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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Go, Go, Go for Finger-Print Testing

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Asalamo Alykum,

Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk, GEO on May 15th discussed the issue of fraudulent polling detection and both the guests, leaders from PML-N and PTI, agreed upon the method of finger-print replication identification. This progress is very good.

I would strongly suggest that not only replication of finger-prints should be identified, but the identity of the person whose finger-prints are duplicated should also be identified. This can easily be done from NADRA records.

Election rigging detection is compulsory for voters to trust the voting system in future and not resort to some other method of being heard.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials],
[Location].

Monday, May 13, 2013

Comment: Moon Sighted in KPK of Naya Pakistan

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Asalamo Alykum,

“O believers! Let no men laugh at other men who may perhaps be better than themselves; and let no woman laugh at another woman, who may perhaps be better than herself. Do not defame through sarcastic remarks about one another, nor call one another by offensive nicknames. It is an evil thing to be called by a bad name after being a believer, and those who do not repent are the ones who are the wrongdoers.”

It serves the Pakistanis right for cracking jokes about the ‘stupidity’ of the Pathans.

Today, Allah Almighty has shown us that the Pathans are very intelligent. They have been wise enough to choose an intelligent, brave and radical leader to take them out of their ten-year-old crisis, while the rest of Pakistan is still immersed in the darkness of racism, vested interests and thoughtlessness.

Well done, KPK voters…

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials],
[Location].

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Comment: Long Live Imran Khan & Good Sportsmanship Mian Nawaz Shareef

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Asalamo Alykum,

May Allah Almighty bless Sir Imran Khan with a speedy recovery and make him stand back on his feet ever energetic than before, Ameen.

Here, I would like to appreciate Mian Nawaz Shareef’s sportsmanship as he showed genuine concern for Sir Imran Khan after his accidental fall from the election campaign dais. Mian Nawaz Shareef and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, called him in person to inquire about his health and wish him a speedy recovery.

I also appreciate the PTI leadership for immediately and publically acknowledging Mian Nawaz Shareef and other political leaders’ concern for Sir Imran Khan’s injury.

Although I am a convert supporter from PML-N to PTI and JI, and am a great admirer of Sir Imran Khan, nonetheless I have been hurt and disappointed, on a principle basis, by the tirade of attack on Nawaz Shareef by Sir Imran Khan. Jibes like calling him a circus-lion and likewise are very hurtful and beneath the level of Sir Imran Khan.

Since Sir Imran Khan was a national cricket hero, he must have been Mian Nawaz Shareef’s hero too. It must be hurting for him to be called names by a person who he himself had admired for a long time.

Do campaign and make your party strong, but please also be cordial with each other. PML-N, PTI and JI, all three are basically rightist parties with some differences here and there. Please unite and alliance if you have to after the elections and do not let this country be devoured by the seculars and atheists.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Comment: Candidate Withdrawal in Honor of Fouzia Siddiqui

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Asalamo Alykum,

PTI, JI and PML-N are requested to withdraw their nominees from the electoral seat of NA-250 in honor of Ms. Fouzia Siddiqui so that she wins a clear victory against Pervaiz Musharraf.

May Allah Almighty bless you for your strategic and noble move, Ameen.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: PTI and Fun

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Asalamo Alykum,

One of the reasons that PTI is so popular with the youth and progressive-minded people of Pakistan is that PTI gatherings are very juvenile, fun-filled and lively.

However, PTI must remember that music is undisputedly forbidden in Islam. It can easily and most appealingly be replaced by Nasheed singing accompanied by the Daff and other melodious sound effects. A very good example of such ‘music’ is by a British, Islamic band, Shaam.

We all like listening to Abrar-ul-Haq, Shahzad Roy and all the other singer supporters of PTI. However, we get very disturbed and double-minded because of the music inclusion.

I know PTI would not like to lose its music-lover supporters, but we, the religion-oriented have a right over PTI too. On the other hand, the most important clause is PTI’s own manifesto statement,

“Only thee we worship, and only thee we ask for help.” [The Holy Quran, (1) Surah Al-Fateha, Verse 5]

The magnificent and increasingly popularity of PTI is by the Grace of Allah Almighty. PTI must not forget the Islamic values as it advances in its growth and power.

Nasheed entertainment, and it will be another cool tradition set by PTI.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Lie Detection for Shahzeb Murder Case

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Asalamo Alykum,

It has been reported in the newspapers that the Shahzeb Murder Case has taken an ugly turn as one of the eye-witnesses has taken a u-turn, most probably under threat and pressure, and has not identified the key culprits and formerly accused, in an identification parade.

The Prime Minister, Parliament and the Supreme Court are requested to legislate and employ Lie-Detection machines during criminal investigation and declare its results as Legal Evidence in the courts.

