Terroristan - March 31, 2022

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile a day after the US announced suspension of visa services in Pakistan (among other countries) from the 21st January, Pakistan Interior Minister..

We see:

[Amber G.]

^^^^ Bandar Tarrar explaining the Power of Pakistani Passport.

And people are understanding why @SecRubio freezed visa processing for Nepal. Because they did not let US's puppet to take over. ...

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻?

[SSridhar]

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻?

Each case has a different reason.
While Pakistan & BD have once again become the lapdogs of the US, the latter does not want the increasing levels of stoked Islamist extremism from these two countries to hit the US back. They had better and only be directed at India. That's why.

[A_Gupta]

^^^^ Bandar Tarrar explaining the Power of Pakistani Passport.

And people are understanding why @SecRubio freezed visa processing for Nepal. Because they did not let US's puppet to take over. ...

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻?

This is the ostensible reason
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/tr ... ocid=hpmsn

US President Donald Trump on Sunday posted a list of countries to underscore welfare and public assistance usage among immigrant households in the United States, naming Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Nepal, while India was notably absent from the compilation.
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According to the chart shared by Trump, Bangladesh tops the list among the countries mentioned, with 54.8 per cent of immigrant households receiving assistance. Pakistan follows at 40.2 per cent, while Nepal stands at 34.8 per cent. China accounts for 32.9 per cent, and Israel/Palestine is listed at 25.9 per cent.

[chetak]

BREAKING: Massive fire erupts at Karachi Airport after suspected Iranian drone strikes.

Reports indicate a weapons consignment from the US landed in Karachi yesterday, allegedly intended to arm Jaish al-Adl for attacks on a police station and IRGC facilities in Sistan–Baluchestan.

A timely tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency alerted Iran, and the operation was reportedly neutralised at the last moment through coercive action of drone strike

https://x.com/i/status/2012232947852808519




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlDQt0S8_-c


Karachi airport par iran ka bada drone attack | Pak Media Reaction

[A_Gupta]

^^^^ the media is silent. There is a fire at a shopping mall.

[uddu]

https://x.com/FaqirShiva/status/2012695049973424340
@FaqirShiva
URGENT APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Despite open death threats and fatwa-style calls for my killing by the religious extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (Serhindi Group), there has been complete silence and inaction from the Federal Government of Pakistan, the Sindh Government, and the Sindh Police.

This is not just negligence — it is state failure and criminal complicity.

I am a peaceful human rights defender and minority rights activist. My only “crime” is speaking against religious extremism, forced conversions, and injustice.
If extremists can openly issue murder threats while the state looks away, then no citizen in Pakistan is safe.

I urgently call upon the international community to take notice and intervene before irreversible harm occurs.

If any harm comes to me or my family, the responsibility will lie squarely with the State of Pakistan.

I appeal to:

@UN

@UNHumanRights

@UNSpecialProcedures
@antonioguterres


@EU_Commission

@Europarl_EN

@EUCouncil


@StateDept

@SecBlinken

@USAmbPakistan

@amnesty

@hrw

@FrontLineHRD

@CIVICUSalliance

@MinorityRights


Silence today will embolden extremists tomorrow.
Protection delayed is protection denied.

I demand:

Immediate protection of my life and family

Criminal action against those issuing death threats

An end to fatwa politics and religious terrorism in Pakistan

Enough silence. Immediate action is required.

#StateFailure
#StopReligiousExtremism
#ProtectHumanRightsDefenders
#MinorityRights
#ReligiousTerrorism
#JusticeNow
#Pakistan

[A_Gupta]

Do we typically hear of unknown gunmen only when they kill people of interest to India? This case below:

Policeman martyred by unknown assailants riding a motorcycle in KP’s Bannu district
https://www.dawn.com/news/1967685/polic ... u-district

“ BANNU: A target killing incident occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Sunday, where unknown assailants riding a motorcycle opened fire on a policeman, killing him on the spot.

Suppose this is a widespread crime in Pakistan, but Indian media and social media amplify this to our attention only when the victim is a terrorist?

[A_Gupta]

Pakistani elites keep their wealth in the UAE but have a mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia. I think not so much wealth is secreted in Saudi Arabia.

So my fond hope is that Saudi-UAE tensions lead to Pakistan being forced to aim its daggers at the UAE, and the UAE then confiscating all Paki money. The howls of indignation as Pakistan’s RAPE class see their net worth decimated will be almost too delicious to endure.

