Terroristan - March 31, 2022

The Strategic Issues & International Relations Forum is a venue to discuss issues pertaining to India's security environment, her strategic outlook on global affairs and as well as the effect of international relations in the Indian Subcontinent. We request members to kindly stay within the mandate of this forum and keep their exchanges of views, on a civilised level, however vehemently any disagreement may be felt. All feedback regarding forum usage may be sent to the moderators using the Feedback Form or by clicking the Report Post Icon in any objectionable post for proper action. Please note that the views expressed by the Members and Moderators on these discussion boards are that of the individuals only and do not reflect the official policy or view of the Bharat-Rakshak.com Website. Copyright Violation is strictly prohibited and may result in revocation of your posting rights - please read the FAQ for full details. Users must also abide by the Forum Guidelines at all times.
la.khan
BRFite
Posts: 467
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 05:02

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by la.khan »

Manish_P wrote:Like those remora fish that attach themselves to the underside of the shark

Yawn - Pakistan played role in facilitating Saudi-Iran thaw: FO
The Foreign Office on Friday claimed Pakis­tan had played a role in facilitating the dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

“We welcome this development. Pakistan like several other countries and friends of both Iran and Saudi Arabia played their part in facilitating the dialogue,” she added.

“But we do not wish to take away credit from China (we want credit in US dollars onlee :mrgreen:) in this latest agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia on normalisation of relations and congratulate them for their successful diplomatic efforts,” she said.
:P In all likelihood, some p@ki foreign office official working as a chapprasi in Beijing, opened the doors of the conference/meeting hall when the Saudis & Iranians came :wink:
Manish_P
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5414
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 17:34

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Manish_P »

la.khan wrote:
Manish_P wrote:Like those remora fish that attach themselves to the underside of the shark

Yawn - Pakistan played role in facilitating Saudi-Iran thaw: FO
:P In all likelihood, some p@ki foreign office official working as a chapprasi in Beijing, opened the doors of the conference/meeting hall when the Saudis & Iranians came :wink:
Khan sa'ab, the chapprasi was in Isloo onlee...
In this context, the spokesperson recalled that the first meeting of the two foreign ministers took place in Islamabad on the sidelines of an OIC meeting.
'Sideline' meaning loo probably :mrgreen:
SRajesh
BRF Oldie
Posts: 2069
Joined: 04 Aug 2019 22:03

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by SRajesh »

Looks like Friddin Prayers delayed by 24 hrs.
Action at Kaaptaan's house
Maybe in a day or two a 'Mere Aziz Humwatano'
Mollick.R
BRFite
Posts: 1033
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 10:26

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Mollick.R »

40,000t wheat supplied by Russia to Pakistan stolen by govt officials :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, ET Bureau Last Updated: Mar 17, 2023, 11:46 PM IST

New Delhi: As many as 67 senior government officials in Pakistan have been suspended and issued show-cause notices for allegedly stealing wheat worth billions of rupees supplied by Russia as a humanitarian gesture, people familiar with the development said.

Almost 40,392 tonnes of wheat have been stolen from government warehouses located across 10 districts in Sindh province, allegedly with the connivance of Sindh food department staff, according to Pakistani media reports.

Russia had earlier this month supplied 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Pakistan, which is facing a food shortage that even led to protests in recent weeks, as a humanitarian gesture to help address the crisis. Moscow plans to supply 450,000 tonnes of wheat to Pakistan through nine cargo ships, according to Pakistani officials.

The officers who have been suspended for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement include 49 food supervisors and 18 food inspectors, according to The News newspaper.

The wheat was stolen from the warehouses located in Dadu, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Sukkur, Ghotki, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas districts, it said.

