Terroristan - 4th Jan 2018

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 07 Mar 2018 19:56

Peregrine wrote:X Posted on the India-US relations: News and Discussions IV Thread

India seeks global power status: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: India seeks status as a global power, the Pentagon's top intelligence chief told US lawmakers on Tuesday, adding that as such New Delhi perceives its strategic forces as necessary elements to achieve that goal.

India has put its first domestically-built nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant, into service, and is set to take delivery of its second nuclear sub, the INS Arighat, in 2018, Lt Gen Robert Ashley, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

"New Delhi seeks status as a global power and perceives its strategic forces as necessary elements to achieve that goal," Ashley said.

He said India continues to modernise its military to better posture itself to defend its interests at home and in the broader Indian Ocean region while reinforcing its diplomatic and economic outreach across Asia.

"Continued exchange of heavy fire between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Line of Control poses a risk of inadvertent or gradual escalation of hostilities," he said.

In 2017, the lengthy Doklam stand-off between Indian and Chinese forces along the Bhutan-China border heightened tension between India and China and prompted both sides to increase their forces near the Line of Actual Control, he added.

"We expect that both sides will maintain this elevated force posture along disputed border areas through the remainder of 2018," Ashley said.

On Pakistan, he said Islamabad is likely to proceed with its counterinsurgency operations and border management efforts along its western border while sustaining counterterrorism and paramilitary operations throughout the country.

These efforts have had some success in reducing violence from militant, sectarian, terrorist, and separatist groups, but Pakistan will look to the US and the Afghan government for support against anti-Pakistan fighters in Afghanistan, he added.

"Pakistan is increasing its nuclear stockpile and developing tactical nuclear weapons and new ballistic missile systems. In January 2017, Pakistan conducted the first test launch of its nuclear-capable Ababeel ballistic missile, demonstrating South Asia's first MIRV payload, and in early July, Pakistan demonstrated an expanded-range Nasr CRBM," Ashley said.

He said Chinese military forces continue to develop capabilities to dissuade, deter, or defeat potential third party intervention during a large-scale theatre campaign, such as a Taiwan contingency.

China's military modernisation plan includes the development of capabilities to conduct long-range attacks against adversary forces that might deploy or operate in the western Pacific Ocean.

These capabilities, spanning the air, maritime, space, electromagnetic, and information domains, are most robust within the first island chain, but China is rapidly extending capabilities farther into the Pacific Ocean.

According to Ashley, China's expanding global footprint and international interests are reflected in its Belt and Road Initiative of economic, commercial, and infrastructure projects in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

"Beijing's military modernisation programme is expanding in concert with this initiative to include investments and infrastructure to support a range of missions beyond China's periphery, including power projection, sea lane security, counterpiracy, peacekeeping, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief," he said.

China's most recent white papers and doctrinal writings emphasise the requirement for an army to be able to secure expanding Chinese national interests overseas, including a growing emphasis on the importance of the maritime domain, offensive air operations, long-distance mobility operations, space operations, and cyber-operations.

"In August, following more than a year of construction, China officially opened a military base in Djibouti and deployed a company of marines and equipment to the facility. China probably will seek to establish additional military logistics facilities in countries with which it has longstanding, friendly relationships and similar strategic interests," he said.

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WTF

sudhan · Post by **sudhan** » 07 Mar 2018 20:44

He must be referring to the ababeel. Supposed to be a variant of their Shaheen.

wadi1979 · Post by **wadi1979** » 07 Mar 2018 22:10

Falijee wrote:Use/ Abuse Of Gwadar Port Starts !!

First commercial shipment from Gwadar leaves for UAE

The shipment of China Ocean Shipping Company, carrying containers of seafood, left for Dubai’s Jebel Ali port.
The official claimed that contrary to other ports of Pakistan, the containers would be offloaded and cleared in less than 48 hours at the Gwadar port and importers/exporters would not face storage space issues.
Not sure, if this is Chini Seafood, trucked all the way from China , that is being exported, or Balochi Seafood fished out from the Arabian Sea that is being exported for the ex patriate and Arbi palates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi ,Saudia etc etc, and the Chinis making money out of it !

I subscribe to a shipping data service - shows no recent departures or arrivals of any kind in the Gwadar Port as of just now (22:00 IST, 7 March). In the past 3-4 months, I think Gwadar has averaged 1 cargo/commercial ship every month.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 07 Mar 2018 22:59

wadi1979 wrote:
Falijee wrote:Use/ Abuse Of Gwadar Port Starts !!

First commercial shipment from Gwadar leaves for UAE

Not sure, if this is Chini Seafood, trucked all the way from China , that is being exported, or Balochi Seafood fished out from the Arabian Sea that is being exported for the ex patriate and Arbi palates of Dubai, Abu Dhabi ,Saudia etc etc, and the Chinis making money out of it !

I subscribe to a shipping data service - shows no recent departures or arrivals of any kind in the Gwadar Port as of just now (22:00 IST, 7 March). In the past 3-4 months, I think Gwadar has averaged 1 cargo/commercial ship every month.

File under "Fake News"

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 07 Mar 2018 23:25

Kaaba Honcho In La-Whore But Not Meeting Hafiz- Suar

Imam e Kaaba Dr Saleh Bin Mohamad reaches Lahore

LAHORE – Imam-e-Ka’aba Dr Saleh Bin Mohammad Al-e-Talib reached Lahore on a three-day visit on Wednesday. He will call on Punjab Governor Rafique Rajwana and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.He will also meet Allama Tahir Ashrafi. (well known for his liking of Sharab) The Sharif Family are big fans of the Saudi Elite ( of which the "Imam-e-Ka'aba" is a "sure" member!)