[saip]

Looks like Pakis want to commit hara kiri along with their new found brothers (that they slaughtered a few million of them not withstanding) the Bangis and boycott T20 world cup. Uganda and PNG should replace them.

[chetak]

The known gunman

[uddu]

Pakistan's Gaza Glitch | Shehbaz Sharif Picks Trump Over Almighty? | Brass Tacks | News18
In a scathing indictment of Pakistan’s current foreign and domestic policy, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has vehemently rejected the newly formed Gaza Board of Peace (BoP), terming it a betrayal of both Islamic principles and Palestinian sovereignty, CNN-News18 has learnt. Addressing a large gathering on Thursday, the veteran cleric warned Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir to distance the country from what he described as an “oppressive" and “coercive" international alliance.

The Maulana’s primary ire was directed at the inclusion of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the US-sponsored board. “Netanyahu, the butcher of Palestine and the root of all mischief, has been made a member, yet the Palestinians themselves are excluded," he remarked. He questioned the logic of a peace process that mandates the disarmament of Hamas—whom he called the “real party" to the conflict—while sitting side-by-side with the architects of the Gaza bombings.

[drnayar]

Pakistan has officially announced the cancellation of the agreement with the United Arab Emirates to operate Islamabad International Airport

scared of the UAE India agreement ?

[Tanaji]

Pakistan has officially announced the cancellation of the agreement with the United Arab Emirates to operate Islamabad International Airport

scared of the UAE India agreement ?

Probably the Saudis telling them to do so. The lines are drawn in Middle East now and they have thrown the hat with SA.

But this is Pakistan and however bhikari leeches they may be, one thing they are good at is surviving. Don’t be surprised if Sharif starts hugging Zayed Al Nahya in a few days..

[A_Gupta]

^^^^ The original source of the news says: “ ISLAMABAD:
The government has shelved a plan to outsource the management and operations of Islamabad International Airport to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after Abu Dhabi lost interest in the process.”

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2588574/ai ... ation-list

[A_Gupta]

https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2630387/pakistan
Pakistan deputy PM visits UAE for official talks, including with Etisalat

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Friday on an official visit following his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos, the country’s foreign ministry said.
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The planned meeting with Etisalat comes against the backdrop of a long-running dispute over the privatization of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. (PTCL).

The UAE-based telecom group has withheld a final payment of about $800 million linked to its 2005 acquisition of a 26 percent stake in PTCL, citing delays in the transfer of properties included in the deal, a position disputed by Pakistan.

The issue has resurfaced in recent years as Pakistan seeks to revive investor confidence, advance privatization plans and stabilize its finances under an International Monetary Fund-supported program.

[A_Gupta]

TFT:
Saudi and Kuwaiti investors seek $2bn arbitration over K-Electric, exposing Pakistan’s regulatory failures, investor distrust and the high cost of politicised economic governance

In 2005, Pakistan sold a 71 per cent stake in the then Karachi Electric Supply Company to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jomaih Group and Kuwait’s National Industries Group, alongside US investors. At the time, the utility was loss-making, unreliable and a fiscal drain. Over the next two decades, the investors injected more than $4.7bn, cut transmission and distribution losses dramatically, expanded generation capacity and stabilised supply in the country’s commercial hub.

Crucially, profits were reinvested rather than repatriated. The turnaround reduced the burden on the federal budget and demonstrated that private capital, even in Pakistan’s notoriously difficult power sector, could deliver results if allowed to operate within predictable rules.

The problems began in 2016, when the investors agreed to sell their controlling stake to Shanghai Electric Power for $1.77bn. The transaction received initial approvals but then became ensnared in an ever-shifting maze of regulatory demands, delayed clearances and unresolved objections. National security approvals were withheld. Foreign exchange permissions were not issued. Conditions were revised mid-stream. After eight years of drift, Shanghai Electric withdrew in 2025.

Without an exit, the investors’ equity was stranded. At the same time, government entities accumulated large unpaid dues to KE, including tariff differential subsidies dating back years, while regulators imposed penalties and surcharges on the utility itself. In 2025, Pakistan’s power regulator issued multi-year tariff determinations only for the government to refuse notification and reopen settled matters, imposing revisions that the investors argue are confiscatory in effect.

Attempts at resolution failed. Task forces and mediation processes produced little, reportedly because findings that did not favour the state were set aside. In January 2026, 37 Saudi and Kuwaiti entities formally initiated arbitration, seeking damages of about $2bn for breaches of fair and equitable treatment, expropriation protections and treaty-guaranteed transfer rights.

