Original Articles Archive
Azad Adliya ya Madar Pidar Azad Adliya? – by Ahsan Abbas Shah: معطلی کے بعد بحال ہونے والی عدلیہ کا این آر او کے پیچھے ہاتھ دھو کر دوالے ہونے میں اَنتقام، عدلیاتی مُفادات، عدلیاتی آمریت کے نفاذ اور مُلک میں سیاسی افراتفری پیدا کرنے کی کوششوں کو عوام بخوبی سمجھ
Yet another lie of Saleh Zaafir, the liar in chief of Geo TV / Jang Group: احمد مختارخود ایئر پورٹ نہیں گئے تھے اسلام آباد (صالح ظافر)وزیردفاع احمد مختار چوہدری کو چین کے 3روزہ دورے پر جاتے ہوئے اسلام آباد ایئر پورٹ نہیں روکا گیا کیونکہ وہ تو ایئر پورٹ گئے ہی نہیں ۔انہیں ایئر
A Pakistani political dictionary – by Naseer Ahmed: Asif Ali Zardari. A re-incarnation of devil himself because the illiterate, infidel and impious people of Pakistan have elected him as their president. Baluchistan. A place whose oil and gas is more important than its people. It is also
Post-NRO frenzy, the Roedad Khans and the 16 Decembers: Post-NRO frenzy In the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court’s judgment on the NRO, the ever-churning political waters in the country have been stirred to a frenzy. Uncertainty, if not panic, is detectable in the ranks of
Iftikhar Chaudhry the judge, you have behaved like Iftikhar Thakur the comedian: By Omar Khattab Sitting in your chair, you have been claming that you have all authority to interpret the constitution of Pakistan. You have also said that the parliament cannot make certain types of legislation. You have violated
Is corruption the real issue or a democractic government ? – by Saria Bhutto: Posted By: Jarri Mirza To a number of eyes, awaiting the decision of the Chief Justice concerned with the NRO might have brought an image of an end to corruption or a step for its eradication but is that
Shame on you CJ Chaudhry: رحمتیں ہیں تیری جرنیلوں اور طالبانوں پر برق گرتی ہے تو بے چارے سیاستدانوں پر You sold your soul to the devil and the price was so cheap! قوم فروختند و چہ ارزاں فروختند ؟
Supreme Court of Pakistan must refrain from interfering into the executive authority of the democratic government: The decision by the mostly Punjabi, some of them pro-Taliban, judges in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the process of national reconciliation in the country has had a visibly adverse impact on the capacity of the democratic government.
Repeating History? – by Anas Muhammad: Posted By : Jarri Mirza It was surprising to see the media and other segments of society’s enthusiasm over the decision of Supreme Court on the NRO, declaring it null and void. This kind of decision was expected but
16 December 1971 and 2009: two days of infamy: By Omar Khattab On 16 December 1971, the Pakistan army led by the cruelest and most criminal generals of the time surrendered to the Indian army after a war which the former could not sustain even for two weeks.