PS: Hafez Suar, who has spend time in Saudi teaching his "Islamic Ideology" course to young and impressionable Saudi minds, probably will get a "private audience" with the Kaaba Imam

Saudi men barred from marrying Pakistani women
The "esteemed Imam" should take "due note" of the above

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 07 Mar 2018 23:33

Saudi Arabia criminal Justice System discriminatory against Pakistani workers: HRW Report

^^^ Shahbaaz is meeting the Kaaba Imam. Can he bring the discriminatory treatment of Pakistan Citizens to the attention of his "Esteemed Excellency"

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 07 Mar 2018 23:54

Dus Percenti Is "Hard To Get" . Spurns Ganja's Offer For Cooperation. Instead Courts Maulana Diesel In Senate Wheeling- Dealing

Asif Zardari rejects Nawaz Sharif's offer
7 Mar, 2018

*SLAMABAD: PPP President Asif Ali Zardari has turned down a PML-N’s suggestion about the new Chairman Senate. **Nawaz Sharif has suggested that Raza Rabbani should be re-elected as Chairman of the Senate.*

“Thank you very much, but I don’t want this,” said Zardari when asked by a journalist about Nawaz Sharif’s support for the outgoing Senate’s chairman. IMO, he is playing the "Deep State" strategy of making Ganja Sharif irrelevant to Paki politics .!

“I have discussed some names with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who will share our suggestions with his friends,” he said. The Maulana and his Islami party are "famous" for shamelessly ingratiating themselves to whoever will share the political pie with them

Zardari’s dismissal came shortly after Nawaz Sharif said that his party was ready to support Raza Rabbani if he was nominated by the PPP for the election of Senate’s Chairman.“We feel Raza Rabbani has been a good Senate’s chairman. And therefore, we are ready to support him,” he said. “But if it doesn’t happen, we will bring our own candidate,” he stated.

Sharif also questioned Zardari’s political tactics in the recently-held Senate’s elections.“Is this a democratic behavior what Zardari sahab has been doing? We are still committed to the charter of democracy,” he said. To hell with "democracy" , when it comes to "grabbing" power.

The former three-time premier, who was elected by the PML-N as their ‘leader for life’ said that his party had always accepted the mandate of other political forces. Ganja seeing the writing on the wall

PS: Dus Percent Zardari just recently announced his "retirement" from active politics and had turned over the "reins of PPP power" to Bhutto Jr. who, in spite of his Oxford education if reports are to be believed, has been a big disappointment for the Father, and therefore its back to active politics ( ie wheeling and dealing in collusion with the Deep State ) for AAZ to salvage the "prestige of his party" and make Ganja redundant

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 00:42

Navy personnel destroy nets of local fishermen in Charbandan, Baluchistan

PASNI: Personnel of the Pakistan Navy in north Charbandan on Sunday set the nets of the local fishermen on fire. Speaking to the media, a resident of Charbandan and local fisherman Nakhuda Ashraf told that the personnel of the Pakistan Navy were setting up a camp in the Rudsar area.“We had taken it as a good omen thinking that the navy would be there to protect us from any dangers, but instead they have started setting our nets on fire,” he added. Baluchistan essentially is under a kind of unofficial occupation. The locals do not trust the outsiders mainly Pakjabis who migrate here for work. And the Paki Fauj do not trust the locals for fear of getting killed by the rebels

Ashraf further told that he and other fishermen on March 4 had sailed to the sea for fishing when the navy personnel lighted up the nets. “My nets worth Rs450,000 were reduced to ashes,” he said and added that the navy personnel could have let him know in case the nets were a problem for them.

“I could’ve taken them away, but they just burnt them all,” said Ashraf while adding that he was a poor fisherman who earned a living through fishing.“I have submitted an application to the Pasni assistant commissioner and informed him about the incident,” he said while demanding from the Pakistan Navy high-ups and officials of other state institutions to probe the matter and compensate for his loss. Essentially they are alienating the locals. And that too, just after the Army Chief was in the region last week to celebrate Balochistan Culture Day !

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 00:54

Fraudster Dar Not Enjoying "Forced Exile" In Londonistan

Not treated well for serving country, says Dar

Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday lamented that he has not been treated well for serving the country.Dar, speaking in a Geo News programme, said a fake case has been registered against him and any independent auditor can check his financial records. He added the case against him is based on ill intentions. This "guy" is a London trained Chartered Accountant. IMO, it is beyond a Paki auditor's expertise to unearth the gol-mal that he and his brother -in-law (Nawaz) did to enrich themselves in the process

Elaborating further, Dar said certain people ( Deep State !) are bent upon destroying two families ( Sharif and the Dar family !) in Pakistan.

He added that his leave is according to the law as he had sought permission from the prime minister before proceeding to England for medical treatment. The fact that he is able to give this interview, is in itself proves that he is not that sick as he claims !!!

Referring to his election to the Senate, ( Ganja's proxy in the Senate ) Dar said the Constitution allows the oath to be taken from any location and he does not need to be present in Pakistan to do so.

The former finance minister said he wishes to return to Pakistan as soon as possible. Missing the "good and luxurious" life of Pakiland . No servants in UK ?

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 01:19

Newly Elected Hindu Senator Being Derogatory Referred To As A Dalit !

No ‘Dalits’ or ‘Qadianis’
K K Shahid

On both local and international media Krishna Kumari Kohli is being lauded as the ‘first Dalit woman’ to become a Senator in Pakistan. In fact, she was earlier erroneously called the first female Hindu Senator, but has been duly corrected, since Ratna Bhagwandas Chawla was elected in 2006.

But the change has been made to ‘first Dalit woman’, which not only gives the publications the ‘feel good’ story that often sells well, but for Pakistani media this was an opportunity to do one over their counterparts in India, where Dalits are a persecuted community.

