Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 15 Jan 2012

[RCase]

I came across this video. It is a few years ago. (apologies if people have already seen it and dissected it). Most of the stuff is already known in BRF. However, it was interesting to see pictures from the front lines of the POK side and the uncovering of the lies of TSP. I was even more surprised with the analysis of the non-resident Pakistani, as I was expecting him to go about India bashing! Interesting observation about Mushy and the dissonance in the TSPA. It is a rather long video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxP2yE0o ... re=related

[SBajwa]

This what the Pakistan government wants (as per religion) to sign off their citizens before giving them passport

1. I am a Muslim and believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad the last of the Prophets.

2. I do not recognize any one who claims to be a prophet in any sense of the word or any description whatsoever, after Prophet Muhammad or recognize such a claimant as a prophet or a religious reformer as Muslim.

3. I consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani to be an impostor prophet and an infidel and also consider his followers whether belonging to the Lahori, Qadiani or Mirzai groups, to be non-Muslims.

[Prem]

Pakistan's latest recipient of blasphemy charges: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
Paqquistan ka matlab yeh hai

FAISALABAD: A case for the arrest of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Cultural Editor of Danish Newspaper Fleming Rose, for allowing ‘blasphemous’ caricatures of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), was registered at the Kotwali Police Station in Jhang. The case, FIR no 134/12, was registered after Advocate Muhammad Zahid Saeed, stirred by websites allegedly demeaning the Prophet (pbuh), filed a petition before the District Session Judge seeking a ban on websites including Facebook, YouTube, Google and others.This is not the first time that a ban has been suggested or imposed on Facebook, YouTube and other sites in Pakistan. In September 2011, the Lahore High Court ordered the ministry of information technology to block access to all websites spreading religious hatred. The judge had, however, made it clear that no search engine, including Google, would be blocked.Despite this assurance, a case was registered under Section 295-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PCC) which deals with blasphemy.Maintaining that the sentiments of the whole Muslim community were hurt, Saeed filed the petition under Section 22-A, 22-B of the Criminal Procedure of Code (CPC).In his petition, Saeed said that on visiting some websites while on the internet, he and his companion found caricatures of the Prophet (pbuh) published which, he alleged, were “trying to create a war between Muslims and non-Muslims”.He added that the caricatures were a form of “international terrorism and evil profession”.Session Judge Arshad Masood responded to the petition by saying that the “deliberate and malicious act” of displaying derogatory caricatures is a “continuing offence” and a case must be registered in Pakistan and anywhere else in the world where the sentiments of Muslims were hurt....

[Anujan]

Oscar lady's 2004 interview in rediff
Pakistan is not ready for a democracy yet
http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/09inter.htm

(about Mushy) I wouldn't even call him a dictator. In fact, I take offence when the West calls him a dictator because he is not a dictator. He is a leader that needed to step in. Pakistan is not ready for a democracy yet. Between [former prime ministers] Nawaz Sharief and Benazir [Bhutto] we have seen a lot of bad politicians.

[BijuShet]

This what the Pakistan government wants (as per religion) to sign off their citizens before giving them passport
...
3. I consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani to be an impostor prophet and an infidel and also consider his followers whether belonging to the Lahori, Qadiani or Mirzai groups, to be non-Muslims.

Paki Passport Appln Form - PDF

...

7. Religion
□ Muslims □ Christian □ Parsi □ Hindu □ Sikh
□ Budhist □ Qadiani □ Other ( Pl Specify)________

...

DECLARATION (FOR ALL APPLICANTS)
I declare on solemn affirmation as under:
1. To the best of my knowledge and belief the information given in this application is correct.
2. I have not previously held or applied for a passport of any description or been refused passport facilities
3. All previously passports granted to me have been surrendered other than the passport or travel document noted in Column 15, which is
attached, I have made no other no other applications for a passport since the attached passport or travel document was issued to me.
Note : If applicant had a passport which had a passport which has been lost, he/ she should furnish particulars in columns 16, in
the
event of its coming again into possession, the applicant undertakes to return it to the Regional Passport Office Consulate
General of Pakistan, Toronto.
4. I have never been repatriated at government expenses.
5. I am/am not a government servant, an employee of semi government. A municipality, any other local body or a state owned industry.
6. I have/ have not served in Armed Forces
7. I am /am not a reservist in the Armed Forces
8. I am/am not a subject of Jammu & Kashmir, if yes, place and period ___________________________________________________
of continuous residence in Pakistan / Azad Kashmir of the Applicant /Father.
__________________________
Signature


