Monthly Archive:: April 2013
Being afraid of our own demons – by Khurram Jamil Butt: “How are you, bhai”? “Good work, behna”. “Welcome to our home, baji”. “Cool job, bro”. “You show ‘em, sis”. The standard language of discourse between Pakistani men and women who happen to have been temporarily thrown together in a
The ‘Ahrar-Ahmadiya controversy’ of 1953 and Shia killings of today in 2013 – by Zahir Ebrahim: Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst.org April 09, 2013 In order to perceptively comprehend some of the dynamics behind the latter day Shia Killings in Pakistan, it is pertinent to read the very insightful report convened by the Government of Pakistan
اپیل بنام چیف الیکشن کمشنر : دہشت گردوں کو انتخابات میں حصّہ لینے سے روکا جائے – از مہ پارہ قلندر – مترجم – حق گو: اپیل بنام چیف الیکشن کمشن محترم جناب جسٹس رٹائرڈ فخر الدین جی ابراہیم صاحب جناب عالی اب جبکہ کے الیکشن کا اپنے وقت پر انعقاد آپ کی بھرپور کوششوں سے یقینی ہو چکا ہے تو آپ کے نوٹس میں
Reminiscing Zia’s vigilantism – by Zeeshan Khan: The ‘quiz show’ on Islam that is being played in the name of scrutiny is termed as inappropriate by independent observers In less than three weeks of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) departure from power, General Ziaul Haq’s ghost
طالب زدہ -قسط ٢: قسط شروع کرنے سے پہلے تو آپ سب کا شکریہ کس منہ سے ادا کروں؟ نہیں پتا-پچھلی قسط میں مختصر تعارف ہوا تھا اور علاقے کے خد و خال پی تھوڑی بہت بات ہوئی تھی، اب آتے ہیں ان
Freedom of speech and our mainstream media – by A Z: “The fundamental basis for freedom of speech is a respect for the rational mind, which requires the freedom to weigh the evidence, to dispute and debate, without fear of coercive interference. By their reliance on violence and brute force
Perks of being a Saudis follower: Shareefs gifted with 20 bullet-proof vehicles: Mian Nawaz Shareef and his party’s silence over the return of former President and Army chief Pervez Musharraf has been highlighted at the media and social media. The role of Saudi royal family is known to everyone. Saudi Government
بھولا بھالا شریف اور غدار کون؟ – از امام بخش: بُراہوہماری سنگدِل اسٹیبلشمنٹ کا جس نے صفات وخصائل کے اعتبار سے انتہائی بے ضرر میاں محمدنواز شریف کو اپنی ڈھب کا بندہ سمجھنے کے بعد بہلا پھسلا کر اپنے مقاصد پورے کرنے کے لیےاقتدارکے ایوانوں میں لا پھینکا۔
Welcome to New Pakistan! -by Sidq Maqaal: (This piece is written as a sequel to “Articles 62/63 or Fundamentalism On The March?” by A Z https://lubpak.com/archives/257673) Waqas Akram, Abida Hussain, Faysal Saleh Hayat, Jamshed Dasti, and Ayaz Amir have been among those disqualified. MQM is being
طالب زدہ – قسط ١: میری سمجھ میں نہیں آ رہا کہ میں کیا لکھوں ؟کہاں سے شروع کروں؟کیسے شروع کروں؟کیا،کہاں اور کیسے لکھوں؟ کیونکہ آج تک کسی بھی حوالے سے کوئی بھی چیز کسی طور بھی ذاتی حیثیت سے نہیں لکھی لیکن بہرحال آغاز
An open letter to The Honorable Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan – by Ali Asad: The Honourable Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan I hereby attaching two decisions of The Supreme Court of Pakistan. One of them is the decision of 5 judges of SCP acquitting Mian Nawaz Sharif in plane hijacking and Helicopter ownership case.
