Monthly Archive:: February 2009

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
Tracking the Media: Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan – Book Review: Book review: The venom of Indo-Pak media war — by Khaled Ahmed Tracking the Media: Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan By Subarno Chattarji; Routledge 2008; Pp302; Price Rs 695; Available in bookstores in Pakistan. We
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
Holbrooke’s entry will lead to India-Pakistan dialogue on Kashmir: Holbrooke’s entry will lead to dialogue Sunday, February 01, 2009by Aakar Patel India must engage Pakistan on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir before it is forced to. It must settle on a solutions process that is approved by
Qazi”s statement on the ‘non-Islamic’ acts of Islamic Taliban in Swat: Too little, too late: Will Qazi Hussain Ahmed, and his allies such as Imran Khan, call for public demonstrations against the atrocities of Taliban? Sermons and senseSunday, February 01, 2009 Delivering his Friday sermon, the ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Qazi Hussain Ahmed,
Senators declared assets depict majority dirty rich: Do they belong us?: Richest and poorest senators: Country’s leaders divided between rich and poor * Swati appears to be richest senator with billions of rupees in assets * JUI-F senator among poorest leaders with Rs 30,000 in account By Irfan Ghauri and