According to a report in The Dawn, wheat supply from Russia would complete by March 31.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne ... 741111.cms
Atmavik
BRFite
Posts: 1987
Joined: 24 Aug 2016 04:43

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Atmavik »

A Thread on TSPA getting the commercial farm land. As expected TSPA is the biggest land mafia

https://twitter.com/adilmansoor91/statu ... TRrbctAAAA
Anujan
Forum Moderator
Posts: 7807
Joined: 27 May 2007 03:55

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Anujan »

Pulils entering Kaptaan's dressing room




Bumboo Birathers Getting Bumboo inside Kaptaan's pavilion




Kaptaan's supporters in the Judicial Complex when Kaptaan was being taken there, protesting against umpires



Our own BRF's NNN reporter was on site and filed this video report



https://www.dawn.com/news/1742876/ammun ... e-ig-anwar

Ammunition, petrol bombs recovered from Imran’s Zaman Park residence: IG Anwar

How can one be a true Pakistani without a few AKs and Soosai vests?

The petrol bum has an explanation. Due to increased cost of petrol, mango abduls have had to dismantle their stockpile of petrol bums to fuel their motorcycles.
Manish_P
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5414
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 17:34

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Manish_P »

^ well they seen to have no shortage of wood.. is it all from the billion trees tsunami project of the Great khan
g.sarkar
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4382
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 12:22
Location: MERCED, California

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by g.sarkar »

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2406430/da ... e-missiles
Dar slams 'uncustomary' IMF attitude, snubs demand for abandoning long-range missiles
Nobody has the right to tell Pakistan what range of missiles and what nuclear weapons it can have, Dar tells Senate
Shahbaz Rana, March 16, 2023

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday snubbed the demand for abandoning long-range nuclear missiles and said that nobody has any right to tell Pakistan what range of missiles it can have, also pointing out the "uncustomary" attitude of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The minister’s highly unusual statement came amid Pakistan’s renewed efforts to mend ties with China, which has lately saved Islamabad from the default by refinancing two commercial loans. But Islamabad is still waiting for the rollover of a $2 billion Chinese deposit that is maturing on March 23 (Pakistan Day).
“Nobody has any right to tell Pakistan what range of missiles it can have and what nuclear weapons it can have. We have to have our own deterrence,” said Dar while speaking during a special Senate session in front of ambassadors of many nations.
It is for the first time that the finance minister has brought the issue of the range of nuclear missiles into the public sphere. In private conversations, some Pakistani authorities had said that there was a longstanding demand by a Western country to abandon the long-range nuclear missile programme.
Shaheen-III is Pakistan’s long-range nuclear missile having the capability to take nuclear warheads to 2,750 kilometer distance, covering the whole of India and parts of the Middle East.
Dar assured that “nobody is going to compromise anything on the nuclear or missile programme of Pakistan — no way”. His categorical statement may end the debate whether Pakistan will eventually compromise on its nuclear arsenals in return for the IMF programme.
Hours after Ishaq Dar’ statement, the Prime Minister’s Office also issued a statement to clear the air about the nuclear programme and its safety.
“Pakistan's nuclear and missile programme is a national asset, which is jealously guarded by the State,” said the PM’s Office. The entire programme is totally secure, foolproof, and under no stress or pressure whatsoever, it added.
......
Gautam
g.sarkar
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4382
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 12:22
Location: MERCED, California

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by g.sarkar »

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2406826/wh ... sks-maryam
Who attacked police if Bushra Bibi was alone at Zaman Park, asks Maryam
Imran Khan’s antics exposed his fascist and militant tendencies, says PM Shehbaz
News Desk, March 18, 2023

The Punjab police had launched a surprise 'search operation' at the PTI’s chief residence – hours after he left to appear before a local court in Islamabad – and arrested several party workers.
Imran took to social media to announce that, “Punjab police have led an assault on my house in Zaman Park where Bushra Begum is alone”.
He questioned under what law the operation was being carried out, adding that “this is part of London Plan where commitments were made to bring absconder Nawaz Sharif to power as quid pro quo for agreeing to one appointment”.
Reacting to his statement, Maryam in a series of tweets, said if there was only a woman present inside the house then who was “firing bullets and throwing petrol bombs at the police from inside?”
.....
Gautam
Madamji has forgotten that Pinky Peerni is always protected by her Djinns. Always.
chetak
BRF Oldie
Posts: 32278
Joined: 16 May 2008 12:00

