White Paper on Najam Sethi’s Performance as Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab – by Mahpara Qalander: Related post: PM Nawaz Sharif has started attacking free media by banning Pakistan’s popular political blog LUBP Update 6 June 2013: This post has been banned by Pakistan government (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) on the instructions of ex-CM Najam Sethi

An open letter to Hamid Mir – by Dr. Allah Nazar: Translated by Archen Baloch Dear Hamid Mir, I’m writing you this letter with the hope that perhaps the historians – standing in the witness box of history – of next century will reveal the truth about the oppressed Baloch nation and hold the colonial powers

Our brothers in Saudi Arabia visit Disneyland – by Jemima Khan fan page: As usual our Muslim Brothers in Saudi Arabia and specially the Royal Family (Pure and righteous) cannot hold shenanigans. Once again our beloved Prince Fahd al-Saud went to Disney land and spent almost 23 million dollar $ 22990500.00 to

Nawaz Sharif can’t co-opt religio-political leaders to get the TTP to stop its murderous spree – by Ejaz Haider: Editor’s note: We are cross-posting an interesting article by Ejaz Haider that shows the futility of any efforts by civilian government of Nawaz Sharif to have dialogue with the TTP (Deobandi militants) through clerics such as Samiul Haq Deobandi,

PMLN Or Muslim League Lahore: The PMLN has once again proven to true to its reputation for nepotism and petty familial politics. As party that has no confidence of smaller provinces, PMLN should have used the women’s seats to try to get representation from

Britain should prosecute terrorist suspects, not play shady games of geopolitics – by Dr Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed:   The initial reaction to the brutal killing of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old off-duty British soldier, in Woolwich last week was to renew the debate over apparent “lone wolf” acts of terrorism. There are those who believe the attack

PTI gets first shock as JI abandons it, PPP almost begging Nawaz to go soft – by Amir Mateen: ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s victory as National Assembly Speaker was not without surprises. The biggest shock was the betrayal of PTI’s partners in Pakhtunkhwa. Both Jamaat-i-Islami and Aftab Sherpao voted for Ayaz Sadiq. It is elementary: PTI had 29

Who will stand for Ahmadis in Pakistan? – by Husain Nadim: The use of anti-Ahmadi rhetoric by political parties raises a serious question: Is there anyone who will ever stand up for their rights?  “It’s almost laughable. You first forcefully declare us a minority, then you promise to protect minority

Syria’s War, Another Tragedy on Euphrates: Who is Looking for What? by A Z: It has been over two years since the Syrian opposition, propelled by long-held and varying grievances, rose against Bashar al Assad. With Assad’s long autocratic reign under serious threat, the regime responded with force, arresting protesters and torturing some

First step towards implementing Saudi agenda: Nawaz Sharif decides to abolish the Pakistan-Iran pipeline project: Saudi Arabia and its lobbyists in Washington D.C. made plenty of unfair uproar against the Pakistan-Iran pipeline agreement. https://lubpak.com/archives/234321 Now it is evident that Saudi-backed pro-Taliban PM Nawaz Sharif has decided to annul the pipeline project and is crafting

Sipah Sahaba terrorists first celebrate and then shed crocodile’s tears over Prof Azfar Rizvi’s murder in Karachi – by Mahpara Qalandar: Only a week before, on 31 of May, respected educator Professor Azfar Rizvi was gunned down in Karachi. Since there are very few Sunni Muslims who have ‘Rizvi’ as their surname, he must have been mistaken for being a

پیپلزپارٹی کا زوال – عدنان عادل: پنجاب میں پیپلزپارٹی کے زوّال کی سب سے بڑی وجہ جناب آصف علی زرداری کی سیاسی حکمت عملی ہے۔ شکست کے بعد اب وہ بلاول ہائوس میں بیٹھ کر پیپلزپارٹی کے غریب کارکنوں کی سرپرستی کرنے اور پارٹی کو

Perils of appeasement: There’s nothing such as a moderate terrorist – by Zahid Hussain: IS there anything such as a ‘moderate terrorist’? That is how the slain leader of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is being depicted by some analysts. In fact, the most recent high-value target of the CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s