Please do not let the death of Shahzeb Khan and countless others be in vain.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Certainly PTI and JI

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Asalamo Alykum,

I am extremely surprised to read the survey report of British Council Pakistan on Youth & Democracy in Pakistan reported @ http://dawn.com/2013/04/02/generation-next-goes-to-the-polls-a-survey/

I always thought that the majority of Pakistanis viewed themselves as secular and non-religious. I am surprised to know that it is not so, for the report shows the greatest percentage of people view themselves as religious and in favor of Shariah ruling. Wow!

Then for what reason is JI unable to secure sizeable seats in elections? Perhaps, it is partly rigging and partly fear of an austere version of Shariah implementation. I say so because I have met many ‘religious’ families in my life with varying degrees of Islam practice. Every family or individual consider themselves to be at the correct, balanced degree. They do not want to step right or left of their understanding of Islam. Hmmm, this is complicated.

Perhaps we need to realize that any version of Islam would still be better than the current feudalism, corruption and anarchy. Alternatively, people have a brilliant new choice in the form of PTI. It is Islam-oriented and very progressive.

Now, I also realize why I had the wrong perception about majority Pakistanis being secular and non-religious. I guess it is because of media rigging. It is my personal experience that when I post pro-Islamic comments on articles online, more than half the time they do not get printed, while every kind of secular comment is up there. It means some media outlets are creating false impressions by filtering public comments. This is journalistic dishonesty.

Well, to all of my pro-Islamic friends out there, now you have a great choice between PTI and JI in the upcoming elections. Do not sit home and you and your friends, go for them!

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Jazak Allah Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri and a Plea

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Asalamo Alykum,

With all this hue and cry over Article 62-63 of the constitution, we have to but remember you for you are the one who highlighted the neglected clauses. Many of us did not even know about their existence.

The corrupt are definitely running around yelping now with their tails down. And their equally corrupt supporters are raising nonsense so-called critical thinking as to how can a person judge another person’s piety? Really? What do you do when you seek a match for your daughter in marriage? What do you do when you are looking for a business partner? What do you do when you hire staff for your office? Are there no parameters by which one attempts to assess a human being’s piety, honesty and character? Article 62-63 of the constitution are definitely on!

However, I have one plea to make to you, Sir. Since all your demands were not met, and you consider the ECP to be non-constitutional, consequently you have announced to boycott the elections. Of course, your followers will obey you. However, that will be a deep blow to Pakistan. Most of your supporters are expected to vote for either PTI or JI. The boycott will only strengthen the secular’s vote bank. Your Islamabad Long March Declaration has already caused enough stormy waves in the political sea. We all thank Allah Almighty for it, so please comprise with the given situation and allow your followers to cast their vote.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Brilliant Move, Fouzia Siddiqui

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Asalamo Alykum,

Ms. Fouzia Siddiqui, you could not have come up with a more brilliant move than standing against Musharraf in the upcoming elections. It sure will be a sweeping victory, InshAllah, and a very sweet revenge (although not enough).

I often thought how could Mushurraf be so naïve as to return to Pakistan. I now understand that Allah Almighty has His own wise plans. Hopefully, Musharraf has come home to face his ultimate humiliation in these elections.

As a Muslim, I like to forgive and seek forgiveness for every human being. However, Musharaf is one very cruel and a hundred minutes hard-boiled egg, the way he stands adamant upon his criminal governance decisions. May Allah Almighty give him Guidance, else may he face the severest of retribution in this world and the Hereafter.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Comment: International Voting Plea

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Asalamo Alykum,

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Why could not international voting be implemented? If electronic voting is yet not possible, it is still possible to accommodate international voters manually. They can download and print the ballot page, stamp their vote and courier it with their original ID card to the ECP. The voters can include a return envelope for their ID card to be returned to them.

Please allow international voting for this is a precarious time for Pakistan.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: What is Musharraf here for?

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Asalamo Alykum,

Imran Khan has the unique quality of being the choice of religious and seculars alike because he is a straight and progressive leader.

Now why has Musharraf returned? To break away the progressive vote bank of Imran Khan?

I hope the progressive gentry is wise enough to stick to Imran Khan and not return to the criminal Musharraf.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Woe unto PML-Q Cultural Event Organizer

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Asalamo Alykum,

Shame on all the dupatta-clad ladies of PML-Q who sat there watching a young girl do Mujra in front of a crowd of men, women and cameras. Alas, but the greatest woe unto the organizer of that ‘cultural’ show, who amazingly happenened to be a woman herself.

Respectable women, why did you not join her in her art performance?

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Friday, March 15, 2013

Comment: ECP, Please Speedup for Overseas Voters & E-Voting

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Asalamo Alykum,

The Honorable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim is requested to please speedup the overseas voter’s list and their registration for voting.

E-voting will have to be enabled for them to vote.

Is it possible that the local residents of Pakistan can also opt for e-voting as this will highly increase the voting turnout?

