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Posts Tagged ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba’

Indo-Pak relations & Duplicitous policy

By Naveed Baloch • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After the Mumbai bomb blasts last November, Indian print and electronic media directly criticised Pakistan and tried to create an image of it as a failed state. Non-journalistic and undiplomatic language was used against Pakistan, which brought both countries very close to a terrible war. Timely and truthful analysis and commentary by Pakistani media helped [...]



Reflecting on Mumbai Terror Attack of 26/11

By ahsan • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Despite allout efforts to woo a bruised neighbour, India is not prepared to resume peace talks stalled by the Mumbai carnage of November 26, 2008, in which 164 people were killed.  New Delhi has accused “Pakistan state” involvement and set a pre-condition of Pakistan taking action against the perpetrators, including prosecution of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, [...]



Why Lashkar-e-Taiba is Justified

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

All the confidence building measures and back channel negotiations and the wishes about the friendship between Pakistan and India are pipedream, until and unless India gets rid of the fantasy that she is the super power of South Asia, which she cannot be at least within coming 100 years. It could be a hired bully [...]



Complete Intelligence Failure

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

No laurels for the security forces, though they managed to contain the damage and the casualities remain under 15, but sadly enough it’s a total collapse situation as far as the security arrangements are concerned in the major cities of Pakistan. To add insult to injury, after every such tragedy, we come to know from [...]



Mumbai Attacks Investigations By Pakistan

By Muskan Hina • Feb 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

So it takes world pressure to expose and investigate and reach on the results for Pakistani officials. After intense pressure from USA, UK, and India Pakistan authorities investigated and to their credit they have done a fine job by exposing an international conspiracy of Mumbai attacks.
Mumbai attacks were condenmable, no doubt about that. Due to [...]



Bullying India and Angry Pakistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In the present scenario when Pakistan and India are involved in accusations and counter- accusations, and where both countries are trying like hell to gain the world’s attention against each other, it would be prudent for the world to ignore both of them. That would do a world of good to the peace of the [...]



Credibility of United Nations Sinks To New Low

By Ali Yar Khan • Dec 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Well, what the heck United Nations has achieved ever besides of acting like a puppy of United States of America? It’s a tool in the hands of world power to watch guard the interests throughout the world. That happened in the case of Iraq, when UN “approved” America to attack Iraq on the pretext of [...]



Profile of Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq

By Rauf Amir • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: Worth A Second Look

Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, the 65-year-old Saudi Arabia-based chief financier of the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), was in touch with underworld gangster and designated global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.Bahaziq, also known as Abu Abd al-Aziz, approached Dawood in the late ’90s to fund the LeT. Sources in the Intelligence Bureau said Dawood acceded to Bahaziq’s demands and also [...]



Ask Mrs. Karkare: Was It Lashker or BJP?

By A Khokar • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The timing of Mumbai terror is well planned, just before Indian state elections! So who will reap the benefit? Lashkar-e-Taiba or BJP? If ISI did it, then they must be stupid. And they are not.
I am in receipt of an E mail which says;
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Thursday, 11 December 2008. If the America’s lapdogs in the [...]



Even China Backed Ban on Jamaat ud Dawa : Diplomacy Failure

By Gul Raiz • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In the wake of UN Security Council resolution, which added four leaders of a militant group to a list of people and groups facing sanctions for ties with al-Qaeda or the Taliban, even Pakistan’s time tested friend China hasn’t vetoed the resolution. The resolution also recommended freezing the assets of the group and banning the [...]