Monthly Archive:: April 2012

LUBP being bullied by Pakistan’s “fake liberal” elite for its coverage of Shia genocide: Related article: Vague HRCP statement fails to address Ongoing Shia Genocide – By Anwar Changezi and one response for LUBP’s policy of covering Shia Genocide and countering deliberate media distortion The hate campaign by fake bloggers (LUBP): whose agenda they
What happened in Chilas: An interview with a Skardu-based educationalist – by Nakvisson: Related posts: Eyewitness report: What exactly happened with Shia passengers in Chilas? – by Ali Raza Eyewitness accounts of Shia genocide in Gilgit and Chilas – by Shujat Hussain Mesam Editor’s note: On Tuesday 3 April 2012 in the
Farewell ‘Sindh jo ardo put’ Bashir Qureshi: LUBP offers sincerest condolences on the untimely death of Bashir Khan Qureshi, the chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM). Qureshi was the leader of the JSQM-Qureshi, a nationalist party that came into existence after a split in
The 10 Million Dollar Question:   It is an interrelated world. Here are seemingly four unrelated news that you might have caught. US Army is the World’s largest Employer   Hafiz Saeed bounty increased to $10 Million More than 100 Pakistan Army soldiers feared dead in the
Eyewitness report: What exactly happened with Shia passengers in Chilas? – by Ali Raza: On 3 April-2012, at least 100 Shia Muslims were killed and over 250 abducted in Chilas area of Gilgit-Baltistan when a mob of 2000 Deobandi-Jihadi militants of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaast) stopped several buses on the Karakoram
Current Situation in Gilgit-Baltistan – by Jamil Khakwani: Gilgit-Baltistan: The potential 5th Province of Pakistan. History began from 1947, when the people of this prestigious mountainous region looked at the newly established state of Pakistan on the name of religions Islam. As matter of fact the strategic
Assassination of Maulana Mohammad Qasim Sasoli in Quetta – by Adnan Aamir: Related posts: We condemn brutal murder of Sunni Barelvi scholar in Quetta Attack on Sunni Barelvis Yesterday a religious scholar was martyred in Sariab Area of Quetta. Maulana Mohammad Qasim Sasoli was on his way to mosque, to lead
Congratulations on Chilas victory – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: I am writing this post to thank Pakistani media on behalf of my friends of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) also known as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ). During this week, SSP-ASWJ has achieved great victories in Chilas and Gilgit and
Justice for Qudoos: On 30 March 2012 a well-known and much loved Ahmadi Muslim, Mr Master Abdul Qudoos Ahmad (43), died after succumbing to injuries inflicted during brutal torture by local police in Rabwah, Pakistan. He was a well known government school
Talat Hussain’s column on Yusuf Ali Zardari – by Democracy Tiger: Many private media sources in Pakistan continue to produce misleading and false propaganda against President Asif Ali Zardari, in both local and national newspapers. One such short article appeared on the editorial page of the Urdu daily Bebaak Awaz
On Cyril Almeida’s superficial analysis of PPP’s dominance in Sindh: I came across this comment on Cyril Almeida’s recent column Bhutto legacy and lack of alternatives equal PPP dominance (Dawn, 5 April 2012). The comment, written by Morial Shah (publicly available on Twitter), is worth sharing with a larger
Voice of a dying tribe – by Chander Parkash: When our country (Pakistan) is devastated by sectarian genocide & targeted persecution, rural areas of sufistic Sindh has maintained its’ shining example of religious tolerance & pluralism in general. The majority of the country’s Hindus reside here & they
Ejaz Haider’s brilliant legalistic defense for DPC leader, Hafiz Saeed – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: Whenever oppressed and under-funded Paak Fauj and its supporters like Hazrat Hafiz Saeed are under pressure, comrade Ejaz always comes to their rescue. In May last year, when ISI was really under pressure because they had failed to protect
We condemn brutal murder of Sunni Barelvi scholar in Quetta: We are saddened to learn that Jihadi-sectarian terrorists have killed a Sunni Barelvi scholar, Balochistan chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan in a firing incident on Saryab Road in Quetta on Friday 6 Apri 2012. The JUP chief, identified as Maulana
Eyewitness accounts of Shia genocide in Gilgit and Chilas – by Shujat Hussain Mesam: Related posts: Congratulations on Chilas victory – by Riaz Malik What exactly happened with Shia passengers in Chilas? – by Ali Raza What happened in Chilas: An interview with a Skardu-based educationalist – by Nakvisson On Tuesday, 3 April
Complete text of Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s address on ZAB’s 33rd death anniversary: Following is the complete text of the speech of Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari delivered during the Central Executive Committee meeting of the PPP on the eve of 33rd death anniversary of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on
Identity Assassination of Shia Community in Pakistan – by Ali Salman Alvi: Related posts: Who will free Pakistan’s Shias from the Iranian-agenda scholars? MWM must not act as a Shia version of Difa-e-Pakistan Council A critical analysis of the MWM resolution at the Karachi Shia rally Raja Nasir Abbas of MWM
