Thirty funerals and an Eid – Vaqar Amhed: Today is Eid, and I am dreading the day. For me it is a day that is dead, empty of meaning, and bereft of joy. Yesterday, 30 persons were killed in a funeral procession in Quetta. Thirty funerals
Why I hate Chilas – by Rina Saeed Khan: Fairy Meadows below Nanga Parbat. -Photo by author I hear that Chilas is a ghost town these days, its inhabitants spooked by the killings of the international mountain climbers (and one Pakistani guide who had a Shia name), who
Pakistan’s number one threat – by Farahnaz Ispahani: For the last few days, Pakistan’s capital has been on high alert due to the threat of a possible terrorist attack. Police and military vehicles have paraded around the city, commandos and snipers have been posted on Islamabad’s
Taliban in Context of Kashmir – by Syed Zafar Mehdi: A palpable buzz in the town is that after the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the hard-bitten Talibani guerillas may trickle over to the Indian-occupied-Kashmir. Local media has been sent into a
Sitting ducks – by Kamran Shafi: The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto. kamran.shafi@tribune.com.pk For, we too are floating about merrily, unaware that we are plumb in the sights of a dangerous,
Fighting terrorism – by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa: Editor’s Note: LUBP wishes to commend and thank Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa for her clear stance on Takfiri deobandi radacalization. She is one of very few writers who have clearly pointed out Deobandi Terrorists as the chief culprits of terror
Collective Amnesia – by Khadim Hussain: A scene from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Nobel Prize winning novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, has vaguely remained my memory for a long time. The scene is about a gun battle in 1967 between liberals and conservatives in Macondo
دال میں کچھ کالا یا پوری دال ہی کالی ؟: ایک عجیب و غریب واقعہ جو ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان میں پیش آچکا ہے جہاں پر 150 لوگ چار گھنٹے شہر کے اندر، جیل کے اردگرد باردوی سرنگیں بچھا کر، بڑے ہتھیار سے مسلح ہوکر حملہ آور ہوتے ہيں اور
Shia leader, son killed in Rahim Yar Khan – by Kashif Zafar: Pakistani Shia Muslims carry the coffins of relatives during a mass burial ceremony in Quetta on February 20, 2013. PHOTO: AFP/FILE BAHAWALPUR: The Shia Council’s Divisional President Sheikh Manzoor Hussain and his younger son Haider Ali were killed as a
Pakistan’s Sectarian Meltdown – by Michael Kugelman: Last month, militants murdered nine foreign mountain climbers at a base camp on Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat peak. Many observers noted that it was the first attack of its kind. But in fact, one aspect of the attack—which received little
Carnage in Kurram – by Dr Mohammad Taqi: The Pakistani security establishment needs to take a long and hard look to see how many Adnan Rashids are still hiding among its ranks Two synchronised bomb attacks wreaked havoc in the heart of Parachinar in the Kurram Agency
No sanctuary for Pakistan’s Shia Muslims – by Aakar Patel: Source: Adapted from Hindustan Times with minor editing and additional information Attacks against the Shia Muslims of Pakistan are now so frequent and so normal that they are seen in run rate terms. Last Friday (26 July 2013), after
Sunnis not our brethren, but our souls: Ayatollah Sistani: Editor’s note: We are cross posting this blog so that the Sunni Ulema of Pakistan such as Deoband might issue similar Fatwas about the Shia Muslims facing Genocide at the hands of Deobandi terrorists. Ayatollah Sistani could simply have
Who were the suicide bombers in Parachinar and Quetta?: Pictures of two suicide bombers have been released by local sources in Quetta and Parachinar. In Parachinar, Deobandi militants of Sipah Sahaba (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat ASWJ-Taliban) killed at least 75 Shia Muslims on 26