Zardari seems to be reaching new levels of desperation. Yesterday, he tried to ban Dr Shahid Masood’s program “Meray Mutabiq” by stopping it’s transmission from Dubai (though it still made the airwaves).

Another sign of his desperation is that he seems to have dug out the old picture of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and buried the picture of Benazir Bhutto — do excuse the pun.

Here are a few pictures from earlier:

And here is one from their meeting yesterday:

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Les Talibans pakistanais ont nié toute implication dans les attaques civiles et accusé les États-Unis d’avoir orchestré certains attentats à la bombe.

Le Tehreek e-Taliban a rendu publique sa première vidéo, où il s’exprime sur les récentes attaques qui lui ont été attribuées dans toutes les villes pakistanaises.

Lundi dernier, le porte-parole du groupe, Azam Tariq, a posté sur YouTube la vidéo qui évoque les attentats à la bombe perpétrés à l’Université islamiste d’Islamabad.

Il a affirmé que cette attaque visait à préparer le terrain en vue de l’opération militaire qui se déroulera au sud Waziristan, le fief des combattants Taliban.

Il a également déclaré que son groupe n’avait en aucun cas été impliqué ni dans l’attentat du marché de Peshawar qui avait fait 100 morts, ni dans l’attaque de Charsada, une ville située à la frontière de la province pakistanaise du Nord-ouest.

« Je voudrais que le monde arabe, en particulier le Pakistan, sache que les Moudjahidin ne posent pas de bombes destinées à tuer des civils », a précisé Tariq. « C’est plutôt l’œuvre des sinistres organisations secrètes à la solde de l’État et de Blackwater ». 

En outre, le porte-parole du Tehreek e-Taliban a justifié certaines explosions, qu’il a jugées « légitimes sur le plan religieux ». 

Les cibles de notre groupe ont toujours été clairement définies : il s’agit des organisations étatiques qui, sur ordre des Américains, s’en prennent à nous et ont sur les mains le sang de nos martyrs.

Toutefois, la firme américaine de sécurité Xe Services LLC, précédemment connue sous le nom de Blackwater, a nié avoir exécuté des contrats au Pakistan.

Cette firme a été bannie d’Irak en janvier dernier, suite au meurtre en 2007de 17 civils iraquiens.

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Ce n’est pas la première fois que les talibans le disent, ils ne sont pas responsables de ces attentats qui tuent uniquement des civils.
Ils ont raison d’occuper l’espace médiatique, ils ne doivent en aucun refaire les erreurs qui ont perdu le FIS en Algérie.Les massacres imputés au GIA étaient en réalité planifiés par l’armée, le pire étant de savoir que l’armée algérienne a repris les méthodes de contre insurection de l’armée française contre le FLN, méthodes qui ont fait leurs preuves.En effet dans les années 50 et 60 la France a perdu la guerre politique et médiatique, mais militairement cela avait été un succès.

Tout est fait pour discréditer les talibans aux yeux de la population, mais ces derniers sont loin d’etre des novices dans leurs relations aux médias, internet donne une profondeur stratégique que le FIS ne pouvait pas avoir.Et puis ils ne sont pas cons, ils ont très bien compris comment ça fonctionne.Le fait de pouvoir se replier dans les zones tribales voire en Afghanistan est également un atout essentiel.
Ils vont continuer à s’en prendre au gouvernement Pakistanais tout en occupant les médias, je ne sais pas du tout dans quelle mesure la population soutient ou pas les talibans, cela doit varier en fonction de l’ethnie et du lieu géographique.
Accuser Blackwater et le gouvernement corrompu-soumis d’être responsable des carnages est intelligent, d’autant que c’est la vérité !!!

Pendant ce temps, le pays et la population ne se développent pas, chaque offensive contre les talibans jettent des centaines de milliers de personnes sur les routes, ces gens vivent un calvaire.À chaque fois que les américains sont dans un pays, il y a la guerre, des massacres et de la propagande. Depuis le début de l’année, il ya eu des milliers de morts dans des attentats, ce pays est en quasi guerre civile constante. Les talibans sont des résistants, ce qui me stupéfie dans les médias, c’est que toute lutte qui implique des musulmans est du terrorisme. Pour l’occidental moyen autant le “che ” est un révolutionnaire ” normal “, par contre il n’y a aucun musulman qui soit bien vu parcequ’il lutte pour sa liberté, c’est assez marrant !!!! Propagande, propagande quand tu nous tiens !!!!

Nous avons une perception totalement biasée de la situation au Pakistan.C’est déja fantastique que les usa tuent des gens au pakistan. Imaginez une seconde que cela arrive en France, que des drones violent constamment notre espace aérien et tirent des missiles pour tuer un ” terroriste ” souvent avec sa famille. Tant que les USA parasiteront les affaires pakistanaises, et tueront des gens il y aura des resistants, c’est logique et normal.
En même temps, à notre niveau, il est très difficile de savoir qui fait quoi, qui bosse pour qui, qui est manipulé, qui est payé, mais il y a des constantes, chaques fois que des tas de civils meurent dans un attentat aveugle, vous pouvez être sûre que c’est le gvt collabo et/ou des services secrets étrangers.En revanche, même lorsque l’état est touché, on ne peut être sûre qu’il s’agit de résistant ” régulier” puisque les services secrets étrangers veulent aussi déstabiliser l’état pakistanais, comme la mort de Bhutto

Chaque pays est souverain, même dans les problèmes, surtout dans les problèmes pourrait on dire !!!