DECLARATION (FOR MUSLIMS ONLY)
I ________________________________ S/O D/O W/O_________________________________ d.o.b ___________________, adult
Muslim, Resident of _________________________________________________________ herby solemnly declare that:
I am a Muslim and believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) the last of the prophets. I
do not recognize any person who claims to be a prophet in any sense of the word or of any description what so ever after Muhammad
(peace be upon him) or recognize such a claimant as prophet or religious reformer as a Muslim. I consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiani to
be an imposter nabi and also consider his followers, whether belonging to the Lahori or Qadiani group to be non Muslims.
Date _____________ ___________________________
Signature
Requirements

...

[Mahendra]

How can they use the words imposter nabi in the same sentence, isn't that a wajibull cuttle worthy deed in itself?

[pgbhat]

Oscar lady's 2004 interview in rediff
Pakistan is not ready for a democracy yet
http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/09inter.htm

(about Mushy) I wouldn't even call him a dictator. In fact, I take offence when the West calls him a dictator because he is not a dictator. He is a leader that needed to step in. Pakistan is not ready for a democracy yet. Between [former prime ministers] Nawaz Sharief and Benazir [Bhutto] we have seen a lot of bad politicians.

uber RAPE onlee.

[chetak]

News to me.

I thought that this was a permanent fixture since independence.

Indo-Pak wrestling contest cancelled

[shiv]

PIA ranked number one in flight safety

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/ ... LR20120215

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - On a recent Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, water flowed from the toilets through the aisles during the entire journey from London to Islamabad.

Better than India where millions of people who don't have toilets at home need to go out. For Pakistanis, toilet comes to them, such is the technology of God's great nation. Thank God for Pakistan. Alhamdulillah or <insert appropriate exclamation here >!

[Prem]

http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?pa ... 2012_pg3_3
Balochistan and the security state sickness —PakMareej Qaisar Rashid
( Spot the lies in Poaq Beehive)i

Secondly, the objective of the foundation of Pakistan was not an armed empowerment of the Indian Muslims to conquer the subcontinent to revive the pre-1857 glory of Muslim rule. Instead, Pakistan was founded to secure the interests (in the sphere of the economy, society and politics) of the Indian Muslims while acknowledging simultaneously the same interests of any other minority.
An important fodder for the perpetuation of the security state sickness is conspiracy theories, which are churned out in Pakistan. Defence analysts (retired military generals) are tenaciously sticking to the anachronistic view of the ‘whole world is against Pakistan’. This shows the general thinking of the Pakistan Army, which is misreading the ground realities, misconstruing the voices of dissent and overreacting to situations such as the discontent prevailing in Balochistan.Can one not say that the famous strategic depth policy is actually a conspiracy against Pakistan to merge both countries (Pakistan and Afghanistan) together to resurrect Ghauri’s empire, the Sultanate (existed in the 12th century) and eventually wipe out Pakistan’s separate identity from the map of the world? Can any defence or self-proclaimed geostrategic analyst refute this theory — it is a challenge. The point is, it is not difficult to fabricate a conspiracy theory but it is difficult to analyse a situation in its true perspective. Balochistan is required to be discussed in its exact framework and that too objectively. In this way, the case of Balochistan is different from the case of Karachi, FATA, Swat or even Afghanistan.The obverse side of the argument is if the foreign factor is so powerful to effect a change, can someone incite the Punjab of Pakistan to demand joining with the Punjab of India? In that case, a huge fertile land would be available to live happily. The question is why the Punjabis are not proponents of the formation of a Greater Punjab. The answer is to incite an insurgency, the primary impetus does not come from outside but from inside. The external factors are secondary. If the indigenous population is contented, no one from the outside can provoke it. The same argument is applicable to Balochistan.To induce insecurity (and then instil fear, not to mention a sense of insecurity) is the perceived strategy of the military establishment. If Pakistan is not secure after having nuclear weapons, Pakistan can never be secured notwithstanding the size of its military. In fact, insecurity is a lame excuse. In May 1998, Pakistan achieved its target of self-reliance in security: minimum deterrence. Afterwards, there should have been heralded an era of economic development. There should have been investment in health, education and social security to turn Pakistan into a welfare state. Unfortunately, that dream

[abhishek_sharma]

From The Indian Express



kaun dusman hai? sahi hai devi-ji.

