Monthly Archive:: May 2011
Non-Compliance and Breach of Protocol by GEO News: Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan Parliament House Islamabad Subject: Non-Compliance and Breach of Protocol by GEO News on May 9, 2011 Honorable Sir: Please refer to the proceedings of the National Assembly dated May
Clean Bowled: Deep State and Osama bin Laden – by Kamran Shafi: “BY golly some of our great anchors are something to behold after the springing of Master Raymond Davis from jail … foaming at the mouth; trembling with white rage …” — yours truly in this same space in March,
Politicians united to defend the mighty army and spy masters – by Haris Ubaid: Pakistan’s political elite after due consultation with his highness COAS Kayani and his highness Chief Spy Pasha have come to the defense of the military establishment. This reminds me the following words of Urdu poet John Eliah: Nahi dunya
Why do they love Polygamy? – by Danial Lakhnavi: پاکستان کے مذہبی حلقوں میں ایک سے زائد شادیوں کی اجازت اور اولاد کی تعداد کا معاملہ ہمیشہ سے دلچسپی کا موضوع رہا ہے. یہی وجہ ہے کہ ہر مذہبی تبصرہ نگار نے اپنے تحریری معرکہ آرائیوں میں اس
The future and past of ISI speak up: I am sure when you read the title, you must have realized who I am talking about – past being Nawaz Sharif and the future being Imran Khan, have spoken up on the “Abbottabad Saniha” as it is being
History of security establishments’ blunders -By Arshad Mahmood: This article was originally published in the ‘Daily AajKal’
Hairan Khan ka doosra dharna – by D. Asghar: Disclaimer: Dear friends, This is political satire. Hopefully all of us are mature enough to handle it. It is like Saturday Night Live, locally on Geo TV, we have “Hum sum umeed sey hain.”. It is along those lines.
A rebuttal to Mosharraf Zaidi and other apologists of the military state of Pakistan – by Sumantra Maitra: Related post: Fake criticism of Pakistan army by FCS proxies First published in: The Washington Examiner (My reply to two articles of Mosharraf Zaidi in Times of India and Foreign Policy Magazine.) The dust settled. The answer is known. Pakistan had
Pakistan: Osama’s episode -by Inam R Sehri: Yesterday, on 7th May 2011, President Zardari, PM Gilani and COAS Ashfaq Kayani met for the second time at the Presidency since Osama’s operation in Abbotabad and comprehensively reviewed the situation in the perspective of Pakistan’s national security and
Threatening telephone call from a proxy of Pakistan army – by Ali Raja: Related post: Prominent anchor abuses during a mental breakdown suffered from defending the indefensible! hum kahan ke tha dana, kis hunar mein yakta the be sabab hua Ghalib dushman asman apna (Ghalib) Brigadier Siddiq Salik while recounting his memories
Post-Osama bin Laden Pakistan – by Qais Anwar: پاکستان — اسا مہ بن لادن کے قتل کے بعد ========================= پاکستانی ریاست سرمایہ دارانہ جاگیردارانہ سیاست کبھی بھی عوام کے مسائل کا حل نہیں ہوتی لیکن جب تک پچھڑے ہوئے طبقات کی قیادت پر مشتمل پارٹی عوامی حمایت
Prominent anchor abuses during a mental breakdown suffered from defending the indefensible!: Related post: Threatening telephone call from a proxy of Pakistan army – by Ali Raja A leading television anchor known for blatant “ghalatian” on live television, enough to embarrass his fans in front of likes of Hilary Clinton etc,
Taking stock of May 1: Civilian government has an opportunity to question the defence establishment – by Ayesha Siddiqa: September 6, 1965 — senior army officers in Pakistan slept as Indian troops rolled towards the Lahore border. Fast-forward and we have senior Pakistani generals apparently asleep while American SEALs launch an operation in Abbottabad. This also happened when
Dangerous Liaisons -by Sana Bucha: Jon Stewart is funny. He made me laugh when he asked Musharraf where Osama was. Musharraf’s response of “lead the way, I will follow” comment made me smile. The late Af-Pak Envoy, Richard Holbrooke, in answer to my question
The Abottabad Heist! – by Peter Hoss: Wars never end smoothly. Peace that follows takes years to stabilize. The only war the US was able to end smoothly was when choppers airlifted stranded Americans from the US embassy rooftop. After the death of Osama, many folks
Can anyone define “Saniha” for me?: It is unfortunate but true, everyone wants to get some publicity by calling what happened on the early morning of 2nd May as a “Saniha”. The Urdu word “Saniha” has the closest English translation of “Tragedy”. The word Tragedy
Mr. Panetta: “They are both” – by Waseem Altaf: ISPR has gone into hibernation. Understandably, thekedar (contractor) Noor Mohammd, who built the house where Osama lived, was taken into custody. A corps commanders’ conference has also been summoned which would conduct an ex-post facto analysis of the US
ISI Assets in action – II: Related Articles: ISI assets begin their act to ensure “supremacy” of their masters Ahmed Noorani belongs to Ansar Abbasi gang at Jang Group. His agenda along with his boss has always been to malign the PPP government on one thing after
The forces of democracy and justice always triumph – by Saria Benazir: In an attempt to go through the reminiscences of an egalitarian process & the anguishes it met in Pakistan, one would perceptibly feel a profound scorn for many – including those, who vended the entire opulence , including the
