Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

RCase · Post by **RCase** » 19 Jan 2014 00:33

AoA onlee. As predicted a few pages back after Nawaz asked the Maulana to mediate with the TTP, Maulana Sandwich now joins the illustrious list of Benazir, Col. Imam, Khalid Khwaja, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, Qazi Hussain et al. This attack was certainly by the TTP. Shahra-e-Faisal is their favourite hunting ground in Karachi. 'Unknown miscreants' is always an euphemism in TSP for the 'bad Taliban'. I predict that sooner rather than later, Maulana Sandwich himself would be targetted. That is the power of 'green'. AoA and all such caveats apply.

I guess 'Going Green', 'Green Technology', ' Green Power/ Energy' etc. in Pakistan have a difeerent conotation than what the rest of world may seem to understand it to be! The grass is always greener on the other side!

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 19 Jan 2014 02:40

This actually has a name to it: "No true scotsman"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

No true Scotsman is an informal fallacy, an ad hoc attempt to retain an unreasoned assertion. When faced with a counterexample to a universal claim ("no Scotsman would do such a thing"), rather than denying the counterexample

A simple rendition of the fallacy:
Person A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
Person B: "I am Scottish, and put sugar on my porridge."
Person A: "Then you are not a true Scotsman."

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 19 Jan 2014 07:40

India-TSP to Establish Reciprocal NDMA - The Hindu

Following a 16-month hiatus, India-Pakistan relations showed signs of thawing on Saturday with the two sides agreeing to find ways of establishing reciprocal Non-Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) by February-end. This includes issuing bank licences to allow banks to function in each other’s country.

Addressing reporters after a meeting, the Commerce Ministers of both the countries said they had agreed to open the Wagah-Attari border for trade at all times of the year. They also agreed to allow containers, which were until now unloaded at the check-post and re-loaded on the other side, to be moved right up to Amritsar and Lahore. “We have also decided to expedite the process of giving bank licences so that Indian and Pakistani banks can operate in the other country. This would facilitate trade,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said after the meeting.

Mr. Sharma said he had accepted Pakistan Trade Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan’s invitation to visit the neighbouring country next month.

Mr. Khan said his “elected government” had requested India to replace the term ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) with NDMA. “There are minorities on both sides who do not desire peace between the two countries,” Mr. Khan said, when asked why this term was chosen. “They both mean the same,” he said.

Bilateral trade between the two countries is slightly more than $3 billion a year. Both sides expressed hope that trade would go up many times when NDMA is established on a reciprocal basis. For this, India needs to open up to Pakistan 614 items. Pakistan, on the other hand, needs to open up to India two lists comprising 936 and 1209 items, said the Indian officials.

Another futile concession by India. The aim of the TSP minister during this visit was to get the MFN bear off his back and TSP devised the NDMA terminology tactic for this purpose. They have succeeded in making the usual generous Indians to agree to their wily plan. Now, Pakistan would not keep its side of the bargain, again as usual.

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 19 Jan 2014 10:24

arun wrote:

Firing in Sargodha kills 2 ASWJ activists, injures 5 others

While they are at it why not blow up equipment and personal located at a stupid airbase there.

SanjayC · Post by **SanjayC** » 19 Jan 2014 11:17

Twenty Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on army convoy

shravan · Post by **shravan** » 19 Jan 2014 11:27

Death toll in Bannu blast rises to 22, include at least 5 civilians, over 50 injured

partha · Post by **partha** » 19 Jan 2014 11:51

Another car bomb. Pakistan becoming another Iraq?

arun · Post by **arun** » 19 Jan 2014 11:58

SanjayC wrote:Twenty Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on army convoy

Will the uniformed Jihadi’s of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan be telling the kin of their dead that this is what the “Jihad in the path of Allah” part of the motto of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan amounts to when confronted by the “More Green” un-uniformed Jihadi’s by way of a demonstration of the IEDology of Pakistan?

Baikul · Post by **Baikul** » 19 Jan 2014 14:32

arun wrote:
SanjayC wrote:Twenty Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on army convoy
Will the uniformed Jihadi’s of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan be telling the kin of their dead that this is what the “Jihad in the path of Allah” part of the motto of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan amounts to.......................