Raza Rumi’s discourse on Pakistan’s Shia Muslims: A few days ago, Raza Rumi (editor of Pak Tea House blog and regular contributor to The Friday Times and Express Tribune) claimed that the notorious military-backed Difa-e-Pakistan Council, a conglomerate of 40 Jihadi-sectarian organizations, also includes Shia representatives
Shia genocide in Gilgit Baltistan and the role of non-state actors: Not unlike other areas of Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) has  suffered numerous incidents of anti-Shia violence in the last few months. In the recent wave of anti-Shia violence by Jihadi-Deobandi militant group Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaast (ASWJ), so far at
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, My Peace Hero – by Hifza Shah Jillani: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is a known political phenomenon. Bhutto, not only a political leader, is someone who created new kind of politics in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, first state to be created in the name of Islam. He
Chief Justice Sahab, why were you sleeping for 107 days?: Justice delayed is justice denied. On 30th March, 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the Rental Power projects as illegal. A two-member bench comprising of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing
Bhutto and I – by Nadeem F. Paracha: On the morning of April 4, 1979, the military dictatorship of General Ziaul Haq hanged to death Pakistan’s first popularly elected Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Today is the 33rd anniversary of what turned out to be perhaps one
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto aik zinda tehrik: شہید ذوالفقار علی بھٹو ایک زندہ تحریک قائد عوام شہید ذوالفقار علی بھٹو کی 33 ویں برسی آج دنیا بھر میں عقیدت و احترام کے ساتھ منائی جارہی ہےٴ مرکزی تقریب گڑھی خدا بخش میں منعقد ہوگی جس میں
We applaud Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s bold message to pro-rapist Islamofascist judiciary: Related post: Two important speeches on ZAB’s 33rd death anniversary We applaud PPP chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, on his bold speech on the 33rd Death Anniversary of Pakistan’s first elected Prime Minister and PPP founder, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.  In a
World Shia Forum (WSF) condemns Shia genocide in Gilgit, Karachi and Quetta: In the last 48 hours, at least twenty Shia Muslims have been killed in Pakistan by Jihadi-sectarian militants suspected to be supported by Pakistan army. According to reports, on Tuesday 3 April 2012, a group of militants belonging to
Two important speeches on ZAB’s 33rd death anniversary: Related post: We applaud Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s bold message to pro-rapist Islamofascist judiciary 4th April is a day when the PPP comes out as a victor against the forces that have tried their best to create hurdles in its
At least 15 Shias massacred by ASWJ-SSP militants in Chilas and Gilgit: GILGIT: Gunmen opened fire and killed fifteen passengers in Chillas, Geo News reported. According to official sources, the passengers were taken off buses, their Shia identity verified, and were then killed. Six buses were also set ablaze. Earlier, curfew
Javed Chaudhry shows how to rationalize acid attacks on women – by Zalaan: پہلی اپریل کو کسی نے مجھے جاوید چودھری کا روزنامہ ایکسپریس میں شایع ہونے والا کالم فارورڈ کیا جسے پڑھ کر میں حیران رہ گیا کے جاوید چودھری کی سوچ اتنی مجرمانہ اور گری ہوئی ہو سکتی ہے اور
Mahmood Sham’s article on PML-N’s agitative and destructive politics: دنیا میں کہیں یہ تصور کیا جا سکتا ہے کہ ملک کے 62 فیصد حصے پر حکومت کرنے والی پارٹی اپنے ہی شہروں کے کھمبے گرا رہی ہو، اسٹریٹ لائٹس توڑ رہی ہو، حکمراں پارٹی کے اپنے ارکان قومی
Is Pakistan’s judiciary influenced by media?: Related article: Ali Ahmed Kurd’s description of the likes of Iftikhar Chaudhry & Khawaja Sharif چیف جسٹس بحالی تحریک کے ورثہ پر ججوں کی ناراضگی!! چونتیس سالہ ڈاکٹر تھیوڈیرا ڈیلس برطانیہ کی یونیورسٹی آف بیڈفرڈشائر میں نفسیات کی لیکچرر
American Ababeels and Meera Ghani – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: This post is especially for my PTI comrades and for my heroes Samad Khurram, Meera Ghani and Fundy Kasoori. I am appalled to read the pro-drone article (by Pir Zubair Shah) which is an insult to the great articles written by Fundy Kasuri,
India offers Pakistan electricity and economic-centric foreign policy: My Editorial published in the Daily Mashriq بھارت نے پاکستان میں جاری توانائی کے بحران کو فوری طور پر حل کرنے کے لیے 5ہزار میگاواٹ بجلی روزانہ کی بنیاد پر فراہم کرنے کی پیشکش کی ہے۔ بجلی کی یہ
Lies and secrets — by Salman Tarik Kureshi: In the coming week, the nation will commemorate the thirty-third anniversary of the day on which Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s soul was forcibly separated from his body. For more than sixty percent of the population who came into this world
Karachi conflict and misleading facts: There has been big talk over the issue of local bodies in Sindh and in Karachi in particular over the past few months. As the security situation in the business hub of the country worsens each day, Television and
Why Karachi bleeds – by Dr Farrukh Saleem: Editor’s note: We are cross-posting a thought provoking piece by Dr. Farrukh Saleem on the current wave of violence and target killings in Karachi. Notwithstanding our political, ethnic or religious affiliations, it is evident that Pakistan government (federal and