However, in this race to go first nobody bothered to check whether the ‘feel good’ story actually made Krishna Kohli feel any good.

For the record, both she and her fellow Hindu activists have reaffirmed that Pakistani Hindus do not like being earmarked as the ‘scheduled caste’ – as they are across the border. In fact, for many of them it is an ‘Indian thing’ that has nothing to do with Pakistani Hindus, who are the indigenous people of this country. Not sure if she will be treated as an equal to a Paki Mard in the Senate. And secondly her patriotism is not questioned because of her religion !

For the community, being called Dalits is to establish them on the lowest echelon of the orthodox Hindu caste hierarchy. The Pakistani Constitution and law does not distinguish between the different Hindu castes, and hence one should exercise caution in using these loaded terms, especially when the person in question does not accept that label. But the Pakistan Constitution does discriminates in favour of the "Followers Of The Green Book" !

Even so, while the Constitution doesn’t discriminate between Hindu castes, it happens to do so in Islamic sects. The Second Amendment to the Constitution in 1974 decided who is and isn’t Muslim, in turn excommunicating the entire Ahmadiyya sect. A decade later the Ahmadis were even barred from ‘posing as Muslims’ following the Ordinance XX added to the Pakistan Penal Code. The Shias are not "formally" discriminated against, but Pakistan is slowly and surely is becoming a Sunni State like Saudia

Ahmadis are often referred to as ‘Qadianis’ everywhere including in the mainstream media. ‘Qadiani’ is a derogatory term for the community, both designed to eradicate their ideological affiliation with ‘mainstream Islam’ and also to further other them as inhabitants of Qadian, which is a town in Gurdaspur district and not in Pakistan.

Last Monday an Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench directed the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) to furnish a report on 10,205 Ahmadis who had changed their religious status from Muslim to ‘Qadiani’ in their ID cards. On orders of Islamic Brigade and Deep State !

Next day, the IHC bench asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to provide travel details of 6,001 persons who changed their religious status from Muslim to ‘Qadiani’.

However, the eradication of discrimination should never be misconceived as the elimination of differences. A progressive pluralistic society embraces its groups, by celebrating the differences and by not using them as tools for marginalisation.But it is very important to embrace those labels for others that they’ve chosen for themselves through self-identification. And for that, like any other tolerant democratic state, Pakistan must give its citizens the right to self-identify as enshrined in the constitution as a basic human right.Therefore, labels such as ‘Dalits’ or ‘Qadianis’ should not be used if the communities in question do not endorse them.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 02:51

Paki Senator Wants More Action To Combat " Paki Citizens Caught In The Criminal Justice System Of Saudi Arabia And Other Middle East Countries"

Farhatullah calls for helping Pakistanis imprisoned in Middle East

ISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar said on Wednesday that Pakistanis were most vulnerable to get caught in the web of criminal justice system in the Middle East but there was no structured plan to helping those hapless Pakistanis. ( Some of those caught are no "innocent babies", indulging in drugs, white collar crimes etc etc !)

He was speaking at the launch of a report titled “Caught in the Web: Treatment of Pakistanis caught in the criminal justice system of Saudi Arabia” by the Justice Project of Pakistan at a hotel in Islamabad. The Paki Govt "allowed" a seminar "criticizing" the justice system of Ummah Allie Saudia

He said that a state like Pakistan which itself had no respect for a citizen’s life and whose own record of broken criminal justice system was pathetic could not be expected to stand for the life and liberty of its citizens caught on the wrong side of the law in Saudi Arabia or anywhere else. This is one Paki Senator who does not hesitate to speak his mind out !

About the weird criminal justice system in Saudi Arabia he recounted the incident of a Pakistani named Abdul Ghafoor who landed at Medina airport on August 18, 2016 and disappeared the next day and had not been traced till now. Saudia is ruled by Sharia. The Mullahs of Pakistan, like Maulana Aziz of Lal Masjid "fame" are very keen to see Sharia rule the life of Aam Abduls here as well

He said that the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate proposed that investigations for the missing Pakistanis be started from the point when Haji Ghafoor had an altercation with a police official at the gate of Masjid-e-Nabawi and was whisked away and was not seen since then. Can Gen Raheel do "something" about his missing co -Paki, by speaking to his boss ( MBS)

The deafening silence of the Saudi authorities showed how Pakistanis caught in the web of Saudi criminal justice system could disappear without a trace. He then asked National Commission of Human Rights Chairman Justice Chowhan to take the case forward from the point the Senate Committee left it because of the end of its term. It may be pertinent to mention that the "arrogant Saudis" treat Indian and Pakistani nationals like second or third rate persons. But there is one big difference. The Indian Govt will not hesitate and in most cases go out of the way and help an innocent Indian Citizen either jailed or charged by the Saudis for the wrong reasons. Sadly, this cannot be said for the Paki Govt. And that is what the Senator is referring to here !

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 03:02

Sindhi Oxonion Throws A Challenge To The Pseudo Pushtun/ Pakjabi Oxonion

Bilawal challenges PTI chief to face him in general election

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday challenged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to contest the upcoming general election against him from Karachi.Talking to media persons, the PPP chairman said that the people of the port city would refuse to vote for those who had sympathies for terrorists, adding that his party would defeat the ‘terrorist party’ in the general elections.He said that the politics of Imran Khan were based on ‘hate’, adding that the country did not need another Altaf Hussain in politics. Insult to Altaf Bhai by equating him with Taliban Khan

Further, Bilawal vowed to honour the sacrifices of martyred party workers by dealing a death blow to PTI in Karachi. The father , Dus Percenti , is busy "horse trading" in the Paki Senate, while the son is "throwing challenges" to Immy, who is considering contesting elections from Karachi which is Bhutto and Altaf Bhai turf.

