Taliban & TTP Archive

Children of a lesser god : Prof Sibte Jafar – by Abbas Nasir: A college principal, Prof Sibte Jafar, who was riding home on a rickety motorcycle, was slowing down at a speed breaker when waiting (Takfiri deobandi) killers fired at him. His grievous injuries took his life probably even before the

Pakistan military’s half hearted war against terrorism – by Ali Lahori: Dawn, Pakistan’s English Daily, recently reported a news item with the headline “Decision at top brass meeting: War on Terror will go on: Says Military” http://dawn.com/2013/03/20/decision-at-top-brass-meeting-war-on-terror-will-go-on-says-military/. The title, the picture, and the content of the news item were hilarious. Here is

One can accuse Imran Khan of stupidity but not of dishonesty – by A Z: I have nothing in common with Imran’s politics. He is a right wing politician with religious leanings, who does not believe in the separation of religion and statecraft, and was a Taliban apologist not very long ago. Also he

دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کاعافیہ صدیقی سے کیا رشتہ ہے ؟ — از حق گو: اٹھارہ مارچ کو پشاور عدالتی کمپلیکس پر ہونے والے حملے میں تحریک طالبان پاکستان کے عافیہ صدیقی گروپ نے نا صرف خواتین پرحملہ کیا بلکہ ایک خاتون جج بہت مشکل سے اپنی جان بچا پا یں ،حیران کن بات

PPP leads the march of folly – by A Z: I am sorry to have borrowed Barbara Tuchman’s axiom in a much lesser context. There has been much talk recently about PMLN’s overt or covert electoral accommodation of ASWJ. However, deplorable as it may be, it does not really

Shia Muslims of Karachi mourn university teacher’s murder by Deobandi militants of ASWJ-LeJ: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:31AM GMT “Murder of Urdu literature” as many here put it, Professor Syed Sibt-e-Jaffar Zaidi was a renowned Shia Scholar, poet and academic who was gunned down in Karachi by Deobandi Militans of ASWJ-LEJ

This is not about Shia or Sunni but barbarians hijacking our religion and our country — by Beena Sarwar: Students and professionals in the Boston area organised a well-attended vigil on Friday evening in solidarity with Pakistan’s Shia Muslims and in protest against the ongoing target killings. A heavy snowstorm cleared up hours before the candlelight

Xenophobia, internal-racism deadly combo — by Andaleeb Rizvi: OMG, I went to Pakistan and it is so dangerous. Agreed! It is impossible to live there as a liberal/secular person. Excuse me? I have been living here as a liberal, atheist whatever for the past 5 years at

A dying society: The more I read from young Pakistanis on social media, the more I wonder how in the world they did this to us. Such inability to think critically is not easy to acquire, and yet countless have acquired it.

Lincoln for Pakistan’s President – by Ali Lahori: The Oscar winning movie “Lincoln” will soon be available on video. This awesome movie is about one of the greatest presidents of the United States of America. It is also about a president whose fundamental challenge was not international

Forensic report: Deobandi militant of ASWJ-Taliban involved in Parveen Rahman’s murder: By Faraz Khan Published: March 19, 2013 KARACHI: Ballistics have matched the weapon used to kill Orangi Pilot Project director Perween Rahman to that said to be found on a suspected Tehreek-i-Taliban commander’s aide in Manghopir. The Sindh forensics

Pakistani voters must reject those parties and candidates that have ties with ASWJ-LeJ terrorists: Editor’s note: Voting is a very important decision. LUBP urges its readers to encourage moderate Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and all other communities to collectively vote against those parties and candidates that have any ties with or support of Takfiri

درویش استاد سبط جعفر دیوبندی دہشت گردوں کے ہاتھوں شہید: پوری پاکستانی قوم بلخصوص پاکستانی شیعہ مکتبہ فکر ، دیوبندی دہشت گردوں اہل سنت ول جماعت جس کا پرانا نام سپاہ صحابہ تھا کےہاتھوں ایک اور بہت بڑے سانحے سے گزر رہے ہیں مشہور شاعر،ادیب اور دانشور سید سبط جعفر

