Newspaper Articles Archive
Who is behind the attacks on WAPDA offices? Who is manufacturing violent demonstrations against the democratic government?: Who is behind the attacks on WAPDA offices? Who is manufacturing violent demonstrations against the Federal Government in the guise of protests against load-shedding and electricity bills? Beware of the unholy nexus of Jamaat-e-Islami and ISI. Shahbaz Sharif must
Haroon-ur-Rashid, a follower of General Zia-ul-Haq and a promoter of Imran Khan: koilon ki dallali main munh kala In this op-ed piece, Haroon-ur-Rashid is trying to present General Zia-ul-Haq, the worst of all dictators in Pakistan’s history, as the real hero of Islam and Pakistan, and the real hero of the
Nzaria-e-Pakistan (The Ideology of Pakistan) and the Mullah-Military alliance in Pakistan… Nazir Naji: In this op-ed in Jang, Nazir Naji explain how the so-called ideology of Pakistan (Nazaria-e-Pakistan) was manufactured by the unholy nexus of Mullahs (Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr. Israr Ahmed, Dr. Safdar Mehmood) and Military (General Sher Ali, General Yahaya Khan, other
Need for a concerted, robust strategy on the war on terrorism: Amir Ahmed Khan notes that Pakistani politicians, army and intelligence agencies need to adopt a concerted, robust strategy on the war on terrorism. Also, they need to develop confidence building measures with the regional and international players namely USA,
Friends of Taliban are responsible for Pakistan’s economic crisis: The blood thirsty beasts of the conservative parties in Pakistan, namely: Jamaat Islami, Imran Khan, Hamid Gul, and other agents of ISI and Taliban… By Asadullah Ghalib
Struggling against sectarianism: Shia-Sunni ecumenism: Views of Dr Israr Ahmed and Allama Kalbe Sadiq: Struggling against sectarianism: Shia-Sunni ecumenism By Yoginder Sikand In an unprecedented move, last week thousands of Sunni and Shia Muslims gathered together in Lucknow to collectively offer prayers to mark the festival of Eid at the end of the
Pakistan is united against terrorists of Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Sipah-e-Sahaba & other jihadi & sectarian organizations. Parliament passes resolution.: Parliament passes 14-point resolution on national securityUpdated at: 1025 PST, Wednesday, October 22, 2008 ISLAMABAD: The Parliament on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a 14-point resolution on national policy regarding internal security and war against terrorism. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza
Pakistan’s war on terror, the discussion in the parliament and the political point scoring by PML-N and PML-Q – Nasim Zehra: Parliament’s role in fighting terrorWednesday, October 22, 2008Nasim Zehra The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst Almost two weeks into the in-camera session on the security situation, and especially the tribal areas, many questions regarding its usefulness are being
A snapshot of Taliban’s brutalities in Pakistan – BBC Blog by Arif Shamim: In his latest blog on BBC Urdu dot com, Arif Shamim shows and comments on the real picture of Taliban. Will the supporters of Taliban (Imran Khan, Hamid Gul, Mushtaq Minhas etc) still remain in the state of denial?
Talking peace with militants in Tribal Areas: Let us not hurry into another appeasement. Khalid Aziz: Talking peace with militantsTuesday, October 21, 2008by Khalid Aziz Since April of this year the military changed the method of fighting the insurgency in FATA and the NWFP. Prior to ‘Operation Zalzala,’ which was conducted in the Mahsud area
Owning the war AND Ayaz Amir’s attitude of denial toward Taliban and terroirsts: Owning the warTuesday, October 21, 2008by Muhammad Saleem This is with reference to Ayaz Amir’s article ‘Our priceless talent for wasting time and money’, published in this newspaper on Oct 17. Being a member of parliament, Mr Amir is
The Taliban terrorists in Pakistan are being funded by drug trade in Afghanistan – Who are the sponsors? CIA, NATO and the Karzai Government: Getting Afghanistan together President Asif Ali Zardari is supposed to have told the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State, Mr Richard Boucher, that the growing production of drugs in Afghanistan was having ill effects in Pakistan since the terrorists
What kind of reservations Asif Zardari might have about Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry…: What kind of reservations Asif Zardari might have about Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry…. Here is a perspective by Abbas Ather
Profile of a terrorist: Riaz Basra of Sipah-e-Sahaba / Jaish-e-Muhammad / Taliban: Riaz Basra (1967 – 14 May, 2002) was a Pakistani militant involved in sectarian fighting with Shia elements in Pakistan. Basra founded the militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in 1996. Riaz Basra was born in Chak Chah Thandiwala, Sargodha, in 1967.
