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Sanity finally seems to be prevailing in govt
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The positive government response to accede to the chief justice of Pakistan’s recommendations for the appointment of Justice Saqib Nisar as judge of the Supreme Court is the consequence of the chief justice’s unchanged referring back of his earlier recommendations that include the proposal to appoint Justice (retd) Khalilur Rehman Ramday as ad hoc judge of the apex court.
Law Ministry sources confirmed to The News here on Monday the government has received unchanged recommendations of Chief Justice Iftikhar received unchanged recommendations of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, which were earlier returned by the president on the prime minister’s advice.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27018
NAB orders freezing of Zardari’s assets in Sindh
RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), setting aside all claims of government in connection with the immunity of the president, has issued orders to the chief secretary Sindh to freeze the assets of President Asif Ali Zardari in Sindh. NAB officials, by complying with the orders of the Supreme Court to ensure the implementation of verdict on the NRO, have sent a letter to the chief secretary Sindh in this regard and attached the copy of the SC judgment of November 16, 2009 on NRO. In the letter the chief secretary has been directed that the assets of Asif Ali Zardari should be frozen in Sindh and more steps be taken in the light of the verdict of the Supreme Court in this regard.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27036
An instance of govt ‘respect’ for judiciary
ISLAMABAD: The poor meter-reader of the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO), who exposed General (retd) Musharraf’s power theft scandal to the public, has been denied salary for the last nine months as punishment for the crime. The meter-reader says he has no optionbut to commit suicide in these conditions.
IESCO has withheld the salary of Manzoor Shah since May 2009 for leaking to the media the report of power theft by Pervez Musharraf and others residing in Chak Shahzad farmhouses.
Moreover, the IESCO, in its official press release issued three months ago, had declared that the conduct of the said meter reader during his service remained unsatisfactory and he was punished several times for absence, bribery, blackmail and illegal occupation of a govt quarter. The meter reader has denied all this. The IESCO has only punished 64 junior officers for involvement in the power theft scandal but the big guns have remained untouched.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27038
Iss Bhai kay sath bari zayati hay yah.
Five dams being built in occupied Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: India has resumed work on the controversial Kishanganga hydropower project and has taken up four other mega projects of about 3,900MW on the Chenab and Jhelum rivers in occupied Kashmir that can result in major water shortages and cause a disaster in Pakistan in the event of an earthquake.
Arshad H. Abbasi, a research fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, said the dam would inundate more than 12 square kilometres. He said the dam would be highly vulnerable to earthquake being in the seismic zone of Kashmir Himalayas. The site is close to the Himalayan Boundary Thrust zone where a number of earthquakes have been recorded in the past.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/13+five-dams-being-built-in-occupied-kashmir-320-za-04
Kayani spells out threat posed by Indian doctrine
While the Pakistan Army is alert to and fighting the threat posed by militancy, it remains an “India-centric” institution and that reality will not change in any significant way until the Kashmir issue and water disputes are resolved, according to army chief Gen Kayani.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/12-kayani-spells-out-threat-posed-by-indian-doctrine-420–bi-08
Shah Rukh Khan sees no reason to apologise
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has stood firm over expressing his disappointment that no Pakistan cricketers were picked for the 2010 Indian Premier League.
Khan owns IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders and his comments angered Hindu hardline party Shiv Sena.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8498039.stm
Bombs and beatings: Life among the Taliban
“They gave her medicine. But she was crying very loud for my mother. She kept going to her and hugging her. When my sister looked down at the bomb, she shivered.
Then my brother and my father started beating my mother, and they were shouting: “Why you are distracting the girl from her mission?”
I heard my sister saying: “Where is Meena? I want to see her.” But I didn’t have the strength. My heart couldn’t take it.
My mother fainted when they put her in the car. My brother said my sister’s attack was in Afghanistan”………….
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8499578.stm
@ dildar
a slap on Fascists…….
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/ … n?hpt=Sbin
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/feb2010-daily/05-02-2010/u20165.htm
Mr Sharf-udin Mamon said police should protect people not VIP`s.
See Zulfiqar Mirza Press conference today, atleast 50 police peosonals from the rank of SSP to Constable were guarding him.
A very disturbing wave of violence is occurring in Karachi right now! I think there are many different possibilities of involvement in this violence!
It seems to be an effort to escalate the sectarian violence and to divide the people of Pakistan. Players in this whole episode could be nation, neighboring and international powers!
It increases the anger of the people of any group if they are tried to suppress with power. People belonging to any sect need to be protected as blood of every innocent is extremely precious. Actually there are people at top in different sects who use the emotions and feelings of the people and incite them for the violence while people at lower are normally unaware of the games and intentions of the those leaders. So such violent incidents are cashed by the so called religious leaders to gain more sympathies and power. Those religious leader shed the crocodile tears on such incidents to win the emotions of simple and innocent people!
It is hard to judge who actually is behind that violence although groups like Taliban, Jandullah, Lashkar-e-Jhnagavi etc are being mentioned but i personally think that this game is being played by other forces! These groups have denied their involvement!
This sectarian problem is an ideological one and it could be best countered on ideological front rather than physical or emotional one!
“Players in this whole episode could be (nation), neighboring and international powers! ”
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“Players in this whole episode could be (national), neighboring and international powers!”
MQM Caught Spying on Pakistan
By Dr Shahid Qureshi
Wednesday 03 February 2010
MQM caught spying red-handed for foreign nationals and smuggling classified state material outside Pakistan and violated Official Secret Act. According to a report published in the press Waseem Akthar (MNA) and former advisor to the Chief Minister on policing caught with spying devices and equipments. It is reported that MQM members in Karachi were sending recordings of the meetings with President Asif Zaradri, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilliani, Chief Minister, and Interior Minister Rehman Malik. MQM also recoded and smuggled classified proceedings of sensitive meetings at the Rangers Headquarters in Karachi discussing security plan of Karachi most important city of Pakistan. The mode of transfer of the information is not been mentioned but one can assume sending as multi media file (voice recording) via internet or by an airline employee coming to London from Karachi.
Questions come to mind are why MQM politicians recorded and smuggled sensitive recordings to London: (a) they are forced to do for third party or parties (b) Altaf Hussain’s mistrust on local leaders in Karachi (c) Paranoia and HPD of Altaf Hussain.?
According to a mental health expert who examined speeches, videos, dressing, body language, and have met Mr Altaf Hussain in London suggested that, “he might be suffering from Paranoia and Histrionic personality disorder. HPD is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness, usually beginning in early adulthood. These individuals are lively, dramatic, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. They may be inappropriately sexually provocative, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and be easily influenced by others. Associated features may include egocentrism, self-indulgence, continuous longing for appreciation, feelings that are easily hurt, and persistent manipulative behaviour to achieve their own needs.”
read complete here http://www.thelondonpost.net/SQ4Feb10.html
Musharraf to return soon, says Qureshi
The corrupt people cannot carry out accountability of anyone, he remarked.
Qureshi asserted that Pervez Musharraf would definitely return to country on public insistence. He said that drone strikes were not carried out during Musharraf tenure.
http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2010/58680.htm
I think Rashid Qureshi had one to many drinks in regards to his statement about drone attacks.
Pakistan’s Military Examines its Options in North Waziristan
In the current operational environment, North Waziristan is not an immediate priority for Pakistan’s army. The militant entities in this area are not hostile toward Pakistan. It is generally believed that there is a tacit understanding that the Pakistan Army will not launch an operation if the tribes and militant groups stay neutral while operations against the Mahsud tribes and stabilization efforts continue in South Waziristan. Another factor inhibiting a future offensive is the possibility of all the tribes uniting against the Pakistan Army in the event it launched an operation in North Waziristan. This would bring the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban closer, posing a formidable threat to regional security.
Islamabad does not want to antagonize the Afghan Taliban and other militant groups residing in North Waziristan, knowing that it will have to deal with them once American and NATO forces leave. The new U.S. strategy on Afghanistan already envisages a withdrawal of forces commencing in 18 months and there is talk of bringing the reconcilable Taliban to the negotiating table. The other Coalition contributors have no intention to remain in Afghanistan any longer than necessary. In such unpredictable conditions, Pakistan would like to keep its options open and watch closely how U.S. policy and the military situation evolve.
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnewstt_news=36004&tx_ttnewsbackPid=7&cHash=e6cf9d9e35
What did happen at Karbala? A perspective…
http://tinyurl.com/ye6nwwt
Govt ‘ignores’ affordable power projects
Through the RPPs – the most favoured solution in the eyes of the government – the same generation capacity could have cost the nation over $1 billion at an average price of around $1.5 million a megawatt.
At a recent meeting with US officials, Wapda suggested rehabilitation of Tarbela power generators at a cost of $16.5 million, which would add 40MW to the national grid.
These 40MW cost around $60 million in the rental terms. On its part, Wapda quickly identified the project and signed it with the USAID.
Similarly, Pepco recommended rehabilitation of its three generation companies – Guddu, Jamshoro and Muzaffargarh power companies that would cost only $97 million and add 665MW to the national generation capacity in two phases. Together, these four projects make an investment of $113.5 million to generate 705MW.
The point of concern is what makes the government opt for the extremely expensive rental power project when a cheaper alternative is available.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/12-govt-ignores-affordable-power-projects-720–bi-13
The governments opts for the extremely expensive option because it will receive kickbacks. Zardari’s assets are 1.8 billion dollars at the beginning of his tenure and by the time its over it will be at least $5 biilion.
P.S. I am hoping HIS tenure is cut short by SC before his 5 years up.
On Electricity
simplest and quickest solution to the power crises would have been and still is-
DREDGE the Tarbella dam lake of the SILT.
Will take less than 4 months.
With summer coming, the reservoir can be filled and all turbines can run.
Direct, simple solution with minimal expense. No pollution
Another great news. Thanks God we still have some good people in this country. Thanks to all the donors.
http://www.dailypak.com/epaper/2010/February/08-02-10/allimages/fp-11.html
US lodges protest against police actions
Monday, February 08, 2010
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: The United States has lodged a strong protest with the Government of Pakistan on the arrest of some US Embassy employees and impounding of their vehicles in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.
Reacting to the “strongly-worded” complaint formally lodged by the US Embassy with the Foreign Office, the prime minister has ordered setting up a top-level inquiry committee, headed by the interior minister, and comprising three federal secretaries as well as the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The federal secretaries in the committee are the secretary foreign affairs, the secretary defence and the secretary interior.
Ariel N Howard, Acting Chief Information Officer and Spokeswoman Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad, when contacted by The News for comments, said: “We are always glad to work in partnership with Pakistan’s government to resolve any issues.”
Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit, when contacted, confirmed the report and said: “Some meetings of the committee formed by the prime minister have been held to resolve the issues raised by the US Embassy but recommendations have not yet been finalised.” He said that the issue would be resolved smoothly.
