Dial “D” for Deobandi – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: In his most recent interview, we have reached a curious moment when Zaid Hamid is more explicit and clear in his condemnation of the Taliban than our Good Liberals. Actually, when Sunni Barelvis like Zaid Hamid and Sahibzada Hamid
The Frankenstein – by Waseem Altaf: Jinnah once went to Saydan-Pur (Srinagar) to meet Pir Syed Jama’at Ali Shah who knew about the potential of Amin ul-Hasanat a.k.a Pir of Manki Sharif to exploit religion in service of politics. He advised Jinnah to meet Pir
Donor claims PTI has been hijacked: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan. PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistani-American donor Mehboob Aslam claimed on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf cannot ensure provision of justice to the common people when it cannot provide justice to its own worker. Addressing a press
Increasing attention to Deobandi terror in Pakistani and international media: There is evidence of an increasing attention to the Deobandi identity of terror in Pakistani and international media. This is encouraing. LUBP has a useful archive on media discourse on Deobandi terrorism: https://lubpak.com/archives/tag/media-discourse-on-deobandi-terrorism Some recent examples from the last
Shahbaz Bhatti Murder Case: Witnesses Threatened: “Threatening pamphlets claiming to be from the Punjabi Taliban were found in the office of our key witness, whose name cannot be disclosed for security.” Shamoon Gill, spokesman of APMA, told AFP. He said the pamphlets had warned the
Is generic rightwing bashing by Pakistani liberals any good?: Generic rightwing bashing by Pakistani liberals doesn’t help when the only CLEAR condemnation of radical Deobandi terrorists of TTP-ASWJ comes from the rightwing eg Sunni Barelvi SIC and Shia MWM. Rightwing-liberal binary is increasingly irrelevant in Pakistan given than