Meanwhile, while dismissing the allegations of horse-trading, the PPP chairman said, “We prefer ideology over the use of money.” He informed the was in contact with other opposition parties to elect its own Senate chairman.

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 03:40

Nepotism And Sifarish "Well And Alive" In PIA !

PIA selects junior, inexperienced officers to fill foreign stations’ post

LAHORE: The management of the national flag carrier – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has appointed inexperienced and junior officers to fill the posts at its foreign stations, Pakistan Today has learnt. The officers have been selected by the PIA’s Foreign Posting Board for its marketing department. These new selectees would be posted to important stations including London, Birmingham, Milan, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Paris, Barcelona, Bangkok and others. Not sure if the decrepit airline is allowed to fly ( due to not meeting international and EU standards !) to some of the mentioned European locations !

According to sources, the PIA management in January held a Foreign Posting Board to select the eligible candidates. According to criteria, they said that for the required posts at foreign stations, the board was responsible to select the candidates with diverse knowledge of market dynamics of the aviation industry. However, they said that the board ignoring the criteria had selected the candidates on ‘favouritism’.

(the "famous" sifarish

“The eligible candidates were not properly entertained by the board,” they said and added that three candidates against one post could be called for the interview while the selection board called five candidates against one position.

They claimed that over 90 per cent of such people had no experience of fieldwork and had just been working as desk workers at the head office.

The management headed by Musharraf Rasool Cyan conducted the interviews three times; one time in Karachi, the second time in Islamabad and then in Lahore. The new management has now selected the most junior officers for these important positions. These officers are not only juniors but also lack field experience which is very important to control and run the station,” they said and added that the senior officers had their reservation over the posting of junior officers on senior posts.“Such unjustified and mala fide behaviour of the management towards its employees is the reason behind PIA’s failure,” they said.

Sharing the details of the newly-posted officers they said the board had selected Mariyam Khan of PG-VIII, a junior most officer as the DXBGRPK GM (Dubai general manager), not only was she posted against a PG-IX position, but was also elevated to the PG-X position as the general manager. woman empowerment in Islamic Pakistan

PIA Spokesman Mashood Tajwar said that the board had posted all the officers on merit. Speaking to Pakistan Today he said that the process of posting to foreign stations was not carried out overnight, but it took a long time.

Tajwar cleared that there were many senior officers who only had job experience but were ‘not capable’ to hold the foreign stations’ posts while several juniors in the airlines were competent to run the foreign stations in a better way. Would be interesting to know if sons of senior fauji, hawai, or bahria were selected for the plum oversees jobs !

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 08 Mar 2018 04:35

X Posted on the PEWS Thread

Risks to Pakistan's economic outlook have increased: IMF

ISLAMABAD: In an ominous warning, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that risks pertaining to Pakistan’s economic and financial outlook have increased and its medium-term debt repayment capacity has weakened, urging Islamabad to take immediate corrective measures.

The IMF released the statement almost one and a half day after the conclusion of its Executive Board meeting that held the ‘first post-program monitoring discussions’ with Pakistan. The discussions were earlier also held in Islamabad in December to gauge Pakistan’s ability to repay the IMF loan.

The IMF’s projections over the current account and budget deficits are gloomy to say the least, and cast a huge question mark on the narrative presented by former finance minister Ishaq Dar at the time of unveiling the government’s fifth budget in June last year. The IMF has projected that the country’s current account deficit will stand at 4.8% of total national income, or $16.6 billion, which is a staggering 83% higher than the government’s official estimates.

The IMF has also predicted that Pakistan’s official gross foreign currency reserves could slip to $12.1 billion – barely enough to finance 10 weeks of imports.

The directors of the IMF also asked Pakistan to improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regimes. They also want the country’s managers to devalue the currency to minimise damages to the external sector, and levy more taxes to control the growing budget deficit.

With “rising external and fiscal financing needs and declining reserves, risks to Pakistan’s medium-term capacity to repay the Fund have increased since completion of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement in September 2016”, noted the IMF in its handout released Wednesday morning.

It said Pakistan’s near-term outlook for economic growth is broadly favourable and real GDP growth is expected to grow by 5.6% in fiscal year 2017-18, supported by improved power supply, investment related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), strong consumption growth, and ongoing recovery in agriculture. Inflation has remained contained.

However, it added, continued erosion of macroeconomic resilience could put this outlook at risk.

The budget deficit is expected to widen to 5.5% of GDP this year, which is equal to almost Rs2 trillion and will be the highest in Pakistan’s history in absolute terms. The official target is 4.1% of the GDP or Rs1.48 trillion.

The IMF said that the deficit may even go higher due to upcoming general elections.

The Washington-based lender also said that surging imports have led to a widening current account deficit and a significant decline in international reserves despite higher external financing. FY 2017/18’s current account deficit could reach 4.8% of GDP, with gross international reserves further declining in the context of limited exchange rate flexibility. This is equal to $16.6 billion – and far higher than $12.1 billion deficit that Pakistan has booked last fiscal year.

The IMF directors “noted with concern the weakening of the macroeconomic situation, including a widening of external and fiscal imbalances, a decline in foreign exchange reserves, and increased risks to Pakistan’s economic and financial outlook and its medium term debt sustainability”.

Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities have already increased to $89 billion by the end of December and the figure is expected to significantly jump by the time the current fiscal year ends due to mounting external repayment and trade related obligations. The IMF sees no change in the country’s debt burden and said that the overall debt-to-GDP ratio would remain at 69.7% – even higher than the limit set by parliament for the government.

The directors welcomed the authorities’ move to allow some exchange rate adjustment last December, but “stressed the importance of greater exchange rate flexibility on a more permanent basis to preserve external buffers and improve competitiveness”.