Previously, many people did not vote simply because of lethargy. In the current circumstances, many people will not come out to vote because of the law and order situation and terror threat, especially in sensitive areas.

With regards to this, I would like to repost a technical post which was printed in the Dawn Newspaper on January 3, 2013…

“Pakistan stands on top in the region in terms of the Internet penetration. In Pakistan, about 16 per cent of population use the Internet against 12 per cent in India and five per cent in Bangladesh. Most of the Internet users in Pakistan are its youths. Like postal ballot, the ECP may introduce Internet voting in the upcoming general elections. The Internet voting system can work like the already established postal ballot.
The voters who wish to cast their vote through the Internet can request the ECP well before the polling day.
The ECP can issue an account name and password for each such voter. The ECP can eliminate the names of those voters from voter lists to avoid duplicate voting.
This procedure is simpler than VOI and the cost-intensive DRE voting system in Europe and the US.
Furthermore, it is more transparent and secure due to the central database. By, IRFAN MEHMOOD
Sargodha”.

May Allah Almighty Help you, Ameen.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Malala was Not Shot for Trying to Get Education

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Asalamo Alykum,

Much as I condemn the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, I wish to point out that she was not shot just because she was trying to get education. There were so many others doing the same.

Since the shooting, I am repeatedly reading and hearing this phrase in the news, especially international news outlets, that, ‘Malala, a fourteen year-old girl, was brutally shot by the Taliban simply because she trying to get education…’

This statement is a journalistic, either error or deception.

She was not shot simply because was trying to get education. She was shot because she had been making anti-Islam statements like ‘veiling reminds me of the stone-ages’, ‘beard reminds me of Pharoah’ and so on. She was doing so on international forums as well.

Please condemn the shooting, but in the right perspective for journalism is a sacred trust.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Monday, March 11, 2013

Comment: Shahzeb Murder Case, Congratulations but Nothing Less than Capital Punishment

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Asalamo Alykum,

I wish to congratulate the Chief Justice and Supreme Court on the steady progress of Shahzeb Murder Case.

The culprits have been convicted. Congratulations. They must be punished now. No out-of-court settlement should be allowed.

And no punishment less than the capital punishment shall be acceptable for the murderers.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Comment: Condemnation of Muslim Mob Attack on Christian Colony

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Asalamo Alykum,

In an incident of blasphemy charge, a mob has attacked the Christian Joseph Colony, Lahore, where the accused resided.

As a Muslim, I strongly condemn this attack. If the accused has committed blasphemy, he has been arrested and the courts will and should decide according to law. However, there is no need to harm anyone else or destroy anything.

This mob just seems like a lot frustrated by economic, social and political problems, and hence is venting out their anger on a plausible cause. This is highly unfair to the ones attacked as well as to Islam.

Also, the country is strongly being plagued by political attempts at propelling sectarian violence. The authorities need to look into the matter if this incident is also a sequel of these attempts.

I urge the government to adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards the perpetrators of sectarian and minorities violence.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Pakistan and Bangladesh should Help Drought Victims of India

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Asalamo Alykum,

Pakistan and Bangladesh, being immediate neighbors of India, have the ethical responsibility of helping India as one of its states Maharastra, is facing a severe drought.

It is the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammed Pbuh that he transported grains to the state of Makkah when Makkah faced a severe famine. This was despite great enmity existing between Makkah and Madinah. Yes, Kashmir continues as a thorn between the two nations, yet we Muslims should help the Indians in the hour of human crisis.

Muslim government and NGOs should step forward and try to resolve the drought issue of Maharastra, India.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Dr. Shakeel Afridi is Responsible for Attacks on Polio Teams

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Asalamo Alykum,

Yes, many puritan Muslims as well as mediocre Muslims have always been suspicious of the purpose of free vaccine programs by the West in the East and Muslim countries. However, at the most they refused to have their children vaccined.

This new scenario, in which polio team workers are being attacked and killed, is not in response to this mistrust. It is in fact an angry reaction to the act of Dr. Shakeel Afridi, who ran a fake vaccine camp as a means to track down Sheikh Osama bin Laden for America.

As Wikipedia puts it, ‘Humanitarian organizations, including Médecins Sans Frontières, protested the use of a medical charity for espionage purposes believing it would cause suspicion of such organizations in the future and endanger personnel working on such projects…’

This is exactly what has happened. How will we reverse the effect now?

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Comment: Sectarian Killings are Attempts to Ignite Civil War in Pakistan

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Asalamo Alykum,

The twin blasts in Karachi on the 3rd March, 2013, are condemnable beyond words. Although it is an old strategy of the non-Muslims against Muslims, yet it is despicable once again beyond words.

