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Thursday, March 09, 2017
Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Terrorism in India
The following is a report on terrorist activities in India Published by Indian Times. This should serve as an eye opener for those who are blinded by the Indian propaganda of Terrorist activities in Pakistan. Most terrorist activity takes place in India far from Pakistani borders by local separatists who want to have a free homeland outside the British cobbled Indian Union.
http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-had-the-highest-number-of-blasts-in-the-world-in-the-last-two-years-more-than-iraq-syria-and-pakistan-271391.html
India
Had The Highest Number Of Blasts In The World In The Last Two Years, More Than
Iraq, Syria And Pakistan
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
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Though
India isn't at war at present like many countries in Middle-East, yet India had
the highest number of bomb blasts in the world in the past two years. According
to the statistics of the National Bomb Data Centre (NBDC), which is part of
NSG, India's number in terms of having blasts is even greater to countries like
Iraq, Syria and Pakistan which are more or less at war for the last decade.
The
NBDC analyses and disseminates data related to bombing incidents in India and
across the world.
Bombshell Tells how
India fares when it comes to blasts
In 2016, India witnessed over 337 Improvised
Explosive Devices (IED) blasts. According to Bombshell, the journal
published NBDC, nin 2015, a total of 268 IED
blast rocked various parts of the country whereas country saw 190 blasts in
2014, 283 blasts in 2013 and 365 in 2012.
In
comparison, Iraq, one of the most hostile places at present in the world,
witnessed a total of 221 IED blasts last year to be in the second spot in the
list.
Our
neighbour Pakistan with 161 IED blasts remained at fourth spot to be followed
by another hostile place Afghanistan with 132 IED blasts, Turkey with followed
by 71 in Thailand, 63 in Somalia and 56 in Syria.
In
2015, Iraq witnessed 170 IED blasts, Pakistan 208, Afghanistan 121, Iraq 170
and Syria 41.
The
states which suffered the highest number of IED blasts last year were
Chhattisgarh-60, Jammu and Kashmir-31, Kerala-33, Manipur-40, Odisha-29, Tamil
Nadu-32 and West Bengal-30.
Last
year, one among many high-casualty bomb blasts took place in Bihar on July 18.
Ten commandos of an elite CoBRA battalion of the CRPF were killed when a squad
of 200 Maoists trapped and cordoned the troops and exploded about 22 IEDs in
the Aurangabad-Gaya forest area in Bihar.
Some of the other
major IED incidents in India were:
Analysis of IED blasts
in India
Last
year, there was a 26 per cent increase in IED blast incidents vis-a-vis 2015
and casualties have increased by 3 per cent vis-a-vis 2015, according to the
NBDC.
An
analysis of IED data for the last 10 years (2007-2016) has revealed that there
has been an average of 277 blasts, 223 fatal casualties and 724 non-fatal
casualties over the years.
Monday, January 16, 2017
Submission on Article 66.
To
Honorable Justice Asif Saeed Khosa,
Supreme Court of Pakistan,
Islamabad.
Sir,
After
following the proceedings of the court on Panama Papers today, I feel compelled
to seek your permission to make the following submissions of which the court
would perhaps be already aware.
Article 66 of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan reads as follows:
66. Privileges of members, etc.- (1) Subject to the Constitution and to the
rules of procedure of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), there shall be
freedom of
speech in Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) and no member shall be
liable to any
proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any vote
given by him in
Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), and no person shall be so liable in
respect of the
publication by or under the authority of Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament) of any report,
paper, votes or
proceedings.
The key words
in this clause are “anything said or any vote given by him in
Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament),”
This provision of immunity has been
made irrelevant by Article 63A inserted in the 18th Amendment which
reads as follows:
63A Disqualification on grounds of defection,
etc.- (1) If a member of a Parliamentary Party composed
of a single political party in a House-
(a) resigns from membership of his political party or joins another
Parliamentary Party; or
(b) votes or abstains from voting in the House contrary to any
direction issued by the
Parliamentary Party to which he belongs, in relations to-
(i) election of the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister; or
(ii) a vote of confidence or a vote of no-confidence; or
(iii) a Money Bill;
he may be declared in writing by the Head of the Parliamentary
Party to have defected
from the political party, and the Head of the Parliamentary Party
may forward a copy of the declaration to the Presiding Officer, and shall
similarly forward a copy thereof to the
member concerned:
Provided that before making the declaration, the Head of the Parliamentary
Party shall
provide such member with an opportunity to show cause as to why
such declaration may not be made against him.
