Swat Archive
سوات میں دیوبندی تکفیری دہشت گردوں نے سنی صوفیوں اور بریلویوں کی قبروں کی بے حرمتی شروع کر دی – بی بی سی: پاکستان کے صوبہ خیبر پختونخوا کی وادی سوات میں قبروں کی بےحرمتی کے واقعات میں اضافہ دیکھا گیا ہے۔ مقامی پولیس کا کہنا ہے کہ ان کارروائیوں کی روک تھام کے لیے اقدامات کیے جا رہے ہیں۔ پولیس حکام
سوات میں ٹارگٹ کلنگ میں اضافہ: محمد ذہین خان وادی سوات کے تحصیل کبل کے علاقے ڈھیرئی میں طالبان مخالف ویلج ڈیفنس کونسل یا امن کمیٹی کے سربراہ ہیں۔سوات میں امن لشکروں پر حالیہ حملوں میں اضافے کی وجہ سے ذہین خان جیسے لوگوں کےلیے
پاکستانی جرنیل اور سیاسی رہنما سوات کی بہادر خاتون مہرالنسا سے سبق سیکھیں – از حق گو: سوات کے علاقے کالام سے تعلق رکھنے والی بہادر پشتون خاتون مہرالنسا نے اپنے گھر پہ حملہ کرنے والے تکفیری دیوبندی طالبان پہ جوابی حملہ کر کے چھ طالبان کو جہنم واصل کر دیا- مہرنسا کے مطابق دیوبندی
Left in the lurch – by Ali Arqam: The state is looking the other way The Awami National Party (ANP) campaign for the upcoming elections is going along the swaggering video statements and escalated bomb attacks by Taliban and nonchalant responses by the other political parties especially
The sickly smell of surrender: By Zarrar Khuhro Published: February 9, 2013 The writer is editor of The Express Tribune Magazine zarrar.khuhro@tribune.com.pk On April 21, 1996, Chechen separatist leader Dzokhar Dudayez was killed by missiles fired from a Russian aircraft. The missiles had locked
The Life and Legacy of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed: Remember, remember, the 27th of December! The night that tore the heavens asunder! In her autobiography, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed writes of the time when she was allowed to travel to England in 1984 for medical treatment by the most
A cynical laugh at Pakistan Army’s poster campaign against Taliban in Swat: Pakistan Army has pasted a large number of the above and similar posters at various public places in Swat. The poster shows handshake between the United States and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and compares the two evils. Pictures of the
After attacking Malala Yousafzai, Taliban threaten to kill her father: A spokesman for the Swat Taliban has threatened to kill 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai’s father after a failed attempt to assassinate his daughter, said a report by Reuters. Sirajuddin Ahmad, a spokesman for “Radio Mullah” Maulana Fazlullah’s Swat Taliban
Expropriating Malala Yousufzai: Discourses in Pakistani social media: A dominant majority of those in Pakistan’s mainstream and social medias condemning attack on Malala Yousafzai are committed helpers of Pakistani establishment. Their populist, opportunist and partial discourse is revealing. On Twitter and facebook, quite a few of those
Attack on Malala: Give up extremism, gentlemen, and let this country breathe – by Kamran Shafi: As this country plumbs ever newer depths of the crap-hole, it becomes clearer to Pakistanis that those that hold it by the throat were always wrong; that they were not merely deluded, they were dishonest because they wanted a
سوات کی ملالہ اور کوئٹہ کی ہانیہ: کل جب قوم کی بیٹی ملالہ یوسفزئی پر حملہ ہوا تو میں خون کے آنسو رویا. پھر جب دیکھا کہ آزاد میڈیا، سیاستدان، آزاد عدلیہ، شیعہ، سنی، جوان، بوڑھے، بچے، مرد عورتیں، امیر، غریب الغرض پوری قوم رنگ و
ملالہ یوسفزئی کے نام – فہمیدہ ریاض: ہم اسے مل کر سلا دیں گے ملالہ کے لیے ہم سرخ چادر لے کر آۓ ہیں بہت پیاری یہ بچی ہے اسے انعام دیں گے ہم گلے میں سرخ مالا اس کو پہنائیں گے خوش ہو کر وه
Nexus between virtue and vice – by Zafar Hilaly: It took the screams of a young woman being beaten in Swat to galvanise the country and the army to take a stand against the gruesome cruelties inflicted by the Taliban on the local population. Till then a sense
Swat execution video: Pakistan awaits fulfillment of Gen Kayani’s promise to hold inquiry – by Mariana Baabar: Related post: Brutal extrajudicial killings by the Pakistan army – where is the media? Country awaits fulfillment of Gen Kayani s promise to hold inquiry Mariana Baabar Sunday, October 09, 2011 (The News) October 8 marks one year of
Is the youth in elite universities in Pakistan radical? – by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa: Abstract This is a study of the socio-political attitudes amongst youth in elite universities in the three major cities in Pakistan: Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. The primary objective was to see whether better education and access to resources made
Who is to blame- Fasihullah Marwat: Related : Taliban regrouping in Dir to strike back – Zia ur Rehman The flawed impression that Army has fully done its job in Swat and the Civil Administration now is responsible for sustaining peace in the region is
Kurram operation: Last Saturday, the Pakistan Army formally launched a full-fledged operation in central Kurram Agency, two weeks after the government had notified 80 square kilometres of the area there as a conflict zone. This Friday alone, security forces backed by
The Pakistani Taliban’s media jihad: The piece examines the TTP’s media productions and the movement’s shift toward having its media distributed to jihadi-takfiri Internet forums via the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), a long-established jihadi-takfiri media and translation network. The writer argues that this
Extra-judicial killings in Pakistan: By Abdus-Sattar Ghazali Disappearance of innocent citizens, extra-judicial and target killings are not uncommon in Pakistan but last Wednesday’s brutal killing of young Sarfraz Shah by para-military Rangers in Karachi has shocked the nation. The trigger-happy Rangers mercilessly sprayed
Radicals in ranks -by Abdullah Malik: Takes a look at incidents of support for terrorists from within the armed forces and police Despite Gen Zia’s Islamisation, the promotion of piety in the barracks, and the support for puritanical movements that were allowed to organise sermons,
Pakistan to launch attacks on Haqqani: Pakistan will launch a military offensive in North Waziristan, a newspaper reported on Monday, days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a US demand to tackle sanctuaries for al Qaeda and the Taliban on the Afghan border.