These sudden blasts targeting the Shia sect among Muslims is a desperate attempt by the receding forces of Afghanistan; they are desperately clicking on the sectarian screen of Pakistan hoping for a civil war to break out which would give them a political reason and opportunity to intervene and intercede and then either disintegrate Pakistan or at least denuclearize it. The coming two years are thus crucial for them and for us since they are to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

Mr. Rehman Malik is just comfortably blaming everything on religious groups without giving any proof, because it is comfortable to blame everything on them. If it is the religious groups, why cannot he stop them? If he cannot, why does not he resign? Admitted that the religious sectarian groups are prone to sectarian violence, but usually there is an issue which triggers the violence. What sectarian issue has taken place over the last year for these sectarian killings to take place?

The truth is that his government is trying to cover-up their horrendous error of issuing visas to the notorious Blackwater and the likes of them and now do not know how to handle the situation. The Ministry responsible for issuing visas to foreigners is responsible for all these political, sectarian and civilian deaths.

I request the Supreme Court to issue notice to the relevant departments and take preventive and proactive actions to avoid these shootings and blasts.

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Friday, March 1, 2013

Comment: Arm Twisting Pakistan

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Asalamo Alykum,

You must be knowing what arm-twisting is, right? When a bully twists the arm of a weaker one and forces him/her to agree to something before letting go.

Pakistan is in trouble regarding Balochistan, albeit due to its own unfair administration. However, as Pakistan is all set to make a business deal with the internationally sanctioned brother Iran, a US Congressman has taken up the issue of Balochistan and is suggesting a ‘referendum for independence’.

Could this cry be actually an arm-twister to Pakistan over the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project?

Pakistan must not buckle down. Pakistan should take heed and resolve its internal matters pronto. Next, Pakistan should make its decisions independently and the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project must go on…

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Kashmir Plebiscite before Balochistan Referendum

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Asalamo Alykum,

US Congressman Rohrabacher is requesting a referendum to be conducted in Balochistan as to whether its people want to stay part of Pakistan or not.

Sir Rohrabacher, could you please first advocate the implementation of the 66 year-old standing orders of the UN to conduct plebiscite in Kashmir whether they want stay part of India or not?

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Comment: Rohingya Muslims versus Hazara Muslims

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Asalamo Alykum Dear All,

Perhaps somebody could shed some light on this not-so-complex problem. I am extremely devastated, angry and concerned about the mass killings of Hazara Muslims in Pakistan. I was also devastated, angry and concerned about the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma. More so, because, the massacre of Rohingya Muslims met complete silence and a blind eye by the international media as well as the local media. We only got to know about it via social media. In contrast, news about the massacre of the Hazara Muslims is all over the channels. Why?

Further, no one offered the Rohingya Muslims any asylum, not even the Muslim countries! However, in the case of the Hazaras, 2500 families have been offered asylum by Australia. Let it be noted here that 200+ Hazaras have been killed in the recent Hazara attacks, while 20,000+ Rohingya Muslims were killed in the recent attacks against Rohingya Muslims.

Is it then about politics and not about human rights and tragedy? Broadcasting the Hazara massacre would make Pakistan look bad and a failed state, so let us do it? And broadcasting the Rohingya massacre would create sympathy for Muslims so let us ignore it? See, even the word ‘Muslims’ is not being used for the Hazaras…

They would play these politics, I understand, but why is Pakistan playing it? Any clue?

Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Comment: Concern for Kashmir's Syed Ali Shah Geelani & his Wife

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Asalamo Alykum, After Afzal Guru’s sudden and unexpected execution in Delhi, India, there are serious and valid concerns regarding the house arrest of Kashmiri political leader, Syed Ali Shah Gilani and his wife. Now, even their mobile phones are coming across as switched off and a barber who sought to visit the house was refused entry.

The Pakistani government should call the attention of the international community to this and similar house arrests , if any, and make sure that no political and extra-judicial murders take place in the name of security. Wsalam.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Comment: Salt of Welfare on Wounds of Slavery

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Asalamo Alykum, Like a slave, with no ownership, no self-respect and no decision-power, we buckled down to the threat of America and participated in the so-called war-on-terror. We gave intelligence, logistic support and even handed over citizens to them without stammering to ask for any proof of so-called guilt.

As a result, our country has torn apart in a reactionary terrorism and suicide attacks. Around four thousand security personnel and forty thousand civilians have lost their lives, other than those injured and handicapped for life. Let it be noted that there were no suicide attacks in Pakistan prior to 2001.

After being responsible for all the havoc, misery and terror in Pakistan, America now lands in with ‘beneficiary’ programs like USAID; building hospitals, granting scholarships and also offering to pay our utility bills.

I really feel like a dog who gets kicked and fed by the same master. This humiliating welfare is just like salt on our wounds. I wish America would just go back and leave us alone for good. Wsalam.

Comment: Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline - Superb Decision

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Asalamo Alykum, Does any country have the right to tell any other country who to do business with and with whom not? Why should we not do business with Iran?

