Death anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan being celebrated today (August 16):     Lahore, Pakistan: Death anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan being celebrated today (August 16). Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died on August 1997 due to kidney failure and an era of Qawwali and mystic music was buried with

تعمیر پاکستان رپورٹ: لاکھوں افراد کےساتھ ڈاکٹر قادری کا انقلاب مارچ بین الاقوامی میڈیا کی نظر میں: پاکستانی اور بین الاقوامی میڈیا کے مطابق وزیر اعظم نواز شریف کی حکومت کے خلاف ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کے انقلاب مارچ اور عمران خان کے آزادی مارچ میں لاکھوں لوگ شریک ہیں – خفیہ اداروں کی رپورٹس کے مطابق

Have we misunderstood the threat from ISIS? – by Professor Gareth Stansfield,: Christian men forced circumcised in Mosul Having sent special forces to assess the humanitarian threat from ISIS in the Sinjar Mountains, the United States now says situation was not as bad as feared. But this assessment ignores the existential

Deobandi TTP outfit claims responsibility for attack on airbases in Quetta – by Syed Ali Shah:   QUETTA: The Ghalib Mehsud faction of the outlawed Takfiri Deobandi Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack on the Samungli and Khalid airbases in Quetta in which 12 militants were killed by security forces. Ghalib Mehsud is the

Syria crisis: British rapper turned Isis fighter posts image of himself holding severed head:   A successful British rapper who left his west London home to join Isis in Syria is reported to have posted a photograph of himself holding a severed head on Twitter. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 23, reportedly uploaded the image

عمران خان، طاہرالقادری اور موجودہ نظام – از عمار کاظمی: گو کہ علامہ ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کا انقلابی ایجنڈا کافی وضاحت طلب ہے مگروہ عمران خان کے ایک یا دو نکاتی ایجنڈا سے زیادہ بہتر محسوس ہوتا ہے۔ مثال کے طور پر عمران خان کا سارا فوکس دھاندلی، صاف

نواز لیگی وزرا کی رشوت ستانیاں اور کالعدم تکفیری تنظیموں کی سرپرستی: کل شام سے پاکستانی میڈیا پر نواز لیگی ایم پی اے اور پنجاب کے وزیر قانون و انصاف رانا مشہود جو کہ ایک زمانے میں لشکر جھنگوی نامی کالعدم تکفیری دیوبندی گروہ کے سرگرم ممبر بھی رہ چکے ہیں

Noora Judiciary Must Go – by Insaafian: If Pakistan and Democracy is to be saved, Noora League aka PML N must go.  As an Insaafian, I have compiled a list of demands that should be considered by Chairman Imran Khan when he reaches Islamabad.  Despite PML

Wahabi/Deobandi students hand out Isis leaflets on Oxford Street in attempt to get British Muslims to join jihad:   Police were today probing leaflets handed out in the West End by radical students encouraging British Muslims to join the Islamic State (Isis). Dozens of the leaflets were circulated on Oxford Street last night saying it is the

IS emerges from radical Wahabi/Deobandi Islamic jurisprudence – by Shukur Khilkhal:   The Islamic State (IS) did not originate from barbaric communities or prehistoric peoples. In fact, instead it is a fundamentalist Islamic group stemming from the core of radical Islamic jurisprudence. The organization adheres literally to the fatwas and

Slaughter of Iraqi Yazidis? Why should we care? by Rusty Walker:                   Why should we care about the Yazidis? And, who are they? Yazidis in Iraq are in danger of genocide by the “Islamic State,” i.e., the Islamic State of Iraq and

Mayhem in Mesopotamia: A mess of extremist Salafi Deobandi hatred – by Agha Jafri:   What began in Syria during the spring of 2011 as a simple uprising by a few so-called rebels has blossomed into a brazen and bloody movement led by the Salafi cabal, housed in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait  and

Inqilab March: Ayaz Amir appreciates Sunni Sufi, Barelvi and Shia alliance against Takfiri Deobandis – by Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Ayaz Amir has deserted the Good Liberal Club of Pakistan. In this club, membership privileges are based on one’s ability to suck up to other liberals. Being a Good Liberal means never having to develop your own thinking but

Hajjaji Pontificates on the Political Situation in Al-Bunjab – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji:   Imran Khan is aligned with anti-Taliban Sunni Barelvi Tahir ul Qadri while Mian Nawaz Sharif is aligned with Pro Taliban Deobandis Ludhianvi, Malik Ishaq and Tahir Ashrafi. Imran Khan listens to General Raheel while Mian Nawaz Sharif thinks

How does the “Sunni vs Shia” prism explain the Genocide of Christians and Yazdis by Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji:     Those were the days when ISIS was known by a different set of vowels and consonants like FSA. Back then they were just chewing on Shia livers, massacring Christians and attacking Sunni Kurds. Who would have thought

عمران خان اور طاہر القادری کا مقابلہ کرنا نواز شریف کے بس کی بات نہیں -از ارشاد عارف:           Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/aug2014-daily/12-08-2014/col13.htm  

If the Nobel Peace Prize can be handed to Obama, why not hand it to the Israeli Defence Force? – by Robert Fisk:   Now I know that the Israeli Defence Forces are famous in song and legend. Humanitarian, courageous, self-sacrificing, restrained, willing to give their own lives for the innocents among their enemies, etc, etc. Leon Uris’s Exodus – a racist,

The Real Dilemma for Pakistan in this Moment – by A Z: A rare good Asif Zardari did was to show us that Tahir ul Qadri, for all his rabble-rousing, is of no real consequence. Come the PMLN and this self-serving demagogue is turned into a monster. His innocent followers were

Iraq crisis: West’s ‘mandate’ limited by national borders – and don’t dare mention oil – by Robert Fisk: In the Middle East, the first shots of every war define the narrative we all dutifully follow. So too, this greatest crisis since the last greatest crisis in Iraq. Christians fleeing for their lives? Save them. Yazidis starving on

Crisis in the Middle East: The end of a country, and the start of a new dark age – by Patrick Cockburn: Iraq has disintegrated. Little is exchanged between its three great communities – Shia, Sunni and Kurd – except gunfire. The outside world hopes that a more inclusive government will change this but it is probably too late. The main