PTI News: Forget Shias of Pakistan, talk of Muslims of Myanmar – by Riaz Malik

Dear Ghairatmands,

I am pleased to report that my latest masterpiece idea was picked up Hazrat Imran Khan PTI.

“Wake up Muslims; stop killing muslims in Burma, Kashmir, Philistine,

Urgently required: Holocaust deniers for obscuring propaganda about Shia genocide in Pakistan – by Riaz Malik

Dear Ghairatmands,

We urgently require good quality Holocaust Deniers. The powerful liberal fascist lobby is doing its best to spread propaganda that there is a Shia Genocide going on in Pakistan. Look at this baseless

In appreciation of Rehman Malik and condemnation of fake IDs – by Beena Sarwar

Good eggs: Rehman Malik with Beena Sarwar, Marvi Sirmed and other bloggers at #Socmm12.

[Rehman] Malik had flown into Karachi where he addressed some of the Indian and Pakistani delegates of the groundbreaking first Pakistan India Social Mela 2012 (SMM2012) that took place on July 13-14, organised by Peaceniche [sponsored by the US Consulate]. It wasn’t a press conference or an organised media event, but the media turned up in full force – those that got wind of it, that is. An

Ali Dayan Hasan (HRW Pakistan) recants statement against ISI

Ali Dayan Hasan at IPSMM2012

The newly appointed Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence may have attained an understated and unsung victory for his intelligence agency considering the recent and highly surprising statement by Human Rights Watch‘s Pakistan head Ali Dayan Hasan that the ISI may not be involved in the Saleem Shahzad murder AT ALL!

Mr Hasan made this statement at the recently concluded India-Pakistan Social Media Mela held at a local hotel in Karachi.  He was invited as a speaker for the session titled ‘Negotiating complexity: human rights and social media.’

Apart from his condemnation of ‘trolls’ (read his notoriously egotistical irritation on being questioned by critics in general and Twitter activist @Laibaah1 Marri in particular) on social media, Mr Hasan said “My position and HRW position is clear. We never say that he was killed by the ISI. Who killed him has to be determined by an independent probe.” Could we be correct in considering this latest statement by Mr Hasan a recanting of the previous allegations that HRW has made, all but implicating the ISI in carrying out the Saleem Shahzad murder?

#SOCMM12 in pictures: Urban elites and their wannabe middle class flatterers at Social Media Mela 2012

Related posts: A critical assessment of #SOCMM12 – Social Media Mela 2012 – by Wusatullah Durrani

#SocMM12: Social Media Mela or Twitterati Kitty Party? – by Imaan Sheikh

Here are a few interesting pictures of Social Media Mela – First India-Pakistan Social Media Conference organized by the US Consulate in Karachi and PeaceNiche (an anonymous NGO from Pakistan) on 13th and

Shamshad Junejo (1927-2012) – The Story of My Grandfather

At London Bridge; July 1998.

Adapted from:  http://accordingtoraj.blogspot.com/2012/07/shamshad-junejo-1927-2012-story-of-my.html

My maternal grandfather (referred to as ‘Nana’ in South Asian languages) Shamshad Ahmed Junejo, Advocate, Sindh High Court, passed away on March 26 this year. Nana was survived by his three sons and two daughters, the youngest of whom is my mother. Both his wives died when he was still alive.

Since a very young age, I had learned that my Nana had lived a very interesting life. A member of a Sindhi freedom fighter’s organisation in his school days, he went on to become a successful lawyer and a local leader of the PPP at the invitation of its founding Chairperson himself, and many more interesting people in between! I shall now put down here all that I can remember about my Nana and his life that I learnt from him.

These rememberances have been reproduced chronologically.

 

Adil Gilani of Transparency International Pakistan condemns new contempt of court bill

Adil Gilani is widely known to be an affiliate and proxy propagandist of Pakistan military establishment. He is in charge of a fraudulent franchisee of Transparency International in Pakistan. Details of Adil Gilani and his fraudulent TIP can be found at

Women’s Action Forum condemns brutal murder of Farida Afridi by ASWJ/Taliban

This file photo shows Farida Afridi working in her office.

Women’s Action Forum, Karachi is deeply angered by the assassination of Farida Afridi by militants (ASWJ/Taliban) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. As one of the founders of the NGO Sawera, Farida Afridi’s

Ahmadiyya Islamic sect has appealing message for U.S. politicians but has global enemies – by Dan Merica, CNN

Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, presides over a sermon to his followers in suburban Washington, D.C.