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by chetak »

This is what is staring the pakis in their face

If the baloch go, the sindhi will also go, leaving the pakis land locked and vulnerable


Image
hgupta
BRFite
Posts: 477
Joined: 20 Oct 2018 14:17

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by hgupta »

We should support the creation of an independent Balochistan to the detriment of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan if it is geopolitically, militarily, logistically, and financially feasible.
Anujan
Forum Moderator
Posts: 7807
Joined: 27 May 2007 03:55

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Anujan »

Moeed Pirzada fella used to work for PTV and Dunya news

Apparently it is the Jernails who are against the true Khilafat in Pakistan



PTI supporters have started talking openly this way. They are being emboldened because the rank and file of the Khakhis seem to be with them. Pak army does not tolerate mutiny, so something or other is going to happen.

I want to take a vote

a) Asim Munir will soon start a "mere aziz humwatanoo...."
b) Dimran will meet a mango crate or sunroof lever
Manish_P
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5414
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 17:34

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Manish_P »

^ Would like both A and B together

But probably Immy will soon be sent to exile to 'Isle of Pakistan' aka England. One of his erstwhile sasuraals.
Dilbu
BRF Oldie
Posts: 8272
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 22:53
Location: Deep in the badlands of BRFATA

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Dilbu »

No jou kafirs, the taller than mountain friend has not abandoned TSP. Apparently there is a 'blossom' now. Please see the photo for proof.
Image
The bilateral relationship between Pakistan and China has blossomed into an “All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership
Dilbu
BRF Oldie
Posts: 8272
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 22:53
Location: Deep in the badlands of BRFATA

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Dilbu »

Why is the US Army commentng on TSP's nuclear security? This is in itself is a YYY konspiracy.
US Centcom chief confident of Pakistan's nuclear security procedures
ISLAMABAD: US Central Command (Centcom) Commander General Michael E Kurilla has expressed confidence in the command-and-control structure of Pakistan’s nuclear programme amid political turmoil and fear of an economic meltdown in the South Asian nation.

“I am confident in their nuclear security procedures,” the Centcom chief said during his appearance before the US Senate Arms Services Committee.

A committee member had spoken about the political issues in Pakistan and sought to know the assessment of the Centcom chief.
Bart S
BRF Oldie
Posts: 2938
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 00:03

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Bart S »

Anujan wrote:Moeed Pirzada fella used to work for PTV and Dunya news

Apparently it is the Jernails who are against the true Khilafat in Pakistan

PTI supporters have started talking openly this way. They are being emboldened because the rank and file of the Khakhis seem to be with them. Pak army does not tolerate mutiny, so something or other is going to happen.
He is not just a PTI supporter but a guy who has always been on the ISI/ISPR payroll. There is a site/channel called Global Village Space run by this guy and his wife, that was supposed to be an English language propaganda attempt by the ISI (there are similar attempts using Ezaz Haider and Mosharraf Zaidi).

In fact most PTI social media trolls were originally set up to target India by the ISI and have now gone rouge (or has in fact the ISI itself gone rogue?).

The PTI has a lot of retired military supporters (what passes for a middle class in Pakistan), not sure how much rank and file support them but they would probably have significant support.
Bart S
BRF Oldie
Posts: 2938
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 00:03

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Bart S »

partha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4483
Joined: 02 Jul 2010 15:25

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by partha »

https://www.dawn.com/news/1743147
Indian Deputy High Commissioner Suresh Kumar discussed this possibility on Friday while speaking at an event at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr Kumar said India wants “better relations with Pakistan because we cannot change our geography”, and called for normalising trade ties. He added that India was interested in tapping Central Asian markets, which Pakistan could facilitate through transit trade.
Why is Mr Suresh Kumar, a representative of GoI, parroting Pakistani talking points?
Manish_P
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5414
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 17:34

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Manish_P »

Lawhore-via-kuwait

He is saying that all previous army chiefs were 'parchi' chiefs ?