The US Embassy and its consulates in Lahore and Karachi started feeling the heat after a few incidents in which their employees were detained and their vehicles were impounded by the law-enforcing agencies for using “fake” registration papers and number plates.
Interestingly, in some cases in Islamabad, the electronic media persons witnessed recovery of sophisticated weapons, surveillance/eavesdropping equipment and even heavy explosive material, which later turned out to be that of foreign diplomatic missions or their officials.
The incident which infuriated the US Embassy is the arrest of its two employees in Gwadar for using fake number plates on their vehicle. The two officials and their vehicle are still in the custody of law-enforcing agencies.
The US Embassy, in its formal protest lodged with the Foreign Office, has claimed that the embassy, its consulate generals in Lahore and Karachi and their employees have been using vehicles with “false number plates” under an agreement with the Government of Pakistan in wake of the serious security threats.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27135
Pakistan’s military sets Afghan terms
With the United States striving hard to establish dialogue with the Taliban, Asia Times Online sources privy to the Pakistan military establishment reveal that the army has clearly spelled out that Washington must make sure any Indian involvement does not go beyond development work in Afghanistan and that Delhi plays no part in any overall strategy concerning Afghanistan.
Pakistan has rejected US proposals for the balkanization of Afghanistan, by which it was proposed to appoint an autonomous controlling authority for southeastern and southwestern Afghanistan – the Pashtun-majority areas.
The Pakistani military has also given assurances that US officials will be granted visas, but, unlike previously, they will not be allowed visas on arrival. Further, for the first time, Pakistan has clearly refused to mount operations against the Sirajuddin Haqqani network, as well as that of his ally, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, as they are not hostile towards Pakistan.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB09Df03.html
Piaray Bachao Zardari Kia Hay … ! (must c)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3u2RTCBI2A&feature=player_embedded
Blackwater present in country, NA committee
The interior secretary told the committee that intelligences agencies had also confirmed the non-presence of Blackwater in Pakistan.
Speaking on this occasion, Bushra Gohar, a member of the standing committee’ told that she herself had seen armed men of Blackwater roaming around the Peshawar University Town.
http://www.geo.tv/2-8-2010/58807.htm
Still no resignation from Rehman Malik.
“Piaray Bachao Zardari Kia Hay … ! (must c) ”
It was originally Kiwi polish ad:
Piaray Bachao Kiwi Kia Hai, Kiwi aik Parinda Hai
& for Zardar:
Piaray Bachao Zardari Kia Hai, Zardari Aik DARINADA Hai.
He, Allah(SWT), the Creator, Sustainer and Master of everything…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtyvSWnHnc
SC summons record in Shahbaz eligibility case
A three-member bench of SC headed by Justice Javed Iqbal heard the petition filed by Shahid Orakzai against eligibility of Shahbaz Sharif.
The petition stated that according to constitution, a person elected as a member assembly on two seats should vacate first seat. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif had resigned from Rawalpindi seat so according to constitution; Shahbaz has been disqualified from Bhakar seat. He is not a member of assembly at the moment therefore he is not eligible to perform duties as chief minister.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=98306
MQM lawmakers stage walkout
The members of Muttahida Qaumi Movement staged a walkout from Senate proceeding to lodge a against the poor law and order situation in Karachi.
Senator Tahir Mashhadi told the upper house that intelligence officers had submitted a false report about an email, which was not based on actual facts.
http://www.geo.tv/2-10-2010/58979.htm
More Topi drama from Tafu’s gang but i pray some poor souls don’t lose they lives, every time Tafu’s gang don’t get its way somebody gets killed.
Registrar of NUML resigns
The Registrar of NUML University Brig(r) Obaidullah Ranjha has resigned on Wednesday.
Teachers and students of NUML were demanding Brig. Ranjha’s suspension and inquiry after an incident of misbehaving and physical torture of a professor by the Registrar.
http://www.geo.tv/2-10-2010/58968.htm
I hope a criminal case for assault is registered against this Gunda.
SC rejects govt report on missing persons’ case
According to the details, the 3-member bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, while rejecting the govt’s report asked to submit documents of missing persons.
Attorney General Anwar Mansoor, on the occasion suggested to the court to constitute a commission for the recovery of missing persons.
Justice Javed Iqbal expressed his dissatisfaction over the proposal, saying “from 1947, 31 commissions have been set up so far, but not even a single body can be termed satisfactory except the Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report of 1972.”
http://www.aaj.tv/news/National/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fan-of-Nawaz/317837231412
CJ expresses displeasure on NAB for ignoring orders
In his remarks during hearing, chief justice warned of action against NAB officials who ignored the Supreme Court’s orders.
A three-member bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Itikhar Chaudhry heard the case of Haris Steel Mills. The lawyer of Seth Yakoob Dr. Basit said NAB has ignored the court orders regarding Seth Yakoob. Chief Justice has asked the NAB that under which law they made plea-bargains. Khawaja Harid informed the court that NAB didn’t reply any one of the letters sent to it. He said NAB is demanding Rs.2 billion as commission. The hearing will be adjourned till tomorrow.
http://www.geo.tv/2-11-2010/59023.htm
PPP carries on Defying SC and not implementing decision of the court to replace NAB Chairman. PPP is weakening democracy by not implementing SC decision.
Pakistan Needs Its Own Nuclear Deal
Pakistani fears of U.S. intentions while allowing Washington to leverage these gains for greater Pakistani cooperation on nuclear proliferation and terrorism. This deal would confer acceptance to Islamabad’s nuclear weapon program and reward it for the improvements in nuclear security that it has made since 2002. In the long shadow of A.Q. Khan and continued uncertainty about the status of his networks, it is easy to forget that Pakistan has established a Strategic Plans Division that has done much to improve safety of the country’s nuclear assets.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704820904575056182586146948.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
I would not trust the Yanks with this at all.
http://fanofnawaz.blogspot.com
PM becomes vulnerable to contempt case in SC
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has become vulnerable to a possible contempt of court proceedings not only on account of his failure to implement the apex court’s decision on the NRO but also for delaying the appointment of judges in violation of the Constitution and the judgment in the Al-Jihad case.
The government’s dilly-dallying in the appointment of judges to the superior judiciary will become a violation of the judgment in the Al-Jihad case on Thursday when the 30 days deadline to fill such posts would lapse.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27187
The winner takes all in Afghanistan
The international community has been led to believe that the India-Pakistan faultline is the pivotal concern in the US’s diplomatic strategy in Afghanistan. However, it is a mere subplot. The US’s principal protagonist is China, while India and Pakistan – and increasingly Russia – are more like jesters in forming the confusion and the humor in an Elizabethan drama.
Pakistani analyst Ahmed Rashid said recently, “[Militants] are preparing the ground for a long, sustained military campaign in Central Asia. There is now a real threat because the Islamist surge is combined with an economic and political crisis … The reason is that they have, first of all, done enough fighting for other people. They now want to fight for their own country. The real threat now is the fact that they are trying to infiltrate back into Central Asia .. They are trying to infiltrate weapons, ammunition and men back into Central Asia.”
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB13Df02.html
I am really sad and angry at Mustafa Kamal. He admits that Karachi was given so much money by federal government in last few years that it did not get this much money in 55 years (altogether).
After getting all this money and spending on shady contracts n(8 Lakh kilometer roads were built 2 to 3 times by using excuses of digging them up), KARACHI IS THE WORD’S 6TH WORST CITY to live in according to very recent Economist ‘World’s most livable cities’
He is right that he is ‘Do Number Mayor’ of the world!! What a bad publicity after he has ruled for 8 years. If MQM’s PROPAGANDA was right, Karachi SHHOULD HAVE BEEN atleast in top 20 (they way they were bragging)…
Bizarre delay in appointment of judges
Neither the Presidency nor the Prime Minister’s Secretariat has received the separate recommendations of the Supreme Court and the Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justices about the appointment of judges even after several weeks although these were sent to the Federal Law Ministry weeks ago.
A rather bizarre situation came to light on Thursday. The Prime Minister’s House promptly denied a widely circulated news report shortly after it was flashed during the day that the Law Ministry had sent the chief justices’ recommendations to the Prime Minister’s Office, a senior official close to Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani told The News.
“They tried to shift the burden and blame of delay on us. We quickly contradicted the report because it was not based on facts,” he said. However, this demonstrated the apparent lack of coordination between different government ministries and offices with each trying to shift the burden on the other.
“We haven’t so far received any recommendations about appointment of the Supreme Court or high court judges,” presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told this correspondent. When contacted, a similar response came from the Prime Minister’s Office. “We will not take any longer time to dispose of the case when we will get the recommendations,” the official said.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27205
PPP will send it round the houses and play childish games and when the Faujis come again they they will cry about democracy.
PML-N, PPP drift apart on judges’ appointment
The largest opposition party in Parliament, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), will not allow the government to delay the appointment of judges in the Supreme Court under the garb of so-called under-preparation package of the constitutional reforms to be announced in a couple of weeks.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27232
CJP’s summary rejected, Justice Sharif appointed SC judge
President Asif Ali Zardari setting aside the summary of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday appointed Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khwaja Sharif as Supreme Court’s judge, Geo News reported.
Meanwhile, Justice Saqib Nisar, the senior most judge of LHC, has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of LHC. It is for the first time in the history of Pakistan that a senior judge has been appointed as the acting chief justice.
Notifications of the above appointments have been issued.
However, the presidential spokesman has refused to confirm or reject the said appointments.
Earlier, there has been some tension between the government and the judiciary over the issue of elevating Justice Khwaja Sharif as SC judge.
http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2010/59176.htm
The WAR has officially begun.
President rejected CJ recommendation.
Justice Saqib and Justice Khawaja Sharif rejected the decision
WOW now the game is at full swing.
A believer remains thankful to Allah(SWT) in all circumstances …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7t0adGJLqo
‘Iran Won’t Simply Sit There and Accept an Attack’
Hans Blix is the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and also worked as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq. He talks to SPIEGEL about whether Iran really has the ability to enrich uranium and if economic sanctions can ever be effective.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,677837,00.html
And There Goes The “ISI vs U.S. Intelligence” Myth
Pakistan delivers a Taliban treat
With the Pakistan military to a large degree setting the rules of the game with Washington for reconciliation with the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s supreme commander in Afghanistan, has become the army’s first major delivery for the United States’ end game in Afghanistan.
However, a senior Taliban leader, speaking to Asia Times Online on the condition of anonymity, said, “This is not the first time that such a claim has been made about his arrest. Only four days ago, he was in contact with us.”