[ramana]

PIA ranked number one in flight safety

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/ ... LR20120215

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (Reuters) - On a recent Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, water flowed from the toilets through the aisles during the entire journey from London to Islamabad.

Better than India where millions of people who don't have toilets at home need to go out. For Pakistanis, toilet comes to them, such is the technology of God's great nation. Thank God for Pakistan. Alhamdulillah or <insert appropriate exclamation here >

Jihad-e-fistula?

Might go well with the topic of toilets and martial races.

[Prem]

From The Indian Express
kaun dusman hai? sahi hai devi-ji.

Hum Bhi agar Poaqacche hotte , naam hamara hotta Abdoom Gubodhoom
Duniya Kehti teorrorist, Terrorist 0wr Mukhre pei karti ackthoo,
Happy IED Day To You!!

[abhishek_sharma]

Duniya Kehti teorrorist, Terrorist 0wr Mukhre pei karti ackthoo,

"The pig was like a terrorist."

[Prem]

Terri galiyyon Me na rakkhe gei Qadam, Aaj ke Baad .GUBO karne ko Na aayenge Hum. aaj ke Baad

U.S. Secures New Afghan Exit Routes
WASHINGTON

—The U.S. secured approval from several countries in Central Asia to move military cargo out of Afghanistan, the military's top logistics officer said, allowing for a withdrawal without relying mainly on Pakistan.
Air Force Gen. William Fraser told lawmakers the U.S. had secured approval to move equipment through Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and was exploring routes to move out armored vehicles as well as nonlethal supplies."We now have two-way approval to move equipment back out of Afghanistan," Gen. Fraser told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

[member_21708]

Al-Qaeda linked former Pak army officer may walk free
A former Pakistan Army officer, arrested on charges of links to al-Qaeda besides kidnapping of Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla's uncle, may soon be released as most witnesses and complainants against him have retracted their statements.

Major (retired) Haroon Rasheed alias Abu Khattab was arrested in 2009 on charges of involvement in the kidnapping of prominent film distributor Satish Anand, the uncle of Chawla.

Reports have said he had joined the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba after leaving the army and served as an advisor to commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Rasheed is likely to be released by authorities in Punjab province despite being accused in serious crimes like murder and kidnapping for ransom as most witnesses and complainants against him have withdrawn their testimonies, The Express Tribune reported today.

The home department of Sindh province, fearing Rasheed's release, has sent a letter to the Home Department of Punjab, requesting that he be transferred to Sindh, the report said.

Rasheed is currently being held in Kot Lakhpat Jail of Lahore.

Rasheed has also been charged with killing an administrator of Sheikh Zayed Hospital of Lahore.

He reportedly quit the army in 2002 due to what he described as the "pro-American policies" of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and allegedly joined al-Qaeda.

The former army officer and two other men are being tried by an additional and sessions judge inside Kot Lakhpart Jail because of the sensitivity of the case, sources in the police and prosecution department told The Express Tribune.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-new ... 18004.aspx

[member_21708]

Two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists arrested in Delhi

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 11:22
New Delhi: In a major victory in the fight against terror, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police arrested two terrorist belonging to the Lashkar-e-Toiba from New Delhi railway station early Wednesday.

Sources told Zee News that intelligence agencies were trailing them for a while and that they had entered Delhi via Jharkhand. One of the two arrested is said to be a native of Jammu and Kashmir.

Although the Special Cell is tight-lipped about the arrests, but sources said that highly sensitive government documents was recovered from their possession. Also, they were said to be carrying arms and ammunition.

