Monthly Archive:: November 2011
The real agenda of LUBP fascists: On PPP’s attack on Sherry Rehman’s house – by Ali K. Chishti: We are cross-posting this old article (originally published on Pak Tea House on November 8th, 2010) for archiving purposes. Written by Mr. Ali K. Chishti, the original title of the article “The real agenda of LUBP Fascists” was later
Iran isn’t an enemy of the Jewish people – by Shiraz Paracha: World bullies threat Iran often on the basis of biased, politicized and incorrect reports of the International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA). Such reports are prepared on false assumptions and estimates usually in collaboration
Is giving MFN status to India a policy shift? – by Muhammad Saeed Akhtar: In coming days you will find cauldron boiling in the electronic media of Pakistan to see many witch hunters around; trying to baffle the poor and ill informed audience about granting the MFN status to India with all their
PTI’s financial scruples — by Dr Mohammad Taqi: If one red US cent goes towards putting a US soldier in harm’s way, that does not reflect well on the US officials who had been cosying up to Imran Khan and had a meeting with him just before
Hey Sikhs: Happy 543rd Birthday! – by Tarek Fatah: Source: Huffington Post Today, millions of Sikhs and their friends around the world are celebrating Gurpurab, but few outside India know the significance of this day or its history. It’s the 543rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the
Liberal fascists launch an attack on Imran Khan’s financial credibility – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: About the author As the tail wind of the Hazrat Imran Khan Tsunami, I want to inform you, my millions of readers, of the latest media attacks by the liberal fascists on Imran Khan. We all know
Imran Khan’s financial credibility five months down the road: In May 2011, we had published two original articles titled “Imran Khan’s Financial Credibility” (10th May, 2011) and “Some questions about Imran Khan’s PTI NA-USA LLC” (13th May, 2011). The purpose of both the articles was not to taint
Imran Khan, tabdeeli ki hawa? – by Kashif Naseer: Source: Kashif Naseer ka blog کوئی شک نہیں کہ میدان کپتان کے لئے خالی ہے، فضاء ہموار اور نوجوان تیار ہیں، بلکہ اس سے کہیں زیادہ پورا شہری پنجاب، سرحد اور یہاں تک یہ شہر کراچی عمران خان کی
Criminal cricketers and their accomplices — by Abbas Zaidi: The three cricketers are proven guilty and are thus criminals. They are shameless too. They never accepted their crime. Amir did confess, but only when it was too late and that too on the advice of his lawyer Now
Vote for Imran Khan? – by Muhammad Anwar Ul Haq: ‘Vote for Imran, vote for change’ is THE catchphrase these days. Having heard this line several times over after the successful rally that PTI held in Lahore, I was forced to ponder over the question. While I was deliberating
Zardari’s zen politics – by Irfan Waheed: The objective of this article is not to criticise the government, for that has been done ad nauseum by all and sundry. Neither do I intend to foment the movement to oust the government, for removing a sitting government
The concept of brotherhood in Islam: How Muslims view each other and how they view Non-Muslims: With the end of the Cold War, a new enemy emerged, Radical Islamic Fundamentalism, made up of Islamic extremists, terrorists and the states that support them. If we are to counter them at all, we must help to understand
Appreciating the Beyghairat Brigade: Last month, what seemed like an innocent and satirical attempt to mock the influencing and prevalent mood of hysteria and conspiracy theories in Pakistan, a group of three 20-something boys led by Ali Aftab came up with a song
Lifestyle Liberals and Political Liberals: Is LUBP a hurdle in the way of unity of liberals?: Related posts: Deconstructing Pakistani liberals: A response to Shashi Tharoor and Raza Rumi Censorship tactics and the ‘unity of liberals’ – by Alamdar Mengal The liberal fiasco in Pakistan – by Suleman Akhtar ****** I was motivated to write
