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Posts Tagged ‘Lal Masjid’

No Way Out

By A Khokar • May 6th, 2010 • Category: Politics

This can be said that Pakistan is an ideological country as this was created as such. After 64 years of its age of infancy, it is seen that it is barely trying to take its initial steps now in the world out there. But sadly this country, right from its infancy has thoroughly been molested [...]



When Taliban were Leaping over Margalla Hills

By A Khokar • May 5th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pakistanis, they carry a peculiar Psyche of their own— that anything said concerning Mosque; it is taken, as a serious attack on its sanctity and is very vehemently resented. But Lal masjid debacle of mid 2007 is known to be the turning point in the history and it took the entire society by surprise that [...]



Crime in the name of Blasphemy

By Shaukat M Malik CPA • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Taliban and Al-Qaeda and their religious sympathizers in the Muslim world use the concept of “Giving Takfir”, that is proclaiming another person as non-Moslem, if they do not follow their brand of Theocratic Islam, thus beyond the protection of God and punishable by death.
This proclamation is similar to being excommunicated from one’s church, which thankfully [...]



NA-55 Ka Dangal

By M Mirza • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Features


In Fairness to Pervez Musharraf

By A Khokar • Sep 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Visit any TV channel or go through the print media, the hot topic under discussion is Pervez Musharraf’s trial for breaching the Constitution. Most vocal in this campaign is Mian Nawaz Sharif and his coterie. The pertinent question that comes to mind is, that it was not the first time that it has happened, quite [...]



Chief Teray janisar…

By Azfar Gardezi • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Looking at current situation of lawyers-media clashes and lawyers fierce attitudes now a day, I feel compelled to write on whole lawyers’ movement that Pakistanis have seen and experienced during last few years, from a different perspective. Chief justice Iftikhar M. Chaudhry was suspended by Musharraf on March 9th, 2007. Thanks to our “courageous” print [...]



Why PML-N Doesn’t Bring Resolution Against Musharraf?

By Rohail Butt • Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the firebrand opposition leader talks with flames emitting from his nostrils in the parliament and accuses PPP and other parties like MQM and ANP for showing double standards and pursuing hypocritical politics by not really  taking actions against the former dictator Musharraf.
It seems that nobody really is interested to punish the [...]



What Caused Justice Chaudhry to Release a Beast?

By Hassan Amin • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The root cause of the current turmoil in our country are the Terrorist Sympathizer Mullahs. When it comes to accepting mistakes and learning from them, we need to examine the biggest and the most recent ones first.
When it comes to confronting terrorism, the biggest mistake (deliberate or inadvertant) in recent times,  was committed by the [...]



Jamia Hafsa Brigade CDs in Swat : Where is Writ of Gov?

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Throughout Malakand Agency, compact discs of Jamia Hafsa operations are being sold almost for free and they are being sold in the markets openly under the supervision of the Taliban. Such CDs are banned in the Peshawar and the other cities of Pakistan, though they are available secretly but they are easily available in the [...]



Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid: Keep Low Profile Plz

By Mohsin Sehgal • Apr 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Maulana Abdul Aziz has  been freed from the Adyala Jail, Rawalpindi and he has arrived in Islamabad and he is scheduled to deliver Friday Prayer sermon tomorrow at the Lal Masjid. He was arrested from outside Lal Masjid on 7th July, 2007 after a very unfortunate and bloody episode, whose aftershocks are still being felt [...]