As per some other media reports, the two arrested Lashkar men were part of the north India module of the dreaded terrorist group which operates out of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

They were said to be on a mission to target VVIPs and crowded markets of the metropolis. More details are awaited

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/tw ... 61295.html
Manmohan's relatives

[svenkat]

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2943229.ece

The conspiracy of silence over Balochistan is finally breaking but the alienation of the province runs too deep for any easy solutions.

Despite the perennial violence, disappearances and the ‘kill-and-dump' phenomenon of mutilated bodies of the missing turning up along roadsides frequently, Balochistan has seldom been more than a footnote in mainstream discourse — in politics, the media and elsewhere.

What you read in the Pakistani newspapers and see on the television channels is barely the reflection of anti-Pakistan public sentiments prevailing in Balochistan.

The real thing that merits attention is the issue of demands. Many Pakistanis still do not want to hear the real Baloch demands but the Baloch movement is not meant for provincial autonomy. There is a full fledged movement for Balochistan's independence taking place in the province. No matter what Pakistan provides them this time, it is not going to help.'' With these words, Mr. Akbar sums up what is being articulated by Baloch leaders from various locations. Such is their anger now that they don't mind being labelled Indian/American agents. In one television programme, Baloch Republican Party chief Barhamdagh Bugti's retort to a question on whether he would take India's help was: “Why only India? If satan offers help, we will take it.”
His is one of the many voices for separation being raised in the province. Although there is no data on how widespread the demand is, the separatists with their guns dominate the narrative as the ordinary Baloch is caught in the crossfire between them and the security forces. Given the frequency with which people are picked up, tortured and killed — the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan report of June 2011 said tortured bodies of 140 missing persons turned up between July 2010 and May 2011 — more families were getting affected by this kill-and-dump practice.

Embittered Bugtis
Though the Bugtis were once pro-Pakistan, the murder of Akbar Bugti in 2006 and the public celebration of the killing by the Musharraf regime embittered them. As opposed to greater autonomy within the federation, the demand for independence began gaining traction and several Baloch parties withdrew from the parliamentary process.

Asad Rahman — who participated in the Baloch resistance movement in the 1970s — maintains that they have been silenced by repeated betrayals, atrocities and continued denial of rights to their resources.

A classic case is that of gas which was discovered at Sui in Dera Bugti in 1952. It was piped to all of Pakistan — foremost Punjab — from 1954 but Balochistan's capital Quetta got connected to the pipeline only in 1985, points out Mr. Rahman.

According to him, the genesis of the present resistance goes back to 2002 when Pervez Musharraf handed over the Saindak project in the Chagai desert — with a projected annual yield of 1,44,000 tonnes copper, 1.47 tonnes gold and 27.6 tonnes of silver for 80 years — to a Chinese company. While the company was allowed to keep 75 per cent of the profit, the federal government got the remaining 25 per cent, of which just two per cent went to the province

Report in a mainstream newspaper

[svenkat]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/internatio ... 943174.ece

Pakistan's civilian rulers seem to have averted a possible coup with a little help from inside the army itself.

LONG held together by a Generals' consensus on the direction Pakistan ought to head in, the army now seems divided as never before. Last month, at a January 13 meeting of the corps commanders conference, where Gen. Kayani briefed generals on the evolving political crisis , he ran into unexpected in-house resistance, leading to a 10-hour debate.

The toughest questioning, a Pakistani government source privy to the discussions told The Hindu, came from Lieutenant-General Tariq Khan — the commander of the Mangla-based 1 corps, and a veteran of counter-insurgency operations who is considered among the most competent of the army's commanders

Gen. Khan, the source said, made clear the army was unprepared to take power, and demanded to know how the army chief intended to resolve the still-unfolding showdown with the civilian governments. He noted that the army had no coherent plan to address its increasingly-fragile relationship with the United States, too. Backed by other key officers, like Gujaranwala-based XXX corps commander Raheel Sharif, Gen. Khan pushed for the army to pull back from the brink.

Ever since the killing of military ruler Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1998, the corps commanders conference has been a key instrument of what Mr. Haqqani once described as “military rule by other means”. The resistance faced by Gen. Kayani within the institution is, therefore, of great significance.
Ever since he took office, Pakistan's army chief had worked to rebuild the army's relationship with the jihadist groups it had patronised for decades. Terrorism in Pakistan, he argued, had come about because the country had become enmeshed in the United States' war against jihadists in Afghanistan. Building peace, he argued, necessitated reviving this relationship — even at the cost of ties with the United States.