Has the PPP government ruined the economy? – by Khubaib Siddiqui: Rants against the economic performance of the current government have become such a common and recurrent feature of our political discourse that the statement “this PPP government has ruined the economy” has assumed the properties of an axiom or
US commission: Pakistan schools teach Hindu hatred: Editor’s Note: Curriculum reform is the need of the hour. In the last couple of days, 3 Pakistani Hindu doctors have been killed and Pakistan’s peaceful, hardworking and patriotic Hindu, Christain and Ahmadi muslims face the brunt of violence
Zardari’s zen politics -by Irfan Waheed: The objective of this article is not to criticise the government, for that has been done ad nauseum by all and sundry. Neither do I intend to foment the movement to oust the government, for removing a sitting government
Imran Khan: the 12th man rises – by Omar Ali: Source Pakistan’s greatest cricketing hero and second most successful philanthropist entered politics 15 years ago, promising a progressive, Islamic, modern, corruption-free Pakistan. His position as the most successful captain in Pakistan’s cricket history, the founder of Pakistan’s finest cancer
Murder of three Hindu doctors on Eid day: Crime against humanity – by Javed Qazi: Hardly a day of the great murder of the history of Sindh passed by, that 72 years back, Hindu mystic singer, Bhaghat Kanwar Ram, was killed near Shikarpur, that we always remember him on his anniversary day, 1st Nov.
Ansar Abbasi in support of Imran Khan – by Zalaan: انصار عباسی کا عمران افروز کالم ایک بار پھر سوات میں لڑکی پر کوڑے مارنے کو جائز کہنے والے ،طالبان کے حمایتی ،ملک میں طالبانوں کی غیر قانونی عدالتوں کو آسمانی حکم کہنے والے صحافی انصار عباسی عمران خان
Satirical song, a YouTube hit, challenges extremism in Pakistan – by Salman Masood: A satirical song that takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at religious extremism, militancy and contradictions in Pakistani society has become an instant hit here, drawing widespread attention as a rare voice of the country’s embattled liberals. The song, “Aalu Anday,”
Imran Khan is playing in the hands of the military establishment – by Ali Aftab (Beygairat Brigade): Lead singer of Beygairat Brigade, Ali Aftab, asks some tough questions about Imran Khan and the sinister role of Pakistani establishment behind his PTI. And here I am thinking, can PTI clean sweep the next elections? Do they even have candidates
Sacrifice: Another Story – by Suleman Akhtar: There’s much distress in society that may be taken care of to some extent by succoring the flood effectees, Internally Displaced Persons, terrorism victims and destitute ones in dire need; the act that corresponds more to the spirit
Javid Naseer Rind, another Baloch journalist silenced by the Deep State – by Laibaah: Cross-posted from Pakistan Blogzine Another Baloch journalist, Javid Naseer Rind, was killed today. His mutilated dead body was recovered from Khuzdar. Javid Naseer Rind, the former Deputy Editor of Daily Tawar, a leading anti-military-state Baloch newspaper published in Urdu
The blocked elite’s euphoria on Imran Khan’s arrival – by Nadeem F. Paracha: On the block by Nadeem Paracha In February I wrote an article on these pages called The blocked elite. Today after following all the excitement amongst the urban middle-class youth and in the populist electronic media about Imran Khan’s
Imran Khan: the myth and the reality -by Badar Alam: WHEN Imran Khan launched the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf in 1996, then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto rhetorically asked, “Can Imran win 51 per cent seats in parliament to form a government?” A decade and a half later, the same question haunts
Best of both worlds: Imran Khan’s PTI Lahore rally in pictures – by Laibaah: Shahzad Roy omitted “naik woh hai jisay moqa nai mila” at his PTI jalsa performance. Imran Khan said to Nawaz Sharif: “mian saab jaan deo, sadi wari aan deo” Source: Pakistan Blogzine Imran Khan’s PTI rally in Lahore on
