Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan- November 7, 2016

[sudhan]

Yes.. Immediate, disproportionate and very very painful.. The post that provided covering fire should be flattened and all attempts to re-build must be met with RCLs, AT rounds, Anti-Material rounds basically everything that IA can throw at the pakis..

[SSridhar]

Many in Pakistan think that Raheel Sharif initiated action against terrorists in North Waziristan. That's simply not true. This came about because of pressure from China after a series of incidents involving Uyghur terrorists who got trained by the IMU in North Waziristan. Xi Jinping's fist visit to Xinjiang was marred by these terrorists, knife-wielding ETIM jihadis killed dozens in Kunming Railway Station and an SUV carrying Uyghurs exploded in Tienanmen Square right under the benign face of Mao with smoke billowing for some time, especially with Gen. Kiyani there on the very same day on his 'farewell visit'.

The Chinese traced all these to Pakistan, demanded stern action and read the riot act. The incoming Raheel had no choice.

[CRamS]

Guys, nothing that we on BR don't know, but I like Rajya Sabha MP, Rajeev Chandrashekar's idea of a bill in parliament to declare TSP a terror abomination that it is:

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.co ... ror-state/

He makes the telling point that this constant talk about separating TSP people from TSPA is disingenuous, but has a life of its own in India.

[Cosmo_R]

...
We had enough of these patsies in Indian govt services.
This person gave was the drafting error at the Sharam-el-Sheikh
After becoming NSA he made an elaboration on NFU which was not in the MND.
He told KS garu, only you noticed!

So he is a checked out guy and don't know what he brings to the table to entertain his views.
And now he is warning as sitting elected Minister about his views on NFU.

What he needs is a good danda on his head.

Is he selling a book or something we hear him now?

+1. And yes, he sold us down the river and now is selling a book.

[g.sarkar]

http://www.firstpost.com/world/erdogan- ... 18268.html
Erdogan in Pakistan: Turkey president must fix his own home before commenting on Kashmir
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, was in Pakistan last week at the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and both the leaders were buoyant with the visit as it possibly gave a temporary reprieve to the Pakistani prime minister , currently battling out the khaki and political foes to put his own divided house in order as also to come out of the diplomatic isolation following Uri misadventures.
For Erdogan too, it was a token of superficial solace because Turkey is equally facing a slew of problems including halfhearted response to a series of terror attacks and incessant threats to his government's survival in the aftermath of brazen attempts to overthrow his government in league with a section of the military opposed to Erdogan.
Pursuing their policy of "I scratch your back, you scratch mine," Erdogan was given the honour of addressing Pakistan's joint session of parliament. It was not, however, Erdogan's maiden address. In the past also, he had tried his oratory on the floor of the Pakistani House. Yet what is striking in Erdogan 's rhetoric is his indiscreet, imprudent and uncalled for remarks on Kashmir.
To quote him ad verbatim, "our brothers and sisters in Kashmir are suffering because of the escalating tension along the LoC and Kashmir, which can no longer be ignored. The Kashmir issue needs to find a solution."
On Kashmir, Erdogan's outburst doesn't end here. The Turkish leader further added, "when people look for mediators , why don't they talk to me ? I have great mediation skills . Look at how I have effectively dealt with the Kurdish problem."
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, was in Pakistan last week at the invitation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and both the leaders were buoyant with the visit as it possibly gave a temporary reprieve to the Pakistani prime minister , currently battling out the khaki and political foes to put his own divided house in order as also to come out of the diplomatic isolation following Uri misadventures.
For Erdogan too, it was a token of superficial solace because Turkey is equally facing a slew of problems including halfhearted response to a series of terror attacks and incessant threats to his government's survival in the aftermath of brazen attempts to overthrow his government in league with a section of the military opposed to Erdogan.
Pursuing their policy of "I scratch your back, you scratch mine," Erdogan was given the honour of addressing Pakistan's joint session of parliament. It was not, however, Erdogan's maiden address. In the past also, he had tried his oratory on the floor of the Pakistani House. Yet what is striking in Erdogan 's rhetoric is his indiscreet, imprudent and uncalled for remarks on Kashmir.
To quote him ad verbatim, "our brothers and sisters in Kashmir are suffering because of the escalating tension along the LoC and Kashmir, which can no longer be ignored. The Kashmir issue needs to find a solution."
On Kashmir, Erdogan's outburst doesn't end here. The Turkish leader further added, "when people look for mediators , why don't they talk to me ? I have great mediation skills . Look at how I have effectively dealt with the Kurdish problem."
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Gautam

[Peregrine]

Gwadar augurs new history


For the last Five Years - if not more - The Express Tribune is using the above Photograph in EVERY ARTICLE ON GWADAR!"

