They have send nothing into space, except maybe hot gas. They only inked a deal with China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) to acquire communication satellite PakSat Multi Satellite (PakSat-MM1)Falijee wrote:PEREGRINE-JI :
Rupee falling to record low levels be damned !
Political stability be damned !
Pakistan has send a satellite into space !
PAKISTAN PIANDABAD
NERO FIDDLES WHILE ROME BURNS
The US's new National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton, known for being an extreme hawk in diplomatic circles, may not be as hard on Pakistan as his President Donald Trump wants him to be.
Media interviews with Bolton - named NSA yesterday - from the recent past suggest that while he believes Pakistan does need to be dealt with firmly, the US needs to strike a delicate balance in the matter and leave the heavy lifting to China.{So, US is accepting that it is conceding space to China everywhere}
That's because Bolton - a former US ambassador to the UN - believes that Pakistan, a nuclear weapons state, is perpetually teetering on the brink of embracing Islamic extremism and terror. And pushing it too hard could well lead to it becoming "a terrorist country with nuclear weapons", or as Bolton described it last August to Breitbart.com, "Iran or North Korea on steroids".
Bolton's interview with Breitbart took place right after Trump announced his administration's new policy on Afghanistan, which entailed putting pressure on Pakistan to end what Trump described as "safe havens to agents of chaos and terror".
Bolton said he believes the US goal should be preventing the Taliban from taking back control and a key ally in the fulfilment of that goal, whether anyone likes it or not, is Pakistan. {See the inevitability of Pakistan}
"...it's clear the President wants to pressure Pakistan more. Well, I agree with that, and I think Obama didn't pressure them enough... But there's a real problem with simply saying, 'By God, we're going to squeeze Pakistan until they finally push the Taliban, the Haqqani network, Gulbuddin Hekmati out of the privileged sanctuaries they've had in Pakistan, push them back into Afghanistan, and stop supplying them, stop giving them weapons, stop giving them money' ", said Bolton to Breitbart.
Bolton said the problem with such an approach is that it might lead to a situation where anti-US sentiment fuels popular support for Islamist radicals and the Taliban. {What a joker is this NSA guy! Is he fit enough to be the NSA? There is a complete anti-US sentiment anyway}
"If you push too hard, this government in Pakistan is fragile. It has been since the partition of British India ...The military in Pakistan itself is at risk, increasingly, of being infiltrated through the officer ranks by radical Islamists. Many people believe the intelligence services unit already is heavily dominated by Islamists," he explained.
If radicals take over the Pakistan government completely, it's "the ultimate risk" said Bolton.
"...if Pakistani Taliban or other radicals took control of that country, it wouldn't just be another base to launch terrorist operations against us or Western Europe {See, as usual India doesn't figure in the scheme of things. Only the Western nations are his concern} . It would be a terrorist country with nuclear weapons, so it would be Iran or North Korea on steroids right now," he warned.
Too much pressure on Pakistan could backfire, Bolton wrote last August in The Wall Street Journal.
"Putting too much pressure on Pakistan risks further destabilizing the already volatile country, tipping it into the hands of domestic radical Islamicists, who grow stronger by the day. In this unstable environment, blunt pressure by the U.S.—and, by inference, India — could backfire {So, India must brace for pressure from the US to start peace talks quickly} ," said the the now NSA in a column for the Journal.
Here's where China can step in and should be pressured to, the new NSA said.
"China's influence is, in some ways, greater than ours" in Pakistan because "there wouldn't be a Pakistani nuclear weapons program without China." {Ahaa . . . the US duplicity shines here brilliantly}
China is the key to keeping the house of cards from collapsing in Pakistan, Bolton said in his Journal column from August.
"If American pressure were enough to compel Pakistan to act decisively against the terrorists within its borders, that would have happened long ago. What President Trump needs is a China component to his nascent South Asia policy, holding Beijing accountable for the misdeeds that helped create the current strategic danger {So, what would happen if China simply shrugs off because they don't see Pakistan in the same light as Trump?} ," wrote Bolton.