Sharifs want to ride two boats while Ludhianvi fears sinking ship — by Xain Gardezi: Politics is a strange phenomenon to say the least. Arch rivals may suddenly find blood brothers among themselves and old friends can be used a scapegoat fairly easily to let rot. It is of course no surprise than that

لشکر جھنگوی کے دہشت گرد قاری عبدالحئی دیوبندی کی گرفتاری – از حق گو: گزشتہ روز کراچی میں قانون نافذ کرنے والے اداروں کی طرف سے خفیہ اطلا ع پر ہونے والی کاروائی میں لشکر جھنگوی کے سابق صوبائی امیر کی گرفتاری کی خبریں سامنے آرہی ہیں قاری عبدالحئی دیوبندی عرف اسد اللہ بہت سے

Pakistan’s real image – by Saroop Ijaz: The local police told the inhabitants of Joseph Colony, Badami Bagh, to evacuate their houses as they were going to be attacked the next day. This is shocking incompetence or perhaps complicity, even by our

Talks with Taliban always proved disastrous – by Farhat Taj: ‘Imran Khan’s discourse on the tribal-Taliban connection is so ridiculously wrong that it does not deserve serious attention. Even the Taliban do not take Imran Khan seriously,’ says Dr. Farhat Taj in an interview with Viewpoint. Author of

Sipah-e-Sahaba Taliban wrecking mothers’ lives – by AZ: As the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP aka ASWJ-LeJ) and Taliban (TTP) continue to bring annihilation to it and slaughter courses through its districts, Pakistan wails in desolation on the breath of hate. Cradle of an old and proud civilization, it

Pakistan to be Rwanda: Through Ahmed Ludhianvi, Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi’s call for Shia holocaust – by Mahpara Qalandar: Editor’s note: I am at great pain to publish this article. I have always had great regard for Raza Rumi and Najam Sethi. This interview with Ahmed Lidhanvi Deobandi has no news value whatsoever. It does not cross-question any

Takfir: recipe for ‘Halal’ genocide – by Andaleeb Rizvi: Be it Gilgit, Quetta, Parachinar, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad, the poison is spreading with no end in sight. For how long till it boils over and burns each and everything is anybody’s guess We live in a cauldron of sectarian

گستاخ کون؟ – از حق گو: گستاخ کون؟ لکھتے وقت تو مجھے بھی یہی محسوس ہو رہا ہے کے میں بھی اس طرح کی تحریر لکھ کے گستاخی کر رہا ہو. نہیں..ہرگز نہیں..رسول پاک (ص) کی شان میں ہرگز نہیں. مگر ان لوگوں کو میری

شیخ وقاص کا نواز لیگ میں جانا اور لدھیانوی کا بیچ چوراہے میں سانجھے کی ہنڈیا پھوڑنا– از حق گو: آخر بلی تھیلے سے باہر آ ہی گیی وہ ہوا جو کسی نے سوچا نہیں تھا شیخ وقاص اکرم کے نواز لیگ میں جانے کا دور دور تک کوئی امکان نہیں تھا..موصوف اپنی ہر محفل میں نواز لیگ پر دہشت

Deobandi militants of ASWJ-LeJ killed Parveen Rehman: AHRC Report: ASWJ/LeJ have turned Pakistan into a mad country: Asian Human Rights Commission’s statement on Parveen Rehman’s assassination PAKISTAN: The Country has gone Mad, No Doubt When a small lady weighing hardly 60 kilograms working for the betterment of poor

Iranian parliament to study massacre of Shia Muslims in Pakistan: Iranian Parliamentary Commission will study Pakistani issues and massacre of Shia Muslims tomorrow in presence of Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi, Member of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said on Tuesday.Mohammad-Hassan Asafari said that in the Commission will inquire

Why I stand with the Shias – by Amber Darr: “No man is an island, Entire of itself … Each man’s death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know, For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.” — John Donne, Meditations XVII

How well-meaning but naïve journalists create false Shia-Sunni binary – by Mahpara Qalander: I am not going to talk about Yazidi Shia journalists like Ejaz Haider, Shakir Hussain and Nasim Zehra, or Yazidi-Salafists like Ansar Abbasi, Irfan Sidiqqui, Mosharraf Zaidi and Najam Sethi who have spent better part of their lives spreading

