before going on to link Gandhi with the JI.It was his association with Islamic organisations in the West that transformed him into a global jihadist ...
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http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104866HYDERABAD: MQM leader Mareej Farooq Sattar said Sunday that his party’s chief Altaf Hussain had never made any demand for creation of a new province in Sindh or its division. Addressing a press conference at the Hyderabad Zonal Office, he said MQM would hold a convention in Sindh’s city of Bhatshah on May 28 while date for Larkana convention would be announced later. MQM leader Altaf Hussain will address these conventions from London on telephone, he said. The senior MQM leader said Altaf had neither called for a new province in Sindh nor any such demand has come forward. The MQM had extended its unconditional support for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa name. He said MQM wants Gilgit Baltistan to be declared a province.
Call it Hindi or Urdu, undoubtedly it is one and the same language when spoken. Hindi or Urdu, in both of its forms and manifestations, is the lingua franca of India and Pakistan, respectively. The seed of contention—i.e., division of language on the basis of religion, which was sown by our colonial masters almost a century- and-a-half ago has grown into a big banyan tree, having many trunks, enough, offshoots, branches and leaves to accommodate quite a large number of living beings, and it is difficult to say whether it a one or more than one tree. One side advances enough religious and political reasons favouring Hindi as the national language of India. Hindi, written in Devanagri script has historic, cultural and religious proximity with Hindus and the Hindu religion, easily accommodates more Sansikrit words, and therefore it has nothing to do with the Muslims of India. It is a mark of national identity of “Hindus.” Similarly, for equally religious and political reasons Urdu is said to be a hallmark of the identity of the Muslims of the subcontinent. It is written in Nastaliq script, and can accommodate more and more Arabic and Persian words. The script was “introduced” to write a pre-existent language by the Muslim rulers of the subcontinent and hence has nothing to do with the “Hindus” of the subcontinent. It is simply incomprehensible to me why Hindi (which itself is a Persian word) is a Hindu language and Urdu (which is a Turkish word) is a Muslim language? How does the same sentence of “a language,” written in Devanagri become “Hindu” and when written in Nastaliq becomes “Muslim”? Then, by the same token, if the same sentence is written in Roman script, as it is in sms messages, does it become a Christian language?
The rest of the article is a pinglish critique of Cold Start.The six-week war games and field exercises Azm-e-Nau-3 started in the second week of April. The defence authorities were not allowed to even plan the visit of President Asif Zardari in the exercise areas even for the cosmetic purposes. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani did visit the exercises thrice.
Highly placed defence sources told The News that the president had fear about his personal security during his visit to any defence installations and exercises reason best known to him. He did not ask for even briefing about the military exercises. He is the first head of the state who opted not to visit to the General Headquarters (GHQ) for briefing on threat perceptions to the motherland soon after assuming the office.
The last sentence contains some in exactitudesabhishek_sharma wrote:ISI & the buried truths about Mumbai
Praveen Swami
http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/17/stories ... 881000.htm
There is nothing to discover; TSP knows it all. The exactitude is
Nothing could better illustrate Pakistan's disinclination to discover the truth about Mumbai.
Given that Unkil also lost 5-6, and more importantly, Jews were humiliated by TSP, could it be that Unkil/Isarel have already extracted their price from TSP; albeit silently or else it would be embarssing if it were revealed given that no prices was extracted from TSP for the slaughter of the rest of the SDRE victims (bulk) of Mumbai. Not that Unkil cannot spin anything, but this may require some phraseological creativity
Nothing could better illustrate Pakistan's disinclination to admit the truth about Mumbai.
.Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Sunday said the government was neither granting extension to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani nor had the general sought it
so are the growing number of rabid, tech-savvy young people floating around various interactive websites to mouth the most obnoxious ideas about Islam and politics. There are websites out there glorifying utter mad men and the most twisted conspiracy theories, and many of these are owned, run and frequented by Pakistanis who work and are comfortably settled in western countries.For example, last year columnist Fasi Zaka was being pestered by a young man (through email) who accused him of being an American agent. When Zaka discovered that this person (a Pakistani) lived in the United States, he wrote back, sarcastically offering him help by reporting his dislike of American policies to the notorious US Homeland Security agency. As expected, the emails came to a dead stop. The cyber jihadi had chickened out. Then there is a gentleman who runs a pro-Zaid Hamid website. He lives and works in the US, but has the audacity to call a number of journalists (including me), ‘Zionist/CIA agents.’ He also frequently litters his site with ridiculous conspiracy theories involving the US. He has a fetish for fast cars as well. Just as the sudden rise of certain crackpots (via TV) in Pakistan was keenly followed and supported by a chunk of young, urban Pakistanis, various cranks are happily catering to the already confused religious and ideological bearings of Muslim Pakistanis living abroad. Much has been written about people like Zaid Hamid, Aamir Liaquat and Zakir Naik — men who cleverly represent (and glorify) the increasingly chauvinistic mindset of the current generation of young, urban Pakistanis. The situation is equally distressing in the West.A recent book on Farhat Hashmi’s organisation, Al-Huda, (written by a Pakistani woman), accuses her of spreading hatred against Christians, Hindus and Jews among Pakistani women living in Canada. Recently, in the wake of the Faisal Shahzad episode in New York, the Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC), a group of liberal Muslims living in Canada, accused American Islamic organisations of refusing to distance themselves from the doctrine of armed jihad, as did the Deobandi ulema’s conference back home only recently.
Also written as "Jihad al fisalabulla" or some such thing. Experts can correct it if it is wronganupmisra wrote:"In defeat, there's victory"?Rahul M wrote:do you know the motto of PA ?
shiv wrote:"Jihad al fisalabulla"
Delhi is a foodie's heaven. Kakori Kebabs sold near Nizammudin's shrine are exalted strips of spiced up meat that melt in one's mouth. From Chaney Pathurey in Bengali Market to the Paan in Khan Market, South Indian food at Sagar Ratna and the grainy Raagi Idlee at Delhi Haat, the food reverie is painfully locked in my taste buds, now.
abhishek_sharma wrote:ISI & the buried truths about Mumbai
Praveen Swami
http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/17/stories ... 881000.htm
Waqas Ahmad was among the hundreds of Lahore cricket fans who crossed the Wagah border five years ago to watch their country play India in New Delhi. The 2005 India-Pakistan series had been advertised as a historic event; the embodiment of hope that a new era of peace was about to dawn on South Asia. For most of the Lahore fans, the long journey was worth it: Pakistan registered a 159-run victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium before tens of thousands of spectators, among them Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf.
But Ahmad didn't make the match — and never caught the train home. The story of the cricket fan who disappeared, improbably enough, holds out disturbing new evidence that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate might have played a direct role guiding the Lashkar-e-Taiba's murderous, November 2008 attack on Mumbai.
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The Uttar Pradesh police located Ahmad last summer at Bithoor on the outskirts of Kanpur. Neighbours knew him as Rajesh Kumar. Ahmad had obtained a driving licence and a voter-identification card to support his ‘fiction,' the term spies use for their cover-identities. Investigators allege that Ahmad was a covert ISI operative, tasked with recording the movements of Indian military units. A grade X dropout, the 25-year old Waqas was recruited by the ISI, say the police. Following a year of training in spycraft, he was despatched to watch out for military movements across northern and western India.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/nyreg ... gewanted=2Anujan wrote:NYTimes Story of Faisal taking the typical Paki Jihadi route in the US.
This explains the jubilation and happiness in Pakistan about the Mumbai massacre.Mr. Shahzad came of age during Pakistan’s state-sponsored jihad against India’s military in the breakaway region of Kashmir — a conflict that granted legendary status to Pakistani jihadists. “We used to see the mujahedeen as heroes,” said one graduate of Mr. Shahzad’s high school,
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.as ... 010_pg20_7Two killed in Indian railway station stampede
NEW DELHI: At least two people died in a stampede at a railway station in the Indian capital on Sunday as thousands of passengers waited to board trains, police said. “One woman and a child died and 10 passengers have been admitted to hospital,” New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told AFP. “Some people in the crowd started fighting and then everyone started jumping at each other which created panic and passengers in the front got hurt,” he said. Stampedes at public events in India are common as large numbers of people pack into congested areas. Panic can spread quickly and, with few safety regulations in place, the result is often lethal. ??????? The railway system — the main form of long-distance travel in India despite fierce competition from private airlines — runs 14,000 passenger and freight trains a day, carrying 18.5 million people. afp
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runs 14,000 passenger and freight trains a day, carrying 18.5 million people. afp
Why does Air Vice Marshal (r) Shahzad Chaudhry say that Preet Bharara implicated the Pakistani State of nexus ?Prem wrote:The Clinton statement —Shahzadi Chaudhrey
This is the Zardari camp opening the first fire in the last round of battle.shynee wrote:Kayani’s term not being extended, nor does he want itDefence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Sunday said the government was neither granting extension to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani nor had the general sought it
AoAWednesday, May 12, 2010
MUZAFFARGARH: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani vociferously campaigned on Tuesday for a by-election candidate Jamshaid Dasti, who had to quit his National Assembly seat for holding a fake degree.