Inter-Services Intelligence was aware of their movements but never intercepted them because they were not considered a threat to the internal security of the country. The military did not want to mess with them as it was convinced that once foreign forces finally withdrew from Afghanistan, these Taliban would in one way or another be a part of the political set-up.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB17Df02.html
@Aftab
“Pakistan delivers a Taliban treat…the Taliban’s supreme commander in Afghanistan, has become the army’s first major delivery for the United States’ end game in Afghanistan”
First of all it is NOT the army that got him (that is if any one did). Second, this does destroy another of ISPR/government’s myths
The meaning of Marjah
Why Marjah? The key is the geography of Afghanistan and the nature of the conflict itself. Most of Afghanistan is custom-made for a guerrilla war. Much of the country is mountainous, encouraging local identities and militias, as well as complicating the task of any foreign military force. The country’s aridity discourages dense population centers, making it very easy for irregular combatants to melt into the countryside. Afghanistan lacks navigable rivers or ports, drastically reducing the region’s likelihood of developing commerce. No commerce to tax means fewer resources to fund a meaningful government or military and encourages the smuggling of every good imaginable – and that smuggling provides the perfect funding for guerrillas.
Rooting out insurgents is no simple task. It requires three things:
1. Massively superior numbers so that occupiers can limit the zones to which the insurgents have easy access.
2. The support of the locals in order to limit the places that the guerillas can disappear into.
3. Superior intelligence so that the fight can be consistently taken to the insurgents rather than vice versa.
Without those three things – and American-led forces in Afghanistan lack all three – the insurgents can simply take the fight to the occupiers, retreat to rearm and regroup and return again shortly thereafter.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB18Df01.html
New media can help fight repression: watchdog group
Blogs, social networking sites and other new forms of media have also helped fight censorship.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/sci-tech/31-new+media+can+help+fight+repression+watchdog+group-ll-05
PKP is playing a significant role for the last 2+ years of educating people about Pakistani politics and giving a chance for Pakistanis to express they political views in a comfortable online environment, well done and keep up the good work, Thnx.
Two cities and the Afghan insurgency
More important than Baradar’s capture is Pakistani intelligence’s (Inter-Services Intelligence) apparent cooperation. Heretofore, the ISI has helped capture or assassinate mid-level al-Qaeda personnel and leaders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban). The former are expendable; the latter were so unwise as to launch an attack toward Islamabad. But the ISI has been protective of the Taliban. Pakistani generals have long seen the Taliban as allies against their traditional enemy of India, which for its part has been extending its influence in northern Afghanistan.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB19Df02.html
Iran aims for an energy break-out
While Western attention was focused on Saudi Arabia’s possible provision of energy guarantees to China in return for a “yes” vote on Iran sanctions, Iran was working to leverage its natural gas reserves into economic alliances with China, India and Pakistan.
In addition to awarding concessions to China, on February 8 Tehran invited Beijing to take the place of India in one of the most contentious energy projects in South Asia: the Iran-Pakistan-India or “Peace” natural gas pipeline.
However, economics and the realities of the confrontation with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program may force China to disregard the strategic attractions of Tehran’s offer – and the pressing energy needs of its ally, Pakistan – and decline.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LB19Ak02.html
Theres rare and remote coverage of IRS related Austin suicide attack by Zionist media…This news is not even on front page of Yahoo NEWS.
And criminally no coverage at all of Mossad death squad responsible for killing of Hammas leader in Dubai.
Had it been an Israeli injured by stone throwing Palestinian kid…There should be a big headline of terrorist attack.
Pakistan’s push for new role in Afghanistan
“Pakistan now wants to dominate any kind of dialogue that takes place.”
Sources in Kabul say he and his envoys have been involved in secret talks with the Afghan president in Kabul, his representatives in southern Afghanistan and outside the country.
One senior Afghan official who, like others, is not commenting publicly for now, said: “This may be good for public opinion but, for us, it can have a negative impact. “It was easier for us to talk to him.”
A Western source involved in the process expressed frustration this channel was now being exposed and, for the moment, stopped.
But he also asserted “our strategic paradigm has to be realised”. For Pakistan, this means a friendly Afghanistan that is part of its sphere of influence – and where India, still regarded as a threat, plays no major role.
Washington seems to accept Pakistan can be a broker.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, on a visit to Kabul, told BBC’s Persian TV: “Pakistan’s ISI can play a role in negotiations and I support that role.
“Pakistan has an influence in this area and has a legitimate security interest.”
The former ISI head, retired Gen Hamid Gul, talked about this relationship with his trademark bluntness. Speaking to me in an interview on the BBC’s Newshour programme, he said: “America is history, Karzai is history, the Taliban are the future.”
Pakistan, he warned, “would be unwise to cut all contacts and goodwill with the future leaders of Afghanistan”.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8521823.stm
Pakistan is winning its risky games
There has been plenty of tub-thumping over this week’s capture of Taliban commander Mullah Baradar, but all it really signifies is that Pakistan holds all the cards in the strategic game being played out across central and southern Asia.
President Barack Obama is well-known for his love of poker. It is a comforting image for the rest of the world: the stony-faced thinker, calculating the odds, in the game for the long haul. But when it comes to the bluff, no one can touch Pakistan’s military establishment. Consider the complexity of the game it is playing.
http://pkpolitics.com/2010/02/02/visitors-views-news-%E2%80%93-february-2010/
Link for the above article.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/19/taliban-leaders-brother-killed-pakistan
ایک مسلم ملک میں فیشن کے نام پر اپنی بہن بیٹیوں کو یوں ننگا کر کے ہم دنیا کو کیا بتانا چاہ رہے ہیں؟
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/02/100220_lah_fash_4day.shtml
He, Allah(SWT) the Most Powerful, created all what we see and what is hidden!…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juo04nciWJs
I like to point to an incident at UC Irvine California in USA. If you watch the following clip you will understand the whole incident.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52aXasRvdAc
I know in our busy schedule it’s difficult to find time to write few word in mail but, please do so also please be courteous and be decent. Please find the email address and detail information in more info section of the page.
If you click on the information section you will understand the whole incident. Right now the problem we are facing is that UCI is trying to bring criminal charges and expell these students. We may disagree with the way they behaved. But right of free speech should not be selective and these students did not do anything illegal. Please do write few words. It is our youth we are talking about and they have guts to standup.
ن لیگ، پی پی پی کو شکست
عبادالحق
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور
پاکستان کی سب سے بڑی بار ایسوسی ایشن لاہور ہائی کورٹ بار کے سالانہ انتخابات میں سینیئر وکیل میاں عبدالقدوس بھاری اکثریت سے صدر منتخب ہوگئے ہیں۔
نو منتخب صدر کا تعلق سپریم کورٹ بار کے سابق صدر حامد خان کی قیادت میں قائم پروفیشنل گروپ سے ہے۔ میاں عبدالقدوس نےاپنے مد مقابل مسلم لیگ نون اور پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے مشترکہ امیدوار خواجہ محمود کو شکست دی۔
خواجہ محمود احمد مسلم لیگ نون لائیرز فورم کے صدر ہیں اور انہیں ان برطرف ججوں کی حمایت بھی حاصل تھی جن کو سپریم کورٹ نے تین نومبر کے اقدام کے خلاف درخواستوں پر فیصلے دیتے ہوئے جج کے منصب سے ہٹا دیا تھا۔
میاں عبدالقدوس پاکستان بارکونسل اور پنجاب بار کونسل کے رکن رہ چکے ہیں اور انہوں نے اپنے مدمقابل امیدوار سے چودہ سو سے زائد ووٹوں کی برتری سے کامیابی حاصل کی۔
لاہور ہائی کورٹ بار میں جیسے ہی میاں قدوس کی کامیابی کا اعلان کیا گیا تو وہاں موجودہ ان کے حامی وکلا نے ’چیف تیرے جانثار بے شمار بے شمار‘ کے نعرے لگائے۔
یہ میری نہیں بلکہ ان وکلاء کی کامیابی ہے جنہوں نے ملک میں آزاد عدلیہ اور آئین کی حکمرا نی کے لیے جدوجہد کی۔انہوں نے اعلان کیا کہ وکلاء کی تحریک دراصل آزاد عدلیہ کے بازو مضبوط کرنے کی تحریک ہے جو جاری رہے گی
میاں قدوس
میاں قدوس نے تین ہزار اکانوے ووٹ حاصل کیے جبکہ ان کے مدمقابل خواجہ محمود احمد کو سولہ سو پچھتر ووٹ ملے۔ صدارت کے عہدے پر دیگر امیدوار میں مسلم لیگ نون کے ہی خاور اکرام بھٹی اور استقلال پارٹی کے سید منظور علی گیلانی بھی امیدوار تھے۔خاور اکرام بھٹی نے چار سو باون ووٹ جبکہ منظور گیلانی نے ایک سو پچپن ووٹ حاصل کیے۔
لاہور ہائی کورٹ بار ایسوسی ایشن کے سیکرٹری کے عہدے پر بابر مرتضی خاں نے کامیابی حاصل کی جبکہ بار کی نائب صدارت پر میاں شاہ عباس اور فنانس سیکرٹری کے عہدے پر راجہ ساجد حنیف منتخب ہوئے۔
چھ برس کے بعد پہلی مرتبہ فنانس سیکرٹری کے عہدے پر کوئی خاتون امیدوار سامنے نہیں آئیں۔
پنجاب بھر میں لاہور ہائی کورٹ بار کے گیارہ ہزار سے زائد ووٹر ارکان ہیں لیکن سینچر کو ہونے والے انتخابات میں پانچ ہزار تین اٹھانوےوکلاء نے اپنا حقِ رائے دہی استعمال کیا۔
نومنتخب صدر میاں قدوس نے اپنے خطاب میں کہا کہ یہ ان کی نہیں بلکہ ان وکلاءکی کامیابی ہے جنہوں نے میں ملک میں آزاد عدلیہ اور آئین کی حکمرا نی کے لیے جدوجہد کی ۔انہوں نے اعلان کیا کہ وکلاء کی تحریک دراصل آزاد عدلیہ کے بازو مضبوط کرنے کی تحریک ہے جو جاری رہے گی۔
US asks to shift Baradar to Bagram Air Base
According to the details, CIA expressed dissatisfaction over interrogation process and wanted to take charge.
“CIA Director Leon E Panetta and other officials have proposed moving Mullah Baradar to the US-run prison at the Bagram Air Base north of Kabul,” said a US media report.
http://www.aaj.tv/news/National/159283_detail.html
Since he was caught in Pakistan he should stay here and not be handed over to the Yanks. If handed over to the Yanks they will use him against Pakistan.
Mullah’s arrest is ‘own goal’ for US
“Mullah Baradar was independently in contact with the Afghan government to find a way for reconciliation and the Pakistanis knew that from their secret agents.”