The IMF also encouraged Pakistan to phase out administrative restrictions that it has placed on imports to contain its bill.

It noted that external sector pressures are in part linked to the fiscal deterioration during last year and an accommodative monetary policy stance, as well as the high imports related to CPEC projects.

They called on the authorities to strengthen fiscal discipline through additional revenue measures and efforts to contain current expenditure while protecting pro poor spending. Complementing the recent increase in the policy interest rate with further monetary tightening would be important to address inflationary risks and help reverse external imbalances.

The IMF directors also emphasised the need for prudent debt management and caution in phasing in new external liabilities, and the urgency of tackling rising fiscal risks stemming from continued losses in public sector enterprises.

“There is absence of political consensus in Pakistan, which remains an obstacle to deep structural reforms,” said Tokhir Mirzoev, the outgoing resident representative of the IMF. He said that politics must be separated from the country’s economic agenda.

“The economic future of Pakistan is the collective responsibility of all political parties, whether they are in the government or in the opposition,” said Mirzoev, who ends his three-year term in Pakistan this week.

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Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 08 Mar 2018 04:48

b]Thousands of Pakistanis detained and sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia: Report[/b]

ISLAMABAD: Thousands of Pakistanis imprisoned in Saudi Arabia and dozens sentenced to death in the kingdom have been denied their legal rights to a defence, a report in Islamabad warned on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia executes more Pakistanis than any other foreign nationality annually, nearly all for heroin smuggling, according to the study by Justice Project Pakistan and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

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Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 06:33

Epidemic Of "Modern Disease" Hits Small Town Pakistan .

Hotel Owner Arrested for Secretly Filming and Blackmailing Women

Another story has surfaced regarding hidden cameras in rooms – this time the news comes from Vehari. (This is not Krachi, La-Whore or Isloo. This is "small town" Pakiland, in the heart of Pakjab !) Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Islamabad’s cybercrime division has arrested a hotel owner for installing hidden cameras in guest’s rooms and blackmailing them for money and sexual favors.

Cybercrime wing of FIA took action after a woman complained about the hotel owner. The woman told that Amjad, the hotel owner, secretly recorded her videos and blackmailed her. He further threatened her that if she goes to the police or files a complaint against him, she will have to face severe consequences.

Upon the complaint, FIA conducted a raid at the hotel, situated in Vehari, and found several hidden cameras in changing rooms. The agency arrested the owner and is further investigating whether an organized network is involved or not.

This is not the first time that hidden cameras have been discovered in changing rooms. A few weeks ago customers found a hidden man at a Gul Ahmed outlet in Karachi as well.

This whole scandal caught media’s attention when hidden cameras were found in changing rooms of Levi’s store in Faisalabad. The minus side of globalization. The Mullahs have already sounded an "Islamic Alarm" on this "western disease" and have pushed for Sharia and more Malsi as "doctor's medicine"

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 06:44

Family Members Decide To Settle Their Dispute In A PIA Plane

PIA Kicks Two Female Passengers Off The Airplane After a Fight

Yesterday, a fight broke out between two female passengers onboard a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight. Things got so heated that both the ladies, who were traveling on the business class flight, were removed from the plane following their scuffle.

According to eyewitness accounts and officials from ASF, one middle-aged woman, who was boarding the flight, started yelling at another young woman at the entrance of the plane. She then proceeded to attack the younger lady inside the plane. The reasons were not clear as to how the fight started.

According to people present in the plane, the middle-aged woman launched an assault and allegedly tore the clothes of the 20-year old victim. She beat her and horrifyingly enough, even got her hands on a glass object from a trolley in the plane, attacking the victim with it.

As per the eyewitnesses, a verbal argument broke out when both passengers were entering the plane. However, things turned messy inside the plane as the verbal spat turned into a fistfight. The victim was accompanied by her husband as well however he decided to refrain from getting involved in the matter.

According to ASF, the victim is believed to be a relative of her attacker as well as the pilot flying the airplane. After getting verbally abused, the victim tried to make her way to the cockpit but was stopped by the attacker as she beat up the victim again.

Due to this incident, the flight, which was bound to take off from Lahore, was delayed by 35 minutes.

PIA personnel removed both passengers from the plane and handed them over to the Airport Security Force (ASF). However, no charges were pressed against any of the arrested individuals by ASF. The discredited airline is a rich source of news for the Paki media . And just recently they launched a new advertising campaign for the purpose of "improving their image" !

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 06:49

Pakis Should "Get Ready" For Another Broken Promise !

Govt Claims There Will be No Loadshedding During Ramzan

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 07:08

Paki PM Son's "Simple Wedding" Draws Publicity In Paki Media

PM Abbasi Sets a Great Example with Modest Wedding for His Son

PM participated in the Walima reception of his younger son, Abdullah Abbasi held at the PM house Islamabad. The function was kept as simple as it could be. The two families also made sure that the one-dish regulation was followed. Past media reports have stated that after Nawaz Sharif, Mr Abbasi, who was Minister Of Petroleum ( before he became PM ) was the second richest cabinet minister. So, these "public acts of modesty and simpleness, IMO, should be taken with a grain of salt

https://twitter.com/ZeeSaying/status/946335016820277249/photo/1 Ganja And His Successor Being Compared Here

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 07:16

Paki Cabinet Authorizes 71% In Daily Allowance For MPs. While Nation Faces Economic Collapse !

Daily Allowance for Parliamentarians Increased by 71%

Prime Minister’s cabinet has approved the Parliamentary Affairs Division’s request for increasing the daily allowance of the parliamentarians by 71%. Foreign lenders paying for this increase

The lawmakers will now enjoy an increased DA of Rs. 3,000 (previously Rs 1,750) and Rs. 4,800 (previously Rs 2,800) at the ordinary and special rate, respectively. The allowance increase was demanded by the members of the parliament in accordance with the increase in the DA of civil servants.