L’occident n’a pas à s’immiscer dans les affaires des autres nations, cela fait deux siècles que ça dure, et maintenant grace au NWO en devenir, les pays vont perdre toute souveraineté, mais avant ils perdront leurs populations !!!!!

Mediene har vært fulle av oppslag i løpet av 2007 om nettstedet facebook. Innfallsvinklene er mange.

Hvem er på Facebook, hva brukes det til, og hvordan kan det eventuelt misbrukes? Mobbehistorier er en gjenganger. Da Benazir Bhutto ble drept i jula, og hennes 19-år gamle sønn overtok, var hans facebook-aktiviteter noe av det første journalistene kastet seg over.

Oppmerksomheten i mediene har sine gode grunner. I september 2007 hadde facebook over 720 000 norske brukere. Men facebook er langt fra det eneste nettsamfunnet som er populært. Nettby, Biip, Blink, HamarUngdom, Deiligst og World of Warcraft har alle over 100 000 norske brukere. YouTube, MySpace, Me, Fettnerd, MSN, og Backstage er noen andre populære steder. De fleste bruker to eller flere. Forskning fra tidlig på nyåret 2007 viste at omtrent 1 million nordmenn var innom et nettsamfunn en eller flere ganger i uken. Og dette var før facebook fikk sitt gjennombrudd i Norge! 2007 har nemlig sett en norsk eksplosjon i nettstedets popularitet. Norge er i dag nummer 4 (etter Australia, Tyrkia og Sverige) i antall facebook-brukere, dersom en ser bort fra USA, Storbritannia og Canada.

Fra sin spede begynnelse i 2004, vokste nettstedet til 5 millioner i 2005. 11. september 2006 ble det åpnet opp for alle. I løpet av 2006 fikk den over 10 millioner brukere og i februar 2008 regner man med over 61 millioner brukere verden over, med over 250 000 nye brukere daglig. Den var i 2007 den sjette meste besøkte siden, og den aller viktigste i forhold til å dele bilder med andre.

Hva er det så som er så spesielt med facebook? Brukervennlighet er et stikkord, samt at det inngir tillit ved at de fleste fremstår med fullt navn, og som oftest bilde. Det er lett å spore opp gamle venner, bygge nettverket sitt på reelle venner fra forskjellige sammenhenger. Kikkerbehovet er nok også en vesentlig grunn for suksessen ved at man kan se bilder og videoer fra vennene, lese andres kommentarer på “veggen” og så videre.

Dette har gjort sitt til at facebook ikke bare er et nettsamfunn for de unge, men også de eldre tar det i bruk. I Norge er det de over 24 år som er den raskest voksende brukergruppen. Noen har facebook som sitt eneste sted på nettet. Der har man alt man behøver, også mulighet for å sende elektroniske meldinger til sine kjente. Nettsamfunn er rett og slett blitt et sentralt ledd i den nye medievirkeligheten vår. En undersøkelse foretatt i 16 land, inkludert USA, viser at aldersgruppen fra 8 til 24 år har i gjennomsnitt 94 kontakter på mobilen, 78 IM-kontakter og 86 venner i nettsamfunn. Trenden går fra massemedier til personlige medier, fra å være passive konsumenter til å være aktive deltagere, fra å være tekst-orientert til å bli multimediale, fra å bruke mediene innimellom, til alltid å “være på nett”. Nettsamfunnene binder sammen nettavisen, nettbutikken, e-posten, videoer, tv’en, blogger, chatting og “instant messaging” (IM), fotoalbumet vårt, mobilen vår og så videre.

Næringslivet har for lengst sett mulighetene. Hennes & Mauritz og Ernst og Young har etablert seg på facebook. Det 3D-animerte nettsamfunnet SecondLife har store multinasjonale selskap som Toyota, Nissan, IBM, BBC, Adidas, Reebok og Intel som deltakere, og Sverige fikk stor oppmerksomhet da de etablerte en virtuell ambassade på dette nettstedet. Trenden er å gå bort fra enveiskommunikasjon til kundene, og over til brukervennlige og interaktive nettsamfunn.

Men hvordan kan facebook og andre nettsamfunn være farlige? En stor bekymring er for eksempel frykten for at private opplysninger, og bilder, blir solgt videre eller brukt av andre uten samtykke fra den enkelte. Det har også forekommet flere tilfeller av sikkerhetsglipper, der uvedkommende har fått tilgang til sensitive privatopplysninger.

Det er viktig å være oppmerksom på slike farer. Ikke minst for foreldre som bør følge med på hva barna legger ut om seg selv. Foreldrene tror ofte at de har god kontroll med hva barna deres gjør på nettet. I realiteten har de ikke det. 8 av 10 barn mellom 9 og 16 år ønsker ikke å snakke med voksne om ubehageligheter de opplever mens de er på nettet. Forskning fra England viser at nesten 60 prosent av denne aldersgruppen har sett porno på nettet, 30 prosent har blitt mobbet, mottatt seksuelle kommentarer og sett voldelig innhold eller blitt tilsendt seksuelt materiale.

2007 var året da facebook ble et viktig tema. “Jeg så bildene på facebook” og lignende kunne man ofte høre. Jeg mener at facebook og andre nettsamfunn er en suksess, og vil fortsette å være det. Dette nettstedet har truffet en nerve, et behov for å bli sett, for å se, og for å knytte nærmere bånd til hverandre på nettet, i en hverdag der tette og nære ansikt-til-ansikts relasjoner blir sjeldnere og sjeldnere. Dessuten har tunge markedskrefter sett denne suksessen, på godt og vondt, og er villig til å spytte inn penger slik at det blir muligheter til videreutvikling. Det er flest unge som blir hektet på dette, men også middelaldrende og eldre.

