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The mega follies: POLITICS is all about perception. If people believe that a policy is detrimental to their interests, not even a deluge of spin, arranged news conferences, full-page advertisements and assurances by its advocates is going to change that perception. A
Saudi-backed Salafi-Wahhabi terrorists of ISIS establishing Caliphate in Iraq and Syria – by Robert Fisk: So after the grotesquerie of the Deobandi terror outfit Taliban and the Salafi war-lord Osama bin Laden and 15 of the 19 suicide killers of 9/11, meet Saudi Arabia’s latest monstrous contribution to world history: the Islamist Salafi/Wahhabi caliphate
Khaki-turned-Jihadi Adnan Rasheed Deobandi masterminded Karachi attack – by Amir Mir: Editorial note: This piece illustrates how Pakistan’s policy –conceived and underwritten by its Army which runs the national security policy without any input from the democratic governments- of supporting Islamist militants has boomeranged dramatically in its face. Pakistan
ISIS takes control of Bayji, Tikrit in lightning southward advance – by Bill Roggio: Iraqi and Syrian Towns and Cities seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham ISIS units traveling in a convoy of more than 60 vehicles advanced into Bayji last night, and torched several government buildings, court houses,
US launches 2 drone strikes in Pakistan, breaks 6 months lull – by Bill Roggio: The US killed 16 jihadists, including four Uzbeks, in two drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas. The strikes ended a six month long pause in Pakistan. In the first strike, the unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers fired
Social media goes viral over Kuwait protest: Kuwaitis gather at Irada Square, opposite the National Assembly building in Kuwait City, last evening. The opposition called for the rally where it vowed to expose major corruption scams. DOHA: The social media across the GCC was abuzz
Insurgents seize Iraqi city of Mosul as security forces flee – by Liz Sly and Ahmed Ramadan: BEIRUT — Insurgents seized control of most of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday in a powerful demonstration of the threat posed by a rapidly expanding extremist army to the fragile stability of Iraq and
Staring at women is an Indian pastime, even nuns get stared at: travel expert – by Prasun Sonwalkar: Reports of rape and sexual assaults on women in India continue to make headlines in the British media as the Foreign Office advisory asks women travelling to India to exercise caution and one India travel expert concludes
World Environment Day: saving small islands – by Haroon Mustafa Janjua: Despite extreme weather conditions and unpredictable rains resulting in floods and disasters, the state showed that it still remains visionless over such an important issue by cutting down the budget for environmental action World Environment Day is celebrated
Karachi airport attack: The world is not safe until Pakistan cleans up its mess – by Rob Crilly: Security at Karachi’s airport was never foolproof. Driving up to its departure terminal cars are stopped by armed guards, allowing an officer to walk alongside with something similar to one of those novelty golf ball detectors, the
Fighting Pakistan’s War – by Khaled Ahmed: Early last month, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan confessed that “peace” talks with the Pakistani Taliban had been derailed and the committees chosen by both sides had either grown impotent through resignations or become too empowered with
The ISI’s Great Game in Afghanistan – by Omer Aziz: On the evening of March 20, two teenagers entered the buffet area of the luxurious Serena Hotel in Kabul. The well-guarded establishment was a popular meeting place for politicians, diplomats, and journalists; a kind of refuge away from the
Gun and suicide attack on Shias kills 23 in Taftan: QUETTA: As many as 23 people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber stormed a hotel in Taftan, where Shia pilgrims were staying, and blew himself up, late on Sunday. Talking to Daily
