Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan- November 7, 2016

[SBajwa]

When India has signed Indus Water Treaty majority of Pakistanis were living in East Pakistan which in 1971 became Bangladesh. So! I think India has all the right to abrogate the Indus Water Treaty since majority of Pakistanis (60% lived in East Pakistan) seceded from Pakistan. The west pakistan just by removing West from its name does not automatically becomes "Pakistan" so! Nehru signed IWT with Khan when Pakistan was united and all of our pre 1971 treaties with Pakistan should have expired once their forces surrendered at Dhaka!

[CRamS]

Terror strikes against India may increase

China is encouraging strikes on India

I don't even bother to read the official chincom communique on why they would do something so blatant like this, but my guess is, that this is China, out of its own compulsions, going along with TSP's bogus claim that this is a bilateral matter between India & TSP to sort out. Meaning India says terror, TSP says give us the Kashmir valley and then we will think about it. I don't believe even USA for all its talk is loath to this position of TSP.

[Falijee]

X Posted on Analyzing CPEC Thread

Pakistan’s water security made part of CPEC framework

Anticipate next news item : Pakistan made part of CPEC!
Cheers

PEREGRINE-JI :
The Indus Water, as we know, is between India- Pakistan ( or what used to be Pakistan!); the Paki Minister is mouthing all bakwaas . Since, Modi-ji has vowed to get India's fair share of the western rivers' waters, Pakistan is feeling the heat and wants to draw in the "Chini blothers" into the bilateral dispute ; water security made part of CPEC, may well be diplomatic bluster by the Pakis; as far as we know, the Chinese have not made an official statement in this regard. As you yourself stated, the Pakis are under the illusion that CPEC is the next best thing than sliced bread. Problems, if solved may be on paper onlee.

[Falijee]

US announces sanctions on 7 Pakistani entities for 'acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States' (federalregister.gov)

This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding seven persons to the Entity List. The seven persons who are added to the Entity List have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. These seven persons will be listed on the Entity List under the destination of Pakistan.

The seven entities were probably acting as "agents of the Deep State" but now have been caught !

[Falijee]

The Sudden Meltdown Of Dr Christine UnFair Following The Unexpected Defeat Of Billary Clinton

F**K YOU. GO TO HELL’: Georgetown Prof Loses It On Muslim Trump Voter

A Georgetown University associate professor had a month-long meltdown after a Muslim woman explained why she voted for President-elect Donald Trump.Asra Q. Nomani, a former Georgetown journalism professor and Wall Street Journal reporter, wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post Nov. 10 explaining why she, as a Muslim woman and “long-time liberal,” voted for Trump. “I support the Democratic Party’s position on abortion, same-sex marriage and climate change,” Nomani wrote. “But I am a single mother who can’t afford health insurance under Obamacare.”

C. Christine Fair, a previously “friendly colleague,” went on a 31-day screed against Nomani spanning across Twitter and Facebook. According to Nomani’s Dec. 23 follow-up complaint to the university, the “Peace and Security Studies” professor called her a “wretch,” “clueless dolt” and a fame-monger.

This "professor" was expecting to be a "major player" and/or advisor in a Hillary Administration; now that has gone down the tube; hence the angst

She again attacked Nomani Dec. 6 with “an open letter” on Facebook, in which Fair told her to “fxck off” and “GO TO HELL.” And this person, is still an Asst Professor at one of the most prestigious university in Massaland

Nomani told The Daily Caller News Foundation that Georgetown professor Bruce Hoffman replied to her original Dec. 2 complaint on Dec. 3. He told her he forwarded her complaint to professor Irfan Nooruddin. Nooruddin is the faculty chair of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.Nooruddin told Nomani in a Dec. 4 email that, “I shall follow up directly with Professor Fair.” Fair posted her Facebook rant about Nomani two days after Nooruddin said he would speak with her. Additionally, she threatened Nomani in an email Dec. 6 with “legal action.” “Your attempt to silence my opinion or force a dialogue by involving my employer is unacceptable and any further action on your part to involve Georgetown will be met with legal action,” Fair wrote. “Your social media and email appeal to my employer with the intent or threat of damaging my employment status is a form of cyber bullying, which will not be tolerated.”

“This note acknowledges receipt of your complaint against Professor Fair,”Nooruddin replied. “I shall follow university policies as appropriate.” Nooruddin caught in the middle!

The attacks against me by a professor at Georgetown University are particularly disturbing because Georgetown gave me a home to complete the investigation of the murder of my friend and colleague Danny Pearl by militants in Pakistan,” Nomani told TheDCNF. “I would like to see Georgetown uphold its values for peace and civil discourse. And I would gently urge anyone who is as disturbed as I am about Prof. Fair’s conduct to remain civil and not engage in any personal attacks because we have to be the civility we want to see in the world.”Neither Georgetown University nor Fair responded to repeated requests for comment.

Fair has worked at Georgetown since July 2009, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Fair’s personal website says “she can cause trouble in multiple languages,” and her YouTube features videos like “Introducing the Pussy Avenger” and “Tales of My Pussy.”Other notable commentary on Fair’s public Facebook includes calling future first lady Melania Trump a “soft ***** star,” lamenting that “gun nuts don’t shoot each other,” and supporting Black Lives Matter.She occasionally breaks up the politically charged musings with posts about cute animals.

So, apart from her so-called expertise on Sooth Asia, she is also "proud" of her foul mouth as well as non-belief in God .

PS: Once in a while she also makes a reference that she too is a victim of PTSD ( she feigned off an attempted rape during her sojourn in Pakiland and hence her "hatred" of the Deep State !

[SSridhar]

I don't even bother to read the official chincom communique on why they would do something so blatant like this, but my guess is, that this is China, out of its own compulsions,

China has been steadfast wrt Masood Azhar since 2009 when this issue first came up in UNSC. It even allowed, after initially holding up, Hafeez Saeed and later Lakhvi et al. to be branded as international terrorists. But, never Masood Azhar, even to the point of becoming an object of ridicule. Why is the baffling question.