Foreign lenders should take "due note" and demand accountability for the monies given to the GOP

ArjunPandit · Post by **ArjunPandit** » 08 Mar 2018 07:23

Falijee wrote:Family Members Decide To Settle Their Dispute In A PIA Plane

The way things are going we wil need a separate thread for PIA

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 08 Mar 2018 08:21

Peregrine wrote:Thousands of Pakistanis detained and sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia: Report
Saudi Arabia executes more Pakistanis than any other foreign nationality annually, nearly all for heroin smuggling, according to the study by Justice Project Pakistan and Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Once, a Pakistani told me that they were actually some other nationals but claim to be from Pakistan !! He couldn't explain the reason for that though.

arun · Post by **arun** » 08 Mar 2018 10:24

Peregrine wrote:X Posted on the PEWS Thread

Risks to Pakistan's economic outlook have increased: IMF

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X Posted from the PESW thread.

The “Official” Press Release put out by the IMF following First Post-Program Monitoring Discussions discloses that Per Capita GDP of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan at USD 1463 and accordingly has fallen behind Bangladesh which owing to the years of exploitation by the Punjab Dominated Uniformed Jihadi’s of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan was below that of the Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic when India liberated Bangladesh:

IMF Executive Board Concludes First Post-Program Monitoring Discussions with Pakistan

IMF data now discloses Bangladesh’s Per Capita GDP has overtaken the USD 1463 Per Capita GDP of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan and stands at USD 1660:

IMF Data For Bangladesh Per Capita GDP

Is this case of Short Dark Rice Eating Bangladeshi Mohammammddens outstripping Tall Fair Tight Assed Sole Mohammadden Nuclear Power Pakistani’s an insidious Hindu, Jewish and Christist saazish hatched by RAW, Mossad and the CIA to malign Mohammaddenism and Pakistan?

yensoy · Post by **yensoy** » 08 Mar 2018 11:55

Falijee wrote:
wadi1979 wrote:
I subscribe to a shipping data service - shows no recent departures or arrivals of any kind in the Gwadar Port as of just now (22:00 IST, 7 March). In the past 3-4 months, I think Gwadar has averaged 1 cargo/commercial ship every month.
File under "Fake News"

This consignment of seafood sure smells fishy!

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 08 Mar 2018 15:10

Peregrine wrote:X Posted on the PEWS Thread

Risks to Pakistan's economic outlook have increased: IMF……………..{Rest Snipped}……………

arun wrote:X Posted from the PESW thread.

IMF data now discloses Bangladesh’s Per Capita GDP has overtaken the USD 1463 Per Capita GDP of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan and stands at USD 1660:

IMF Data For Bangladesh Per Capita GDP

Is this case of Short Dark Rice Eating Bangladeshi Mohammammddens outstripping Tall Fair~~tight~~ Loose Assed Sole Mohammadden Nuclear Power Pakistani’s an insidious Hindu, Jewish and Christist saazish hatched by RAW, Mossad and the CIA to malign Mohammaddenism and Pakistan?

arun Ji :

Now factually CORRECT!

Cheers

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 08 Mar 2018 15:23

Falijee wrote:Dus Percenti Is "Hard To Get" . Spurns Ganja's Offer For Cooperation. Instead Courts Maulana Diesel In Senate Wheeling- Dealing

Asif Zardari rejects Nawaz Sharif's offer
7 Mar, 2018

*SLAMABAD: PPP President Asif Ali Zardari has turned down a PML-N’s suggestion about the new Chairman Senate. **Nawaz Sharif has suggested that Raza Rabbani should be re-elected as Chairman of the Senate.*

“Thank you very much, but I don’t want this,” said Zardari when asked by a journalist about Nawaz Sharif’s support for the outgoing Senate’s chairman. IMO, he is playing the "Deep State" strategy of making Ganja Sharif irrelevant to Paki politics .!
“I have discussed some names with Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who will share our suggestions with his friends,” he said. The Maulana and his Islami party are "famous" for shamelessly ingratiating themselves to whoever will share the political pie with them
Zardari’s dismissal came shortly after Nawaz Sharif said that his party was ready to support Raza Rabbani if he was nominated by the PPP for the election of Senate’s Chairman.“We feel Raza Rabbani has been a good Senate’s chairman. And therefore, we are ready to support him,” he said. “But if it doesn’t happen, we will bring our own candidate,” he stated.
Sharif also questioned Zardari’s political tactics in the recently-held Senate’s elections.“Is this a democratic behavior what Zardari sahab has been doing? We are still committed to the charter of democracy,” he said. To hell with "democracy" , when it comes to "grabbing" power.
The former three-time premier, who was elected by the PML-N as their ‘leader for life’ said that his party had always accepted the mandate of other political forces. Ganja seeing the writing on the wall

PS: Dus Percent Zardari just recently announced his "retirement" from active politics and had turned over the "reins of PPP power" to Bhutto Jr. who, in spite of his Oxford education if reports are to be believed, has been a big disappointment for the Father, and therefore its back to active politics ( ie wheeling and dealing in collusion with the Deep State ) for AAZ to salvage the "prestige of his party" and make Ganja redundant

The deep state is sitting with the trump card of the hangman's noose, and that is good enough to take care of any hand that the shariefs' or the zardaris' may ever be able to play.

paki judiciary has already seen this trump card in play twice before, in the case of the bhuttos, pere et fille

as has dus percenti zardari, from very close quarters, indeed.

he will never go against the paki army.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 08 Mar 2018 16:26

Falijee wrote:
File under "Fake News"

yensoy wrote:This consignment of seafood sure smells fishy!

yensoy Ji :
Can you please get the detail-specifications of the Container Ship "YUSUHE" as pictured in the Article on the previous page?