Journalism and the plight of Baloch – by Mureed Bizenjo: Source: Pakistan Blogzine Not a single day passes without abduction, torture, arrests and enforced disappearances of the Baloch people in the largest but the most underprivileged province of Balochistan by the state-run institutions, military and Para-military forces. Journalists in Balochistan are
JI-USIP Report: Pakistan Elite’s Mindless Quest for Lebensraum – by Abbas Zaidi: Abandon hope all ye who enter here (Dante Alighieri) These past few weeks Pakistan’s print and electronic media has been awash with articles and talk shows vociferously supporting “Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions
ایک کہانی بڑی پرانی: ایک تھا جنگل اور ایک تھا جنگل کا شیر، اور بہت سے تھے اس جنگل میں جانور مگر یہ کہانی شروع ہوتی ہے شیر سے کہ ابھی اس کی کم سنی کا زمانہ تھا، کچھ نا تجربہ کار تھا
Sacrifice: Then and Now – by Arshad Mahmood: Business tycoons have ventured into this trade earning billions; terrorist organizations collect meat and hides, while at the bottom of the ladder, the Mullah and madrassa students get sufficient meat to eat The concept of sacrifice is an ancient
Imran Khan gains ground in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -by Zia Ur Rehman: Iftikhar Ahmed Jhagra, a former provincial minister, has joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on October 28, abandoning his long affiliation with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). “The Imran Khan-led PTI is the only party that can bring peace and prosperity
The False Prophet – by Suleman Akhtar: Change we need, but not at the expense of sagacity. Change we need, but not through mere rhetoric rather sound understanding of state of affairs. Change cannot be even envisioned until unless touching upon the matter that who holds
Kings and kingmakers: A comment on Najam Sethi’s article on Imran Khan: Here is a quick comment on Najam Sethi’s editorial on Imran Khan (TFT: “Prince who would be King“): It is possible to identify four key issues: An uncritical recycling of the Gallup poll data: Gallup Pakistan is utterly discredited
Pathan explains a thing or two to Dharna dude – by Imran Khan: The characters: Dharna dude from Islamabad – loves X-box, facials, and PTI. Pathan from Peshawar – father died in a bomb blast, brother abducted by the Taliban. Dialogue ensues: Dharna dude: Hey Mr Pathan man! What kind of a
Amar Sindhu’s article on Begum Nusrat bhutto: Appeared in Pakistan Post, NewYork امر سندھوجامشورو نصرت ،ریاست ،جمہوریت اور قافلہ شہیدوں کا وہ مٹھی بھر خاک جسکا خمیر سرزمین اصفہاں نصف جہاں میں جڑا تھا، حبس و گھٹن کے اس صحرائی دیش میں باد نسیم بنکر چلی
On BBC’s Secret Pakistan and Ejaz Haider: Their denials and propagandists – by Abbas Daiyar: Related post: Secret Pakistan: BBC documentary on how Pakistan’s ISI trains and arms Taliban Human Rights of Pakistan Army – by Riaz Malik Urgent Petition: Stop Pakistan Army’s Crimes against Humanity The world may help Pakistan through United Nations
While critics cry inflation, sales of luxury items surge – by Ali Wahab: In a country like Pakistan, where every decision (either good or bad) is looked at with scepticism, a number of commentators and analysts have decried that the reduction in interest rates to 12% will lead to inflation; whereas the
Imran Khan has arrived: A tsunami in a Punjabi teapot – by Ayesha Siddiqa: As the former cricket captain Imran Khan stood before the cheering crowd in Lahore at his rally on Sunday, October 30, he promised that support for him would prove to be a tsunami, sweeping away all that he considers
How can peace return to FATA – by Mehmood Khan Achakzai: Six frontier regions and seven tribal agencies are contiguously lying with Khyber pukhtoonkhwa as follows. First are those tribal regions which are connected with district Peshawar. Second are the tribal areas connected with Kohat district. Third are those tribal