Easy.

Press release from the office of Officer Commanding, 7th mechanized infantry Battalion, Punjab Regiment, Pakistan Army:

It is with great pride that we announce that 20 valorous soldiers of the battalion who went to wreak Jihad in the path of Allah, met with Allah in the path of Jihad.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 19 Jan 2014 15:06

Land of the gun and the bomb - DT Editorial.
Interesting piece along the same lies as what was predicted in BRf.

Mufti Muhammad Usman Yar Khan’s murder is being linked by his JUI-S with the mandate given to the party’s leader, Maulana Samiul Haq, to facilitate talks with the Taliban. The JUI-S thinks responsibility for this targeted killing rests with elements that want to sabotage the negotiations process. If that logic is accepted, topping the list of suspects may well be the Taliban themselves, since they are the only ones consistently rejecting talks. By now, even the credentials of Maulana Samiul Haq as the ‘father of the Taliban’ may not be relevant in the current phase of the strife that has the country in its grip.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 19 Jan 2014 15:16

Baikul wrote:Easy.

Press release from the office of Officer Commanding, 7th mechanized infantry Battalion, Punjab Regiment, Pakistan Army:

It is with great pride that we announce that 20 valorous soldiers of the battalion who went to wreak Jihad in the path of Allah, met with Allah in the path of Jihad.

Too too much.

abhijitm · Post by **abhijitm** » 19 Jan 2014 15:58

Congratulations! paki police are in top 10 most corrupt in the world, along with Somali, Haiti, Sudan and Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s police has been ranked among the most corrupt institutions in the country in a survey by an international anti-graft watchdog. Many citizens believe that the police is the most corrupt sector of the Pakistani government. Police brutality, extortion bribery and arresting innocent citizens are all crimes that have been committed among Pakistan’s police forces.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 19 Jan 2014 17:25

Sectarian clash? Two killed in groups clash at Adiala Road.

clash and exchange of fire between two rival groups

after physical brawl

both the groups scuffled with each others on controversial issues

I am sure, the issue was not cricket.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 19 Jan 2014 17:30

Two Britons charged with Syria terrorism offences. No longer paki-origin or british-pakis?

Two British men were charged on Friday with travelling to Syria for the purposes of terrorism, police said, while another man was arrested on suspicion of attending a terror camp in the war-ravaged country.

Yusuf Sawar and Mohammed Ahmed, both 21 and from Birmingham

If it sounds like a paki, smells like a paki, looks like a paki, then it is a paki.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 19 Jan 2014 17:50

TSP sends fake 5 Rupee currency notes - ToI

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 19 Jan 2014 19:18

Consecutive sixes by bunnies. They are into T20 mode now.
Taliban claim responsibility for deadly attack on Pak military convoy

On Sunday, Spokesperson for the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ehsanullah Ehsan said the militant group was responsible for the attack in the volatile region.

He also vowed to carry out more such attacks against military installations across the militancy-riddled country.

The remarks came hours after a bomb attack targeting a military convoy in Pakistan’s northwest left nearly two dozen soldiers dead and over 30 others injured.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 19 Jan 2014 21:17

Maulana Samiul Haq finds himself unfortunately sandwiched between government on one side and Taliban on the other.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 19 Jan 2014 22:50

SanjayC wrote:Twenty Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on army convoy

I hope they were the Thoroughbred Pakijabis and not disposable ones like NLF which TSP uses as cannon fodder and then sheds crocodile tears over "sacrifices" made while fighting the so called GWOT.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 19 Jan 2014 23:38

SanjayC wrote:Twenty Pakistani soldiers killed in attack on army convoy

Inshallah - As Allah Wishes.

AoA!

Cheers

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 20 Jan 2014 00:24

AAGNI DEVTA DARSHAN

Cheers

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Jan 2014 00:43

SSridhar wrote:
Baikul wrote:Easy.
Press release from the office of Officer Commanding, 7th mechanized infantry Battalion, Punjab Regiment, Pakistan Army:It is with great pride that we announce that 20 Unifromed Jehadi of the battalion who went to wreak Jihad in the path of Allah, met with Allah in the path of Jihad arranged by non uniformed Jehadis. Too too much.

