Tag: Riots
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The Vice Guide to Karachi
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From Arab Spring to European Autumn
by Engr. Sharique Naeem This year witnessed mass protests by Muslims in the Arab world, against despotic dictators. For years the voices of people had been suppressed by oppressive tyrants. However, with a stunning display of bravery the Muslims took to streets to protest against the regime. The people came out in their thousands, the…
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Call a Spade, a Spade!
Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947 As you know, history shows that in England conditions, some time ago, were much worse than those prevailing in India today. The Roman Catholics and the Protestants persecuted each other. Even now there are some States in existence where…
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The Business of Violence – Naeem Sadiq
Naeem Sadiq writes in Dawn today about the business of violence in Karachi, this is part of his recent initiative to work towards de-weaponizing Karachi. He writes “Violence in Karachi is a lucrative corporate business. It appears to be financed and sponsored by big-time politicos, political parties, religious groups and state agencies. The Puppoos, Rehmans…
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Laidback Show Episode 12
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MA Jinnah Road Bomb Blast of 28th Dec – Video of the devastation Next Day
A Bomb Blast ripped through MA Jinnah Road on 28th December 2009 – this video of the kilometer long stretch of road shows that the mobsters ransacked a large section of the street leaving a hundreds of shopkeepers devastated and a loss of millions of rupees. A group of concerned citizens sympathized with many shopkeepers,…
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Knee Jerk Patriotism
I kind of get puzzled by the reaction of people on the Independence Day. The celebrations, the road blocks, parade of bikes with mufflers (silencers) stripped off, the disproportioned flags, the aerial firing at midnight, all in the middle of a comedy of crises never witnessed in the history of this country; the water crises,…
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Interview with Leader of Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Maulana Saeed Jalapuri about Gojra Killings
We condemn the Gojra killings; Maulana Saeed Ahmed Jalapuri, Ameer Almi Majlis-e-Tahfuz Khatam-e-Nabuat, Karachi “A very unpleasant incident of Muslim Christian’s riots took place in Gojra, a place near Faisalabad, on Friday, 31st July 2009. Seven people were killed and several injured while 40 houses were set ablaze. Indeed maximum condemnation of this incident becomes…
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An Eyewitness Account from Gojra
The curse of religious fanaticism has struck once again. Not in the beautiful valleys of N.W.F.P but in Gojra, the heartland of industrial Punjab. This was not the work of a foreign funded militant group or a separatist movement. It was actually the result of propagating religious chauvinism, intolerance of diverse communities, distorting history, glorifying…
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Gojra Update: by Bishop Ijaz Inayat of Karachi
Bishop Ijaz Inayat from the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Karachi shares an email with the latest update on the tragic incident which left 9 people dead in Gojra, this is more as a follow up to his earlier report that we published on 2nd of August According to latest news five terrorist considered to be…
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Women threatened for Disrespecting the Quran – Sanghar, Sindh
It is as if the news regarding the misuse of Blasphemy Law will never stop. Lala Hassan an activist of the Peoples Resistance movement in Karachi narrated an incident about a woman being wrongly accused of disrespecting the Quran in Sanghar District of Sindh. Considering the ruthlessness of a raging mob, it could be her…
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Blasphemy riot in Sheikhupura – leaves two dead
In the media frenzy surrounding the Gojra riots just a few days back, another similar incident happened in Sheikupura, Lahore which seemingly never caught the media limelight, remaining submerged within the inside pages of oblivion. On the 5th of August a riot occurred in a leather factory which left two people dead when a mob…
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The Innocent of Gojra: Victims of the Half Law
Guest Blog by Brigadier Samson Simon Sharaf is a retired officer of Pakistan Army and a political economist. The recent incidents in Gojra are a grim reminder of how existing half laws can be manipulated for personal and political ends. Besides loss of life, property or the reputation of the country, it also reflects an…
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Bishop Ijaz Inayat Questions the Gojra Killings
I share with you an email sent by Bishop Ijaz Inayat from the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Karachi where he talks about the killing of seven Christians in Gojram Please circulate widely so that people who matter must not pay only lip service every time but come down with a heavy hand on the culprits…
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Peace Rally at Mazar-e-Quaid
Considering the recent ethnic tension that engulfed this city last week – The civil society in Karachi has joined hands to hold a rally for peace and harmony in the city – if you and your friends believe that these ethnicity based violence must come to an end then come join the Peace Rally at…