People of Pakistan protest againt judiciary’s interference in the executive; regret biased decision against NRO: PPP workers in Lahore protest against the Supreme Court’s decision against the NRO. لاہور میں پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے کارکنوں نے این آر او پر عدالتی فیصلے کے خلاف احتجاج کیا۔ پی پی پیکارکنوں کی ایک ٹولی نے لاہور
NAB to re-open cases against Nawaz Sharif, family and other leaders of PML-N: Here is an unexpected development of the Supreme Court’s decision against the NRO. We at LUBP condemn the lopsided accountability of politicians while the Supreme Court remains silent on innumerable charges of corruption against many serving and retired officers
This is the worst American-Hindu-Jewish conspiracy of the year!: Our Talibanic media, our everything-Arab-worshiping politicians and generals, and religious leaders have always explained that no Muslim can do any act of barbarity. Every suicide bombing, destruction of schools, and rape of women is dubbed a big lie and
Supreme Court’s Lopsided Decision Against NRO: Double Standards, Justice Chaudhry?: ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (APP): A larger bench of Supreme Court here Wednesday declared NRO as null and void as it violated various constitutional provisions as a law void ab-initio.The
Punjab: Bullets in Bansri – Guest post by Bahadar Ali Khan: The rural Punjab has gone through a subtle but certainly very conspicuous change during the last two decades. The ‘new’ Punjab doesn’t resonate with its traditional and historical composition, as it used to be known for its friendliness, easy
Saif-ur-Rehman versus Jang Group – Guest post by Aamir Mughal: Let us assume PML-N’s ex-senator Mr. Saifur Rehman’s allegations against President Asif Ali Zardari telecast through Geo TV/ Jang Media Group (Meray Mutabiq by Dr Shahid Masood) are correct, then how would the same Jang Group of Newspaper and
The NFC Award – Aik Lohar Ki: Here are a few op-eds on the historical NFC Award, a landmark achievement of the democratic government in Pakistan. The op-eds are by: Dr Ashfaque Khan, Nazir Naji and Saleem Safi.
Chief Justice of Punjabi Taliban Khawaja Muhammad Sharif of Lahore High Court blocks deportation of terror suspects to the USA: Chief Just of Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, an ex-employee and loyalist of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif of PML-N, and a secret member of Jamaat-e-Islami and Hizbut-Tahrir, has once again shown his true colours. Not unlike certain other
Book Review: Punjabi Taliban: In the following article, Hamid Akhtar offers a review of Mujahid Hussain’s book “Punjabi Taliban”. The book reveals the linkages between the ISI, Sipah-e-Sahaba and certain pro-PML-N politicians and religious leaders in Punjab. The book also reveals how jihadi
Blackwater in Pakistan? A clandestine affair: Blackwater Worldwide, now known as Xe Services, has been in the news for many months now. It is a private military security firm, also serving as one of the private security contractors used by the US State Department. Recently
The 7th NFC Award – a step towards attaining fiscal federalism in Pakistan – Guest post by Qudrat Ullah: Amid the daily reports of truculent Taliban’s interminable terrorism, explosions and deaths, coupled with a gasping economy with little respite for the indigent hoi polloi of the society, the unanimous approval of 7th National Finance Commission Award in Lahore
Renowned journalist Sohail Qalandar passes away: Sohail Qalandar, one of the very few courageous, anti-Taliban and anti-terrorism voices in Pakistani journalism, is no longer with us.
How teenagers were lured by Taliban. Security forces discover jannat and porn in South Waziristan.: MAKIN (South Waziristan): A soldier guards a damaged training centre of militants in the once stronghold of the Taliban.—AFP How teenagers were lured by Taliban Saturday, 12 Dec, 2009 PESHAWAR: An artificial paradise (Jannat) established by terrorists for brainwashing
Mirza Sarwar, an associate of Professor Ahmad Rafique Akhtar, martyred by Taliban – by Haroon-ur-Rasheed: Mirza Sarwar was a driver and close associate of a famous religious scholar Professor Ahmad Rafique Akhtar. Originally from Gujar Khan, Sarwar was killed in Friday’s suicide attack by Taliban in Parade Lane Mosque in Rawalpindi, which claimed at
Enemies of Quaid-e-Azam, saviours of Pakistan? – by Asadullah Ghalib: Asadullah Ghalib offers an historical perspective on those elements in Pakistani establishment, politics and media (e.g. Munawar Hassan, Hameed Gul, Ansar Abbasi) who have been, at various points in history, consistently conspiring against the state and the nation of
