Monthly Archive:: September 2008
Taliban’s FM Radio “Intolerance 101” – By Tariq Aqil: Tuesday, September 30, 2008by Tariq Aqil The month of September witnessed the brutal and senseless murder of three Ahmedis in Pakistan. This gruesome tragedy happened in the aftermath of a popular TV programme in which Ahmedis were blamed for
Taliban’s FM Radio "Intolerance 101" – By Tariq Aqil: Tuesday, September 30, 2008by Tariq Aqil The month of September witnessed the brutal and senseless murder of three Ahmedis in Pakistan. This gruesome tragedy happened in the aftermath of a popular TV programme in which Ahmedis were blamed for
Zardari’s challenge – interview to the International Herald Tribune: Zardari’s challenge Those are brave words addressed to the International Herald Tribune by President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday: “It is my decision that we will go after them [Al Qaeda and terrorists], we will free this country”. The
19% of Pakistanis have a positive view of Al-Qaeda: BBC Poll: (In our view, most of these terrorist supporters or sympathizers are likely to be voters of right wing (mostly Deobandi) parties in Pakistan, including Jamaat-i-Islami, (defunct) Sipah Sahaba, Pakistan Muslim
Defining the Taliban – By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi: WHILE President Asif Ali Zardari says we are in a state of war, it is amazing that the government and the media have not yet clearly spelled out how the enemy is to be defined. Normally, an enemy is
Taliban killed my wife. ‘I will suck oxygen out of their system so there will be no Talibs’ (Zardari’s commitment): ‘I will suck oxygen out of their system so there will be no Talibs’: Zardari ready for US training of army anti-terror units* Vows to rid country of terror threat, calls Taliban ‘cancer for society’* Says anyone not conforming
Crimes of Fasadis (worngly known as Fasadis) done in the name of Islam…. Abbas Ather: Imran Khan, Hamid Gul, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Siddiqi, Kashif Abbasi, and Hamid Mir say: Terrorist activities against innocent Pakistanis are a reaction against the US policies. Shame on terrorists and their supporters.
Crimes of Fasadis (worngly known as Jihadis) done in the name of Islam…. Abbas Ather: Imran Khan, Hamid Gul, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Siddiqi, Kashif Abbasi, and Hamid Mir say: Terrorist activities against innocent Pakistanis are a reaction against the US policies. Shame on terrorists
Well done, Karachi Police: Fight the Takfiri terrorists: A job well done FRIDAY’S police action against suspected terrorists in a Karachi locality comes as a reality byte that home-grown sectarian and extremist outfits are but extensions of global terrorist networks like Al Qaeda. There is no ambiguity
Silent majority stirs – People in FATA rise agains Taliban: FATA’s silent majority now seems to be stirring. It has for years watched in agony the destruction of its environs. Its once peaceful valleys and ravines are now a theatre of war, with homes, fields and shops destroyed, the
Friends of Democratic Pakistan – Well done, Zardari.: MAKE no mistake about it — this is Pakistan’s hour of economic reckoning. We need every friend we have ever had and every dollar we can possibly get. It seems then that the Friends of Pakistan forum, which will
Friends rally around Pakistan (Buck up Zardari): A permanent forum known as Friends of Pakistan was launched in New York on Friday with the mission to help Pakistan out of its economic crisis. It has been estimated that Pakistan would need around $15 billion to prevent
Lashkar-e-Jhangavi = Sipah-e-Sahaba = Al-Qaeda = Taliban = Jaish-e-Muhammad = Other sectarian and jihadi organizations: Protégée terrorists attack Karachi Three would-be suicide bombers were killed along with a handcuffed hostage when one of the bombers blew himself up following a police raid on a house in Karachi’s Baldia Town on Friday. They were members
The PPP haters and their blinkers – by Dr Babar Awan: Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Siddiqi, other PPP haters and their ‘Khopay’ (blinkers) – Disinformation cell against democracy in Pakistan – By Dr. Babar Awan
Talking to Mullah Umar and Hekmatyar?: The NWFP Governor, Mr Owais Ghani, has asked the United States “to talk to Mullah Omar, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Jalaluddin Haqqani, to negotiate peace in Afghanistan”. His contention is that “political stability will only come to Afghanistan when all
US general’s warning – General David Petraeus’s assessment on war on terror and Taliban: MANY Pakistanis will tend to agree with what one of America’s top generals said on Thursday — the extremists threaten the very existence of Pakistan. Gen David Petraeus, who is to take over next month as commander Centcom (US
Pakistan opts out of isolationism, Zardari’s address at the UN: President Asif Ali Zardari’s address at the General Assembly of the United Nations on Thursday has to be rated as a good speech that fairly expressed Pakistan’s point of view on the problem of terrorism while avoiding the kind
A shameful forgery (by Ansar Abbasi and other anti-PPP Junoonis): The past week has seen a vicious electronic and press campaign maligning President Asif Ali Zardari through a forgery. Someone forged a garbled version of his remark recorded in the visitors’ book at the mausoleum of the Quaid-e-Azam and
Zardari’s misspelled remarks proved fabricated – Disinformation cell in action by yellow journalists/Zaradari haters: By SHAFI BALOCH (Daily The Nation) KARACHI – The ongoing campaign against President Asif Ali Zardari regarding his poor knowledge of English during his recent visit to Mazar-e-Quaid has proved a malicious and wicked electronic campaign that has tarnished
‘Stability in Bajaur within two months’: * FC IG says 1,000 Taliban, 63 soldiers killed in operation* Says 65% of problem would be eliminated if Taliban defeated in Bajaur KHAR/TANG KHATTA: The situation in Bajaur Agency will be stabilised within two months, the Frontier Corps
War on terror & India’s stake: By Kuldip Nayar THE burning of Islamabad’s Marriott hotel that Indian channels showed at length is still etched in the memory of horrified people. They are worried about Pakistan. Even the hawks do not conceal their anxiety. The intelligentsia’s
War on terror & India’s stake: By Kuldip Nayar THE burning of Islamabad’s Marriott hotel that Indian channels showed at length is still etched in the memory of horrified people. They are worried about Pakistan. Even the hawks do not conceal their anxiety. The intelligentsia’s
Jihad revised – by Q. Isa Daudpota: IMAGINE you are a radical Islamist leading a war against the infidels from the badlands bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan. In front of you is the statement, “We are prohibited from committing aggression, even if the enemies of Islam do