The new US NSA has expressed similar views before last year as well. Following the finding and killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Rawalpindi in 2011, there was a lot of opposition in the US Congress about continuing aid to Pakistan. Many in the US believed that Pakistan has been shielding bin Laden.
"There are few recipients of foreign aid that attract more opposition in Congress than Pakistan," said Bolton on Fox News in 2013. But cutting off aid to Pakistan isn't the answer, Bolton said. The larger issue, he explained, is preventing terrorists from wresting control of the country's 60 to 100 nuclear weapons that could deploy to the U.S. {Using which delivery system?}
"You also have to weigh … [that] if we didn't support this (Pakistan) government, the government could fall to Pakistani radicals," he said, adding that's the reason aid to Pakistan should continue.
"There are times you have to grit your teeth," and pay, he said.
After everyone else said no, hence the last minute announcement. H&D intact.anupmisra wrote:Makes sense. A nation no one wants to travel to invites the president of a nation not many invite. Match made in heaven.Falijee wrote:Pakistan "Rope In" Sri Lankan President For Guest Of Honour On Paki Day Parade
Sri Lanka president to be ‘guest of honour’ on Pakistan Day parade
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What is he expected to say otherwise ! That his country DOES NOT endorse the CPECKARACHI: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has said that Sri Lanka is pleased over the Pakistan’s economic progress and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.He said this here on Wednesday during a meeting with Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair upon his arrival at VVIP lounge of Jinnah International Airport Karachi, said an official statement issued by the Governor House.
Chief Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday gave the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) a 10-day deadline to restore a public park near the residence of former finance minister Ishaq Dar which was altered to build a road leading to his house.A three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench, headed by the chief justice, was hearing a suo motu case regarding the alteration of the park in order to build a road ─ on Dar's request ─ leading to his house. The LDA had taken over 1 kanal and 6 marlas of the park to build the road.
The court issued notices to Dar and the LDA, and also ordered authorities to publish an advertisement in Dawn to summon Dar, who is already facing ex-parte trial proceedings in a corruption reference related to owning assets beyond his known sources of income, and has been declared an absconder by an accountability court. On the pretext of "bad health", this London trained Chartered Accountant, brother in law of Ganja, Ex Finance Minister of Pakistan and the brains behind Ganja's loot, has fled the coop and is currently doing "pass time" in Londonistan
TODAY being March 23, it seems apt to offer some impressions about the so-called Bajwa doctrine, which, as others have written about in recent days, appears to outline the establishment’s thinking on a whole host of matters affecting the polity.
Today we are told to accept at face value that Balochistan is peaceful, that the ‘troublemakers’ have been pacified, and that ‘development’ is on the way. But anyone with even a cursory knowledge of this country’s history knows that every episode of pacification in Balochistan leads only to a temporary ‘peace’ because the fundamentally oppressive nature of the state’s engagement with the Baloch people remains unaddressed.
To return to the Pakhtun theatre of the ‘war on terror’, the truth is that it has been 40 years since the war began in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Back then, terror was an overt political weapon used by the state (Pakistani, American, Saudi, etc) to achieve strategic objectives. Today, we appear to be suffering the fallouts of sustained state patronage of militancy. The people of the regions most affected by war are asking for answers to simple questions, and rightfully so.
DUBAI - Former president General (R) Pervez Musharraf would return to Pakistan next month, said Pakisan Awami Ittehad leader Iqbal Dar.
Addressing a press conference, Mr Dar said the date of arrival and the city where Mr Musharraf would land would be announced after consultation with all members of the PAI.
The PAI is a coalition of 23 political and religious parties led by the former president.Mr Dar said there was a need to support the judiciary and armed forces, adding political parties should sign an agreement to decide how the country would be run in the future. Seems like a False Flag Op.Chartered AccountantFraudster. And hence the caution that should be exercised
Further, two retailers were also arrested for violating health standards and stocking expired goods.The arrestees — both butchers — were arrested for selling meat without a doctor's seal, the spokesperson said, adding that dirt and cockroaches were discovered in their unhygienic meat storage facilities and freezers. Once the "without the doctor's seal" meat is processed as chapli or shami kebab- Peshawari Istyle - who is going to know the difference
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood returned to New Delhi on Thursday after Indian authorities partially addressed Pakistan’s concerns about harassment of its diplomats.