Many thanks in Advance

arun · Post by **arun** » 08 Mar 2018 17:06

Looks like the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan is going to have a problem with regards to the choice of its three and a half friends. One of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s Three and a half Sunni brotherly friend, Saudi Arabia, is mighty miffed with another of the three and a half Sunni brotherly friend of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Turkey. Reuters reports that Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk has quoted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying “the contemporary triangle of evil comprises Iran, Turkey and extremist religious groups.”

Notwithstanding Turkeys abortive attempt to fend off the FATF Fatwa aka FATFa , will the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan wilt under Saudi Barbarian pressure and do an Iran unto Turkey?

Saudi prince says Turkey part of 'triangle of evil': Egyptian media

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has described Turkey as part of a “triangle of evil” along with Iran and hardline Islamist groups, Egypt’s Al-Shorouk newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Saudi prince also accused Turkey of trying to reinstate the Islamic Caliphate, abolished nearly a century ago when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. ………………….

Al-Shorouk quoted Prince Mohammed as saying “the contemporary triangle of evil comprises Iran, Turkey and extremist religious groups.” …………

arun · Post by **arun** » 08 Mar 2018 17:43

The Foreign Ministry of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan was so intensively peeved by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) banning thespians from the Islamic Republic they took up the issue in their Press Briefing of Feb 28th:

Record of the Press Briefing by Spokesperson on 28 February 2018
(2018-02-28) ………….

In yet another evidence of pervading extremism and anti-Pakistan prejudice in India, the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) decided to uphold its ban on Pakistani artists, being caste in Indian media. It is unfortunate that art and cinema which bring people together by acting as cultural bridges are being held hostage to hate and xenophobia.

Press Release

The Foreign Ministry of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan now have one more opportunity to strike a blow for “art and cinema which bring people together by acting as cultural bridges”, this time by lecturing their three and a half friends given that AFP reports that Saudi-owned Dubai based broadcaster MBC is to stop airing Turkish Soap Operas.

Somehow though I feel the Foreign Ministry of the Mohammadden Terrorism Fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan will remember its lowly Miskeen status vis a vis Arab and Turkish brothers in the Mohammadden Totem Pole and get conveniently amnesiac about its newly professed love of “art and cinema which bring people together by acting as cultural bridges” and not grab this opportunity

:

Drama over Saudi-owned channel's Turkish soaps

Falijee · Post by **Falijee** » 08 Mar 2018 17:48

March 23, Paki Day" Event Will Feature Guests From Darul- Harb

Pakistan Day event to have Lindsay Lohan, Diego Maradona as guests: report

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Day event for March 23, a national holiday to commemorate the Lahore Resolution passed on 23 March 1940, will have Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona, German tennis player Boris Becker, Hollywood stars Hilary Swank, Lindsay Lohan, Oliver Stone, and possibly Shakira as guests, a report in an English daily said on Thursday.According to the report, the guests will include legendary footballer Diego Armando Maradona, former German tennis player Boris Becker, Hollywood stars Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Swank, Rosanna Davison, Sean Stone, Oliver Stone, and Ndaba Mandela (grandson of Nelson Mandela) among others. American singer Shakira is sick and may attend the event if she gets well. WTF is happening to Pakistan. It is "specially designed and established" for the benefits of Muslims and now not a single "famous" person( like a "popular" Hafez) from Darul- Islam ( Saudia, Iran) is listed in this announcement. Good reason for the Mullahs to show their disapproval for this "Haram" festivities and boycott March 23, if they have the "guts" for it

PS: Not sure who is funding/paying for this big time tamasha/mela that is going to be "played" in Isloo on March 23. We are talking about "big names" like Stallone, Stone and Mandela. Which means Z level security, big tastes in wine (?) and (haram) food and 5 star "acceptable" accommodation . And then there is the inevitable "showcasing" of Pakiland for these "honored guests". The Paki National Assembly recent voted a 71% increase in their daily allowance. Now the "almost bankrupt" entity is going ahead with this "tamasha" for Echendee purposes . If reports are to be believed, Pakistan has "accepted" (with gratitude!) from world lenders , some billions of dollars to tide over their "temporary financial difficulties". Hope that these "new" funds are not being spent on this. Auditors and lenders should take "due note"

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 08 Mar 2018 17:59

yensoy wrote:
Falijee wrote:
File under "Fake News"
This consignment of seafood sure smells fishy!

M.S. Tiger seems to have sailed from k'rachi to g'wadar on March 6, arriving on March 7. She is now docked at doobai. M.S. Tiger is a container ship, registered in Marshall Islands and owned by a German shipping co. Her gross tonnage is 28592 tons.

Nothing to do with SeePack. My guess is that it picked up a container or two from g'wadar on its way fro k'rachi to doobai.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/det ... ssel:TIGER
https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9303792

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 08 Mar 2018 18:06

Bakis are genuinely concerned about this:

The China-India tango
or, Why are India and China warming up to each other?

It is worthwhile for Pakistan to pay attention, especially bearing in mind that the Indian Ministry of External Affairs was the first to publicly congratulate China on getting the vice presidency of the Financial Action Task Force on that Friday when the rest of Pakistan was busy trying to figure out what exactly happened during those meetings.

More recently, the Indian government called on all its officials to refrain from attending a ‘Thank you India’ rally being organised by the Dalai Lama in Delhi, which is an annual affair and always sees attendance by high-level Indian officialdom, as well as searing rhetoric directed towards China during the speeches that take place there.

The gesture has been interpreted by columnists and observers of Indian foreign policy as a clear bow to Chinese sensitivities.

India’s diplomacy continues to favour going soft on Chinese sensitivities, by pulling away from the Dalai Lama as well as staying out of the ongoing crisis in the Maldives.