In defence of Musarrat Shaheen: اک جہانِ حیرت ہے جو ہمارے اردگرد پھیلا ہوا ہے، پاکستان کی اعلٰی عدلیہ نے بزعمِ خود سیاسی نظام کی سرپرستانہ رہنمائی کا بیڑا اُٹھایا الیکشن کمیشن پر جائزوناجائزدباوَ ڈال کر انتخابی عمل میں شریک کار بلکہ مختار کار
٦٢- ٦٣ اور صادق الامین – ١: مداری، جادوگر، یا سرکس میں تماشے دکھانے والے، ان سب کے لئے یہ ضروری ہوتا ہے کہ نت نئے تماشے بناتے رہیں ورنہ خدشہ یہ رہتا ہے کہ دیکھنے والے وہی پرانے تماشے روز دیکھ دیکھ کر بور ہو
Articles 62/63 in action or fundamentalism on the march?: If the ECP’s lowly functionaries are left free to enforce their biases then Pakistan’s parliamentary elections scheduled for May 11, 2013, will be grossly unfair because of arbitrary disqualifications of candidates. This too at a time when the stakes
Drive-by shooting: Christian leader Saleem Khokhar survives attack: KARACHI: The president of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance Sindh chapter, Saleem Khursheed Khokhar, survived an attack on him on his way to Karachi from Badin on Wednesday. Two unidentified men on a red motorcycle tried to stop his white Corolla
Return of the Mensis Horribilis: PTI’s Intra-party Elections: Shireen Mazari’s opportunist return to the party fold Intra-party elections weaken party unity, defections imminent Internally elected party leaders ignored in allocation of party tickets Last year, the Let Us Build Pakistan blog had catalogued a series
نگران وزیر اعلی نجم سیٹھی کی معروف دیوبندی عالم طاہر اشرفی سے خصوصی ملاقات: صوبہ پنجاب کے نگران وزیر اعلی اور دی فرائڈے ٹائمز (اخبارجمعہ) کے مالک جناب نجم سیٹھی نے معروف دیوبندی عالم دین اور علماء و مشائخ کونسل کے سربراہ حافظ طاہر محمود اشرفی سے ملاقات کی نجم سیٹھی نے حافظ
A Pakistani paradigm shift may be in order: A step forward in an election year – by Rusty Walker: Your true liberty, you, as a person living in a nation of a diversified people, can only be assured personal freedoms through a massive election turn-out, bent on a
Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi must resign if he has an iota of integrity! – Nusrat Javeed: In recent episode of Bolta Pakistan (5 April 2013), veteran journalist Nusrat Javeed shames Najam Sethi and other lifestyle liberals (known as fake liberals) who remain mysteriously silent on pre-poll rigging by the election commission and judiciary on behest
The degree is the best revenge: In Pakistan, judiciary and election commission assume the role played by military dictators: Source: Adapted with some changes from Dawn newspaper Wednesday 3 April 2013 wreaked unprecedented havoc. High profile politicians such as Jamshed Dasti and Sheikh Waqas Akram were disqualified for their ‘dodgy’ education certificates. In contrast, nomination papers of known
The ideology of Pakistan is nothing else than Jinnah’s 11 Aug address – by Ayaz Amir: This could be such an exciting country Some architecture becomes beautiful by adding things to it domes and minarets, and quadrangles and outer walls. Some architecture looks good when unnecessary clutter around it is cleared. Some daughters of Venus
Will Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi take care of their sectarian minion Mohammad Shehzad please?: Mohammad Shehzad Deobandi is a regular columnist of The Friday Times (TFT). Under the able editorship of Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi, he has written and published quite a few articles in TFT humanizing leaders and terrorists of the
ٹوکے اور گنڈاسے – از وسیم الطاف: محسن پاکستان ،ایٹمی سائنس دان ،حال کے سیاست دان ،اور امن پسند دنیا کے شیطان ،جناب ڈاکٹر عبدل قدیر خان نے گزشتہ روز فرمایا کہ “اگر میں سستا ایٹم بم نہ بناتا تو بھارت پاکستان کے ٹکڑے کر دیتا
بھٹوکی پھانسی اور ہمارا ادب – از عامر حسینی: 4-اپریل 1979 ہماری سماج میں جہاں سیاست کے اندر ایک مستقل تلخی گھولے جانے کا عکاس ہے وہیں یہ دن ہمارے ادب کو نئی جہت ملنے کی عکاسی بھی کرتا ہے-میں جب اس حوالے سے اپنی یادوں کو کھنگالتا
Elections 2013: PML-N awards ticket to Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorist Ibad Dogar – by Zain Gardezi: It appears that as expected of them, Sharifs are still sticking on to their support of Takfiri terrorists of Anjuman Sipah e Sahaba (ASS, also variously known as SSP, ASWJ and LeJ) despite their costume operations of detainment of Malik Ishaq
ECP to decide the fate of 182 minority candidates today: Friday, April 05, 2013 ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will decide the fate of 182 minority candidates contesting elections on 10 national assembly seats reserved for minorities today (Friday). The ECP is scheduled to hold scrutiny process of