ANP Swat demanded Muslim Khan and Sufi Muhammad to be hanged: ANP Swat has condemned the assassination of their Activist and President Taehsil Matta. They have raised serious concerns over the terrorist act after military operation in Swat. While ANP has suffered huge losses in war against terrorists by sacrificing
Pakistan: Taliban vs Osama -by Inam R Sehri: Who are the Taliban and why they are there? Pakistan has suffered a lot during the last ten years on this account. Pondering upon the history of Taliban’s making, it may be note worthy that Mullah Omer had started
Karachi targeted killings of Pashtuns tied to militant groups – By Zia Ur Rehman: KARACHI – Tribal-area militants hiding in Karachi have brought their fight to the streets of Karachi, killing pro-government Pashtuns under the guise of targeted killings, Central Asia Online has learned. “The militants, taking advantage of ongoing ethnic violence in
Azam Swati vs Hamid Saeed Kazmi: Related article: The Barelvi-Deobandi feud and ‘becharay’ Pakistani – by Tanvir Qaiser Shahid Source: daily Express
Militants next door – by Zia Ur Rehman: Cross-border movement of Afghan Taliban continues to threaten peace and security in Chitral On September 30, some 250 Taliban insurgents entered Chitral’s tehsil Arandu from Nuristan in bordering Afghanistan and tied the Pakistani security personnel deputed at a Gudibar
Killing of Doctor Part of Taliban War on Educated -by Jane Perlez: MARDAN, Pakistan — Farooq Khan, doctor to the poor, scholar of Islam and friend of America, represented everything the Islamist extremists hated. A week ago, two Taliban hit men, disguised in casual clothes and with stubble on their chins instead
Dr. Farooq Khan’s assassination by the Taliban: Another son of KP, Pakistan has laid down his life: According to police, Dr. Farooq was in his clinic when two unknown gunmen entered his clinic and started firing. Dr Farooq was the Vice-Chancellor of the proposed Islamic University. He also served as a Shura member of Jamaat-e-Islami for
Illegitimate daughters —by Gulmina Bilal Ahmad: Why is there not an uproar for the woes of the daughters of Pakistan who were stoned in Swat and, presently, in Orakzai Agency? Daughters like Mukhtaran Mai, of course, are not comparable with American daughters of Pakistani origin
Brutal extrajudicial killings by the Pakistan army – where is the media?: A very brutal video has recently been circulated on the internet. Taken by a cell phone camera it shows soldiers in Pakistan army uniform brutally killing a number of teenaged boys by first shooting them in a firing squad
Concerns over Post-military operations developments in KP – by Idrees Kamal: Amn Tehrik (Peace Movement) , an organization of Political workers, civil society, writers, intellectuals, Lawyers, Students, Labours, Women, Poets and sensible segment of the society and comrises political workers of almost all the secular political parties working in the
Three Christian humanitarian workers killed by Taliban: Three humanitarian workers operating in the Swat Valley, in the northern part of the country, have been killed by Pakistani Taliban while working to bring aid to flood victims. The attack of the fundamentalists, which has also caused several
An appeal from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – by Zubair Torwali: The situation in upper Swat, Swat Kohistan (Bahrain, Mankiyal, Kalam, Utror) is alarming as the people have now run out of food and medicine but the mainstream media in Pakistan takes it granted whosoever tells them that that much
Floods Opening The Floodgates For Pakistan’s Extremists- By Daud Khattak: Devastating flooding in northwestern Pakistan has now taken more than 1,400 lives and a left about 1 million people homeless. Although the government has announced it is stepping up relief efforts, it has been widely criticized for its slow
Swat Aman Mela: I just found this video and its so hearting to see so much happiness and festivity in Swat,specially after seeing so much negativity in recent past. The Gojra massacre, the attack on two Ahmedi mosque and now the attack
Where is my military coup? – by S Gulbadan: I wrote this for the Express Tribune’s sunday magazine and they published a much shorter (“mutilated”, according to the editor dude) version. General sahab, I have been a silent admirer of you and your methods for a long time
Mullah of Jamaat-e-Islami, the child molester: Here is a news report from daily The News describing how a local Taliban leader, a mullah in a Jamaat-e-Islami madrassah, was involved in child molesting. This shows the real hypocritical character of these munafiqeen who are raping Islam