It is one of the best decisions the Government of Pakistan has taken in a long time. I hope you stick to it and take some more similar decisions. Wsalam.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Comment: Little Murtaza Haider, My Son

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Asalamo Alykum, Yes, little Murtaza Haider, you are just like my son. I saw you smiling out of your innocent picture in the newspaper, and then I read the news caption, ‘Murtaza Haider is dead, does anyone care?’ My heart felt a sharp pain. No, this could not be. Has somebody killed you and your father just because you are a Shia? That is sick.

Yes, we Sunnis do care. We are in this together. We need to fight this together.

If any Sunni outfit has done this, it is deplorable and they should be punished without any consideration. While I personally think that these Shia killings are aimed at creating Sunni-Shia riots and a civil war in Pakistan as America recedes from Afghanistan.

Let us not become chips of a political game. Let us unite, condemn and fight this together in the right direction. Wsalam.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Unbelievable Hazara Killings

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Asalamo Alykum, I fail to understand what stops the government to crackdown on the perpetrators of the Quetta bombings. The government did not stop short of persecuting the die-hard, sincere Mujahideen of the Afghan Jihad upon America's beck and call. Then, what stops them from dismantling the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, who apparently has claimed responsibility of the Quetta carnage?

I also fail to understand what version of Islam authenticates killing people of another sect? What logic or argument do they have?

Or could it be that the government knows that these blasts are actually being done by foreign terrorist organizations like Blackwater and therefore do not know how to handle the situation?

Whoever is doing it, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Blackwater or whoever, they should be annihilated completely from the land and the perpetrators given the capital punishment as a lesson to other potential miscreants.

Hazaras, I am so sorry. The horror, loss and sadness which envelopes the situation is unbelievable. However, this sorry is not enough. We need hard action and as a citizen, I demand it of our government. Wsalam.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

PEMRA, Well Done on Valentine's

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Dear PEMRA,

Asalamo Alykum. I really appreciate your notification of caution to the media upon the Valentine’s Day celebrations. Indeed, there are many amongst us who wish to see an absolute ban on such flaunting and ‘borrowed’ occasions. However, a restraint, to begin with, is a sure start and deserves a lot of appreciation. Thank you for taking notice of people’s displeasure upon it and thank you for taking some action against it. You have sure exercised your position of power for the good. May Allah Almighty grant us all wisdom and the best in this world and the Hereafter. Wsalam.

For Once, I Appreciate, America

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Reading about the detailed account of Sheikh Osama bin Laden’s assassination, I am deeply grateful to the US Naval SEAL who claims that he did not hurt Sheikh Osama’s three-year-old son who was standing right there and crying after the assassination. Nor did he attempt to molest any of the women present on the compound.

It would be nice if he would give some ethical counseling to his fellow troops and personnel as well, who throw six-month old babies on roadsides, leaving them to die on their own, who chain seven year-old boys for years, so that they develop deformed feet and who rape women after they have been shot and are bleeding to death. Then a second soldier comes up and says, ‘Hurry up, I want to have a go at her while she is still warm…’.

On behalf of the Muslim nation, thank you for not hurting our child and not molesting our women.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

I Can Keep Nukes, You Can't

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I utterly fail to understand why certain countries tell other countries not to make nuclear weapons while they themselves have made nuclear weapons and continue to stock theirs. This is a bullying hypocrisy and a very brash one.

America actually has the historic record medal of nuclear bombing innocent civilians of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, killing approximately 250,000 in immediate effect. The first nuclear bomb was dropped on the 6th of August and even after seeing its effect, another nuclear bomb was cold-bloodedly dropped only three days later, the 9th of August, 1945.

How can America or any other country hosting nuclear weapons themselves, instruct North Korea, Iran and others not to do so? What logical, ethical or political reasoning could possibly dictate so?

Aafia's Family Statement & the Algerians

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I can fully understand the horror, pain and desperation of Aafia’s plight and the need to secure her freedom at all costs and by any means possible. Every worthy human being, be they Muslims or non-Muslims, share the grief with Aafia’s family.

It is no secret that America patronized the freedom-fighters of Islam when they needed them against Russia, but when the freedom-fight asked for their own freedom, the same freedom-fighters were termed ‘terrorists’. There is a difference of opinion among Muslims upon the strategy of these freedom-fighters, but there is no doubt that these freedom-fighters are genuine for Islam and the Muslims to the core of their hearts. That is why they have disrupted their personal lives and their economic lives and struggle for the freedom of the Muslim nation.