Gwadar has Four Container Cranes. This Eight Container Crane Berth is most probably in the Mediterranean Sea and the Ship belongs to or is operated by LINEA MESSINA. The Strait of Messina is the passage between Italy and Sicily! Cwapistanis Hain Ji!
Cheers

[CRamS]

Guys, usual suspects in Delhi, K.C.Singh, Ajay Shukla, and of course their counterparts in DDM having a field day, MoodiJi's surgical strikes have failed, ModiJi did it for political reasons, yada yada. Disgusting spectacle.

[vdutta]

Chin playing with internal politics now

Chinese embassy refuses visas to KP ministers, bureaucrats

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had to pay heavy price for moving high court for due share in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects for the province as the Chinese embassy has refused to issue visas to KP ministers and bureaucrats.

Sources in KP bureaucracy told Khyber News that a delegation comprised of KP ministers and bureaucrats wanted to visit China to study the mass transit transport system and then start the same system in Peshawar. However, the sources said, the Chinese embassy has rejected their applications for visas.
The Sources said that the KP government’s reservations over CPEC Western Route and challenging the matter in Peshawar High Court (PHC) was the main cause of visas refusal.

Earlier on November, Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly submitted a writ petition at the Peshawar High Court (PHC) over the western route of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Asad Qaisar named the federal government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) in the petition questioning whether the western route of the CPEC is part of the project or not.
Qaisar said he, his party nor his government was against the CPEC.
In fact, he said, the provincial government was willing to see the project achieve great success in the future.
But, Qaisar maintained that all provinces must be benefitted from the grand Pak-China project equally.
On the other hand, the Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal felt remorse after the KP government approached the court on the CPEC.
However, he hoped that Islamabad would be able to resolve the issue after negotiation with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) led provincial government.
Earlier, the federal minister had dispelled an impression that the province of KP was being neglected in the CPEC, adding that the project would benefit the less developed and previously neglected areas of the country.
In a statement, he had stated worriedly that if the KP govt took a legal turn, it would create problems for the province only in terms of attracting foreign investment.
Iqbal had said the construction work on the western route of the corridor was underway in full swing and that the Gwadar-Quetta road would be soon completed before the set time.

http://khybernews.tv/chinese-embassy...s-bureaucrats/

[partha]

Gwadar augurs new history


For the last Five Years - if not more - The Express Tribune is using the above Photograph in EVERY ARTICLE ON GWADAR!"

Gwadar has Four Container Cranes. This Eight Container Crane Berth is most probably in the Mediterranean Sea and the Ship belongs to or is operated by LINEA MESSINA. The Strait of Messina is the passage between Italy and Sicily! Cwapistanis Hain Ji!
Cheers

Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi http://www.portcalls.com/worlds-largest ... lifa-port/

[anupmisra]

Piece of straw in thief's beard.

Harami link: http://www.dawn.com/news/1297945/indian ... d-near-loc

The Hindustan Times reported 'militants' were behind the attack

"Pakistan strongly rejects the false and baseless media reports regarding the alleged mutilation of an Indian solider on the LoC.,” said Nafees Zakaria, spokesperson for the Foreign Office. The FO statement further added that the “reports are a fabrication and a blatant attempt to malign Pakistan”

“The Pakistan Army, with its professional approach, is not involved in any such unethical and non-professional activity and neither does it support any such action,” said the Foreign Office statement.

Who said anything about TSPA being the attacker?

[Prem]

Trump Will Terrorize Taqiyya Talk

Trump and Pakistan

Under President Donald Trump, the past US policies of enhancing strategic partnership with India to contain China, pressure on Pakistan to do more in combating terrorists without any exceptions, and seeking Pakistan’s assistance in encouraging the peace process in Afghanistan will continue. Further, the US will remain focused on ensuring the security of our nuclear weapons and preventing nuclear proliferation. It would also continue to encourage Pakistan and India to engage in a bilateral dialogue to resolve their outstanding disputes. It is doubtful, however, that it would be prepared to play any mediatory role in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in view of India’s well-known opposition. In recognition of the importance of a politically stable and economically progressive Pakistan for the regional peace and stability, and as a voice for moderation in the Muslim world, the US will continue to extend limited economic and military assistance to Pakistan. Such assistance will also help maintain the US leverage on Pakistan for the fulfillment of the latter’s policy goals vis-à-vis Pakistan and the region. Our policy objective should be to strengthen our friendship with the US while reducing our dependence on it.Things can, however, take an ugly turn in Pakistan-US relations if Washington under Trump comes to the conclusion that Pakistan is not cooperating whole-heartedly in combating terrorists, if we withhold our cooperation in encouraging national reconciliation and a political settlement in Afghanistan, or if we indulge in any activity which raises US concerns on issues of nuclear safety or proliferation. These developments may evoke a robust US response under Trump to the detriment of Pakistan.