This clearly means that the vote
cast or sound of Aay or Nay made by a member of the House is subject to proceeding
in the court of the Head of the Parliamentary Party. There is no reason why a speech
or statement should be exempted. In fact the stipulations of Article 63G should
also be subject to scrutiny by a court of law.
Finally, Clause 63A (5) states as
follows:
(5) Any party aggrieved by the decision of the Election Commission
may within thirty days, prefer an appeal to the Supreme Court which shall
decide the matter within three months from the date of the filing of the
appeal.
This without doubt means that the
Supreme Court of Pakistan is the final arbiter of the conduct of a member of
any house of Parliament in Pakistan within the Parliament or outside.
Sent to: mail@supremecourt.gov.pk
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Friday, October 28, 2016
Dark October
The month of October, 2016 may be remembered in history as a
dark month in Pakistan due to the various news items that have appeared in the
news media.
First there was news of a man who was sentenced to death
five years ago and on appeal was acquitted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan only
to be found that he had already been hanged two years ago.
The second news item was about two brothers who were sentenced
to death for murder and were acquitted on appeal by the Supreme Court of
Pakistan, again to be found that they had already been executed a year ago.
The third was about the sentencing to life imprisonment of a
sitting member of the National Assembly belonging to the ruling party for multiple murders in 1998.
Whereas the first two instances show a complete disregard of
justice and fair play by the incumbent government in Pakistan and particularly
in Punjab province, the third shows that the ruling party issued ticket to at
least one person under trial for multiple murders who was eventually found
guilty. It raises doubts about the others.
The rapid succession of such disturbing news is simply
shattering. Is it just a coincidence or is it just the tip of an iceberg to
which the news media has woken up now? It is noteworthy that none of these
significant news items has found a place on Google’s servers.
Ironically, there has not been a public uproar on this issue
mainly due to the preoccupation with the popular demand for judicial enquiry on
the revelations of possible massive corruption in high places in the Panama
papers leaked some time ago, and government’s repressive actions . There have been mass protests by the entire
civil society and all political parties except the ruling party. The government
has blocked a bill moved by the opposition parties because the Panama finger points
towards the prime minister himself. The disclosures show that the prime
minister concealed million of dollars worth of foreign assets in his nomination
papers. Analysts are unanimous that any judicial enquiry is certain to result
in his disqualification. Islamabad and parts of other cities are beginning to
display the scenes of concentration camps in the government’s bid to thwart
rightful protest. The country seems to be moving towards civil war and possible
martial law. A number of constitutional appeals are pending before the Supreme
Court of Pakistan on these issues.
Without meaning to show disrespect it must be point out that
the leniency of the judicial commission on Election Rigging may be responsible
for the current pathetic situation. The watering down of massive rigging as
mismanagement and lack of prowess on the part of the election staff not only
emboldened the errant politicians but also in a manner legitimized fraud and
dishonesty.
The onus now lies on the Pakistani high judiciary to take bold
decisions and make historic judgments. Let us hope that in the near future the
Judiciary will rise above the doctrine of necessity and fluidity of judgment
and deliver judgments reminiscent of Islamic judicial traditions.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Moving Movie on Kashmir
I recently watched
the 2014 Indian Hindi movie "Haider" set in Indian occupied Kashmir, directed and
produced by Vishal Bhadwaj. The story is based on the age old theme of love and
treachery, but it depicts quite graphically the hardships of the Kashmiri
people and the atrocities of the Indian army. Alongside repeated suggestions
that political freedom is meaningless without freedom from the obsession of revenge
which has constantly poisoned the communal life in India, it also shows how the
lives of most Kashmiris revolve around the freedom struggle. It clearly shows
the role of the Indian army as an oppressive, cruel and vindictive occupation
force. By projecting the story characters, it also hints that the Muslim
Kashmiri politicians who are participating in the puppet elected government of
Indian occupied Kashmir are committing treachery towards their brethren.