[SSridhar]

X Posted on Analyzing CPEC Thread

Pakistan’s water security made part of CPEC framework

Anticipate next news item : Pakistan made part of CPEC!

Slowly but relentlessly, the Hans are taking over management of Pakistan. Proves Chin-Pak is becoming realistically another province of PRC.

[Peregrine]

PCB Gets Green Light For Legal Action Against BCCI

will the case be fillied in a sharya court? last i checked cricket was Haram so case closed.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/pcb-get ... ome-sports

Atmavik Ji :

1. From the Article :

The Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday gave approval for adopting legal recourse against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not honouring the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two boards in 2014 to play bilateral series

The BOG of PCB giving approval for adopting legal recourse is IMHO not worth the paper its is written on as a Memorandum of Understanding is not a Binding Contract.

2. Similar to a contract, a memorandum of understanding is an agreement between two or more parties. Unlike a contract, however, an MOU need not contain legally enforceable promises. While the parties to a contract must intend to create a legally binding agreement, the parties to an MOU may intend otherwise.

Request B-RF Legal Eagles to please advise if an MOU is a binding contract.
Cheers

[Peregrine]

X Posted on Analyzing CPEC Thread

Pakistan’s water security made part of CPEC framework

Anticipate next news item : Pakistan made part of CPEC!

Slowly but relentlessly, the Hans are taking over management of Pakistan. Proves Chin-Pak is becoming realistically another province of PRC.

SSridhar Ji :

I believe all this CPEC Exercise by the Chinese is to Protect the Province of Xinjiang from Cwapistani Based Terrorism - Both Uyghur based as well as Cwapistan based. After all Xinjiang is Twice in Area as compared to Cwapistan.

Area : Pakistan 796, 095 sq. km. - Xinjiang : 1,660,000 sq km
Cheers

[Peregrine]

Atmavik Ji :

Further to my Post of 31 Dec 2016 04:47 here is a judgement from the Supreme Court :

Government hits a Rs 50,000 crore gold mine

Appearing for Bhushan Steel, senior advocates Kapil Sibal and P Chidambaram said since the state government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the company, it could not have gone back on its word. They argued that since the state had recommended the name of the petitioner company for grant of mining lease, the Centre could not refuse the same on the ground of amendment to the MMDR Act and rules. Both said the state government had committed contempt of court by not acting in accordance with the SC's 2012 decision.

Appearing for the Centre, additional solicitor general Maninder Singh took the bench of Justices A K Sikri and A M Sapre through the amendment and change in rules. Singh said the SC had only asked the Odisha government to recommend Bhushan Steel for grant of iron ore mining lease, which it had done. Hence, there was no contempt by the state government. The bench was convinced and ruled that Bhushan Steel's application for grant of mining lease could not have been acted upon by the Centre as the law had changed.

Methinks the BOG OF PCB doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Cheers

[Prem]

X Posted on Analyzing CPEC Thread

Pakistan’s water security made part of CPEC framework

Anticipate next news item : Pakistan made part of CPEC!
Cheers

From Henceforth it shall be called C-pet.

[GShankar]

Slowly but relentlessly, the Hans are taking over management of Pakistan. Proves Chin-Pak is becoming realistically another province of PRC.

SSridhar Ji :

I believe all this CPEC Exercise by the Chinese is to Protect the Province of Xinjiang from Cwapistani Based Terrorism - Both Uyghur based as well as Cwapistan based. After all Xinjiang is Twice in Area as compared to Cwapistan.

Area : Pakistan 796, 095 sq. km. - Xinjiang : 1,660,000 sq km
Cheers

Do the chinese want the good jihadis to kill the bad jihadis in uyghur? If so, we all know how that will go.

[Falijee]

Two contradictory news with reference to PAKILAND :

Pakistan to miss all major economic targets in FY 2016-17: State Bank


Pakistan ranked 5th best performing stock market in 2016 by Bloomberg

IMO, sooner or later, the stock market will reflect the real economic conditions prevailing in Pakistan ; at the present time, the stock market in Pakistan and other "emerging markets" is just a speculating vehicle, controlled by a small mafia, where the average Aam Abdul is probably taken to the cleaners on one pretext or the other, if he dare enters the market ; FDI is down, foreign debt is being piled as if there is no tomorrow, exports are falling,oversees remittance is falling, so why all this is not reflected in the stock market ; maybe, the speculators are reaping in the money

Plus This Now In :

Pakistan Stock Exchange ranked as Asia’s best market

Is there any "prize" for this distinction like debt forgiveness, additional loans, cash money

[shiv]

The stock market in many countries has no connection with the performance of the economy and that Includes India. When small investors form a large bulk of stock holders the economy gets reflected in the stock market. When small investors are bit players and the markets are moved by institutional investors - the performance of the stock market means zilch to the economy. When stock market size is not high and when systems are not robust - the prices can be artificially raised and then allowed to crash to shave a profit off small investors.

Pakistan uses its stock market performance to dazzle Americans who think all stock markets are exactly the same - like in Amreeka. The analog of that is the way Pakistan publicizes fashion shows and performances of "Vagina monologues" in Lahore or Karachi as examples of innate freedom and a liberal society.

[SSridhar]

I believe all this CPEC Exercise by the Chinese is to Protect the Province of Xinjiang from Cwapistani Based Terrorism - Both Uyghur based as well as Cwapistan based. After all Xinjiang is Twice in Area as compared to Cwapistan.