Iran cuts Hamas funding over Syria: Lesson for Pakistan’s Shia clerics – by Khurram Jafri: In principle, LUBP has opposed the support given to Salafi-Wahhabi militant organizations like Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood by certain sections of Pakistan’s Sunni and Shia clergy. While we have fully supported the common agenda of protesting Shia genocide and

#Justice4FauziaKasuri: Please don’t let PTI be a mafia that chokes voices of concerns!: Fauzia Kasuri, the founding member of the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI), also known as Mother of PTI, is legitimately disappointed because certain decision makers in PTI ignored her in the allocation of reserved seats for women in Pakistan’s National

دیوبندی علما کی جانب سے شیعہ مسلمانوں کی تکفیر – آگ سے کھیلنے کے مترادف ہے – از صباح حسن: میں کوئی مذہبی دانشور یا شخصیت نہیں ہوں لیکن بطور عام مسلمان میرا یہ ماننا ہے کہ انسان کے ایمان و عقیدہ کی سچائی کا تعین کرنا صرف اور صرف الله کا کام ہے یا اس کے چنے ہوے

Pakistan: Why Did Gov Block Access to Popular Portal Roshni, Dedicated to Secularism and Human Rights: Three years ago, a young Pakistani living abroad came up with an idea. Along with other independent activists and citizens he decided to make a portal and Facebook page about secularism and human rights in Pakistan. Their aims were

نظام بدلے بنا بات نہیں بننے والی: کراچی صدر میں نشاط سینما کے عقب میں پی ایم اے ہاؤس کے حال میں ایک دن کا اسکول 2 جون اتوار کے روز منعقد ہوا-اس سکول کا انعقاد انقلابی سوشلسٹ نے کیا تھا-مجھے بھی اس سکول میں شیعہ

PTI and ANP appease terrorists by supporting Aurangzeb Farooqi in Karachi: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : سیکولر اور آزاد خیال پارٹی کے بانی باچا خان اپنی قبر میں بے چینی سے پہلو بدل رہے ہونگے خیر اے این پی پر طالبان ، سپاہ صحابہ کے حملوں کے بعد ہم ان کی مجبوری

Madrassa’s Descent into a Place for Indoctrination and Child Abuse – by A Z: A few days ago a case reported from a Dharavi madrassa in India, in which a 9-year-old student was sexually assaulted, has prompted a section of the community leaders to call for monitoring of madrassas. Earlier this year in

British Parliament’s Human Rights Group approaches the UN to stop #ShiaGenocide in Pakistan: UN approached over targeted killings of Pakistani Shias – by Murtaza Ali Shah Source: The News, 1 June 2013 LONDON: All Parliamentary Human Rights Group in the British Parliament has submitted to the United Nations what is believed by

The bi-partisan wooing of killers – by A Z: While the Taliban have withdrawn have the offer of peace talks in protest against the killing of one of them. We are still falling over one another to woo them despite some 50,000 of us being killed by the

FATA: Behind Pakistan’s Iron Curtain – by Melissa Roddy: Photo by Melissa Roddy Editor’s note: In the following article published in the Huffington Post, Melissa Roddy presents a point of view that is mostly missing from the Pakistani pro-Taliban media. Her analysis is more fact based than Taliban

Saudi Arabia funding fuels jihadist terror – by Jonathan Manthorpe: Where Wahhabi teachings venture, violence soon follows. This anonymous group in the Caucasus area of southern Russia vowed on YouTube to fight back against armed Wahhabi-inspired Caucasus militants. The Black Hawks emerged in mountainous Kabardino-Balkariawith a dramatic promise to

Not all Pakistanis criticize drone strikes on Takfiri Deobandi Wahhabi terrorists hiding in FATA – by Paul D. Shinkman: Pakistani protesters burn a representation of a U.S. flag to condemn a drone attack in the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan that killed Taliban leader Waliur Rehman, on May 30, 2013 in Multan, Pakistan. While speaking at the Aspen