PTI Archive
The TTP and Imran Khan’s Logic – by A Z: It is widely believed that the PMLN has the inside track with the TTP and other militant organizations, even though their entente cordiale is increasingly frayed as, being in the federal government, it can no longer connive at the militants’
کھولنا عمران خان کا طالبان کا دفتراوردکھانا عاصمہ جہانگیر کا طالبان خان کو آئینہ – از حق گو: طالبان کو پاکستان میں دفتر کھولنے کی اجازت دینے کے حوالے سے عمران خان کے بیان پر تبصرہ کرتے ہوے معروف قانون دان اور انسانی حقوق کی کارکن محترمہ عاصمہ جہانگیر نے نا صرف عمران خان کو سخت تنقید
Pakistan: Crisis and the Political Feats – by Irfan Tramboo: Important political changes on ground are taking place in Pakistan. For the first time in the history this year a democratically elected government completed its term in the office. General elections were held and new government led by Mian
APC: peace consensus or sell-out? – by Zahid Hussain: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chairing the All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad on September 9, 2013.— File photo Published 2013-09-11 06:03:15 THE resolution emanating from Monday’s all-parties conference seems more of a document of surrender than an expression of a
Critique of “The Emirate of TTP- by Babar Sattar”: While there are some errors and omissions in Babar Sattar’s “The Emirates of TTP (DAWN, August 12 2013 http://dawn.com/news/1035362/the-emirate-of-ttp) the idea of declaring the TTP and its apologists as anti-State is an interesting idea. It is refreshing to see
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
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
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
CM Khattak reveals that Pakistan army was complicit in LeJ-Taliban’s attack on DI Khan jail: Related posts: LUBP archive on DI Khan Pakistan army’s support to terrorists CM KPK Pervez Khattak has revealed that local army units refused to follow orders of provincial administration to engage with Taliban terrorists who attacked the DI Khan
Imran Khan questions Pakistan army’s dubious inaction during DI Khan prisonbreak by Taliban: Related posts: Taliban’s attack on D.I.Khan prison was not possible without Pakistan army’s connivance https://lubpak.com/archives/279869 Pakistani media hide the real motive of DI Khan Jailbreak – by Abid Sulehri https://lubpak.com/archives/280093 Imran Khan points finger at army over DI
Imran Khan’s reaction to Bannu jailbreak vs his reaction to D.I.Khan jailbreak: In April 2012, Takfiri terrorists of Taliban and Sipah Sahaba (ASWJ-LeJ) attacked Bannu prison. More than 200 heavily armed Deobandi Taliban militants travelling in several vehicles attacked the Central Jail in Bannu, Southern District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, releasing 384
In PTI-ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Taliban terrorists gain foothold in Peshawar: New York Times: Source: New York Times – with minor edits and additional information PESHAWAR, Pakistan (27 July 2013) — Groups of Taliban fighters are spilling out of the tribal belt in northwestern Pakistan into the region’s largest city, Peshawar, where they
PTI-Jamaat coalition in KPK province shows its pro-Taliban, anti-women colours once again: The above news clip is a clear reminder, once again, of those fifth columnists in Pakistani society who stand with the Taliban. It is clear as day that today, Imran Khan’s PTI and its KPK provincial Government coalition partner,
PM’s July 12 meeting on national security hits snags – by Tayyab Hussain: The prime minister’s July 12 call for holding a consultative meeting for carving out a national security policy suffered a major blow on Monday following the departure of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to London, as well as
جہانگیر ترین کا انصاف, دو سو سے زائد ملازمین کو بغیر نوٹس فارغ کر دیا: چار روز قبل سرائیکی خطے کی آواز روہی ٹی وی کو بند کر دیا گیا۔ دو سو سے زائد ملازمین کو بغیر نوٹس دیے فارغ کر دیا گیا۔دو سو ملازمین کا مطلب ہے دو سو گھر۔یاد رہے کہ روہی
PML-N and PTI leaders leave thousands to die slowly – by Shiraz Paracha: Dust, dirt and danger of death—slow death—are conditions in which hundreds and thousand of people live near Islamabad. These people are voters of Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan of PMLN and Ghulam Sarwar Khan of PTI. On Friday, I was
PTI becomes largest Political Party that hates minorities especially Christians: CNPK – Christian news (Yeshwa Younis) Neither the ideology of Muhammad Ali Jinnah nor the ideals of the Pakistan’s constitution disrespects the non-Muslims as the Latest act of KPK Assembly has done. The teachings of Holy Prophet of Islam
Pakistan Christian Congress condemns CM Pervez Khatak statement on cleaning jobs for minorities: Editors Note: LUBP strongly condemns the use of insensitive language and an openly discriminatory approach towards non Muslim Pakistanis by the PTI government in KPK. We demand that the PTI Chief Minister Pervez Khatak should offer an immediate unconditional apology.