Area : Pakistan 796, 095 sq. km. - Xinjiang : 1,660,000 sq km

Peregrine ji, no doubt about what you say at all. But, China is also a revisionist state; not only revising the world order in every way but also expansionist geographically. Look at its maritime claims in Indo-China Sea, land area claims against us & Bhutan, widespread dormant anger against Russia of usurping Chinese lands though the two have settled their border issue a long time ago, its aggressive behaviour in transborder river issues etc. Every incremental addition helps because China can never be satisfied. Xinjiang can be retained within the Chinese folds better by taking over Pakistan and be influential enough over Afghanistan. That's why China is very defiant and particular about Aksai Chin too.

[Prem]

I believe all this CPEC Exercise by the Chinese is to Protect the Province of Xinjiang from Cwapistani Based Terrorism - Both Uyghur based as well as Cwapistan based. After all Xinjiang is Twice in Area as compared to Cwapistan.Peregrine ji, no doubt about what you say at all. But, China is also a revisionist state; not only revising the world order in every way but also expansionist geographically. Look at its maritime claims in Indo-China Sea, land area claims against us & Bhutan, widespread dormant anger against Russia of usurping Chinese lands though the two have settled their border issue a long time ago, its aggressive behaviour in transborder river issues etc. Every incremental addition helps because China can never be satisfied. Xinjiang can be retained within the Chinese folds better by taking over Pakistan and be influential enough over Afghanistan. That's why China is very defiant and particular about Aksai Chin too.

We have to make sure that in few years Chinese get actively involved in managing,putting down riots and demonstration in KP, Sindh, Balochistan and even in Paki Peejab. Provoked them to act violently against local people. Plus POK is is the narrow neck of C-PET (c) , We must get the military capacity to strangle it at will.

[Prem]

http://www.dawn.com/news/1305487/us-san ... i-entities
US sanctions seven Pakistani entities

WASHINGTON: The US government has announced sanctions against seven Pakistani entities allegedly associated with the country’s missile programme, says an official notification.The notification by the US Department of Commerce said that the entities added to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) list “have been determined by the US government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States”.All seven have been placed on the entity list under the destination of Pakistan. They are identified as: (1) Ahad International, Suite 5-6, 2nd Floor, Empress Tower, Empress Road, Lahore, and 2nd Floor, Nomro Centre, Badami Bagh, Lahore; (2) Air Weapons Complex (AWC), AWC: E-5, Officers Colony, Wah Cantonment; (3) Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd., 726, G-11/2, Ibne-Sina Road, Islamabad; (4) Maritime Technology Complex (MTC), Plot 94, Karachi, and MTC System Division, PN Dockyard, Karachi; (5) National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM), NESCOM Headquarter, Plot 94, Sector H-11/4, Islamabad; (6) New Auto Engineering (NAE), NAE: 72, Industrial Area, Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi; and (7) Universal Tooling Services, a.k.a., the following three aliases: —Forward Design and Manufacturing; —MSM Enterprises; and —Technopak Engineering, Deen Plaza, 68/62, Adamjee Road, Saddar P.O. Box 1640, GPO Rawalpindi; G-7, Nimra Centre 7, Badami Bagh, Lahore; 31/B Faisal Town, Lahore, Punjab; and Model Town, HMC Road, Taxila.Pakistan has always denied any wrongdoing in connection with its nuclear or missile programme, and Dawn was unable to verify if the names and addresses given were correct or in any way linked to the country’s missile programme.

[Prem]

Dossier on Indian interference finalised

Dossa of Mausa

ISLAMABAD: Soon after assuming office incoming UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will get a feel of Pak-India rivalry as Islamabad is set to raise the issue of Indian interference with him.A dossier on captured Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and evidence of attempted violation of maritime boundary by an Indian submarine will be handed over by Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Monday (Jan 2) to Mr Guterres on his first working day at the UN headquarters in New York, officials said here.Jadhav, a serving Indian navy officer and an operative of India’s intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was caught by Pakistani security forces earlier this year. His capture was announced in March and was flaunted by military as “proof of Indian interference and state-sponsored terrorism”The new UN chief would also be informed about the attempt by an Indian submarine to intrude into Pakistani waters before it was spotted and forced to abandon the mission.Pakistan Navy while announcing its success in thwarting the Indian submarine’s infiltration bid had said that Indian Navy had “deceitfully deployed its submarines against Pakistan with ulterior motives”.The submarine incident, which happened last month, coincided with the fourth Pak-China joint naval exercise for promoting maritime security and stability in the region and the start of shipping activity under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor from Gwadar.Ambassador Lodhi had earlier in October 2015 presented three dossiers to the then secretary general Ban Ki-moon, which were said to be containing proofs of Indian interference in Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Karachi. But, the move did not get much traction.

When the attention of the officials was invited to the “credibility deficit” that Pakistan internationally faces, they expressed the hope that the UN would look into the fresh evidence that would be placed before it.

[A_Gupta]

The stock market in many countries has no connection with the performance of the economy and that Includes India. When small investors form a large bulk of stock holders the economy gets reflected in the stock market. When small investors are bit players and the markets are moved by institutional investors - the performance of the stock market means zilch to the economy. When stock market size is not high and when systems are not robust - the prices can be artificially raised and then allowed to crash to shave a profit off small investors.

Pakistan uses its stock market performance to dazzle Americans who think all stock markets are exactly the same - like in Amreeka. The analog of that is the way Pakistan publicizes fashion shows and performances of "Vagina monologues" in Lahore or Karachi as examples of innate freedom and a liberal society.

Key question is - what are the hard numbers on Pakistani corporations traded in the KSE100? IMO, they started out with a low P/E ratio and have moved into more normal territory.

[SSridhar]

I am posting the following here because I expect that sooner or later a link would emerge wrt Pakistan. I am certain about this.

Turkish currency seized at Chennai airport - The Hindu

Custom officials seized a huge tranche of Turkish currency notes from a postal parcel at Chennai Airport on Wednesday.

Ranjan Routray, Principal Commissioner of Customs, Chennai Airport and Foreign Post Office, said that during a routine inspection, customs staff found a parcel, which had arrived from China, to be suspicious and on opening it found Turkish currency stacked in plastic covers. The seized currency was valued at Rs. 62 crore in Indian rupee.