“The timing of this arrest was very peculiar,” said Barmak Pazhwak, a senior official for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the United States Institute of Peace, a think tank. “The fact he was one of the key Taliban leaders advocating talks suggests the Pakistanis either want more control or to sabotage the process altogether.”
The arrest came days after Pakistan had publicly stated it needed a role in any negotiations. Pakistan has invested a lot in the Taliban, with whom it has worked for more than 20 years. Its military intelligence service, the ISI, helped them to take control of Afghanistan in the 1990s and its generals refer to the Taliban as “assets”.
But some experts believe that Pakistan’s military has little interest in peace in Afghanistan because then they would no longer be needed by the US and the DOLLARS would dry up.
Link for the above.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7034888.ece
Taliban’s mood swings against talks
Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, a former minister of civil aviation in the Taliban regime, is likely to take over as supreme commander of the Taliban in Afghanistan following the recent arrest of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
Taliban sources tell Asia Times Online on the condition of anonymity that the appointment will be largely symbolic and primarily for coordination purposes as Taliban leader Mullah Omar, following difficulties in recent years, has decentralized the Taliban’s command structure. The idea is to give commanders in the field greater flexibility and allow for the possibility that should even Mullah Omar be seized or killed, the resistance would continue to function.
For the first time in the nine years of the “war on terror”, Pakistan, by cooperating in operations and the interrogation process, appears to have fully adopted the American war in Afghanistan as its own battle.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB23Df03.html
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BREAKING NEWS
Shaukat Tareen resigns as finance minister
Talking with Geo News, Shaukat Tareen told that he has resigned and sent his resignation to the prime minister.
He said that he always worked on principles and has resigned for the principles. Now, he wants to focus on his business.
http://www.geo.tv/2-23-2010/59818.htm
Prosecutor Gen Malik refuses to resign
Prosecutor General Danishwar Malik has refused to resign from his office, sources told Aaj News on Tuesday.
According to sources the NAB Chief Naveed Ahsan sent a summary to the Prime Minister regarding the removal of Prosecutor General Danishwar Malik and dismissed Additional Prosecutor Abdul Baseer Qureshi.
http://www.aaj.tv/news/National/159370_detail.html
Cross-border militants strike back
The return of violence to Swat is a direct result of the Taliban gaining control of the provinces of Kunar and Nuristan across the border in Afghanistan, sources in an al-Qaeda-led militant group tell Asia Times Online.
The militants were dispersed, with most disappearing into the wilds on both sides of the border.
Then, towards the end of last year, United States troops evacuated their main bases in Nuristan and border posts in Kunar and handed over responsibility for security to the Afghan National Army (ANA). In November, the Taliban struck a ceasefire deal with the ANA under which the Taliban agreed not to attack provincial capitals in return for the ANA not attacking Taliban bases in the two provinces. (See Taliban take over Afghan province Asia Times Online, October 29, 2009.)
This, say the militant sources, allowed militants from across the border to regroup, and Monday’s attack is the first of what the sources say will be many more in Swat, as well as other tribal areas. This includes the restive belt of Bajaur Agency, Mohmand Agency and Dir and Swat in NWFP. There has already been a revival of activity in Bajaur and Mohmand over the past few weeks.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB24Df02.html
Kalabagh Dam debate exposes divisions within PPP MNAs
The issue of Kalabagh Dam once again created a division in the rank and file of the PPP in the National Assembly on Monday when one of its members Nadeem Afzal Gondal raised his voice in support of it while another legislator from NWFP Noor Alam warned that if it was constructed then all the members from the NWFP would resign from the House.
The issue started minutes before the adjournment of session on Monday when on a point of order, Nadeem Afzal Gondal said that the dam was put in cold storage at a time when the country was facing acute water shortage.
He suggested formation of a technical committee for reviewing the pros and cons for the construction of the dam and give a report on purely technical basis. He also criticised the Punjab government for registering cases against the PPP workers under MPO 16 and described it as a first political case.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27456
Instaed of ***** footing about we should build this dam immediately and get some much needed energy into the national grid. Pakistanis will never stop bickering over these issues.
Turkish court charges 7 officers in coup plot
AP: ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish court on Wednesday formally charged and ordered jailed seven senior Turkish military officers for allegedly plotting several years ago to overthrow the Islamic-leaning government.
The wiretap evidence and discovery of alleged military plans drafted in 2003 to overthrow the government led to the detention of about 50 commanders Monday in the highest profile crackdown ever on the military which has ousted four governments since 1960.
The court in Istanbul ordered that four admirals, an army general and two staff colonels be jailed. It released six other officers Wednesday but it was not clear whether they were freed pending trial.
Prosecutors were still questioning dozens of other high-ranking officers, including former chiefs of the Navy, Air Force and Special Forces.
The crackdown dramatically escalated tensions in the country between the military-backed secular establishment and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose Islamic-leaning government has strong electoral backing and the European Union’s support
Top generals and admirals met at the military headquarters on Tuesday and issued a brief statement, saying they discussed “the serious situation” regarding the investigation.
Deniz Baykal, head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, accused the government on Tuesday of engaging in a “political showdown.”
“Why you waited for seven years?” Baykal asked. “These are commanders who wear pajamas and slippers now!”
Baykal, however, signaled that he would support the prosecution of military leaders who actually toppled governments in the past in an apparent reference to Gen. Kenan Evren, the leader of the 1980 coup.
Erdogan denies the crackdown is politically driven. He insists his efforts to improve human rights and bring Turkey into line with European Union standards is evidence that his government is seeking to enhance democracy, while putting the military under civilian rule as in the West.
The alleged secret military plans — dubbed “the sledgehammer” — included blowing up some mosques during Friday prayers and turning stadiums into open-air prisons capable of holding tens of thousands of people if they challenged the troops.
Turkey was abuzz Tuesday with speculation over whether recordings of the plotters, posted on leading Web sites, could possibly be genuine.
In one, a top officer accuses the political leadership of trying to “tear down the country and carry it into another (Islamic) regime.” He vows: “I will unleash (my forces) over Istanbul. … It is our duty to act without mercy.”
The crackdown has signaled that a major political shift is under way in Turkey, NATO’s sole Muslim member and a U.S. ally. The country’s stability is crucial for Washington and the EU, which want Turkey to develop into a mature democracy.
“What is striking about this struggle is that nobody had ever held the military accountable for what it had done. No one ever said what you are doing is wrong,” Henri Barkey, a Turkey expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said by telephone from Washington. “A societal change is taking place in Turkey at the moment.”
It is widely believed that Gen. Hilmi Ozkok, then head of the military, did not back his subordinates. He was not implicated in the alleged plot.
It was the latest in a series of alleged coup plots in recent years. More than 400 people, including academics, journalists and politicians in addition to soldiers, have already been charged in a previous case. No one has been convicted.
The following para caught my interest.
“In one, a top officer accuses the political leadership of trying to “tear down the country and carry it into another (Islamic) regime.” He vows: “I will unleash (my forces) over Istanbul. … It is our duty to act without mercy.”
And specially this quote
“I will unleash (my forces) over Istanbul. … It is our duty to act without mercy.”
What a genuine boot licker of so called secular west.
@jazoo
Just wondering what happened to ‘ forces’ on this forum. The ‘twittering forces’ seeing a secular revolution guided by a loser in Iran.
@bhola
Truth survive in all circumstances rest is circumstantial.
The uniqueness of Islamic philosophy is………Its not result oriented….You do the right and just things leave the results on Al-Mighty….Sometimes you may not like the results but survival of your integrated stand is assured and ever lasting as Al-Mighty Himself.
When Quran says Momin is never a loser…This apparently one simple quote has sea of meanings.
Iran gets its man
Security officials in Pakistan say that Pakistani intelligence played a substantial role in the arrest of Rigi, described as “a Baloch rebel turned al-Qaeda ally”. It is possible that Pakistan feared Jundallah might attack energy installations in Iran. This would have affected a much-delayed but important Pakistan-Iran pipeline project.
Iranian officials claim he was flying in a small plane from Pakistan to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates when Iranian authorities forced the plane to land in Iran. Baloch tribes in the Taftan area of Balochistan in Pakistan say Rigi was arrested inside Pakistan and then handed over to the Iranians.
Before 9/11, the ISI orchestrated the insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir that was bleeding India, in addition to backing the powerful D-Company organized crime syndicate of Dawood Ibrahim in Mumbai. The royalist regime of Nepal turned a blind eye to the ISI’s activities in that country, while the ISI and Bangladeshi intelligence cooperated to support southern Indian insurgencies and the network of the Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami (HUJI), a radical Muslim group. And by supporting the Taliban regime in Kabul, Afghanistan was virtually Pakistan’s fifth province, in effect run by an ISI brigadier.
With this network, the ISI was able to control proxy operations throughout Central Asian and against Iran. One of these networks was Rigi’s Baloch Liberation Organization.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB25Df02.html
Was the Taliban’s Captured No. 2 on the Outs with Mullah Omar?
There are two interpretations regarding Baradar, who was leaving a seminary in a dingy slum outside Karachi when Pakistani operatives, acting on a tip from the CIA, picked him up. The first theory is that Pakistan owed the U.S. big time for knocking out one of their troublesome insurgents and could not dither when the CIA demanded that Baradar be grabbed. But the second theory, put out by local Pakistani journalists with reliable Taliban contacts, suggests that Baradar was dispensable for the Pakistani intelligence since he broke last December with Omar.
According to Peshawar journalist Rahimullah Yousufzai, Taliban sources said the two old comrades split over Baradar’s supposed openness to talks with the Kabul government of Hamid Karzai, whom Omar and the Pakistanis despise. Also, Baradar was reportedly upset that Omar had shrugged off his warnings not to put too much trust in the Pakistanis. After Baradar’s capture, says Yousufzai, “all the Taliban will be thinking, Who’s next?”
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1967291,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
FBI at work: A recent FBI news release says Seven Charged with Illegal Export of Electronics to U.S.-Designated Terrorist Entity in Paraguay
Quiz: Guess the “Electronics” AND the “Terrorist Entity” they were sold to
Chairman NAB resigns
Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Naveed Ahsan has resigned, Geo News reported Wednesday.
He tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani during his meeting with the latter, sources told Geo News.
http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2010/59924.htm
Attorney-General not to support govt on Swiss cases
Attorney-General Pakistan Anwar Mansoor has offered to resign rather than give an opinion on the Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, sources told DawnNews.
Sources said the Attorney-General’s office had refused support to the government with regard to the Swiss cases and was therefore under tremendous pressure from the Prime Minister’s Secretariat.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-ag-govt-swiss-cases-qs-01
This is the mentality of our president. ” 4 foot 3 inch ka admi”.