Mr Mahmood crossed the border by road and then took a flight from Amritsar to Delhi. He would be hosting the high commission’s Pakistan Day reception on Friday (today). Just in time for the Big Day Shindig at the Paki High Commission
PS: There must have been some reciprocal easage of the harassment of Indian staff in Isloo“The diplomats from the Foreign Service are no more being bullied, but diplomats from other branches of government are still being harassed,” the source said.
pakistani electricity is one of the most expensive in the region resulting in any manufacturing activity with pakistani electricity as input unviable. Three more surcharges will mean whatever else remains of pakistan economy is also collapsed.Falijee wrote:IMF "Cracks The Whip" And Pakistan Falls Into Line
On IMF pressure, government to re enact three surcharges on electricity consumers
So all this talk of Pakistan not falling into the IMF debt trap and IMF pressure tactics was just KOOL AID , and a load of BS for the Aam Abduls
The pakis had sworn that their HC will not return to Delhi until and unless all harassment -surveillance to their diplomats stops. I guess that goal has been achieved. Paki HS&D has been maintained. Or did the pakis just eat crow?Falijee wrote:Paki Amb To India "Swallows Pride" And Falls In Line !
Pakistan High Commissioner returns back to India after Delhi partially addresses diplomatic harassment concerns
Says it all - A Chinese team enjoyed “VIP treatment” during the nearly three months it spent in Pakistan assembling and calibrating the tracking system and training tech.Falijee wrote:Brand New Toys For The Birthday Boy (Pakiland ) From The Rich Uncle ( China)
Pakistan acquires powerful missile tracking system from China
Pakistan acquires PakSat-MMI communication satellite from China
Both of the above "gifts" are liable to used against India
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s High Commissioner in India Sohail Mehmood has said that Pakistan wanted to establish and maintain peaceful relations on the basis of equality and mutual respect with all its neighbours including India.Talking to gathering present at a ceremony marking 78th Pakistan Day in Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi, Sohail Mehmood further said that Pakistan wanted to resolve all the outstanding issues, including Kashmir, through dialogue. He stressed India to come forward and help Pakistan to resolve all the issues to maintain good and peaceful relations for the progress of both the nations. Today, it is the day of the "carrot language" and not the "stick language" that was employed a few weeks ago
Sohail Mahmood was recalled to Pakistan after the situation in New Delhi became increasingly hostile for the Pakistani diplomatic staff and according to earlier reports, it was not possible for the high commissioner to operate out of New Delhi under the current circumstances. Children of Pakistan’s deputy high commissioner were stopped by the agents of an India secret service for 40 minutes on a Delhi road.
What more does he want now. With the help of the Deep State, he and his PPP Party became a player once again in the Senate "Elections". And if Paki Media reports are to be believed, he is once again in the running for the Prez spotISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that no rule of law was in place in the country at present and the enemy ( read India !) also wanted to thrust its agenda on Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, an Indian delegation led by High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria, Deputy High Commissioner J. P. Singh and Defence Attache Sanjay Vishwasrao watched the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on Friday.
Sources said senior Indian military officials and diplomats of Indian High Commission Islamabad attended the Pakistan Day parade.
According to sources, Indian Defence Attache and senior diplomats of the Indian HC were invited to join the military parade in the federal capital.
The Indian diplomats can be seen wearing caps inscribed as ’23 March, Pakistan Day’ and watching the parade.
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has responded to the news of the PIA aircraft emergency landing.PIA said a video showing a PIA plane making an emergency landing after catching fire is fake.
“No emergency landing has taken place anywhere. The animated video of an old PIA plane (not in use) caught with fire circulating in media is fake. We strongly condemn this malicious and criminal act to defame [the PIA],” the airline spokesperson said in a tweet. Potential customers need not get alarmed . Airline was victim of a cruel hoax.
Flight PK-755 was en route to Riyadh from Sialkot when the a smoke alarm was triggered, leading him to suspect a fire onboard. Cannot blame ! Where is smoke there is always fire .