('parchi' is paki cricket lingo for recommended via passed chits)

Yawn - PM Shehbaz strongly condemns ‘foreign-funded’ campaign against army, COAS abroad
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday strongly condemned the “vile campaign” against the Pakistan Army and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir abroad and called on overseas Pakistanis to raise their voices against it.

He further said that the campaign against the COAS, who according to the prime minister was the “first army chief to be appointed on merit in Pakistan”, could only be the agenda of the enemies of the country.
Manish_P
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5414
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 17:34

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Manish_P »

This level of dedication seen only in Pakistan

Yawn - ‘Mock drill’ at telecom firm in Islamabad leaves one dead
One person was gunned down during a mock exercise, held to simulate a terrorist attack, at the premises of a foreign telecom company, police said on Monday.

The exercise was conducted by the company at its building in Sector G-9/4 on Sunday, police said, adding that the drill was conducted to test the preparation and abilities of the security guards in case of a terrorist attack.

However, police said, the authorities were not informed about the drill by the company.

During the drill, a security guard opened fire with his “222 gun”, fatally wounding an office boy, identified as Mudassir. The 33-year-old was shifted to a hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead.
jash_p
BRFite
Posts: 374
Joined: 03 Feb 2008 05:56

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by jash_p »

At least 5 injured as 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of country including Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore
AOA, "ya allah teri merbani" you gave us another opportunity for getting Billons of dollars. Hina Rabbani Kher please dial UN chief to arrange world begging conference.
vimal
BRFite
Posts: 1904
Joined: 27 Jul 2017 10:32

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by vimal »

Syed Muzammil Shah: Kashmir is the opium of the Pakistani people

MeshaVishwas
BRFite
Posts: 869
Joined: 16 Feb 2019 17:20

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by MeshaVishwas »


Gen A Slum SSG.
If you still wonder just what is the calibre of the Pak Army afsars, this should give a good answer.
As delusional as ever.
Now watching:
g.sarkar
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4382
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 12:22
Location: MERCED, California

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by g.sarkar »

https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/page1 ... k-map.html
Pak skips SCO meet after India objects to flawed J&K map
Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Pakistan on Tuesday reportedly skipped a meeting under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here after India raised objection to Pakistan map incorrectly depicting borders of Jammu & Kashmir.
The meeting pertained to military medicine specialists under the SCO and when India asked Pakistan to refrain from showing its map, its delegation decided not to attend it.
India had reportedly urged Pakistan not to show the map or not attend the seminar here, it was learnt. India has in the past also raised objections to Pakistan’s inaccurate maps in the SCO meetings.
In September, 2020, India walked out of a virtual meeting of national security advisers (NSA) of member-states of the SCO after the Pakistani representative projected a map that inaccurately depicted the borders of the two countries.
......
Gautam
Anujan
Forum Moderator
Posts: 7807
Joined: 27 May 2007 03:55

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Anujan »

https://www.dawn.com/news/1743591/ecp-p ... -october-8

ECP postpones Punjab elections to October 8
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday postponed the Punjab elections, originally scheduled for April 30, till October 8.

In the order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the ECP said that in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Article 218(3) read with Section 58 and Section 8(c) of the Elections Act, 2017, the commission “hereby withdraws the election programme […] and fresh schedule will be issued in due course of time with poll date on October 8”.

