Tag: Taliban

  • What is happening in Buner

    This email was submitted by Zia ur Rehman on the Peoples Resistance mailing list I noticed some news from the inhabitants of the Buner who are regularly in touch with their families via phones. The military is targeting the civilian population instead of hideout of the militants which resulted the casualties more than 100. The…

  • Talibanization: National Achievement Awards

    In due recognition of our government and military’s efficiency in reducing the spread of Talibanization over the years, it is recommended that land be allotted to each official in scenic locations in Swat, Bajaur and Waziristan. Please note that this is a partial list only – the contributions are endless and further nominations are welcome.…

  • Where is the Pakistan Army?

    Dr. Farrukh Saleem writes for The News analyzing the strategic deployments of the Pakistan Army according to his rough estimates a total of 89,568 square kilometers of Pakistani territory is either under complete ‘Taliban control’, ‘contested control’ or ‘Taliban influenced’; that’s roughly 11 per cent of Pakistan’s landmass. The sickening reality is that having lost…

  • The Forthcoming Horror in Swat

    This is an update on the Swat situation which was posted onto the Peoples Resistance Mailing List by Dr. Riaz Ahmed on 24th April [three days back]. I believe this analysis is worth reading and understanding the ground reality from the people in swat and their concerns surrounding Sufi Mohammad and the possible incursions by…

  • ABC: Torture Tape implicates UAE Sheikh

    I seriously don’t know how to react, on one hand we here in Pakistan are fighting a battle against the illiterate Talibans who continue on their rampage of brutality releasing video after video of flogging, beheadings and even suicide bombings, but it shocks me to watch the ‘educated’ stoop exactly to the same level, now…

  • Taliban factions potentially joining forces against Obama, Zardari & Karzai

    We have long since known that the Taliban entity is not a mere single unified front waging a war in the North Western regions of Pakistan but a hodge podge of various groups working independently for their own vested interests. There are potentially three Taliban factions one headed by Baithullah Mehsud which was working against…

  • Pakistan is Not going to Collapse!!!

    These days you will see massive campaigns against Pakistan identifying its security failures, deal with Talibans and the ultimate fall by loosing Nuclear Weapons to the extremists putting every inch on earth in danger. Stop getting afraid of this massive propaganda campaigns spreading fear among the Pakistani people that Pakistan is going to collapse. Pakistan…

  • Silence of the Lambs

    Silence of the Lambs By Samad Khurram Back in 2002, I was returning from Friday prayers when I saw an unusual gathering of singing and quasi-dancing Mullahs. Unusual because I had always assumed Mullahs to be against all types of Kuffar (Art). The amused crowd were listening to chants of “Taliban aa gayay, Taliban aa…

  • Swat: Nizam-e-Adl – A Smart Move?

    Guest Blog by Insociant Nizam-e-Adl 2009 bill was finally tabled in the Parliament and all the major political parties except MQM voted for the bill and it became a law within no time. President Zardari made a clever move by sending the bill in the Parliament. On one hand if the peace lapses or the…

  • HUMOR: Job Vacancies in Swat

    Guest Blog by Islamabad Observer Emirate of Ameerul Momeneen Sufi Muhammad, Khalifah-i-Awal, Sawat JOB VACANCIES IN SWAT ABOUT US Emirate was founded and funded in September 2004 by various international intelligence agencies in Sawat and is recently recognized by National Assembly of Pakistan. Our group takes pride in our tradition of successfully delivering numerous projects…

  • The Long Road to Talibanisation

    By Nosheen Ali Published initially in The News on April 7th 2009 The crisis in FATA and Swat has increasingly become reduced to a narrative of the evil Taliban versus the helpless state and society. That the Taliban have instituted a horrendous regime of terror is beyond question. But it is evasive and dangerous to…

  • Misogyny, Patriarchy & Imperialism

    Guest blog by Abira Ashfaq posted via the Peoples’ Resistance Mailing List Pornography I reacted with horror, and resisted seeing the flogging video on youtube, only to be bombarded with it later on television. I got angry with my mother who recounted the scene with full emotionalism, saying it brought tears to her eyes. I…

  • Public flogging of a woman in SWAT – is this the Islamic way of handing out justice?

    A shocking video which is making news across the local media in Pakistan of a women being publicly lashed in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Her crime being that she was seen publicly with a man who was not her husband. I think merely watching this video makes me cringe at the skewed concept of…

  • Insurgency in Swat – Pakistan Army & Solution

    Abdullah Saad in his second part analysis of the insurgency in Swat has presented a well thought out plan on how to stop this insurgency in the Northern areas of Pakistan. He first analysis the mistakes made by ANP and the new government, which may have irreparably damaged at least 6 months of efforts made…

  • Insurgency in Swat – An analysis

    Abdullah Saad writes a very thought provoking article trying to understand the insurgency in Swat. In the first, he makes an attempt at describing the history of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shareeat-e-Muhammadi and their political and religious motives behind this war. While in the second part of his analysis he tries to divulge the details of Pakistan Army’s current…