Finally, NFC Award deadlock is over: In 1996 the interim government of Farooq Leghari gave a draconian and discriminatory NFC award which was adopted by successive governments; PML-N government in 1998 and also by the Musharaf regime, Leghari’s NFC award further maligned the smaller provinces and added to
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry disappoints Dr Shahid Masood, Shaheen Sehbai and other democracy haters. “We won’t let system derail”: CJP: ISLAMABAD: The government filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, contending that any decision on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) outside the scope of what the challengers had sought could destabilise the democratic system. After remaining silent
Imran Khan puts Taliban terrorists on the same pedestal as the state. Mediation? No, thanks!: Imran Khan says that he is ready to mediate between terrorists and the government. [This stance is not much different from Imran Khan’s ideological father Mullah Munawar Hassan how claims that Taliban are our brothers.] By saying this, he
PM’s correct approach to address Balochistan issue: AFTER exhaustive discussions and interaction, which has been termed by some circles as unnecessary delay, the Government appears to be on the right track on the issue of Balochistan. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani personally prioritised the issue
Pakistan’s ambassador sues newspaper over misrepresented Cable article: The Pakistani press is becoming increasingly independent and free-wheeling, representing new opportunities for government criticism. This newfound press freedom, however, has also resulted in numerous mishaps, if not incidents of gross irresponsibility, in the Pakistani media, one example of
The Abbasid Baghdad, Pakistan, Taliban and Supreme Court: In the following op-eds, Ayaz Khan and Nazir Naji suggest that Pakistan’s gravest problem today is Talibanic terrorism; a situation similar to the Abbasid Baghdad surrounded by the Mongol army, when scholars and politicians in that unfortunate city were
Government’s Achievements – Guest post by: Ibrar Mir (Acting General Secretary, PPP UK): Posted By: Jarri Mirza By amending the National Command Authority Ordinance, President Asif Ali Zardari has taken another important step forward to implement the Charter of Democracy (CoD) in its letter and spirit. According to the ordinance, the president
Pakistan at the crossroads – Guest post by Qudrat Ullah: No other nation in the world has so badly faced the consequences of 9/11 as did Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan is the only victim of this complex imbroglio which has hitherto incurred cumulative losses of more than 38 billion
US Friendship Factor – Guest post by Aal e Hashmat: A press release no: 512 / 2009-ISPR dated 4th December 2009 reads as under: ‘In a highly tragic incident 36 innocent people including 17 children, 10 civilian, 9 Army personnel embraced shahadat when terrorists attacked a mosque in Parade
Voyage to Collective Suicide – Guest post by Bahadar Ali Khan: In Pakistan, people are dying, women are being butchered, children are being slaughtered by ruthless murderers and survivors are trying to figure out who is behind these attacks and blasts? A vast majority believes this is US-sponsored, India funded
Ansar Abbasi, Shahid Masood, Hamid Mir, and Shaheen Sehbai, will you read Edward Said and be ashamed of yourselves?: The Public Role of Writers and Intellectuals By Edward Said In everyday usage in the languages and cultures with which I am familiar, a “writer” is a person who produces literature–that is, a novelist, poet, dramatist. I think it
Shaheen Sehbai vs Roedad Khan (Ex – Civil Serpent) – Guest post by Aamir Mughal: Mr Shaheen Sehbai, the Group Editor, The News International (Jang Group of Newspapers) had written in the year 2000 that “Every one in the present morally, intellectually and financially depleted Pakistan –the print media and its well-entrenched “gurus” among
Supreme Court stops Dr Shahid Masood (Geo TV) from discussing NRO in TV talk-shows: Perhaps in view of the consistent lopsided and propaganda oriented discussions on the NRO by Dr Shahid Masood (Geo TV), Chief Justice stopped media to refrain from
Takfiri Taliban and their supporters in PTUJ plan to incite a Pakistan-India war: The Takfiri Taliban and their affiliate jihadi and sectarian groups are planning to instigate a war between Pakistan and India. Their real aim to divert the military operation in FATA to the borders with India. In this way, terrorists
Picture of a shaheed child in Lahore and his killers: A child martyred in the Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba attack on Moon Market in Lahore Killers: Supporters of dialogue with Taliban terrorists Here is an op-ed on this topic by Ayaz Khan: