By Umer Sultan “Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan declared the government of Pakistan a slave of the US and added that the ongoing terrorism in the country would continue until Washington stopped meddling in the internal affairs of Islamabad.” -PTI Imran Khan said the above quote in a press conference after the twin suicide [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Taliban’
Imran Khan says America responsible for Terrorism in Pakistan and my fishy feeling!
Posted in Politics/ Parties, tagged America, Britain, Data Ganj Baksh, Imran Khan, islamic ideology, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Jamat-e-Islami, JI, MQM, Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, PML-N, PPP, Taliban, Umer Sultan on July 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Taliban-ISI Report Makes No Sense
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Ahmed Rashid, America, Asif Ali Zardari, Athar Abbas, CIA, conspiracy theorist, FATA, Huma Imtiaz, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, London School of Economics, LSE, Major General, Matt Waldman, Mosharraf Zaidi, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid, Taliban, terrorism, United States, War against terrorism, Zaid Hamid on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By New Pakistan I finally got around to reading the new report by Mr Matt Waldman from London School of Economics. I could barely get through it without groaning. This is the quality of work coming out of LSE? Very disappointing. It seems like Mr Waldman is perhaps out to make a name for himself [...]
Looming Kandahar operation
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Pakistan, tagged 9/11, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan National Peace Jirga, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, America, casualties of war, Daily Times, General McChrystal, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hamid Karzai, Helmand, Hezb-e-Islami, Hillary Clinton, Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud, jirga, Kandahar, Marjah, Operation Moshtarak, Pakistan, Taliban, terrorism, War against terrorism on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud Growing civilian casualties severely jeopardise coalition efforts to muster support in the country. They push the common Afghan to join the Taliban in their fight against the coalition forces. This has tremendously helped the Taliban grow stronger
ISI charged
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, Pakistan, tagged Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, America, Asif Ali Zardari, Hamara Pakistan, Hamid Karzai, Intelligence Agencies Of Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Kabul, London School of Economics, Pakistani intelligence, Quetta Shura, Taliban, War against terrorism on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Daily Times Editorial As the stipulated date for phased exit of US forces from Afghanistan draws closer, there is a corresponding increase in the frenzy of all players to secure their respective turf in post-withdrawal Afghanistan. It is in this context that the recent publication of a controversial report by the London School of Economics, [...]
Karachi Burns on the Day of Ashura: Blood and Destruction
Posted in Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Al Qaida, Altaf Hussein, Ashura, Asif Ali Zardari, extrem, Hayat-ul-Islam Girls College, Hazrat Ali, Imam Ali, Imam Hasan, Imam Hussain, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Jaish Muhammad, Jamaat-e-Islami, JI, Karachi, Karachi burns, Lashkar Jhangvi, martyrdom, middle east, MQM, Muhammed Ali Jinnah, NIPA Chowrangi, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Quaid Azam, Saudi Arabia, sectarianism, shia, suicide bombing, sunni, Taliban, tazia, terrorism, the key to power, Umer Sultan, War against terrorism on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Various parts of Karachi were put on flames by unknown people, and so far officially 32 people have passed away. No Police Force, No Rangers and no other Government security agency was there to stop the destruction in the immediate aftermath of the suicide bombing.
Pakistan’s Mercenary Elites
Posted in Foriegn Affairs, History, Politics/ Parties, tagged Allama Iqbal, America, axis of evil, Bolivia, Brain Drain in pakistan, Britain, Capitalism, Christian Zionists, Communism, Ecuador, Hamara Pakistan, hamaray hukmaran, India, insaf, Iran, Iraq, islamic tradition, Islamic World, Israel, Justice, Kashmir, landlords, Latin America, M. Shahid Alam, Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, Neocons, Nicaragua, North Korea, nuclear proliferation, nuclear state, oil, Pakistan Army, Pakistan nuclear program, Pakistani nationalists, Palestine, Qadiani, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Soviet Union, Taliban, Talibanization, terrorism, United States, Venezuela, Waziristan, Western colonialism on December 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
By M. Shahid Alam, originally written on 9 October 2007. In Pakistan today we encounter a paradox crying for an explanation; it is a paradox, moreover, whose exploration can bring some clarity to the predicament of the Islamicate today. In January 2002, when President George Bush defined his near-term agenda for waging wars, he fixed his [...]
Implementation of the Shariah and Democracy
Posted in Education System, Ideology, Islam, Politics/ Parties, tagged Abbasi Sultanate, Abul Ala Mawdudi, Afghanistan, Al Mawrid, amruhum shura baynahum, Asif Iftikhar, Caliphate, chief justice, church and state, collective decision, Democracy, democracy in islam, democracy in middle east, Democracy in the muslim world, education reform in pakistan, fatawa, Fiqh, free will, freedom of expression, Hanafi, Hazrat Umar ibn al Khattab, Hizb ut Tahrir, Holy Quran, Ijma, Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Abu Yusuf, independent judiciary, Islam and Democracy, Islamic Democracy, islamic renaissance, Islamic Republic, islamic sciences, Islamic State, Islamist, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamat-e-Islami, Jamhuriat, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, judiciary, Jurisprudence, Khilafah, Maududi, Maulana Mawdudi, Mullah Umar, Muslim Democracy, mutual consultation, nizam islami, pakistani politics, parliament, qadi al qudat, Qiyas, Salah, Sharia, Shariah, Shura, Sunnah, Syed Abu Ala Mawdudi, Taliban, tolerance, ulema, Western colonialism, western imperialism, Zakah on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This extract clearly shows that, for the interpretation and application of even a religious directive pertaining to the state affairs, it is consultation that should be the procedure…
Pakistan Must Fight Extremism Through Education- PM Yusuf Gilani
Posted in Education System, Ideology, Terrorism/ Extremism, tagged Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Baitullah Mehsud, education in pakistan, education reform in pakistan, educational system of pakistan, IDPs, IIU, islamic ideology, Islamic International University, Maulana Fazlullah, NWFP, Operation Rah-e-Rast, Rehman Malik, swat valley, Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Yusuf Gilani on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pakistan must fight Islamic extremism by improving education and eradicating illiteracy. “It is the best defense against the forces of ignorance and the only answer to the challenges…
Lahore Blast Targets ISI
Posted in Education System, tagged ISI, Lahore, operation rah-e-haq, Operation Rah-e-Rast, Punjab, Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, May 27, a suicide van full with explosives attacked the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Police offices. The blast left 27 killed and about 326 injured in a failed attempt to blast the ISI building. The attack was claimed by a group calling “Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab” in a statement on a militant website as reported [...]