“O believers! Be steadfast for the sake of Allah and bear true witness and let not the enmity of a people incite you to do injustice; do justice; that is nearer to piety. Fear Allah, surely Allah is fully aware of all your actions.” [The Holy Quran, (5) Surah Al-Maidah, Verse 8]

Taliban, the Al-Qaeda associated group, represented this commandment when they captured Yvonne Ridley, a British journalist spying on them, in 2001. They did not rape her (much to the disappointment of the international media), their women washed her clothes for her and they gave her food before they ate themselves. Due to their gentleman behavior, she chose to study Islam after release and converted in due time. This is a sharp contrast indeed to USA capturing Aafia Siddiqui with her three innocent children, separating them, physically-mentally-emotionally-sexually torturing her, raping her, stripping her, cavity-searching her and to top it all, filming the entire humiliation. Aafia was never an enemy of USA, but supposedly, even if she was, is this how one treats captives? Despite all this, America stands the champion of human rights and Taliban and Al-Qaeda and all their associates are terrorists. Great mathematics!

I am sure that those Algerian fighters feel as deeply and painfully for Aafia as you and I do and that is why they sought to secure her release. I do not think it is fair to malign them as opportunists for a personal agenda for fear that their calling will associate Aafia with them. Aafia does not have to belong to a certain group for that group to call out for her freedom. Every Muslim, be s/he Sunni, Shia, Wahabi, or any other, and belonging to any group, Jamat-e-Islami, Tableeghi Jamat, Muslim Brotherhood or any other, feel a connection and responsibility for Aafia for the mere reason that she is a Muslim and she has been severely persecuted for no good reason. Her torturous imprisonment is the thorn in every Muslim heart.

As to why did they not speak for her earlier on? One cannot be sure but perhaps they also thought that speaking for her would malign her and endanger her further.

Hence, fear not and repel not. Ultimately, it is Allah Almighty who will bring about Aafia’s freedom and not bending to the hypocritical human rights rampant internationally these days which stay mute upon the Burma Massacre of 2012, in which 20,000 plus Muslim men, women and babies were roasted to death in a manner of ancient times torture, but create havoc world-wide when a handful of non-Muslims are killed in some ad hoc incident or retaliation.

Keep believing in Allah Almighty and side with those who believe in Allah Almighty and justice for all, Muslims and non-Muslims, and not just selectively for non-Muslims.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Baldia Factory Owners, Sialkot Criminals and Shahrukh Jatoi

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Asalamo Alykum, As far as I can remember, criminals in Pakistan go scot-free. However, in the recent past, some change has come thanks to the fair and resolute approach of the honorable CJ Iftikhar M. Chaudhry.

Now, does Prime Minister Raja P. Ashraf have the right to pardon the owners of the Karachi Baldia Town Factory Fire? If the constitution provides such a right, please change such an unfair and inhuman constitution clause.

It also brings question to the mind, are the murderers of the two Sialkot brothers, Mughees and Muneeb, actually serving their sentence or have they been quietly let out as well?

Will Shahrukh Jatoi and his fellow culprits really get punished or will somebody play the tricks for them too?

The CJ Iftikhar M. Chaudhry is requested to deal all these matters with an iron fist and may Allah Almighty bless him for it. Wsalam.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Allama Qadri's March: Shame on PTV and Some Politicians

I am neither a follower nor a member of Minhaj-ul-Quran, but I support Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri’s worthy agenda. My heart was honoring and aching for the protesters of Allama Qadri’s sit-in as it started to rain. It was dismal and people were trying their best to hang on and not give in to the weather. As I was flipping through the channels, the commentary of PTV caught my attention. The PTV anchor was saying, ‘The rain has further broken down the protesters; they had already begun to get sick and tired of their leader’s tirade. People have started to leave the camp in huge flocks…’. He had cunningly positioned himself at the back entrance from where ‘visitors’ were coming and leaving! He also said, ‘These protesters are mindlessly and irrationally following their leader’s commands who has bewitched them. They are being totally irresponsible for their women and children, not caring for their health and wellbeing’. How can they, sir, with no jobs, money and soaring food prices? It is downright evil how biased and prejudiced humans and job requirements can become, such that one refuses to acknowledge factual miseries and labels honorable struggles as ‘irresponsible behavior’. Shame on PTV. And shame on most of our politicians except Imran Khan. He thought it wiser not to join but he did not bad-mouth him or his March, while some of our other politicians are so immature that they cannot even hide their jealously of a successful stroke by another leader. They come with all kind of garbage which reflects nothing but the shallowness of their own character. If they did not agree with the March, they could have simply said so, that we ‘disagree’, but to call it unconstitutional while you did the same only three years ago, and to call it a circus and what not, only makes you yourself a clown in the public eye.

