Archive for March 12th, 2012

March 12, 2012

Jinnah Institute’s Extremist Watch report misrepresents Shias, Ahmadis and Pashtuns

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I have had a quick look at the Jinnah Institute’s report titled ‘Extremism Watch: Mapping conflict trends in Pakistan 2010-2011″.

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March 12, 2012

The Nation’s editorial terms ban on SSP-ASWJ terrorists as unjust

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Pakistan’s Nawaiwaqt Media Group is long known for its affiliation with the right-wing, particularly with PML-N. Its two main newspapers (Nawaiwaqt – Urdu and The Nation – English) and TV channel (Waqt News) are known for routinely publishing pro-Jihadi, pro-army, anti-democracy and anti-West propaganda on behalf of the ISI.

Several of Nawaiwaqt’s present and former editors, particularly Majid Nizami, Dr. Shirin Mazari and Saleem Bokhari are known loyalists of Pakistan army.

Amongst the aforementioned three names, Salim Bokhari is rather dubious because he is not only

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