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Pakistani Taliban praise Bin Laden by ‘waging jihad for the Caliphate’ – by Bill Roggio: The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has released a video praising slain al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden on the second anniversary of his death and vowing to continue “waging jihad for the Caliphate” in his name. Umar Studio, the
An Expedient Alliance? The Muslim Right and the Anglo-American Left – by Meredith Tax: I was recently in London to launch my book Double Bind: the Muslim Right, the Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights, published by a new transnational think tank, the Centre for Secular Space. (The New York City launch is
A farce called NPT: Syed Zafar Mehdi The Second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference (RevCon) of the members of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is holding a two-week meeting in Geneva these days. The Treaty became an international law in 1970
Book Review : Where is the fountainhead of jihad? – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Book Review: Fountainhead of Jihad: The Haqqani Nexus 1973-2012 Authors: Vahid Brown and Don Rassler Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Columbia University Press (March 26, 2013) Price: US$ 35 The general elections in Pakistan scheduled in ten days from now
Can This Alliance Be Saved? Salvaging the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship – by C. Christine Fair: As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms ever nearer, opponents of “abandoning Afghanistan” continue to rehearse the ostensible lessons from the U.S. exeunt from the region in 1990. They warn that the U.S. failure to stay the course and rebuild Afghanistan led inexorably to the rise of
Hamza Ahmed and the urban feudalism in Karachi – by Maheen Usmani: In Pakistan, lest we forget, the hired underlings are at the lowest rung of the ladder and are the puppets of their masters. PHOTO: IRFAN ALI Karachi gives off a palpable sense of fear which stems not just from
Pakistan’s Election Commissioner is blind: Banned terrorist group freely participating in elections in Balochistan: لاسیوں، بھوتانیوں کی سرزمین پر سپاہ صحابہ اہلسنت والجماعت احمد ولی مجیب بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام جس پل پر گذر کر کراچی سے حب کا راستہ بنتا ہے اس کے دونوں جانب پاکستان کے جھنڈے لگے ہوئے
Obama orders first Boston bombing suspect deported back to Saudi Arabia: Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the Saudi national who was taken into custody moments after 2 bombs rocked the Boston Marathon, is being deported back to Saudi Arabia. On Thursday, FOX News announced that Ali Alharbi, 20, was being deported back to
With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan – by Matthew Rosenberg: KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of
ڈالروں اور ریالوں کے عوض تکفیری دیوبندی دہشتگرد ناحق خون بہا رہے ہیں – مفتی گلزار نعیمی: از اسلام ٹائمز پاکستان میں جاری دہشتگردی میں ایک ہی مسلک کے لوگ ملوث ہیں، مفتی گلزار نعیمی شام کی صورتحال کو خراب کرنے میں امریکہ ملوث ہے اسلام ٹائمز: جامعہ نعیمیہ اسلام آباد کے سرپرست کا “اسلام ٹائمز”
Secular parties under attack by Deobandi militants ahead of Pakistan polls – by Saroop Ijaz and Javed Aziz Khan: The Cost of the Show – by Saroop Ijaz The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has issued a Fatwa that it is a religious obligation on everyone to vote. Should one be happy at the fact that the Ulema Council is
Some thoughts on General Kayani’s Islam, Pakistan statement – by Abbas Nasir and Wajahat Masood: REGARDLESS of its success, for several years the army saw the defence of the country’s territorial integrity as its primary job and didn’t see itself as the guardian of its ‘ideology’. Even then a succession of military leaders demonstrated
Memoir – by Javed Qazi: Javed Qazi describes his emotionally charged visit to the Bangladeshi capital, where his father, the Sindhi nationalist Qazi Faiz Mohammed, a close friend of Sheikh Mujib’s and a conscientious objector to the Pakistan Army’s assault on Bengalis in 1971, was
Of hope and haplessness – Ali Arqam: With the end game in Aghanistan, the TTP is unlikely to unroll its extensive network in Pakistan In terms of content, the Army chief Gen Ashfaq Kayani’s speech on the occasion of passing out parade at Pakistan’s premier military
Assault on the ANP – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: The ANP on its part has not only energised its ideological base but has also given the rest of Pakistan a fair warning of what is coming their way The Awami National Party (ANP) has come under a series
The drive to promote Zaid Hamid – by Dr Ayesha Siddiqa: LUBP Editor’s note: Zaid Hamid took money directly from the ISI. Ejaz Haider took money via the Jinnah Institute. One of them is more clever. Tiff between Ejaz Haider and Zaid Hamid is a classical case of professional jealousy.
Turkistan Islamic Party releases video of children in training: The Turkistan Islamic Party, an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group, has released a video that shows young children firing weapons while at a training camp in Pakistan. The video was released by Islami Awazi, a propaganda arm of the Turkistan
اندرونِ سندھ میں بڑھتی تکفیری دیوبندی شدت پسندی – بی بی سی رپورٹ: صوفی غازی شاھ اندرون سندھ کا پہلا مزار ہے، جس کو پچیس جنوری کے دن تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گردی کا نشانہ بنایا گیا، بم دھماکے میں گدی نشین حاجن شاہ سمیت چار افراد ہلاک اور اٹھارہ زخمی ہوئے۔ بروہی
Dagestani jihadist group issues statement on Boston bombings – by Thomas Joscelyn: Vilayat Dagestan, a jihadist group that is part of the Caucasus Emirate, an al Qaeda-linked group operating in the North Caucasus, has issued a statement on the Boston Marathon bombings. The group released the statement on its main website
Elections 2013: PMLN issues party ticket to Sardar Ebad Dogar Deobandi of Sipah Sahaba: PML-N banks on a sectarian leader? By Kashif Hussain Source: Adapted with some additional information from Daily Times, 22 April 2013 LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has issued a party ticket to Sardar Ebad Dogar, an alleged supporter
The good, the bad and the ugly – by Zarrar Khuhro: The writer is Associate News Editor, The Express Tribune Pakistanis are used to carnage. We’re used to bomb blasts, assassinations and industrial accidents. We know that when the tickers turn red, more often than not, something terrible has happened.