Chuuk Chuukk Chakk Chakk
Kandhar Sey Karazzhi Tukk
Paki Zinda Jubb Tukk
Bum orr Gollie Sey
Ooorate Rahe Humm,Talibunn,
Talibunn.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 20 Jan 2014 00:48

Peregrine wrote:AAGNI DEVTA DARSHAN

Cheers

Last Soup-er Ball will be fought between Mango Poaq Pagals and Peshawar Puttars with Agni as messenger of heavenly bodies will be Sakshi of the victorius party.

RCase · Post by **RCase** » 20 Jan 2014 05:54

^^^

While talking to The Express Tribune, Abdul Qadir Saraf, one of the shop owners, asked the government to provide compensation so they can restart their businesses. “It (the fire) has caused loss of millions. We should be given relaxation in rent for three years,” he added.

The police, however, suspects the fire was caused by a short circuit.

Where will the gobermint get the money from? The dekhonomoney is in critical condition. Will the shop keepers accept compensation in FICN (recently there was an excess of Rs.5 notes).

Short circiut? What happened to the 18hr load shedding. Misfortunate for the shop owners that the power was on.

BijuShet · Post by **BijuShet** » 20 Jan 2014 06:18

It will come out later that gold worth millions were siphoned off and the fire was lit to hide the theft. Too much coincidence that at 2:30 am an electrical fire burns an entire market housing a lot of the jewelry stores. Insurance will cover the loss to shop owners and some organized group is now funded for a long time.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 20 Jan 2014 07:22

Times Square bomb plot: Pakistani Army major arrested

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ested.html

A Pakistani Army major, who was until recently a serving officer, has been arrested in connection with the failed Times Square bomb plot.

A Pakistani law enforcement sources said that the major had mobile phone contact with Shahzad on the day of the attempted bombing, including one conversation at the same time the bomber was allegedly parking his car loaded with propane tanks and explosives.

Yes but was that call made during working hours of Pakistan army or did he do it in his spare time during lunch breaks? This demonstrates no official support for Times Square Bombing.

partha · Post by **partha** » 20 Jan 2014 08:16

^
That's from 2010.

Roperia · Post by **Roperia** » 20 Jan 2014 08:25

Blast kills eight in Rawalpindi | Yawn

Site of the blast is a market near GHQ. Yawn describes it as a highly sensitive area.

arun · Post by **arun** » 20 Jan 2014 08:31

Roperia wrote:Blast kills eight in Rawalpindi | Yawn

Site of the blast is a market near GHQ. Yawn describes it as a highly sensitive area.

Another article on the demonstration of the IEDology of Pakistan outside the offices of the National Logistic Cell, an organisation run by the uniformed Jihadi’s of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in Rawalpindi:

Blast in Rawalpindi kills 4, injures 12

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Jan 2014 08:34

arun wrote:
Roperia wrote:Blast kills eight in Rawalpindi | Yawn

Site of the blast is a market near GHQ. Yawn describes it as a highly sensitive area.
Another article on the demonstration of the IEDology of Pakistan outside the offices of the National Logistic Cell, an organisation run by the uniformed Jihadi’s of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in Rawalpindi:

Blast in Rawalpindi kills 4, injures 12

This is internecine war over sharing the loot of narcotic smuggling. Just wait for sometime for the full facts to emerge.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Jan 2014 09:01

A Spurt in Suicide Attacks in Pakistan - Meena Menon, The Hindu

Militant, nationalist, insurgent and violent sectarian groups carried out a total of 1,717 terrorist attacks across Pakistan in 2013 killing 2,451 people and injuring over 5000 in a spike of yearlong violence, according to the Pakistan Security Report, 2013.

