We need this now! – by Tatom

In this hour when major portion our nation is devastated by floods & dengue virus, a question to all us, politicians, business community etc. do we need to discuss so much of politics now? For me the answer is no! We have a lot of time in coming weeks or months to discuss Zulfiqar Mirza and Altaf Hussain, we have too much time to discuss judiciary and Army, and we have much more time to discuss PPP, ANP, MQM, PTI and Government performance. Similarly Imran Khan with his dharnas programs in NWFP, or Prime Minister is

HRW activist arrested and harassed for researching persecution of Shia Muslims

Does the following news item also shed some light on why mass murder of Shia Muslims has been ignored by human rights organizations in Pakistan?

Australian, Indonesian Activists Detained Researching Minority Muslim Sect
Source: Jakata Globe

Prominent Human Rights Watch activist Andreas Harsono and an Australian researcher were taken into custody by police in Sampang, East Java, on Monday as they attempted to investigate the local Shia Muslim population.

Crimes against humanity: Pakistan army refuses to hand over ex-ISI chief Gen Javed Nasir to Bosnia tribunal

General Javed Nasir was architect of crimes against humanity not only in Bosnia but also against Shia Muslims in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

By Qaiser Butt

Pakistan has refused to hand over one of its retired army generals to the International Tribunal of Hague on medical grounds, official sources told The Express Tribune.

The tribunal had demanded the custody of a former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Javed Nasir, a retired lieutenant general, for his alleged support to Muslim fighters of Bosnia against the Serbian army in the 1990s, despite an embargo by the United Nations.

Islamabad had informed the court that the former general had ‘lost his memory’ following a recent road incident, and was, therefore, unable to face any investigation into the matter.

Nasir himself was not available for comment. However, his son, Omer Javed, told The Express Tribune that his