ASWJ/LEJ (Sipah Sahaba) is the political face of Taliban – by Ejaz Haider: Editor’s note: LUBP commends Ejaz Haider for clearly stating that ASWJ (aka Sipah Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) is the political face of Pakistani Taliban (TTP). However, we also noted that as usual Ejaz Haider has declined to mention their true

طاہر اشرفی نے لال مسجد آپریشن میں وفاق المدارس کے دیوبندی علما کے دوغلے کردار کو بے نقاب کر دیا – از حق گو: لال مسجد آپرشن کے حوالے سے مولانا طاہر اشرفی کی ایک وڈیو ابھی کچھ دن پہلے ہی منظر عام پر آی ہے جس میں موصوف نے کافی جرات و صاف گوئی سے کام لیتے ہوے لال مسجد آپرشن میں

Elections 2013: An analysis of PB-2 provincial seat in Quetta – by Khan Mohammad: The April 23 bomb blast was another reminder for the Shia Hazara residents of Alamdar Road that security and peace is a distant dream. After two months of tense calm, the blast shattered all the hopes of peace for

Labour rights and Election 2013: Pakistan is one of the largest countries with respect to its labour force. More than 40% of labour force belongs to agriculture, around 20% in industry and rest to other services. It is a shame that farmers, fishermen, ordinary

Saudi-sponsored ISI using Takfiri Deobandi militants to hijack Pakistan elections: PPP, ANP and MQM’s press conference: KARACHI (30 April 2013): The political parties, which are being targeted by the Pakistani Taliban for having ‘secular views,’ late on Tuesday (30 April) said the coming May 11 polls are being hijacked by “local and international establishment,” DawnNews

Free fair and impartial elections 2013: It is clear as sunlight that for the banned extremist outfit Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the next best thing to eliminate Democracy or what they call “kufr ka nizam” is to throw their full illegal militant weight behind

PMLN’s shameless shenanigans continue nevertheless – by Sadiq Ameen: A lot has been written on this forum condemning the mainstream parties’ collaboration with the extremists in the forthcoming elections. We have also explained how these elections have paved the way for the extremists in the mainstream politics. Having

Can This Alliance Be Saved? Salvaging the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship – by C. Christine Fair: As the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms ever nearer, opponents of “abandoning Afghanistan” continue to rehearse the ostensible lessons from the U.S. exeunt from the region in 1990. They warn that the U.S. failure to stay the course and rebuild Afghanistan led inexorably to the rise of