A video showing a plane on fire became viral on social media. The video showed the plane making a landing after catching fire.The airline has been facing intense criticism from passengers who allege its service has gone down the hill. So the brand new publicity campaign, recently launched with much fanfare did not take off properly and successfully of the ground . Like there old and unsafe planes.
) Paki Ayesha as a "role model" for younger Paki Females to come into party fold. Wonder what kind of quid pro quo was extracted from Sherry by this "experienced horse-trader"Shameful to say the least. Pakistan day is a commemoration of the Lahore resolution of 1940 that called for formation of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent. What heck of a message are we sending by attending a celebration of bigotry and exclusivity?Prem wrote:Indian HC Bisaria, Defence Attache attend Pakistan Day parade
This is not the same. Attending Independence day functions are fine. Pakistan day is specifically about the March 23, 1940 resolution that is the epitome of bigotry, intolerance and sectarianism. I don't think there's a protocol that one must attend each and every circus in the host country.yensoy wrote:^^^^ I don't think they have a choice. It is protocol, like laying a wreath at Jinn'ah tomb, or Rajghat. BTW, we have accepted Pakistan as a reality (possibly as an intermediate step to full balkanization) so let's move on.
Besides, they should absolutely be there and take lots of photos of the hardware being paraded.
A local broadcaster has hired a transgender news caster for the first time in Pakistan's history, said a senior journalist on Twitter on Sunday.
The journalist posted a picture of Maavia Malik and wrote "Pakistan's first news caster on screen now-Maavia Malik. "Shiraz Hassan, who is associated with BBC, didn't give further details. Every Paki Abdul working in the "TV Industry" knows that ultimately it is all about ratings ( translated into advertising rates !) . But what kind of "market segment" is this channel targeting ? Are they provoking the Mullahs by any chance
Pakistan's Senate, the upper house of country's parliament, recently approved a bill for the protection of transgender persons, empowering ( in this day and age of "me too" hashtag, the transgenders aka hijras of Pakiland have come a long way, in the road to asserting their God given rights in the largest Islamic Republic in the world !) them to determine their own gender identity
The report of a transgender person appearing on TV as a newscaster received positive response on Twitter, with a senior blogger and a female TV anchor expressing best wishes for her. A typo? or has the she-man undergone a genital change operation
Country's transgender population, according to the census carried out last year , stands at 10,418 — 0.005 percent of the total population of over 207 million Sialkoti statistics. IMO there should be thousands more hiding "under the closet " .Last year a court ruled that transgender people would be counted in the national census for the first time.
)The controversial big data mining firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) is working on Pakistan from a Dubai based office. This foreign firm was hired by ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to rescue his political career and to make sure his political party PML-N win in the upcoming general election. CA was initially hired during the Panama scandal case, as part of the campaign to smear the judiciary of Pakistan. Recently, it was announced that this firm would give the Reed Award to its campaigners, who acted behind the scenes in the online targeting of Pakistan’s judiciary. Many scandalous stories about the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan which were published by international media outlets and Pakistani media, especially the Jang/Geo group, were crafted by CA experts. A credible internal source in this firm revealed that CA input was included in some news stories to malign Pakistan’s top intelligence agency and judiciary to give the impression that Pakistan’s judiciary is not independent and it is working against Nawaz at the behest of Pakistan’s deep state. It was also revealed that the campaign organizers and media manager experts of CA accelerated fake news with the assistance of Pakistani media godfather Mir Shakeel Ur Rahman (MSR) with the aim to manipulate Pakistan’s in-house affairs in the favour of former Prime Minister Nawaz. Seems like some sort of a "smear campaign" to malign Ganja's "honest name" and at the same time to tarnish Mir Shakeel ur Rahman whose newspapers and TV Channel (Geo) are deadly against the fauj and the Deep State !