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
Next Taliban demands: separate schools for Non Muslims, Wahabis, Sunnis, Shias. – by Shahryar Khan: The writer is a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, currently working as an associate at Green Peak International Sports Management. He tweets @Shahryar92 Recently, a controversial statement was made by MNA Arif Alvi, who also happens to be the
No evidence on who is doing bombings – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: Editors note: It appears the State organs of Pakistan fully subscribe to the insightful analysis by Syed Riaz Al Malik Hajjaji. Just because a facist organization plans, repeatedly announces, admits and takes ownership of killing the shia community. This
As Shia blood continues to spill, PTI and PML-N refuse to condemn Taliban-LeJ – by Mahpara Qalandar: Only 10 hours into the suicide attack on the Hussainia Shia mosque of Peshawar, and the number of the Shia worshippers is 15 and still counting. The number of the injured is 22, and only God knows how many
In PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 18 Shia Muslims killed by ASWJ-LeJ terrorists in Peshawar: Only a few days ago, a leading Shia medical surgeon was attacked in Peshawar by Deobandi terrorists who were able to kill his driver and security guard. Today, another 18 Shia Muslims have been killed in the Hussaina mosque
Provincial budget, the public response and the implementation – by Tasbeeh Fayaz Ali: Twitter homepages witnessed an alluvion of Budget related tweets as soon as the provincial budgets fiscal year 2013-14 were announced on 17-06-2013 with more heedfulness amassed by the KPK budget which started trending on the social networking site minutes after it
In Naya Pakistan, PTI-JI coalition presents Naya Budget: A lot of figure fudging and wrong calculations in KPK’s budget document. Higher education budget actually decreased this year. KP Elementary & Secondary Education Budget increased from 20.96 to 24.6. This is an increase of 17%, not 33% as
Imran Khan announces protest campagian against rigging in elections: LAHORE (10 June 2013): Showing his distrust in the institutions of judiciary and Election Commission, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has threatened to launch a protest campaign after Eid if its reservations about the election results are not removed. “We’ll take
TTP Commander Waliur Rehman Deobandi and Imran Khan’s march of folly – by Mahpara Qalander: Who was Waliur Rehman Deobandi? The easy answer is that he was the deputy in command of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who was killed by a drone attack on 29 of May. But was he just the number 2
LUBP supports PTI in its quest for energy generation – by Mahpara Qalandar: The newly-installed PTI government has announced that it might start deliberations on building a dam in the KP to deal with the power crisis which has engulfed not only the KP, but the entire country. We at LUBP commend
Consequences of giving the Education Ministry to Jamaat-e-Islami in KP—by Shiraz Paracha: The decision by the PTI ‘s provincial government to give education ministry to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will have monumental negative effects on education and future generations.The Jamaat-e-Islamai is a non-electable party, yet it controls Pakistan. In fact, today’s Pakistan is
PTI gets first shock as JI abandons it, PPP almost begging Nawaz to go soft – by Amir Mateen: ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s victory as National Assembly Speaker was not without surprises. The biggest shock was the betrayal of PTI’s partners in Pakhtunkhwa. Both Jamaat-i-Islami and Aftab Sherpao voted for Ayaz Sadiq. It is elementary: PTI had 29
#Justice4FauziaKasuri: Please don’t let PTI be a mafia that chokes voices of concerns!: Fauzia Kasuri, the founding member of the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI), also known as Mother of PTI, is legitimately disappointed because certain decision makers in PTI ignored her in the allocation of reserved seats for women in Pakistan’s National
PTI and ANP appease terrorists by supporting Aurangzeb Farooqi in Karachi: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : سیکولر اور آزاد خیال پارٹی کے بانی باچا خان اپنی قبر میں بے چینی سے پہلو بدل رہے ہونگے خیر اے این پی پر طالبان ، سپاہ صحابہ کے حملوں کے بعد ہم ان کی مجبوری
Soul searching for PPP: Editors Note: We are posting some useful articles which provide a damning indictment of the abject failure of the PPP media and policy advisers. While there were external factors that hurt the party this is not the entire story.
The grandest of all goof-ups OR going according to plan – by Yin & Yang: Yin : The grandest of all goof-ups around the corner. 1. The Govt has acknowledged the TTP as a force and has ‘offered’ talks from a position of weakness 2. The TTP does not consider a democratic setup legit.
الیکشن کے بعد کا پاکستان – از حق گو: گیارہ مئی کے الیکشن ملکی تاریخ کے پہلے الیکشن تھے جن میں اقتدار ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت سے ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت کو منتقل ہوا – ایک ایسا ملک جہاں سیکورٹی اسٹیبلشمنٹ جمہوری حکومتوں کو گھر بھیجنے
Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan must beware of negotiations with the Taliban – by Ejaz Haider: Editor’s note: A rare piece of Ejaz Haider that one may largely agree with. Although Ejaz Haider continues to describe Taliban as TTP (ISI’s preferred discourse to distinguish between good (Afghan) Taliban and bad (Pakistani TTP) Taliban, his arguments
عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کی شکست ۔چند معروضات- از زلان مومند: مسیح الافاغنہ باچاخانؒ کے ایک پیرو کار کی حیثیت سے عوامی نیشنل پارٹی کی انتخابی شکست کو روزمرہ کی دیگر ناکامیوں اور ناآسودہ خواہشات کے سلسلے کی ایک کڑی کہنا نہایت ہی دشوار ہے ، اگرچہ ایک نہایت ہی
PPP lost, PTI gained Shia votes – by Faizan Bangash: Source: The News, 7 May 2013 (with minor additions and edits) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was able to attract a section of Shia vote bank which has traditionally been voting for centre-left leaning Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
Losing Tsunami Style – by Arsalan Riyasat: The attitude adopted by PTI’s workers over losing the elections in Karachi and Punjab is childish to say the least. Although the indiscipline, rowdism and lack of respect of PTI’s supporters towards their opponents is nothing new, they seem
Every party’s hardcore supporters view the supporters of other parties as ignorant, irrational and malicious, with an ethnic/cultural stereotype to boot – by Saroop Ijaz: The writer is a lawyer and partner at Ijaz and Ijaz Co in Lahore saroop.ijaz@tribune.com.pk The chief minister (CM)-designate for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has already made the silliest statement for the next few years, or at least, let us hope so;