So what’s going on?

Additionally, reports are also circulating that a high-level visit from Beijing to Delhi could take place later this year, possibly with President Xi Jinping or Premier Li Keqiang.

Indian diplomats appear to be willing to look past a few trenches and helipads in Doklam, and ‘Thank you India’ rallies in Delhi.

“India-China bilateral trade hits historic high of $84.44 billion in 2017”

Any warming of ties between China and India, or more specifically, any graduation of ties beyond the border dispute and overlapping regional agendas, has deep implications for Pakistan , as the events in the Paris meeting of FATF might have just given us a glimpse of. And such a warming of ties, if you look at the history, is almost inevitable, provided emotion doesn’t hold rationality hostage.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1393790/the-china-india-tango

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 08 Mar 2018 18:13

All within the family. Experience not required! You pay, you play.

PM Abbasi okays Ali J. Siddiqui's appointment as US ambassador

The federal government has decided to appoint Ali Jahangir Siddiqui, son of prominent businessman Jahangir Siddiqui, as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, DawnNewsTV reported on Thursday.

Ali had been serving Abbasi as a special assistant

Siddiqui is chairman of JS Bank Ltd and son of stockbroker-turned-banker Jahangir Siddiqui.

He has previously been a director in Airblue — which is also connected to the prime minister's family

He will replace Aizaz Chaudhry in Washington, a career diplomat

Does anyone recall abbasi's connection with Air Blue? He son founded Air Blue. See the connection?

https://www.dawn.com/news/1393953/pm-ab ... r#comments

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 08 Mar 2018 18:18

Amici curiae call hiding true religion a crime, fraud against state
or, Hiding one's true religion a crime and fraud against state, IHC told

The petitioner is also seeking the court’s declaration against those non-Muslims, especially Ahmadis, who have concealed their religious identity to get jobs in the government sector.

He submitted the travel history of almost 6,000 people who obtained fresh passports after changing their religion from Muslim to Ahmadi.

concealing one’s real faith is a crime and is an act of cheating and fraud against the state.

Most of the amici curiae were of the view that if someone converts their religion from Islam, they are an apostate.

He explained that there are two kinds of apostates, those who work against the state and those who change their religion.

No one discussed, however, why someone would lie to conceal his/her actual religion.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1393888/amici ... inst-state

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 08 Mar 2018 18:20

Falijee wrote:March 23, Paki Day" Event Will Feature Guests From Darul- Harb
. . . and Ndaba Mandela (grandson of Nelson Mandela) . . .

Pakistan already has the Mandela, Mushahid 'Mandela' Hussain. Why do the need the grandson?

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 08 Mar 2018 18:21

Bus project causing health problems in Peshawar

The Bus Rapid Transit project in Peshawar has been causing psychological and physical diseases and hardships to the people, who are using the road, according to doctors and commuters.

“It causes mental problems to people when they cover a distance of 10 minutes in one hour. The problems become more severe when it becomes a daily routine for people to undergo hardship,” noted psychiatrist Mian Iftikhar Hussain told Dawn.

He said that people remained under tension when they left homes for schools, offices or business places and faced trauma when they got back to homes.

debris was left on both sides of the road that further narrowed down path for vehicles and pedestrians

https://www.dawn.com/news/1393903/bus-p ... n-peshawar

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 08 Mar 2018 18:42

yensoy wrote:This consignment of seafood sure smells fishy!

anupmisra wrote:M.S. Tiger seems to have sailed from k'rachi to g'wadar on March 6, arriving on March 7. She is now docked at doobai. M.S. Tiger is a container ship, registered in Marshall Islands and owned by a German shipping co. Her gross tonnage is 28592 tons.

Nothing to do with SeePack. My guess is that it picked up a container or two from g'wadar on its way fro k'rachi to doobai.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/det ... ssel:TIGER
https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9303792

anoopmisra Ji :

1. Marine Traffic : The vessel has a "Two worded" Name and has "HORIZON LINES" on the side of the Vessel

2. Vesselfinder : The Vessel is possibly a "Matson Line" Steam Turbine Vessel

Vips · Post by **Vips** » 08 Mar 2018 19:09

South Korea exhibits the fine art of committing Harakiri.

Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea, seeking to promote the employment of its citizens in the East Asian country.

Pir Syed Sadruddin Shah Rashidi, the minister for Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development, signed the MoU in a ceremony held at the ministry on Wednesday.

Through the initiative, Islamabad is seeking to employ Pakistani workers in Korea through the Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) for two years (2018-19).Good luck trying to find those porkis after 2 years

While Pakistan has experienced its highest economic growth in over a decade, experts believe the rate is not high enough to absorb the population that enters the workforce each year.

The minister appreciated the Korean delegation for giving Pakistan an opportunity to send its workers through a transparent and efficient mechanism. - Question is how many porkis will qualify to go to Korea

Secretary Dr Muhammad Hashim Popalzai, Ambassador of Korea in Pakistan Kwak Seong Kyu, OEC Managing Director Dr Amer Sheikh, and other senior officers were also present on the occasion.

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » 08 Mar 2018 20:09

SSridhar wrote:
Falijee wrote:March 23, Paki Day" Event Will Feature Guests From Darul- Harb
Pakistan already has the Mandela, Mushahid 'Mandela' Hussain. Why do the need the grandson?

Ji, baacause he is a convert!

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 08 Mar 2018 21:16

Vips wrote:South Korea exhibits the fine art of committing Harakiri.
The minister appreciated the Korean delegation for giving Pakistan an opportunity to send its workers through a transparent and efficient mechanism. - Question is how many porkis will qualify to go to Korea

Vips Ji :
I. O W. In addition to learning Chinese, Terroristanis will now learn the Korean Language