In 2008, Gen. Pasha delivered an off-the-record briefing to journalists, where he described Tehreek-e-Taliban commanders Baitullah Mehsud and Maulana Muhammad Fazlullah — responsible for hundreds of killings in Pakistan — as “patriots”.

Following the raid that claimed Osama bin Laden last year, Mr. Pasha put the case for an aggressive anti-United States line to Pakistani legislators: “At every difficult moment in our history”, he said “the United States has let us down. This fear that we can't live without the United States is wrong.”

Gen. Kayani's line, the government's decision not to allow his spymaster to serve on suggests, no longer represents the army's institutional consensus.
The path to peace he envisaged involved costs the army isn't willing to pay.

[Roperia]

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed interviewed by Yawn News

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

So this fat pious pig, OBL and Zawahiri, all have the same mentor and derive inspiration from his teachings.

He is reluctant to admit beyond political and moral support but it seems from his interview that LeT is "active" in A'stan.

The interviewer is brave and asks some pertinent questions about the operational and ideological orientation of his organization, fat pious pig prevaricates.

Another thing to note is that he spits as much venom on the US as he does on India.

[Philip]

Pakis trained the killers oif the NATO Koran-burners!

More diabolic news about the duplicitousness of the Pakis in Af-Pak and the sado-masochistic lust of the US in sleeping with the Pakis.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 41332.html

The burning rage: Karzai pleads for calm as Koran fury spreads
More Nato troops are wounded as details emerge about Pakistani training of killer who struck at Interior Ministry

The tinderbox situation in Afghanistan threatened to ignite yesterday as fresh violence hit the country, and it emerged that a former policeman suspected of killing two US Nato officers in Kabul's interior ministry on Saturday spent two months at a religious school in neighbouring Pakistan before the attack.

Protests continued in Afghan cities and spread to Pakistan yesterday after the US admitted that copies of the Koran were accidentally burned by US forces at Bagram airbase.

[shyamd]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/internatio ... 943174.ece

Pakistan's civilian rulers seem to have averted a possible coup with a little help from inside the army itself.

Ramana ji, remember the email I sent you on the subject.

[Aditya_V]

Pakis trained the killers oif the NATO Koran-burners!

More diabolic news about the duplicitousness of the Pakis in Af-Pak and the sado-masochistic lust of the US in sleeping with the Pakis.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 41332.html

The burning rage: Karzai pleads for calm as Koran fury spreads
More Nato troops are wounded as details emerge about Pakistani training of killer who struck at Interior Ministry

The tinderbox situation in Afghanistan threatened to ignite yesterday as fresh violence hit the country, and it emerged that a former policeman suspected of killing two US Nato officers in Kabul's interior ministry on Saturday spent two months at a religious school in neighbouring Pakistan before the attack.

Protests continued in Afghan cities and spread to Pakistan yesterday after the US admitted that copies of the Koran were accidentally burned by US forces at Bagram airbase.

So US is supplying F-16, US Tax payer money and endless list of weapons plus economic support to nation that helps kill its soldiers.

COld war mentality coupled with the hate of heathens is causing this suicidal practice.

[SSridhar]

Al-Qaeda linked former Pak army officer may walk free
A former Pakistan Army officer, arrested on charges of links to al-Qaeda besides kidnapping of Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla's uncle, may soon be released as most witnesses and complainants against him have retracted their statements.

Major (retired) Haroon Rasheed alias Abu Khattab was arrested in 2009 on charges of involvement in the kidnapping of prominent film distributor Satish Anand, the uncle of Chawla.

Rasheed has also been charged with killing an administrator of Sheikh Zayed Hospital of Lahore.

Haroon Rasheed's brother, a Captain in the SSG, also quit the army along with him and joined the LeT to be later killed in Helmand. Later, Haroon left LeT and joined Ilyas Kashmiri, another SSG dropout. Haroon Rasheed has been also involved in the killing of SSG Chief Faisal Alavi at the behest of Ilyas Kashmiri.