This manipulation is still ongoing. If we look deep into Pakistan’s mainstream media and social media, we can easily unearth a series of fake news against Pakistan and its state intuition. After his disqualification from public office by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif also instructed CA to promote his PML-N party throughout the current election cycle. As a Pakistani citizen, I am closely monitoring the ongoing well-organized campaign against Pakistan’s judiciary and state institutions. CA firm is working closely with Pakistan’s media godfather Mir Shakeel Ur Rahman who is using his experience to manipulate Pakistan’s in-house affairs from his Dubai based office. There is no doubt that the military and the Deep State have somehow "convinced" the judiciary to "go after" Nawaz, de-rail the "supremacy of democracy" that Nawaz is crowing about and also ignore the mega corruption of the fauj and its "behind the scene" intervention in the functioning of the Paki State, specially sabotaging Ganja's effort to improve ties with India
The well organized anti-State narrative that propagated through this firm in Pakistan known as the ‘Greater Punjab Plot’, was uncovered by Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari. Therefore, for the first time in the country’s history, the deep state came forward to counter this game plan of breaking Pakistan by gathering all ethnic groups under the flag of united Pakistan. The recent election results for the Senate are the result of this united effort. More than convinced now that this is an effort , probably on behalf of the Deep State to demonize Ganja and make Dus Percenti to look like an angel or a saviour of Pakiland
These results brought a pro-Pakistan Baloch to the front line of politics by electing a Baloch as the chairman of Pakistan’s Upper House, with the support of Sindhi, Saraiki, and Pashtun. In other words, the Pakistani establishment and all opposition parties countered the ‘Greater Punjab’ rhetoric with patriotic Balochistan. It was a big defeat for the proprietors of that dirty plot against the sovereignty of Pakistan. Looks like Mr. Baloch is playing the "Deep State" game here !
If Facebook can ban this company in order to protect its users’ data, then why can’t Pakistani authorities also take action and ban SCL/Cambridge Analytica from operating in Pakistan? To protect people and the data of citizens is the basic duty of the state and its intuitions. Being a patriotic Pakistani journalist, it was my obligation to bring these facts forward and to expose a dirty game against Pakistan. I did my duty and now it is the duty of the state and its institutions to act properly so that the sovereignty of Pakistan can be protected from such hybrid threats.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that if Nawaz Sharif was jailed, he would lead Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) from behind bars.
In an interview with a private media outlet, PM Abbasi said that rumours and speculations of Nawaz being jailed are based on assumptions, but that even if the former premier is to go there, he will regulate and decide on PML-N’s policies from there. “He controlled and ran the party during the reign of Pervez Musharraf as well, people have won elections while in prison,” he said. Paki Aam Abduls must be wondering when this psychological warfare being waged against Nawaz and his family by the Deep State is going to stop
He further added that such decisions will not stop Nawaz’s political career or involvement in politics, “neither did his political career end during the army’s reign, neither will it diminish now.” Not sure what the end game of this - also corrupt - PM is . Is he Ganja's allie or is he also in bed with the Deep State
The premier answering a question, also stated that did not see any clash among the institutions as the PML-N government is set to complete its constitutional term after two months, paving way for general elections to be held within 60 days.To another question, he said there is “a need for dialogue among the institutions to take the country forward and strengthen institutions.” Shedding light on the 18th Constitutional Amendment, the PM said there were some problems in its interpretation and implementation, but that these issues were being discussed and resolved through the mechanism of the Council of Common Interests.( new "animal" on the block
Hope that like the LET, have not morphed/ reincarnated into some other entitiesPakistan
(1) Akhtar & Munir, Hussain Plaza 60-B No. 3, Adamjee Road, Punjab 46000, Pakistan;
(2) Engineering and Commercial Services (ECS), 204, 2nd Floor, Capital Business Center, F-10 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan;
(3) Marine Systems Pvt. Ltd., 2nd Floor, Kashmir Plaza, Blue Area, G-6/F-6 Islamabad, Pakistan;
(4) Mushko Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Safa House Address, Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi Pakistan; and Victoria Chambers, Abdullah Haroon Road, Saddar Town, Karachi Pakistan; and Office No. 3&8, First Floor, Center Point Plaza, Main Boulevad, Gullberg-III, Lahore, Pakistan; and 26-D Kashmir Plaza East, Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan; and 68-W, Sama Plaza, Blue Area Sector G-7, Islamabad, Pakistan;
(5) Pervaiz Commercial Trading Co. (PCTC), PCTC House, 36-B Model Town, Lahore, Pakistan;
(6) Proficient Engineers, Tariq Block, 437 New Garen Town, Lahore, Pakistan; and
(7) Solutions Engineering Pvt. Ltd., a.k.a., the following two aliases:
—Solutronix Engineering Pvt. Ltd. and
—Solutronix Pvt. Ltd.
