Monthly Archive:: May 2010
PPP-MQM relations – Ali K Chishti: Source Daily Times The crisis in Sindh is, no doubt, a very complex one. Historically, the Mohajirs have throughout kept themselves apart from the native Sindh populace — politically, socially and culturally. The powerful feudals of the PPP had
The Facebook Heat – by Bahadar Ali Khan: Back in 1984, General Zia-ul-Haq conducted a referendum to legitimize his rule. The referendum was based on one question: “Do you want to continue the process of Islamization in Pakistan ?”, and the polity was given choices to tick
Internet blockade and urban middle class youth – by Ahmed Nadeem Gehla: On Wednesday 19th May 2010, the Lahore High Court, famous for acting as a “moral brigade” rather than judiciary, once again passed a strange order to ban Facebook across Pakistan on a petition of Muslim Lawyers Forum. The demand
Benazir-Musharraf’s negotiations and Rehman Malik’s conviction – by Khalid Wasti: بے نظیر ، مشرف مذاکرات اور رحمان ملک کی معافی معذرت خواہانہ رویہ کیوں ؟ =============== پرویز مشرف کے اقتدار پر قابض ہوجانے کے بعد ملک کے نوے فیصد عوام کی حمایت یافتہ سیاسی قوت کی علامت پیلز پارٹی
Economy expands 4.09pc in FY10: Source : DAWN According to the figures presented to the NAC, the overall manufacturing sector performed well and recorded a growth of 5.1 per cent this fiscal year compared with negative growth of 3.7 per cent in 2008-09. ISLAMABAD:
Hamid Mir backtracked – by Farhad Jarral: Earlier, Hamid Mir had decided to send some legal notices for his alleged defamation: the first notice to a leading newspaper of Pakistan, Daily Times, which is owned by Salman Taseer, and the second notice a leading political blog
Times of India report on Hamid Mir: Pakistan journalist linked to ex-ISI officer’s killing denies report IANS, May 18, 2010, 10.52pm IST ISLAMABAD: One of Pakistan’s best known journalists, Hamid Mir, has denied telling the Taliban that a former intelligence officer who was abducted was a
Urgent Appeal: Hamid Mir must be investigated to ensure safe release of British film director Asad Qureshi: URGENT APPEAL Malik Shahid, Press Pakistan Award winning journalist and documentary maker Asad Qureshi’s life is under severe danger of being cut short by his captives (Punjabi Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba) in Waziristan. Hamid Mir’s claim that the audiotape of
Pakistan to export record shipment of rice: source : The express Tribune Pakistan is planning on shipping a record 4.1 million metric tons of rice by the end of next month. This record is as much as 37 percent more than last year. According to the Rice
From Waris Mir to Hamid Mir – by Khalid Wasti: ============= وارث میر ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ حامد میر ================ وارث میر میری نظر میں عظیم لوگوں کی فہرست میں شامل ہے – وہ ان معدودے چند لوگوں میں سے تھا جو بصیرت کی آنکھ سے دیوار کے
God father of Pakistan’s conspiracy theorists returns to defend his prodigal sons – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Shaheen Sehbai, the God father of Pakistan’s conspiracy theorists has come out in defense of his prodigal sons i.e. Hamid Mir, Ansar Abbasi and Shahid Masood in his “Viewpoint” from Washington that was published in The News of May
Hamid Mir and Jang Group’s somersaults on freedom of speech – by Aamir Mughal: Former president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists Mazhar Abbas said that on the whole media’s role in the entire episode left a lot to be desired. “We go by the official version and don’t even use words
Sirhanay Hamid Mir kay ahista bolo – by Ahsan Abbas Shah: On behalf of the LUBP, Ahsan Abbas Shah’s rebuttal to Hamid Mir and his spokesman Earthman, International Professor (both of them work for the Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists):
Justice Khwaja Sharif at it again! – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: One can now be certain for the reasons why CJP, Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry, insisted on having Justice Khwaja Sharif to continue as Chief Justice of Lahore High Court and have Justice Saqib Nisar supersede him to be promoted
Daily Times Editorial:The Hamid Mir affair – by Rashed Rahman: Hamid Mir, a prominent TV anchor, has seen fit to respond to a story carried by Daily Times (May 16, 2010, “Hamid Mir’s terrifying indiscretions”, plus a transcript of a purported telephone conversation between Mir and an unknown militant
At last, insaf for Rehman Malik – by Khalid Wasti: انصاف ہوتا نظر آگیا ہے کسے وکیل کریں کس سے منصفی چاہیں ============================= رحمان ملک کو ہتھکڑی لگوانی تھی – رحمان ملک پر پانچ تولے سونا چرانے اور ایک کار رشوت میں لینے کا الزام لگایا گیا – اعلی
Guardian’s report on Hamid Mir’s audio tape – by Declan Walsh: Pakistani news presenter accused of link to Taliban hostage’s murder Leaked audio tape purportedly reveals phone conversation between Hamid Mir and a Taliban spokesman about hostage Declan Walsh in Lahore guardian.co.uk, Monday 17 May 2010 19.50 BST Pakistan’s pugnacious
Militant splits span AfPak border – by Syed Saleem Shahzad: ISLAMABAD – The year 2009 was a second watershed in the Taliban-led struggle against foreign forces in Afghanistan as the resistance took the war, previously limited mainly to the south and western parts of the country, to north and
Updated: May God save Colonel Imam from the wrath of Hamid Mir and the Punjabi Taliban: Related articles: Secret audio tape of Hamid Mir’s conversation with a Punjabi Talib associate of Hakimullah Mehsud Latest video of Colonel Imam Sultan Amir Tarar kidnapped by the Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorists Update: We are reposting this article in view of
