by Babar Sattar, DAWN GETTING mad at Munawar Hasan for attempting to subvert the resolve of our soldiers to fight the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan by challenging the moral legitimacy of their mission is one thing. Learning lessons from the Jamaat-i-Islami’s hostile response to Hakeemullah’s death and taking corrective action is quite […]
By Michael Kugleman Thursday, November 14, 2013 Hope. It’s certainly not the first word that comes to mind when contemplating present-day Pakistan. This is, after all, a nation convulsed by […]
Daily Times — Zafrullah Khan’s contributions to Pakistan — especially as its advocate before the Boundary Commission — were praised by Jinnah himself Before I come to the main gist of what I have to say this week, let me bring to the attention of the reader my articles “Safdar […]
Source: LUBP There was a riot/clash in Rawalpindi on Friday (15 Nov 2013). A Shia procession commemorating Ashura was passing by a mosque belonging to the Deobandi-Panjpiri sect (the mosque was a known base of the supposedly banned Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan or SSP, now officially operating as ASWJ in […]
Source: Dawn.com LAHORE: Spokesperson for the Punjab government announced on Sunday that there would be no relaxation in the curfew imposed in Rawalpindi on Friday night following a clash between two groups that had claimed at least nine lives, DawnNews reported. The spokesperson, while making the announcement, also urged the […]
In an age in which reading or watching the news is enough to turn any normal human being into a raging lunatic or a hardened cynic, the smallest piece of […]
Source: Daily Express By Javid Chaudhry
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Kamran Khan / Muhammad Sadaqat Published: November 14, 2013 “This should be a clear warning for all our ministers and MPAs and the […]
Source: Dawn via Nasir Rajput The plan, according to sources, was revealed by five militants during their interrogation by intelligence agencies. The five alleged TTP terrorists — Usman Ghani alias Talha of Jameel Town, Ghulam Mohammadabad, Ali Azam alias Farooq of Razabad, Mubashar Nadeem alias Bao of Chak Jhumra, Usman […]
Source: troubledmindsthoughts.blogspot.in The other day, I went to the passport to get my passport renewed. It was early in the morning, I had to wait in a queue so early, and […]
Source: thenews.com.pk LAHORE: Not only does the 72-year old Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have a history of being controversial for both good and bad reasons, but it also possesses the knack of taking […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Gibran Peshimam Published: November 12, 2013 The chief of the very same JI whose last leader termed the TTP’s struggle against […]
Source: ET The JI has shown its true colours several times in the past, only we Pakistanis were slow in recognising these religious fascists for what they are: religious fascists. And now this! This really takes the cake and I simply have to ask Hassan a question that Senator Zahid […]
A good analysis of ground reality in Pakistan:
Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi Published — Tuesday 12 November 2013 ARABNEWS It sounds like something out of Ripley’s Believe It or Not. Pakistan, in the scheme of things, is a young country. But the laws, which govern it, are old. Very old. Consider for example the country’s criminal law known as […]
Source: LUBP On the eve of Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the White House last month, the New York Times published an op-ed piece, “An incomplete democracy”, by Michael Kugelman, a senior program associate for South Asia at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars. The entire Pakistani media […]
Source: The Economist THE swaggering leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP or, loosely, the Pakistani Taliban) Hakimullah Mehsud, met a violent end at his lavish home in Pakistan’s remote northern tribal areas on November 1st. Just like his predecessor and clansman, Baitullah Mehsud, he died in a missile strike from an […]
The Express Tribune: by Fahd Husain — A cruel ambience floats within this delusional world. This ambience encourages us to embrace those who kill us and kill those who embrace us; it prods us to love those who hate us, and hate those who love us. Like zombies, we shuffle […]
November 8, 2013 – 07:06 By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban announced on Friday they would orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against the government after naming hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah as their new leader. The rise of Fazlullah, known for his fierce Islamist […]
The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan Credit: Xpress Tribune By Sherinzada Published: November 8, 2013 Mullah Fazlullah has completed his matriculation from Dherai High School, Kanjo, and then his intermediate from […]