I større og større grad ordner man sine liv, og lever sine liv på nettet. Dette behøver ikke å være negativt. Man kan da også få større muligheter til å delta aktivt i livet utenfor nettet. Tankekorset blir jo da at dette kan føre til et stort digitalt skille mellom de som behersker teknikken og de som ikke gjør det, for ikke å snakke om de som av økonomiske eller andre årsaker blir holdt utenfor. Nettsamfunn er kommet for å bli. I likhet med andre nye medier som har sett dagens lys opp igjennom historien, blir de ofte møtt med en viss skepsis. En sunn skepsis er alltid god å ha, så sant man ikke skyller babyen ut med badevannet. Dersom en også har mulighet til å tilpasse seg, kan en få øynene opp for de uante mulighetene som ofte ligger slike nyvinninger.

Også publisert i Fædrelandsvennen og fvn.no 13. februar: (http://www.fvn.no/meninger/kronikk/article556482.ece).

This week French President Sarkozy called for a ban to be placed on Muslim women who choose to express their faith by observing hijab and donning a burkha.  The French have been the most vocal and active in the arena of attacking religious freedom.  In 2004 they outlawed the use of headscarves, Sikh turbans, large Christian crosses and Jewish skullcaps in their state schools.  The French defend their law which is designed to strictly adhere to their ideas of separation of church and state, but French liberalism is coming dangerously close to ending religious freedom.  Even worse it seems to be spreading to other parts of Europe.  Italy, Turkey, three Belgian towns and seven of Germany’s 16 states have banned headscarves.  While speaking in Cairo President Obama said it clearly, “it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit – for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.” Members of the French Parliament, from both the left and right called the burkha an “oppressive dress that breaches individual freedoms”.

Individual freedoms?  According to whom?  There are many in the world who would consider Western women oppressed because they feel compelled to don a style of dress that is made to entice and attract men.  Indeed, upon hearing the new French policy the spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain said, “Unfortunately, there is a pressure on women to dress skimpily in the West.”  I agree.

Perhaps the burkha could provide greater freedom than a skimpy bikini ever could.  It can be said that the burkha is a tyrannical and repressive piece of clothing forced on the women who wear it, but the same could be said of a bikini. Both the burkha and the bikini are worn to indulge the whims of men in the society they represent.  The burkha is worn to mask and conceal that which belongs or could belong to the men, and the bikini is worn to expose and display the same.  Both articles of clothing find their impetus in their effort to control and subjugate women.

Women long to adopt a carefree and liberating expression in their choice of clothing.  There are few women that can wear a bikini and feel comfortable in it.  Even supermodels lament because they feel their thighs or behinds are more ample than they should be.  Donning a large black covering in the morning could provide a liberation few Western women have experienced.  To arrive at work, school, or social occasion without first applying makeup, dressing the hair, and fussing over clothing would be a dream come true!

One need only to read the comments and remarks made about Hilary Clinton’s appearance to long for this type of freedom.  During her run for the democratic presidential nomination, what Mrs. Clinton said was never as important, as how she was dressed when she said it.  The criticism made about Mrs. Clinton’s hair, makeup, body type, and clothing took precedence over what she was saying.  Her legs were compared to tree trunks, her clothes called frumpy, and her hair and makeup was the topic of many water cooler gatherings.  In the same vein, such discussions did not take place about Benazir Bhutto or Indira Gandhi when they were Prime Ministers of their countries.  The political pundits debated their political agendas and viewpoints, not their choice of clothing or makeup.  Perhaps this was because the males in their countries were conditioned to view respectable women in a non-sexual way, and therefore these women were taken more seriously than Hilary Clinton.

Men will be unable to view women as equal—as long as women continue to exercise their right to seduce men, and therefore objectify themselves.  If women will dress in a manner that does not engage a man’s libido and instead engages his mind, they will be able to experience true freedom and liberation.  Both women and men should be disturbed by this fact: the American voting public is unable to elect a woman even as a vice-president.  While India, in 1966 and Pakistan, in 1988—countries thought by the West to have little equality for women, had already elected women as Prime Ministers!

Pakistan has one of the largest Muslim populations in the world. It’s filled with rich culture and various backgrounds. Look at the difference between the people of South Carolina and New York. Then look at the difference of the people of Lahore compared to the people of Peshawar. It’s a sad time for the country. Due to the lack of educated politicians who steal from the international aide meant for the country and some people who want to spread a message through unjust means the country is headed into Turmoil.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed this but pretty much everyday there’s some unfortunate event that has gone on there. In the past 7 months alone 2,700+ civilians have been killed in pointless attacks. I mean what do these people hope to get accomplished hurting innocent people. Dozens of innocent men, women, and children trying to go on with there regular routines killed everyday.

It’s funny. Hillary Clinton got one of the most unwelcoming vibes any official has received while on a trip to Pakistan. Asking people straight up where the most wanted person in the world is isn’t really nice. I guarantee your crowd of college students don’t know. In fact a girl responded “It’s 9/11 here everyday”. And from the looks of it.. That’s true.

Be grateful for living in a safe and peaceful environment.

Initially published in The Daily News.

This is with reference to Nawab Mumtaz Ali Bhutto’s article “Rise and fall” (Nov 2). Surprisingly Nawab sahib is addressing Benazir Bhutto as a shaheed today and his present ‘whipping boy’ is Asif Ali Zardari. This takes me a few years back when Mr Bhutto was using exactly the same language about Benazir Bhutto. Would Mr Bhutto be kind enough to describe the reasons behind this change in his sentiments?

