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Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that the government was ready to hold talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud if he renounced violence.
Speaking to reporters, Malik said action would be taken if the TTP continued on its path of violence. He added that the government and army had fought terrorism. “The TTP has given no response regarding renouncing violence. When a reply is received all stakeholders will be consulted and the nation’s emotions will be taken into consideration before implementing any policy regarding the TTP”. In a video message, Hakimullah Mehsud had said that the TTP were ready to negotiate with the government but unwilling to surrender arms.
The reference to 'all stakeholders' is to the TSPA. The 'emotions' of TSP are already with the jihadis.
Obviously, the surrender to the 'bad Taliban' is being negotiated and is being camouflaged under such useless expressions as 'renunciation of violence' or 'consultation with stakeholders' or 'emotions of the nation'.
The 'good Taliban' are giving an honourable exit option for the US in Afghanistan through the 'road-map' now being discussed; the 'bad Taliban' are giving a similar exit option through peace talks for the TSPA.
Every peace agreement before this that TSPA entered into with the 'bad Taliban' led to concession of ground to them, their consolidation and shrinking of GoP's sovereignty. Why should it be any different now ?
Seven charity workers, six of them women, have been shot dead in north-west Pakistan, police say.
The women, some of them teachers, were attacked near a health and education community centre. A male colleague died with them. All were Pakistani citizens.
Their vehicle came under gunfire near the centre run by Pakistani charity Ujala, or Light.
The incident happened in the Swabi district close to a road connecting Peshawar to the eastern city of Lahore.
"Four men came on two motorbikes. They attacked their van. They opened fire to the right and left of the van and fled on their motorbikes," Swabi district police chief Abdul Rashid Khan said, according to AFP.
He added that the driver of the vehicle had also been injured in the attack, which took place near a motorway junction.
No-one at the charity, which works in the education sector, was immediately available for comment.
Police said that the SWWS workers were targeted when they were returning from school and health centre to home as unidentified gunmen, probably riding a motorbike sprayed their vehicle with bullets.
Umar, a relative of one of the killed women workers, told Dawn.Com that the attackers stopped the vehicle carrying the staff, asked a child sitting in the car to come down and then opened firing on women, who he said were all lady health workers, working with the NGO.
A logical person would however, ask why there has been no massive death toll in India considering its use in Indian cough syrups. But too much ask of a Paki
Patna/New Delhi: Bihar’s East Champaran district saw fresh bout of caste violence amongst Muslims in the first week of December.
On December 7 a differentially able man, named Akbar Ali was allegedly attacked by the ‘henchmen’ of ashraf or upper caste Muslims in Rampur Bairiya village in East Champaran. Thinking him to be dead they finally left.
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He also accused the current Mukhiya (Panchayat leader), Sarfaraz Ahmad Khan of leading and inciting violent movements against pasmanda Muslims in the Allahpur hamlet situated in Rampur Bairiya village.
Sarfaraz Khan was allegedly involved in the arson and razing of an entire locality, including the mosques meant for pasmanda Muslims on December 6, 2007. The case is still sub judice, which apparently he had did not mention in his nomination paper.
Sarfaraz Khan was hence mustering grudges against these youth as they brought the fact to the notice of the Election Commission by going to the court, allege the victims’ families.
The social strife is going on for quite some time in Allahpur. Pasmanda Muslims had stopped working in the farms of those dominant forward Muslims and to avoid any humiliation made their separate makeshift straw mosque. This mosque has allegedly damaged twice.
According to Pasmanda villagers, they are often obstructed from using the only pathway that passes from outside the homes of ashraf Muslims.
Looks like this "Allahpur" is the microcosmic precursor of a pure Islamist society.
The delay in full trade liberalisation between Pakistan and India, including the grant of Most-Favoured Nation-status, is due to “procedural hiccups” and Islamabad is working to remove bottlenecks, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said.
“Islamabad is on course to remove bottlenecks in bilateral trade,” Fahim was quoted as saying.
The issue of fully liberalising trade was now a matter of timing and “no one in Pakistan wants unlimited protection for local manufacturers”, the report said.
“We will submit a (proposal) in the next cabinet meeting for phasing out the negative list,” Commerce Secretary Muneer Qureshi said.
