally in Charsadda was certainly a very shameful act. We condemned this suicide attack
PML-N engaged in horse-trading in Punjab: PML-Q forward bloc to support PML-N: Maneka LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) forward bloc leader Ata Maneka claimed on Friday the support of 35 members, and said all of them would support the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz unconditionally. Addressing the
Moonis Elahi "should be" the next Chief Minister of Punjab…: Manipulations in full swing for top slot Nasir JamalSaturday, 28 Feb, 2009 | 05:22 AM PST | Former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (R) and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.—Reuters/File LAHORE: Three days after imposition of the
Taliban kill Shia school children in ambush in Hangu: Pakistani school children killed in ambush Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:44:50 GMT Unidentified assailants have reportedly ambushed a van carrying Shia children to school in the troubled tribal region of northwest
Cruelty with dog in Peshawar. A specimen of moral character of PML-N: Is there any difference between the Taliban who draw pleasure from beheading innocent citizens in Swat and FATA and the PML-N /Jamaat-e-(Ghair) Islami and Imran Khan’s PTI (Pakistan Taliban-e-Insaf) workers who draw pleasure from torturing an innocent dog in
Ahmed Rashid: The Taliban has its own agenda for Pakistan: ‘An Appendage Of The Al Qaeda, The Taliban Now Has Its Own Agenda For Pakistan’ Ahmed Rashid, author of a book on the Taliban, tells HARINDER BAWEJA (of Tehleka.com) that even India needs to worry enormously How do you
PPP protests against burning of Benazir, Zardari portraits: … PPP protests against burning of Benazir, Zardari portraits Friday, February 27, 2009 By By our correspondent HYDERABAD: Activists of the ruling Pakistan Peopleís Party (PPP) on Thursday took out rallies and staged demonstrations against the burning and disgracing
Nawaz Sharif invites his followers to mutiny in Pakistan. Strike call fails.: The PMLN’s policy of not recognising the “PCO Supreme Court” anticipated its decision to reject the verdict the Supreme Court reached Wednesday to disqualify the Sharif brothers. However, desperate to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif is
Hangu: Taliban attack a school van killing 3 Shia children, kidnap 6: Gunmen ambush Pakistan school minibus, 3 Shia students killed, 6 taken captive Shia children injured in a previous bombing at the Bari Imam shrine in Islamabad. Photograph: AP 27 Feb 2009 update PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Gunmen on Friday
In appreciation of Shahbaz Sharif’s Danish Schools Project – Ataul Haq Qasmi: Notwithstanding our political differences, this noble project deserves our full support.
Holbrooke: Only 5pc Afghan Taliban are hard-core militants: Only 5pc Afghan Taliban are hard-core militants: Holbrooke By Our Correspondent Thursday, 26 Feb, 2009 WASHINGTON, Feb 25: Only five per cent of the Taliban militants in Afghanistan are hard-core, others can be persuaded to abandon violence, says Richard
Allama Iqbal, Bacha Khan and terrorists – by Suroosh Irfani: It might well be that the heartless war our homegrown jihadis and Afghan Taliban are waging against Pakistan exemplifies Islam’s dangerous inversion that Iqbal had warned against some three generations ago. Such inversion has virtually displaced Bacha Khan and
Sharif brothers: Nov 25, 2007 — Feb 25, 2008 – Timed out?: “Not a single tear was shed” Not many protesters were visible in the streets of Lahore, Rawalpindi and other cities in Punjab. The Motorway party (PML-N) has its stronghold from Lahore to Rawalpindi but it seems that these ‘choori
Punjab in a federation – by Asha’ar Rehman: Punjab in a federation By Asha’ar Rehman Thursday, 26 Feb, 2009 A: “Today I have everything… government, power (?), backing of the global masters (??). You…What do you have?” B: “I have the people.” If it weren’t for the
Right wing alliance of PML-N, PTI and JI out in the open. Benazir Memorial desecrated in Rawalpindi…. Osama must be smiling.: Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Al Qaeda and their accomplices in the shape of Taliban and the ISI. Who funded Nawaz Sharif in 1980s and early 1990s: Osama bin Laden Who was the mentor and founding father of PML-N? General
Talibanisation of Pakistan? Hardliners, moderates, liberals and the state: Hardliners, moderates, liberals and the stateThursday, February 26, 2009Kamila Hyat It is a telling testimony to the plight of Pakistan that a man such as Maulana Sufi Muhammad Khan, who broke away from the Jamaat-e-Islami in 1989 to form
Saeed Siddiqi laments a sectarian attack on a funeral in D.I. Khan: Saeed Siddiqi laments a sectarian attack by Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba
An analysis of Sharif brothers’ disqualification: EDITORIAL COMMENT | Double Trouble It’s a double whammy in India’s neighbourhood: A mutiny in Bangladesh and a judicial coup in Pakistan. Pakistan’s supreme court has upheld an order banning opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his
How then can the Taliban be defeated? by Zafar Hilaly: Taking on the Taliban Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Zafar Hilaly The first battle of a war is psychologically an important one. Pakistan has lost not only the first battle, that for the control of Waziristan, but also the second,
Kayani gets bashing by the US agencies, and the Taliban offer ceasefire. Coincidence?: Kayani visits NDUW; calls on heads of US agencies WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on Mr Robert Gates, Secretary of Defence, Admiral Michael Mullen and General George Casey. According to ISPR, General Kayani