FM Radio Archive

Govt-run FM radios in FATA may go off air: Fata’s FM stations Dawn Editorial Thursday, 15 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) Given that the army is poised to take its operation against the militants into Fata, the value of such

Taliban blow up Ex-Minister’s house in Swat: Ex-Minister Ameer Muqam’s house blown up April 01, 2009 PESHAWAR: Armed Taliban blown up house of Ex-Federal Minister Ameer Muqam. Earlier, gunmen seized the house of Ameer Muqam in Bahrain, which was later blown up with explosives. According to

Taliban in Swat: Crippled and blind: Crippled and blind Tuesday, March 24, 2009 The media should have been reporting – and celebrating – the eradication of polio from Pakistan years ago. We were almost polio-free as recently as three years ago, whereas today this dreadful

Talat Masood: Revisiting the Swat deal with the Taliban: Revisiting the Swat deal Monday, March 23, 2009 Talat Masood The Swat peace agreement, signed between the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) and the ANP-led government of the NWFP, seems to be running in serious difficulties. Broadly, the agreement aims at

Swat – Dispatches: Pakistan’s Taliban Generation: A TV documentary worth watching. Dispatches: Pakistan’s Taliban Generation (Channel 4). By Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoyhttp://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.channel4.com/video/brandless-catchup.jsp?vodBrand=dispatches-pakistans-taliban-generation It was horrifying to say the least. It seems that brute force alone can’t eliminate these throat-slitting animals. It is an ideology and not restricted

A crash course for FM radio jamming for our engineers in Pakistan Army: Jamming: a primer Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Chris Cork Much has been talked but little actually done in the matter of jamming the so-called “Mullah Radio” that has done much to inflame the situation in Swat. The government appears

Jane’s Swat holiday – By Masood Hasan: Jane’s Swat holiday Sunday, February 15, 2009 Masood Hasan (Jane and Harry, two American tourists, decided to take a holiday in Swat recently. Their reasons were simple. Harry has been a member of the AA and not made much

So, Pakistan does not have technology to jam an illegal FM radio station in Swat?: BBC Urdu dot com: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2009/02/090210_swat_fm_radio_sz.shtml A relevant comment: Ghost Of TK said: The mystery of illegal FM transmitters in FATA. I wonder how “Pak” Fauj will react once the “Islamic Emirate of Seraikistan” starts its FM transmissions

Why then has the great ISI, the Mother of All Agencies, not been able to find Mullah Radio’s radio station? Asks Kamran Shafi: Swat, one more timeBy Kamran ShafiTuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 | 02:14 PM PST | ….And now for the feedback on last week’s piece in which I had suggested a huge caravan made up of all the political parties: leaders,

Taliban high court extending writ to Dir: Taliban high court extending writ to Dir Sunday, February 08, 2009By Ikram Hoti CHAKDARA: The Taliban have set up their high court in Kabal Tehsil of Swat, which is fast extending its writ to this town and other parts

Swat: Taliban terrorists warn lawyers and judges to stop attending the regular courts or risk death.: General Kayani, what is stopping you to arrest Fazullah, your comrade in arms? Madness in the mountainsFriday, February 06, 2009 The militants who control most of Swat have gone mad. They have now threatened to kill lawyers and judges,

Swat: Interview with Afzal Khan Lala – by Rahimullah Yusufzai: “They need support…” — Mohammad Afzal Khan, ANP leader and the hero of Swat By Rahimullah Yusufzai The 82-year old Mohammad Afzal Khan has emerged as a hero in Swat and beyond, to those who oppose the Taliban ideology.

Swat: the other view. A tale of how Military & Mullahs facilitated Taliban in spreading their tentacles in Swat: Swat: the other view By Syed Irfan Ashraf THE ongoing insurgency in Swat has spawned a heated debate in the media. For some it is a class war between the landless and the land-owning elite. Others believe it to

Al Jazeera report on Swat: 2 Febaruary 2009: AlJazeera English The Swat Valley is an area few journalists are able to operate in and it appears that despite the presence of thousands of extra Pakistani troops the Taliban remain firmly in control. Policemen have been beheaded in

A Swati journalist writes an open lettter / appeal to Mullah Fazlullah: The writ of the state? ISI-Taliban Alliance? No Comments…

Debacle in Swat – by Kamila Hayat: Debacle in Swat Thursday, January 22, 2009 (The News)Kamila HyatThe writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editorThe Pakistan military seems to have suffered a decisive defeat in war. While a fierce military operation has continued in Swat

Swat asks many questions – by Sohail Qalandar and Tanvir Qaiser Shahid: The siege of Swat (Swat ka muhasira) – by Tanvir Shahid Swat ka sawal… By Sohail Qalandar Pakistan Army is protecting the Taliban to impose their brand of sharia, destroy schools, pressurize the ANP leadership to negotiate with the

Amir Mir: Has Swat fallen to the Taliban?: Wednesday 21 January 2009 LAHORE: Fifteen months after the launching of a military operation in the lush-green picturesque valley of Swat by the Pakistan army to dismantle the militant network of Maulana Fazalullah, a major part of the mountainous

A Pakistani schoolgirl’s resistance to Taliban terrorists: LUBP’s compilation of Malala Yousafzai’s diary: Not 14 October 2012: Back in January 2009, when Deobandi right0wing Islamo-fascists and commercial or fake liberals were unanimous in abusing or/and ignoring Malala Yousafzai, LUBP published this post to give wider publicity to a Pashtun Sunni Sufi schoolgril’s resistance to takfiri

Swat — towards a Wahhabi state?: Monday, January 19, 2009 by Khurshid Khan In his article, “Behind the crises in Swat” (Nov 27, 2008), Sartaj Khan described the conflict in Swat as a class struggle. Farhat Taj (Dec 18) responded with “No class war in

Shaheen Sardar Ali: Swat – For Whom Will the Gulai-Nargis Bloom this Spring in the Swat Valley: Rabia at Grand Trunk Road comments: A very sad article by Shaheen Sardari Ali, a Swati, and the first woman cabinet member of NWFP, which raises a lot of unanswered questions about the nature of the militancy in Swat

Swat: Taliban ban girls schools…..: 80,000 female students bear brunt of Taliban ban in Swat * Govt, private schools unlikely to reopen after winter vacations* 8,000 female teachers go unemployed after closure By Saleem Athar (Daily Times) MINGORA: Government and private schools across Swat

Plight of women in Swat: Where are all the international and national human rights organisations and women rights groups?: Plight of women in Swat By Khurshid Khan THE current situation in Swat is such that any sign of peace in the valley has been washed away. The people are living through the most miserable phase of its history.

Intelligence, psy-ops & the Fata war – By Naeem Sadiq: One need not destroy one’s enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage. — Sun Tzu WITH the truth coming first in the line of fire, the stories of any war are often carefully prepared half-truths, selected truths

Taliban’s FM Radio "Intolerance 101" – By Tariq Aqil: Tuesday, September 30, 2008by Tariq Aqil The month of September witnessed the brutal and senseless murder of three Ahmedis in Pakistan. This gruesome tragedy happened in the aftermath of a popular TV programme in which Ahmedis were blamed for