Lying is allowed in Islam for good of the Ummah, so said Gen. Zia ul Haq to Reagan.
Aditya_V wrote:A logical person would however, ask why there has been no massive death toll in India considering its use in Indian cough syrups. But too much ask of a Paki
See the under-scored phrase (and there's your answer). The medication was genetically formulated for SDRE consumption meant for their inferior genetic make up. A medication for paki use must come from Central Asia or Turkey (or even the Caucasus) for it to be effective in their biological system. Therefore, the decadent west must supply these formulations, free of cost (of course).
Pakistan today assumed this month's presidency of the UN Security Council and will hold special sessions on peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
"During its presidency, Pakistan will help Council members to forge consensus and bridge differences. Ours will be an effective presidency," Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Masood Khan said.
Pakistan began its two-year term as non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council last year and will be the President of the UN body for the month of January, the first time that Pakistan has assumed the rotational office of the UNSC during its present term.
Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf would be in New York to chair the January 21 open debate on 'UN Peacekeeping: a multidimensional approach', which would take a comprehensive view of UN peacekeeping.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar would chair a Ministerial level session on January 15 on counter-terrorism.
Khan said the debate would provide an opportunity to the Council members and the general UN membership to have a "holistic view of the continuing threats and challenges posed by international terrorism and the best ways of formulating and implementing coherent and comprehensive responses to this menace.
"We have put the difficult issue of counter terrorism on the agenda of the Council for a special debate. Terrorism can only be rooted out through a comprehensive approach of deterrence, dialogue and development," Pakistan's UN envoy added.
Previously, Pakistan has been elected to the Security Council six times.
The UN Security Council has five veto-holding permanent members - the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China - and 10 nations that are elected as non-permanent members without vetoes.
KARACHI: One person was killed and at least 15 others had been injured in a blast in Karachi’s Federal B Area locality on Tuesday, DawnNews reported.
The blast, which took place near Federal B Area’s Aisha Manzil, was heard as far as Karachi’s Numaish area.
The injured were shifted to hospitals and police had reached the site of the explosion that reportedly took place near a furniture market.
Sources said that some of the injured are in critical condition.
Tuesday’s explosion took place days after a powerful blast inside an inter-city bus near Karachi’s Cantonment Railway Station killed at least six people and left at least 50 others, including women and children, injured.
Former Pakistan opener Sadiq Mohammad on Tuesday likened the batting of Virender Sehwag to a "terrorist", saying it was tough to stop the dashing batsman when he gets going.Difficult to stop is the key here it seems
"When Sehwag starts batting, he looks like a terrorist. With due respect to my words, it is very hard to stop him when he gets going," said Sadiq at the Eden Gardens here. Pinglish compliant?
He is in India as a goodwill ambassador for the bilateral series between India and Pakistan.Each puki is a goodwill ambassador
Sadiq was also all praises for current Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshed saying he had the capability to play long innings.
"Jamshed is technically sound and can play longer innings which makes him dangerous. If he settles down, he tries to carry his bat through making life easier for the other batsmen," he said.
Comparing Sehwag and Jamshed, he chose his compatriot over the Indian.who is just a potential terrorist
"Sehwag takes a lot of chances. There are 25% chances of him getting out early. But if Jamshed settles down, it is difficult to get him out," added Mohammad.
What? Does this moron think that the TTP are cowardly like Hindus? That they will stop fighting? The brave Mujahids who form the TTP are not afraid of death. Talking is for wimmens onlee.
A logical person would however, ask why there has been no massive death toll in India considering its use in Indian cough syrups. But too much ask of a Paki
As per the report, most of the 20 dead in Lahore were "drug addicts". Did all the "drug addicts" have a cough? Would be an amazing coincidence if the only customers of a faulty batch of medicine happen to be all drug addicts with a cough. Some chap in Pakistan was/is brewing "cough syrup" (i.e. narcotic intended for getting high) for these drug addicts and obviously made a bad batch with either too much DXM, or the right amount of DXM, but too much of something else. This "cough syrup" was always intended for substance abusers, and the police in Pakistan was looking the other way (no laws against "cough spirit"!).
