Taliban & TTP Archive
افتخار چودھری اور دہشت گردوں کا گٹھ جوڑ – از حق گو: بنوں جیل سے شرو ع ہونے والا قصہ ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان جیل تک جا پہنچا اور ابھی تک اس سلسلے کے خاتمے کے لئے اٹھاے جانے والے اقدامات نظر نہیں آرہے – تقریباً تین سو خطر ناک دہشت گردوں
#ShiaGenocide is a reality, not just a ‘fab’ Twitter trend – by Alizeh Khaleeli: It means taking one life away and leaving a few hundred near death. PHOTO: EXPRESS Another sectarian attack in Parachinar. The infamous hashtag Shia Genocide, however, only lasts momentarily on Twitter before being taken over by more worthy trends
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
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
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
We must face our demons – by Kamran Shafi: The writer is a columnist, a former major of the Pakistan Army and served as press secretary to Benazir Bhutto [email protected] It is quite incredible that though we are in our late-ish sixties, both our country and its people
Is There a Religiously Designated Islamic Political System? by A Z: While political movements that function in the name of religion have been a world phenomenon for centuries, in the modern age it is only Islam that, in the recent times, has become associated with radical fundamentalism in an essentialist
شام میں حضرت عمار یاسر اور حضرت اویس قرنی کے روضوں پر حملہ: شام میں سرگرم سعودی نواز تکفیری وہابی دھشتگردوں نے پیغمبر اسلام (ص) اور حضرت علی (ع) کے جلیل القدر صحابی حضرت عمار یاسر اور حضرت اویس قرنی کے روضوں پر راکٹوں سے حملہ کیا ہے۔ شام میں تکفیری دھشتگردوں
Taliban’s attack on D.I.Khan prison was not possible without Pakistan army’s connivance: Related post (in Urdu): ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان جیل پر تکفیری دیوبندیوں کا حملہ اور پاکستانی فوج کا کردار Media and insider reports from Dera Ismail Khan confirm that the jailbreak (29 July) and the subsequent safe transfer of Taliban
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
ہائے اس زود پشیمان کا پشیمان ہونا: ڈیرہ جیل پر حملہ اور ہماری بے بسی – از اجمل جامی: ارادہ تو یہ تھا کہ ممنون و مشکورنو منتخب صدر کے حوالے سے کچھ معلومات قارئین تک پہنچائی جاتیں۔ اور پھرپنجاب کے متوقع گورنر جناب چوہدری سرور بارے بھی کچھ ‘شگوفے’ بکھیرے جاتے لیکن ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان میں جیل
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
Pakistan chooses next President after jailbreak underscores threats – by Declan Walsh: LONDON — The troubling gap between politics and governance in Pakistan came into stark relief on Tuesday, when lawmakers elected the country’s 12th president just hours after Deobandi Taliban militants (along with Sipah Sahaba aka Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) shot their way
Attacks on Pakistan’s Minorities: Jan 2012 – Jun 2013 – by Omar Waraich: Last Friday, hundreds of shoppers were gathered in Parachinar’s main bazaar. In this main town of Pakistan’s Kurram tribal agency, located along the Afghan border, the local residents were buying food items for the looming evening Ramadan meal,
Jinnah’s Pakistan Or Taliban’s Pakistan By Faisal Mahmood: On 11 August 1947 Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah addressed to the members of Pakistan Constuituent Assembly.In that address Jinnah Said ,“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go
D.I. Khan Jailbreak: Pakistani media blacks out cold-blooded murder of Shia inmates – by Mahpara Qalandar: The latest jailbreak by the Taliban took place on 29 July in which they helped escape around 250 criminals, most of them their fellow terrorists. That there was prior intelligence of the Taliban attack but the authorities did nothing
Is This The Pakistan That Jinnah Wanted ? – Pakistani Meem: Pakistan came into being on 14th August, 1947, it was a dream come true, the Muslims were jubilant to secure a separate homeland for themselves where they would be free from the subjugation of a majority, Pakistan was created
Ahmadi Soldier killed in line of duty buried with full military honours in Rabwah: An Ahmadi SOLDIER who died fighting the Taliban in the Tirah Valley was buried in Rabwah with full military honors. Qaiser Naveed Bhatti, 24 of Chak 23 District Nankana died in a firefight with the the Taliban in Tirah
Truth about Saudi imams that PML-N, ISI, Supreme Court and media do not want you to know: Author: Mahpara Qalandar The explanation given by Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, the President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, about sending Saudi imams to Pakistan is, “to promote ties between the two countries. He said that King Abdullah
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
In denial on Abbottabad – Farahnaz Ispahani: The leaked report of the panel set up to look into the 2011 Osama bin Laden incident in Pakistan skips many hard questions including how the nation came to acquire a jihadi mindset Hours after U.S. Navy SEALs found
Recent attack on ISI office in Sukkur – by Nasir Dharejo: The ISI office is situated in a highly sensitive and protected area, the question is that, How a truck full of explosive could be able to penetrate such a secure location? General security to public is District Administration’s responsibility
