History of Jamaat-e-Islami and its leadership
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 […]
Analysis: Comical versus outrageous
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 […]
The JI has shown its true colours
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 […]
Only Six Months Left – An Urdu Article By Ayaz Mir
A good analysis of ground reality in Pakistan:
Pakistan: New country with old laws
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 […]
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif is the political face of Deobandi terrorists:
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 […]
Bee sting
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 […]
Our Wonderful World of Delusions
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 […]
Taliban plan wave of revenge attacks in Pakistan
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 […]
Profile From: ‘Mullah Radio’ to TTP supremo
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 […]
Pakistani Taliban’s New Leader
Source: NY Times: LONDON — In a surprise choice, the Pakistani Taliban said Thursday that it had appointed as its new leader the commander responsible for last year’s attack on Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani education activist. More:
Saudi Arabia’s Shadow War
FP: by David Kenner — The Kingdom is turning to Pakistan to train Syria’s rebels. It’s a partnership that once went very wrong in Afghanistan. Will history repeat itself? BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia, having largely abandoned hope that the United States will spearhead international efforts to topple the Assad regime, […]
“Anyone killed by the US is a martyr, even if it is a dog”
Source: Jihad Watch. “Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed…” (Qur’an 9:111) Since martyrs in Islam are those who “fight in the way of Allah” and “kill and are […]
Is the US indispensable for Pakistan’s defence?
By:Omer Zaheer Meer PAKISTAN TODAY Not any longer Other than ‘Can Pakistan survive sans aid?’, the other most common question or myth about the Pakistan-US relations is the supposed indispensability of the US’s military assistance for the former. Having taken care of the first question in this space earlier, this […]
How Pakistan’s Musharraf shook off legal cases
By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Islamabad When Pakistan’s former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, ended his four-year exile and returned to the country to participate in May’s elections, he took […]
Fear of reprisal: Pakistan’s UN office warns employees
ET: LAHORE: Fearing a reprisal following the killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike on Friday, the local UN office has issued an alert to its employees, The Express Tribune has learnt. “Imminent security threat at Centaurus Mall, Islamabad, for two (02) weeks. Huge security threat of […]
fireworks wrapped in Qur’an pages?
Source: Jihad Watch vis Wasim Sr. “Islamophobia is the biggest threat to peace in the world today.” — U.S. “academic” Kevin Barrett in Iran’s state-run PressTV “Punjab, Christians hunted for blasphemy: fireworks wrapped in Koran pages,” by Jibran Khan for Asia News, November 2 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Islamabad (AsiaNews) – Two […]
PAKISTAN: An entire Ahmadi family was targeted in sectarian killings
Asian Human Rights Commission — The Government of Pakistan must act now to stop religious hate mongering in the country and apply sanctions to the liberty of Mullahs bent upon destroying the little that is left of law and order in the country. Mr. Bashir Ahmad Kiyani (70), was murdered […]
Press Release Bashir Ahmad Kiyani Shaheed
Source: persecutionofahmadis.org 02-11-2013: Press Section Nazarat Umur Aama Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya Pakistan Rabwah Press Release The third member of a family was target-killed due to difference of faith After son in law and son the 70 years old Mr. Bashir Ahmad Kiyani became the victim of barbarous killers The murders of innocent […]