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Welcome to New Pakistan! -by Sidq Maqaal: (This piece is written as a sequel to “Articles 62/63 or Fundamentalism On The March?” by A Z https://lubpak.com/archives/257673) Waqas Akram, Abida Hussain, Faysal Saleh Hayat, Jamshed Dasti, and Ayaz Amir have been among those disqualified. MQM is being
طالب زدہ – قسط ١: میری سمجھ میں نہیں آ رہا کہ میں کیا لکھوں ؟کہاں سے شروع کروں؟کیسے شروع کروں؟کیا،کہاں اور کیسے لکھوں؟ کیونکہ آج تک کسی بھی حوالے سے کوئی بھی چیز کسی طور بھی ذاتی حیثیت سے نہیں لکھی لیکن بہرحال آغاز
An open letter to The Honorable Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan – by Ali Asad: The Honourable Chief Election Commissioner Pakistan I hereby attaching two decisions of The Supreme Court of Pakistan. One of them is the decision of 5 judges of SCP acquitting Mian Nawaz Sharif in plane hijacking and Helicopter ownership case.
In defence of Musarrat Shaheen: اک جہانِ حیرت ہے جو ہمارے اردگرد پھیلا ہوا ہے، پاکستان کی اعلٰی عدلیہ نے بزعمِ خود سیاسی نظام کی سرپرستانہ رہنمائی کا بیڑا اُٹھایا الیکشن کمیشن پر جائزوناجائزدباوَ ڈال کر انتخابی عمل میں شریک کار بلکہ مختار کار
٦٢- ٦٣ اور صادق الامین – ١: مداری، جادوگر، یا سرکس میں تماشے دکھانے والے، ان سب کے لئے یہ ضروری ہوتا ہے کہ نت نئے تماشے بناتے رہیں ورنہ خدشہ یہ رہتا ہے کہ دیکھنے والے وہی پرانے تماشے روز دیکھ دیکھ کر بور ہو
Articles 62/63 in action or fundamentalism on the march?: If the ECP’s lowly functionaries are left free to enforce their biases then Pakistan’s parliamentary elections scheduled for May 11, 2013, will be grossly unfair because of arbitrary disqualifications of candidates. This too at a time when the stakes
Return of the Mensis Horribilis: PTI’s Intra-party Elections: Shireen Mazari’s opportunist return to the party fold Intra-party elections weaken party unity, defections imminent Internally elected party leaders ignored in allocation of party tickets Last year, the Let Us Build Pakistan blog had catalogued a series
نگران وزیر اعلی نجم سیٹھی کی معروف دیوبندی عالم طاہر اشرفی سے خصوصی ملاقات: صوبہ پنجاب کے نگران وزیر اعلی اور دی فرائڈے ٹائمز (اخبارجمعہ) کے مالک جناب نجم سیٹھی نے معروف دیوبندی عالم دین اور علماء و مشائخ کونسل کے سربراہ حافظ طاہر محمود اشرفی سے ملاقات کی نجم سیٹھی نے حافظ
A Pakistani paradigm shift may be in order: A step forward in an election year – by Rusty Walker: Your true liberty, you, as a person living in a nation of a diversified people, can only be assured personal freedoms through a massive election turn-out, bent on a
Caretaker Chief Minister Najam Sethi must resign if he has an iota of integrity! – Nusrat Javeed: In recent episode of Bolta Pakistan (5 April 2013), veteran journalist Nusrat Javeed shames Najam Sethi and other lifestyle liberals (known as fake liberals) who remain mysteriously silent on pre-poll rigging by the election commission and judiciary on behest
Will Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi take care of their sectarian minion Mohammad Shehzad please?: Mohammad Shehzad Deobandi is a regular columnist of The Friday Times (TFT). Under the able editorship of Najam Sethi and Raza Rumi, he has written and published quite a few articles in TFT humanizing leaders and terrorists of the
ٹوکے اور گنڈاسے – از وسیم الطاف: محسن پاکستان ،ایٹمی سائنس دان ،حال کے سیاست دان ،اور امن پسند دنیا کے شیطان ،جناب ڈاکٹر عبدل قدیر خان نے گزشتہ روز فرمایا کہ “اگر میں سستا ایٹم بم نہ بناتا تو بھارت پاکستان کے ٹکڑے کر دیتا
بھٹوکی پھانسی اور ہمارا ادب – از عامر حسینی: 4-اپریل 1979 ہماری سماج میں جہاں سیاست کے اندر ایک مستقل تلخی گھولے جانے کا عکاس ہے وہیں یہ دن ہمارے ادب کو نئی جہت ملنے کی عکاسی بھی کرتا ہے-میں جب اس حوالے سے اپنی یادوں کو کھنگالتا
Elections 2013: PML-N awards ticket to Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorist Ibad Dogar – by Zain Gardezi: It appears that as expected of them, Sharifs are still sticking on to their support of Takfiri terrorists of Anjuman Sipah e Sahaba (ASS, also variously known as SSP, ASWJ and LeJ) despite their costume operations of detainment of Malik Ishaq