The criticism of Mr Bhutto about President Zardari’s expenditures and resources seems totally biased and hypocritical as Nawab sahib, a self-proclaimed ‘chieftain’ of the Bhutto tribe, has never made his assets public nor is there any public information about his tax returns. This is not a secret though that Mr Bhutto owns huge land holdings and urban assets and enjoys a lavish lifestyle while his own haris are deprived of basic necessity like clean water.

As regards his venom against the democratic process and President Zardari’s regime, one can clearly feel the love for power which makes Mr Bhutto dream for an unconstitutional change thus creating an opportunity of becoming a ‘caretaker’ — once again. There is a democratic set-up in place and parliament has a legitimate right to complete its constitutional term. Like it or not Nawab sahib, you have to wait and let the political process take its course.

Another alternate Mr Bhutto can resort to is to go back to his parent political party, the PPP, become a part of the democratic process and raise his voice inside the party and in parliament. If Mr Bhutto has decided to stay away from the democratic process then the best course for him is to sit back and wait for the present regime to come back to the people in the next election. If President Zardari is such a failure, people will reject him in the next election.

Ahmad Nadeem Gehla

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Husain has advised President Asif Ali Zardari to quit as President.

KARACHI: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has decided to oppose NRO in the Parliament and advice President Asif Ali Zardari to quit as president.

The senior analyst of Geo News Dr.Shahid Masood said the top leadership of MQM had conveyed the message to President Zardari through Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Baber Awan to give sacrifice along with accomplices and face courts.
Talking to Dr. Shahd Masood, MQM leader Altaf Hussain said told the government that NRO is a black law and it should not be presented in the assembly but government had ignored the suggestion and presented it in the parliament. The MQM coordination committee will announce the decision from MQM.

Talking to Dunya News senior analyst Haroon Rashid said that NRO had no future. “NRO is nowhere. Government is already weak and it shouldn’t increase its problems by brining NRO into the parliament,” Haroon opined.
NRO was issued by the former president of Pakistan General (R) Pervez Musharraf on October 5, 2007. It granted amnesty to politicians, political workers and bureaucrats who were accused of corruption, embezzlement, money-laundering, murder and terrorism between 1st January 1986 and October 12th 1999, the time between two Martial Laws.
The NRO states: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in sub-section(1), the Federal Government or a Provincial Government may, before the judgment is pronounced by a trial court, withdraw from the prosecution of any person including an absconding accused who is found to be falsely involved for political reasons or through political victimization in any case initiated between 1st day of January, 1986 to 12th day of October, 1999 and upon such withdrawal clause (a) and clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall apply.”
The current Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, suspended this ordinance on October 12, 2007. But he was soon dismissed after Musharraf abrogated the constitution on November 3, 2007. The new Chief Justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar revived the NRO on February 27, 2008.

Host of the program “Awam Ki Awaz” on CNBC visits city courts in Karachi to see the improvements made by the much vaunted (by “civil society” and the “honorable lawyers”) Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.

I guess it was a fair trade to give away Musharraf and 2 years of Pakistan, and get Iftikhar Chaudhry in return ?

To see normally “harami” lawyers portrayed as great saviours of “civil society” by Geo and AAJ TV.

Whoever thought up THAT script ? Could it be someone who was not familiar with the realities of Pakistani lawyers ?

Geo and AAJ happen to run programs made by foreign government agencies (Voice of America – VOA) and run them so they are indistinguishable from their own programming. Which media channel would tolerate that kind of brand dilution – especially in Pakistan where airing a U.S. propaganda channel would not exactly be a commercially profitable move.

How much are Geo and ARY “overpaid” for their services ?

In the same way that the USIS overpaid for printing material at the Jamaat-e-Islami printing presses in the 1960s – as a way to clandestinely (and “legally”) fund them ?

This video has lawyers fighting with the reporter instead of accepting realities (so that they can prepare themselves to fix them).

One lawyer lies by saying he has never seen a policeman take a bribe. The reporter says she has seen it already in her short trip to the city courts.

This is the result when lawyers refuse to condemn their own. Why ? Because they have a “lawyer’s biradari” (a term they seem to be quite proud of).

Which explains why a complaint against Iftikhar Chaudhry was not examined by the Supreme Judicial Council but was squelched by his colleagues on the Supreme Court. What was so damaging in the accusations against Iftikhar Chaudhry that they did not want to bring it up to scrutiny ? What were the reasons for refusing to look at the accusations ?

The Pakistani public still does not know if there ever was an analysis done of the accusations against Iftikhar Chaudhry – were they correct or were they incorrect ?

The public is split between people who could see what was happening, party workers (each supporting their own), and the rest were non-thinkers. Asma Shirazi on Geo TV is one of those. At least Hamid Mir knows why he hates Musharraf or why he wants to make it appear that he hates him. Yet it is presenters on TV like Asma Shirazi who cannot control their facial expressions – they are so SURE that the story told by the “media” is the correct one, and anyone supporting Musharraf MUST be mistaken.

Evidently she did not feel any sign of disgust when she glad-handed the many parliamentarians on her former show “Parliament Cafe” on Geo TV. Fine specimens of integrity those.

Asma has now been replaced by an equally naive and perhaps even more jahil lady presenter on Geo TV, who has her own show where she is utterly incapable of asking any incisive question of her guests.