Turkish ummah brothers have to feel the kind-hearted brotherliness of Pakistanis, don't they?

[SSridhar]

US sanctions 7 Pakistani entities over missile programme - PTI

The US has slapped sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile programme, a media report said on Saturday.

An official notification by the US department of commerce said that the entities added to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) list "have been determined by the US government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US," Dawn reported.

All seven have been placed on the entity list under the destination of Pakistan.

They are identified as Ahad International, Air Weapons Complex, Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Maritime Technology Complex National Engineering and Scientific Commission, New Auto Engineering and Universal Tooling Services.

Pakistan has always denied any wrongdoing in connection with its nuclear or missile programme, and the paper said it was unable to verify if the names and addresses given were correct or in any way linked to the country's missile programme.

According to the notification, the US government determined that there was reasonable cause to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that these "government, parastatal, and private entities in Pakistan are determined to be involved in activities that are contrary to the national security and/or foreign policy of the United States".

The conduct of these seven entities "raises sufficient concern that prior review of exports, re-exports or transfers (in-country) of items subject to the EAR involving these persons, and the possible imposition of licence conditions or licence denials on shipments to the persons, will enhance (the department's) ability to prevent violations of the EAR".

The placement on the list imposes a licence requirement for all items subject to the EAR and a licence review policy of presumption of denial.

The licence requirements apply to any transaction in which items are to be exported, re-exported, or transferred (in-country) to any of the entities or in which such entities act as purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user.

The restrictions will also apply to acronym used by these entities to help exporters, re-exporters and transferors.

The notification does not specify the violations these entities are supposed to have committed and does not give details of the items they are supposed to have exported, imported or re-exported.

[Lisa]

I believe all this CPEC Exercise by the Chinese is to Protect the Province of Xinjiang from Cwapistani Based Terrorism - Both Uyghur based as well as Cwapistan based. After all Xinjiang is Twice in Area as compared to Cwapistan.

Area : Pakistan 796, 095 sq. km. - Xinjiang : 1,660,000 sq km

Peregrine ji, no doubt about what you say at all. But, China is also a revisionist state; not only revising the world order in every way but also expansionist geographically. Look at its maritime claims in Indo-China Sea, land area claims against us & Bhutan, widespread dormant anger against Russia of usurping Chinese lands though the two have settled their border issue a long time ago, its aggressive behaviour in transborder river issues etc. Every incremental addition helps because China can never be satisfied. Xinjiang can be retained within the Chinese folds better by taking over Pakistan and be influential enough over Afghanistan. That's why China is very defiant and particular about Aksai Chin too.

I remember this from Sun Tzu Art of War and always use to to understand their actions,

"Towards the end of the Ch'in dynasty, Mu Tun of the Hsiung Nu first established his power. The eastern Hu were strong and send ambassadors to parley. They said: 'We wish a T'ou Ma 's thousand-li horse.' Mo Tun consulted his advisors, who all exclaimed: 'The thousand-li horse! The most precious thing in this country! Do not give them that!' Mu Tun replied: 'Why begrudge a horse to a neighbour?' So he send the horse.
Shortly after, the Eastern Hu send envoys who said: 'We wish one of the Khan's princesses.' Mo Tun asked advice of his ministers who all angrily said: 'The Eastern Hu are unrighteous! Now they even ask for our princess! We implore you to attack them!' Mo Tun said: 'How can one begrudge his neighbour a young woman?' So he gave the woman.
A short time later, the Eastern Hu returned and said: 'You have a thousand li of unused which we want.' Mo Tun consulted his advisors. Some said it would be reasonable to cede the land, others that it would not. Mo Tun was enraged and said: 'Land is the foundation of the state. How could one give it away?' All those who had advised doing so were beheaded
Mo Tun then sprang on his horse, ordered that all who remained behind were to be beheaded, and made a surprise attack on the Eastern Hu. The Eastern Hu were contemptuous of him and had made no preparations. When he attacked he annihilated them. Mo Tun then turned westward and attacked Yueh Ti. To the south he annexed Lou Fan . . . and invaded Yen."

Land is the one thing on which the Chinese will not compromise on and if you are unwilling to impose a cost on them, they will take it all. Pukis were happy to give away parts of Kashmir and now it appears that they are willing to bargain away more. Why would the Chinese NOT oblige?

[Falijee]

A Report On The Surveillance Of Female Journalists In Pakistan
POSTED IN FULL !

Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) announces the release of its research titled “Surveillance of Female Journalists in Pakistan”, a pilot study that explores the gendered surveillance that female journalists experience. To get a more representative sample, they should extend their "pilot" to include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Turkey, and other Islamic nations

The study details the experiences of seven female journalists and the surveillance that they face in the course of their work and beyond. The research focuses on the gendered forms and the different sources of surveillance, including the state, audience members and political groups. The female journalists interviewed for the study stated that not only were they surveilled by state authorities, but are also subjected to constant social surveillance in the form of abuse on social media - largely directed at their gender and appearance, rather than their work. In addition to mapping the forms of surveillance faced by female journalists, the report also explores the impact that this constant monitoring has, in terms of the psychological toll, self-censorship and retreat from digital spaces. Why go through this mumbo-jumbo of enlisting the help of a Kuffar NGO to highlight the plight of the female journo; under Sharia and /or Islami law, a women's place in not in the business of "news gathering" , but at home, "taking care" (and "making herself available 24/7" - if you know what I mean ) of her husband and the ever-growing brood of chidren !