Najam Sethi and others continue to obfuscate the truth while nearly 200 Christian homes burn – by Ali Taj: Leading anchors of the Pakistan media continue to obfuscate the truth while homes burn and people loose lives and property. The narrative built by Mr. Sethi and others is: 1) This is a conspiracy to grab valuable land of Joseph

Ethan Casey all praise to you for protecting the killers, ASWJ-LEJ-TTP, by not naming them – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: I must commend Good Liberal Ethan Casey for not mentioned ASWJ-LeJ-TTP even once in his article on Pakistani Christains. As for muslims in America, everyone knows how fearful they are of their lives there. In New York City

ایران،سعودی عرب،امریکا اور پاکستان – از حق گو: . پاکستان میں ہر گزرتے دن کے ساتھ یہ تاثر زورپکڑتا جا رہا ہے کے پاکستان میں ہونے والی شیعہ نسل کشی ایران اور سعودی عرب کی پراکسی وار ہے…اس تاثر کو تقویت دیتے ہیں وہ لوگ جو خود اس

Malik Ishaq Deobandi vs Ahmed Ludhianvi Deobandi – by Zain Gardezi: The cat is out of the bag. As Pakistan approaches loser to its general elections date, not only are we going to see some interesting developments in the mainstream parties, but the divisions among the political factions of terrorist

Laal’s “All Fronts Strategy” to fight extremism – by Taimur Rehman: First and foremost, our strategy should be one of attacking on all fronts simultaneously. In the battle against extremism, there is no magic bullet, no single weapon that will give us victory. We must employ,

Road to death in Pakistan goes via Raiwind – by Mahpara Qalandar: Who lead the mob which burnt down the entire Christian neighborhood of Badami Bagh in Lahore on 9 March 2013? The answer: (i) Riaz Malik, a PML-N leader who is a member of our national parliament and (ii)

Pakistan: Sinking State – Analysis – by Ajit Kumar Singh: In a development heavy with irony, on March 7, 2013, Pakistan’s Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani – who effectively oversees all internal and external security dispensations in the country, notwithstanding the visible pretence of a ‘civilian’ and ‘democratically

مذاکرات مگر کس سے؟ -از سید فرخ عبّاس: ان سے جنہوں نے بانی پاکستان کو کافر کہا؟ ان سے جنہوں نے پاکستان کا دستور کو حرام کہا؟ پاکستانی قوم کی آنکھوں کی تارا عدلیہ کو غیر شرعی کہا؟ ان سے جنہوں نے آیین پاکستان کو غیر اسلامی

Omar Waraich should not recycle establishment’s narrative on #ShiaGenocide: Editors note: We are cross posting a fine blog piece by Omar Waraich. It is on point except where Omar Waraich seems to be consuming the establishment narrative of hiding behind politicians to take action. One should ask the

Consent and coercion in ‘Takfiristan’ — by Dr Mohammad Taqi: Both urbicide and ghettoisation of the Shia, especially that of the Shia Hazara in Quetta, remain underway in Pakistan as the politicians smoke the peace pipe with the Taliban/LeJ/ASWJ After the assassination of its brave leader Bashir Bilour, the

For more than 2 years, VC of Islamia College University is held hostage by Takfiri Deobandi militants (Taliban-ASWJ): مغوی وائس چانسلر کی نئی ویڈیو جاری پاکستان کے صوبے خیبر پختونخوا کے دار الحکومت پشاور میں واقع اسلامیہ کالج یونیورسٹی کے سابق وائس چانسلر ڈاکٹر اجمل خان کے اغوا کو ڈھائی سال پورے ہونے پر ان کی پانچویں

Hold your breath, Shias of Pakistan: Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is in Karachi again! – by Mahpara Qalander: In 2009, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry visited the Karachi jail where he held his court and took a personal look at the prisoners. The result was that he set free 92 terrorists belonging to the ASWJ/LeJ. In his order he

Sow hate, reap terrorism: an appreciation of Shezad Roy’s courage – by A Z: I found it encouraging to see Pakistan’s famous singer, Shehzad Roy, talking publicly against the hate content in the country’s text books. The uproar against Mr Roy from the Islamist and the right wing lobbies, including political parties, is