Monthly Archive:: November 2010
Saudi Arabia without King Abdullah – by Hassan Hanizadeh: Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s deteriorating health conditions and his possible death raises questions about the fate of Saudi Arabia after the 86-year-old king’s demise. Given the uncertain future ahead of 84-year-old Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul
Govt announces Rs. 10 million for spying against Taliban: ISLAMABAD: The Federal government on Saturday announced Rs.10 million reward, security, employment for the individual who would spy for the government against Taliban. Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik while seeking nation’s support against Taliban said the government would also
Establishment’s investment in Pakistani blogsphere: Moin Ansari and Ahmed Quraishi exposed: Related articles: In rejection of pseudo-liberals of Pakistan – by Sarah Khan Adil Najam, ATP and the closet Taliban in Pakistani blogsphere Adil Najam and his pseudo-liberals’ outpouring of sympathy for Sherry Rehman – by Sarah Khan Another pseudo-liberal
Thank you, Qasim Zia – by Nazir Naji: تھینک یو!قاسم ضیاء سویرے سویرے…نذیر ناجی آج کسی دوسرے موضوع پر کالم لکھ کر میں اہل وطن کی خوشی سے الگ نہیں ہو سکتا۔جی چاہتا ہے کہ آج ہاکی کا ذکر کرتے ہوئے ان جذبات کو متحرک رکھوں‘جنہیں 20برس
Consensus of all political parties on demise of merit – by Shaukat Masood Zafar: The parliamentary standing committee of the National Assembly on Cabinet/ Establishment, in full collaboration with government and the opposition including PML (N), has unanimously approved an amendment in the law to enable “anyone authorized by the prime minister” to
Access to information stressed to ensure transparency, good governance: ISLAMABAD: Realizing the importance of transparency in governance and right to information legislation, Individualland– a nonprofit organization held a roundtable seminar on Friday, to promote a healthy debate that can yield positive results. Participants from number of different organizations
Extremist Barelvis vomit hate and violence: LAHORE: Religious clerics belonging to the (Barelvi) Sunni Tehrik and Aalmi Tanzim Ahle Sunnat (ATAS) on Tuesday condemned government officials and religious figures who expressed sympathy for the Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, during a protest in front of
Mullah’s campaign against Aasia bibi is a blasphemy to Islam – by Rauf Klasra: جو مولوی صاحبان تحفظ ناموس رسالت کے علمبردار بنے ھوے ہیں در اصل یہی لوگ سب سے زیادہ توہین رسالت کے مرتکب ہیں – چودہ سو سالوں میں پوری امت کو فرقوں میں تقسیم کیا قران اور حدیث کی ایسی
LUBP Exclusive: A critical interview with Nadeem F. Paracha: Nadeem F. Paracha is a cultural critic and senior columnist for Dawn Newspaper and Dawn.com. Here is his exclusive interview for LUBP, which is being published as the first interview in the LUBP Critical Interview Series. LUBP: Nadeem, thanks
Proposed revision of the blasphemy law lands in Parliament: A detailed proposal for the revision of the blasphemy law has arrived at the National Assembly: Fides learned from Sherry Rehman, A prominant, parliamentarian of the “Pakistan Peoples Party”, which drafted the document and submitted it to the Secretariat
Blasphemy law is not God-given, but man-made: Salmaan Taseer: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has said Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law is man-made and not God-given, and that his meeting with blasphemy accused Pak-Christian woman- Aasia Bibi- is being politicised, a private TV channel reported. During an interview with the channel,
Wolf with the wings – by Sangeen Khan: My late grandmother would always have amusing lullabies for me. I can only remember one which I loved to chorus but could never imitate the grief and helplessness she would have in her tone for it didn’t make any
Flood relief funds misused by ‘civil’ society NGOs: USAID files complaint to NAB: While we are keen to know the exact identity of the corrupt NGOs and their owners / managers, we already knew that these civil society types (the same who keep reciting an incessant corruption mantra against elected politicians) are
It’s ok if a Muslim boy loves a Christian girl but….: ’محبت کا معاملہ‘، مسیحی برادری میں خوف بلدیہ ٹاؤن میں ایک اندازے کے مطابق تین ہزار کے قریب مسیحی آبادی ہے کراچی کے علاقے بلدیہ ٹاؤن میں ایک مسیحی لڑکے اور مسلم لڑکی کے گھر سے نکل جانے کے
Letting go of illusions —by Gulmina Bilal Ahmad: There is a need to differentiate between the Taliban and its allies as an organisation and the Taliban mindset. The Taliban mindset one can and should negotiate, question, argue and counter-argue with. It is as important to counter this
LUBP debate: How do we define liberalism?: A question was poised by Aliarqam Durrani on what liberalism means. This question was poised by him on the LUBP google group – the consequent discussions are given here. It may be noted that responses are put here based
Blasphemy law must be repealed —by Mashal Sahir: The way the blasphemy law operates in our country is an insult to humanity, where people are free to kill others in order to settle personal scores or simply to prove their superiority by using their ‘religious obligations’ to
In defense of organized religion – by Garret Keizer: Related post: Is LUBP an anti-religion blog? – by Sarah Khan Editor’s note: Lately, I have noticed a trend in Pakistan’s middle class urban chatterers and elitist liberals that they attack and ridicule individuals and communities on the basis of their religion
Let us make a difference – by Imran Qadir Butt: Yet another person, Aasia Bibi, convicted of blasphemy and condemned to death by hanging. While reading this news piece I was looking for a surprise. Something unusual, extraordinary and thought provoking debate followed by concerted efforts from all sections