Nighat Dad, the Founder and Executive Director of Digital Rights Foundation, said that this is an important conversation to have because “gendered surveillance is a free speech issue - it lets women know that they are being monitored, and discourages them from reporting and participating in digital spaces”. The journalists who participated in the research also talked about the toll surveillance can take on their professional and personal lives. Saba Eitizaz felt that social surveillance online has often had “a tremendous psychological effect [and] I felt violated”. In her experience, said Kiran Nazish, “it’s not just one person telling you that you don’t belong here, it’s a number of people and that constant refrain can be very intimidating and one starts to feel cornered”. The extent of surveillance is so pervasive for journalists that Maria Memon told DRF that “even if I was told that I could tweet about anything without repercussions, I don’t think I would still do it because I don’t think that surveillance is completely avoidable”. ( Hope, for their own [surveillance ] sake, that these mohtarmas are not using their real name, otherwise, at the least , they are sure to be entered into the "Deep State" Database. )

The research aims to add to the conversation around free speech, freedom of the press, surveillance and gender. DRF also aims to mainstream the idea of social surveillance as part of the definition of surveillance - where surveillance is not only carried out by the state, but also by social non-state actors. It is hoped that this study will highlight the gendered experience of female journalists and the specific problems they have to face. A lot of "western buzz-words" which are totally alien in a society like Pakistan which is strictly governed around Islamic principles and the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the Book

Digital Rights Foundation is a research and advocacy based NGO (phoren based and funded ?) that works on issues of surveillance, privacy, internet governance and online harassment.

MAIN FINDINGS
This report finds, based on qualitative interviews with female journalists working in Pakistan, that the experience of surveillance for female journalists is gendered and is thus different from their male counterparts. ( In Islamic society, it is a given that male and female are NOT equal !) While there is no conclusive evidence of whether women face more surveillance, the nature that the surveillance takes in the form of sexualised threats, attacks on character and appearance. This gendered form of surveillance is true for both state and social surveillance. Female journalists were chosen as subjects of this pilot study based on their unique position since journalists have increased visibility in both online and offline spaces.

Through our interviews, DRF identified two main sources of surveillance experienced by female journalists in Pakistan. The first form of surveillance is by the state, government institutions and intelligence agencies. State surveillance is troubling given that it is backed by state machinery which makes for effective, systematic and efficient monitoring. On the other hand, social surveillance, experienced by all the journalists we interviewed, is carried out by the audience, political parties, non-state actors, fellow journalists and personal contacts. ( which may include, brothers of female journos, nosy neighbours, neighbourhood dadas and other unsavoury Abduls !) Some journalists reported that they experienced more social surveillance than by the state. Thus, it is particularly important to mainstream a definition of surveillance that not only includes state surveillance, but social surveillance as well. DRF observes that the traditional definition of surveillance excludes and silences female experiences of social surveillance.

While some female journalists said that they had not experienced overt government surveillance or monitoring, they had, on the other hand, experienced a lot of social surveillance. Online social surveillance takes on a particularly gendered form and the harassment is often specifically geared towards the person’s sexuality, appearance and character. And, on top of that, late-night return from work, out of town work related trips, may trigger gossip, innuendoes and unfounded wild rumours !

Many of female journalists observed that when it comes to controversial topics, both female and male journalists face equal levels of surveillance, however the form of surveillance tends to be gendered. In the experience of some journalists, when the state is attempting to intimidate or discourage them from publishing or reporting particular materials, they often employ sexualized threats or the possibility of revealing facts about their personal lives.The Deep State and other Agencies do not confine their harassment to desi journos, but extended their "menu of dirty tricks" - e.g. "rape" to persons like Dr.Christine Fair, who was, at one time, a "great admirer" of the Paki Fauj )

The report also finds that surveillance has a profound psychological impact on female journalists, leaving them paranoid and at times traumatized.( Because of the "rape episode" - at the hands of the Deep State- the Georgetown Univerisity Professor - Dr. Fair- is now suffering from PTSD!) Furthermore, many of the journalists said they were guarded about what they said online for fear of surveillance and thus had to self-censor their opinions, and at times their reporting.

DRF found that both the state and media houses need to take concrete steps towards protecting female journalists from the particular kinds of gendered surveillance that they experience. There is a need to identify social surveillance as a serious issue so that steps can be taken to control it and to support journalists who face it on a daily basis.

Hope, someone has E mailed or sent this report by REGISTERED POST, to Mohtarma Maryam Nawaz Sharif, hair heir apparent to Ganja Sharif and the self - appointed guardian of the all the burkha and non-burkha wearing females of Pakiland, and the scorn of the Islami Brigade. Maybe, she can use her "influence" with her Abbaji to stop this harrassement ASAP



To learn more about this research, please contact:
[email protected]

[Falijee]

Pakistan Based Terror outfit Babbar Khalsa headed for split

Raa Responsible

Infighting among the top leadership of banned Khalistani terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) has intensified.The Pakistan-backed outfit is now reportedly on the verge of a split.BKI terrorist Jagtar Singh Tara, 42, who recently confessed to his role in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination on August 31, 1995, has issued a three-page handwritten letter through his lawyer, Jaswinder Singh. ( so lawyers are also involved in this "infighting". Maybe, they are fighting about who gets control over "moolahs") . The letter, written in Gurmukhi, states that he was arrested at the behest of Wadhawa Singh, the present chief of the Babbar Khalsa now based in Pakistan.Tara states that Wadhawa Singh was aware of his presence in Thailand, and hence, only he could have got him arrested.In January 2015, Tara was arrested in Pattaya by the Thai police after almost a decade he fled from Chandigarh’s Burail Model Jail along with three prisoners by digging a tunnel.Sources reveal that the letter states that Wadhawa Singh’s son, Jitender Bir Singh, alias Kaka, was in touch with Tara when the latter was in Thailand. Tara also alleges that Wadhawa Singh and his family are living a life of luxury, while the foot soldiers of BKI are getting killed.Germany-based BKI leaders, especially Hardevinder Singh, are of the opinion that this letter has been issued at the behest of Wadhawa Singh’s relative Resham Singh.Hardevinder Singh has also said that Wadhawa Singh would shortly be issuing a statement denying the allegations made by Tara in his letter.