95A Solutions Tower, DHA Phase 8 Commercial Broadway, Lahore, Pakistan; and 54-B PAF Colony, Zarar Shaheed, Lahore, Pakistan; and Ground Floor, Almas Tower, Begum Salma Tassadaq Road, Near E Plomer, Lahore, Pakistan; and Suite 1&4, Hafeez Chamber 85 The Mall Lahore, Pakistan; and Gohawa Dak Dhana Bhatta Kohaar, Lahore, Pakistan; and Sehajpal Village, near New Airport Road, Lahore, Pakistan; and, Office #201, 2nd Floor, Capital Business Center, F-10 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan; and 156 The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
The Iran-Pakistan border contains all the ingredients for a geopolitical explosion – regional rivalries, Sunni-Shia conflicts, ethnic insurgents, espionage, drug smuggling and human trafficking. China considers the stability of the region so important that it brokered a series of border security meetings between Iran and Pakistan over the past year. That may explain the recent thawing of the Pak-Iran frosty relations !
Much of China’s multi-billion-dollar investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) hinges on the commercial viability of the Pakistani port of Gwadar, near the Iranian border, for which it has a 40-year operational lease. Moreover, CPEC is the regional linchpin of the Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious plan to connect Eurasia, the Middle East and Africa to China through a series of land-based and maritime economic zones.
Additionally, the planned Chinese naval base on Pakistan’s Jiwani peninsula, even closer to the Iranian border and located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is a critical military node in China’s “String of Pearls” facilities designed to dominate the strategic sea lanes in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.Such ambitions present a direct economic and military threat to India. Commercially, Gwadar competes with joint Iranian-Indian development of the port of Chabahar, just 150 miles to its west. Pakistan has also formally invited Iran to join CPEC.
According to numerous reports, Saudi Arabia contributes to the instability of the border region by sponsoring virulently anti-Shia Sunni militant groups, such as Jaish al-Adl, who launch attacks on Iran from safe havens in Pakistan. It is not in the interest of Saudi Arabia to see Pakistan and Iran "normalize" ties. Moreover the Saudis have tremendous "financial and political hold - (like the Sunni lobby) to allow this to happen !
Iran retaliates by supporting the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), an ethnic separatist group, whose sanctuaries and leader, Dr. Allah Nazar Baloch, are claimed to be inside Iranian territory and routinely conduct cross-border operations against Pakistani government targets. Members of the BLF are suspected to be in contact with Iranian intelligence, often through drug lords acting as intermediaries. BLF members are occasionally confused with their anti-Shia counterparts. Some months ago, a BLF team was mistakenly attacked by Iranian border guards. One member, shot in the encounter, was taken to Imam Ali Hospital in Chabahar for treatment, but later died of his wounds. The other team members were subsequently released by Iranian forces. Iran for its part, has denied that it is supporting Anti - Pakistan Balochis
There are also narco-terrorists groups on the Pakistani side of the border with indirect links to the government in Islamabad. Lashkar-e-Khorasan, a alleged Islamic State affiliate, has been reportedly involved in “cleansing” western Balochistan of Sufi Zikris, Shia Hazaras, Hindus, Christians, Ahahmadis, Sikhs or anyone else who refuses to convert to the extreme form of Sunni Islam. The purported leader of Lashkar-e-Khorasan is Mullah Shahmir Bizenjo, a resident of Turbat, whose cousin is Senator Hasil Bizenjo, a member of the National Party and currently Pakistan's Minister of Maritime Affairs. According to the Daily Beast, one of the drug world's most notorious opium traffickers, also from Turbat, is Imam Bizenjo aka Imam Bheel, a National Party financier, whose son, Yaqoob Bizenjo, served as a member of the Pakistan National Assembly until 2013. This may be "common knowledge" to the locals of Turbat, and surrounding areas but the Paki Abduls outside Balochistan may not be aware of these provocateurs. !