Links:
1/3 Awam Ki Awaz – CNBC Pak – Oct 8, 2009
2/3 Awam Ki Awaz – CNBC Pak – Oct 8, 2009
3/3 Awam Ki Awaz – CNBC Pak – Oct 8, 2009

In the recent times due to rendezvous between political forces and media, an ugliest picture about my country has been portrayed in front of the world, a picture that holds no color or I am not wrong to say “It’s all black just black”. I’m struggling to unveil the true picture that hold millions of colors, so bright and so shiny that can dazzle one’s eyes. If you are son of a soil, and you love your country as much as I do then you will help me fight against those who are painting your land as a black corner of this world. “Spread the truth as much as you can, fight for the right”

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Pakistan meaning the “The land of pure” where each day the sun rises with a new hope, with an enduring majesty as the rays of light flushing down towards the snowcapped peaks of Himalaya’s and Nanga Parbat. A land where love finds a meaning in the heart warming hospitability of people, a land where history and ancient civilization mystifies one’s heart, a land where spiritualism unveils its mystery at the shrines of Sufi Saints. This is the land I belong to, this is the land I’ll die for and this is the land that defines my identity.

The Invincible 167 Million : 6th largest Nation of the World

The invincible 167 million Pakistani’s progressing forward with  high hopes and a mission holding an unquenchable thirst to be the world leader’s soon. Despit the chaos, despite the ill spilled by the westeren media to demoralize the nation and to uproot the patriotism from the hearts and minds of people of this country, despite the foreign funded terrorists bombing hundreds of Pakistani’s each day painting the roads red with the blood of young children, women and men. Every drop of it shouts back loud ” You can never take us down, We’ll fight back till our last breath“. Reminding you this is the nation which has a 7th largest pool of scientists and Engineers in the World[1]. and the country that is ranked 9th in the world where English language is spoken and used as an official language [1].

Pakistan: World’s 9th Largest English Speaking Country | Photo by Sultan Dogar: Abbotabad Medical College

Pakistan: World 7th largest Pool of Scientists and Engineer | Photo : Moin Ali Nawazish making a World Record by passing 23 A level Exams

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan became the 7th nuclear power of the world giving a loud and clear message to the enemies that this nation is fully equipped and ready to defend it’s sovereignty. Pakistan has world 7th largest standing arm forces [1] well trained possessing state of the art technology.  Pakistan Air force (PAF) is the symbol of pride for the nation and a galaxy of highly trained professionals emerged in latest technological developments. The highly skilled PAF personals are renowned for their excellence and handling of aircraft and surely are the worst fear for the enemies.

Pakistan: 7th largest Standing Arm Force in the World

Air force :Air Commodore MM ALAM has a world record of shoting down 5 Indian planes in less than a Minute

Pakistan : The Roof Top of the World

Pakistan the land of grand mountain ranges, a land that holds 4 out of 14 most highest peaks in the world. K2 the second highest mountain in the world with all it’s grandeur symbolizing the pride and strength of the people of Pakistan.

Pakistan: K2 the 2nd highest mountain peak in the World

Hunza is said to be a place ” Where Time Stops and Fairy Treads“, Kalash and Chitral are the natural wonders of the world where poetic verses find their inspirations from the beauty and elegance of high peak mountains, lush green fields and the fragrant breeze singing across the poplar trees. Some of the places which are not highlighted by the media but still due to their magnitude find their places on the World record books are ; Aisa’s Highest Railway Station Kan Mehtarzai [2] that is located 2240 meters above sea level near Quetta.

Pakistan: Asia’s Highest Railway Station “Kan Mehtarzai “

Pakistan: Lalazar often termed as most beautiful place on earth

Pakistan: Nanga Parbat 9th Highest Peak in the World

What it would feel like to play a sport that is wild, challenging and manly at the top of the world surrounded by the drumbeats and the music of the reed instrument. Yes Shandur Polo tournament is played every year at World’s highest Polo ground at Shandur, Northern Pakistan.

Pakistan: Shundur Polo festival at the World’s highest Polo ground

Karakoram Highway : Eighth Wonder of the World

Karakoram Highway runs through the northern areas connecting Pakistan with China’s Xingjiang province is often described as ” Eighth Wonder of the World” due to the marvel of civil engineering as it has taken 15 years to complete by the Pakistan Army Engineers in collaboration with China. It’s been labeled as ” World’s highest paved international Road” under world’s toughest terrain

Pakistan: Karakoram Highway World’s highest paved international Road

World’s Largest Deep Sea Port : Gwader

“Gwa” means Air and “Dar” means door, and the word Gawadar means ” The door of the wind” is the world’s largest deep sea port lies in southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. The design and construction of the port is carried out in collaboration with China and it has just started it’s operation.It’s going to emerge as a world’s biggest skyline due to it’s capacity and infrastructure of handling bulk carriers. It has been declared as a Duty Free Port and Free Economic Zone by the Pakistani government that has increased the commercial worth manifolds. It has an immense geostrategic importance as it is the entrance to the Persian Gulf and is considered to be a substitute of Dubai Port.

Gawader: World’s Largest Deep Sea Port

Khewra Mines : Second Largest Salt Mine in the World

Khewra Salt Mine located in Khewra, Jehlum Punjab, Pakistan is the second largest Salt Mine in the world and is considered to be the oldest in the subcontinent. It was said that discovery of Salt mines were not done by Alexander or his army but by their horses as they started licking the stones when they stopped here for rest. Thousand of visitors each year visit Khewra Salt mines and get fascinated by the nature’s miracle in the heart of mountains.