Infighting, at least in oversees Gurdwaras, ( USA, Canada, UK ) is nothing new!; mostly, it is about who gets control of the "healthy" funds that is generating week after week without fail , and could be used or abused for unsavoury causes !

[Falijee]

Islam’s ‘golden age’

Pakis still "time warped" , lamenting the loss of their (Islamic ) Empires in Spain, Ottaman Turkee, And India ! Why can't they just get over it ,wake up from their slumber and enter the 21st Century !

[Falijee]

Pakistanis Do Not Want An Ahmedi COAS ( But They Got One ) - Case Closed

Self-respecting bigot would rather take Indian bullet than be saved by Ahmadi Army Chief
November 25, 2016 ( Little bit "stale", but still guaranteed "fresh" in Pakiland)

LAHORE- Reacting with horror to the very idea that the next Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of Pakistan could even have a distant Ahmadi acquaintance, self-respecting bigot Mustafa Abdullah, 59, says he would rather take the bullet from an Indian than be protected by an Ahmadi Army Chief.

Abdullah, who reiterated that unlike many of his fellow bigots he realises that none of the Army Chiefs under consideration to replace General Raheel Sharif belonged to the Ahmadiyya community, added that the fact that even a remote connection might exist with one of the nominees is sufficient to open the door for an eventual takeover by ‘Qadianis’. Ahmedis and Qadianis - whichever you prefer- have a "rich" history of sacrifice (including in the Paki Fauj ) in the cause of their "separate homeland"

“This is how it begins. They first befriend you. Always,” said Abdullah, who has never met an Ahmadi ( or a Yahudi !) in his life – that he knows of. “To maintain absolute repulsion for any group of people, one needs to ensure that you never see one of their kind – which is what I’ve maintained against the Qadianis, and which clearly many of our so called custodians haven’t been doing.”

Abdullah stressed that a shortlisted COAS candidate’s affiliation with an Ahmadi will one day result in an Ahmadi Army Chief – an eventuality he refused to tolerate. His wish has now been fulfilled !

“I would rather take an Indian bullet than have an Ahmadi be the chief saviour of the country,” he says. “At least with an Indian bullet there’s a 15% statistical probability that it’d be fired by a Muslim. Even dying from a Hindu bullet is much better than being protected by an Ahmadi.” ( But what happens if the Indian Muslim, turns out to be of the Ahmedi persuasion )

Abdullah says he appreciated the Hindus for acknowledging they were inferior. “By acknowledging that they are Hindus, hence not Muslims, they are putting it out there that they are inferior creatures. That’s the problem with these Qadianis – they want to pretend to be superior and drag us down with them.”When asked what he would do in a hypothetical situation wherein there’s an Ahmadi Army Chief and none of the Indians fire at him, Abdullah said, “That’s how we came up with suicide bombings.”

Category: Satire ! NEWS FROM KHABARISTAN ( not kabaristan) TIMES

[Falijee]

Fun For Aam Abduls Resume !

Karachi beach reopened for citizens on New Year's eve

KARACHI: Citizens may now visit Karachi beach as it has been reopened on the New Year's eve, after ways leading to it had initially been blocked.
Citizens can take the Dollman Mall route leading to Karachi's Sea View as authorities ordered removal of containers from it, allowing enthusiastic Karachi people to go to arguably their most favourite spot in the megapolis to welcome 2017.The police, however, warned that no one will be allowed to engage in aerial firing and that violators will be dealt with strictly.The city police chief, in his message, said if the ones riding motorbikes sans silencers and others did not comply with commands, then they may have to spend the new year night in lock-up. Authorities issued similar instructions for youngsters in all major cities, especially advising against one-wheeling on motorbikes.

Are the Krachi "powers to be" afraid of some "small home-grown terrorism", general mayhem ,eve-teasing or what ; is not the averageJoe Abdul in Pakiland allowed to have a bit of fun on this "special day" or is it against THE BOOK and the Islamic Brigade has already issued a FATWA in this regard (like Valentine Day !)

[Falijee]

Pakistan immigration website crashes as frantic Americans look for exit

ISLAMABAD- For the first time since its inception the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGIP) website of the Government of Pakistan has crashed due to excessive traffic, the Interior Ministry confirmed in the early hours of today.

Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan confirmed that the server for the DGIP website that had the capacity to handle 100 visitors at a time, suddenly experienced a traffic surge multiple times more than that.Nisar’s statement comes amidst the ongoing US Presidential Elections, where according to latest unofficial numbers, Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton by 244 electoral votes to 209.It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan is the second country whose immigration website crashed following Canadian crash earlier this morning.

“Donald Trump is proving the American dream that indeed, anyone can become president. Anyone!” said a voter in Iowa, after helping the Republican candidate to getting the majority.After running a very improbable campaign Trump had enough leads on the voting ground to make people wonder at the time of website crashes. Everyone is now expecting him to win.As a result, financial markets around the world are falling with Dow Jones futures going down as low as 600 points and the Asian market down 2 percent.

“What really matters at the moment is how many people Canada will be able to cater to when the Americans start moving in,” says a leading political analyst. “A YUGE percentage had claimed that they would move to Canada if Trump won. Canada is big, but not that big, which is why the website crashed.”According to latest reports, frantic Americans are now applying for visas to Mexico where they hope the wall will be tall and wide enough to keep Trump on the other side.“UK was the first option but since the US is also brexiting, that idea was dropped,” says another analyst. “Pakistan is probably high on the list because people are actually used to having a woman lead a country there,” she adds.In other reports, as the elections go on, the American Webster Dictionary has quietly added two new words to the dictionary today – Bigly and Yuge.