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The PM said President Asif Zardari had spent 14 years in prison while he also spent five years in jail. He clarified that his government was not the outcome of any deal but the masses of Pakistan had elected it.
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Jamshaid Dasti said he did not commit any crime and whatever the courts may decide, the real decision was to be made by the people’s court.
Though the provincial government is in a state of denial, the Punjab Police have officially admitted for the first time the movement of the Taliban, their network in district Jhang and southern Punjab and their fund-raising and recruitment drive in the province.
The Jhang city police have filed an FIR, the first-ever in the Punjab, which is a severe indictment of the provincial government. The FIR No 320, registered under 11 F/7 Anti-Terrorist Act by the police itself on the basis of their human intelligence, depicts the grim realities of Talibanisation in the Punjab.
The criminal report filed against the district head of a defunct organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammad, discloses that Taliban commanders often come to the city on their way to southern Punjab as the network of Tehrik-e-Taliban is fast expanding in the region. SHO Kotwali Police Station (Jhang city) confirmed to The News the FIR, a copy of which is available with this correspondent, but was reluctant to go into the details. The DPO Jhang and the IG Punjab were not available for comments despite repeated calls and messages.
The FIR is registered against Dr. Imran, former head of Jaish-e-Mohammad in district Jhang, who has been accused of recently hosting a prominent Taliban commander carrying head money of Rs 10 million. It says Dr. Imran “runs the network of Tehreek-e-Taliban and Taliban would often come to see him on their way to other districts of South Punjab.” He has also been accused of involvement in fundraising.
The intelligence report indicates that the district head of Toba Tek Singh is a former gunman of Osama bin Laden and a driving force behind the network’s expansion in the southern belt.
According to the police intelligence, Taliban leaders frequent a number of seminaries in Jhang
In a rare display of enlightened self-awareness, PPP leader Zafar Ali Shah recently stunned many in the National Assembly by accusing his own party of turning Pakistan into a banana republic. His criticism came during the debate on the presidential address to the joint session of both houses of parliament, a debate that took place in a chamber that was sparsely attended and almost never quorate, which was conveniently ignored by the speaker. The veteran leader complained of a lack of consultation with rank and file. He also ruminated on the effectiveness of a party that was unable to get itself sufficiently together to catch the murderer of its leader. All in all something of a grand tour of our political ills – but it is his reference to Pakistan as a ‘banana republic’ that bears scrutiny.
KARACHI: The Finance Ministry said it would receive $1.13 billion released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) as fifth tranche of loan sanctioned to Pakistan on May 18, Geo News reported Monday.
... the Foreign Ministry said the foreign exchange reserves will bulge beyond $16 billion after the fifth IMF tranches is received here, which will add up the total amount received from the IMF to $7.27 billion.
Government of Pakistan resorted to the world body for loan to whittle down the fiscal and current account deficits; under which, the Fund approved $11.3 billion for the country.
It should be mentioned that the government and the Fund officials reached consensus that the remaining $4.03 billion in loan amount would be released in two tranches not three
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Aishwarya to star alongside Russell Crowe
PARIS: The bollywood film industry is fast becoming quite conspicuous in the International arena these days.
Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat is enjoying the company of snakes. The actress, who plays a snake-woman in her forthcoming film, brought real snakes to unveil the film at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.
Sherawat also posed with a snake during a photo call for her movie 'Hisss'.