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/feb2010-daily/25-02-2010/index.html
what’s the difference between the two biggest parties “PML-N” and “PPP”. Whether either of them have done something for us? Juat they have fed to their forigen account.
Chaudhry notches up victory for judiciary
The roots of the executive-judiciary conflict, however, reach down far deeper than the surface truth. It is the class structure of Pakistan and the class domination of its economy that is at the heart of the antagonistic relationship between the two.
Pakistan is a US$180 billion economy that is by and large in the control of 500 families. These families are a mix of rural-urban elites who draw power from a vast network of estate and industrial ownerships. The middle class that could rival the elitist monopoly of the economy and assert its democratic stewardship is numerically too small and substantively too insignificant to matter. Even by liberal counts, it is fewer than 10% of the national population of 175 million people.
Yet those who make up the middle class are bottom-heavy, as the middle class is liberally defined to include anyone who makes more than $2 a day. The elite, who dominate the state and deploy it as a vehicle for private enrichment, generously help themselves to state resources. The executive branch of government is wrapped around their little finger, which dutifully serves their interests in federal, provincial and local governments.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LB26Df03.html
کراچی ٹارگٹ کلنگ: شہدا فنڈ کے قیام کا اعلان
کراچی: وزیر اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی نے کہا ہے کہ قبائلی علاقوں میں آپریشن مکمل ہونے کے بعد ایف سی آر کے کالے قوانین ختم کردیے جائیں گے۔ وزیر اعلی ہاؤس کراچی میں تقریب سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے وزیر اعظم نے کہا کہ گلگت بلتستان کی طرح قبائلی علاقوں کو بھی قومی ادارے میں شامل کیا جائے گا۔ جن لوگوں کو حکومتی کارکردگی نظر نہیں آتی وہ کلر بلائنڈ ہیں۔ وزیراعظم گیلانی نے کہا کہ میثاق جمہوریت پر دستخط موجود ہیں لہذا وہ اس پر عمل درآمد کریں گے۔
انیس سو تہتر کا آئین پیپلز پارٹی کی جانب سے قوم کو تحفہ تھا۔ اس کی بحالی بھی پیپلز پارٹی کرے گی۔ امن و امان کے بحالی کے ذریعے سرمایہ کاری کا ماحول قائم کرنے کی جدوجہد کر رہے ہیں۔ کراچی پیکچ کا اعلان کر چکے ہیں اس پر عمل درآمد کا جائزہ لیا جائے گا۔انھوں نے کہا کہ دیہی اور شہری کوٹے پر سختی سے عمل کیا جائے۔ کراچی سے ایک اور وفاقی وزیر کو کابینہ میں شامل کریں گے۔ وزیر اعظم نے کراچی ٹارگٹ کلنگ میں ہلاک
Lets see how much funds these three parties get to eachother??????
کراچی ٹارگٹ کلنگ: شہدا فنڈ کے قیام کا اعلان
کراچی: وزیر اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی نے کہا ہے کہ قبائلی علاقوں میں آپریشن مکمل ہونے کے بعد ایف سی آر کے کالے قوانین ختم کردیے جائیں گے۔ وزیر اعلی ہاؤس کراچی میں تقریب سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے وزیر اعظم نے کہا کہ گلگت بلتستان کی طرح قبائلی علاقوں کو بھی قومی ادارے میں شامل کیا جائے گا۔ جن لوگوں کو حکومتی کارکردگی نظر نہیں آتی وہ کلر بلائنڈ ہیں۔ وزیراعظم گیلانی نے کہا کہ میثاق جمہوریت پر دستخط موجود ہیں لہذا وہ اس پر عمل درآمد کریں گے۔
انیس سو تہتر کا آئین پیپلز پارٹی کی جانب سے قوم کو تحفہ تھا۔ اس کی بحالی بھی پیپلز پارٹی کرے گی۔ امن و امان کے بحالی کے ذریعے سرمایہ کاری کا ماحول قائم کرنے کی جدوجہد کر رہے ہیں۔ کراچی پیکچ کا اعلان کر چکے ہیں اس پر عمل درآمد کا جائزہ لیا جائے گا۔انھوں نے کہا کہ دیہی اور شہری کوٹے پر سختی سے عمل کیا جائے۔ کراچی سے ایک اور وفاقی وزیر کو کابینہ میں شامل کریں گے۔ وزیر اعظم نے کراچی ٹارگٹ کلنگ میں ہلاک ہونے والوں کے ورثا کے لیے شہدا فنڈز قائم کرنے کا اعلان بھی کیا
Prophet Muhammad(SAW) the blessing and mercy for all the worlds…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35ilFpwAss&feature=related
Corruption full politicians this is what we deserve:
http://columns.pk/category/corruption-kahanian/
Breed of new millionaires joins Zardari;
PM’s wife, Babar Ghauri, Jakhrani, Khurshid among those who ought to explain their millions
By Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON: While all political guns are targeting President Asif Ali Zardari for his Swiss millions, the latest declarations of assets by members of parliament have opened a spectrum of new targets, with many new and unexpected millionaires in the run and some having added unexplained crores to their existing wealth in just a few months.
The shocking addition to the list of new upper class Crore-patis comes in shape of the MQM, a party which always claims to belong to the middle class and its leaders and workers always remain open to accountability, not so from the politicians or the media, but more from its own leadership in London.
It is absolutely possible that many MQM MNAs were rich when they joined the party but still they, more than others, have to reconcile the addition of millions to their wealth in just one year by explaining at some forum how they earned the extra cash, whether they have paid the due taxes on their income and whether they have kept their leadership in London properly informed. And whether Altaf Hussain also approves of such filthy growth to riches of his selected top faces in their offices is another question.
The PPP leadership has also added millions upon millions in just one year and they also have to explain it either to the tax authorities, the FBR, the NAB or even the Public Accounts Committee, if these organisations have to disprove that they are not just impotent forums.
For instance, Prime Minister Gilani claims that he bought a house by selling his property but his wife, under a plea bargain, paid off Rs 570 million loan by giving Rs 45 million. Where did that huge chunk come from is not explained.
The few politicians who have almost doubled or quadrupled their declared assets in just one year have to do a lot of explaining. These include PPP Minister Aijaz Jakhrani (Rs 15.6m to Rs 61m), Syed Khurshid Shah (Rs 24.6m to Rs 51.6m), Manzoor Wattoo (Rs 74m to Rs 156m) and Hazar Khan Bijarani (Rs 34.4 to Rs 40.7m).
Assets have grown by leaps and bounds in some other cases. For instance, Farahnaz Ispahani has added US$466,000 (a cool Rs 4 crores) to her income, some of which was used to pay off mortgage ($300,000) or invested in stocks ($60,000); MQM’s Dr AQ Khanzada has shown an increase from Rs 6.2 million in 2008 to Rs 17.7 million in 2009 or more than a crore; Khushbakht Shujaat owned property worth Rs 6 million last year which has grown to Rs 18 million in a year while her loan has come down from Rs 14 million to Rs 9 million, or a net gain of Rs 17 million; MNA Faryal Talpur’s income jumped by Rs 23 million while sister Azra also added Rs 11 million.
Likewise, Babar Ghauri of MQM has a declared worth of just under Rs 200 million. We all know how he started in the KPT before joining the MQM but will he or his party explain whether he was such a rich man before he joined the party and how he has amassed this much wealth and property and whether he has paid the due taxes. His declarations do not mention any private business, so how is his wealth snowballing.
In comparison, a known businessman of the Sharif family, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, has declared his net assets as Rs 211 million and he gives all the liabilities and loans that he owes plus his assets. Whether Hamza Sharif can justify his assets before the tax and accountability authorities is another matter but he is ahead of Babar Ghauri by a few million only.
Another curious admission has come from Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, who is under fire for the rental power plants. He says he has to receive Rs 8 million from his brother, why and for what has not been explained. Astonishingly, the famous Maulana Fazlur Rehman of the JUI, known better for his petrol and diesel links, only has a worth of Rs 3.5 million.
All these random examples prove that the declarations of assets are a total fraud and a farce unless it is backed up by credible and serious efforts to counter check the claims and pin down the culprits.
For instance, these assets are not supposed to reflect the ill-gotten wealth by anyone. But if people of modest means, at least a few years ago, are now confident enough to claim that they own millions, it is but obvious that they have not declared their full worth. So if someone has Rs 20 crore to declare, how many more would he or she be hiding in local, Benami (fake names) or foreign accounts.
The process of declaring assets is absolutely essential, no matter how deceptive the claims are. This process needs to be extended to all sections of the society; the judges, generals, journalists (I am ready to file at any time), lawyers, businessmen, Ulema, bureaucrats and even non-elected politicians.
But more important is the need to set up a national structure where these claims are scrutinised. Either the tax authorities could do the job or the proposed independent and autonomous NAB should automatically take this responsibility. If these institutions are not trustworthy, let the Supreme Court name one judge to carry out this annual exercise.
Declaring assets and then forgetting them is like playing a big joke with the people. What is the point if no one asks our elected representatives how they got the millions or how they doubled, tripled or even in one case quadrupled them in just 12 months, given all the doom and gloom around our economy and business.
And why not ask all others, especially those who are in the public eye and who lecture others on morality, principles and good governance on a daily basis. Let people come clean before they ask others to be accountable
A few days ago, coincidently, I watched a fragmant of an ongoing programme of Sama Channel in which Khawaja Asif and Sardar Asif Ahmmad Ali was onlin. Over some reason the anchor of programme quoted Hazra Ummar’s word to affect that if a camel was died on the bank of river Fraat he would be accountable for that. In return Sardar Asif Ahmmad Ali termed it as “dastaanain aur mafroozay” (mean folk tails and hypothesis). I was really shocked to hear these words that a responisble person was saying that nonsense thing. I felt the lady anchor was also taken aback at those words and she mumbled something in amazament. I questioned to myself whether the person of that sort deserved to be a responsible person of an Islamic republic of Pakistan? My heart answered “No, not at all”. Such persons who termed our heroic history as cock and bull stories should live in Pakistan they should seek their hide out somewhere else so that they can live their life on thier own way and we on our way. I request all the politicians if they don’t believe in religon Islam then they don’t deserve to rule over this country because it was made on the name of “Islam”. Please get rid of this country and let it thrive and grow.
@Revolution
“Corruption full politicians this is what we deserve”
Allah Said, “…The hearts of the rulers are in my control. When My servants obey Me, I turn their leaders towards them in kindness. When My servants disobey Me, I turn their rulers towards them with wrath and anger, then they punish them terribly.
This list contains name of almost all the parties peosons, Who will make them accountable.?
Revolution brother, The only solution is a Bloody Revolution.
Country’s water reservoirs depleting fast
A senior official of the water and power ministry said the total quantity of water in the reservoirs stood at 360,000 acre feet on Friday evening, compared to 1.46 million acre feet on the day last year.
