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روشنی پھیلتی رہے گی: الیکشن 2013 کی انتخابی مہم کے دوران میرا زیادہ فوکس اس بات پر رہاکہ میں لوگوں کو اس بات پر قائل کرسکوں کہ وہ دائیں بازو کی جماعتوں کو ووٹ نہ دیں-میں جس ایریا میں رہتا ہوں وہاں پر
Death mandate: Mehsud sanctions polling day attacks – by Nasruminallah: Referring to poll candidates and the democratic system, Mehsud expressed hope that the Taliban commanders would be busy working against the agents of an “infidel system.” PHOTO: FILE WANA / MIRANSHAH: Taliban commanders have been issued a mandate to carry
Pakistan’s hardliners’ political clout protecting them from the law – by Jon Boone: ‘It is against the most basic fundamental rights to have to go to a police station each day,’ says Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi Deobandi Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Editors’s note: We are cross posting an important article by The Guardian
Call to vote, PUC urges imams: LAHORE: The Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has once again urged citizens to vote on May 11, calling it a religious obligation. “Pakistan Ulema Council believes and wholeheartedly supports the view that a vote is a religious obligation so
Do cast your vote! – by Syed Salman Mohiuddin: “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” (Abraham Lincoln).. Do vote !! vote anti-Taliban,
طالبان کو سیاسی حمایت اور حثیت فراہم کرنے والی تحریک انصاف اور مسلم لیگ نواز – از حق گو: پنجاب میں الیکشن مہم پورے عروج پر ہے جب کہ باقی ماندہ پاکستان میں تین روشن خیال اور ا عتدال پسند جماعتیں دیوبندی تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے عتاب کا نشانہ بنی ہوئیں ہیں – پیپلز پارٹی ہو متحدہ قومی
I will not vote for Imran Khan – by Shahryar: I might be starving for a leader that is attempting to change the face of my country for the better, but I will not vote for PTI. PHOTO: REUTERS In less than a week’s time Pakistan reaches a historic
سپاہ صحابہ اور طالبان کا سلیکشن کمیشن – از حق گو: جوں جوں الیکشن کا دن قریب آرہا ہے پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کے بڑھتے ہوے واقعات نے ہر ایک پاکستانی کو تشویش میں مبتلا کر رکھا ہے ، طالبان کی پیپلز پارٹی ، اے این پی اور ایم کیو
الیکشن 2013 – جھنگ میں سنی اور شیعہ مسلمان سپاہ صحابہ کے تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے خلاف شیخ وقاص اکرم کی قیادت میں متحد ہیں – از حق گو: جھنگ کا علاقہ شیعہ، تکفیری دیوبندی تعلقات کے حوالے سے تلخ یادوں بھرا ماضی رکھتا ہے ، جھنگ ان دونوں فرقوں کے درمیان کشیدہ حالات اور فسادات کے حوالے سے پاکستان بھر میں مشہور ہے سپاہ صحابہ ہو لشکر
18 politicians named in ISI funds scam contesting polls – by Amir Mir: ISLAMABAD: At least 18 politicians belonging to several mainstream political parties, including Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, who had been named in the Mehrangate scandal as the alleged recipients of millions of rupees dished out by the ISI before
The smaller infinites of our thoughts – Qurat ul ain Haider Zaidi: Tweets and Facebook posts; thank god instagram is still away from all this shorbazi which seem quite interesting now a days.On one hand, the Young blood is doing a good job in front of computers/laptops and on the other
دھشت گرد بھیڑیوں کے آگے معصوم پاکستانیوں کی بلی کب تک چڑھے گی؟ – از ندیم رضوی: بم دھماکے پاکستان کا روز مرہ کے معامولات کا ایک حصّہ سا بن چُکے ہیں۔ کوئی دن نہیں جاتا کہ کہیں کوئی بم دھماکہ نہ ہوتا ہو۔ بمدھماکہکرنے والے کوئی اور نہیں بلکہ وہی دھشتگرد ہیں کہ جن کو
The Last Bastions of Secularism in Pakistan under attack – by A Z: It is a shame that while the only two secular parties of any significance –ANP and MQM- are being slaughtered by the fanatics, parties like PMLN and PTI smugly continue to hold large election rallies without a murmur. Many
