Arsalan Iftikhar, Tahir ul Qadri and Noora Democracy – by Riaz Malik Al Hajjaji: Congratulations to Honda Civic Society (aka civil society) and Sipah-e-Sahaba (aka ASWJ-LeJ) in their joint struggle to restore Grade 22 bureaucrat PCO Judge Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. The Liars, ooops, Lawyers movement has finally borne fruit! “Doctor” Arsalan Ibne Iftikhar,

Hajjaji’s tribute to Benazir Bhutto – by Riaz Malik al-Hajjaji: Once was a Hommie named Zia. He was a badass Mujahid. His Bro was General Akhtar and his Ho was Farhat Hashmi He pimped his reign with dollars and make the country crack In stepped Pinkie to take it

10 Myths about the Crisis in Iraq:   The ongoing Iraq crisis has upended many assumptions about Iraq and US policy in the Arab East (al-mashriq) and Persian Gulf. Unfortunately Western media reporting is filled with much erroneous information on the crisis. Sectarian politicians, who seek

Saudi Foreign Minister slams ISIS while billions from Saudi are funding Al Qaeda style groups: Editor’s note: It should not be any surprise that Saudis are “officially” denying and condemning ISIS Salafi Deobandi terrorists. This is much like Zia ul Haq denying any role in Afghan Jihad. The Saudi statement is as much as

نواز لیگ کی ایما پر بریلوی قتل عام اور نسیم زہرہ کا جعد ا بنت اشعت والا کردار- از حسن قادری: منہاج القرآن انٹرنیشنل پر لشکر جھنگوی اور پنجاب پولیس کے مشترکہ حملے کے بعد میڈیا میں لاہور کے ایک بد معاش گلو بٹ کا تذکرہ نہایت زور و شور کے ساتھ کیا جا رہا ہے لیکن میڈیا اور میڈیا

Media discourse on Deobandi terrorism 6-22 June 2014: Book Review: The Pashtun Question by Abubakar Siddique By Ayesha Chugh First Post 21 June In his book, Siddique includes an interview with a former Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil. Through Muttawakil’s story, Siddique demonstrates how many impoverished

Eyewiteness account: Punjab CM Shahbaz used ASWJ terrorists to massacre Sunni Barelvis in Lahore: Lahore (20 June): According to eywtiness accounts, cooroborated by media report and intelligence reports, it has been revealed that the Punjab Government, led by CM Shahbaz Sharif, unleashed ASWJ (previously SSP-LeJ) militants to massacre Sunni Barelvi followers of Dr

The Saudi Minister of Human Rights is ironically a genocidal maniac: The Saudi Minister of Human Rights is a bigot. He is also someone who wants the world to be rid of Shia’s, Jews and Christians. There are churches that are being burnt down in Iraq by the Saudi funded

نواز شریف کہتے ہیں -آبیل مجھے مار – از عامر حسینی: پیمرا نے گذشتہ رات گئے اچانک ایک نجی ٹی وی چینل اے آر وائی نیوز کا لائسنس 15 روز کے لیے معطل اور اس پر ایک کروڑ روپیہ جرمانہ عائد کیا ہے اور وجہ یہ بتائی ہے کہ اس

Enough – by Arif Ahmad:     Done and dusted Left for dead We are back up on our feet Kicking, fighting Showing our resolve, our grit That stuff we are made of And the oomph we got left Besides our lingering fears Beyond

Secular Sectarians: LUBP editor’s note: Ever wondered why secular, pro-human rights and liberal groups and activists in Pakitan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere are silent or vague on persecution of Sunni Sufi, Barelvi and Shia Muslims? Every

British Sunnis declare Jihad against Shia PM David Cameron – by Riaz Malik al Hajjaji: (Inspired by the false Sunni-Shia discourse used by BBC, CNN and other Western media to obfuscate and justify the Saudi-Qatari backed Salafi-Wahabi and Deobandi terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere) https://lubpak.com/archives/315313 The “sectarian” Government of David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth has

لاہور میں منہاج القران کے کارکنوں اور ایم کیو ایم کی رکن قومی اسمبلی طاہرہ آصف کا قتل شہباز حکومت کی نگرانی میں کالعدم تنظیم نے کیا – خفیہ ادارے: خفیہ اداروں کی مرتب کردہ رپورٹس کا مطابق لاہور میں ڈاکٹر طاہر القادری کے چودہ کارکنوں کے قتل میں ایک کالعدم دیوبندی دہشت گرد تنظیم سپاہ صحابہ المعروف اہلسنت والجماعت کے مسلح افراد پولیس کے ہمراہ پر امن سنی

اداریہ: پاکستان کو دوسرا سعودی عرب بنانے کے لیے نواز شہباز نے ساری کشتیاں جلاڈالیں، تخت یا تختہ پروگرام شروع: مسلم لیگ نواز کی حکومت دیوبندی وہابی فاشزم اور ریاستی دھشت گردی کے سہارے پاکستان میں عمومی طور پر اور پنجاب میں خصوصی طور پر اپنی شخصی آمریت اور اقرباء پرور سرمایہ داری کو مستحکم کرنے کے لیے جو

Karbala e Quetta and Shia News Facebook Pages Blocked by PTA while Taliban pages continue to spew hate: Editor’s note: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/world/asia/pakistan-facebook-blocked-users-from-political-pages-and-outspoken-rock-band-laal-against-taliban-.html According to this New York Times article, Facebook has been blocking many “left-wing” pages in Pakistan. This fundamentally goes against the principles of free speech. Peaceful Facebook pages are being blocked whereas ones that are pro Taliban

شریف حکومت کے مظالم اور انتہا پسندوں سے گٹھہ جوڑ:  آمر جنرل محمد ضیا ء الحق کے دورِسیاہ نے معاشرے میں نسلی مذہبی تعصبات اور منافرت کے ایسے بیج بوئے کہ دو دہائی کے بعد بھی پاکستانی معاشرہ اُس سے نکل نہیں پایا. آمر جنرل محمد ضیا ء الحق

Hateful ideology of ASWJ is a million miles away from the beliefs of peaceful Sunnis – by Anjum Kiani: The hateful ideology of LEJ and ASWJ political party is a million miles away from the beliefs of peaceful Sufi Sunni Aile Sunnah Wal Jammah. ASWJ political (militant) party is using the name of Aile ‘Sunnah Wal Jammah’ to

Iraq government slams Saudi Arabia for creating false Sunni-Shia sectarian tensions and enabling Salafi-led genocide in Iraq:   Baghdad slams Saudi Arabia for ‘encouraging genocide’ in Iraq The Iraqi government says that it holds Saudi Arabia “responsible” for the current crisis and has blamed Riyadh for encouraging “genocide” in the country through the backing of Sunni

London: Iraq’s Sunni and Shia Muslims demonstrate against BBC’s sectarian coverage of Iraq crisis:   A group of Iraqis have staged a demonstration in the British capital, London, to express their anger at the inflammatory and sectarian reporting of events in the Arab country by the state-run British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Press TV

Sectarian motives of the massacre of Tahir-ul-Qadri’s followers in Lahore must not be obfuscated: The massacre of peaceful Sunni Barelvis/Sufis in Model Town Lahore raises several questions about human rights violations and state brutality by the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif under the direction of PM Nawaz Sharif and it