[SRajesh]

^^No wonder they have been putting everything up for sale including the Clown Jewels!!
They do not want Chinese companies to take over as they know what conditions the Chinese set
Probably large swathes of KP or Baluchistan or Gilgit have to be put as collaterals
They would do that knowing fully well that the lands in. these three areas are disputed and their ownership is under question!!

[A_Gupta]

With Etisalat, "Under the privatisation deal, the government committed to transferring 3,384 PTCL properties to Etisalat. However, discrepancies on the ground caused major roadblocks. Officials revealed that only 3,248 properties were actually available." (from https://www.techjuice.pk/ishaq-dar-land ... -etisalat/ )

-- From the above and elsewhere, I gather that Pakistan sold 3,248 actual properties and 136 non-existent ones to Etisalat.

[A_Gupta]

Don’t be surprised if Sharif starts hugging Zayed Al Nahya in a few days..

Barely a month ago:

"On December 26, 2025, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) undertook an official visit to Pakistan, where he met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif."

This YouTube published by the Indian Express shows the reception at the airport, and the Sharif - Zayed Al Nahya hug.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbeXLr21zhA

IMO, the old saying "munh mein Ram, Ram, bagal mein churi" (literally mouthing Ram, Ram, knife in the abdomen, “A sweet tongue, but a hand ready to stab in the back.”) should really be "munh mein salaam, salaam, bagal mein churi".

[SRajesh]

^^^Saar Pakis are carrying on the traditions of their 4.5 fathers!!
Remember ALCHEMY
It mystical art or belief was given a Quasi-Scientific status during Islamic Golden Rule(I am not joking please check it out ask google or gemini or ChatGPT)
A super islamic scientist even wrote a treatise and a book about it (cant remember his name).
Now the Pakis have fine tuned the art of selling non-existant property or land or mijjiles just for the heck of it!!
KSA will come to know that they bought all dud mijjiles when Yahood start the Hyderbad Goli on them!!

[A_Gupta]

Journalist Hamid Mir has come out against Pakistan's decision to join Trump's Board of Peace.

[drnayar]

In January 2026, a diplomatic clash emerged after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the founding charter of U.S. President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" (BoP) at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Israel immediately issued a categorical rejection of any operational role for Islamabad in Gaza’s post-war framework.
Israel's "Hard Line" Position
Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat stated bluntly on January 23, 2026, that Pakistan would not be allowed to participate in any peacekeeping or reconstruction efforts in Gaza.
Accusations of Backing Terror: Israeli officials justified the exclusion by accusing Pakistan of supporting "jihadi organizations" and terrorism, specifically linking it to Hamas.
Barkat made it clear that Israel would not trust countries like Pakistan, Qatar, or Turkey with "boots on the ground" in Gaza, citing their historical and current stances as a threat to Israeli security.


This unambiguous stance was delivered publicly from the sidelines of the Davos summit, following Sharif’s endorsement of the BoP.

[g.sarkar]

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/9550 ... 260126.htm
9,550 kg of explosives seized on R-Day eve, major tragedy averted
Hemant Waje, January 26, 2026
......
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/blas ... 260124.htm
Blast on Punjab railway track ahead of R-Day injures loco pilot
Utkarsh Mishra, January 24, 2026
.......
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/terr ... 260123.htm
Terror plot foiled in Punjab, six BKI operatives held; arms, ammo seized
Senjo M R, January 23, 2026
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/khal ... 260117.htm
Khalistani, Bangladeshi terror outfits may target Delhi ahead of R-Day: Intel
Hemant Waje, January 17, 2026
.....
The natives are getting restless, they want to celebrate Republic Day too.
Gautam

[A_Gupta]

Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat stated bluntly on January 23, 2026, that Pakistan would not be allowed to participate in any peacekeeping or reconstruction efforts in Gaza.

This might just work out for Sharif and Munir. They keep Trump happy by joining the BoP, and keep their awaam from getting restive because they can’t actually send anyone to Gaza, so there can be no accusation of doing Israel’s work.