پاکستان ، پارلیمنٹ اور تکفیری جمہوریت – از حق گو: حیرت کا مقام ہے ، کچھ سمجھ میں نہیں آرہا کہ شروع کہاں سے کروں اور ختم کہاں پر ، ایک ایسا ملک جہاں نام نہاد آزادی کے پینسٹھ سال آمریتی جمہوریت اور جمہوری آمریت کے ثمرات سمیٹنے میں
Terrorists contesting elections to scar democracy – by Sadiq Ameen: The campaign workers of the SSP and some other sectarian parties in the fertile agricultural heartland of Pakistan must be thrilled that Election Commission and the courts have not barred any of their dreaded leaders from contesting in the
Institutional decay!: Pakistan is a country suffering from within and outside, but mostly from within, and with years of ineffective governance and complete breakdown of law and order, it comes as no surprise that the society has lost its moral compass,
جنرل پرویز مشرف المعروف خلیل خان فاختہ اڑانا بھول گئے: جنرل (ر)پرویز مشرف اسلام آباد ہائی کورٹ کے ایک حکم پر ججز نظر بندی کیس میں ضمانت منسوخ کرانے کےبعد اب اپنے ہی گھر میں قیدی بن گئے ہیں-ان کے قیدی بن جانے پر کسی کو بھی افسوس نہیں
امید بہار – از کاشف نصیر: ملکی تاریخ میں پہلی بار ایک اسمبلی آئین میں متعین اپنی معیاد کو پورا کرنے میں کامیاب ہوئی ہے گو اس سے پچھلی قومی اسمبلی نے بھی اپنی معیاد پوری کی تھی لیکن ایک فوجی آمر کے تسلط کی
پاور پولیٹکس ، جمہوریت اور خدشات – از عامر حسسینی: ڈاکٹر خاور علی شاہ سے میری یاد اللہ برسوں سے ہے-اور میں نے ان کو ہمیشہ دیانت دار،خدا ترس اور صاف گو انسان پایا ہے-ان کا پیغام ملا کہ ملاقات ہونی چاہئے-میں ملاقات کے لیے گیا تو اس دوران
Pashtun Genocide: Taliban’s relentless terrorism against ANP: While pro-Taliban parties like PTI, PML N and JUI F campaign freely, Pakistan’s oldest secular party, ANP is the daily victim of terrorist attacks. Two ANP leaders, dozens of its activists have been killed and scores wounded in the
PPP is being singled out by Judiciary-Media?: Question: Why only PPP is being singled out by Judiciary-Media? Former PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is being attacked for developing his constituency – this should be good. but no, today’s daily times calls it pork barrel politics. when sharif
ECP said political parties must not campaign against any personor on the basis of religion – by Iftikhar A.Khan: ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) warned candidates on Sunday against seeking votes in the name of religion or sect. Briefing reporters on the rules of the game for May 11 polls, a senior ECP official said political
Pakistan Warms up to Elections Amidst Killings and Death Threats – by A Z: The elections scheduled for May have brought a degree of excitement and hope to a country that has witnessed a descent into violence and terrorism accompanied by economic woes over the past few years. Campaign posters, with the candidates’
ویرو کوہلی ، پارلیمنٹ اور پاکستان – از حق گو: الیکشن کا وقت جوں جوں قریب آتا جا رہا ہے لوگوں میں اس حوالے سے جوش و خروش بڑھتا جا رہا ہے ایسے میں صوفیوں کی دھرتی سندھ سے آنے والی ایک دلچسپ اور کافی حد تک پر مسرت و
اپیل بنام چیف الیکشن کمشنر : دہشت گردوں کو انتخابات میں حصّہ لینے سے روکا جائے – از مہ پارہ قلندر – مترجم – حق گو: اپیل بنام چیف الیکشن کمشن محترم جناب جسٹس رٹائرڈ فخر الدین جی ابراہیم صاحب جناب عالی اب جبکہ کے الیکشن کا اپنے وقت پر انعقاد آپ کی بھرپور کوششوں سے یقینی ہو چکا ہے تو آپ کے نوٹس میں
Reminiscing Zia’s vigilantism – by Zeeshan Khan: The ‘quiz show’ on Islam that is being played in the name of scrutiny is termed as inappropriate by independent observers In less than three weeks of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) departure from power, General Ziaul Haq’s ghost
