Monthly Archive:: August 2013

Chaudhry Nisar obfuscates Shia genocide in Pakistan – by Mahpara Qalandar: On the evening of 13 August, just a few hours from the 66th anniversary of Pakistan, Chaudhry Nisar held a nationally televised press conference in which he explained his government’s plans on how to tackle “militancy” in Pakistan. Yes,
Can Pakistan get its act together and break free of Hafiz Saeed? – by Anas Abbas: After Ramazan’s abstinence, patience and struggle, Eid heralds new beginnings and an atmosphere of bonhomie. In Quetta, you go for Eid prayers at the mosque in your new clothes amid hundreds of other men. You count your blessings by
پاکستان اور بھارت کے دیوبندیوں میں فرق:   بھارت کی جماعت اسلامی اور جمعیت علما ہند ،علما دیوبند نے کشمیر کے معاملے پر بھارت کی حمایت کر دی – جبکہ پاکستانی جماعت اسلامی اور دیوبندی پاکستان کی حکومت کے خلاف طالبان کی حمایت کرتے ہیں -کشمیر
The Forgotten Warrior for Justice: Justice Maqbool Baqar – by Haq Navees: On Wednesday 26th June early morning, as Sindh Assembly went into session, just a few metres away near SHC Karachi was rocked with a bomb blast that claimed nine precious lives of the law enforcement agencies and left several
میں بطور شیعہ کیا سوچتا ہوں؟: کافی دنوں بعد تحریر لکھ رہا ہوں زہنی طور پر کافی پریشان ہوں مگر جسمانی طور کافی تندرست، زہن آجکل ایسی کشمکش میں مبتلا ہے کہ کچھ بھی کرلیا جائے سکون ہی نہیں ملتا۔ آئے دن جنازے، آئے دن
١١اگست ملک میں بسنے والی تما م اقلیتوں کے حقوق کے تحفظ کا دن: قائد اعظم کے تصورات کے مطابق 11اگست کے دن کو ملک میں بسنے والی تما م اقلیتوں کے حقوق کے تحفظ کے لئے منا یا جانا خوش آئند ہے۔ اقلیتوں سے تعلق رکھنے والے افراد بھی ملک میں بسنے
پرائم ٹائم خیرات: اطلاع یہ ہے کہ ڈاکٹر بلا آج کل بہت خوش ہیں، بلکہ پھولے نہیں سما رہے ہیں. کہتے ہیں کہ ان کے فلسفۂ لنگر بانٹو لنگر اور دو خیرات لو خیرات کو جو پذیرائی اور قبول عام ان رمضانوں
Education for all: Education is necessary for the children.Every child has right to get education.It is the basic need right and need of every child.Education enriches lives and is an economic necessity for any developing country. We need to modernise our education system
One Step Forward Two Steps Back (A story of Pakistan selection policy) – by Talal Mahmud: One Step Forward Two Steps Back!!! Aptly describes the crazy world of Pakistan cricket administration. Whether it’s interference by political (or even their judiciary fronts) and business interests to mind boggling selection decisions, apathy in handling match fixing menace
Syria’s War, Another Tragedy on Euphrates that nobody wants to end – by A Z: PROLOGUE It has been well 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
What Ails Pakistan Cricket? by A Z: Almost every day I hear analyses from cricket pundits in Pakistan that the standard of the game in Pakistan is going down because of the lack of international cricket in the country. This is. Indeed, very far from the
جواب حاظر ہے خوشنود صاحب: چند روز پہلے خوشنود علی خان نے دیسی بابا یعنی ہارون رشید کی ٹھیک ٹھاک قسم کی کلاسس لی اسی کالم کے جواب میں جواب غزل حاضر ہے ‘ہے جو کوئی جھوٹ کو جھوٹ کہے ‘  صدیاں ہوئیں عرب
Repressing Sectarian Intolerance – a Pakistani version of Islam – by Waseem Zaidi: Pakistan is a radicalized society. A country where there are just too many Islamic sects and the level of sectarian tolerance is not that high. We can never deny the fact that there is a general hatred/dislike prevalent in a large
Comparison of language: leading Salafi polemicist Taha al Dulaimi and Shia Marja Ayatullah Sistani: Editors Note: We are posting excerpts of two articles. From the two messages, one of hate and venom and the other of peace and love, it is possible to to see why Shia are equally slaughtered in Pakistan and Iraq. Whether
Failed attempt of suicide bombing at Mosque in Islamabad exposes the security apparatus – by A Z: Here is the Video footage of a failed attempt of suicide bombing at Jamia Mosque Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib , in Barakahu, Islamabad, while prayers were in progress. CCTV footage shows that the assailant was walking on a path that
شہیدوں کی عید – از یاسر علی یاسر:
Thirty funerals and an Eid – Vaqar Amhed:   Today is Eid, and I am dreading the day. For me it is a day that is dead, empty of meaning, and bereft of joy. Yesterday, 30 persons were killed in a funeral procession in Quetta. Thirty funerals
Activists of Banned Outfits” (Deobandi terrorists of ASWJ-LeJ) killed 3: GILGIT: Security forces intensified search on Wednesday for militants of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in the remote northern town of Chilas, headquarters of the Diamer district, after the killing of three high-profile security officials in the area the previous day.