Reserved seats for minorities: Nomination papers of 22 candidates accepted: PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday accepted at least 22 nomination papers of candidates vying for seats reserved for minorities in the provincial legislature. An ECP official said 22 nomination papers were screened and accepted out of
ISI-Sethi network at play in Punjab: Sheikh Waqas, Faisal Saleh, Abid Imam disqualified to pave way for Ludhianvi: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday (4 April 2013) rejected nomination papers of Faisal Saleh Hayat and Abid Imam in NA-87, Geo News reported. According to sources, the erstwhile PML-Q leader Faisal Saleh Hayat, contesting as an independent
Deconstructing Express Tribune and Dawn’s narrative on “Taliban in Karachi?” – by Ali Arqam: ‘Terror tales’ revolve around the same stale rhetoric In a session at Karachi Literary Festival (KLF) correspondents of foreign media outlets were questioned about their obsession with the terror tales and news on militant organizations known to the
PPP, PML-N manifestos differ over constitutional court: ISLAMABAD: The country’s two major political parties — the PPP and the PML-N — seem to have different views on the issue of setting up of a constitutional court in the country in line with the Charter of Democracy
Press in Pakistan: from persecution to perks – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Loss of objectivity remains a serious concern regarding those who make a move from journalistic to political careers “Journalists should stand apart from institutions that make news.” The above advice contained in The New York Times Company Policy on
In ISI-ASWJ’s Pakistan, Ahmed Ludhianvi can contest elections but Ayaz Amir can’t: Lahore 4 April 2013: The Election Commission of Pakistan rejected the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ayaz Amir. Ayaz Amir is a leading progressive and liberal writer of Pakistan who has always taken strong
Fair and free elections are not possible in Balochistan where people are still receiving dead bodies of loved-ones – Akhtar Mengal: QUETTA: Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the chief of his eponymous faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP-M), has said that environment is not conducive for general elections in the volatile province. “Fair, free and transparent elections are not possible in
Kudos to Badam Zari, the first female candidate to run for the elections from Fata: KHAR: “I am contesting the election with passion, with a clean heart and a clear conscience. My passion is to educate the future generation, girls and women, and to serve them,” says Badam Zari — the first female candidate to run
Pakistan needs another Bhutto but not another Zia -by Riaz Ali Toori: Today is April 4th -a gloomy day in the history of Pakistan. This day in 1979, the alluring leader and voice of the people of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was put to death in a most deplorable way by
In caretaker CM Najam Sethi’s Punjab, Sharifs continue to rule the roost – by Amir Mir: Source: The News, April 04, 2013 Related post: Why did rightwing Nawaz Sharif accept liberal Najam Sethi as caretaker CM of Punjab? – by Nusrat Javeed Lahore, 4 April 2013: Two weeks after the dissolution of the Punjab government,
ISI wants to micromanage social media debate on #ShiaGenocide – by Ayesha Siddiqa: The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc. The idea was to gather in a coffee shop in Islamabad and discuss ways civil society could help stop the killing of Hazaras, Shias and minorities in
Should the Army or ISI be above criticism – by A Z: While commenting on my article 2013: A Highly Critical Year for Pakistan one dear friend has sounded as if we cannot criticize the ISI. I have always had a great respect for this friend as he is someone superior to
Thank you, CM Najam Sethi: PML-N-led mob targets Christian locality in Gujranwala: Sunni (deobandi) Muslim mob targets Christian locality in Gujranwala ‘for disrespecting Islam’ Related post: Najam Sethi and others continue to obfuscate the truth while nearly 200 Christian homes burn – by Ali Taj Sethi-Rumi minions exonerate Deobandi militants from
Doing away with Articles 62 & 63 – by Waseem Altaf: The 1973 constitution was a fairly comprehensive document which also contained articles 62 and 63. Article 62 deals with qualifications of becoming a member of the Parliament whereas article 63 specifies what disqualifies someone from such membership. These articles