بھولا بھالا شریف اور غدار کون؟ – از امام بخش: بُراہوہماری سنگدِل اسٹیبلشمنٹ کا جس نے صفات وخصائل کے اعتبار سے انتہائی بے ضرر میاں محمدنواز شریف کو اپنی ڈھب کا بندہ سمجھنے کے بعد بہلا پھسلا کر اپنے مقاصد پورے کرنے کے لیےاقتدارکے ایوانوں میں لا پھینکا۔
Return of the Mensis Horribilis: PTI’s Intra-party Elections: Shireen Mazari’s opportunist return to the party fold Intra-party elections weaken party unity, defections imminent Internally elected party leaders ignored in allocation of party tickets Last year, the Let Us Build Pakistan blog had catalogued a series
A Pakistani paradigm shift may be in order: A step forward in an election year – by Rusty Walker: Your true liberty, you, as a person living in a nation of a diversified people, can only be assured personal freedoms through a massive election turn-out, bent on a
Should the Army or ISI be above criticism – by A Z: While commenting on my article 2013: A Highly Critical Year for Pakistan one dear friend has sounded as if we cannot criticize the ISI. I have always had a great respect for this friend as he is someone superior to
Doing away with Articles 62 & 63 – by Waseem Altaf: The 1973 constitution was a fairly comprehensive document which also contained articles 62 and 63. Article 62 deals with qualifications of becoming a member of the Parliament whereas article 63 specifies what disqualifies someone from such membership. These articles
2013: A highly critical year for Pakistan – by A Z: This year promises to be of great significance for Pakistan in more respects than one. A change of government is already in the making. Kayani makes way for a successor to be appointed. The US and NATO begin to
For Zardari, five years of lost opportunities – by Ayesha Siddiqa: Future tense Asif Ali Zardari is a past master at brokering deals but will find it tough to save the PPP from electoral oblivion BUT DON’T you think we are getting over-excited about the PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) government
The Feel Good Factor – by Umer Raza Bhutta: Pakistan is in the grip of that rare Feel Good Factor these days that grips it indeed rarely. All those politicians that were loathed, abused and mocked are out of governance frame for a couple of months. Those who
Much needed honesty on Takfiri Deobandi militants!: Few months back before the Abbas Town Massacre we had couple of political parties namely JUI(F) & ANP hold two different APCs to demand that government of Pakistan negotiate with the TTP. The news media which primarily is dominated
Children of a lesser god : Prof Sibte Jafar – by Abbas Nasir: A college principal, Prof Sibte Jafar, who was riding home on a rickety motorcycle, was slowing down at a speed breaker when waiting (Takfiri deobandi) killers fired at him. His grievous injuries took his life probably even before the
PPP leads the march of folly – by A Z: I am sorry to have borrowed Barbara Tuchman’s axiom in a much lesser context. There has been much talk recently about PMLN’s overt or covert electoral accommodation of ASWJ. However, deplorable as it may be, it does not really
Xenophobia, internal-racism deadly combo — by Andaleeb Rizvi: OMG, I went to Pakistan and it is so dangerous. Agreed! It is impossible to live there as a liberal/secular person. Excuse me? I have been living here as a liberal, atheist whatever for the past 5 years at
Pakistani voters must reject those parties and candidates that have ties with ASWJ-LeJ terrorists: Editor’s note: Voting is a very important decision. LUBP urges its readers to encourage moderate Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and all other communities to collectively vote against those parties and candidates that have any ties with or support of Takfiri