Facebook Under Fire for Temporarily Blocking Pages in Pakistan – by Declan Walsh and Salman Masood: Editor’s note: Declan Walsh writes in support of Laal and Roshni, the pro rights pages that are blocked by the PTA. LUBP appreciates that the New York Times has paid attention to the social media pages which lead the
The curious case of drone strikes in FATA – by Farooq Yousaf: According to New America Foundation’s drone database, a total of 58 high profile targets have been killed in drone strikes – making up only 2% of the total casualties in 370 drone strikes. PHOTO: FILE Peter Bergen
Boy strangulated after being tortured – by Obaid Abbasi: Police believe the 10-year-old boy was sexually assaulted before being killed. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD:The body of a 10-year-old seminary student was found in the Koral area late on Wednesday. He had allegedly been sexually-assaulted by an unidentified person
Let’s debate secularism, not rubbish it – by Hasan Suroor: All that has happened is that a certain kind of secular politics has been rejected and it will be wrong to deduce from this that the idea of secular India itself has been rejected. Yet, this is
US troops were ready to enter Pakistan to secure Bergdahl’s release: US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl (R) waits before being released at the Afghan border, in this still image from video released June 4, 2014. — File photo American troops were fully prepared to enter Pakistani territory in order to
امریکی فوج برگڈال کے لیے پاکستان میں گھسنے کو تیار تھی – از برجیش اپادھیائے: پینٹاگون کے ایک سابق اہلکار کا کہنا ہے کہ سارجنٹ برگڈال کی رہائی اس وقت مشکل ہو گئی جب انھیں قید کے بعد پاکستان منتقل کر دیا گیا پینٹاگون کے ایک سابق افسر کا کہنا ہے کہ سارجنٹ بو
Migrant workers face brutal conditions at NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus – by Isaac Finn and Fred Mazelis: Controversy and opposition continue to swirl around the construction of the main campus of New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), which is scheduled to open this year. An article in the New York Times several weeks ago exposed
Book Review : An ideological army, jihad and greed – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Fair’s assessment of the Pakistan army is out: it is an ideological war machine that is not amenable to any inducements or assuaging of its security concerns. Professor C Christine Fair, a security studies expert at Georgetown
Republicans question U.S. prisoner swap with Taliban – by Warren Strobel: (Reuters) – U.S. politicians questioned whether the deal that freed Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five Taliban militants amounted to a negotiation with terrorists as the U.S. soldier was flown out of Afghanistan to a military hospital in
اتر پردیش کے خمینی کا صوفیانہ شعور اور سیاسی فکر -راکیش بھٹ: روح اللہ خمینی کے دادا تقریباً 40 برس کی عمر میں اودھ کے نواب کے ساتھ زیارتوں کے لیے پہلے عراق گئے اور پھر وہاں سے ایران کے مذہبی مقامات کی زیارت کی۔ اسی سفر کے دوران وہ ایران
Analysis: Blowback from the Syrian jihad has begun – by Linda Lundquist: As the Obama administration seeks to invest more heavily in training and arming ‘vetted, moderate’ rebels in Syria’s three-year civil war, a conflict that has already claimed over 150,000 lives and drawn the largest-ever concentration of foreign jihadists, the wisdom of
Saudi king’s sons well-placed for transition – by Bruce Riedel: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who will turn 90 this summer, has quietly placed his own sons in positions of power and influence in the kingdom. His sons have increasing authority in the Foreign Ministry, National Guard and two key
خیبر پی کے میں تحریک انصاف کی حکومت میں اربوں کی بے ضابطگیوں کا انکشاف: ٹرانسپرنسی انٹرنیشنل نے خیبر پی کے میں تحریک انصاف کی حکومت کی جانب سے 365 مائیکرو ہائیڈل پاور پراجیکٹس کے ٹینڈر جاری کرنے میں اربوں کی بے ضابطگیوں کا انکشاف کیا ہے۔ ٹرانسپرنسی انٹرنیشنل ایک ایسی بین الاقوامی تنظیم