[Prem]

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/166657 ... -Trump-era
Pak-US relations in the Trump era

However, among the most telling informants of the poisonous contamination of the Pakistan-US relationship back then was a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in September 2011, just two months before Salala in which Admiral Mike Mullen famously called the Haqqani Network a veritable arm of the ISI. The key exchange in that hearing was between retiring Republican Senator David Vitter (of Louisiana) and then Pentagon boss, Leon Panetta, about what the US would do if Pakistan was seen not to be responding to US demands for a more robust set of actions against the Haqqani Network.
Senator Vitter. “I agree with all of that, and I agree with speaking with one voice. Has it been articulated about what the consequences of their (Pakistan) not changing in those ways are?”
Secretary Panetta. “I have made very clear that we will do everything necessary to protect our forces. I haven’t spelled that out for them (Pakistan), but I would be very surprised if they were surprised by what we did to fulfil that commitment.”
About two months later, the Salala attack happened.W
Long-time Pakistan-watcher Lisa Curtis, one of the most reasonable Republican-leaning hawks in Washington DC, recently spoke at a USIP event organised by Moeed Yusuf. Curtis says that Pakistan’s lack of responsiveness on the issue of the Haqqani Network is proof of either, at best, not knowing what its policy is or, at worst, having a policy that it knows would be explicitly unacceptable to the US and therefore not wanting to articulate it clearly. Five years after Salala, nothing has changed in terms of the root of disharmony between the US and Pakistan. Yet much has changed in the rest of the world, and changed dramatically.First, there is the explicit cementing of an anti-Pakistan consensus in the Indian national polity. This process began with the election of the Hindu extremist government of Narendra Modi. It was catalysed by the Pathankot attack in January 2016, and formalised on August 15, 2016 when PM Modi implicitly declared war on Pakistan by invoking Balochistan in a speech in New Delhi.Second, there is the dramatic speeding up of the Indianisation of US public policy. This is a natural process, completely independent and unrelated to Pakistan. India produces among the most educated, capable and peaceful diasporas in the world. Almost every major world power today boasts an array of powerful people of Indian origin. In Washington DC, American-Indians like Nisha Biswal run quarterback for US policy toward India, and American-Indians like Ambassador Richard Verma execute that policy.American-Indians may look out for America first, but if they take an India-centric view of the South Asian region, and of Pakistan’s behaviour, no one should be surprised – nor should anyone protest. No one stopped Pakistani-Americans from working as hard as the Biswals and Vermas.Third, and most importantly, is that there is a fast-growing convergence of the interests of the US white extremist agenda, and the India/American-Indian Hindu extremist agenda. Whatever else these agendas may be about, and wherever they may diverge, they are of one mind on Pakistan – punishment.For US white extremists, Pakistan is an Islamic Republic. Notwithstanding the issues around the Haqqani Network, Pakistan represents a source of immigration to the US, and the home country of a fair number of terror-plotters and attackers over the last decade. For Hindu extremists, including the Indian government, Pakistan’s mere existence is a problem. But even the most pacifist, liberal and open-hearted Indians agree that the country that is home to the LeT and JeM must be dealt with firmly, strongly, and with deep suspicion.

The election of Donald Trump as US president is a seminal moment. The dramatically changed world that Trump represents is going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at Pakistan. In addition to the burden of the Ajit Dovals, Nisha Biswals and Richard Vermas, Pakistan is about to have to contend with the bare-knuckle bluntness of the Micheal Flynns, and Jeff Sessions of the world. And this says nothing about all kinds of Indian tycoons that are in business with Trump in India and abroad. To deal with all this, Pakistan’s A team is a combination of GHQ officials, the prime minister, his advisers and retired foreign office bureaucrats on contract.Pakistan is about to be eaten for lunch in Trump’s Brave New World. This is not owing to a lack of capability, but something much worse. It owes to what Lisa Curtis correctly calls out as a lack of a policy. Pakistan’s internal dysfunctions are nothing to be overly embarrassed about. It is a robust, young democracy, learning how to be a federation, and learning how to take on non-state challengers to its sovereignty. We don’t need to beat ourselves up. But we do need to wake up. Our internal dysfunctions are coming at a price – a total lack of preparedness for the challenges being posed by the rest of the world. The profound changes around the world manifest in the Trump election have deep short-, medium- and long-term implications for Pakistan.
The US is Pakistan’s number one exports destination, and the number one supplier of high-tech weaponry. The US helps underwrite the international financial system’s support for Pakistan’s ambitions as a growing economy. The US is going to be a partner in the coming war against Daesh. Under President Trump, the US will become an even more challenging relationship as Muslims in the US, a fair share of whom are Pakistani, or of Pakistani-origin, come under threat.The US is an indispensable partner to Pakistan. Pakistan needs to start acting in accordance with this inalienable fact. Kicking the Afghanistan, and Haqqani Network, can down the road will no longer suffice as our US policy.

[Prem]

Must watch Paki going Pagal

[Peregrine]

Gwadar augurs new history


For the last Five Years - if not more - The Express Tribune is using the above Photograph in EVERY ARTICLE ON GWADAR!"

Gwadar has Four Container Cranes. This Eight Container Crane Berth is most probably in the Mediterranean Sea and the Ship belongs to or is operated by LINEA MESSINA. The Strait of Messina is the passage between Italy and Sicily! Cwapistanis Hain Ji!
Cheers

Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi http://www.portcalls.com/worlds-largest ... lifa-port/

partha Ji :

Many thanks for the Clarification. Indeed she is a Mediterranean origin vessel.
Cheers

[durvasa]

That's how Gwadar actually looks like - 4-5 rusted cranes. Lots of stranded fishing boats, occasional Chinese naval ship, security everywhere and a Pakjabi occupation camp nearby





And that's how Indian port Mundra looks like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundra_ ... ujarat.jpg

[Peregrine]

The Sharif exit

No body knows what transpired behind the scenes until November 21, when the ISPR officially gave away General Raheel Sharif’s address to a gathering of Army and Rangers personnel as a “farewell call.” This ended the suspense around the General’s future. All this ensured despite his announcement back in January in which he had declared not to seek any extension. With General Sharif’s honourable exit, Pakistan achieves another milestone; within eight years, full democratic transition and a smooth security leadership transition.

Cheers

[Falijee]

Balochistan Disappearances Explained ; Culprit C.P.E.C !
Pakistani forces disappeared more than 60 people to clear CPEC route

QUETTA: Pakistani security forces have intensified their offensive against Baloch resident living on CPEC route abducting more than 80 people in two weeks from Dasht area of district Kech.According Human Right organizations and media reports from Balochistan Pakistani forces increased their attack against people of Balochistan, especially in the coastal belt, where the China and Pakistan are trying to make the Gwadar port functional and work is underway on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

So, the Paki Fauj is facilitating the Chinese and tying their nation's fate to the Chinese bandwagon ( Chinese company buying KESC, Chinese company picking Karachi garbage, Pakistan to hook up with Chinese internet system, Chinese arms and planes to replace Massa based weapon... and the list goes on and on !)

At least 64 Baloch civilians have been arrested and disappeared whose whereabouts remain unknown whereas several houses of innocent Baloch villagers and resident on CPEC root have been set on fire.Local people of district Kech says that many people have been forces to fled from their houses due routine indiscriminate ground and air strikes.

So, the newly created CPEC Fauj has already into the "dirty work", with the active collaboration of the "Deep State"

Pakistan has been abducting and killing innocent Baloch from all over Balochistan especially the coastal belt of Makuran to appease its Chinese partner in crime.The details of military operations, abducted people, and losses in Dasht in last 18 days have been released by a local Human Rights Organisation as following:

November 1st, 2016: 35 military vehicles accompanied by 5 gunship helicopters started massive military offensives in Kombel, Dasht. The Pakistani forces carried out a door-to-door search and terrorized human and children.

November 8, 2016: Early morning forces raided Machi village in Dasht and abducted 7 people. Six people were released the next day while one of them, Sabir son of Jami, has not been release. His whereabouts remain unknown.

November 10, 2016: Pakistani Forces raided Gwahrag Gar area of Dasht and abducted one man named Niyaz s/o Mohammad Hayat.

November 11, 2016: Pakistani forces abducted a father and son named as Abdul Majeed son of Kutub and Muslim son of Abdul Majeed during an attack on Jath Bazar in Dasht Balochistan

Despite all the attack by Pakistani forces and blatant Human Rights violation the Pakistani media remain dead silent on such state sponsored crimes. The International media and Human Rights groups are not allowed in Balochistan to observe the state atrocities against Baloch people.

India should name and shame Pakistan in international forums . India should grant political assylum to some prominent Balochis presently in exile

[Prem]

LtGen. Ishfaq Nadeem ‏@GenIshfaqNadeem 4m4 minutes ago
I am ready to take any responsibility given to me. Allah has always blessed me & will continue to bless me.

[habal]

wrong choice by Nawaz Sharif again.