[SRajesh]

The perfidy of Pakistan!!
And ever gullible Hindu who has been fooled time and again!!
And yet we have this nonsense of diaglogue and 'Arse ka Tamasha'!!
Take a look at Chronology:
1947 Partition :
They send Wagon loads of dead
We give the Uber Green in India a chance to stay back
They then close the border and refuse taking in anymore Mohajirs citing paucity of 'All Sorts' not jsut resources
'Mahatma' and 'Djinnah' die 1948
Neverwho the sole champoin of South Asia!!
He takes Kashmir to UN and creates a Mess that is yet to be sorted
1955 He invites Governor General of Pakistan to the Republic Day Celebrationss (Was he the Chief Guest ?? dont know but gthe dude was on the Dias to take Salute)
Please remember that Queen was Still the Head of the State of Pakistan until 1956!!
Who influenced the Uber Idiot is anybody's guess!!
And to further Compound complications
1965 Shastriji Invites Rana Abdul Hamid as Chief Guest
May June 1965 Operation Desert Hawk Launched by Pakis
Queens England negotiate a truce
And lster in August 1965 Operation Gibraltar launched!!
We sign the Tashkent Treaty in 1966 !!
Soviets get involved and IG takes the chair
They launch Searchlight and conduct a program to not only suppress Bengali nationalism but also ethnically cleanse Bengali Hindus
Shimla Agreement and Bhutto fools IG
Khalistan movements given inpetus by Pakistani establishmentin in the lates 70's
Operation Blue Star and later IG's assassination
Following Babri Masjid
We Get Mumbai Blast
Dawood runs to Pakistan
PVN then decides to send overtures!!
India Gives MNF 1996
Pakistan did not reciprocate!!
Atalji goes to Lahore in Bus!
Kargil happens in July 1999 and we loose hundreds of Brave Soldiers
Blast keeps happeneing all over India and yet we talk of peace
We then do a 'Shame El Sheik'
We get a Bombay Train blast and thousands die!!
We still talk and kiss arse!!
Then comes the 26/11
NaMo wins the Election and Calls all for the Oath Taking Ceremony!!
Even visits Jihadistan for a Wedding !! I dont know how this was organised and who Co-ordinated with the Jihadi chief for a safe passage!!
Then we get Uri and Pathankot
We stop all talks
So over the last Seven decades we have been taken for a ride time and again!!
We have been fools and have seeking Gora approval for every action of ours!
Time has come to show the Middle Finger to Pakis and the rest of World especially when it comes to our security!!

[RCase]

IMO, the old saying "munh mein Ram, Ram, bagal mein churi" (literally mouthing Ram, Ram, knife in the abdomen, “A sweet tongue, but a hand ready to stab in the back.”) should really be "munh mein salaam, salaam, bagal mein churi".

When the churi is used, then there is welcome party by hooris in jannat.
Correction ... here is the halal version:
munh mein walekum salaam, bagal mein hoori

[bala]

Balochistan Erupts | Lt. Gen. P R Shankar

12 locations (including big cities) are being attacked in coordinated manner in Balochistan. Many have died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA3eUXiQN58

[A_Gupta]

What are the weapons being used by the attackers in Balochistan, and where were they procured from?

[SSridhar]

What are the weapons being used by the attackers in Balochistan, and where were they procured from?

Both Taliban and the TTP could be supplying them with weapons.
The Taliban have a huge cache of American weapons left behind when Biden chaotically withdrew in 2021.
Don't know what weapons are being used by the Baloch but Taliban can supply them with small arms, light weapons, NVGs etc from the American stock.

[Baikul]

It’s been a huge assault on Pakistani sovirginity in Balochistan. Certainly they’ve been rattled. For the BLA to herb assembled the weapons they did and coordinated the strikes across multiple locations speaks of a new level of sophistication and / or planning.

I think India can expect some tactically brilliant response from the Panjabi Generals; for that reason I’m sure our security forces are on high alert.

As an aside a few years ago an event of this nature would have led to hundreds of posts, analyses and insights on BR. Now we’re struggling to get half a dozen.

[uddu]

https://x.com/Hammad_Baluch/status/2017506230369915264
@Hammad_Baluch
After losing #Quetta the capital city, Pakistan’s security forces have now lost control of the strategic port city of #Gwadar, with armed militants seen on the streets and attacks reported on security forces and Chinese projects.
BLA says it also has control of Nushki and Kalat.

[SSridhar]

The problem for the Chinese in TSP is that both the Baloch and the TTP hate them viscerally. The Taliban are pressurized by PRC to curtail the TTP attacks on the Chinese. So, the option for TTP is to enable the Baloch.

[SSridhar]

As an aside a few years ago an event of this nature would have led to hundreds of posts, analyses and insights on BR. Now we’re struggling to get half a dozen.

Since March 31, 2022, this is only the 149th page. That tells the story by itself. A far cry from those days when a new thread was started every few days!!