[Altair]

Unconfirmed information from a usually reliable source:
Pakistani missile scientists reportedly working with Syrian military.

[Philip]

Alt.,on what? Doesn't Syria have enough of Iranian and Russian derived missiles?

[sum]

^^ On how to paint the missiles green with a red tip using minimum paint and maximum efficiency?

[Altair]

Pakistanis must have done some impressive power point and multimedia presentations to the key people in the regime to get funding. My best guess is Pakistanis must have told them, Indian and Israeli ABM work similarly and they apparently found a way to defeat it.All the Assad loyalists care is to hit Israel by defeating the ABM shield. The entire project will be just waste of money but Pakistanis will make most of the money by selling some pseudo physics theories and some fictional equipment.
Philip:
The only information I got was that Paki scientists are working with Syrian armed forces. But nothing on direct sales. They might be just consulting or making errrr milking money from them.

[Aditya_V]

While we did all we could to help Pakis export to the EU. See how they respond.


‘Key Pakistan ministries oppose trade liberalisation with India'

The Ministry of Industries wants the negative list to be increased from 636 items to 1,297 items, while the more important Textiles Ministry says that there should be "no liberalisation for five years with India", the Dawn newspaper quoted its sources as saying.

[CRamS]

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed interviewed by Yawn News

Another thing to note is that he spits as much venom on the US as he does on India.

This is very interesting to me. What exactly is ISI up to. I would have thought that his venom again India would be unadulterated, while his venom against US will either be absent or carefully calibrated to elicit sympathy from US. Wonder whats going on.

[SSridhar]

China urges Pak to take 'credible' measures to protect its citizens

China on Wednesday called on Pakistan to take “credible measures” to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens and companies based in the country, a day after a Chinese woman was shot dead in the city of Peshawar.

In what diplomats described as an unusually strong message from Beijing to its “all-weather” strategic ally, the Foreign Ministry here said it took the incident “seriously” and asked Pakistan to “spare no efforts” to investigate the attack.

Separately, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Masood Khan sought to assuage Chinese concerns which have been heightened over the past year in the wake of a number of kidnapping threats issued to Chinese companies based in Pakistan. In a statement, he said Pakistan attached “highest importance to the safety and security of Chinese citizens and their businesses in Pakistan”.

“We are thoroughly investigating the incident and will spare no effort to track down the culprits,” he said.

Two unknown gunmen, on a motorbike, opened fire and shot dead a Chinese woman and a local man in Peshawar on Tuesday evening. Both victims were shot in the head and died on the way to hospital, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said in a briefing on Wednesday that the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan “immediately launched contingency mechanisms and sent staff to the scene on that very same night to assist in follow-up matters”.

“At the same time,” he added, “we also require the Pakistani side to investigate the case and spare no efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice, and take credible measures to ensure the safety of Chinese institutions and nationals in Pakistan.”

In recent months, a number of Chinese companies have expressed concerns over the safety of their personnel in Pakistan.

As The Hindu reported last month, officials in several Chinese mining companies have said the deteriorating security situation had prompted them to review future investment plans. “At one point, we were so concerned about the lack of security that we were forced to start paying the military to give us some protection,” one official working for the China Metallurgical Group Corporation had said.

Last year, one of China’s biggest private coal mining firms, the Kingho Group, pulled out of a $19 billion deal – the biggest investment by a Chinese company in the country – in Sindh province citing security fears. A number of Pakistani officials have visited Beijing in recent months seeking investment and calming Chinese concerns, fearing further withdrawals after the Kingho deal was suspended.

[member_21708]

China urges Pak to take 'credible' measures to protect its citizens

As The Hindu reported last month, officials in several Chinese mining companies have said the deteriorating security situation had prompted them to review future investment plans. “At one point, we were so concerned about the lack of security that we were forced to start paying the military to give us some protection,” one official working for the China Metallurgical Group Corporation had said.

typical protection scam. kill a few to scare, then the rest will pay money to be 'protected'.

[Lalmohan]

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed interviewed by Yawn News

Another thing to note is that he spits as much venom on the US as he does on India.