Brought out by the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), the report says that compared to 2012, the number of reported terrorist attacks in 2013 posted a nine per cent increase, while the number of people killed and injured increased by 19 per cent and 42 per cent respectively {Praise be to Alla'h. The Pakis are becoming better in killing their co-religionists within their own four walls} . As in 2012, 61 per cent of the total 1,717 terrorist attacks were carried out by the Pakistani Taliban, mainly the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and affiliated groups in which 1,418 people were killed and 3,408 injured. The Baloch and Sindhi nationalists carried out 450 attacks killing 375 people and injuring 835.

The TTP was lethal with 645 attacks in 50 districts, killing 732 civilians and 425 security forces personnel. The militant outfit also claimed responsibility or was reportedly involved in 34 suicide attacks out of 46.

The number of suicide attacks rose by 39 per cent with 46 suicide attacks in 2013 compared to 33 in 2012, 18 of them in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12 in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), nine in Balochistan and five in Sindh. Thirty-four suicide attacks were by the TTP and nine by the Lashkar-e-Janghvi.

As many as 498 of the total terrorist attacks were aimed at security personnel, convoys and check-posts and 358 attacks were apparently aimed at civilians. About 212 were sectarian, targeting places of worship, shrines and 198 attacks targeted political leaders, parties and rallies.

There were 78 attacks on educational institutions {AoA} and 50 on NATO supply trucks and 25 on NGO, civil society members including polio vaccination teams. Journalists, minority communities, and diplomats were also targeted by terrorists.

The report says significant attack tactics used by terrorists in 2013 included improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in 710 attacks, grenades in 122 incidents, rocket attacks -108, sabotage -18, kidnapping-16, beheadings-five, mortar fire-4 and petrol bomb in two cases. In 208 sectarian attacks by banned groups and the TTP, 658 people lost their lives while over 1000 were injured.

The highest number of terrorist attacks- 499 for any one region was reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which also witnessed a rise in sectarian violence killing 706 people. Balochistan was the worst affected by terrorism with 727 deaths in 487 terrorist attacks. Karachi which had one of the worst years in terms of violence, reported 356 terrorist attacks in which 492 were killed while FATA with 293 attacks accounted for 425 deaths.

Overall the country reported 2555 incidents of violence including the terrorist attacks and a total of 4725 were killed with 6932 injured. Violence in the Punjab increased by 123 per cent in 2013, as compared to 2012 while Karachi witnessed a 90 per cent increase. There was a rise of 81 per cent in the number of people killed in 2013 in Karachi. The number of cross-border attacks and clashes increased in 2013 particularly along the Pakistan India border (including the Line of Control and the working Boundary) but the casualties in these attacks decreased, the report said. Most of the cross-border attacks and clashes (66 per cent) were reported from Pakistan’s border with India. About 26 clashes and nine attacks were reported from Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, India and Iran which was 30 per cent more than in 2012. As many as 59 Pakistani citizens including security forces personnel and civilians lost their lives in these incidents, which was 82 per cent less than the killings in 2012.

Militants attacked private and public schools in general and girls schools specially. The highest number of attacks — 51 of the total 78 — took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 17 of them in Bannu and nine in Peshawar. The report says the major actor of instability in 2013 was the TTP and despite the killing of some of its top leaders, the operational capabilities of the group remained intact. Six new groups emerged on the terrorism landscape last year, the report points out, adding that four of them were part of the Al-Qaeda-TTP alliance. {Superb}

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 20 Jan 2014 10:44

The score has gone up.
Taliban bomb near Pakistani army HQ in Rawalpindi kills 10

Roperia · Post by **Roperia** » 20 Jan 2014 11:41

Previous reports were saying that only civil staff of security agencies was killed but it looks like TSPA personnel were halaled.

A suicide bomb blast near RA Bazaar in Rawalpindi killed 12 people including six army personnel and injured 16 others

Suicide blast in Rawalpindi kills 12, injures 16 | Express Tribune

Yawn is now reporting the score to be 13.

kish · Post by **kish** » 20 Jan 2014 11:49

Kabul restaurant attack: 'Foreign spies' to blame

Afghanistan's National Security Council has accused "foreign intelligence services" of being behind Friday's deadly attack on a Kabul restaurant.

