Original Articles Archive
Two School Hited in Swat By Militants: Well done ISI-Taliban alliance: Two School Hited in Swat By Militants Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 12:58 Unknown armed men on Thursday killed three women in restive Swat district besides torching two more schools in the valley. The women were shot dead for
Sectarian attack in D.G. Khan: 36 Shia killed, over 30 injured in DG Khan blast: Sectarian terrorists belonging to Taliban/Sipah-e-Sahaba kill at least 36 Shia Muslims in D.G. Khan.
Sectarian attack in D.G. Khan: 36 Shia killed, over 30 injured in DG Khan blast: Sectarian terrorists belonging to Taliban/Sipah-e-Sahaba kill at least 36 Shia Muslims in D.G. Khan. (Picture by BBC Urdu dot com) 24 killed, over 30 injured in DG Khan blast (The News)Updated at: 2105 PST, Thursday, February 05, 2009 DG
“We have reservations about the operation”. We (Pakistan) pay lip service to peace in Afghanistan but we tolerate militants’ sanctuaries in Fata.: “We have reservations about the operation” — Afrasyab Khattak, Provincial President, ANP; peace envoy to the NWFP government By Tauseef-ur-Rahman The News on Sunday: Who are Taliban and what is their agenda in the Swat valley? Afrasyab Khattak: The
Swat: the other view. A tale of how Military & Mullahs facilitated Taliban in spreading their tentacles in Swat: Swat: the other view By Syed Irfan Ashraf THE ongoing insurgency in Swat has spawned a heated debate in the media. For some it is a class war between the landless and the land-owning elite. Others believe it to
Swat: the other view; a tale of how ‘those in power’ facilitated Taliban in spreading their tentacles in the peacefull valley of Swat….: Swat: the other view By Syed Irfan Ashraf THE ongoing insurgency in Swat has spawned a heated debate in the media. For some it is a class war between the landless and the land-owning elite. Others believe it to
Constable Shah said: “Taliban have given us a new life. We had been under the siege for 36 hours and pleaded for reinforcements, but nobody helped".: 30 security men freed after ‘promising to quit force’ Dawn Report MINGORA/TIMERGARA, Feb 4: The Taliban in Swat set free 30 police and paramilitary personnel in the presence of journalists in Kotli Dadhara area of Kabal tehsil on Wednesday,
Constable Shah said: “Taliban have given us a new life. We had been under the siege for 36 hours and pleaded for reinforcements, but nobody helped”.: 30 security men freed after ‘promising to quit force’ Dawn Report MINGORA/TIMERGARA, Feb 4: The Taliban in Swat set free 30 police and paramilitary personnel in the presence of journalists in Kotli Dadhara area of Kabal tehsil on Wednesday,
Gilani versus Zardari? "Sadar Zardari ko riha karo".: An open letter to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani – by Asadullah Ghalib
Gilani versus Zardari? “Sadar Zardari ko riha karo”.: An open letter to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani – by Asadullah Ghalib
The sectarian-ethnic scourge in Pakistan: The legacy of General Zia-ul-Haq: The sectarian-ethnic scourge The killing fields of Dera Ismail Khan in the NWFP claimed more victims on Tuesday as a grenade attack killed one man and wounded 18 others inside a Sunni mosque. The attacker hurled the hand grenade
Ban announces UN commission on Benazir’s murder: Can we hope to see criminals such as Hamid Gul, Baitullah Mehsud and other supporters/leaders of Taliban and Al Qaeda soon in a court of law? Ban announces UN commission on Benazir’s murder * Chile’s UN Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz
Ban announces UN commission on Benazir’s murder: Bad new for the jihadi-ISI alliance in Pakistan?: Can we hope to see criminals such as Hamid Gul, Baitullah Mehsud and other supporters/leaders of Taliban and Al Qaeda soon in a court of law? Ban announces UN commission on Benazir’s murder * Chile’s UN Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz
“Peace in Swat was destroyed due to agreements signed by Awami National Party (ANP) with militants.”: Dialogue with Taliban? Amir Muqam blames ANP for Swat chaosUpdated at: 1830 PST, Wednesday, February 04, 2009 (The News) PESHAWAR: PML-Q leader Amir Muqam said Wednesday that peace in Swat was destroyed due to agreements signed by Awami National
Al Jazeera report on Swat: 2 Febaruary 2009: AlJazeera English The Swat Valley is an area few journalists are able to operate in and it appears that despite the presence of thousands of extra Pakistani troops the Taliban remain firmly in control. Policemen have been beheaded in
A Swati journalist writes an open lettter / appeal to Mullah Fazlullah: The writ of the state? ISI-Taliban Alliance? No Comments…
A Swati journalist writes an open lettter / appeal to Mullah Fazlullah: The writ of the state? ISI-Taliban Alliance? No Comments… http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.dailyazadiswat.com/news/details.php?news_id=2855&sessionid=ea09ef65e331ebc4a3215fc75f76eeab Also, you may wish to read the following op-ed describing how ISI/Pakistan Army allowed Mullah Fazlullah to regroup and train his Talibans in the Peochar region.