A more ominous portent of Iran-Pakistan border instability, is the return of the “Zainebiyoun” brigade. As a result of its involvement in the Syrian conflict, Iran created a unit composed of Pakistani Shia volunteers trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), who have gained extensive combat experience fighting for the Assad regime against Sunni militants. It is rumored that “Zainebiyoun” members are now infiltrating back into Pakistan to provide the cadre for a Hazara self-defense force, a community long under attack by virulently anti-Shia extremist groups in Pakistan. If, this is true, it is a message to Pakistan that in this proxy war two can play
Chinese efforts towards Iran-Pakistan reconciliation has borne some fruit. In recent months, there has been a flurry of agreements in trade, defense, weapons development, counter-terrorism, banking, train service, parliamentary cooperation and, most recently, art and literature.
Iran seeks to separate Pakistan from Saudi Arabia, while Pakistan tries to balance relations with both states. China benefits by reducing tensions among all the regional players in order to advance its wider economic and military aims. Since the Afghan war, Saudis have invested billions and billions of dollars and Wahabi Ideological cadres to ensure that the Pakis move away from Barelvi and /or the Sufi version of Malsi. IMO, they have succeeded but the result has been an internal chasm and the emergence of radical factions in the Paki society , which is now threatening the Paki State more than ever. ! And of course, the Saudi Royals are ultimately reliant upon the Paki fauj to keep them in power "forever". And they are also dependent on Pakistan "giving them" the "Islam Atom Bomb" if it comes to fighting against Iran and its proxies in the region
The lesson for the United States is that Afghanistan is swimming in a sea of instability and not, as we seem to presume, the focal point of that instability. American policy should be focused on burden shifting, managing and, when appropriate, exploiting instability to thwart Chinese hegemony. In this context, India should also look out for its own interest in the region in view of all this shifting alliances between the Ummah countries !
Continuing with its tradition, activists of radical women's outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation) on Friday celebrated 'Pakistan Day' in Srinagar, in which the party chief Asiya Andrabi said that "all Muslims in the sub-continent are Pakistanis". Addressing the party workers in Srinagar during a programme organized to commemorate the "Pakistan Day' on Friday, Andrabi said, "For us, people are either Muslims or 'kaafirs' (infidels) and if they are Muslims, then their country is Pakistan.""Pakistan was not formed on basis of a nationality (like India), Islam is the basis of its foundation. Every Muslim in the sub-continent is a Pakistani on the basis of Islam, Iman (faith), Quran and love for the Prophet (SAW)," she said. She should be "packed off to Pakiland" as she is a Muslim. Ditto for Syed Gillani and others !
Andrabi has been maintaining that she "does not hoist Pakistani flag on Indian soil but hoist it on the soil of Jammu and Kashmir which is a disputed territory and is not a part of India."
Andrabi is married to Ashiq Hussain Faktoo, who has been awarded life term for his role in the murder of human rights activist lawyer H.N. Wanchoo 1992. In September 2013, Andrabi's three nephews were arrested in Pakistan for terror links. Even for the Pakis, she and her family are considered too radical for their taste
Vivo has announced the appointment of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador through its official Facebook page.
Going forward, Aamir Khan will be part of Vivo’s marketing campaign. ( Vivo appears to be a Chini Smart Phone Co. mainly focused in Asia (including India) and Russia !) He will be the face of the company and is expected to appear in future TV commercials as well.Vivo has leveraged celebrity advertising and brand association to good effect. With Aamir Khan’s inclusion, the brand is hoping to raise its profile and brand appeal, especially among the youth.
The company has previously worked as the official sponsor of 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Currently it is serving as the title sponsor of IPL Cricket for the next 5 years.
In Pakistan, Vivo has continued to promote its products, putting much of its focus on camera and music features present on their phones. Last year, Vivo has launched the V7 and V7+ duo of smartphones, both featuring 24MP Selfie Cameras.( Guess, falls under the category of "Freedom to do business everywhere and anywhere " nothing to stop people from doing it !