The United Nations Security
Council resolutions no. 47 is copied
below from the UN archives:
Decision of 21 April
1948 (286th meeting): Modification of instruction to the United Nations
Commission for India and Pakistan. On the return of the Indian delegation the
Council continued consideration of the question. The draft resolutions
submitted to the Council eventually were replaced at the 284th meeting on 17
April by a joint draft resolution submitted by the representatives of Belgium,
Canada, China, Colombia, the United Kingdom and the United States, 535
which was voted upon paragraph by paragraph and adopted at the 286th meeting on
21 April 1948.536 The resolution read as follows: 537
“The Security Council,
“Having considered the complaint of the
Government of India concerning the dispute over the State of Jammu and Kashmir,
“Having heard the representative of India in
support of that complaint and the reply and counter complaints of the
representative of Pakistan,
“Being strongly of opinion that the early
restoration of peace and order in Jammu and Kashmir is essential and that India
and Pakistan should do their utmost to bring about a cessation of all fighting,
“Noting with satisfaction that both India and
Pakistan desire that the question of the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to
India or Pakistan should be decided through the democratic method of a free and
impartial plebiscite,
“Considering that
the continuation of the dispute is likely to endanger international peace and
security,
“Reafirms the Council’s resolution of 17 January,
“Resolves that the membership of the
Commission established by the resolution of the Council of 20 January 1948
shall be increased to five and shall include in addition to the membership
mentioned in that resolution, representatives of------ and------, and that if
the membership of the (Commission has not been completed within ten days from
the date of the adoption of this resolution the President of the Council may
designate such other Member or Members of the United Nations as are required to
complete the membership of five;
“Instructs the Commission to proceed at once
to the Indian sub-continent and there place its good offices and mediation at
the disposal of the Governments of India and Pakistan with a view to
facilitating the taking of the necessary measures, both with respect to the
restoration of peace and order and to the holding of a plebiscite, by the two
Governments, acting in co-operation with one another and with the Commission,
and further instructs the Commission to keep the Council informed of the action
taken under the resolution, and to this end, ……”
India has been
postponing that plebiscite for the last 68 years on a series of inordinate
excuses and started wars with Pakistan when pushed to the limit. The situation now is totally acceptable for anyone with even a modicum of humanity.
The Indian leaders
need to realize that the Plebiscite in Kashmir will not be their defeat, but
the triumph of the principles of democracy and human rights which they claim to
cherish and will free Kashmiris, Indians and Pakistanis alike from the bondage
of revenge.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Kashmir Struggle
The video in following link tells what the unrest in Kashmir is all about. In spite of over half a million Indian troops they are screaming for freedom to unite with Pakistan.
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
Good Indian
Arundhati Roy is a bold and respected Indian journalist. Apart from her good looks, she also has a clear vision of world events. Here is what she spoke at the time of the last Indian elections.
Arundhati
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Tuesday, October 04, 2016
New Pakistan Constitution
Unlike the US Constitution which runs in 17 pages, more than half of which consist of amendments, the Pakistani Constitution contains detailed stipulations and rules for the functioning of the parliament and the federal and provincial governments.
However, there are no penalties for not implementing the constitutional stipulations. The result is that ambitious men and women attain power by hook or by crook and then simply ignore their constitutional responsibilities.
The Pakistani electorate which is mostly illiterate and impoverished is totally unaware of its
constitutional rights. It does not know that it is being constantly short-changed, and in the case of the
rural population that is utterly oppressed by the land and mill owners it is even afraid to find out. The
result is that the same irresponsible and self-seeking fortune hunters are returned to power in every
election on the basis of the same empty promises.
To ensure that office holders in government take their responsibilities seriously, it is imperative that
the following clauses be included in the Constitution in appropriate places. If the politicians are not
interested in doing so, the Supreme Court judges should find some way to incorporate these in their
judgments.
1. Any violation of the terms of the Constitutional oath of office that an individual takes shall be
considered an act of treason.
2. Any prime minister or chief minister who fails to implement any stipulation of the Constitution
applicable to his or her government shall be barred from taking part in politics and contesting elections for life.
3. Any speaker, deputy or acting speaker of national or provincial assembly who suspends rules or fails to implement Constitutional provisions or stipulations applicable to his or her office in relation to respective assembly's functioning shall be barred from taking part in politics and contesting elections for life.
Obviously, these clauses can not be applied retrospectively as it would disqualify almost the entire body politic, judiciary, military etc.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Indians in Kashmir
Here is another picture from Kashmir showing Indian policemen beating up unarmed ladies with batons. Similar pictures of Taliban were used by the Americans as valid excuse for invading Afghanistan.
Are Kashmiris barred from fundamental human rights? Or are the Indians exempt from all international laws?
Can the western world shed its anti-Muslim prejudices and speak up against such barbarism?
Here are some more images of Indian atrocities that speak for themselves:
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Are Kashmiris barred from fundamental human rights? Or are the Indians exempt from all international laws?
Can the western world shed its anti-Muslim prejudices and speak up against such barbarism?
