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Vol. I Issue. XXXIV
July 03, 2010
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Punjab government funding Jamaat-ud Dawa
Lahore: Daily Jang / Khabrain, June 30, 2010. The government of Punjab province donated Rs 8.25 crores to Jamaat-ud Dawa and its sister organizations. This was revealed in budget documents issued by the provincial government. According to the documents, the government paid Rs 7.75 crores to schools run by Markaz-e-Tayyiba in Mureedke, and another Rs 30 lakhs to Jamaat-ud Dawa schools.
Punjab Law minister Rana Sanaullah Khan defended his government by arguing that since the schools run under government approved syllabus, the government has to allot certain development funds to the organization. According to the law minister, all Dawa social welfare programmes like schools, hospitals etc were running under government supervision. Hence, it was the government's prerogative to fund these institutions. He later confirmed that such a donation was fixed for the next session as well.
Rana further said that the new system of government supervision was supported by the federal government and the United Nations. Meanwhile, Jamaat-ed-Daawa spokesperson Yahiya Mujahid told media persons that the government's over-watch is illegal and the organization will soon issue legal notice.
Rehman Malik sceptic about Headley's comments on ISI
Islamabad: Daily Ausaf, June 29, 2010. Pakistan Internal Minister Rehman Malik has said that Hindu extremist groups active in India are involved in acts of terror against the country's Muslim community. He said that Pakistan is serious to prosecute the likes of Hafiz Saeed, but its hands are tied down due to lack of evidence. He stressed that his government has so far banned more than twenty nine terrorist organizations, including the Lashkar-e-Tayeeba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad. The minister expressed his skepticism regarding David Headley's comments about ISI's links with LeT.
America withdraws 60 percent of its forces from Iraq
Baghdad: Daily Jasarat / Khabrain, 30 June 2010. America has withdrawn sixty percent of its forces from Iraq, even before the deadline for complete withdrawal from the country nears completion. According to the Iraqi Al-Arabia news channel, remaining forces in the region have already begun auctioning air conditioners, refrigerators, satellite dishes and other belongings. At the same time, bulk of the war machinery is being redeployed to Afghanistan. According to the withdrawal programme, only fifty thousand American troops will remain in Iraq after August 2010.
US failed to divide Pashtun, non-Pashtun communities
Islamabad: Daily Jasarat, June 29, 2010. The United States is on the verge of defeat in Afghanistan. It has failed to create disunity among the Pashtun and non-Pashtun communities, as was done among Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq. With the ISI and the government of Pakistan aiding the Taliban, America's defeat is inevitable. Taliban killed more than 100 NATO soldiers during the last month, while the death toll has reached 316 for the current year.
According to CIA Director Leon Panetta, there are no more than 100 al-Qaeda militants in Afghanistan, with the rest having taken shelter in Pakistan. This is a lie as big as previous deceits that sought to link Saddam Hussein with al-Qaeda. It cannot be true that such a large military presence is unable to counter a handful of militants.
The Afghans have been fighting for thirty long years and will continue to do so in the future. The international community, on the other hand, has grown weary of the hard fighting. With the Taliban bluntly refusing peace parleys and NATO countries drifting towards bankruptcy, it is a matter of time before the international coalition falls apart
Ruling parties involved in killings: Qazi Hussain Ahmad
Karachi: Daily Jasarat, June 28, 2010. Former Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad accused the ruling political parties of involvement in the recent killings of JI workers. Addressing a gathering during the funeral of JI worker Mobin au-Haq, he challenged government officials to carry out a transparent investigation, and derided them of compromising their Islamic character to personal greed. He also criticized the government for becoming pro-American at the expense of the people of Pakistan.
Crack-Down against Bangladesh Jamaat-i-Islami
Dhaka: Daily Jasarat, July 02, 2010. The Bangladesh Army has stepped up its crack down against the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Key leaders of the party like JI chief Mawlana Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mujahid, Maqubool Ahmad and Doctors Forum chief Dilawar Hussain were arrested recently. Bangladesh police has already arrested about 200 JI workers during the last week.
According to the Jamaat-i-Islami leader Mawlana Nizami, the present government has begun to justify the ?Mukti Juddha' or the war of liberation during 1971, in which more than six billion non-Bengali people are said to have been killed. Since then, Bengali citizens have occupied properties belonging to non-Bengalis. The government has also banned renowned journal ?Ammar Desh' and arrested its editor Mahmood-ur-Rahman, a former advisor to Khaleda Ziya.
Kashmiri Mujahideen kill seven Indian troops
Shrinagar: Daily Jasarat / Nawa-i-Waqt, June 30, 2010. Hizbul Mujahideen spokesperson Ehsan Elahi told media persons that its militants have killed four Indian troops in the Peer Panjal range in Poonch district. Security forces killed three militants in the firefight. Meanwhile, a senior minister of the state government, Ali Sagar, accused the CRPF of deliberately killing teenaged protestors.
Pakistan can carry out world's biggest energy revolution
Islamabad: Daily Ausaf, July 03. 2010. Research conducted in Frankfurt claims that Pakistan has coal deposit reserves amounting to 190 billion ton. If found true, the reserves will solve Pakistan's energy crisis. Pakistan has been beset with conspiracies and has more than 17 crore people living under the poverty line. If the government can take the right policy decisions, then the new found coal deposits could help Pakistan make a dramatic turnaround.
Shahid Raheem is a media researcher with ORF |
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