Profile of a terrorist: Amjad Farooqi of Taliban/Al-Qaeda/Sipah-e-Sahaba/Jaish-e-Muhammad, who was involved in dozens of terrorist activities….: Profile: Amjad Farooqi (from BBC) Farooqi ran Afghan militant camps, Pakistani intelligence saysPakistani intelligence
Confronting militancy: The Urban Taliban – by Raza Rumi: Confronting militancyMonday, October 20, 2008by Raza Rumi It is time that the vocabulary introduced by the global imperial projects is changed in Pakistan. The infamous and rotten coinage – war on terror – needs to be trashed. It was
The evidence of ISI’s involvement in Pakistani politics. Asghar Khan’s petition in the Supreme Court.: We never learn from history – 6 By Ardeshir Cowasjee IN this God-given, Jinnah-founded country of ours it is safe to assume that the majority of those who manage to be elected to our assemblies, or appointed to positions
Partners in crime: Ex-Servicemen’s Association (the new face of ISI sponsored thugs) – by Amir Mir: Partners in crime Amir Mir Hardly a fortnight after Pakistani Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani directed the officers of the Pakistan Army through an official letter not to indulge in politics and pay heed to their
We never learn from history. Hamid Gul, Aslam Beg and other corrupt Generals of the ISI – by Ardeshir Cowasjee: Hamid Gul, Aslam Beg, Roedad Khan, Akhtar Abdur Rehman, Zia-ul-Haq, Rafiq Tarar, the long list of criminals of ISI … By Ardeshir Cowasjee We never learn from history By Ardeshir Cowasjee The indefatigable old warrior of our skies is
Fallout of Karsaz FIR: If you want to try Hamid Gul, reopen Asghar Khan’s petition against ISI in the Supreme Court: New Karsaz FIR IT is intriguing that a new First Information Report about the bomb attack on Benazir Bhutto’s procession should have been registered a full one year after the Oct 18 crime that killed some 140 innocent people
Muslim clerics in Pakistan are creating confusion in Pakistan’s war on terror – by Khurshid Nadeem: Mullahs, Ulama, religious scholars in Pakistan are creating confusion in the war on terror. Khurshid Nadeem asks some important questions… Who has the right to declare jihad? what does Islam say about those groups which intend to create a
Hamid Mir, the media face of Taliban suggests that Pakistan is facing terrorism because Mullah Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid was shown in Burqa on PTV: In his op-ed in Daily Jang, Hamid Mir, the media face of Taliban suggests that Pakistan is facing terrorism (suicide bombings etc) because Mullah Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid was shown in Burqa on Pakistan Television. What a fool
Pakistan police arrest terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba for involvement in the Danish Embassy bombing: June 4, 2008 ptinews.com Islamabad, June 4 (PTI) Pakistani police today arrested four persons, including a member of the outlawed sectarian group Sipah-e-Sahaba, for their alleged involvement in the suicide car bombing outside the Danish embassy here that killed
Suicide bombers’ Who’s Who – Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Jaish-e-Muhammad – By Amir Mir: Suicide bombers’ Who’s WhoAmir Mir (Amir Mir is a senior journalist, and a brother of the famous TV host Hamid Mir) thenews.com.pk9/22/2008 LAHORE: Intelligence agencies believe the endless wave of deadly suicide bombings, climaxing with one of the deadliest
Book Review: How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, Sipah-e-Sahaba and the Hijacking of Afghanistan – Roy Gutman: BOOK REVIEW: Afghan war’s hidden blunders —by Khaled Ahmed How We Missed the Story: Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of AfghanistanBy Roy GutmanVanguard Books Lahore 2008 – Pp322 – Available at bookstores in Pakistan The book
Sectarian Strife Paralyzes Life in Pakistan’s Kurram Tribal Agency:: By Imtiaz Ali Pakistan’s Kurram Tribal Agency has been at the center of sectarian Shiite-Sunni conflict for decades. The area witnessed bloody clashes between the two rival sects of Islam long before the arrival of the Taliban phenomenon and
Taliban, Sipah-e-Sahaba, other jihadi and sectarian organizations want to convert Pakistan into a cultural wasteland, no tourism, no cricket, no music: Over the topWhen in soup… Sunday, October 19, 2008by Masood Hasan Increasingly Pakistanis have to square up to face what could be a defining moment in their lives. They can either crawl into shelters and take refuge, trembling with
Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari’s pro-Taliban article, General Zia-ul-Haq’s Sharia, and making peace with terrorism?: Making peace with terrorism? The National Assembly Speaker, Dr Fehmida Mirza, noticed on Friday that members of parliament were generally not showing up to attend the in-camera briefings on the war on terror as required. Of the 440 legislators
Why are the Taliban and other jihadi and sectarian organizations destroying barber shops, CD shops, girls schools? Imran Khan, Hamid Gul, Read this…: The Pakistani nations is fighting for its survival against the forces of darkness, the jihadi and sectarian beasts who want to establish their tunnel-visioned khilafat in Pakistan and the world over. Criminals such as Imran Khan, Israr Ahmed, Qazi
Pakistan’s ex-spymaster outlines Taliban demands: General Hamid Gul (ex-ISI chief) is the ugly face of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan: Afghanistan: Hamid Gul outlines Taliban demands (AKI) The Taliban will agree to peace talks if they are recognised as a political force, if a date is set for the withdrawal of international forces, and if Taliban prisoners are released,
The failure of Army in eliminating Al-Qaeda and Taliban from Pakistan’s tribal areas.: A sting in Pakistan’s al-Qaeda missionBy Syed Saleem Shahzad Asia Times KARACHI – The Pakistani military has halted operations in Bajaur Agency in the northwest of the country, saying “the back has been broken” of the militancy there. A
Taliban Hit List: Who are Taliban’s enemies and friends in Pakistan?: Taliban Hit List: A Where’s Waldo? Pakistani Style An interesting hit list has emerged from the Taliban in Pakistan. From Syed Saleem Shahzad in the Asia Times, see if you can guess who is missing from the list. The
Remembering the victims of 18 October 2007: The gruesome attack on the mammoth reception of Banzair Bhutto by about a million supporters in Karachi: 18 October 2007: A day when the enemies of Pakistan, the supporters of Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Sipah-e-Sahaba, when the remnants of General Zia-ul-Haq in the Pakistani society, the Hamid Guls and Aslam Begs and other beast like creatures conspired to
The Taliban supporter exposed: Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI: Maulana speaks for the Taliban? Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI has spoken out in the in-camera session of the parliament in Islamabad, posing as a kind of mediator between the state of Pakistan and the forces loosely described as
Lal Masjid and media – by Abbas Ather: By Abbas AtherThe last two paragraphs are the essence of this op-ed.