Newspaper Articles Archive
The return of Masood Azhar Deobandi – by Zahid Hussain: Maulana Masood Azhar, a notorious militant leader in Pakistan, resurfaced last week when he addressed by phone thousands of his supporters in Muzaffarabad. — File Photo BREAKING his long hibernation, Maulana Masood Azhar Deobandi , a notorious militant
طالبان کے ساتھ امن کی شرائط – از ایاز امیر: Source : http://e.jang.com.pk/pic.asp?npic=02-01-2014%2FLahore%2Fimages%2F08_05.gif
سیکولراسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان – از عطا الحق قاسمی: Source : http://jang.com.pk/jang/jan2014-daily/24-01-2014/col4.htm
A majority of the Taliban belongs to the Deobandi sect – Munawar Hasan: LAHORE: Taking a slightly different position from their traditional view point, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan Friday said that neither bombings (airstrikes) can help restore peace nor suicide attacks could pave way for the enforcement of Islamic Shariah.
لشکر جھنگوی کے دہشت گردوں کے خلاف صرف بلوچستان میں کاروائی کا کوئی فائدہ نہیں – میر حاصل بزنجو: بلوچستان میں شدت پسندوں کے خلاف کارروائی کے بارے میں نیشنل پارٹی کے سربراہ میر حاصل بزنجو کہتے ہیں کہ جب تک ملک کے تمام صوبوں میں کالعدم تنظیموں کے خلاف کارروائی نہیں کی جائے گی بلوچستان میں کارروائی
Shameful capitulation – by Zahid Hussain: HALF the battle was lost long ago when our national leaders embraced the militant narrative and legitimised violence. Now it is complete capitulation. So, it doesn’t matter how many more people are killed, religious places bombed or soldiers blown
Pakistan’s march to theocracy – by Ayesha Siddiqa: It was a quick call from my editor’s office in Karachi informing me not to bother writing anymore about the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or any other militant outfit, religious party or even the cricketer-turned-politician’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI). I
Talibanisation of society and state of denial – by Zubair Torwali: Since its very birth, Pakistan has favoured the Deobandi school. This favour touched new heights during the ‘darkest ages’: the years of General Ziaul Haq who was a protégé of the Wahabi state of Saudi Arabia Thanks to the
کشکول اور قرضے – از منو بھائی: Source : http://jang.com.pk/jang/jan2014-daily/28-01-2014/col16.htm Rs100,000 per Pakistani – by Farrukh Saleem In 2009, every man, woman and child in Pakistan was indebted to the tune of Rs46,000. In 2011, every man, woman and child in Pakistan was
Deobandi clerics should come out against the Deobandi Taliban in clear terms – by Farrukh Sajjad: The nation is bleeding with the wounds inflicted by the Deobandi Taliban but our leaders are indifferent and just want to enjoy their stay in power, fill their coffers and make this unfortunate nation even more miserable and
The Threat of the “Salafi/Deobandi Crescent” – by Dr. Shaul Shay: BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 235 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While Israel and the West are focused on the Iranian threat, another dangerous entity is emerging in the Middle East. Attempts by al-Qaeda and other radical Salafi/Deobandi Islamist groups to challenge the
Children of Lesser God: Early this January, liberal quarters of Pakistan’s civil society commemorated fourth death anniversary of Shaheed Salmaan Taseer, the slain Governor of the Punjab. He was assassinated in broad daylight four years ago because of his unrelenting support for a
تکفیری دیوبندی طالبان کا میڈیا پر حملہ – از رؤف کلاسرا: Source : http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2014-01-19&edition=LHR&id=23355_77086654
The saints go marching out as the face of Islam hardens in Pakistan – by Jon Boone: Pakistani police guard the shrine of the Sufi saint Data Ganj Baksh after suicide bombers attacked it in 2010. Photograph: BK Bangash/AP Radical itinerant preachers, a boom in hardline madrasas and militant attacks on the shrines of holy men
Pakistan should protect minorities says UK Attorney General: Britain’s Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP has said that it’s the responsibility of the government of Pakistan to protect its religious minorities from persecution by the extremist groups through vigorous action against those who perpetrate crimes in the name
Pakistan: Ahmadi youngster shot dead in Rawalpindi: A 17 year old Ahmadi boy, Arsalan Sarwar, was shot fatally in Satellite town area of Rawalpindi yesterday, it is reported. According to the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan spokesperson, Saleem-ud Din, the circumstances surrounding the youngster’s killing are
Pakistani Mandelas on Twitter – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: And their French Revolution against gastronomic apartheid Pakistan happens to be a country where a French restaurant not allowing Pakistanis inside because it serves haraam food is dubbed ‘apartheid’, while a document discriminating on the basis of religion
تربت سے 10سالہ بچے کی تشدد شدہ لاش برآمد: بلوچستان کے علاقے تربت سے گذشتہ چند دن سے لاپتہ تقریباً 10 سالہ بچے کی تشدد شدہ لاش ملی ہے۔ چاکر بلوچ نامی بچے کے بھائی بلوچستان کی قوم پرست تحریک میں سرگرم ہیں۔ نامہ نگار ریاض سہیل کے
صدر مشرف – کیا ہم بھول گیے – از ڈاکٹر عطا الرحمان: Source : http://www.awaztoday.com/singlecolumn/13533/Dr-Atta-ur-Rahman/Sadar-Mosharaf-Keya-Hum-Bhool-Gae.aspx
Salafi monarchs back YouTube hate preachers: Anti-Shia propaganda threatens a sectarian civil war which will engulf the entire Muslim world – by Patrick Cockburn: World View: There is now a pool of jihadis willing to fight and die anywhere Anti-Shia hate propaganda spread by Salafi/Deobandi religious figures sponsored by, or based in, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies, is creating the ingredients for
Pakistan to name school, stadium after teenage ‘bomb hero’ Aitzaz: PESHAWAR: A Pakistani schoolboy who sacrificed his own life to save hundreds of his classmates by tackling a suicide bomber will have his school and a stadium named after him, officials said Monday. Aitezaz Hassan, a 15-year-old, from the
Soldier’s Debt – by Saroop Ijaz: The writer is a lawyer and partner at Ijaz and Ijaz Co in Lahore saroop.ijaz@ tribune.com.pk In the last scene of ‘Macbeth’ when the battle is over, the tyrant King defeated, one of the victorious generals, Siward, is
You’re a Coward, Khan – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: Imran Khan you’re a coward. There’s no polite – or better – way of putting this. You’re a coward, Khan, and an absolute disgrace. For someone who talks so vociferously about valour, you have the spine of an eel.