[Manish_P]

Perhaps I can guess the BRF nickname for him - A@@F%*k Nodeep

[Vikas]

History tells us that Any peaceful retirement of a Paki Terrorist Army chief is always followed by a bad news for Paki PM.

[Awadhi]

Dawn reporting 10 killed in retaliatory firing by IA in POK.

[Bheeshma]

The paki numbers are BS. They always claim only women and children killed. Its almost like the situation in allepo where every corner you have children's hospital.

[arun]

Datelined November 23, 2016, UNICEF reportedly claims that the Mohammadden Terrorist fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan will become polio free by the end of the year:

Pakistan will become polio free by the end of this year: UNICEF

However in a news item also datelined November 23, 2016, the polio situation on the ground in the Islamic Republic would indicate otherwise :

Two new cases cripple hopes of polio-free Pakistan

[Falijee]

India's New Isolation Policy Working ?
New committee to hammer out India policy
Iftikhar A. Khan

ISLAMABAD: A high-level committee, consisting of senior officials from the ministries of defence, inte­rior and information, the Mili­tary Operations Directorate, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Intelligence Bureau (IB), has been formed to formulate “a doable and sustainable India-Kashmir policy”, Sartaj Aziz told the Senate on Tuesday.

He claimed that steps were already being taken to reach out to segments of the Indian public that were opposed to Narendra Modi’s extremism, saying: “Our missions abroad, including in New Delhi, are making outreach efforts to emphasise the extremist Indian policies,” he remarked.

Talking about measures to counter India’s efforts to isolate Pakistan in the region, Mr Aziz said Pakistan was doing its utmost to engage the international community, including regio­nal partners.

So, "senile Sartaj" is indirectly admitting that the world community are not "buying" the Pakistani line !

The adviser on foreign affairs stressed the need for a positive response from India in order to move forward. He said that while Pakistan always conveyed a desire to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue, India had chosen to attach conditions to the talks. (The same-old BS mouthed over and over again )

The Foreign Office on Tuesday also summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to condemn the unprovoked ceasefire violations on Nov 21, 2016 which resulted in the deaths of four innocent civilians and injuries to 10 others.

[sudhan]

Dawn quotes ISPR, says 3 uniformed jihadis promoted to worm food.

ISPR also says atleast 7 IA soldiers killed.. Echandee maintained

[Peregrine]

In 'heavy retribution' for mutilating soldier, India blitzes Pakistani LoC posts with mortar

NEW DELHI: The Army today carried out a massive counter assault using heavy mortar fire on Pakistani posts along the Line of Control, making good its promise of "heavy retribution" for the beheading of an Indian soldier+ yesterday.
Even as Pakistan continued to violate the ceasefire, the armed forces launched crippling attacks on Pakistani posts in Poonch, Rajouri, Kel and Machil sectors.

Pakistan today committed ceasefire violations in Bhimber Gali, Krishna Ghati and Nowshera sectors of Kashmir, ANI reported.

Yesterday, terrorists actively backed by the Pakistan army killed two soldiers and beheaded one soldier in gross violation of the Geneva Convention.

"Retribution will be heavy for this cowardly act of mutilating a soldier's body," the Army said yesterday. The Army destroyed four Pakistan army posts with massive fire assaults after an Indian soldier was beheaded October 28, in a similar border action team (BAT) operation as yesterday's.

A BAT typically consists of terrorists working in close conjunction with Pakistan army regulars for tactical operations against Indian troops and posts along the 778km Line of Control (LoC).

Yesterday, the three slain soldiers from 57 Rashtriya Rifles were in the lead of a counter-infiltration patrol when the patrol was ambushed by terrorists ahead of the LoC fencing in the thickly-forested, mountainous Macchil sector in the morning.

"The Pakistan army simultaneously opened fire at our patrol. Once the situation stabilised, the three bodies were found in the search operation... one was badly mutilated," said an army officer yesterday.

"Condemn the cowardly and brutal killing of our soldiers, and mutilation of one of them. Salute these brave martyrs for their supreme sacrifice," tweeted Defence minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday.

Since the October 28 beheading of a soldier+ , the Army has been conducting targeted fire assaults with heavy-calibre weapons, including artillery guns, 120mm mortars and anti-tank guided missiles, to inflict heavy casualties on the Pakistan army by flattening some of its forward posts and bunkers.
Cheers

[Peregrine]

India's New Isolation Policy Working ?
New committee to hammer out India policy

He claimed that steps were already being taken to reach out to segments of the Indian public that were opposed to Narendra Modi’s extremism, saying: “Our missions abroad, including in New Delhi, are making outreach efforts to emphasise the extremist Indian policies,” he remarked.