Since their introduction, over-the-counter preparations containing dextromethorphan have been used in manners inconsistent with their labeling, often as a recreational drug.[12] At doses much higher than medically recommended, dextromethorphan is classified as a dissociative hallucinogen, possessing certain effects that are somewhat similar to the dissociative agents ketamine and phencyclidine. It may produce distortions of the visual field - feelings of dissociation, distorted bodily perception, and excitement, as well as a loss of sense of time. Some users report stimulant-like euphoria, particularly in response to music. Dextromethorphan usually provides its recreational effects in a non-linear fashion, so that they are experienced in significantly varied stages. These 5 stages are commonly referred to as "plateaus". [13][14][15]
SWABI: Seven NGO workers including six women and a medical technician were shot dead Monday afternoon near Swabi interchange, police said.
Station House Officer of Chota Lahor Police Station, Zulfiqar Khan said that the vehicle carrying the employees of Support With Working Solutions (SWWS) organisation (now known as ‘Ujala’) was on its way from a centre of the NGO when it was ambushed at Sher Afzal’s Banda area near Anbar Interchange in Swabi district.
“Yes I can confirm six women and a man has been killed while one worker has been injured,” he added.
Police said that the SWWS workers were targeted when they were returning from school and health centre to home as unidentified g
A logical person would however, ask why there has been no massive death toll in India considering its use in Indian cough syrups. But too much ask of a Paki
As per the report, most of the 20 dead in Lahore were "drug addicts". Did all the "drug addicts" have a cough? Would be an amazing coincidence if the only customers of a faulty batch of medicine happen to be all drug addicts with a cough. Some chap in Pakistan was/is brewing "cough syrup" (i.e. narcotic intended for getting high) for these drug addicts and obviously made a bad batch with either too much DXM, or the right amount of DXM, but too much of something else. This "cough syrup" was always intended for substance abusers, and the police in Pakistan was looking the other way (no laws against "cough spirit"!).
Since their introduction, over-the-counter preparations containing dextromethorphan have been used in manners inconsistent with their labeling, often as a recreational drug.[12] At doses much higher than medically recommended, dextromethorphan is classified as a dissociative hallucinogen, possessing certain effects that are somewhat similar to the dissociative agents ketamine and phencyclidine. It may produce distortions of the visual field - feelings of dissociation, distorted bodily perception, and excitement, as well as a loss of sense of time. Some users report stimulant-like euphoria, particularly in response to music. Dextromethorphan usually provides its recreational effects in a non-linear fashion, so that they are experienced in significantly varied stages. These 5 stages are commonly referred to as "plateaus". [13][14][15]
firstly, kudos to Pakistan for not manufacturing even the basic dextromethorphan in your own country....
Second, Dextromethorphan is USED by MANY Drug addicts to alleviate the craving associated with opioid withdrawal.......
and since the addicts are used to using potent opioids, they consume much larger quantity of the drug dextromethorphan before its effect kick in....antitussive action of Dextromethorphan is by lowering respiratory rate, so on overdose it can cause respiratory depression....THAT IS A SIDE EFFECT of the drug....But i guess mullah of the paki health industry arent well read enough to read the literature that is packed with each bottle of the drug.........And I am pretty sure that these pakis must have got hold of the drug free of charge through "Aman ka tamasha" programme.....
I think, India should simply put Indian medicines on an export ban list to Pakistan. Yes we will be losing some money, but at least no Paki "official" would be able to say, that Indians are trying to kill Pakis by selling substandard medicines. OR one can export these medicines to Pakistan over Dubai, putting a "Made in UAE" label on them.
But if a Paki "official" accuses India of something like that, at least we can say, "screw yourselves, we don't sell you any medicines. And since Pakis are wont to making false accusations, India does not want to sell Pakistan any medicines at all."
Would lack of medicines have repercussions on Pakistani health situation? Sure! But that be so the case! There is no need to save Paki lives and earn a bad reputation with them while doing so! They can hate us without us providing them with medicines.
And should Pakistan try to manufacture these medicines on their own, just provide the Taliban with the address of the "sterilization" drug factory!
Heard on Twitter that both the cough syrup and the polio vaccine are made India, shipped to Dubai and then re-exported to Pakistan. A Jewish run company makes a cool 60 million $ profit annually. The company Goldsmith Vaccines ltd is part owned by guess who? Im the Dim's brother in law.