This is very interesting to me. What exactly is ISI up to. I would have thought that his venom again India would be unadulterated, while his venom against US will either be absent or carefully calibrated to elicit sympathy from US. Wonder whats going on.

mango paqui hates yamreeka more than he hates the yindoo - that trend has been emerging for some time now

[Lisa]

What would drive this wanted man to take a scheduled flight to Egypt from pukistan?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17204128

[sudhan]

Terri galiyyon Me na rakkhe gei Qadam, Aaj ke Baad .GUBO karne ko Na aayenge Hum. aaj ke Baad

U.S. Secures New Afghan Exit Routes
WASHINGTON

—The U.S. secured approval from several countries in Central Asia to move military cargo out of Afghanistan, the military's top logistics officer said, allowing for a withdrawal without relying mainly on Pakistan.
Air Force Gen. William Fraser told lawmakers the U.S. had secured approval to move equipment through Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and was exploring routes to move out armored vehicles as well as nonlethal supplies."We now have two-way approval to move equipment back out of Afghanistan," Gen. Fraser told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/u41 ... 020008.jpg

Might be of some interest..

[Aditya_V]

What would drive this wanted man to take a scheduled flight to Egypt from pukistan?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17204128

Drone-Acharya or Black hawks planning a visit at night. Now all he is going to happen to be extradited to the US.

[arun]

X Posted.

18 dead and 8 wounded in Pakistan bus ambush

{Snipped}.....................

A case of the uniformed Jihadi’s of Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan living out the last part of its motto of " Iman, Taqwa, Jihad fi Sabilillah” or translated "Faith, Piety, Jihad in the path of Allah”?

The Asian Human Rights Council suspects the involvement of military personnel of the Mohammadden Sunni sect who make up the majority of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the slaughter of civilians of belonging to the minority Shia sect of Mohammaddenism in Kohistan.

Excerpts:

It is inconceivable in this day and age of modern communications, when every person owns a cell phone that the killers were able to operate on their own without any fear that they would be stopped at a military check post. This can only mean that they were military personnel themselves.

In Kohistan areas civilian movement is highly controlled and monitored by the military. The first question to be raised is as to how in such a highly military controlled and monitored area, the militants dressed in army uniforms and highly armed were able to stop the busses which were carrying mostly Shiite passengers and then shot them one by one after identifying them as Shiites.

Read it all:

PAKISTAN: The killing of Shias --it is hard to refute the accusation that the military was involved

[BijuShet]

From "The News" (posting in full)
Power shortfall shoots up to 4,300 megawatts

Updated 4 hours ago
LAHORE: The shortfall of electricity in the country has shot up to 4,300 megawatts, Geo News reported.

Owing to this, rural areas are suffering 8-10 hours loadshedding that too unannounced.

According to reports most of the industrial units in Punjab have been forced to suspend one of their shifts compromising production, which translates into big time losses.

Industrialists say the government has failed to live up to its trumpeting claims regarding power outages and we are left with no other option but closing down our businesses.

Sources told Geo New that Mepco was yet to issue a blackout schedule.

Meanwhile the power authorities shut everything down whenever they want.

According to sources, generation stood at just 8411 megawatts, whereas the demand was as high as 12,800 megawatts.

On the other hand, Mepco has tied a reduction in loadshedding with the steady supply of fuel (oil/gas) to generate electricity, but the finance ministry was sitting on the funds needed in this regard.

[BijuShet]

From "The News" (posting in full)
NEPRA increases electricity tariff by 39 pc

Updated 7 hours ago
ISLAMABAD: NEPRA has increased the electricity tariff by 39%.

According to a notification, under fuel adjustment the increase was made for August 2011.

The per unit increase of three rupees and three paisa’s has been approved and will be adjusted during the next billing cycle.

The increase will not be applicable towards KESC.

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Question to anyone who knows and can kindly enlighten me:
I wanted to ask this question for so long being a lurker, I see that good T'ban playing by the rules and attacking US troops and, the bad T'ban attacking TSP. TSP are the ones who created both, and yet the workings of both the T'ban units are so diverse, is this cosmetic onlee? at the end of the day when US runs from Afg, will they unite? is this what is happening now as we speak?