Falijee Ji :

The Cwapistani "Establishment" places various heavy impediments by way of having Each & Every Member of the Indian Diplomatic Missions - in Cwapistan - in their contact with any and every Cwapistani Person. As such GoI must have our Indian Wagah Kandle Kissers as well as the "Continuous, Uninterrupted and Uninterruptible Dialogue" walas especially MSA and his ILK followed Continuously by the Indian Security Services.
Cheers

[Lisa]

He claimed that steps were already being taken to reach out to segments of the Indian public that were opposed to Narendra Modi’s extremism, saying: “Our missions abroad, including in New Delhi, are making outreach efforts to emphasise the extremist Indian policies,” he remarked.

Finally Mani Shankar Aiyar has a job. Lucky him, no need to make an application, he is already pre-approved due to previous job experience.

[Bheeshma]

The public can get behind GoI and publicly shaming or even disrupting anything with paki pov on air or otherwise. Now the porkis have also started crying about ICC being unfair and not banning kohli. I hope the mofos get eliminated from WC 2019 soon and are relegated to qualifiers.

[Peregrine]

Cwapistan afflicted With the TRUMP HUMP!

Trump chooses Governor Nikki Haley for U.N. ambassador

WASHINGTON: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a daughter of immigrants from India who has little international experience, to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, The Post and Courier newspaper and other media reported on Wednesday.

The 44-year-old governor has accepted the offer, the Charleston, South Carolina, newspaper reported, citing unidentified sources.

The choice of Haley, who embraces tolerance, may be aimed at offsetting Trump's divisive comments about immigrants and minorities, as well as accusations of sexism during his campaign for the Nov. 8 election in which he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Haley, who last year signed a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol, condemned Trump during the Republican presidential primary campaign for not speaking out more forcefully against white supremacists. The Civil War flag, an emblem of the American South, is long associated with slavery.

Haley supported Trump rivals in the primary before saying last month she would vote for Trump despite reservations about his character. Trump, a Republican, is due to succeed President Barack Obama, a Democrat, on Jan. 20.
Cheers

[Karthik S]

OT, now need to see what position Gabbard will be offered. There were talks about her being offered the ambassador to UN role.

[SSridhar]

Finally Mani Shankar Aiyar has a job. Lucky him, no need to make an application, he is already pre-approved due to previous job experience.

[Peregrine]

Our cinema mistake

PAKISTANIS have many strengths but taking the long view, it seems, isn’t one of them. This is evident in decisions made with regard to politics, sports, urban planning and now, the arts.

Last week local cinema owners and distributors announced they would consider bringing Iranian and Turkish movies to the big screen after mulling over the effects of a self-imposed ban on Indian films in Pakistan.

This ban was an answer to India’s moratorium on screening films featuring Pakistani artists, announced by the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) in September, which itself was a retaliatory measure meant to snub Pakistan after the Uri incident.

At the time, patriotic Pakistanis fell in line behind this decision to bar Indian films from being screened in Pakistan. Thin crowds are a norm in Muharram, anti-Pakistan rhetoric dominating Indian media stoked a love for country in even the most ambivalent hearts, global scrutiny of Pakistan’s efforts to combat terrorism provoked embarrassment — and against this backdrop it seemed fair, correct, even, to signal displeasure at the IMPPA’s move by instating a ban to call our own. Saner voices — actors, critics and filmmakers — who tentatively expressed concern for what this might mean for Pakistani cinema were silenced by the intensity of our indignation, and this situation persisted until now.

So what’s changed? Why the sudden scramble to fill our cinema screens with foreign fare of Iranian and Turkish provenance?

The facts are as follows: the month of Muharram has passed, but ticket sales in cinemas haven’t picked up. Hollywood films don’t draw crowds the way a Karan Johar production can; consequently, footfall in multiplexes has dwindled. And now, the two major Pakistani films that are due to be released in November will suffer the effects of a dispirited public’s disinterest in the cinema experience.

Our ban on Indian films has made painfully clear that Bollywood provided the scaffolding on which Pakistani cinema could stage its comeback, ensuring a steady supply of cash where none was to be had before.

Banning Indian films was a strategic error on the part of Pakistani cinema owners – not just because it had the paradoxical effect of hindering the growth of local cinema, but also because it is nearly impossible to reverse. Though cinema owners said the ban would be in effect until Pakistan-India tensions ease, there is no objective standard by which this expected softening of relations can be gauged. However it is justified, any move to begin screening Indian films again can be criticised as being anti-national.

The Pakistani film industry is not yet in a position to produce more than a dozen mainstream films a year — if that — so cinema owners have little recourse other than to look westward for something that’ll pull in the crowds. Enter Iranian and Turkish films.