Pakistan must immediately ban people from using cough syrup, there are over the counter fatwa remedies available, as dictated by the holy kitab, which can resolve even severe bouts of tuberculous cough.
Acetaminophen is paracetamol, even in high doses it doesn't cause failure of Pawki's Liver because a Pawki's liver is 10 times stronger then a Yindoo's liver
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It would be detrimental to project Baniyastan if Pakis get to know that all the medicines they use are contaminated with cow urine induced anti-fertilization drugs.
Let the Jews take the blame for collecting the 72% profit on every medicine delivered to Pakistan thru middle east after labeling them 'Made in China'. The Yankees have the largest NGO presence in Pakistan and they are most trusted partners of Paki Army.
How did Bangladeshi's turned Pakistan after consuming Indian Medicines for 5 years. India just started phase 2 of this program in 2009 after 11/26. Why do you think Baluchistan and FATA are burning now?
I was being serious Sirji. There was this heavy duty intellectual exchange between some big shots in the Pawki Department of Health and Animal Husbandry that literally spilled over onto twitter. In fact one official who goes by the handle @Professor Sahib went on to make a direct allegation against Imran Khan .
Apparently, even the big wigs at Jamaat u Dawa are in the know of the collusion between the Jews, Americans and the Pawkistani Generals. The aim is to sterilise the population in the restive badlands of FATA. Jamat u Dawa has been pressurised to keep quiet about this issue and the information about 'indian' ingredients in cough syrups was carefully released to release some steam and bury the issue of Jewish involvement in the smoke screen.
The conspiracy runs deeper and isnt limited to polio vaccines or cough syrups, interestingly, a popular brand of hakka noodles ( Al Khobar Halal hakka noodles) apparently contains 2000 times more than the maximum permissible limit of aginomotto . These noodles are given out free in some Girl's schools in FATA under the garb of some promotional event or some UN development programme. If one puts 2 and 2 together one can understand why Jihadi Abduls are going hammer and tongs against Girls schools and UN workers. For those unaware, too much aginomotto turns a normal person into an retarded Abdul, so imagine the effect on a congenitally retarded Abdfool? The Jews are leaving nothing to chance it seems. After all, didnt some Israeli General say that his biggest nightmare was having to fight the mighty TSPA?
Guys wake up to social media, the mainstream EM is fully sold out, they never let such scoops come out in the open
The clue is in the 1/9 cases of Autism in Yankistan. The mixture is made into more potent stuff by mixing with something Hindu (apparently the reason behind India's population control in spite of no one-chilled policy).
Rest is all djinn onlee.
Arabs are hand-in only and that is why compulsory polio vaccination condition for south Asians. Give and take only. Saudis got Bahrain in return for this deal with Yahudis.
Did you ever wonder why even Yindu fanatic BJP supported Haj subsidy?
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Yes Mahendra, I too have heard the wise speak of strange things. Such as dollar bills being used to collect DNA. UK visas bearing nano cameras. Chinese condoms treated with sterilising lubricants (to safeguard the eternal unsplitst province of east Turkestan)
Mahendra wrote:I was being serious Sirji. There was this heavy duty intellectual exchange between some big shots in the Pawki Department of Health and Animal Husbandry that literally spilled over onto twitter. In fact one official who goes by the handle @Professor Sahib went on to make a direct allegation against Imran Khan .
The Pakistani Pharma lobby has been a strong and consistent opponent of MFN status to India. Medicinal cost in TSP is very high and the pharma companies make a huge profit. They have every reason therefore to depict Indian pharmaceutical products in poor light.
While shortages of everyday medicines in Pakistan’s drugstores are not unusual, the fact remains that the country’s pharmaceutical exports have been rising steadily.
Turns out that all this while the world class Paki pharma industry has not been able to address the domestic shortage of pharmaceuticals...yet it is increasingly pumping its product into unregulated places like Afghanistan and Sudan. But they are very worried that spurious and substandard Indian pharma will be imported into Pakistan.
It is mainly the fear of substandard medicines flooding Pakistani drugstores that the pharmaceutical industry is opposed to unconditional easing of trade restrictions with India, says Waheed.
and Islamabad is working to remove bottlenecks, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said.