On March 1, the Supreme Court had ruled that the elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies should be held within the stipulated period of 90 days. It had, however, allowed the ECP to propose a poll date that deviates from the 90-day deadline by the “barest minimum”, in case of any practical difficulty. :rotfl:

This is nothing but a ploy to keep out Kaptaan!! My 400% support for Kaptaan!!! #GaddarBajwaResign #GaddarAsimMunir #CrimeMinisterShehbaz
partha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4483
Joined: 02 Jul 2010 15:25

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by partha »

Raheel Shariff: operation zarb-e-azb to flush out TTP and assorted militants from FATA and Waziristan
Bajwa: operation radd-ul-fasad to eliminate terrorist sleeper cells all over the country
Munir: operation pavilion to send kaptaan back to pavilion.

WTF? COAS standards are falling.
partha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4483
Joined: 02 Jul 2010 15:25

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by partha »

Biggest annual Science event of Pakistan happened yesterday:

Image

dafaq is the person behind the camera man doing? Is he holding a wire or something else?
Atmavik
BRFite
Posts: 1987
Joined: 24 Aug 2016 04:43

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Atmavik »

partha wrote:Raheel Shariff: operation zarb-e-azb to flush out TTP and assorted militants from FATA and Waziristan
Bajwa: operation radd-ul-fasad to eliminate terrorist sleeper cells all over the country
Munir: operation pavilion to send kaptaan back to pavilion.

WTF? COAS standards are falling.

Pakis just postponed the Punjab elections which goes against the constitution and SC ruling . That means Munir is the second comming of Zia/Aurangzeb. We will soon hear ‘mere Azziz Humwatano’ . If he doesn’t do a coup then he will be Bahadur shah and that will be the end of TSPA rule. Interesting times ahead
partha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4483
Joined: 02 Jul 2010 15:25

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by partha »

Atmavik wrote:
partha wrote:Raheel Shariff: operation zarb-e-azb to flush out TTP and assorted militants from FATA and Waziristan
Bajwa: operation radd-ul-fasad to eliminate terrorist sleeper cells all over the country
Munir: operation pavilion to send kaptaan back to pavilion.

WTF? COAS standards are falling.

Pakis just postponed the Punjab elections which goes against the constitution and SC ruling . That means Munir is the second comming of Zia/Aurangzeb. We will soon hear ‘mere Azziz Humwatano’ . If he doesn’t do a coup then he will be Bahadur shah and that will be the end of TSPA rule. Interesting times ahead
It doesn't violate SC ruling since SC ruling had a backdoor:
It had, however, allowed the ECP to propose a poll date that deviates from the 90-day deadline by the “barest minimum”, in case of any practical difficulty.
Anujan
Forum Moderator
Posts: 7807
Joined: 27 May 2007 03:55

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Anujan »

April, may, june, july, august, september, october .... Sounds like barest minimum to me.

Remember Zia said he'll hold elections in 1977 and nothing happened till...1985 till someone sent him a mango crate.

What is a few months here and there. Sounds barest minimum to me.
Dilbu
BRF Oldie
Posts: 8272
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 22:53
Location: Deep in the badlands of BRFATA

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Dilbu »

Brigadier among five security men martyred in two attacks
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN / D.I. KHAN: Five security personnel, including a senior military officer, were martyred in separate attacks in South Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday.

According to an ISPR statement, Brig Mustafa Kamal Barki from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), while leading the encounter from the front, embraced martyrdom and seven soldiers got injuries, two of them critical, in South Waziristan.

Police sources said Brig Barki was travelling from Angoor Ada to Wana when they came under attack in the Khamrang area, close to Afghan border. His driver also embraced martyrdom in the attack which took place around 6pm, they said.

No group claimed respo­n­si­bility for the attack till late evening.
Dilbu
BRF Oldie
Posts: 8272
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 22:53
Location: Deep in the badlands of BRFATA

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Dilbu »

Lurking militancy
WITH the din of politics drowning out everything else in Pakistan, the troubling reality that is emerging is that the country is facing an ever-present terrorist threat, primarily in the shape of the TTP. Though mercifully the violence perpetrated by the group has not reached the bloody levels of a decade ago, the situation is far from normal.

Take the twin attacks in KP on Tuesday, in which at least five security personnel, including a senior ISI officer, lost their lives. In one incident, Brig Mustafa Kamal Barki, who was attached to the intelligence agency, was martyred along with his driver in South Waziristan, close to the Afghan border, when he was ambushed by terrorists.

In the other episode, at least three troops were martyred in an encounter in Dera Ismail Khan. While no group has yet claimed responsibility for either attack, the TTP is active in both areas; splinter groups may also have been responsible.
The fact that militants can hit cities — as they have done in Peshawar and Karachi over the past few months — as well as target troops in the field in remote areas, indicates their reach and operational capabilities. It is these capabilities that need to be neutralised by the security forces before the TTP, or similar malign actors, gain the confidence to stage even more brazen attacks.
Sustained diplomatic efforts must also continue in order to convince the Afghan Taliban to not let their soil be used to host anti-Pakistan terrorists. The Afghan rulers tend to be evasive about TTP activities in their country, but the message from Pakistan needs to be unambiguous: there can be no safe havens in Afghanistan for terrorists. Internally, political dissonance is not helping the counterterrorism effort.

If anything, our feuding political forces present a picture of weakness and discord to elements that wish to bring harm to the country. Where the fight against terrorism is concerned, the politicians — treasury and opposition — and the establishment need to be on the same page and pursue a single-point agenda: to uproot the infrastructure of militancy from the country and address the underlying reasons that fuel it. Politicking on this existential issue will only bring more harm to the country.
Atmavik
BRFite
Posts: 1987
Joined: 24 Aug 2016 04:43

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Atmavik »

MeshaVishwas wrote:
Gen A Slum SSG.
If you still wonder just what is the calibre of the Pak Army afsars, this should give a good answer.
As delusional as ever.
Now watching:
Gen Haroon Aslaam was senior most 3 star when Raheel Sharif
Superceded him to become COAS , Badmash sharif did not want to pick another ssg kammandu and this guy might have arrested Badmash when Mushi did a coup
sanman
BRF Oldie
Posts: 2303
Joined: 22 Mar 2023 11:02

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by sanman »

Ah, the poor Pakistanis -- Now is the Winter of Their Discontent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_v0jXwftEg
Mollick.R
BRFite
Posts: 1033
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 10:26

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Mollick.R »

Balochistan: the foreign hand?
Pervez Hoodbhoy // Published February 26, 2022
This may explain why Hafeez Baloch was forcibly disappeared three weeks ago by armed men who alighted from a black pickup. This bright young man is an M.Phil candidate in particle physics in my department at Quaid-e-Azam University. The incident happened in front of his terrified students and fellow teachers while he was teaching at a small private school in Khuzdar, his hometown. Hafeez had used the winter vacations to take a short trip home and earn some desperately needed cash. Just days away from returning to Islamabad for submitting his final thesis, his teachers and fellow students tell me he was a bookworm not known to have the slightest connection with any violent group.

Fearful of how the security forces might react, the local police balked at registering an FIR. While in their captivity, Hafeez will doubtless have been accused of being a foreign agent. Like countless other young Baloch men arbitrarily picked up in the past, he too will be deeply scarred emotionally — and perhaps physically — during this ordeal. One does not even know if he will ever be seen alive again. The mounting sense of Baloch grievance will go up yet another notch.

Pakistan’s external enemies are claimed to be behind its problems of national integration. But those who play secret games under the guise of national security bear far greater responsibility. It is they who made our country suffer so grievously from terrorism between 2001 and 2014. Although inimical foreign powers have undoubtedly sought to inflict hurt, Pakistan’s wounds during that terrible period were largely self-inflicted.

Forcibly disappearing Baloch students won’t eliminate terrorism but will weaken the federation of Pakistan.

In the years following 9/11, terrorist attacks became a daily occurrence once Gen Pervez Musharraf sided with America and joined its so-called war on terror. Earlier, Pakistan had been the Taliban’s principal supporter and, as is well known, that support continued secretly. However, publicly Pakistan had declared itself on the side of the Taliban’s enemy. In retaliating against this perceived betrayal, religiously inspired young boys from madressahs blew themselves up in bazars, hospitals and schools. The establishment, however, claimed all terrorists were either foreigners or foreign supported. The common refrain was: how could killers of Muslims be Muslim?

The loudest advocate of the foreign hand theory was the late Gen Hamid Gul. My first encounter with this famous general was after he addressed an audience sometime around 1998 in the physics auditorium at Quaid-e-Azam University. There he urged Pakistan to lead jihad around the world. During the Q&A session he was flattered at my calling him Adolf Hitler’s brother. We then sparred frequently on various TV channels. My last televised encounter with him was in early 2014, just after a horrendous back-to-back suicide attack some hours earlier. The general declared that the bombers were non-Muslim because they had not been circumcised. He angrily refused to provide proof.

The truth, however, had started leaking out soon after the bloody capture in 2008 of the Swat valley by Mullah Fazlullah’s forces. The powers that be of those times approvingly watched him — and the infamous Mangal Bagh — from a distance. Their U-turn came much later. After the 2014 massacre of 149 children and their teachers at the Army Public School in Peshawar, the denial mode was switched off. Thereafter the Pakistan Army launched Operation Rad-ul-Fasaad. The word ‘fasaad’ is a term strictly used for internal conflict only, not war against an external enemy.

Suddenly Pakistanis began to see TV propaganda video clips of PAF jets pounding targets in North Waziristan, artillery firing into the mountains, or, perhaps, some other celebration of these military operations. You rubbed your eyes in disbelief — how could aircraft of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan bomb Taliban fighters whose stated goal was to establish Pakistan as an Islamic state? How could they ever have been portrayed as non-Muslims?

It took a very long time to admit that Fazlullah’s TTP was actually a Muslim force. Now that the Afghan Taliban government in Kabul continues to harbour and protect the TTP, that delusionary bubble has finally burst. But has it? I don’t know. One day TTP is denounced as India-funded and, on the next, embraced as brothers. The confusion continues.

For now, let’s leave that as it is. What about Balochistan. Where lies the truth? How deep is India’s involvement?

India has certainly not been unaware of Pakistan’s difficulties in Balochistan. As a general rule, whenever a population is angry and alienated, for external enemies to find domestic allies is easy. India believes that Pakistan recruited Kashmiris on India’s side of the LOC to attack Indian security forces. Back in 1971, India could successfully exploit Bengali alienation to cut Pakistan in two. Today, Baloch alienation leads many Indians to talk about Balochistan as an arrow in India’s quiver against Pakistan.



Indian spymasters Vikram Sood and Ajit Doval, as well as PM Modi, have often spoken about doing a tit-for-tat for perceived Pakistani involvement in Kashmir. Meanwhile strategists like Pramit Pal Chaudhuri suggest the retribution could come through fanning Pakistan’s exaggerated fears of Baloch secession. India should hope, he says, that the Pakistan Army’s angry overreaction to dissent will keep Balochistan aflame.

The abductors of Hafeez Baloch — and of other young missing Baloch men who number in the hundreds — have taken the bait dangled by Pramit Chaudhri and others. Throughout the Baloch community of students in Islamabad, anger and fear run deep. The flagrant violation of Baloch constitutional rights is weakening the national spirit and harming the federation. Before the self-appointed guardians of Pakistan’s security cause further damage to our country through their illegal actions, they must be brought to task.

The writer is an Islamabad-based physicist and author.

Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2022

Dawn Link // Provided Below
(Link) :lol:
Anujan
Forum Moderator
Posts: 7807
Joined: 27 May 2007 03:55

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by Anujan »

The urdu press has a lot of juicy tidbits. Here is an interview of Bajwa

https://pakistan24-tv.translate.goog/20 ... r_pto=wapp
After that Shahbaz Sharif went to London. On May 19, Malik Ahmad Khan came to my house again, he told that Nawaz Sharif has decided that we are holding elections and Shahbaz Sharif will resign tomorrow.
Shahbaz Sharif also wrote the closing speech from Irfan Siddiqui.
Shahbaz Sharif was supposed to resign on May 20. While Malik Ahmed Khan was sitting, DGISI Nadeem Anjum also came. He said that if Shahbaz Sharif resigns tomorrow, who will negotiate with the IMF in Qatar on May 25. Request the government that Shahbaz Sharif resign after 10 days so that negotiations with the IMF can also be held and the supervisors. We should also get ten days to set up.

Malik Ahmed replied that Mian Nawaz Sharif has decided that Shahbaz Sharif will resign tomorrow, so I cannot talk to him in this regard. It is better that you talk or DGISI talks.

I asked DGISI to request Nawaz Sharif to give us ten days. DGISI spoke to Nawaz Sharif and persuaded him to resign after ten days.

This is what DGISI told to Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pervez Khattak and Asad Umar. And they said that you should not announce the long march, but these three friends said that Imran Khan did not agree.
I thought Bajwa doctrine was not to interfere in politics?
General Bajwa said: When I met Imran Khan for the second time, I was very angry because he was constantly telling lies about me. I told Imran Khan to control your tongue and curb your lies otherwise I also have a lot to say, stop lying. Imran Khan said what will you do? I said, have you not been a playboy? Your videos are also available. Thus, this meeting also ended in bitterness.
:rotfl:
drnayar
BRFite
Posts: 924
Joined: 29 Jan 2023 18:38

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by drnayar »



Quite a large amount of info

"Indian" actress with british passport involved in the counterfeit currency/ terror nexus

ISI does not get funding from paki army

Opium plants: most important center for opium processing in world :jaladabad.. far exceeds latin american output !!

every delegation from paki land to india peddled drugs in india.. every paki delegation is large 60-90 people !

Center for Conflict Resolution !

Quite likely the same playbook will be enacted in UK

Al Azhar university is breeding ground

Why Chidambaram not in jail

Now its drugs and Gold

2012 Niteshwa travelled to paki land to study "development"
vimal
BRFite
Posts: 1904
Joined: 27 Jul 2017 10:32

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by vimal »

:rotfl: Pak-US romance
vijayk
BRF Oldie
Posts: 8785
Joined: 22 Jun 1999 11:31

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by vijayk »

drnayar wrote:

Quite a large amount of info

"Indian" actress with british passport involved in the counterfeit currency/ terror nexus

ISI does not get funding from paki army

Opium plants: most important center for opium processing in world :jaladabad.. far exceeds latin american output !!

every delegation from paki land to india peddled drugs in india.. every paki delegation is large 60-90 people !

Center for Conflict Resolution !

Quite likely the same playbook will be enacted in UK

Al Azhar university is breeding ground

Why Chidambaram not in jail

Now its drugs and Gold

2012 Niteshwa travelled to paki land to study "development"
Hollywood actress with British passport?

Kaif?
A_Gupta
BRF Oldie
Posts: 12065
Joined: 23 Oct 2001 11:31
Contact:

Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022

Post by A_Gupta »

Is Yana Mir an independent media personality or is Indian psyops?

I just listened to her tell Pakistanis that their only hope is to have good relations to India; that to have good relations, they must stop defaming India, get over their Kashmir obsession, stop persecuting non-Muslims in Pakistan, and hand over to India all those people on whom India has given dossiers to Pakistan; they are not assets to Pakistan anyway; they must not impose any conditions on improving relations, except of course, India should not violate their sovereignty. But by the same token Pakistan should not violate India's sovereignty - it is none of Pakistan's business in which state India adds or removes Article 370 or whatever else. She also lists out the many ways good relations and trade with India will benefit Pakistan.
Post Reply