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The flick has been taken up by Endeavour', which is the same company that had negotiated deals of the film 'Slum dog Millionaire. Endeavour has sealed the deal with Storm Lion, which is the media Conglomerate which is associated with many Hollywood studios, in order to take the film to many areas.
The film has been made in two languages, Hindi and English, was in its post production in Los Angeles quite some time, and has now been completed, for its final screening.
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MUMBAI: Ex-Miss World and Bollywood’s reigning queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to clinch a movie deal with Hollywood actor Russell Crowe.
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According to sources Russell was with his wife Danielle Spencer and they bonded well with Ash. Word is that they also discussed the possibility of doing a film together and both parties were very keen. It would be a great star cast to have for any movie as it would see the best of both industries coming together.”
Since when Pakbarian Jehadi Army Chief need to ask civilian govt. for extension? He announces it to them. As a holy army whose mission is 'Jihad fi Sabililah' the mandate comes straight from Allah - since Allah cannot sign extension papers, the army chief signs it himself.shynee wrote:Kayani’s term not being extended, nor does he want itDefence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Sunday said the government was neither granting extension to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani nor had the general sought it
Why US ? JI is a Pakistani Islamist party patronized by the state for very long. Why is Pakistan not taking any action against the JI or its student wing, the IJT even today ? Why is Pakistan not doing anything when the US (and even the UN) has taken a very serious view of the LeT and Prof. Hafeez Saeed ? What is then the sovereignty of Pakistan when it needs to invite another country to take a 'serious look' into one of its own terrorist organizations ?Unless Pakistan and the US seriously take a look at the activities of the JI, any meaningful progress in stopping extremism feeding this terror will be impossible.
Jinnah's Pakistan and Maududi's Pakistan were conceived in the same womb as identical twins. Let's see why.It must be remembered, for those who still care about the reasons why we made this country in the first place, that Jinnah’s Pakistan and Maududi’s Pakistan are mutually exclusive. Pakistan must decide here and now: do we wish to make Pakistan a prosperous and democratic state, which is at peace home and abroad ala Jinnah? Or do we wish to make Pakistan a violent dystopia run by maniacs and religious extremists with twisted ideas about religion ala Maududi?
I think that there is either some misunderstanding here by the Defence Minister or Zardari is trying to be too clever (by half). We know what happened to another Prime Minister who was similarly clever but had to end up in exile. It may also be that Kayani wants others (like Gen. Petraeus) to bat for him.Suppiah wrote:Kayani’s term not being extended, nor does he want itSince when Pakbarian Jehadi Army Chief need to ask civilian govt. for extension? He announces it to them. As a holy army whose mission is 'Jihad fi Sabililah' the mandate comes straight from Allah - since Allah cannot sign extension papers, the army chief signs it himself.Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Sunday said the government was neither granting extension to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani nor had the general sought it
I love the brazen way in which he saysSSridhar wrote:Why does Air Vice Marshal (r) Shahzad Chaudhry say that Preet Bharara implicated the Pakistani State of nexus ?Prem wrote:The Clinton statement —Shahzadi Chaudhrey
Implying that Hillary Clinton's interview is more damaging to US-Pak relations than Faisal's attempt to blow up a few people in NY. Fantastic!!This has been the most damaging single act, defeating by miles Faisal Shahzad’s misadventure. The Pakistani state must urgently engage the US on the implications of such provocative pronouncements.
sorry saar, i am browsing brf on my mobile. the touchscreen keyboard is a mess.SSridhar wrote:Nayak, your post would be more readable with appropriate punctuation.
That goes back to pre-Independence days. After all, aren't they a martial race ?Anujan wrote: I bit of piskology rant here. Paki approach to diplomacy seems to be "Be aggressive when cornered".
The first and foremost is the Pakistani Army, which is not ready to shed its dominance despite the establishment of a democratic government.
The second cancer is the ISI. This organization was created for the express purpose of proliferating terror in India.
Nothing new here for BRFites.The next group is the militant organizations that function with impunity due to tacit support flowing from both, the Army and the ISI.
Just as Hamir Mir's story was initially reported only by DialyCrimes, this news report is being reported only by the Jang group. Stakes of Zardari and Kayani have gone up a few notches. For Zardari, at stake is his life.Suppiah wrote:Kayani’s term not being extended, nor does he want it