ISI-Sethi network at play in Punjab: Sheikh Waqas, Faisal Saleh, Abid Imam disqualified to pave way for Ludhianvi: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday (4 April 2013) rejected nomination papers of Faisal Saleh Hayat and Abid Imam in NA-87, Geo News reported. According to sources, the erstwhile PML-Q leader Faisal Saleh Hayat, contesting as an independent
In ISI-ASWJ’s Pakistan, Ahmed Ludhianvi can contest elections but Ayaz Amir can’t: Lahore 4 April 2013: The Election Commission of Pakistan rejected the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Ayaz Amir. Ayaz Amir is a leading progressive and liberal writer of Pakistan who has always taken strong
In caretaker CM Najam Sethi’s Punjab, Sharifs continue to rule the roost – by Amir Mir: Source: The News, April 04, 2013 Related post: Why did rightwing Nawaz Sharif accept liberal Najam Sethi as caretaker CM of Punjab? – by Nusrat Javeed Lahore, 4 April 2013: Two weeks after the dissolution of the Punjab government,
Should the Army or ISI be above criticism – by A Z: While commenting on my article 2013: A Highly Critical Year for Pakistan one dear friend has sounded as if we cannot criticize the ISI. I have always had a great respect for this friend as he is someone superior to
Thank you, CM Najam Sethi: PML-N-led mob targets Christian locality in Gujranwala: Sunni (deobandi) Muslim mob targets Christian locality in Gujranwala ‘for disrespecting Islam’ Related post: Najam Sethi and others continue to obfuscate the truth while nearly 200 Christian homes burn – by Ali Taj Sethi-Rumi minions exonerate Deobandi militants from
Doing away with Articles 62 & 63 – by Waseem Altaf: The 1973 constitution was a fairly comprehensive document which also contained articles 62 and 63. Article 62 deals with qualifications of becoming a member of the Parliament whereas article 63 specifies what disqualifies someone from such membership. These articles
Pre-Marital Sex – by Waseem Altaf: In most of the cultures, sex before marriage was tabooed historically; however, today it is an accepted norm in almost all Western societies. The act of fornication; sex between two unmarried persons and adultery; sex where either of the
Quetta: The dream city gone rogue – by Quetta Revolution: Quetta, which once used to be called a dream city now lies nothing more than a pile of rubble for crushed dreams and as a new name for the Sawat Valley. What once used to be called the “Little
پراسرار نجم سیٹھی اور پراسرار ادارے – از آصف جیلانی: سینئر صحافی اور بی بی سی اردو کے سابق تجزیہ کار جناب آصف جیلانی نے سندھی زبان میں لکھے گئے ایک کالم میں نجم سیٹھی صاحب کی پر اسرار شخصیت کے کچھ اسرار سے پردہ اٹھایا ہے اردو ترجمہ
A Silent Moment In Pakistan – by Umer Raza Bhutta: We are in the generation of Facebook. Facebook has its users from the age as small as 8 to as high as 80. According to a research Radio took 50 years to reach a market audience
LUBP pays homage to martyred school principal and his student Tahira: LUBP pay homage to the martyred school principal Abdul Rasheed Khan who has been killed by the terrorist of Tehreek-e-Taliban pakistan with the assistance of their local partners from various Jihadi groups and anti-Shia terrorist outfit ASWJ/LeJ. LUBP reiterates
2013: A highly critical year for Pakistan – by A Z: This year promises to be of great significance for Pakistan in more respects than one. A change of government is already in the making. Kayani makes way for a successor to be appointed. The US and NATO begin to
PFUJ expresses deep concern over @BBCUrdu’s decision to layoff most of its reporters in Pakistan: Pakistan Federal Union of journalists (PFUJ) expresses deep concern over the decision of the BBC Urdu Service management to layoff forcibly majority of its reporters in Pakistan. “The decision is autocratic, arbitrary, unfair, without any justification and based on