PK-69 Tank: Gullana Bibi withdraws from election race following security threats – by Zulfiqar Ali: People inspect damages resulting from the attack on the house of Pakistan Peoples Party’s NA-1 candidate, Zulfiqar Afghani. As the polls draw closer, militants have increasingly targeted election candidates. PHOTO: INP DI KHAN: Gullana Bibi, 62, stepped down as an
Left in the lurch – by Ali Arqam: The state is looking the other way The Awami National Party (ANP) campaign for the upcoming elections is going along the swaggering video statements and escalated bomb attacks by Taliban and nonchalant responses by the other political parties especially
Objectives of the Resolution -by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Zia is rightly blamed for defacing the constitution but he did not pull his ‘Islamisation’ process out of thin air The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed the initial vetting of nomination papers. The antics that the returning
ECP said political parties must not campaign against any personor on the basis of religion – by Iftikhar A.Khan: ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) warned candidates on Sunday against seeking votes in the name of religion or sect. Briefing reporters on the rules of the game for May 11 polls, a senior ECP official said political
Once a landlord’s serf, Pakistani Hindu woman enters poll fray: Reuters | Apr 14, 2013, 06.12 PM IST HYDERABAD (Pakistan): When Veero Kolhi made the asset declaration required of candidates for Pakistan’s May elections, she listed the following items: two beds, five mattresses, cooking pots and a bank
Scholars call for end to discrimination against minorities: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 – Karachi—Scholars and parliamentarians representing different South Asian states identified that there was democracy deficit in the entire region that had caused weakening voice of minorities. People had become merely vote banks and the
Shura Hamdard discusses nation’s responsibilities towards minorities: April 13, 2013 RECORDER REPORTER Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter urged the government to improve governance, change the mindset of people and bring the minorities in main stream of the society in order to
NewYork Times: How a Single Spy Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States: The burly American was escorted by Pakistani policemen into a crowded interrogation room. Amid a clatter of ringing mobile phones and cross talk among the cops speaking a mishmash of Urdu, Punjabi and English, the investigator tried to decipher
Pakistan still global jihad hub: Since the 1980s “jihad” to expel Soviet troops from Afghanistan, Muslim fighters from all over the world have lived and trained on the Afghan-Pakistan border, moulded into Al-Qaeda and a host of spin-off militant networks. – File photo PESHAWAR:
Reminiscing Zia’s vigilantism – by Zeeshan Khan: The ‘quiz show’ on Islam that is being played in the name of scrutiny is termed as inappropriate by independent observers In less than three weeks of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) departure from power, General Ziaul Haq’s ghost
Drive-by shooting: Christian leader Saleem Khokhar survives attack: KARACHI: The president of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance Sindh chapter, Saleem Khursheed Khokhar, survived an attack on him on his way to Karachi from Badin on Wednesday. Two unidentified men on a red motorcycle tried to stop his white Corolla
The degree is the best revenge: In Pakistan, judiciary and election commission assume the role played by military dictators: Source: Adapted with some changes from Dawn newspaper Wednesday 3 April 2013 wreaked unprecedented havoc. High profile politicians such as Jamshed Dasti and Sheikh Waqas Akram were disqualified for their ‘dodgy’ education certificates. In contrast, nomination papers of known
The ideology of Pakistan is nothing else than Jinnah’s 11 Aug address – by Ayaz Amir: This could be such an exciting country Some architecture becomes beautiful by adding things to it domes and minarets, and quadrangles and outer walls. Some architecture looks good when unnecessary clutter around it is cleared. Some daughters of Venus
ECP to decide the fate of 182 minority candidates today: Friday, April 05, 2013 ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will decide the fate of 182 minority candidates contesting elections on 10 national assembly seats reserved for minorities today (Friday). The ECP is scheduled to hold scrutiny process of
Reserved seats for minorities: Nomination papers of 22 candidates accepted: PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday accepted at least 22 nomination papers of candidates vying for seats reserved for minorities in the provincial legislature. An ECP official said 22 nomination papers were screened and accepted out of
Deconstructing Express Tribune and Dawn’s narrative on “Taliban in Karachi?” – by Ali Arqam: ‘Terror tales’ revolve around the same stale rhetoric In a session at Karachi Literary Festival (KLF) correspondents of foreign media outlets were questioned about their obsession with the terror tales and news on militant organizations known to the
PPP, PML-N manifestos differ over constitutional court: ISLAMABAD: The country’s two major political parties — the PPP and the PML-N — seem to have different views on the issue of setting up of a constitutional court in the country in line with the Charter of Democracy
Press in Pakistan: from persecution to perks – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Loss of objectivity remains a serious concern regarding those who make a move from journalistic to political careers “Journalists should stand apart from institutions that make news.” The above advice contained in The New York Times Company Policy on
Fair and free elections are not possible in Balochistan where people are still receiving dead bodies of loved-ones – Akhtar Mengal: QUETTA: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the chief of his eponymous faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-M), has said that environment is not conducive for general elections in the volatile province. “Fair, free and transparent elections are not possible in