Now, introducing Iranian films to a Pakistani audience is, in theory, not a terrible idea: Iran produces provocative, award-winning features that ought to be seen by more Pakistanis. However, the decision is ill-conceived in that it aims to solve one problem — that is, poor attendance in cinemas — with a solution best applied to an entirely different problem — a lack of cultural awareness in Pakistan’s movie-going population.

It stands to reason that a rigorous examination of identity vis-à-vis an Iranian film will never serve as substitute for the rollicking entertainment a Bollywood blockbuster provides. The gains made in screening Iranian films will not be monetary; they will be moral and intellectual. This is noble, yes, but it does little to boost Pakistan’s nascent film industry in real terms.

And what of Turkish films? Interestingly, there’s a precedent here. Turkish dramas dubbed in Urdu have been airing on Pakistani TV for many months now, and with great success, or so ratings tell us. However, assuming Turkish films will fare as well as Turkish TV dramas is a leap that ignores the key difference between cinema and television: TV viewers are a captive audience, and so, are easy to convert into casual or even regular consumers.

In contrast, going to the cinema is a deliberate economic decision, an event with a not inconsiderable price tag. The exhausted mother-of-three who likes to zone out in front of a Turkish drama at 3pm while her children nap — will she rush to the cinema to get her fix of Turkish entertainment? No.

This is the state of Pakistani cinema at the moment: having dug ourselves into a hole we’re desperately casting about for a ladder. We’ve latched onto Iranian and Turkish films as a mode of elevation, but it’s a poor one which won’t be our salvation.

Had we taken the long view, we wouldn’t have banned Indian films at all — we’d have continued to use them to prop up Pakistani films until, one day, we could fully detach without consequence. Unfortunately for Pakistani cinema, pragmatism plays only a bit-part in our decisions.
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[CRamS]

Hey Guys, big news. There is a huge mega party planned in Delhi by ISI and the India guests are those who hate ModiJi including: Mani Shankar Aiyar who will open the champagne and key note (he will aslo discuss the yomen public servcie Hafeez Saeed is doing in TSP, and how ModiJi should emulate that instead of demonitizing the poor), Carzywaal who will announce the menu that includes all "South Asian" delicacies, especially non-Veg delicacies that ModiJi is depriving Indians of, "nuanced views" on why TSP must be forgiven for its use of pigLeTs against India will be be provided by the rundies of Undy, the moral, legal righteousness of TSP's Kashmir claim will be provided by Karan Thappar, K.C. Singh and Ajay Shukla will discuss how the surgical strikes were a lie and a dud and why ModiJi's nationalist talk leaves TSP with no choice but to continue its pigLeT assault, special entertainment in the form of lungi dances will be provided by assorted Bollywood bimbos etc, and last but not the least, special guests include "South Asia exerts" from US/UK who will discuss TSP contributions to the so called "global war on terror", and why India has no options in the face of TSP's pigLeT assault and nukes but to talk, and US/UK will facilitate that.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 580534.cms

Pakistan has formed a committee "to counter India's propaganda campaign" and has already taken steps to reach out to Indians "opposed to Narendra Modi's extremism" Dawn reported today.

PeregrineJi, didn't realize that you had already posted this, but enjoy the sarcasm .

[arun]

Indian Army press release via PIB on DGMO level talks with the Uniformed Jihadi's of Mohammadden Terrorist fomenting Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:

Aftermath of Indian Army’s Punitive Fire Assaults: Pak DGMO Requests for Unscheduled Talks on Hotline


In an unscheduled Hot Line interaction requested for by Pakistan, Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Ranbir Singh spoke to his counterpart this evening. Pak DGMO informed of civilian casualties on Pak side by Indian firing along the Line of Control. Lt Gen Ranbir Singh expressed grief at Pak civilian casualties but emphatically stated that retaliatory firing by Indian troops has only been carried out targeting locations from where Pakistan has initiated cease fire violations on Indian Posts. Lt Gen Ranbir Singh expressed his concerns to Pak DGMO on casualties caused to Indian civilians and soldiers due to unprovoked Pak firing.

Indian DGMO further raised the issue of infiltration attempts by terrorists from Pak side into J&K and the un-ethical act of mutilation of the body of Indian soldiers close to the Line of Control by terrorists infiltrating from Pakistan. Pak DGMO was exhorted to exercise strict control on their troops to refrain from any nefarious activities. This would lead to return of normalcy along Line of Control. However, he was categorically informed that if any cease fire violations were initiated by Pak troops or any infiltration attempts were made by terrorists from Pak Occupied Kashmir or territory under its control, it would invite an appropriate response by Indian Army.