Ban on female farts in Indonesia by council of ignorant Muslims – by A Z: As I, walloped by depressing thoughts, struggle to make sense of an Eid Day in a silly and sad season, a friend sends me the following to put a smile on my face. Well he actually does as I
Raza Rumi’s War on Bloggers !: For past few weeks or so Raza Rumi of TFT has been slurring and threatening online activists with dire consequences, even going as far as threatening the families of HR activists. Now one may ask why a seemingly soft
Why I hate Chilas – by Rina Saeed Khan: Fairy Meadows below Nanga Parbat. -Photo by author I hear that Chilas is a ghost town these days, its inhabitants spooked by the killings of the international mountain climbers (and one Pakistani guide who had a Shia name), who
No checks on banned militant organisations collecting donations – by Ammar Shahbazi: KARACHI: Camouflaged under different names, a number of banned militant organisations are operating in Karachi with impunity — ravenously pocketing Zakat and other Ramazan-related charities in the country’s financial hub. The banned al-Rasheed Trust and Al-Akhtar Trust and the
A Kidnapping in Karachi – Ahab Minhas: Ali returned home late evening on 20 October, 2012 after spending 45 days without sunlight.  He and his family are convinced that his return was divine miracle rather than the outcome of an ill-afforded ransom put together through borrowings
The new expansion of Khana-e-Kaaba and Masjid-e-Nabawi – by Javid Raza:  The new expansion of Khana-e-Kaaba and Masjid-e-Nabawi After returning from Umraah in 2010 and gathering this shocking information from my friends and other people who were actually my father’s students of architecture (fifth year) at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India,
Pakistan’s number one threat – by Farahnaz Ispahani:   For the last few days, Pakistan’s capital has been on high alert due to the threat of a possible terrorist attack. Police and military vehicles have paraded around the city, commandos and snipers have been posted on Islamabad’s
Taliban in Context of Kashmir – by Syed Zafar Mehdi:   A palpable buzz in the town is that after the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the hard-bitten Talibani guerillas may trickle over to the Indian-occupied-Kashmir. Local media has been sent into a
Sitting ducks – by Kamran Shafi: The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto. kamran.shafi@tribune.com.pk For, we too are floating about merrily, unaware that we are plumb in the sights of a dangerous,
The Quetta Police Lines Carnage: Thou Shalt Not Speak the Truth! – by Mahpara Qalandar: On 8 August, a suicide bomber blew himself up in one of safest places in Quetta: The Police Lines. In the Police Lines mosque, a number of policemen of various ranks had gathered to offer funeral prayers for an
The Moon (a true story) – by A Z: Being caught in the midst of two Eid days being celebrated in Canada this year, my mind goes back to an old episode a few years when I was in Europe. At the end of the Ramadan in 2007,
Fighting terrorism – by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa: Editor’s Note: LUBP wishes to commend and thank Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa for her clear stance on Takfiri deobandi radacalization. She is one of very few writers who have clearly pointed out Deobandi Terrorists as the chief culprits of terror
No Eid Mubarak For Me This Year – by A Z: I am again not celebrating an Eid that reeks of blood; if at all the smell is stronger than ever before. I can’t bring myself to pretend joy as Pakistan wails in desolation on the breath of hate and
The Malala Issue – by Alizeh Khaleeli: The title I just typed saddens me, it grieves me that a symbol of courage and strength has become an “issue”. What is it with our conspiracy riddled nation that cannot for a moment, be joyous that a little
Sahab Hamien Jaane Do – by Irfan Tramboo: Unaware of all the happenings of outside world Shafat opened his eyes when the morning light struck his eyes. He was certainly unaware of the fact that the curfew had been imposed in entire valley after the tragic incident
ISI-backed Deobandi terrorists slaughter 34 police officers in Quetta: At least 38 mourners were killed and 60 injured today (8 Augu 2013) when a Deobandi suicide bomber attacked the funeral of a police officer murdered in Quetta, Pakistan earlier this week. Several of the city’s most senior officers
Word, Word, Word,” Sharmnaak” – by Zulfiqar Ali:   Four hundred and twelve years ago at the stage of Globe Theatre, Prince of Denmark uttered the famous words, “words, words, words”. Since then English Nation has become well familiarized with the phrase. Exactly twelve days ago another
Promoting Jihadi publications right under the nose of Pakistan govt: BBC report: BBC short news report describes how promotional material is being freely printed and distributed in Pakistan. The report shows that is one of the prime tools for recruitment of cheap zombie mercenaries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/multimedia/2013/08/130807_jehadi_literature_ra.shtml Clearly this type of publication cannot go
Is it fair to throw the humiliating DI Khan jailbreak in the PTI’s lap alone? – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Just as the intelligence agencies’ ability to detect and intercept the TTP plan to attack the Dera Ismail Khan (DIK) prison was being questioned, reports in the media started appearing about the intelligence agencies tipping off the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Romanticizing Taliban: Dirty and dangerous tactics of Pakistani media – by Dr Farhat Taj: Editor’s note: LUBP wishes to commend Dr. Farhat Taj’s brave effort to expose the liars in the media that promote and humanize the Taliban and other Deobandi Wahhabi terrorists to further Deep States’ agendas and discourse.   It’s not
پاکستان میں نواز شریف اور عمران خان کی حکومت کے پہلے 60 دن، دہشت گردی کی 55 وارداتیں، 280 سے زیادہ شہری شہید: پاکستان میں میاں محمد نواز شریف کے وزارتِ عظمیٰ کا عہدہ سنبھالنے سے لے کر اب درجنوں شدت پسند حملے ہو چکے ہیں۔ ان میں سے چند اہم حملوں کی فہرست مندرجہ ذیل ہے۔ جیو نیوز کے معروف صحافی
دیوبندی دہشت گرد تنظیم سپاہ صحابہ کے ہاتھوں لیاری میں فٹ بال کے دیوانے بچوں کا قتل: تکفیری دیوبندی دہشتگردوں نے لیاری کراچی میں فٹبال کے گیارہ دیوانے شہید کر دیے لیاری میں فرقہ وارانہ نوعیت کی ایک کالعدم دیوبندی دہشت گرد تنظیم سپاہ صحابہ کی موثر موجودگی دیکھی جا سکتی ہے۔ پاکستان کے سب سے