“The amount of water in store today (360,000 acre feet) is equivalent to about 190,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs). The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) is already supplying 83,500 cusecs from the reservoirs.
“This means that the water we have will last only three days,” the official said.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/19-water-reservoirs-depleting-fast-720-hh-03
The Obama administration plans to spend nearly $50 million on Pakistani media this year to reverse anti-American sentiments and raise awareness of projects aimed at improving quality of life, confirms a Washington insider.
After the Kerry-Lugar Bill debacle, the Obama administration had struggled with the idea of ‘branding’ aid and many within the State department and the USAID had argued that identifying projects may backfire.
“By announcing that a school was built and is being maintained – partly because of the aid received from America – you can alienate people,” said someone who had proposed not ‘branding’ the aid.
The US Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke believes that a substantial amount of monies spent on media- especially private TV channels will reduce tension and may even bring Pakistan-US relations back on the right path.
Senator John Kerry, the main architect of Kerry-Lugar bill also supports the idea of claiming credit for all “the good work being done to improve infrastructure, energy and education,” said a source in Senator’s office.
Reuters today reported that the Obama administration has sent lawmakers a plan for funding water, energy and other projects. Report said the US intends to spend $1.45 billion of earmarked for the Kerry-Lugar bill in fiscal 2010.
The trust deficit had surged after a well intended aid package focused to uplift Pakistan’s civilian society was trashed by a section of Pakistani media. Interviews with diplomatic sources in Washington, D.C. and media coverage of the KLB debacle had demonstrated growing frustration of the Obama administration.
Although American officials publicly praise military operation in South Waziristan, in private they sing a different tune; their assessment of ”alignment” is rather pessimistic. Stories leaked to media consistently allege that al-Qaeda leadership is still enjoying safe haven in Pakistan.
Pakistan-U.S. relations have not been this tenuous before, and the Obama administration is frustrated with the outcome of the Kerry-Lugar bill. “No one had anticipated such negativity,” said an American official who did not want to be identified. “We thought Pakistanis [would] celebrate the passage of this bill. This is what we were told by representatives of Pakistani government.”
Pakistani government representatives from President Zardari to Foreign Minister Qureshi and Ambassador Hussain Haqqani further down the chain had assured the Americans that Pakistanis would be jubilant; KLB was suppose to heal all wounds, rectify all wrongs and erase memories of the past from the consciousness of the masses.
The Obama administration has shared their plan to sponsor high impact projects and communicate the value of these projects using local media.
Voice of America, a radio and TV platform that speaks for the government of the US already has a tie-up with Geo TV and now they have aligned with Express TV as well.
The Obama administration plans to help Pakistan’s democratic government meet budget shortfalls and deliver services to a population increasingly angry about economic and security troubles. As the funding builds the capacity of the government to provide basic services, the US sponsored Pakistani media will raise awareness and a build a brand for America, our sources have confirmed.
http://www.examiner.com/x-32569-Pakistan-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m2d27-US-to-spend-50-million-on-media-in-Pakistan
منموہن سعودی عرب پہنچ گئے
بھارت کا کہنا ہے کہ ترقی کے شعبہ میں سعودی عرب کے ساتھ کافی امکانات ہیں
بھارت کے وزیراعظم منموہن سنگھ سعودی عرب کے تین روزہ دورہ پرگزشتہ روز ریاض پہنچے تو ان کا شاندار استقبال کیا ہے۔ سعودی عرب کی پوری کابینہ بھارتی وزیر اعظم کا استقبال کرنے کے ایئرپورٹ پر موجود تھے۔
گزشتہ اٹھائیس برس میں کسی بھارتی وزیر اعظم کا سعودی عرب کا پہلا دورہ ہے۔اس سے قبل سنہ انیس سو بیاسی میں اس وقت کی وزیراعظم محترمہ اندرا گاندھی نے سعودی عرب کا دورہ کیا تھا۔
سنیچر کو ریاض روانگی سے قبل ایک سعودی اخبار کو انٹرویو دیتے ہوئے منموہن سنگھ نے کہا تھا کہ پاکستان کے ساتھ بات چیت کے علاوہ کوئی دوسرا متبادل نہیں ہے۔
ان کا کہنا تھا کہ وہ اپنے پڑوسی ملک پاکستان کے ساتھ کشمیر سمیت ہر مسئلے کو حل کرنے کے لیے دہشتگردی کے خوف کے بغیر ماحول میں بات چیت کے حق میں ہیں۔ منموہن سنگھ کے ساتھ سعودی دورہ پر ان کی کابینہ کے چار وزراء بھی گئے ہیں۔
اس دوران بھارتی وزیرخارجہ برائے مملکت ششی تھرور نے ریاض میں بعض بھارتی ٹی وی چینلز سے بات چیت میں کہا ہے کہ سعودی عرب اور پاکستان کے اچھے رشتے ہیں اور وہ بھارت اور پاکستان کے درمیان تعلقات بہتر کرنے میں سعودی عرب اپنا کردار ادا کر سکتا ہے۔
جانے سے قبل وزیراعظم منموہن سنگھ نے کہا تھا’میرا یہ دورہ اس حیثیت سے اہم ہے کہ میں سعودی عرب جانے والا تیسرا بھارتی وزیر اعظم ہوں۔‘
مسٹر سنگھ نے کہا ’سکیورٹی، سائنس، ٹیکنالوجی، فضائی سائنس، انسانی وسائل، تجارت اور ترقی کے دوسرے شعبوں میں بھارت اور سعودی عرب کے درمیان تعاون کے بے شمار امکانات ہیں اور دونوں ایک ساتھ مل کر بہت کچھ کر سکتے ہیں۔‘
بھارت اپنی توانائی کا بیس فیصد حصہ سعودی عرب سے حاصل کر تا ہے۔ دونوں کے درمیان تقریباً پچیس ارب ڈالر سے بھی زیادہ کی تجارت ہوتی ہے اور دونوں اسے اور بڑھانا چاہتے ہیں۔
وزیرااعظم منموہن سنگھ کا سعودی عرب میں شاہانہ انداز میں استقبال ہوا ہے ۔
@pakwatan12
Is it an Ayah or Hadith? Please share the reference.
Thanks in advance.
I found Zulfiqar Khosa’s protestations a bit funny:
UK HC refuses visa to Zulfiqar Khosa
“Oh, Masa Please!!!”
P.S. I wish I could get a hand on “vast agriculture and commercial properties”, “bank statement, monthly income” that he provided to the British HC. I would like to compare it to what he listed as his assets with the election commission…
US has been talking a lot about “transparency” on how US money is spent here. I only wish they’d be transparent about who is going to get this money:
US to spend $50 million on media in Pakistan
Hummerless Tengzhong in expansion zone
Suolang Duoji, the Chinese businessman whose efforts to buy the Hummer brand from American motor giant General Motors collapsed last week, is having no such problems as he expands his empire in another direction – Pakistan.
Also known under the name of Li Yan, Suolang intends to set up a 40,500-hectare economic zone in Punjab province to promote industrial activities and improve the standard of local products with the help of Chinese experience and technology.
Suolang aims to take advantage of a Pakistan-China free-trade agreement signed in 2006, which has helped boost trade between the countries, with China set to become Pakistan’s fourth-biggest trade partner.
Even the global recession has failed to make much of a dent in the strengthening relationship. The value of commerce between the two countries declined only 2.9% last year to $6.8 billion, compared with a drop of 13.9% in China’s total foreign trade.
Pakistan’s exports to China jumped more than 25% last year to $1.3 billion, compared with a 7.7% fall in trade in the other direction to $5.5 billion as China’s overall exports slumped 16%.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LC02Df01.html
Pakistan holds onto its Taliban
The refusal of Pakistani intelligence to turn over Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and as many as six other top Taliban figures to the United States or the Afghan government has dealt a serious blow to the Barack Obama administration’s hopes for Pakistani cooperation in weakening the Taliban.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LC02Df02.html
When it comes to they own interests the yanks start spreading propaganda about Pakistan and do not respect the decision of the superior judiciary but when they set up our sister Aafia for a bogus case then excuses about independent judiciary come into play, hypocrites.
@Zaheer
This is a hadeeth from ” al-I’itidaal”
An Ayah also says” “Thus do we make the wrongdoers turn to each other, because of what they earn” (6:129).
Recent successes against Talibans in Bajour…
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-army-bajaur-qs-10
For all those who oppose drones …
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-taliban-confirm-qari-zafar-death-qs-09
Military operation in Orakzai imminent …
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-army-op-tirah-orakzai-qs-06
@pakwatan12
Is it it a Shia hadith book?
He, Allah Almighty, alone the Creator,Sustainer and Owner of everything!
The One Who guides and protects…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7oAz0o35gA
Austin Plane Attack Highlights Double Standards
Seema Ahmad
A week ago, Joseph Stack flew his plane into an IRS building in Austin. It is shocking that there wasn’t non-stop news coverage of the tragic event. After all, the image of shattered buildings and a smoke-filled sky is forever ingrained in the minds of Americans after the attacks of 9/11.
Instead, the news of the day was dominated by the Conservative Political Action Conference and Tiger Woods’ impending apology.
And although some reporters discussed the incident, it quickly became apparent that the intentional flying of an airplane into a government building would not dominate the news. Stack was not Muslim which meant there would be no hysteria and inflammatory rhetoric about the Austin attack.
This act wouldn’t be politicized to marginalize certain groups as “soft on terror.” It wouldn’t result in draconian policy measures to expand government surveillance or to use racial profiling.
There wouldn’t be a round-up of all middle-aged men who had expressed outrage at this country’s tax regime. There would be no expectation for tax protestors to condemn Joseph Stack or risk the questioning of their patriotism. In fact, newly elected Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) discussed Stack’s actions in terms of popular frustration with government and a desire for “transparency” and “accountability.”
Yet when violence is perpetuated by Muslim extremists, the results are completely different. Fear is fanned by those who stand to benefit from it pressuring some Muslim organizations dedicated to American pluralism to defend their integrity by repeatedly explaining that the world’s 2 billion Muslims are not represented by one individual’s act of violence.
To examine the motives or mental state of terrorists is to risk being called a “terrorist-sympathizer.” Legal and social norms are compromised all too often and we operate on prejudice masquerading as policy. Although the Obama administration has taken some courageous steps to reverse this trend and pursue a more balanced rhetoric, it has not been able to fully implement polices that restore American ideals of justice and equality.
Joseph Stack committed a horrific act. So did Nidal Hasan when he went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood military base. And although the threat of Al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism is serious and real, it is problematic that the media only inquires about religion, organizational affiliation, or ideology when Muslims are involved.
In the news coverage that only lasted a day or two, few have asked, “Who was Joseph Stack?” And yet, tax-protester violence is not new.