[drnayar]

Fwiw
https://x.com/Intlobserver0/status/2017771208251515244

[VinodTK]

Over 150 dead, internet cut: Inside violence in Pak's Balochistan, deadliest in recent years

The attacks, among the deadliest in recent years in the restive province, prompted Islamabad to vow retaliation.

Authorities imposed sweeping security restrictions across the province as investigations continued and rescue operations entered their second day.

Attack in Balochistan: Top 10 points

• Around a dozen locations targeted in Saturday’s attacks — including the provincial capital Quetta — remained sealed off on Sunday, with troops combing affected areas after militants stormed banks, jails and military installations, officials said, reported AFP news agency. An official told the news agency that a deputy district commissioner was abducted during the violence.

• Mobile internet services across Balochistan have been suspended for more than 24 hours, while road traffic remains disrupted and train services have been halted as part of heightened security measures.

• After being rocked by explosions, usually bustling Quetta lay largely deserted on Sunday, with major roads empty, businesses shut and residents staying indoors amid fears of renewed violence.

• Shattered metal fragments and mangled vehicles were seen strewn across several roads in the city, reflecting the intensity of the blasts and gun battles that erupted a day earlier.

• “Anyone who leaves home has no certainty of returning safe and sound. There is constant fear over whether they will come back unharmed,” Hamdullah, a 39-year-old shopkeeper who goes by one name, told AFP in Quetta.

• The Pakistan military said it was conducting “sanitisation operations” in areas hit by the attacks and pledged action against those responsible. "The instigators, perpetrators, facilitators and abettors of these heinous and cowardly act... will be brought to justice," it said in a statement late Saturday.

• The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the province’s most active separatist militant group, claimed responsibility in a statement sent to AFP, saying it targeted military installations as well as police and civil administration officials through gun attacks and suicide bombings

• Saturday’s violence came a day after the military said it killed 41 insurgents in two separate operations in Balochistan, a province that has witnessed a decades-long separatist insurgency and repeated attacks on security forces, non-local Pakistanis and foreign interests

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• India on Sunday categorically rejected Pakistan military’s claims of Indian involvement in the Balochistan violence. "We categorically reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan, which are nothing but its usual tactics to deflect attention from its own internal failings," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

• "Instead of parroting frivolous claims each time there is a violent incident, it would do better to focus on addressing long-standing demands of its people in the region. Its record of suppression, brutality and violation of human rights is well known,” New Delhi spokesperson added.

From Hindustantimes.com

[A_Gupta]

This note is by Chowdhury Mubarak Hossain, dated April 3, 1946, and is included in the Jinnah Papers (edited by Z.H. Zaidi, Volume XIII, item #7). The question is - how is this idea working out 80 years later?

PAKISTAN VERSUS CONGRESS

It is in the air in certain quarters that the Hindu Congress may ultimately compromise on the great Pakistan issue. This must not be allowed to happen in the interest of Pakistan itself. It is impossible for the Hindus, with their outlook on life, to compromise on Pakistan or anything which in practice means equality and brotherhood of mankind. The Hindus have taken to democracy in the existing form and have become its vehement supporters only because democracy is, in reality, the rule of the majority. This suits the ancient Hindu mind very well in India where the Hindus happen to be in majority.

Pakistan when established will present a rather uncomfortable and nerve-racking psychological problem for the Hindus. Pakistan must derive inspiration and useful and practical guidance from the [holy] Qur'an in matters of state and government and the daily life of its citizens and thereby become a modern and highly progressive state.

The neighboring Hindustan on the same analogy will be compelled to draw inspiration from the ancient Hindu books. It is all very well for Pandit [Jawaharlal] Nehru - a veritable Brahmin - to talk, while still clad in the primitive dhoti, of internationalism and universal brotherhood and dub the Muslim League as medieval and reactionary, and for Pandit [Gobind Ballabh] Pant to eat his pudding in pattal (tree leaves used as plates by orthodox Hindus) and for Mahatma Gandhi to preach equality of mankind and in the bargain find his own statue installed in a temple as a deity. But when it comes to hard facts of reality [sic] and actual practice of Hinduism in modern times according to modern advanced conception of life, our ancient and primitive friends will have to change - they may retain ancient nomenclature - the entire ancient system. This is impossible. Their ancient system, as it stands, has acquired unquestionable sanctity and offers no precedence [sic] to help the modern Hindus out of their uncomfortable dilemma. The Hindus must, therefore, oppose Pakistan in order to keep alive their ancient Hinduism.