Is Transparency International a CIA Agent?- by Farhad Jarral: Following are the converted Images of a ‘PDF’ Document, Originally published at website of Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the UK and Ireland Here’s the Video Clip of Mubashir Luqman’s Show ‘Point Blank’ in which he openly
Stand up against the blasphemy laws – by Sherry Rehman: The sentencing to death of a Christian woman on charges of blasphemy by a sessions court in Nankana Sahib has created an uproar in Pakistan. The Aasia Bibi case has touched a raw nerve among thousands of people for
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world – by Saria Benazir: (An article in the perspective of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women) According to the father of Political Science, Aristotle, A state is a “Union of families and villages”. A woman is the architect of a
Myth busted: Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry got a plot in 2002 from General Musharraf – by Rauf Klasra: Here is a breaking news story by Rauf Klasra which speaks about the ‘institutional corruption’ and opportunism of Pakistani bureaucrats. Let us see if our Insaf tiger, Imran Khan, and his Talibanic mentor Munawar Hassan direct their guns towards
Why did Pakistan’s first Law Minister, Jogendra Nath Mandal, resign?: While browsing, I came across this resignation letter by the first Chairman of Constituent Assembly as well as first Minister for Law & Labour of Pakistan, Mr. Jogendra Nath Mandal. Mr Mandal (1906–1956) was a Hindu Dalit politician; he
US blacklists Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation: The Obama administration says it has added a Pakistani charity affiliated with an al-Qaeda-linked terror group to its terrorism blacklist. US State Department claimed on Wednesday that Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FeF), which has provided humanitarian assistance to Pakistanis displaced by
The one person who can save Aasia Bibi – by Fasi Zaka: Dr Zakir Naik is an extremely popular TV evangelist, much like the late Ahmed Deedat. Their specialty (other than Islamic sermons) has been comparative religion debates with experts and religious leaders of other faiths. But Dr Zakir Naik shares
PPP government pledges to end violence against women: The present government led by Pakistan People’s Party is fully committed to the welfare of women and the ideology of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir, who had remarked, “women’s rights are inseparable from human rights” The empowerment of women is the PPP’s manifesto and
Why do we publish on LUBP what we do? – by Abdul Nishapuri: Nugget 1 Sheen Alif recently asked: The progressive blog should come clear on how they view the Baloch insurgency, as publishing a piece on Lala Hameed Baloch and another condemning BLA just on assumptions in one breath is not
Who is in power in Balochistan? PPP or Army?: ’انٹیلیجنس ایجنسیوں کی مداخلت کو روکیں ‘ میڈیا پلئیر ونڈوز میڈیا یا ریئل پلیئر میں دیکھیں/سنیں بلوچستان میں اگر انٹیلی جنس ایجنیسوں کی سیاست میں مداخلت ختم کی جائے اور ان کا سیاسی کردار ختم کیا جائے تو بیشتر
Pentagon report raises new questions about Pakistan’s willingness to take on the safe militant havens: “Pakistan’s domestic extremist threat and the 2010 floods recue the potential for a more aggressive or effective Pakistani effort in the near term,” says the report covering the period from April to the end of September. The report, titled
Remembering the village boy from Jhang: Prof Abdus Salam – by Dr G Murtaza: Lahore. Prof Abdus Salam, the Nobel laureate who dominated the world of Physics for decades, breathed his last 14 years ago at 08:15(PST) on Thursday November 21, 1996 after a protracted illness. With his sad demise, not only Pakistan
Free Islam from Pakistan – by IJ Qureshi: A nation was born in 1947 name Pakistan. It was created on the basis of 2 nation supposition Muslim and Hindus. Muslims of sub continent under the leadership Quaid-e-Azam liberated Pakistan from British Raj. Since 1956 this Country, that
Onward march of an agency-connected fake liberal blogger “Barrister” Ali K. Chishti: Disclaimer: The following post does not represent the LUBP’s view point. This is based on my personal opinion. Not unlike paid journalists with vested interests, it has become a fashion amongst bloggers and media activists to present themselves as
Guru Nanak: The Prophet of Peace – by Dr Kirat Singh Inqilabi: The LUBP team offer our best wishes to our Sikh brother and sisters on the birthday (jayanti) of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Guru Nanak was born in 1469 in what is now Pakistan. At the age of
What do you think about this picture?: A friend sent me an email pointing towards the following picture which was recently published in daily Express. I am speechless. What thoughts come to your mind?
Fashioning Moral Outrage – by XYZ: Oh wow. We’ve all become so used to the hyperbole of the Western and local language English press around Pakistan Fashion Weeks, that it is sometimes easy to forget how a significant section of society in Pakistan views them.
Fake Mullah Mansour and the double-game of the ISI: Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor By DEXTER FILKINS and CARLOTTA GALL Source: NYT KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if
Chronology of Blasphemy Legislation in Pakistan- by Marvi Sirmed: SOURCE: Marvi Sirmed’s Blog In order to put the record straight on the chronology of Blasphemy Legislation in Pakistan, following Timeline has been compiled using information from annual report of National Commission for Justice and Peace. 1860: The original