Here are some more images of Indian atrocities that speak for themselves:
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Quranic Teachings
Some one did this excellent job. May Allah accept it:
Almost 100 direct instructions by Allah in the Quran for mankind
1. Do not be rude in speech (3:159)
2. Restrain Anger (3:134)
3. Be good to others (4:36)
4. Do not be arrogant (7:13)
5. Forgive others for their mistakes (7:199)
6. Speak to people mildly (20:44)
7. Lower your voice (31:19)
8. Do not ridicule others (49:11)
9. Be dutiful to parents(17:23)
10. Do not say a word of disrespect to parents (17:23)
11. Do not enter parents’ private room without asking permission (24:58)
12. Write down the debt (2:282)
13. Do not follow anyone blindly (2:170)
14. Grant more time to repay if the debtor is in hard time (2:280)
15. Don’t consume interest (2:275)
16. Do not engage in bribery (2:188)
17. Do not break the promise (2:177)
18. Keep the trust (2:283)
19. Do not mix the truth with falsehood (2:42)
20. Judge with justice between people (4:58)
21. Stand out firmly for justice (4:135)
22. Wealth of the dead should be distributed among his family members (4:7)
23. Women also have the right for inheritance (4:7)
24. Do not devour the property of orphans (4:10)
25. Protect orphans (2:220)
26. Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly (4:29)
27. Try for settlement between people (49:9)
28. Avoid suspicion (49:12)
29. Do not spy and backbite (2:283)
30. Do not spy or backbite (49:12)
31. Spend wealth in charity (57:7)
32. Encourage feeding poor (107:3)
33. Help those in need
by finding them (2:273)
34. Do not spend money extravagantly (17:29)
35. Do not invalidate charity with reminders (2:264)
36. Honor guests (51:26)
37. Order righteousness to people only after practicing it yourself(2:44)
38. Do not commit abuse on the earth (2:60)
39. Do not prevent people from mosques (2:114)
40. Fight only with those who fight you (2:190)
41. Keep the etiquettes of war (2:191)
42. Do not turn back in battle (8:15)
43. No compulsion in religion (2:256)
44. Believe in all prophets (2:285)
45. Do not have sexual intercourse during menstrual period (2:222)
46. Breast feed your children for two complete years (2:233)
47. Do not even approach unlawful sexual intercourse (17:32)
48. Choose rulers by their merit (2:247)
49. Do not burden a person beyond his scope (2:286)
50. Do not become divided (3:103)
51. Think deeply about the wonders and creation of this universe (3:191)
52. Men and Women have equal rewards for their deeds (3:195)
53. Do not marry those in your blood relation (4:23)
54. Family should be led by men (4:34)
55. Do not be miserly (4:37)
56. Do not keep envy (4:54)
57. Do not kill each other (4:92)
58. Do not be an advocate for deceit (4:105)
59. Do not cooperate in sin and aggression (5:2)
60. Cooperate in righteousness (5:2)
61. ’Having majority’ is not a criterion of truth (6:116)
62. Be just (5:8)
63. Punish for crimes in an exemplary way (5:38)
64. Strive against sinful and unlawful acts (5:63)
65. Dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine are prohibited (5:3)
66. Avoid intoxicants and alcohol (5:90)
67. Do not gamble (5:90)
68. Do not insult others’ deities (6:108)
69. Don’t reduce weight or measure to cheat people (6:152)
70. Eat and Drink, But Be Not Excessive (7:31)
71. Wear good cloths during prayer times (7:31)
72. protect and help those who seek protection (9:6)
73. Keep Purity (9:108)
74. Never give up hope of Allah’s Mercy (12:87)
75. Allah will forgive those who have done wrong out of ignorance (16:119)
76. Invitation to God should be with wisdom and good instruction (16:125)
77. No one will bear others’ sins (17:15)
78. Do not kill your children for fear of poverty (17:31)
79. Do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge (17:36)
80. Keep aloof from what is vain (23:3)
81. Do not enter others’ houses without seeking permission (24:27)
82. Allah will provide security for those who believe only in Allah (24:55)
83. Walk on earth in humility (25:63)
84. Do not neglect your portion of this world (28:77)
85. Invoke not any other god along with Allah (28:88)
86. Do not engage in homosexuality (29:29)
87. Enjoin right, forbid wrong (31:17)
88. Do not walk in insolence through the earth (31:18)
89. Women should not display their finery (33:33)
90. Allah forgives all sins (39:53)
91. Do not despair of the mercy of Allah (39:53)
92. Repel evil by good (41:34)
93. Decide on affairs by consultation (42:38)
94. Most noble of you is the most righteous (49:13)
95. No Monasticism in religion (57:27)
96. Those who have knowledge will be given a higher degree by Allah (58:11)
97. Treat non-Muslims in a kind and fair manner (60:8)
98. Save yourself from covetousness (64:16)
99. Seek forgiveness of Allah. He is Forgiving and Merciful (73:20)
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