Monthly Archive:: July 2013

Takfiri Deobandi Taliban officially declared Kharijites by consensus Fatwa of Sunni Ulema: In a major and bold statement today, main stream Sunni muslim scholars issue a religious decree against Takfiris today in Pakistan, calling them Kharjites (out-cast) of modern era. The clarity of words in the decree show the intent is
PML-N govt diverts IP pipeline funds to cover fiscal deficit: The previous government had imposed the GIDC on gas consumers to generate the $1 billion needed to finance the construction of the IP gas pipeline. CREATIVE COMMONS ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government has seemingly put the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project
شیعہ نسل کشی اور پاکستانی حکومت اور ایجنسیوں کی بے حسی – از حق گو: سی این بی سی چینل پہ  شیعہ نسل کشی کے حوالے سے ہونے والے ایک پروگرام میں علامہ حسن ظفر نقوی نے ملت شیعہ پاکستان کے مسائل کو اجاگر کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ پاکستان کی سیاسی جماعتوں اور ایجنسیوں کی
Rimsha Masih’s story is just one part of a much larger and more dangerous drama: Until the Canada Day weekend, it was a closely-guarded secret in Ontario’s Pakistani émigré community that Rimsha Masih, the Christian girl whose entrapment in Pakistan’s barbaric blasphemy laws captured headlines around the world last year, was living incognito with
Blasphemy convict, Asia Bibi’s appeal at least two years away: LAHORE, PAKISTAN (ANS) — Asia Bibi, the Christian woman on death row whose blasphemy conviction was decried as unjust by slain former Governor Salmaan Taseer, faces a wait of at least another two years behind bars before her appeal
میر تم بہت یاد آؤگے: میر تم یاد آتے رہو گے لیل و نہار/عامر حسینی ملتان میں پرانے شجاع آباد روڈ سے کون واقف نہیں ہوگا-یہ وہ راستہ ہے جہاں سے خواجہ فرید ملتان آیا کرتے تھے اور یہاں ایک عشق زادی کے ساتھ
PTI in defense of Taliban – by A Z: While our national ranks may be swollen with the abundance of apologists for terrorism, nobody does it with such purpose and consistency as the PTI. Here is another lawmaker from the party waxing eloquent how the terrorists have no
Cross-party group of MPs in the UK condemn bomb attack as over 30 are killed in Quetta, Pakistan:   Editors Note: LUBP appreciates the call for action on the issue of Shia Genocide in Pakistan with special attention to the Shia Hazara community by cross-party British MPs’ Iain Stewart and John Denham. The Chair and Secretary of the Hazara
Nawaz Sharif’s US-Saudi affinities – by Ayesha Alam:     Nawaz Sharif’s widely questioned “electoral victory” in the May 11 elections is overshadowed by his subservience to US-Saudi interests. With a bankrupt economy, he is even more vulnerable to external manipulation, one that he seems eager to
Why Quetta suicide attack has already been forgotten – by Mahpara Qalandar: One teenage mourner crying over the killing of his father raised his head up towards the sky and cried: “Ya Allah, what crime did my father commit for which he had to die like this?” Certainly, there cannot be
Hazara Shias lose all hope in Pakistan – By Farahnaz Zahidi:   Shabana Khan* speaks from behind a screen put up to protect her identity at a recent women’s assembly. I cannot see her. I do not know what her age is. I have no way of observing her non-verbal
Stopping terrorist attacks in Pakistan – by Omar Ali: There was a one ton bomb in Badaber (Peshawar) today. Then a suicide bomber struck a shia imambargah in Quetta. And a remote controlled bomb struck a military convoy in North Waziristan. About 60 people have been killed, many
HRW slams Saudi Arabia after 7 jailed for ‘inciting protests’ on Facebook: Human Rights Watch has slated Saudi Arabia for violating international human rights obligations after it jailed seven people for up to 10 years for ‘inciting protests’ via Facebook. The indicted denied charges and said they were tortured into confession.