CT Chief Minister Najam Sethi and the question of conflict of interest: Najam Sethi fan club: Raza Rumi, Ejaz Haider, Nadeem Paracha, Marvi Sirmed, Mehmal Sarfraz, Saleem Ali etc Independent critics: Nazir Naji, Farrukh Sohail Goindi, Rashid Rahman, Mazhar Abbas, Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Abdullah Tariq Sohail, Adnan Farooq, Nusrat Javeed, Omar
Pragmatic secular: Najam Sethi ditches his secular ideals for 2-month CM’ship – by Abdullah Tariq Sohail: “I will strive to preserve the Islamic ideology which is the basis for the creation of Pakistan”, Najam Sethi’s oath Sethi vows to protect Islamic ideology of Pakistan Compromising his lifelong secular vision about Pakistan, the caretaker chief minister
Darvesh Wazir-e-Aala Najam Sethi aur Mall Road kay banner – by Nazir Naji: In the following column (Urdu, published in daily Dunya, 31 March 2013), veteran columnist Nazir Naji hints that Najam Sethi was long in knowledge of his nomination as caretaker Chief Minister Punjab as a consensus candidate of Pakistan’s military
Link TV’s report on social media activism on #ShiaGenocide in Pakistan – by Michelle Stockman: Michelle Stockman of Link TV has compiled a useful report on the gravity of Shia genocide in Pakistan by Deobandi militants of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Since the beginning of the year (2013), more than 350 Shia Muslims have been killed
Pakistan’s five-star Marxist Najam Sethi brought to you by Comrade Mehmal Sarfraz: History in the making by Mehmal Sarfraz Source: Mid Day, India On March 27, renowned journalist Najam Sethi was sworn in as the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab. Sethi’s name was nominated by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) but
مہر و وفا کی پیکر ہے فاطمہ: میں بہت چھوٹا سا تھا-میرے خیال میری عمر 6-سال ہوگی تو میرے گھر میں بی سیدانی کا بہت آنا جانا تھا-بی سیدانی ہم بچوں کی فیورٹ انّا تھیں-اس لیے نہیں کہ وہ جب بھی آتی تھیں تو ہم بچوں
Ludhianvi, mastermind of #ShiaGenocide, files nomination papers for NA-89 Jhang Punjab: General elections: ASWJ chief files nomination papers for NA-89 Source: Adapted with some changes from Express Tribune, March 31, 2013 The chief of banned terrorist outfit Sipa-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, currently operating as the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamat -ASWJ) Maulana
A 1996 article on Deobandi violence against Shias in Pakistan – by Abbas Rashid: The Politics and Dynamics of Violent Sectarianism Understanding the rise of sectarianism (mainly, Deobandi violence against Shias and Sunni Barelvis) in Pakistan must begin with the crisis of the liberal-democratic order that was envisioned for the country at the
Comrade Najam Sethi in the eyes of Comrade Nadeem Paracha: Related post: Pakistan’s five-star Marxist Najam Sethi brought to you by Comrade Mehmal Sarfraz https://lubpak.com/archives/255779 Pakistan’s leading progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Nadeem F. Paracha) promotes another like-minded progressive, liberal, Marxist columnist (Comrade Najam Sethi of the London Group).
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman ki Cheel aur Chirya mey Jhagra – by Danial Lakhnavi: میر شکیل الرحمن کی چیل اور چڑیا میں جھگڑا یوں لگتا ہے کہ میر شکیل الرحمان کی سیاسی قسمتیں لکھنے کی خواہش پورے مک میں ناکامی کا منہ دیکھنے کے بعد بالآخر پنجاب میں بارآور ہوگئی ہے اور ان
Reality of Comrade Najam Sethi – by Farrukh Sohail Goindi: Najam Sethi is an imperialist-elitist liberal, not a progressive liberal or socialist In the following article (Urdu, published in daily Nai Baat), veteran progressive columnist Farrukh Sohail Goindi highlights the dubious background and track record of Najam Sethi, the
The Feel Good Factor – by Umer Raza Bhutta: Pakistan is in the grip of that rare Feel Good Factor these days that grips it indeed rarely. All those politicians that were loathed, abused and mocked are out of governance frame for a couple of months. Those who