Khewra Salt Mine: Second Largest Salt Mine in the World

Haleji Lake : Asia’s largest Bird Sanctuary

Pakistan is a land of serene beauty , a country with diverse wild life , fresh water lakes, a 1046 km coast lines. Some of the most unique species of birds are found in northern Pakistan with awe-inspiring natural wonders like Lake Saiful Maluk, Lake Shandur, Dudipatsar Lake, kutwal lake, Zalzal lake and many more. But Haleji has it’s own significance as it is Asia’s largest waterfowl reserve. During winter thousands of birds of different species fly down to Haleji from Siberian colder areas

Pakistan: The heavenly Shandur Lake

Thar Desert : One amongst the largest deserts in the World

Thar is a arid region in the north western part of Indian subcontinent, it lies mostly in Indian state of Rajasthan but it covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan’s Punjab province. It is amongst one of the largest deserts in the world rich multifaceted culture, heritage, traditions, folk tales, dances and music. The poetic expression of Kafi written by Sufi poets of Sindh resonates in the cold nights as the Thari musicians start singing them on sorrowing rhythmic beats. In the night the granules of the sand lit up like stars as the moonlight walks on them.

Pakistan: Tharparker

The land of oldest Civilization : Indus Valley and Mohenjo-Daro

Moenjodaro is the province of Sindh, Pakistan and archeology trace back it exitence 5000 years ago. It provides an earliest instance of exemplary form of town planning and community organization and  found to be as one of the oldest cities known today. It is said to be the pilgrimage of ancient ruins. The splendor of Indus Valley civilization spread over a thousand mile from the high peak snowy mountains of Kashmir to the glittering sand dunes facing the Arabian Sea. One of the oldest known civilization that flourished in the Indus river Basin embraced within its fold almost the entire country now known as Pakistan.

One of the oldest Civilization Known today

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This is just an effort to provide a glimpse of blazzing glory of the culture, heritage, beauty within my country. In the next part of Amazing Pakistan I will try to cover the traditions, the culture and the city life that defines a spirit of being a Pakistani. All the facts given above have been checked and can be verified

Courtesy:

http://ahmedzoha.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/amazing-pakistan-a-picture-hidden-from-the-world-part-1/

In the recent times due to rendezvous between political forces and media, an ugliest picture about my country has been portrayed in front of the world, a picture that holds no color or I am not wrong to say “It’s all black just black”. I’m struggling to unveil the true picture that hold millions of colors, so bright and so shiny that can dazzle one’s eyes. If you are son of a soil, and you love your country as much as I do then you will help me fight against those who are painting your land as a black corner of this world. “Spread the truth as much as you can, fight for the right”

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Pakistan meaning the “The land of pure” where each day the sun rises with a new hope, with an enduring majesty as the rays of light flushing down towards the snowcapped peaks of Himalaya’s and Nanga Parbat. A land where love finds a meaning in the heart warming hospitability of people, a land where history and ancient civilization mystifies one’s heart, a land where spiritualism unveils its mystery at the shrines of Sufi Saints. This is the land I belong to, this is the land I’ll die for and this is the land that defines my identity.

The Invincible 167 Million : 6th largest Nation of the World

The invincible 167 million Pakistani’s progressing forward with  high hopes and a mission holding an unquenchable thirst to be the world leader’s soon. Despit the chaos, despite the ill spilled by the westeren media to demoralize the nation and to uproot the patriotism from the hearts and minds of people of this country, despite the foreign funded terrorists bombing hundreds of Pakistani’s each day painting the roads red with the blood of young children, women and men. Every drop of it shouts back loud ” You can never take us down, We’ll fight back till our last breath“. Reminding you this is the nation which has a 7th largest pool of scientists and Engineers in the World[1]. and the country that is ranked 9th in the world where English language is spoken and used as an official language [1].

Pakistan: World’s 9th Largest English Speaking Country | Photo by Sultan Dogar: Abbotabad Medical College

Pakistan: World 7th largest Pool of Scientists and Engineer | Photo : Moin Ali Nawazish making a World Record by passing 23 A level Exams

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan became the 7th nuclear power of the world giving a loud and clear message to the enemies that this nation is fully equipped and ready to defend it’s sovereignty. Pakistan has world 7th largest standing arm forces [1] well trained possessing state of the art technology.  Pakistan Air force (PAF) is the symbol of pride for the nation and a galaxy of highly trained professionals emerged in latest technological developments. The highly skilled PAF personals are renowned for their excellence and handling of aircraft and surely are the worst fear for the enemies.

Pakistan: 7th largest Standing Arm Force in the World

Air force :Air Commodore MM ALAM has a world record of shoting down 5 Indian planes in less than a Minute

Pakistan : The Roof Top of the World

Pakistan the land of grand mountain ranges, a land that holds 4 out of 14 most highest peaks in the world. K2 the second highest mountain in the world with all it’s grandeur symbolizing the pride and strength of the people of Pakistan.

Pakistan: K2 the 2nd highest mountain peak in the World

Hunza is said to be a place ” Where Time Stops and Fairy Treads“, Kalash and Chitral are the natural wonders of the world where poetic verses find their inspirations from the beauty and elegance of high peak mountains, lush green fields and the fragrant breeze singing across the poplar trees. Some of the places which are not highlighted by the media but still due to their magnitude find their places on the World record books are ; Aisa’s Highest Railway Station Kan Mehtarzai [2] that is located 2240 meters above sea level near Quetta.

Pakistan: Asia’s Highest Railway Station “Kan Mehtarzai “

Pakistan: Lalazar often termed as most beautiful place on earth

Pakistan: Nanga Parbat 9th Highest Peak in the World

What it would feel like to play a sport that is wild, challenging and manly at the top of the world surrounded by the drumbeats and the music of the reed instrument. Yes Shandur Polo tournament is played every year at World’s highest Polo ground at Shandur, Northern Pakistan.