Right-wing extremist groups — sometimes religiously inspired — have a history of aggression in this country. Take anti-abortion groups that supported the death of Dr. Tiller or anti-semitic members of Posse Comitatus who refuse to pay taxes and have killed or threatened federal officials. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security issued a report in April of 2009 on the rising threat of right-wing extremism. It may be that Stack has no affiliation with these groups, but the public inquiry should be made.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seema-ahmad/austin-plane-attack-highl_b_478062.html
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Bullet-proof jackets
The NWFP police force has been among those at the forefront of the battle against militancy. From suicide attacks to bombings of schools to assaults on convoys and check-posts, the men of the Frontier police are either directly targeted or killed and injured as they strive to protect civilians. Estimates put the number of policemen killed in the NWFP between 2004 and 2009 at over 500. More than twice that number are said to have sustained injuries. When all this is considered, the fact that bureaucratic hurdles are preventing more than 3,000 bullet-proof jackets from reaching the NWFP police is condemnable.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China.html
Dr Aafia did or didn’t?
When I first heard about Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case, I immediately held an uninformed opinion; I thought she was guilty. It didn’t matter to me that she was a woman, and I felt if she had been Al Qaeda then she deserved punishment.
This gut reaction probably came from the circumstantial evidence surrounding the case, of which there is a considerable amount. So, instead of writing something that was obviously tainted with bias, I chose not to write anything. Only recently, when I was asked to an interview with an American radio station did I realise that I needed to know more than what I superficially did. While researching the case, I came across a website dedicated to Dr Aafia, and it bemoaned the lack of interest from the liberal media, of which I concede I could fall into, and in many ways that criticism is valid.
My unequivocal position has changed by looking at the facts and disputed facts of the case. I feel significant doubt regarding my earlier conclusion. That is not to say that I feel she is innocent, but I don’t think it can be said with certainty either that she is guilty.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=227121
One of S. Arabian prince is planning to build the highest tower/building after Dubai won the race. Someone should request Arab fellows that what are you doing and what will it bring? You are spending billions and billions on those building for what? Was it wish of Prophet Muhammad(SAW) or was it his way or is it really the need of Muslims right now?
By the way, these are not the things which make one respected or higher, rather it is one’s(Taqwa: Allah’s fear) faith and pious actions that make a person prestigious. This money could be used to support the needy people, students, institutions, projects, research etc; at a place which could bring greater and long lasting benefit to the people in general, i suppose. It is not a healthy competition of constructing the high buildings i personally think.
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/mar2010-daily/04-03-2010/topst/main14.gif
CJ has changed course of history, says Justice Javed
He said people had great expectations from the judiciary and everyone was approaching the court with his grievances because most departments have failed to deliver what was expected of them. Had the departments worked efficiently, hundreds of applications would not have been coming to the Supreme Court with almost everyone seeking relief from the chief justice, he said.
Therefore, there was no option but to take suo motu notices while remaining within constitutional limits and drastic changes have been witnessed because of the exercise of this jurisdiction.
The judge also referred to cases like the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills and the Bank of Punjab loan scam of Rs9 billion where billions of rupees were returned to the country because of action taken by the court.
“Should the Supreme Court sit idle and not take action in such scenarios?” he asked.
Justice Javed regretted that loans of billions of rupees secured by influential people were waived but property of ordinary citizens was auctioned to recover small loans.
Praising the role of lawyers and the media, he said judges were confined to their homes when Gen Musharraf proclaimed emergency rule to pre-empt an adverse decision by a 11-judge bench that was hearing a case about his eligibility to contest presidential elections.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/06-cj-has-changed-course-of-history%2C-says-justice-javed-530-rs-05
SC disposes of 403 cases in 5 days by March 5
The Supreme Court (SC) disposed of at least 403 cases in five days from March 1 to 5, Geo News reported Saturday.
According to a statement issued here from the apex court, the bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry and Justice Chadhry Ijaz Ahmed wrapped up at least 195 cases.
Another bench-1 comprising CJ Chaudhry, Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain dispensed with at least 36 cases.
Justice Nasirul Mulk and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain delivered verdicts in 69 cases and a bench comprising Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Jawwad Owais Khawja settled at least 103 cases.
http://www.geo.tv/3-6-2010/60519.htm
More good news from Waziristan ….
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik confirmed on Saturday that Tehreek-e-Taliban leaders Maulvi Faqir Muhammad, Qari Ziaur Rehman and Fateh Muhammad were killed along with 30 other militants in the Mohmand Agency.
The Taliban leaders were killed as helicopter gunship helicopters targeted their hideouts.
Speaking to DawnNews, Malik said that other militants that are on the run will be captured and not spared.
He added that there were clear indications of Indian involvement in militant activities in NWFP and the tribal areas.
The accusation of Indian involvement has been repeated by several other government and military officials as well.
Prophet Muhammad(SAW) the last and final of all Prophets sent by Allah(SWT). He is the guide, source of peace, unity and eternal success for whole mankind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlyiWkYIo6Y
Lahore Blast in Model Town.
Why does government has these offices in residential areas.
http://www.geo.tv/3-8-2010/60622.htm
@ geelemitti
Same thing was going through my mind also.
This is the mail I received from a Pakistani American Scientist I know personally.
No doubts Americans are seriously planning to leave Iraq…..But what they are leaving behind…A crime on humanity.
Being a Physicist, while serving General Electric Electronic Systems Department (Military) and later NASA’s JSC, I had to deal with Radiation Effects on Electronic Systems, Devices and Safety related to Humans, since early eighties to protect Military/Space Systems, and also served on the Radiation Safety Committee at NASA/JSC –Safety-Reliability and Quality Assurance Division from early 90’s till my retirement in September 2002.
During my early graduate studies I heard some horrible stories from a UNESCO Visiting Professor, Frank Barendregt (from Holland) at Univ. of Karachi during 1955-57. And later when I had NSF/US-AEC Summer Scholarship for University Teachers to study the use of Radio-Isotopes at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA during the summer of 1963. The knowledge gained led my curiosity to know more on this subject till this day. I received first shock after learning the horrible things done to U.S. Citizens by scientists at Los Alamos National Labs by injecting them Uranium and Plutonium without their explicit consent, when the documents were unclassified by Clinton’s Energy Secretary, Hazel O’Leary (93-97). Eileen Welsome after sifting through these declassified documents, described these experiments (pages 253-263) published in her book, “PLUTONIUM FILES.”
Later in 1997, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark with the help of Rosalie Bertell, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Jay, M. Gould, Manuel Pino, Michio Kaku, and an Iraqi Dr. Ashraf El-Bayoumi published a book “Depleted Uranium – Metal of Dishonor: How the Pentagon Radiates soldiers and Civilians with DU Weapons.” It was a shocking revelation when LIFE magazine on its cover had a picture of U.S. Gulf War Veteran and the story about his children affected by DU made headlines. This did not end there, but, more revelations came about when a German Scientist, Dr. Siegwart-Horst Guenther of the Austrian Yellow Cross International systematically studied the evidence of possible Gulf war Syndrome inside Iraq and the high incidence across the country of abnormal births ( their photographs have been posted on the Web, which look like monster fetuses). A report of Baghdad DU Symposium – U.S. used DU in Bosnia Internal Danger of DU was also published in abovementioned book by Ramsey Clark et al.
This is very serious crime committed against humanity, since the half-life of Depleted Uranium is 4.2 Billion Years. This means a ticking cancer bomb was planted in that region and Balkans which will kill innocent civilians and animals for Billions of years, with cancers and all sorts of tumors.
NOTE: Both Ionizing Radiation as well as Non-Ionizing (Electromagnetic) radiation has ill effects on GENES, and there is no such thing as SAFE DOSE, beyond which effects such as Tumors and Cancers of various kinds are triggered. The Recent introduction of Total Body Scanners either use backscattered X-Rays or Millimeter waves to construct body image. Both X-rays and millimeter waves are known to cause harm, (as shown with respect to millimeter waves used as mob control weapon by CBS-News 60Minutes in which the burning sensation under the skin had to make the narrator duck quickly and signal to turn off the Ray-Gun).
Recently President Obama has opened another can of worms by letting Nuclear Industry enthusiasts build more Nuclear Reactors for “Green” Power generation. U.S. already has more than 70,000 tons of Nuclear (Radioactive) Waste and no-where to put it. If stored in the deep underground tunnels the containers will eventually rust or breakdown by creating porosity, leaking the radioactivity into the drinking water underground creating more tumors and cancers. Moreover, the life of a nuclear reactor is about 30 years, after which it become like an unsafe grave-yard, subsidized by tax-payers. Power generators using Fossil fuels pour Greenhouse gases (Carbon dioxide, etc.) into the atmosphere, whereas, Nuclear reactors contaminate by pumping radioactive wastes into the earth, which will eventually contaminate water table underground, totally unsafe for human consumption (containing radioactive waste components, some of whose half life is more than a billion years. It would be ticking radiation bomb eventually increasing the rates of Cancer in human beings as well as animals.
Neither the Nuclear industry nor the government tells the public the truth about serious hazards posed by RADIATION both on earth and in SPACE, [even to passengers flying in aircraft at 30,000 feet altitude by high-energy Cosmic Rays & Solar Protons hitting the metallic body of the aircraft (that produce the secondary neutrons inside the aircraft), increasing with altitude, which maximize at 60,.000 feet, even at lower attitudes of 30,000 feet, and more so for those aircraft flying through Polar Routes (sometimes due to bad weather or to save fuel). I learnt about these hazards while serving on the Radiation Safety Committee of NASA and also through Professional Courses offered by IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conferences (NSREC) – specially about presence of neutrons inside a commercial airliner (like sitting close to nuclear reactor) during NSREC 1998). Based upon this knowledge and coupled with Flight Duration (as these effects are cumulative over time) FAA gave an advisory to Airlines Crew Member to reduce their flying hours, to prevent ill effects by radiation and most of all ensuing Law-Suits.] Space Radiation poses a very serious problem for Astronauts travelling to MARs, one way duration ~ 6 months). An event called Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)[perform Google search to know more about it] about which our CREATOR, warned us through Qur’an [Surah Ar-Rahman #55: Ayats # 33 O ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and earth, pass ye! Not without authority shall ye be able to pass!; # 35 – On you will be sent a flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke: No defense will ye have [this refers to Solar Flares and more so about CME’s which occur randomly according to 11 year Solar Cycle (the next predicted within during 2010 – 2012).
REFERENCES:
1. “PLUTONIUM FILES: America’s Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War,” by Eileen Welsome, published by Dial Press, Random House, New York 1999. ISBN 0-385-31402-7.