Col Rohan Anand, SM
PRO (Army)
(Release ID :154207)

From here:

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[Falijee]

Sindhi Nationalist Leader Kidnapped From His Home By Paki "Deep State"

Vetaran Sindhi Nationalist Leader abducted from his house in Badin

BADIN: Veteran Sindhi nationalist leader, the old companion of Sain GM Sayed, the former Vice Chairman of JSQM and the current Convener of JSMM’s Central Coordination Committee Ustaad Muhammad Rahimon, 80, has been abducted by LeAs, in a raid of the Rangers led LeAs from his house in Kario Ganhwer town of district Badin, Sindh.

The home of the veteran Sindhi nationalist leader, the Convenor of JSMM’s Central Coordination Committee Ustad Muhammad Rahimon was raided by the heavy contingent of the Rangers, Police and the ISI cops late night and he was abducted by the LeAs.

Ustad Muhammad Rahimon, aged 80, has been the companion of the Sain GM Sayed (the pioneer of Sindhudesh Freedom Movement) and is considered to be the most respected leader of the Sindhudesh freedom movement by all the factions of Jeay Sindh Movement. He is entitled “Ustad: the guide” by the senior most leadership in particular and nationalist activists of various factions of Jeay Sindh Movement in general. He has been the symbol of resistance against the establishment of CPEC project in Sindh. He was previously injured in the shelling and baton charge during a rally against the CPEC project in Badin this February. Despite his frail health and old age, he is the most feared old man of the Sindh by the Pakistani occupation. He has remained the former Senior Vice Chairman of JSQM and current Head of JSMM’s CCC.

Till the filing of this report, his whereabouts are unknown.

Hope that he is spared the treatment meted out to Balochi Nationalist and hope that his body is not found- tortured and dumped somewhere in the Sindhi desert .

[Falijee]

[quote="Peregrine"]Cwapistan afflicted With the TRUMP HUMP!

Trump chooses Governor Nikki Haley for U.N. ambassador

PEREGRINE-JEE.

A few notes on this surprise announcement :

- Nicky Haley (not her "real name") has gone "out of her way" to play down her "Indian identify, but never the less, this is going to make a "big dent" on Paki Echendee; having to deal with a Yindian, and that too a "second class" person - ( female are second class according to Sharia law onlee )
- I guess, the Pakistanis now have gotten used to dealing with (POIO) Persons of Indian Origin, representing Massaland or Londonistan [e.g.US Aid Chief, Head Of Commonwealth , ICC (cricket!)]
- the way that POIO are, by leaps and bounds, becoming more prominent politically in Massaland, I would not be surprised that within the next 50 years, a POTUS would be a POIO. (But at that time, Inshallah, instead of Pakistan, there would be Sindhudesh or Jinnahpur, Independent Balochistan, Pakhtunistan and what not )

[Bart S]

Sindhi Nationalist Leader Kidnapped From His Home By Paki "Deep State"

If you are going to obfuscate the URL, please at least mention the source/website so that we can decide if we want to click it or not.

[CRamS]

Cwapistan afflicted With the TRUMP HUMP!

Trump chooses Governor Nikki Haley for U.N. ambassador

PEREGRINE-JEE.

A few notes on this surprise announcement :

- Nicky Haley (not her "real name") has gone "out of her way" to play down her "Indian identify, but never the less, this is going to make a "big dent" on Paki Echendee; having to deal with a Yindian, and that too a "second class" person - ( female are second class according to Sharia law onlee )

No disrespect to you, nor am I trying to be argumentative, but this is a very distorted reading of TSP. No, TSP, I mean the RAPE who deal with west and India, are not the rabid Saudi Arabia type mullochracy in that they would have a problem with women in power etc. In fact, they themselves have not done very badly, they can claim equal equal in terms of women in power given their legacy of Benzir, from hosting Sheerry Rehman to Hina Rabbai type RAPE women etc, Also, there will be none to minor H&D loss to TSP on account of Nikki haley simply because there will be very little attention paid to "South Asia" by Trump IMO, and if there is, it will be equal equal and Nikki will only be too happy to play that role. So TSP won't lose any sleep over her appointment.

For India, the challenge is to circumvent TSP's seemingly modern outlook and yet be able to portray it as a India-specific terrorist abomination that it is: ruled by a bunch of megalomaniac RAPE rulers who belive they are the righful leaders of the subcontinent and want to undo India, who lie through their teeth, use pigLeTs as an instrument of state policy against India, abuse human rights of Balchis and other minorities etc. Problem is that none of these demoniacal characteristics of TSP have any impact on the white west, while the above traits you take note of that will attract the negative attention of the that west are not TSP's Achilles heel. So India is up against a stiff challenge, but we must not lose sight of the real TSP.