Is it possible that the web-site crashed due to emigration (out-going traffic) and not immigration (in-coming traffic) ; mass exodus of Aam Abduls from Pakiland

[Falijee]

Off-On, Off-On Invitation To Putin , On Again

Russian President Putin to visit Pakistan ( Hope it is not a "false alarm" this time also; or is it that Putin ( Ex KGB) and the Russian Establishment has still not forgotten the "dirty role" played by the Pakis in Afghanistan, and before the establishment of a New World Order, as an American lackey, allowing the downed US "spy plane" , with Gary Powers to take off from the secret US Airbase near Peshawar )

IMO, it is high time that Putin should oblige the Pakis and get it over with and allow him to "taste" the famous "Paki Hospitality"

PS: A full -fledged Pakistani meal complete with Nihari, Pindi Chana, Alu Gosht , Paratha, Khalis lassi and other Pakjabi favourites of Ganja Sharif should be served to the President Of Russia at Sharifs' Palace in Raiwind .

[Falijee]

Lord mayor, PLUS 9 deputy mayors of Lahore

So, "Nizam Raj" introduced by Mush done away with?

How many Hon Deputy Mayors does Sadiq Khan, ( Mayor Of Londonsitan ) the largest city in the world have ? Anyone know ?

Lord Mayor Sahib himself is a Fauji; wonder how many of his "dipties" are ex- Army ?

[Falijee]

Amnesty International's New Year'sGift Petition To Pakistan !

Pakistan: Detained 70-year old professor’s health at risk: Dr Zafar Arif
By Amnesty International, 23 December 2016, Index number: ASA 33/5413/2016

70-year-old retired professor Dr Zafar Arif was arrested on 22 October and remains without access to a lawyer or medical care. He is a heart patient and there are grave concerns for his health.

[Peregrine]

Meanwhile back at the Choo-Choo Ranch

When PML-N in power even trains get extra fuel

Cost of per km fuel jumps from Rs 136.22 to Rs 359.78 during PML-N tenure

ISLAMABAD: During the tenure of Railway Minister Saad Rafique engines have started consuming more fuel, Daily Times learnt via classified documents.

Interestingly, the trains have covered less distance as compared to the last government’s tenure.

The Railway Ministry failed to satisfy the competent authority for spending an extra Rs 2 billion for buying fuel.

According to documents, the oil per km increased from Rs 136.22 to Rs 359.78 after Saad Rafique took charge of the ministry.

The documents show that the cost of HSD oil consumption during the first year of the PPP government was Rs 411.58 (should be Rs. 4115. million and the cost increased to Rs 6785.43 million in 2013-14 when after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz came to power.

The classified document also reveals that despite exorbitant consumption of oil the train covered less distances which was 30 million km in 2008 that came down to 18.86 million Km per year.

The government claimed that oil prices in the international market were higher but the ground realities show that the prices went down considerably during 2013-14 in comparison to 2008 -2009.

The competent authority also noted that the government controlled the oil prices in the country and the Pakistan Railway had bought oil from the government entity not from the open market.

An official said the exorbitant consumption of diesel could become a mega corruption scandal if properly probed.

He also said that NAB had already been interrogating more than a dozen officials from the Railway Ministry on corruption charges, but no one has been convicted due to weak investigation.

Document also read that during 2008 trains covered a total distance of 30.18 million km and consumed diesel worth Rs 136.22 per Km. In 2013, the train covered only 18.86 km but consumed Rs 6.8 billion.

Daily Times contacted both Saad Rafique and railway secretary but they did not bother to comment.

Cheers

[anupmisra]

As you all prepare to bring in the new year, I have this sad, debilitating news to share with fellow BRFites.

If you thought nothing more can go wrong with things pakistanicca, along comes this highly disturbing piece of news from the land of plenty that would certainly shake everyone's confidence in the law of the jingle.

Mysterious skin infection ails big cats at Karachi zoo

what appears to be a serious skin infection

both had lost their vigour

The skin infection seems to have also spread to the male lion, housed in the adjacent cage, as his belly was also covered with flies.

Where can one turn to in this moment of collective loss of HS&D? Hain?

http://www.dawn.com/news/1304813/myster ... arachi-zoo

[RCase]

^^^
Are you sure it is not the Lion of Pakjab - Ganja Sharif?

I saw him scratch his balls with the camera rolling.
He seemed to have lost his vigor.

[arun]

X Posted from the “Afghanistan News & Discussion - April 2016” thread.

Wide ranging interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Director of Russian Foreign Ministry's Second Asian Department, Zamir Kabulov , by Turkey’s Andalou Agency.

Russian Foreign Ministry's Second Asian Department covers India besides Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka:


Exclusive interview with Russian diplomat Zamir Kabulov


Excerpt dealing with the Mohammadden Terrorist fomenting Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. Indicates USSR (Russia) believed that Pakistan had Nuclear Weapons at the time when USSR sent troops to assist Afghanistan and that the US, Peoples Republic of China and Saudi Arabia may likely have helped in the acquisition of Nuclear Weapons by the Islamic Republic:

AA: This may be a shocking question. I don’t know if anyone had asked you before.

Had the Soviet Union ever thought of invading Pakistan? Because Pakistan was the logistical base of the Afghan resistance.

Kabulov: Well if possible, we can discuss this issue hypothetically. But I was, of course, a junior diplomat at that time working in the Soviet Embassy, and I don’t remember.

I never heard anybody discussing that. I think the Soviet leadership realized the perils of such a thing, [that it] might trigger a bigger war and conflicts – after all, Pakistan already had nuclear warheads. They did not provide tests but we suspected.

I talked to many people who were very big bosses at that time. This issue was never discussed. But the issue of how to eliminate such bases within Pakistan was, of course, an operative discussion. And it is natural.


AA: I have another question regarding Pakistan's going nuclear. Who allowed Pakistan? Because without the consent of global [nuclear powers, it is not possible to produce nuclear weapons.

Kabulov: That is not true, Pakistan proved that. But the Soviet Union was not a friend of Pakistan.


AA: Maybe the United States?

