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Posts Tagged ‘Hafiz Saeed’

Supremacy of the rule of law

By Dr Shireen M Mazari • May 28th, 2010 • Category: Politics

If ever there was a reaffirmation of the present independence of the judiciary and its absolute determination to dispense justice come what may, it was the decision of a three-member bench of the Supreme Court to reject the federal and Punjab governments’ appeals against the release of Hafiz Saeed by the Lahore High Court. As [...]



Reflecting on Mumbai Terror Attack of 26/11

By ahsan • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Despite allout efforts to woo a bruised neighbour, India is not prepared to resume peace talks stalled by the Mumbai carnage of November 26, 2008, in which 164 people were killed.  New Delhi has accused “Pakistan state” involvement and set a pre-condition of Pakistan taking action against the perpetrators, including prosecution of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, [...]



Hafiz Saeed : Should We Get Rid of Him?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Aug 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Why not? People like Hafiz Saeed are just symbolic entities which can be sacrificed and cashed if and when needed.
Whether Indians accept it or not, Hafiz Saeed is not really a terrorist. He has no say in the matters of any Lashkar within and outside Pakistan, and he was mainly involved in forming his own [...]



Are We Heading Towards Victory Against Taliban ?

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Fear, disappointment, confusion, irresolution, and apathy is which mark our struggle agaisnt the terrorism crisis. Has it ended now? I fear not. Though our military establishment has certainly ceased to wallow in the indecision and they are after the terrorists with full might, rest of the factions are either acting like a sheep or they [...]



Hafiz Saeed’s Release ; Timely Decision

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the release of Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and another leader of the group, Col (retd) Nazir Ahmad, observing that the government had insufficient grounds to detain them. Where this decison has provided another leverage to the Pakistani authorities to control the terrorism in the country, arch-rival [...]



Pakistan Starts Operation Aganinst Jama’at ud da’awa

By Gul Raiz • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As the India threatens Pakistan, and United States along with rest of the world pushes Pakistan to satisfy India, at last an operation is being carried out in the Muzzaffarabad region of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan on a camp of Jamatud Dawa. India has been blaming the Laskhar-e-Taiba, which formerly belong to Jamat ud Dawa for [...]