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Posts Tagged ‘Talibanization’

Lay Down or Stand Up

By Rohail Butt • Jun 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Pakistan has two options: either to surrender before the terrorists or fight with them. We love our sovereignty and hence we have stood up against the terrorism. As the fight wages on, things are being exposed with leaving the mist vanished and facts cleared and now terrorists are bound to run from Swat, Dir and [...]



What is Aim

By Guest Blogger • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics

“What is Aim of your life?” my study partner ask question with me. I get shocked because it was nighttime and we were preparing for the examination going to be held in morning. It’s a really wrong timing question. Although I replied, “I don’t have a aim of life”. Now it was his turn to [...]



Karachi Target Killing: Who is Responsible?

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In just last seven days in the city of Quaid, more than 40 people have been killed by the “un-identified” gun men, who come hit and run. The dead belong to various parties including MQM, ANP, Jamat-e-Islami, PML(N), PPP and the Tehrik Sunnat.
When the people are being picked and killed in various parts of the [...]



Stop Swat Operation From Becoming Lal Masjid Operation

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jun 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Lack of vision, media frenzy, hasty decisions, ill planning, blurd objectives and unclear distinctions had led to the debacle of the Lal Masjid operation in 2007 and it backfired with a long strings of suicide attacks in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
The failure of Nizam-e-Adl regulation in Swat due to the violations from [...]



Then they came for me.

By A Khokar • May 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

This nation is in awful mess.  There is utter chaos and anarchy which prevails in all the spheres of society. An atmosphere of extremism in the vicious wake of  Talibanisation is found all over in the length and breadth of the country—- but matter of the fact is that we let these—- extremist breed among us— unquestionably. It [...]



Pushtoonicide Goes On

By Shayan Khan • May 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

First Russians, then Americans and now Taliban plus Americans are murdering the people in the Pushtoon belt. MQM in Karachi is target killing Pushtoons in the name of fighting against Talibanization and in rest of the Pakistan, Pushtoons are looked at with suspicion of suicide bombers.
Now America focus totally on the NWFP of Pakistan and [...]



Altafization and Talibanization

By Fatima Tassaduq • May 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It seems that now the passions of Awami National Party has run out and they have also come into the out to counter the continuous attacks of MQM. Altaf  Hussain, the chief from London has been claming for quite a time that ANP is trying to introduce, support and flourish Talibanization in the Karachi. MQM’s [...]



Support MQM Against Imran Khan

By Gul Raiz • May 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

A new breed of Taliban apologists have appeared on the horizon, and that is at the time when the heavy majority of Pakistanis have become convinced that the threat of Talian is existential and Taliban are the enemy of Pakistan and the Islam and all Taliban have done so far has damaged the country domestically [...]



Islamic Jurisprudence and Shameless Taliban’s

By Dr RazaHaider • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If at all one is not under the rule of reign as religion; under no means issue as controversy is acceptable since; we have a defined domain as practice and are applicable only to those within the confiscated realm of belief of religion as Islam.



Altaf Hussain’s Telephonic Drama

By Altaf Khan • Apr 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The canning of the 17-year old girl in the Swat by the Taliban is extremely disturbing event. The way the girl was manhandled by the Talibs and and the way male spectators watched minute long spanking of the girl is highly condemnable. Where was the court, Qazi and where were the 4 witnesses?
That is not [...]