Will CJ Abu Arsalan continue to support ASWJ? – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Will Abu Arsalan and Chacha Supremes of Holy Judicial Empire continue to support their allies of ASWJ aka LeJ aka SSP aka Swad-e-Azam? Will LeJ continue to get positive coverage in The Friday Times? Surely, the admission of guilt
صحابہ عمار بن یاسر اور حجربن عدی کے مزارات کو تباہ کرنے کے بعد شام میں وہابی دہشت گردوں نے خالد بن ولید کی قبر کو تباہ کر دیا: شام میں شہر حمص میں حضرت خالد بن ولید (رض)، کی مسجد اور مقبرے پر تکفیری وہابی دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کی طرف سے حملے کے ایک تازہ ترین فوٹیج ہے. خالد بن ولید نے فوجی خدمات سے ریٹائرمنٹ
Al-Qaeda-linked extremists hold 200 Kurdish civilians hostage as ‘live shield’ in Syria: Al-Qaeda-linked extremists have taken and continue to hold hostage about 200 Kurdish civilians, including women and children, using them as live shields in north-eastern Syria, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has stated. Civilians remain hostage after Syrian Kurds clashed with
How Taliban brought new terror to Pakistan’s Killer Mountain – by Jason Burke: Pakistani air force officers carry a coffin of one of the climbers killed by a Taliban faction on Nanga Parbat in June. Photograph: MD Nadeem/EPA The sun had long gone down. Sher Khan, a Pakistani climber on his
A Perspective on Muslims’ Current Situation – by A Z: Today’s Islamic extremism cannot be mistaken as the revolt of the cast out. . More than inspiring piety or dictating individual conduct it is about gaining control and power. Religion must be viewed as a powerful tool to
ایم کیو ایم پر بم دھماکوں میں ملوث سپاہ صحابہ کا دہشتگرد عدالت سے فرار: گزشتہ دنوں کراچی کی مقامی عدالت سے “غلام اسحاق” نامی ایک قیدی فرار ہوگیا تھا یہ قیدی کوئی اور نہیں بلکہ تکفیری دیوبندی کے عسکری ونگ سپاہ صحابہ کا انتہائی خطرناک دہشتگرد ہے جو الیکشن مہم کے دوران کراچی
LUBP Exclusive: Proposed Counter Terrorism Strategy of Pakistan – July 2013: LAHORE: The Centre for Peace and Security Studies (CPSS) has proposed changes in the National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NCTS) and sent its draft proposals to the premier and the interior minister, The Express Tribune has learnt. The proposed strategy
Sayyeda Zainab’s tomb attacked by Syria rebels, Al Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban – by Rusty Walker: The attack on Sayyeda Zainab’s (A.S.) mausoleum, in the Syrian capital, Damascus, is an instance of the Takfiri Deobandis from Pakistan partnering with Wahhabis and Salafis to form the Global Al- Qaeda that is unwittingly backed by NATO and
Why is there silence?: I read these words by a dear friend today while checking my Facebook. And these words touched my heart. کل تک قرآن کی بے حرمتی پر شور مچانے والے مسلمان آج قرآن کی وارث بی بی زینب (ع) کے
LUBP exclusive: “Sever ties with Taliban”, Benazir Bhutto advised Pakistan in 1998: Dear readers, I would like to share with you Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s important and private letter which she had sent to me in 2002 with regards to Afghanistan. The message helps us understand BB’s thinking and policy towards Afghanistan.
40 government employees in Rawalpindi have links to banned terrorist groups – Dawn’s report: Despite being put on the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) watch list, 40 individuals having links to outlawed organisations (of Takfiri Deobandis and Wahhabis) are working in different government departments in the Rawalpindi division. This was disclosed in an intelligence report
America’s naked ambition – by Seema Mustafa: The writer is a consulting editor with The Statesman and writes for several newspapers in India The Americans are finding that it is not easy to conquer the world. Military power and diplomatic machinations can work only to a
ISI: Failing state within a state? – by Nadeem Saeed: “The ISI, no wonder, has lost control over both violent jihadi militant extremists on the one hand and the CIA special operatives on the other”, this startling observation about Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency is made in a leaked
Leaving it to Allah: Editors note: We are cross posting a courageous letter to the Taliban by Mohammed Hanif. Mr. Hanif should delve deeper into why the religious nut bags shoot a child in the face and then wish to leave it to
Pakistani intellectual terrorism – by Anas Abbas: While the world was acknowledging Malala Yusufzai’s courage and applauding her commitment to education, Pakistan remained apathetic mainly because it was busy celebrating Ramazan in a holier than thou spirit, or was in a state of jubilation at the
Allegations against Malala and our escapism – by A Z: Yesterday I wrote a piece named “Malala and our Hypocrisy” and brought a lot of thunder upon myself, mainly in the form of Facebook messages.. Also if you go to the Facebook pages ‘The Fans of Truth’ or
Malala and our hypocrisy – by A Z: We are ready to judge Malala even before she has done something wrong and not willing to judge Taliban even after they have killed tens of thousands. Why? To me, this ‘why’ is nonsensical. What else can one expect?