Pakistan: Shundur Polo festival at the World’s highest Polo ground

Karakoram Highway : Eighth Wonder of the World

Karakoram Highway runs through the northern areas connecting Pakistan with China’s Xingjiang province is often described as ” Eighth Wonder of the World” due to the marvel of civil engineering as it has taken 15 years to complete by the Pakistan Army Engineers in collaboration with China. It’s been labeled as ” World’s highest paved international Road” under world’s toughest terrain

Pakistan: Karakoram Highway World’s highest paved international Road

World’s Largest Deep Sea Port : Gwader

“Gwa” means Air and “Dar” means door, and the word Gawadar means ” The door of the wind” is the world’s largest deep sea port lies in southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan. The design and construction of the port is carried out in collaboration with China and it has just started it’s operation.It’s going to emerge as a world’s biggest skyline due to it’s capacity and infrastructure of handling bulk carriers. It has been declared as a Duty Free Port and Free Economic Zone by the Pakistani government that has increased the commercial worth manifolds. It has an immense geostrategic importance as it is the entrance to the Persian Gulf and is considered to be a substitute of Dubai Port.

Gawader: World’s Largest Deep Sea Port

Khewra Mines : Second Largest Salt Mine in the World

Khewra Salt Mine located in Khewra, Jehlum Punjab, Pakistan is the second largest Salt Mine in the world and is considered to be the oldest in the subcontinent. It was said that discovery of Salt mines were not done by Alexander or his army but by their horses as they started licking the stones when they stopped here for rest. Thousand of visitors each year visit Khewra Salt mines and get fascinated by the nature’s miracle in the heart of mountains.

Khewra Salt Mine: Second Largest Salt Mine in the World

Haleji Lake : Asia’s largest Bird Sanctuary

Pakistan is a land of serene beauty , a country with diverse wild life , fresh water lakes, a 1046 km coast lines. Some of the most unique species of birds are found in northern Pakistan with awe-inspiring natural wonders like Lake Saiful Maluk, Lake Shandur, Dudipatsar Lake, kutwal lake, Zalzal lake and many more. But Haleji has it’s own significance as it is Asia’s largest waterfowl reserve. During winter thousands of birds of different species fly down to Haleji from Siberian colder areas

Pakistan: The heavenly Shandur Lake

Thar Desert : One amongst the largest deserts in the World

Thar is a arid region in the north western part of Indian subcontinent, it lies mostly in Indian state of Rajasthan but it covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan’s Punjab province. It is amongst one of the largest deserts in the world rich multifaceted culture, heritage, traditions, folk tales, dances and music. The poetic expression of Kafi written by Sufi poets of Sindh resonates in the cold nights as the Thari musicians start singing them on sorrowing rhythmic beats. In the night the granules of the sand lit up like stars as the moonlight walks on them.

Pakistan: Tharparker

The land of oldest Civilization : Indus Valley and Mohenjo-Daro

Moenjodaro is the province of Sindh, Pakistan and archeology trace back it exitence 5000 years ago. It provides an earliest instance of exemplary form of town planning and community organization and  found to be as one of the oldest cities known today. It is said to be the pilgrimage of ancient ruins. The splendor of Indus Valley civilization spread over a thousand mile from the high peak snowy mountains of Kashmir to the glittering sand dunes facing the Arabian Sea. One of the oldest known civilization that flourished in the Indus river Basin embraced within its fold almost the entire country now known as Pakistan.

One of the oldest Civilization Known today

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This is just an effort to provide a glimpse of blazzing glory of the culture, heritage, beauty within my country. In the next part of Amazing Pakistan I will try to cover the traditions, the culture and the city life that defines a spirit of being a Pakistani. All the facts given above have been checked and can be verified

Courtesy:

http://ahmedzoha.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/amazing-pakistan-a-picture-hidden-from-the-world-part-1/

Musharraf interview on Frontline with Kamran Shahid on Express News TV – Sept 13, 2009

Kamran Shahid, representing the younger, and possible more urbane (i.e. post-newspaper era) journalists, who has previously conducted reasonably combatitive interviews with other politicians, here tackles Musharraf.

This interview encapsulates nicely the disparate arguments given earlier in the series “Why Musharraf Was Removed” on this youtube channel (and on this blog).

The answer is that Musharraf was considered cooperative but not totally servile.

Servile observance is much more forthcoming from the feudal elements of Pakistan. They are used to that model of behaviour where their slaves are servile, while they themselves are servile to a bigger entity.

From expansion of drone bases to expansion of U.S. “diplomatic mission” to many acres of land right next to centers of power in Islamabad. And the proliferation of Blackwater (or whatever new name it has acquired) presence.

Also some well placed criticism of the “journalists” like Ahmed Rashid, who sit in the U.S. and act like all too keen advisors. They are akin to the native american scouts who helped Europeans to expand into North America to the detriment of their own people.

However even Ahmed Rashid is probably better than some of the wolf-in-sheeps-clothing “journalists” like Hamid Mir and some others, who are not presenters of truth, but presenters of controversy. Thus they did not highlight the real and budding problems for Pakistan ahead of time, and then wind up blaming Musharraf for them – for example the power crisis.

Although the power crisis is exacerbated by the PPP government’s refusal to pay the IPPs (independent power producers), and negotiation of newer power contracts at higher rates (perhaps is a way to strongarm the IPPs to pay “commission” to Zardari), there still was a (albeit smaller) crisis in the making because of all the consumer electronics (ballooning of airconditioners) which ramped up consumption.