Washington (CNN) – You’ve almost certainly never heard of him, but Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad drew some serious star power at a recent Capitol Hill reception in his honor.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Republican Sen. John Cornyn were

ASWJ-JI extremists in Bahawalpur kill a man accused of blasphemy and burn dead body

Source: http://express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101562626&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20120704

Dozens of supporters of banned militant organization Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (currently operating as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) formed a mob to raid a police station in

Raja Nasir Abbas of MWM and nation’s mazloom daughter Aafia

ڈاکٹر عافیہ صدیقی اس وطن کی بیٹی ہے ھم علی کے ماننے والے ہیں اور مظلوم کے ساتھ ہیں ھم بھر پور مطالبہ کرتے ہیں کہ اس وطن کی بیٹی کو واپس لایا جائے۔
ناصر ملت علامہ راجہ ناصر عباس جعفری کا قرآن و سنت کانفرنس سے خطاب

Source: https://www.facebook.com/PoliticalShiaPakistan/posts/10150900820283059

عافیہ صدیقی کے حوالے سے بات کرتے ہوئے علامہ ناصر عباس جعفری کا کہنا تھا کہ اگر عافیہ صدیقی ہندو بھی ہوتی تو بھی ہم اس کی حمایت کرتے۔

Two contrarian views on MWM’s agenda

Note: For privacy and confidentiality, names of the participants in this exchange have been withheld. First participant is denoted by P1 while the second one by P2.

P1:

Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen has announced to show its mass

Leaked video: Brutal massacre of Shia Muslims in Chilas (Gilgit Baltistan) on 3 Apr 2012

On Tuesday, 3 April 2012, at least six passenger buses were stopped by Al Qaeda affiliated Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ also known as Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan) militants in Bonar Das area in Chilas (Gilgit Baltistan), passengers were segregated by checking their identity documents or/and examining at their backs (to see self-flagellation marks on Shia Muslims), those found or believed to be Shia Muslims were brutally killed and many other Shias were kidnapped.

The 3 April 2012 massacre in Chilas was the sequel of the February 2012 massacre when ASWJ-SSP militants stopped buses and vans travelling to Gilgit on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan, verified the

Constitutional Conspiracy against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji

Den of constitutional conspirators

Greetings to His Holiness Highness Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary

Dear Enlightened Ghairatmand followers of Chief Justice of Muslim Tehrik League Party and Supreme Leagues

What else does the ISI have in the roster for Hazaras of Quetta? – by Liaquat Ali Hazara

The perpetual attacks against Shia Muslims of Balochistan are particularly hurting Quetta’s Hazara community because it is relatively easy to identify and attack Hazaras due to their particular physical features.

The Hazara community has been living in Quetta for centuries with exemplary peace and fraternity. The

In response to Marvi Sirmed’s plea of innocence

Pakistan’s self acclaimed liberal, columnist and rights activist Marvi Sirmed has written an article in Express Tribune (18 June 2012) to prove that the alleged list of Malik Riaz’s beneficiaries is fake, and that along with other “credible journalists”, her name too does not deserve to be in that notorious list.

While I have no means to confirm or challenge the authenticity of the Riaz Malik’s beneficiaries list, in this post, I seek to offer some quick comments on Marvi’s article which is 

Media Gate: Appeal to concerned Pakistanis working at banks – by Banda-e-Khuda

Appeal to concerned Pakistanis working at banks

MCB, NATIONAL BANK, HABIB BANK, NICB, UBL OR THE ROUTING BANKS.

Please provide us with the counter proofs. This is time for citizen journalism to build a corruption free Pakistan.

Despite vehement denials by those implicated in the Media Gate, the Bahria Gate list of journalists is not fake.

I am writing this brief post to confirm that the list of payments to journalist by the real estate tycoon Malik Riaz (of Bahria Town) is real. This has been personally confirmed to me by

Does CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry not own a house?

On several occasions, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and his several promoters and fans have stated that he does not have a house nor the resources to buy one. Well he owns one in Quetta Cantt, and has rented it out.

CJ Chaudhry is known to keep grudges, and could go very low when he gets an opportunity. The entire Balochistan high court is aware of this trait of his, where he has served as a justice and then eventually as CJ Balochistan High court. So when he came back after being restored, the entire Balochistan High court judges resigned, which is not a joke. Not one, not two, but the entire lot resigned. Why? I leave that to your imagination. This did not happen anywhere else, Why?

One has to give him credit for his journey. Being born in the house of a Police Hawaldar, having

Raza Rumi of Jinnah Institute attacks Pakistan Blogzine in Herald magazine – By Ravez Junejo

Raza Rumi is a Director of notorious Jinnah Institute.

Noted “liberal” Raza Rumi (Director of ISI-sponsored Jinnah Institute) continues his hate campaign against Pakistan Blogzine. This time, he chose an interview to the Herald magazine as the platform to vent his grievance against us.

“A website ostensibly working for human rights advocacy and media watch but in reality is dedicated to criticising Pakistani journalists, posted a blog about a journalist and blogger Raza Rumi. “My comments were taken out of context, making me sound like someone I could not recognise,” he says. “It is the worst

The madness of an LUBP editor – By Ravez Junejo

LUBP, Pakistan’s leading political blog, does not seem to have a code of conduct for its editors.

June 13, 2012: I log on to my Facebook account and find a message in my inbox. It’s from a man whom I know from his Facebook profile (let’s call him Abdul Basit Chaudhry aka ABC). He asked me for my cell phone number