When Pakistan is established and the Indian Musalmans are able to run it on essentially Islamic principles of knowledge, tolerance, goodwill and brotherhood of mankind, Islam must become the craze of the intelligentsia; Islam is really so simple, scientific and appealing. Our Pakistani young men should bear these things in mind and they should lose no time in getting rid of the prevalent false notions of life. They must acquire knowledge of the simple and natural Islam and become worthy of the charge they have put upon their shoulders.

One need not be a graduate of the Al-Azhar University to understand this simple Islam of everyday life. Islam is essentially based on human nature. To be a good Musalman one has only to develop himself [sic] into a strong, healthy man - both physically and mentally - an upholder of the truth against falsehood and all that vitiates the Islamic doctrine of universal brotherhood and the proper utilization of the bounties of nature for the betterment of mankind. This is best achieved through a simple process of intellectual jihad directed towards a thorough grasp and understanding of the intricacies of human nature leading to the proper and balanced development of the self. This must, in turn, guarantee the development of the overpowering Islamic sympathy, goodness, sagacity, firmness and the inherent capacity to get things done peacefully and successfully. This is the simple Islamic scheme of life to overcome, without remorse or worry, the prevalent diplomacy, duplicacy [sic for duplicity] and fraud in human relationship and establish a system of scientific human relationship.

This is what our simple and easy Pakistan will achieve for its citizens and the Hindus must oppose it. We welcome their opposition. It will enable us quicker and more firmly to see our own greatness with greater clarity of vision in the existing confusion. The Hindu opposition will also help us not to lapse into unreal goodness and tolerance that is the outcome of weakness, neglect and lethargy. We shall be tolerant, sympathetic and humane, not because we will be weak but because we shall be strong, and full of confidence and faith in Allah. Aameen.

CHOWDHURY MUBARAK HOSSAIN

[g.sarkar]

https://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/t ... 260201.htm
T20 World Cup rocked! Pakistan to boycott India clash
Laxmi Negi, February 01, 2026
Pakistan on Sunday announced a boycott of its high-profile men's T20 World Cup group league match against India, a move that is likely to have repercussions, even as the government cleared the national team's participation in the rest of the global event, starting February 7.
The decision, conveyed through an official government statement, is being seen as a political protest linked to Bangladesh's removal from the tournament after the world body declined its request to shift matches from India to Sri Lanka on security grounds.
Govt clears tournament entry, blocks India fixture
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had said that it would reassess its participation following that decision as it showed solidarity with Bangladesh.
In a statement posted on social media, the government of Pakistan said it has granted approval to the Pakistan cricket team to take part in the tournament but said the team "shall not take the field" for the February 15 fixture against India in Colombo.
The decision brings an end to days of speculation over Pakistan's participation in the tournament, which is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, and comes amid heightened political tensions in the region.
"The Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan grants approval to the Pakistan Cricket Team to participate in the ICC World T20 2026, however, the Pakistan Cricket Team shall not take the field in the match scheduled on 15th February 2026 against India," the government posted on social media.
The India-Pakistan clash is the most anticipated fixture of any ICC event, drawing peak global viewership, sponsorship interest and broadcast revenues.
While a walkover would hand full points to India, the ICC retains the authority to impose financial penalties on the PCB.
Pakistan are scheduled to open their campaign against Netherlands on February 7, followed by matches against USA on February 10 and Namibia on February 18. All matches will be played at the SSC ground in Colombo.
A source close to the PCB said that the Board Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi will give more details to the media soon.
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Gautam

[A_Gupta]

On The Black Hole (Hoodbhoy-run forum), a woman asked a question - She says she's from Kashmir and her son has been in jail for blasphemy for the last three years. To get out of it, he's been asked to pay 3 crores, which he does not have. What can be done about it?

https://www.youtube.com/live/36U18obCxA ... 9KT&t=6238

--- This is yet another indication that the Blasphemy Law is politico-economic con game.

-- Enables the claim that the supporter of the blasphemy law is a True Muslim.

-- From the accounts of people stuck in Pakistani jails for blasphemy, many were honey-potted online to say something incautious and then accused and thrown into jail. My guess is that these were offered the choice - work for us and join the begging gangs in UAE, Saudi Arabia or stay in jail. The Pakistani reports dares not name names or be explicit about it.

-- In the above, we have clear testimony that someone is demanding a large sum of money to clear the blasphemy charge.