Foreign Jihadis Fighting in Syria Pose Risk in West – by Kimko De Freytas-Tamura: LONDON — Two years ago, a young man who now calls himself Abu Muhajir slipped into Syria with a few friends and $80,000, forsaking what he said was a job as a high school science
Anti-Shia Sentiment Simmers Ahead of Indonesia’s Election – by Ethan Harfenist: Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, is overwhelmingly Sunni. The Pew Research Centerestimated that in 2010 over 99 percent of the country’s 205 million Muslims were Sunni. Indonesia’s estimated one million Shiites are no strangers to discrimination,
لشکر جھنگوی کا ملک اسحاق دیوبندی تین مقدمات سے بری: راولپنڈی: انسداد دہشت گردی کی خصوصی عدالت کے جج رانا مسعود اختر نے آج کالعدم تنظیم کے رہنما ملک اسحاق کے خلاف مقدمات کی سماعت کی۔ ڈان نیوز ٹی وی کی رپورٹ کے مطابق عدالت نے وکلاء کے دلائل
The Deobandi Taliban’s Unity of Purpose – by Asim Yousafzai: Taliban and like-minded jihadis are becoming more united in their determination to impose their brand of sharia on both Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the help of their international mentors under the banner of al-Qaeda. While the terrorists are
سندھ میں ہندوؤں کے تین مندروں میں توڑ پھوڑ – از ریاض سہیل: پاکستان کے صوبہ سندھ میں ایک بار پھر نامعلوم افراد نے ہندو برادری کے تین مندروں کو نقصان پہنچایا ہے۔ مندروں میں مورتیوں کو ہتھوڑوں سے توڑ کر بے حرمتی کی گئی ہے۔ یہ واقعہ بدھ کی صبح ضلع
Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Power Couple: Samar Badawi has done jail time to advance women’s rights, and now husband Walid Abulkhair will represent himself in court against the kingdom. Samar Badawi and Walid Abulkhair are Saudi Arabia’s most high-profile human rights couple. Samar is a leading
غیرت پر قتل – ماتم کس بات کا ؟ – از یاسر پیرزادہ: Source : http://jang.com.pk/jang/jun2014-daily/01-06-2014/col8.htm?utm_content=buffer4aff1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
سعودی عرب میں اہل تشیع کی احتجاجی تحریک: سعودی عرب کے مشرقی صوبے میں شیعہ اقلیت سال 2011 سے صلاحات کے لیے احتجاج کر رہی ہے جس کے خلاف سعودی حکام کی کارروائیاں بھی جاری ہیں۔ سعودی ذرائع ابلاغ میں اس احتجاج اور مظاہروں کی خبریں شایع
The great migration – by Zalan Khan: Part – I I sit sad in the valley/Listening to the river that says Trespasser, trespasser, trespasser./I stubbornly say, All the same It’s still beautiful./And I know that’s true But I know also/Why it fails to recognise me.
American who joined Syrian rebels becomes first known US suicide bomber: Social media posts by an Al-Qaeda affiliate claim a man named Abu Hurayra Al-Amriki (Abu Hurayra the American) blew himself up in an attack in Syria. US officials say he is the first-known American suicide bomber in the civil-war
On the road to ‘Fascistan’ – by Dr. Mohammad Taqi: If the rise in fascist tendencies were sporadic, the concern might have been a notch lower. However, the way religious zealots were unleashed over the last several weeks, in what appears an orchestrated move by a well-oiled machine, is
پاراچنار میں طالبان سرگرمیوں پر عوامی ردعمل: پاکستان کی مغربی سرحدوں پر جگہ جگہ، خصوصاً فاٹا اور بالاخص کرم ایجنسی میں طالبان کی سرگرمیوں میں کافی اضافہ دیکھنے میں آرہا ہے، وزیرستان، خیبر ایجنسی، مہمند ایجنسی کے علاوہ کرم ایجنسی سے گزرنے والی شاہراہوں پر طالبان
The turning point in Indian politics – by Tufail Ahmad: “It is historically extraordinary that Modi was born in the year (1950) in which the people of India gave themselves the Constitution, a politically enforceable document of Enlightenment ideas: liberty of thought and expression, free press, religious freedom,
Pope gives Palestinians boost of support – by Josef Federman and Mohammed Daraghmeh: JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis delivered a powerful boost of support to the Palestinians during a Holy Land pilgrimage Sunday, repeatedly backing their statehood aspirations, praying solemnly at Israel’s controversial separation barrier and calling the stalemate in peace