2. “Depleted Uranium – Metal of Dishonor: How the Pentagon RADIATES soldiers & civilians with DU weapons, by Ramsey Clark et al. (names mentioned above); 2nd Edition, published by International Action Center, New York 1997 and 1999. ISBN 0-9656916-0-8.
3. “Challenge to Genocide: LET IRAQ LIVE, Sanctions are Genocide,” by Ramsey Clark & others,” and published by International Action Center, New York 1998. ISBN 0-9656916-4-0.
4. “THE FIRE THIS TIME: U.S,. War Crimes in The Gulf,” by Ramsey Clark (former U.S. Attorney General), and published by International Action Center, New York 1992 & 1994. ISBN 0-9656916-8-3.
5. “The True Cost of CONFLICT: Seven Recent Wars and Their Effects on Society,” Edited by Michael Cranna, The New Press, New York 1994. ISBN 1-56584-268-5.
6. “MELTDOWN: [The Secret Papers of The Atomic Energy Commission] THREE MILE ISLAND, CHERNOBYL . . . WHERE NEXT? By Daniel Ford ( former Executive Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists0, A Touchstone Book, published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 1982, 1984, and 1986. ISBN 0-671-63449-6.
7. “The NEW Nuclear DANGER: George W. Bush’s Military-Industrial Complex,” by Dr. Helen Caldicott, The New Press, New York 2002. ISBN 1-56584-740-7.
8. “SECRET FALLOUT: Low-Level Radiation From Hiroshima to Three-Mile Island,” by Ernest Sternglass [Introduction by George Wald, Nobel Laureate – Physiology & Medicine], McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 1972 and 1981. ISBN 0-07-061242-0.
9. Perform Google search about Coronal Mass Ejections and Van Allen Radiation Belts around the earth to learn more about Radiation hazards posed by CME’s (to Satellites and Power systems & Transmission Lines on earth) and Van Allen Belts in Space.
Bashir A. Syed
Retired Aerospace Scientist
Member: APS, AAPT, IEEE (NSRE & NPPS), UCS, ASES and ISES.
Fulbright, NSF/US-AEC & NASA Scholr
@admin
Make my above post your cover article.
You have not covered yet such subject
[...] Sharif’s Senior Advisor Zulfiqar Khosa’s motorcade running over motor cyclists killing one, injuring two (of course “no crime was committed” since only a peasant died and not getting the British visa is punishment enough) [...]
Marjah, the city that never was
By Gareth Porter
The picture of Marjah presented by military officials and reported by major news media is one of the clearest and most dramatic pieces of MISINFORMATION of the entire war, apparently aimed at hyping the offensive as an historic turning point in the conflict.
Marjah is not a city or even a real town, but a few clusters of farmers’ homes amid a large agricultural area that covers much of the southern Helmand River Valley.
“It’s not urban at all,” an official of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), who asked not to be identified, admitted to Inter Press Service (IPS) on Sunday. He called Marjah a “rural community”.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LC10Df02.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7055965.ece
Shahbaz Sharif requested Taliban not to do terrorism in Punjab as both Taliban and PMLN has opposed Musharaaf’s uncontitutional rule. Essentially he is saying we were allies why are you creating law and order issues for us?
When Salman Taseer pressed CM for the statement Mr. Sharif back tracked and said he was misinterpreted.
I think that Salman Taseer is most probably the high profile man of externals and most probably he is responsible for the activities of TTP(Punjab) i.e. manages this group! R. Malik seems to be responsible for the TTP(Pakistan) so one of them is given Provincial task while other one is given for Pakistan!
They are trying to split even intelligence agencies and trying to create internal rifts among them! It is highly important to “treat” such people and their networks quickly but wisely! They are badmash type couple and one needs to be very bold and wise to handle them; don’t crumble in front of them! We have a lot of badmashs, so why not use few of them against such people? It is for sure that these two will not stop their evil activities, very little chance for that.
@Zaheer
Salman Taseer and Rehman Malik are controlling Taliban mashallah ….
What about Taliban Khan and Hamid Gul how ‘d you describe their role?
and what about Shahbaz Sharif’s statements that Taliban and PMLN are allies, Taliban should not attack in Punjab where PMLN is at helm? Any comments on that?
Nevertheless it’s good to hear something against Taliban for you. You yourself are TTP mouth piece on pkp
@time
“Salman Taseer and Rehman Malik are controlling Taliban mashallah ….”
Everything is possible Mister!
“What about Taliban Khan and Hamid Gul how ‘d you describe their role?”
Don’t have much clues particularly about Taliban khan but Hamid Gul supports the Taliban especially of Afghanistan, it is no mystery!
“and what about Shahbaz Sharif’s statements that Taliban and PMLN are allies, Taliban should not attack in Punjab where PMLN is at helm? Any comments on that?”
His statement is being stretched too far! Actually this is an effort to morally blackmail him so that no one talks about negotiations or peace! I support anyone who says that we should sit and talk instead of fighting! What objection do you have with his statement and with which part of his statement?
“Nevertheless it’s good to hear something against Taliban for you. You yourself are TTP mouth piece on pkp
”
I hate TTP because they are being run by S. Taseer and R. Malik and they are anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan! This TTP thing is most probably pawn of enemy.
@ Zaheer
PPP and PML-N are 2 sides of the same coin, Taseer had SSP leader in his jalsa and then denying i don’t know this person when taken to task by media.
Edhi discloses dirty nexus between Taliban Khan and Gen. Hamid Gul !
“”"”Q. Have you ever been approached by political or other groups for support?
A. Once, I was approached by General Hamid Gul, Imran Khan and few others, mostly military and intelligence officials, who were conspiring to overthrow Benazir Bhutto’s second government and wanted me to get involved. I declined because I am a social worker and not a politician. I also did not want to tarnish the credibility of my organisation by getting embroiled in something that obviously seemed quite disturbing. Eventually, I was made to feel threatened enough to temporarily leave the country. “”"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/02-edhi-interview-01
“IF” true then it is a very condemnable thing for Imran to do because planning to overthrow an elected government is not the behaviour of a democratic leader. He should come out clarify his position.
Aide: Karzai ‘very angry’ at Taliban boss’ arrest
The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai’s advisers.
Karzai “was very angry” when he heard that the Pakistanis had picked up Baradar with an assist from U.S. intelligence, the adviser said. Besides the ongoing talks, he said Baradar had “given a green light” to participating in a three-day peace jirga that Karzai is hosting next month.
“The government has been negotiating with Mullah Baradar, who took an offer to the Taliban shura,” Shamsi said, using the word for the group’s governing board.
Shamsi said he’d seen intelligence reports indicating that Omar resisted the offer and that Baradar’s rivals within the Taliban leadership were fiercely opposed to any negotiations with the Afghan government.
An intelligence official in southern Afghanistan, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk with journalists, said there were reports that Omar was angry about Baradar’s negotiations with the government and asked Pakistani intelligence officials to arrest him.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hx456sYb9C61WWKFFCGE3IYR5EHAD9EFIV9O0
@lal bichoo
This whole nexus of Hamid Gul, Imran khan, taliban, alqaeda and hizbul tahrir is fully exposed. These merchants of death thought that they could take over Pakistan through the backdoor.
3,000kg of explosives, arms, suicide vests seized in Lahore http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/3%2C000kg-of-explosives%2C-arms%2C-suicide-vests-seized-in-lahore-730
Haji Mushtaq Javed , Muhammad Umer, Muhammad Umer arrested and police searching for IMran Mota.
3000kg wow the model town explosion used 600kg. These terrorist had big plans for lahore. In kaie naam check karo aur kaam check karo. Naam aiye momina kartoot kafiran.
What’s with Imran khan. He just had a press conference with marvi memon, the biggest fan of moshe. Is she the one about whom Aftab Iqbal was mentioning in his recent show
khoob guzray ge jo milbathain gay dewanay do (plus 2+1 bachay)
@bechari-awam
blech!! He has GOT to have better taste than that…
Wah jeee Shariff brothers Wah…. wo Dekho Zardari ne apni poori jaan atye main dene aillan kar dia aur aap loag to Taliban ka sath de rahe ho… kaaaashh mene last election main aap ki party ko vote naheen dia hota….
@ideologist1
“wo Dekho Zardari ne apni poori jaan atye main dene aillan kar dia aur aap loag to Taliban ka sath de rahe ho…”
please correction not “jaan” balkey “dead body” and looted money not at all! I think S. Sharif did not support Taliban etc rather he asked them that why were they attacking Punjab although Punjab govt. is not supporting externals/enemies!
“kaaaashh mene last election main aap ki party ko vote naheen dia hota….”
Merey khial main aap ney last election main un ki party ko vote nahin dia tha warna aap yeh maqqarana biyan naa detey!
Very good day,
This is to invite your attention towards the desirability, in today’s World__ where no one, be it a super power or a super-populated nation, is in a position to influence events __ of an inter-state alliance for the resolution of regional and global issues.
The present time demands a new World Order achievable through a Global Alliance of Jews, Christians and Muslims who need to get their vision adjusted to the logic of events as they have unfolded in the beginning of the 21st century. If, thus, the believers correct their course to pursue such values as conform with God’s universal plan, design and order, they will be rewarded with world leadership. Otherwise, Nature will, for the correction of course, permit the evil to gather momentum and rush with fury to a WAR ON THE BELIEVERS who will suffer substantial loss before reuniting to once again play a role on the world stage.
While the human beings have been waging bloody wars to block the transformation of one Culture/World Order into another, the forces of nature have continued for millennia to smoothly and peacefully transform day into night and darkness into light. I, therefore, request the sons of Ibrahim (Peace be upon him) to learn from nature and be united for replacing the illuminati World Order of the Industrial Culture era with a New World Order for the I.T. Culture era.
Having been blessed with a crystal clear vision of the centuries ahead, coupled with the expertise to develop a practical shape of the I.T. Culture, my suggestions are not only compatible with the prevalent democratic system but also have an inbuilt mechanism for the evolution of I.T. Culture in accordance with the divine order and design. In this context, briefs of the fundamental principles of “IN GOD WE TRUST”, Constitution, Smart Government and Structure of I.T. Culture Government are enclosed.
Since, besides, the United Nations (UN) has unfortunately failed to maintain global peace and its subsidiary organs have been unable to achieve their respective objectives, we need, on the one hand, to replace the UN with a new World Organization of the Nations (WON) and on the other, establish new subsidiary organs, namely GRACE, GOOD, JOIN, TOP and PACT, a brief of the fundamental principles of each of which is also enclosed.
Hoping we can all join hands to develop an inbuilt mechanism for Global Peace in the New World Order,
Sincerely yours,
SYED AMMAR BUKHARI
Cell: +92-321-2345617
http://www.goodgovernance.org.pk
http://www.THERADIANTPATH.org/
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