Pakhtuns protest in London against the atrocities of Taliban in uniform (ISI) and Taliban in civil dress (jihadis of Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba): Pakhtuns are a brave peace-loving nation. They mind their own business and hate acts of violence, religious, ethnic and sectarian terrorism. This was the message of a grand protest organized by the Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party. The demonstrators protested
Taliban establish a new FM radio station in the Upper Dir area: On 19 June 2008, The News reported that: Emboldened by their unchallenged activities in the troubled Swat valley, Maulana Fazlullah-led militants (Taliban) have started extending their sphere of influence and activities…. Turning to the upper parts of Swat, the
Taliban establish a new FM radio station in the Upper Dir area. Well done, ISI-Jihadi Alliance….: On 19 June 2008, The News reported that: Emboldened by their unchallenged activities in the troubled Swat valley, Maulana Fazlullah-led militants (Taliban) have started extending their sphere of influence and activities…. Turning to the upper parts of Swat, the
Shahbaz Sharif: Is it your approach to ‘public service’? A dog in the manger…”The general public is suffering a lot at the hands of the PML-N.”: A dog in the mangerTuesday, February 03, 2009 Rawalpindi is currently plagued by a severe outbreak of dogs appearing in mangers. Mangers are for the hay that horses eat. Dogs do not eat hay. Dog frightens horse and does
Fighting Taliban and Stereotyping through Pakhtun Culture – In support of Eqbal Ahmad and Shaheryar Ali: In a Land Without Music Eqbal Ahmad [Dawn, 23 July 1993] I have seen the future as envisioned by contemporary Islamists. It horrifies and does not work – anywhere. Today we look at two towns in Afghanistan. Qandahar, an
Farhat Hashmi: The other side – The subtle rooting of extremism (Saudi version of Islam) in Muslim women…Facts, Fatwas and Videos…: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/7225, click this link if you are not redirected
Extremism is a thin line (and the menace of Taliban and Farhat Hshmi): Extremism is a thin line By Afiya Shehrbano SEVERAL commentators have expressed their concern and disbelief in the media, over the growing violence and escalating socio-political changes observed in Swat in the past few months. While one can understand
Swat: Hardtalk: An interview with the NWFP Chief Minister: HARDtalk: “Our intelligence is not good enough” —Ameer Haider Hoti, Chief Minister NWFP Ameer Haider Hoti, chief minister of the NWFP, says the army’s “ground intelligence is not good enough” to get militant leader Maulana Fazlullah in Swat, though
Meeting of ex-servicemen: the Mullah Military Alliance repackaged and renamed?: Agents of ISI, perpetrators of violence and mischief in Pakistan and neighboring countries, exploiters of religion, are conspiring once again against the democratic people of Pakistan. Look at their names: Hamid Gul, Aslam Beg, Roedad Khan, Qazi Hussain Ahmad,
Talat Masood: Jihadi organisations not only have to be banned but demobilised and disarmed.: Confronting the reality Monday, February 02, 2009by Talat Masood Pakistan is being frequently characterised as a “failed,” “failing” or at best “fragile” state. In the latest world ranking of failed states by an influential US think tank it has
In memory of the Swat valley: In memory of the Swat valleyIn the national interest Monday, February 02, 2009by Kamal Siddiqi The writer is editor reporting, The News One can only wonder at the statements of high officials like Rehman Malik who says that a
Quetta: UNHCR senior official kidnapped, Shia driver killed: Quetta: The killing by Taliban + Sipah-e-Sahaba continues. The best way to find the killers/kidnappers is to arrest Quetta’s Police Chief and the Commandant of ISI in Quetta, who are protecting/abetting sectarianism/terrorism in the city. UNHCR senior official kidnapped,
Swat: Taliban in uniform versus Taliban in civil dress: Swat: Taliban in uniform versus Taliban in civil dress = 1200 citizens dead; 137 schools blown up Operation Rah-e-Haq is a noora-kusthi (friendly match) of Taliban with Pakistan Army in which low-rank soldiers and ordinary citizens are being used
Emptied of its poetry – Swat: a laboratory for testing a bomb called ‘strategic depth à la religious bigotry’: Emptied of its poetry By Shaheen Sardar Ali ‘Da Malakand da sar tootee wai, pa ohr sati wai Kho Tohmati na wai Mayana’ (Were that I could become a carefree parrot perched on the peak of the Malakand mountains
Swat update 1 Feb 2009: Yet another school blown up by the Taliban terrorists: Eight militants killed, school blown up in Swat By Hameedullah Khan MINGORA, Jan 31: Eight militants, three soldiers and two civilians were killed and several others injured in armed clashes in different areas of Swat on Saturday. The militants
When time is the enemy: Extremism, Long March and a Fragile Democracy: When time is the enemySunday, February 01, 2009 by Ghazi Salahuddin ….Coming back to other reports published on Friday, the main headlines belonged to Rehman Malik, the interior adviser, who seems to stride across the corridors of power with