"The NSC said such sophisticated and complex attacks are not the work of the ordinary Taliban, and said without doubt foreign intelligence services beyond the border are behind such bloody attacks," a statement quoted by the AFP news agency said.

"foreign intelligence service" beyond the border? Must be china. It shares border with both Afghanistan & peaceful country like pakisatan.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Jan 2014 11:51

Meanwhile, British economist predicts Pakistan to be the 18th largest economy by 2050.

It is quite possible. It is now 1435 H.

Pakistan has the potential to become the 18th largest economy of the world by 2050, leaving behind many strong economies, according to Jim O’Neill, a British economist.

Jim O’Neill is famous for coining the term BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India and China – in 2001, analysing their potential to become world’s powerful economies. Now he has come up with a new term MINT - Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey, projecting their economies to see the strong growth in the coming decades. According to his projections for 2050, Pakistan would become the 18th largest economy in the world by 2050 with a GDP of $3.33 trillion (almost the same size as the current German economy).

Currently, Pakistan ranks as the 44th largest economy in the world, with a GDP of $225.14 billion. This means that if O’Neill’s projections are correct, Pakistan’s economy would grow 15 times in the next 35 years or so. The BBC in its recently published article, termed it as the envy of many developed countries but also two of the BRIC countries, China and Russia. So, if Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey get their act together, some of them could match Chinese-style double-digit rates between 2003 and 2008.

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 20 Jan 2014 11:56

Militant, nationalist, insurgent and violent sectarian groups carried out a total of 1,717 terrorist attacks across Pakistan in 2013 killing 2,451 people and injuring over 5000 in a spike of yearlong violence, according to the Pakistan Security Report, 2013.

Some Kendriya Vidyalaya math to understand the scale of beace and brosperity in TSP;

4.7 Attacks per Day @ 1.4 Deaths and 2.9 Injuries per Attack.
6.7 Deaths per Day
13.7 Injuries Per Day.

Comparatively, India has 884 fatalities last year with Maoists contributing about 50% of this.... Also we have nearly 7 times the population of TSP. Equal-Equal onlee.

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 20 Jan 2014 11:58

SSridhar wrote:Meanwhile, British economist predicts Pakistan to be the 18th largest economy by 2050.

It is quite possible. It is now 1435 H.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Jan 2014 11:58

Anand K, Protein Shake for Paco-saheb!

arun · Post by **arun** » 20 Jan 2014 12:18

SSridhar wrote:Meanwhile, British economist predicts Pakistan to be the 18th largest economy by 2050.

It is quite possible. It is now 1435 H.

.................{Snipped}..................... Currently, Pakistan ranks as the 44th largest economy in the world, with a GDP of $225.14 billion. This means that if O’Neill’s projections are correct, Pakistan’s economy would grow 15 times in the next 35 years or so. The BBC in its recently published article, termed it as the envy of many developed countries but also two of the BRIC countries, China and Russia. So, if Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey get their act together, some of them could match Chinese-style double-digit rates between 2003 and 2008.

URL of the original BBC article is below.

One will note that nowhere in the BBC article does it say that the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is “the envy of many developed countries but also two of the BRIC countries, China and Russia”. APP seems to have made that up. Besides, APP has failed to disclose that the same article says India would have a GDP of USD 24.98 Trillion by then:

The Mint countries: Next economic giants?

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 20 Jan 2014 12:31

arun, thanks.

Shameless liars of the highest order these Pakis. How did all of them inherit the same liar DNA ? From Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Aga Khan, Rehmat Ali, Iqbal, Raja of Mehmudabad, Jinnah, Liaquat Ali, Suhrawardy et al down to present day crop of Benazir, Musharraf, Nawaz et al ? Amazing.

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 20 Jan 2014 12:58

Pah! The goatpulation of TSP will rise by 100 Million Plus in 2050, provided they don't bomb each other off or let someone else put them out of their misery. If you go deeper into the studies it's clear that the sheer size of the working population is the ONLY reason they get into the Top 30.

For perfect Lahori Logic, Shanghai Statistics and Madrassa Math in economics, pliss to read Haq's Musing regularly, if not already doing so.