دوسروں کوجہاد کی تلقین کرنے والے خود عیش وعشرت کی زندگی بسرکرتے ہیں، سربراہ سعودی مذہبی پولیس: نوجوانوں کو بیرون ملک جہاد پر اکسانا انتہا پسندی ہے،عبدالطیف آل الشیخ فوٹو: فائل ریاض: سعودی عرب کی مذہبی پولیس کے سربراہ عبدالطیف آل الشیخ نے کہا ہے کہ کئی مبلغین خود تو عیش و عشرت کی زندگی بسر کرتے
Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi recruits as al Qaeda forces retain control of areas in Anbar – by Bill Roggio: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, an al Qaeda branch in the Middle East, killed 21 people in a suicide attack at a military recruiting center in Baghdad today. The attack was launched as the ISIS continues
Pakistanis treated like slaves in “muslim” Middle East” – by Zahir Gishkori: Thousands of immigrants to Greece, mainly from Pakistan gather at Athens central Syntagma square on August 24, 2012, during their protest rally against the recent violent attacks on immigrants by ultra nationalist groups and the police operations in
6 Bodies With Their Throats Slit Were Found Near a Shrine in Gulshan-i-Maymar area.: KARACHI: At least nine people were killed in different incidents of violence in Karachi on Tuesday, DawnNews reported. The bodies of six men were found near a shrine in Gulshan-i-Maymar area, police said. Two of the men had been
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appoints ‘untouchable’ as adviser: Karachi: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, has appointed a Hindu ‘untouchable’ as his adviser, an unprecedented office for a low caste Hindu in this conservative society. Surendar Vallasai, a former journalist, who later joined the
In Karachi, Shia families look for safety in numbers – by Ammar Shahbazi: Karachi Soldier Bazaar No. 1 has all the discontents of a typical Karachi neighbourhood: regular power outages, on and off water cuts, and worse, long traffic jams. But Nargis Rizvi cannot care less. The housewife is looking for a
Remembering Salman Taseer – by Pervez Hoodbhoy: Governor Salmaan Taseer died at the hands of a religious fanatic on January 4 last year. Fearlessly championing a deeply unpopular cause, this brave man had sought to revisit the country’s blasphemy law which, as he saw it, was
In Zia’s defence – by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid: The man who gave Pakistan its only logical identity All “liberals” from our neck of the woods come together every August 17 in condemnation of a man who enforced Islam in a country that was created in the
Quetta: 2 Dead as Takfiri Deobandi Sucide Bomber targets pilgrims returning from Iran – by Shehzad Baloch: Pakistani rescuers and security personnel gather around a burnt passenger bus carrying Shia pilgrims at the site of the suicide car bomb attack in Akhtarabad, on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province on January 1,
Dawn’s article on the inquiry report into the Taliban’s attack on Dera Ismail Khan Jail – by Ismail Khan: Dozens of heavily-armed Pakistani Taliban insurgents freed over 250 inmates, during a brazen overnight attack on the central jail in Dera Ismail Khan un June 2013. — File Photo PESHAWAR: Close reading of the inquiry report into the
Ex-CJ requested residential plot days before retirement – by Khawar Ghumman: ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry had sought allocation of a pricey residential plot in Islamabad days before his retirement, reversing a decision made to much acclaim in 2009. A now-lapsed prime ministerial scheme had given approval for allotment
Opportunity and perils in 2014(Editorial From Daily Dawn): Opportunity and perils in 2014 Published 2013-12-31 07:14:03 NOW the real business begins — or could, if the leadership so willed it. The year 2013 was one of unprecedented transition, even of the unexpected kind with the elimination of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan chief
Deobandi militancy and the sectarian split in Pakistan – by Mehreen Omer: When it comes to sectarian strife in the Muslim world, no phenomenon makes the headlines more than the Sunni-Shia conflict. Each year, especially during Muharram, reporters and talk-show hosts bring this issue to light, but to little avail.
Bilawal, your mother would be proud!: Source : http://tribune.com.pk/story/651916/bilawal-your-mother-would-be-proud/
