PPP losing support in PoK
Islamabad: Daily Ausaf, August 07, 2010. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Raja Farooque Hyder said that Asif Ali Zardari should have done more to strengthen Pakistan People Party in Kashmir rather than travelling to the Birmingham conference with corrupt PoK politicians. speaking with media persons after attending the parliamentary session, Hyder said the popular feeling in the region was that PPP was ignoring them and therefore they were likely to switch their support to Pakistan Muslim League (N.
US re-planning War on Terror
Islamabad: Daily Ausaf, august 06, 2010. A reputed Pakistan journal daily Ausaf said the US was planning to attack Pakistan like Iraq and Afghanistan. The war mongers have already started saying that al Qaida was operating from Pakistan despite the fact that the group had weakened considerably by Pakistan's military offensive in the last two years. The US itself has admitted that several big al-Qaeda leaders were killed during the operations. Even then, the US was now claiming that al Qaida was planning to attack America again by using radicalized youth from different countries including Europe.
MQM responsible of target killings: Pak Intelligence
Karachi: Daily Jasarat, August 05, 2010. The government has taken measures to prevent target killing in Karachi after intelligence reports said such killings were being carried out or planned by Muttahida Qaumi Movement or MQM. The report alleged that MQM was getting support from a neighbouring country for such attacks.. Intelligence officials have submitted telephone call records to support these claims in a court. The report said renowned leaders of Jamaat Ahl-i-sunnat wal-Jamaat, Jamaat-i-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan, Sunni Tahreek, Jamiat-i-Ahl-i-Hadith, and other Muslim scholars were under threat from MQM.
'Pak Muslims need deliverance from sin"
Islamabad: Daily Jasarat / Khabrain, August 07, 2010. Some religious scholars claimed that the devastating floods were the result of unholy practices and activites carried out in the name of Islam. They blamed certain vested interests in using mosques to wage wars and exploiting Muslims for political reasons. They said the bombing of mosques and killing of devouts in the name of War on Terror in the past few years constitute sin which was causing Pakistan to suffer natural disasters. Muslims, they argued, were killing Muslims and undermining the word of God.
India indulging in 'water terrorism': Jamaat
Lahore: Daily Jasarat, August 01, 2010. Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sayyed Munawwar Hussain said that India was indulging in `water terrorism` against Pakistan by building 62 dams in rivers flowing towards Pakistan. He blamed the Pakistan government of not taking up the matter with India with all seriousness.
Shahid Raheem is a media researcher with ORF |