Where were the big business interests (once again they demonstrate how big business in Pakistan has not graduated from the “Seth” mentality seeking political favour under one leadership or the other regardless of the overall policy impact for Pakistan), and where were the media in highlight the imminent power crisis.

Also the blind spot in the media to the reality of the “Lawyer’s movement”. Their lack of focus on why the Supreme Judicial Council failed to examine the accusations against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. The financial backing by Benazir to get better terms in NRO negotiations and after the departure of the PPP “former-Jiyala” lawyers, the resuscitation by Nawaz Sharif to a movement that mustered few lawyers, though it compensated with support from Nawaz Sharif voting base.

Add to this the presence of foreign funding to Geo and AAJ TV in the form of payments for airing VOA programs.

And you have the makings of a perfect storm of media coverage that covers one side of the story, but chooses to keep quiet about the moderating caveats in the story. This “movement” has been likened to the “mass uprising” in Iran against the Mossadegh government by Zaid Hamid (the Brasstacks defence analyst). The anti-Mossadegh movement was a CIA operation to remove a leader who was being seen as constraining for U.S. interest at that time.

Although realistically, in the case of Musharraf, even if there was a need for “regime change” by the U.S. it was probably a combination of getting better terms for drone flights, expansion of U.S. embassy as well as reintroducing the policial figures back into Pakistan.

This was a need probably realized by Musharraf himself – the removal of the political forces (which includes feudal and entrenched forces) had created a vacuum, which rather than being filled by educated youth and new idealistic leaders wound up being filled by the religious forces which were primed (with weapons) following the Afghan wars, Saudi funding (proxy war against Iran) and drug money to crimianl elements in FATA.

The corruption probes had mainly affected PPP and PML-N (and PML-Q some of who had been forgiven for exigency sake). Many cases were instigated by PPP or PML-N themselves against the other – and not Musharraf. The cases had languished in courts and the incompetent (and underpaid) legal system had not handled them well. In the absence of these political forces, the “religious” parties saw great opportunity (as if there can be such a thing in Islam – since what is a “religious” in a state full of muslims ?).

The fallout of 911 and the activated anti-U.S. sentiment did not help either – as the religious parties could make that their banner (even though when the time comes they would kowtow to the U.S. even more). Thus the religious parties used this time to foment domestic dissention at a time of great foreign threat to Pakistan.

On the other hand, it may have been used by Musharraf as well – NOT as media is prone to say to “bolster his own position” – but to argue for why Pakistan ‘could not do more”. Yet few in the media understood or bothered to care for these undercurrents.

Links:
1/5 Musharraf interview – Frontline with Kamran Shahid – Express News TV – Sept 13, 2009
2/5 Musharraf interview – Frontline with Kamran Shahid – Express News TV – Sept 13, 2009
3/5 Musharraf interview – Frontline with Kamran Shahid – Express News TV – Sept 13, 2009
4/5 Musharraf interview – Frontline with Kamran Shahid – Express News TV – Sept 13, 2009
5/5 Musharraf interview – Frontline with Kamran Shahid – Express News TV – Sept 13, 2009

Mohammed Mosaddeq

Selon le quotidien saoudien ‘’Al-Watan », l’ancien chef de l’état-major de l’armée pakistanaise, le général Mirza Aslam Beik, a accusé la société de sécurité privée américaine de l’assassinat de Bhutto et Hariri de sur les ondes de la radio pakistanaise « Wakt ».

Selon le général Aslam Beik, le gouvernement pakistanais avait permis à Blackwater, utilisée par la CIA pour exécuter divers attentats, de s’installer dans les villes principales comme Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar et Quetta. L’ancien chef d’état- major explique que les Américains prétendent que l’ambassade et les consulats américains au Pakistan sont menacés par des opérations suicides afin de justifier la présence de cette société.

Aslam Beik ajoute que la présence de Blackwater au Pakistan est une violation des règles diplomatiques et des lois internationales, comme il accuse la société américaine de l’assassinat de l’ancienne Premier ministre Benazir Bhutto, à Rawalpindi et de l’ancien premier ministre Rafic Hariri à Beyrouth via des attentats-suicides.

‘’Al-Watan » mentionne que l’ancien ministre de l’intérieur, le général Hamid Nawaz, avait déclaré que la societé ‘’Blackwater » assume la sécurité de l’ambassade américaine au Pakistan et elle compte acheter un hôtel à Peshawar.

L’ambassadeur américain a refusé de commenter ces informations.
mécanopolis

De mieux en mieux,surtout quand il dit ” le gouvernement pakistanais avait permis à Blackwater, utilisée par la CIA pour exécuter divers attentats, de s’installer dans les villes principales “,les pakistanais étaient de mèches,lol,comme si on le savait pas,comme si ils avaient le choix.

Depuis al quaida,n’importe quel gouvernement peut faire des attentats et accuser ben laden,on a tous compris comment ça se passe.Mais là,c’est quand même une sacrée déclaration,tu m’etonnes que l’ambassadeur US n’ait pas voulu commenter les dires du général.Ils ont du être estomaqué les ricains !

Ca confirme que les usa sont dans une posture très dangereuse,qui donne les ordres à blackwater,envers qui sont -ils loyaux,peuvent-ils être autonome ou se battre contre le gvt en cas de coup d’état ?

ça me fait penser à l’empire romain qui à force de compter sur les barbares dans leur armée se sont fait doubler.