Kabulov: The United States, China... Pakistan had a lot of friends. I don’t know which of them. Everybody blamed [Pakistani nuclear scientist] Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. But somebody should give [support], because it is not only about using intelligence, or know-how money. Some actors, Saudi Arabia as well... It was not a consensus between the great powers. It is possible.

[SSridhar]

DT Editorial on the UN Dossier - DT

Pakistan is all set to present to the United Nations Secretary General its dossier on Indian interference in Pakistan, particularly Balochistan and Karachi. This dossier is especially important because it contains the confessional statement of captured Indian intelligence officer Kulbhushan Jadhav along with evidence of maritime violation by India in November in which an Indian submarine reportedly attempted to enter Pakistani waters. Needless to say, the lull in Pakistan and India relations is about to give way to heightened tensions once again. The Indian reaction to every accusation by Pakistan, ever since Narendra Modi became prime minister, has been more virulent, and at times grossly disproportionate. Hence, any expectation of it being any less hawkish is akin to indulging in naivety. This is not to say that Pakistan should cower or remain silent, lest it unleashes the wrath of Indian belligerence. But, merely presenting dossiers without having a longterm plan would not do much good to Pakistan, nor would it weaken India by any significant degree.

Hence, the important question is what exactly are Pakistan’s regional objectives and how does India fit into them. The line currently being pursued by the state is that Indian clandestine activities are aimed at creating unrest in Balochistan to sabotage the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). To that end, the perception is that Delhi is using its close ties with Kabul to use Afghan soil for both, patronising terrorist organisations that carry out attacks in Pakistan, and as a means to get its surreptitious agents in Pakistan. And then there is the age-old concern of the Pakistani security establishment in which an antagonistic India and Afghanistan, if they both decide to get engaged in a conventional war with Pakistan, can effectively carry out a pincer movement, separating the northern and the southern half. Of course, security strategies have been devised to prevent such a possibility and with the introduction of small scale tactical nuclear weapons, even the initiation of any such movement has been made extremely unlikely. This leaves the economic side of the picture. And it is in economics that the long term objectives of Pakistan and India converge. At present Pakistan, the bilateral trade between Pakistan and India is insignificant. However, with their expansive border and with the infrastructure already in place, there are no operational impediments to the expansion of trade. And it is not the case that trade would be a favour to either nation. Both Pakistan and India enjoy comparative advantage in certain products, and if the two states work on it, there is little doubt that mutually beneficial trade agreements can be reached. Furthermore, CPEC can provide India with its much needed access to Afghanistan and Central Asia, and the potential of energy imports for India from that region is significant. Hence, attempts to sabotage CPEC is nothing short of myopia from India. However, in all of this Pakistan must not get lost in tit-for-tat diplomacy, and keep this bigger picture in mind.

In all of the bitterness of the recent Pakistan-India hostility, there has been resentment in certain quarters of Pakistani society that the state is not doing enough to bring all this to the attention of the world community. But the thing is that Pakistan has tried. It has already presented three dossiers to the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, but they elicited only the apathy of the office. While it is true that domestic pressure and even the maintenance of a strong assertive image necessitate not letting Indian belligerence uncontested, but at the same time, the state also has to move forward on the economic front. Perhaps, better relations there may pave the way for a breakthrough on the issues that have yet eluded the attention of the United Nations, despite repeated reminders from Pakistan. *

[SSridhar]

China blocks India’s bid - Edit in DT

For Pakistan, it might be a win against India in terms of India’s efforts to isolate Pakistan and term it as a terrorist state; Masood Azhar is not the person it should be protecting in this regard. There is no reason to protect a person whose organisation has been internationally banned for links to banned outfits as well as involvement in terrorist acts. Similarly, many other anti-India elements remain scot-free despite hurling open threats and allegations of running banned organisations with superficial names. At the moment, Pakistan is severely reliant on China in this regard. But there will come a time when even Pakistan will have to provide reasons to China for giving protection to such elements.

The recent diplomatic efforts from Pakistan following the unrest in Kashmir, Pakistan had sent delegates to world power capitals for highlighting the plight of Kashmir. But they had received a cold response from everywhere due to Pakistan’s dubious image in the international arena. Using the likes of China in the decision of Azhar further cement these fears in the eyes of western powers, with India being a strong ally of most of these countries. Since the beginning of the war against terror, the Western nations, especially the US, have been asking Pakistan to leave the dubious policy of compartmentalization and go against all the terrorist outfits without any discrimination. Although Islamabad continues to deny such allegations, events like these only further refute its stance. *

[pankajs]

Baki dossa service is laughable to say the least.

For one the world including the UN is well aware of the Bakis double games. Secondly, the UN has its own bureaucracy that keep the continuity between UN chiefs. Just because the UN chief has changed does not mean that UN position on various issues is about to change.

As I have written before, this new initiative is to impress the mango apduls inside bakistan about the seriousness of the current civilian gov. wrt India.

[RCase]

The ‘Balochi fauji’ syndrome by NFP
http://www.dawn.com/news/1305771/smoker ... i-syndrome

The Bengali then spoke about the terrible atrocities the Bengalis had suffered at the hands of the Pakistani soldiers. But the thing which really kept me glued to eavesdropping on this monologue was the manner in which the Bengali was differentiating the bad Pakistani soldiers from the kinder ones. He was saying that even though the majority of Pakistani soldiers were brutes (khooni) there were some who were a lot kinder (naram dil). He kept calling the kinder ones Balochi fauji (Baloch soldiers). He described the cruel ones Poonzabi fauji (Punjabi soldiers).

The legendary martial race of Pakjabi fauj! This despite the fact that the murderous Baki fauj was almost exclusively represented by Punjabis and next to no Baloch!

[Kashi]

^^ That article is another Baki attempt at whitewashing. Liberal pretenders like NFP are unable to mask their true nature when it comes to India and 1971.