PPP and PML-Q: The odd couple — By D. Asghar: This scribe’s opinion about this “deal” is very well known. President Zardari’s move to save his party’s crumbling popularity, by going to bed with his staunchest critics, may be a major gamble. Whether this gamble pays off or not,
Writers needed for “Friends, Not Masters II”: Related article: Fake criticism of Pakistan army by FCS proxies A reputed inter-services public relations firm is looking for senior writers to author a book titled as “Friends not Masters Part II” Background The Pakistan army has a long
Fake criticism of Pakistan army by a budding writer Shahid Saeed: Related post: A rebuttal to Mosharraf Zaidi and other apologists of the military state of Pakistan – by Sumantra Maitra Fake criticism of military establishment Fake critical letter to ISI chief by Ejaz Haider Three musketeers and the “PPP
Zardari or Zawahiri? – by Ali Sher Mussali: Official discourse of Pakistan army and its proxies Pakistan Army has done “extraordinarily well” in the history of Pakistan. Yes, we need army otherwise India, Israel and America will control our arsenals. And yes, for this we have to
USA-phobia and Osama’s death – by Ali Sher Mussali: Pseudo-socialists, pseudo-nationalists and Osama bin Laden’s shahadat There are many so called communists, socialists, ethno-nationalists who initially joined PPP because they were motivated by Bhuttoism. Some among them, the followers of ‘entryism’ (infiltration), were hopeful to overcome PPP’s leadership
Osama bin Laden and Pakistani media – by Zalaan: پاکستانی میڈیا اینکرز بہت غصے میں ہیں اور کہ رہے ہیں که اگر فوج ، حکومت اور آ ئی ایس آ ئی اسامہ بن لادن کی حفاظت نہ کر سکی تو وہ عام آدمی کی کیسے حفاظت کر سکتے
Osama bin Laden was a member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad – by Zalaan: روزانہ جسارت و امت – اسرئیل کے ایک یہودی اخبار الخلافہ نے خبر دی ہے کہ اسامہ بن لادن اصل میں ایک ہندو انتہا پسند تنظیم وشوا ہندو پرشاد کا سر گرم رکن تھا اس کا اصل مذہب ہندو
10 radars urgently needed by Pakistan army and Al Qaeda – by Ali Sher Mussali: Top TV anchors and the fake civil society (FCS) loyalists of Pakistan army have announced to collect funds and donations on urgent basis to purchase 10 radars to save at least 10 top Al-Qaida leaders in various safe houses
Caught Red Handed -by Arshad Mahmood: This article was originally published in the ‘Daily AajKal’
Pervez Musharraf: Butcher of democracy or architect of development? – Dr. Niaz Murtaza: The dismal situation today is feeding nostalgia for Musharraf. Was his rule worth it? Not for democracy-idealists like me! However, since many people can tolerate dictatorships if they deliver, I consider this question pragmatically. Even pragmatically, dictatorship cannot be
For some Pakistani media, Bin Laden a ‘Martyr’ -by Bashir Ahmad Gwakh: Osama bin Laden was living in a compound just a few hundred meters from Pakistan’s leading military academy for years before U.S. forces killed him. But despite the massive evidence suggesting Pakistani complicity in his hiding, much of the
Politics of Drones -by Rab Nawaz: National pride or ghairat has traditionally been punch line of establishment’s version of Pakistani nationalism. It makes a lot of sense to Pakhtuns who have also been a favorite proxy for army. But the way it has been invoked
ISI assets begin their act to ensure “supremacy” of their masters: Related post: ISI Assets in action – II We have been talking about the various assets of the ISI in our media. Whether they do everything at the orders of theirs masters cannot be confirmed, however, they do feel
Pakistan: Bhutto’s (Judicial) Murder -by Inam R Sehri: In Pakistan, general elections were held on 7th March 1977. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerged as the victorious Party. At the behest of Gen Ziaul Haq, the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS), all the opposition parties in coalition,
Benazir Bhutto: The Greatest Opponent of Osama bin Laden– by M Usama Kabbir & Humza Ikram: Benazir Bhutto was elected the first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim country in 1989. The security apparatus of Pakistan could not digest a progressive democratic leader steer Pakistan out of militancy and who happened to pose a major
Tehrik-e-Tahaffuz-e-Haramain: ISI proxies paying back to Saudi kings – by Hamid Hoshiyarpuri: باخبر ذرائع سے معلوم ہوا ہے کہ پاکستان کے تمام بڑے دیوبندی مدارس جیسے دارالعلوم حقانیہ اکوڑہ خٹک، جامعہ مدنیہ و اشرفیہ لاہور ، نصرت العلوم گوجرانوالہ، خیرالمدارس ملتان، فاروقیہ کراچی، بنوری ٹاؤن کراچی، دارالعلوم کورنگی کراچی، جامعہ بنوریہ
The world may help Pakistan through United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission on Pakistan (UNMOVICP): Related articles: A commodity called security Appeal to international community: Impose travel restrictions on all senior officers of Pakistan army On BBC’s Secret Pakistan and Ejaz Haider: Their denials and propagandists – by Abbas Daiyar A comment on
Pakistan’s Pro Taliban Media anguish: “We are Grieving the loss of our beloved Osama”: انتقال پرملال ہم نہایت افسوس، دل گرفتگی ومغمومیت کے عالم میں یہ اندوہناک اعلان کرتے ہیں کہ ہمارے مخدوم وممدوح مجاہد ملت، فاتح ورلڈ سینٹر و غازیئ تورہ بورہ اور شہید اسلام جناب اسامہ بن لادن مبینہ طور
Pakistan: ISI rigged elections -by Inam R Sehri: On 2nd May 2011 evening, PPP ultimately joined hands with PML(Q) and offered them 18 slots in executive allocating them different assignments, mostly carrying ministreal perks. The young generation knows them little from days of Gen Musharraf when they