Did Hamid Mir have a conversation with the TTP? – by Ayesha Siddiqa: Source: Diary of a Politically Incorrect Vagabond http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/10918 The man in the tape is Hamid Mir beyond doubt. The voice and style of conversation is his. I have had conversations with him on several occasions and he breaks stories
Dasti phenomenon – Dawn Editorial: Source Dawn In the re-election of Jamshed Dasti, the parliamentarian from Muzaffargarh who was forced to resign after the Supreme Court took up the issue of his fake higher educational degree, lies an interesting paradox: the disconnect between the
Hamid Mir threatens ‘Let Us Build Pakistan’: This image is taken from Hamid Mir’s official fan page of Capital Talk. Once again Hamid Mir has targeted the LUBP along with other media publications including Daily Times and Dunya TV. Today, this is what Mir wrote on
The likelihood of a flood from the Attabad landslide – by Dr. David Petley: Source Dave’s landslide blog: The water level at Attabad is now within ten metres of the base of the spillway at the saddle, and continues to rise at about 90 to 100 cm per day. Thus, water flow through
Hamid Mir’s audiotape and sayyad ka daam – by Aniqa Naz: صیاد کا دام خود اپنے دام میں صیاد آرہا ہے۔ بس یہ تھا فوری خیال جو میرے ذہن میں آیا۔ جب میں نے یہ ٹیپ کہ ہوئ فون کال سنی جو حامد میر اور طالبان کے کسی اعلی عہدیدار
Grand plot against media? An analysis of Hamid Mir’s article – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Hamid Mir in his article in The News titled “Grand Plot Against Media” published on 17th May, 2010 has pinpointed Asif Zardari and the Federal Government for having hatched a conspiracy to malign and blackmail the Pakistani media especially
The Hindi-Urdu question – by Dr Syed Mohammed Anwer: A language always has a place of birth, a nation to speak and no religion, but the Indian Subcontinent is perhaps the only exception where language has a religion too. Not only the language but its nomenclature, the script
The feudal as a role model – by Irfan Husain: I have a vague recollection that when I was a child in the 1950s, my mother would often say of me to her friends: “Mera beta bara hokay afsar banayga.” (“My son will become an officer when he grows
Pakistan, terrorism and our combined failure – by Ardeshir Cowasjee: Our combined failure A common reaction to the almost universal conclusion that one of Pakistan’s main exports is terrorism — bolstered by the latest would-be hero of Times Square who fortunately failed — is that the larger majority of
Hating Zardari – by Shakir Hussain: Source: The News Whenever people ask me about the funniest Asif Zardari joke I’ve ever heard, my response is always, “That he is the most successful president in the 63 year history of Pakistan.” I can picture readers cringing,
The fountainhead of religious extremism — by Yasser Latif Hamdani: Pakistan will have to undo the Maududian infiltration of its state and society. It means liberating our campuses of organisations like the IJT. It means purging the state and its machinery of elements that are furthering the Jamaat’s hate-filled
LUBP’s links with ISI and conspiracy against Hamid Mir – by Earthman, International Professor: Readers of the LUBP have previously read a couple of articles that we posted in ‘appreciation’ of Earthman, International Professor (a pro-Taliban conspiracy theorist shrouded in mystery) in the last two years, which can be accessed at the following
Hamid Mir explains his position on taped conversation with a TTP terrorist; Punjabi Taliban’s press release declares Mir not guilty: This post is in continuation of our original post: Secret audio tape of Hamid Mir’s conversation with a Punjabi Talib associate of Hakimullah Mehsud Here is a text of Hamid Mir’s e-mail retrieved from PressPakistan google group (circulated today
Justice Jahanzeb Rahim’s 28 Questions: There is an interesting column by Athar Abbas in today’s Khabrain newspaper that is titled “Justice Jahanzeb Rahim kay 28 sawalat” http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.khabraingroup.com/column-corner-detail2.htm
Taliban terrorist (official of Jamaat-e-Islami) ‘successfully’ acquitted by a military court in Pakistan: Nadeem Ahmed Shah reaches home as military court acquits him from all accusations RAWALPINDI, (SANA): A military court acquitted Nadeem Ahmad Shah advocate from all the accusations after which he reached home here on Saturday. President of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)
Fauzia Wahab’s defamation notice to Ansar Abbasi – Well Done Madam! – By Ahmed Iqbalabadi: PPP’s Central Information Secretary and MNA, Fauzia Wahab has sent a defamation notice to our favorite, Ansar Abbasi for views expressed by him in a Private TV Talk Show. The notice has been sent with reference to Section 3
Islamic extremism and its dangerous implications – by Hamid Akhtar: A thought provoking series of columns (in Urdu) by veteran journalist Hamid Akhtar on Islamic extremism and its dangerous implications:
Indifference of Pakistani government and media to looming disaster in Hunza – by Irfan Siddiqi and Ghazi Salahuddin: While most journalist and anchors in Pakistani media are more interested in Shoaib-Sania marriage, Jamshed Dasti’s by elections etc, Irfan Siddiqi must be commended for his persistent attention to a looming tragedy about to happen in a far off
The sinking middle-ground – by Nadeem F. Paracha: The best was when a friend of mine told me about another such agitated Pakistani’s Facebook page. According to my friend, the following were the Facebook groups the restless young man was a member of: “Proud to be Muslim”;
In defence of Dr Babar Awan – by Muhammad Amjad Rashid: History shows that although there were traitors in a large number, there were also some loyal people present although they were in small numbers. There are certain examples in the history which prove that loyalty comes in blood. Those