Reunification of Muslim League factions
Karachi: Daily Ummah / Jasarat, October 29-30, 2010. Erstwhile splintered Muslim League (ML) groups - ML Functional, ML Liberal, ML Ziae and Awami Muslim League - have reunified under the banner of Muttahida Muslim League (MML). Their new leader is Peer Pagara. A 13-member organizing committee, led by former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali, is expected to ally with other political groups against Muslim League (N).
Pakistan Mujahideen ready to enter India
Muzaffarabad: Daily Ummah, November 02, 2010. A large contingent comprising 450 to 500 Pakistani Mujahideen have reached Muzaffarabad and are ready to enter Indian Occupied Kashmir. It is believed that the group will infiltrate through the Pir Panjal route.
J-K unit now autonomous from JUI
Islamabad: Daily Ausaf / Jasarat, 04 November 2010. Jamiat-ul-Ulema-i-Islam of Jammu and Kashmir has decided in favour of complete autonomy from its parent organisation based in Pakistan. Mawlana Imtiyaz Abbasi, leader of JUI Islam Bagh, spoke against the proposed 5-Point Formula, which called for joint India-Pakistan management of the conflict region. He also called for a new chapter in Kashmir’s freedom movement.
We will take avenge for Aafia Siddiqui: al-Zawahiri
Dubai: Daily Ausaf, November 05, 2010. Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman-al-Zawahiri has promised to take revenge for Aafia Siddiqui. In his latest audio message, he accused Jewish lobbies of having influenced the sentencing of Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who was recently sentenced in a terrorism related charge.
Pakistan Haji’s caught in smuggling and fraud
Peshawar: Daily Jang, November 04, 2010. Brigadier Mohammad Ameer Khan , commander of the Anti Narcotics Force, arrested eight Haj pilgrims onboard a Saudi-bound aircraft for drugs trafficking, and recovered large quantities of heroin. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry ordered investigation into alleged irregularities in arranging housing for Haj pilgrims. This follows an official complaint lodged by Saudi authorities to Federal Religious Affair Minister Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi. According to the complaint, Pakistani officials booked 36 apartments at a higher price after receiving bribes.
US action in Yemen
Lahore: Daily Ausaf, November 06, 2010. America has started military operations against al-Qaeda in Yemen. Unmanned drones have intensified sorties in the tribal regions. Though al-Qaeda affiliated groups are yet to be identified, search operations have increased after the recovery of parcel bombs. Barack Obama is following typical US strategies to occupy Middle-East.
Muslims warned of Hindu-Jewish collaboration
Islamabad: Daily Jasarat, November 06, 2020.Former chief of Balochistan Jamaat-i-Islami and religious scholar Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi has warned of Hindu-Jewish collaboration against Muslim culture in South Asia and the West Asia. He reaffirmed Jamaat-e-Islami’s commitment to protect Muslim identity while addressing a local Jamaat-i-Islami conference held in Khanuzai district.
Shahid Raheem is a Media Researcher with ORF |