Allama Qadri's March: Thumbs-up and Thumbs-down Together

Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri’s Long March and sit-in was speculative in its grandeur, enthusiasm and bravery. I salute its participants for braving out four nights and four days on the road in front of the parliament in the bitter cold of January in Islamabad, which is the coldest month from round the year. It even rained on the fourth day, although nobody knew at that time that it would be the last day of the sit-in, and the enthusiastic participants listened to their leader’s speech amidst the pelting rain. The crowd did not comprise of Minhaj-ul-Quran members and followers only. It also comprised of common citizens who are sick to the head of the soaring inflation of food prices and basic commodities of life, no electricity, no gas, no water, no jobs, no healthcare and on top of that, flamboyant corruption and flashy lifestyles of the leaders. It is as if they are smirking at the smeared janta. Many people categorically said that we do not care what school-of-thought Allama Qadri belongs to and what his past was, we are here to demand CHANGE because we are sick to the guts of the corrupt system. Believe it or not, all the maids and helpers from our household went too. Does this mean that the common citizens have the ability to come out and protest provided they feel for the cause? Does that mean that that we do not truly feel for Aafia Siddiqui? For Missing Persons? For Drone Attacks? For Kerry-Lugar Bill? For Raymond Davis case? For Kashmir Issue? For Palestine Issue? For the information of the readers, Ms. Amina Masood, chairperson of Defence of Human Rights (www.dhrpk.org), the aggrieved families of Missing Persons and their supporters have also put up a sit-in at D-chowk many times amidst cold weather, wind-storms that blew away their tents and bitter-cold nights of November and February. Three days, seven days, thirteen days, sixty days, seventy-five days…and the administration waited ‘patiently’ for them to exhaust their energies and money and go back home unaccomplished, downtrodden and brokenhearted. Neither did the media cover them much like they covered Dr. Qadri. Of course, like everything else, reporting calamity has its fees too. But do you know the number of common citizens who participate in these sit-ins? One, two, five, twenty, at best, fifty…compare this to the hundred thousand plus present at the Allama Qadri’s sit-in… This shows our face as a nation. We will step out and speak up if somebody steps on our tail, but if it is somebody else’s tail in trouble, ‘what can I do’?

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Shahrukh Jatoi's Arrogance Must be Hanged

It is so terribly sad, the young death of Shahzeb Khan. While I feel fuming anger at not just Sharukh Jatoi, but all those who developed the arrogance that he is stuffed with. He killed for no major reason except arrogance itself. When Shahzeb and the Siraj Talpur had a squabble, Shahzeb’s father intervened and settled the matter, as nice, gentlemanly fathers usually do. But, Shahrukh Jatoi is said to have raised and fired three shots in the air, saying, ‘The matter may be settled with the Talpurs, but it is not settled with me…I am Shahrukh Jatoi, son of Sikander Jatoi…’ What does it matter Mr. Shahrukh, what your name is or who your father is? It does not impress anyone. And I hate all those who stuffed you with such arrogance, be it your family, friends or boot-licking servants. I hope the CJ hangs you well and I hope Allah Almighty’s Plans hang all those who pumped you to such arrogance, from your childhood all the way to today.

No Concession for the Under-Eighteen

The barbaric punishments of Islam can today offer some solace to the family of Nirbhaya, the famous Delhi gang-rape victim. While the culprits might be given a death sentence, in Islam, it is a death sentence for sure. While I wish some Hindu guru would take up the famous ‘an eye for an eye’ Holy law and treat those animals with the same cruel treatment that they meted out, that is, they should be publically raped for a full one hour, then beaten and inserted with an iron road, then thrown out of the bus and have it run over them till death. As for the sixth guy who must be thanking his stars that he is under-eighteen and hence prone to some relaxation, well Islam has some bad news for him and good news for Nirbhaya’s family. If he was old enough to rape, then he is old enough for punishment. In Islam, a person is considered an adult and hence responsible for his/her actions at puberty, be it at eleven, thirteen or whatever. The threshold is puberty and not being ‘eighteen or above’.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Tribute to Indian Leaders & Media for Nirbhaya

A tribute to the Indian leaders who cancelled all official New Year parties in the wake of the Delhi girl, Nirbhaya’s rape, while our leaders shake hands, host dinners and award medals to officers of the state which continues to endorse rape, naked cavity search and videotaping of it, for the daughter of the nation, Aafia Siddiqui. A tribute also to the Indian media, who black bordered their newspapers in mourning of the human tragedy, while our media was all colorful with minute-by-minute personal reports of Sania-Shoiab wedding in the very time period Aafia Siddiqui was due to be sentenced any day in 2010. A country progresses only when it cares for its people; no wonder India is far ahead of us today.

Bilawal, Imran Khan's Popularity Antidote

PPP obviously has little hope of returning to power this elections, because of their, like always, insincere governance performance and also because it is Nawaz Shareef’s turn now, or supposed to be. However, a third force recently came in power which was totally unexpected and obviously sent the traditional political parties floundering for anti-dotes. This third force was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, with its founder Imran Khan immensely popular with the youth. PPP has shrewdly put forward, the cute, Bilawal Zardari as an anti-dote, to snatch away at least half of the youth following Imran Khan, that is, the females. I can only plead, to the female youth, to keep fancies out of politics. The young girls of today, are the mothers of tomorrow. So young girls, cuteness will not feed your children tomorrow, cuteness will not provide them with education and jobs, cuteness will not be an alternate to lack of electricity, cooking gas and fuel, cuteness will not make nice dresses, shoes and bags affordable for you and cuteness will not save your boys from becoming Faizan and Fahim. Please girls, vote for sincerity and not cuteness.

Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri, For the Sake of Unity Only

I hate to be judgmental about the credibility of any Muslim scholar, for all too often we are calling various scholars Ulema-e-Su, fitnah and a foreign agent. It breaks the unity of the Muslim nation, weakens them and presents an ugly picture of the Muslims. And I will not do so. I will only ask you humbly, Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri, ‘Sir, as a scholar of Islam and as a Muslim, what do you expect in reaction from a nation which has faced genocide, ethnic cleansing, caliphate devolution, state take-over’s, resources plundering, persecution, execution and ideology alienation during the last century? Exactly what legitimate response you have in mind? When the Bosnian pregnant women were butchered in the stomach and sewn back with kittens inside, when Bosnian teenage girls were striped and caged on a public road with a ‘Free Sex’ sign overboard, when a Bosnian girl-child was molested by a group of soldiers who oral sexed her so much that her tonsils burst out, when the Bosnian men were so weak in faith that they put their hands together and begged the Serbs not to kill them, it is then that the Mujahideen, oops, the terrorists arrived from all over the world and lent the Muslim Bosnians a shoulder, a fist and a spine. Dear America, England and all those you pronounce benefactors of Muslims turned a blind eye to the entire human catastrophe until the Muslims had been well busted out. Then, towards the end, they landed in with a farce of ‘international intervention’. This is a very short narration of only one Muslim land’s plight. Afghanistan, Iraq, Kashmir, Palestine continue to date while many others are now history. Today, the situation has worsened. The Burma Massacre 2012 where an estimated 20,000 Muslim men, women and children, including babies have been roasted to death in a manner of ancient times torture was not even reported in the international media and nor local media, because the big boss signaled in the negative. One simple question only, what would you have done if all the above Bosnian women were women of your family, you would have been tied up and made to witness their horror and lived on? What would you have done?

Obama Might Turn Ruthless Now

Although I feel thankful that Obama has won against Romney, for Romney is a Republican and the Republicans are said to be more war-oriented than the Democrats, still, there is not much to look forward to. President Obama might have kept a lighter hand upon international issues and issues related to Muslims, in the past, to continue having support of the minorities in the future, but now he has no more elections to contest and hence nothing to lose. This will be his last term and he will do whatever he feels like. Consequently, he might turn ruthless now. We need to focus on strengthening ourselves and resolving our issues ourselves instead of keep looking towards the President of America. He is their president and will work for them, not us. “The fact is that Allah never changes to condition of a people until they intend to change it themselves” [The Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Ra’ad, Excerpt from Verse 11]

Over-Reacting to Generals

Mirza Aslam Baig, Asad Durrani and Hamid Gul have sizeable contribution to the defence of Pakistan. Have they been found guilty of tempering with politics? Was it to become Prime Ministers and Presidents themselves? Or to save the country from politicians who are a security threat to the state? Because unfortunately, in our country, a big chunk of votes comes from poverty-stricken and harassed villagers whose Chaudhri is sold out. It is he who tells the poor villagers who to vote for if they want a share in the harvest for the coming year. They also vote by ethnic association; a Sindhi prefers to vote for a Sindhi. They also vote by legendary association. I once asked a PPP voter why he voted for PPP. He said, ‘Benazir’s father was an inspirational man’. But he is no more alive? But worst of all is this one; I once asked a PPP voter why she voted for PPP? She said, ‘Benazir Bhutto is pretty looking’. Confounded silence. While majority of the educated stay at home and do not vote out of sheer distrust in the whole system. It is ironical that the PPP is so gleeful about the Asghar Khan case result and some of their officials have gone as far as saying that the culprits should be ‘hanged’ in public under Article 6. Sir, do you forget Article 6 for Musharraf, Shakeel Afridi and Hussain Haqqani? Do not over-react. I feel very sorry that the three named Generals used money to achieve objects but I have no doubt that their intention was creating a firewall against corrupt politicians.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

I want Prophet Muhammed's Pakistan

Although I appreciate MQM’s concern for the future of Pakistan and their effort to invoke a referendum for it, but the referendum question ‘Do you want Quaid’s Pakistan or Taliban’s Pakistan? ’ is incomplete. If I vote for Quaid-e-Azam’s Pakistan, then where does Pakistan stand? Will it be religious or secular? For both the secular and the religious interpret Quaid-e-Azam’s August 11th speech as according to their ideology. I cannot vote for Taliban’s Pakistan for there is a great suspicion as to who these Taliban are? Are they real or disguised agents? Do they mean it or are they acting out of resentment and frustration of a betrayed nation? Here’s a brainwave; how about if I say I want Prophet Muhammed’s Pbuh Pakistan? Yes? No? Are you a Muslim?