Wana: 114 dead in clashes between Al-Qaeda, tribesmen: Sherpao

Wana: 114 dead in clashes between Al-Qaeda, tribesmen: Sherpao

( Correspondent CCNews Portal) WANA: Clashes between foreign Al-Qaeda militants andtribesmen in northwest Pakistan have left 114 people dead, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao told media Wednesday.

Pakistani Military has taken position in this area but ISPR representative and explainer of Pak Army has condemn it and said that Pak army do not want to involve in this matter after all.

Sherpao said 84 Uzbek militants and 30 local tribesmen, including nine civilians, had been killed during three days of fighting in the tribal area of South Waziristan. READ More

22-03-07

Muslim priest Kazi Ghulam Rasool Arrested against the charge of Students rape

( Correspondent ccnews portal) Muslim priest Kazi Ghulam Rasool was arrested by the police. Police found 25 students of Islamic teaching in his Madrasa . two children are under medical check up for the confirmation of sex relation. Police says that Ghulam Rasool kept these 25 children in the Madrasa and has been raping them.

21-03-07

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is suspicious and it is murder

Jamaican police

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Police treating the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup as suspicious.

In a brief statement an official of the Jamaican police force, confirmed that the death was being treated as suspicious. It is said that the he may have given poison. On the other hand security has been increased for Pakistani players.

"The post-mortem into the death of Mr Woolmer was inconclusive," he said. "But having met with the pathologists and other medical personnel, there is sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances of Mr Woolmer's death which is now being treated as suspicious."

Woolmer, 58, died in hospital on Sunday after being found unconscious in his hotel room in Kingston.

Earlier Tuesday, police had said that the autopsy into the death of Woolmer had proven inconclusive and that further tests would be carried out. These tests would include toxicology and histology (the study of tissue) analysis.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Pervez Mir has said that: "The police suspect that Woolmer may have been murdered. They have started an investigation," he told newsmen.

No Pakistan team member has been included in the investigations, he further said.

Media sources have said that Jamaican police has ordered to Pakistani team to stay until the case is solved and investigation is completed.

Lost children are mostly found in Jihadi (crusade) and terrorist organization ...

... Says President Pervaiz Musharraf

( Correspondent CCNews Portal) President Pervaiz Musharraf has said that the mostly children that lost in Pakistan are found in Jihadi and terrorist organization. He said that it is strange that our Muslims Mullahs are washing the brain of the children for suicide bombs and Jihad. He said that it was strange to know for me when school child was lost and after that he was found in Jihadi organization . This happened when one father directly gave me application about it. In his interview to geo news he said that it is also strange that mostly children that lost ,go to jihadi organization willingly and they don,t bother to inform their parents.

President Pervaiz Musharraf also said that he himself has watched the many video of the suicide bomber who before to blast themselves have requested to parents that they are going to blas themselves so don,t bother about us as it is jihad and we are doing the holly work.

21-03-07

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-capable Cruise Missle

Paki 'Babur' - Pakistan test fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile today reportedly with stealth capabilities. The Hatf VII, or 'Babur' as it is known in Pakistan military circles, "is a terrain-hugging, radar-avoiding cruise missile, whose range has now been enhanced to 700 kilometers. It is a highly maneuverable missile with pinpoint accuracy," a Pakistani military statement said.
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Many Pakistanis Die in landslide

At least 27 killed in Pakistan landslide
Irish Times -
A landslide triggered by heavy rain swept away three homes in northern Pakistan and 27 people were missing and feared dead. The landslide struck last night in mountains hit by a huge earthquake 18 months ago, 65 kilometres southeast of Muzaffarabad, ...
Landslide hits Pakistani village, 27 feared dead Reuters AlertNet
Landslides kill at least 37 in Pak-occupied-Kashmir Zee News
International Herald Tribune - Independent Online - France24 - Daily Telegraph

Please pray for the families that have now been torn apart. "pray the news"

IN TRIBAL PAKISTAN, A SHAVE MAY COST YOUR LIFE

A barber shop in the tribal region where the Taliban have banned shaves.

"The government is unable to protect us so we will abide by what the Taliban tells us to do and stop shaving beards," said Niamat, a barber in Khar, the headquarters of the Bajaur tribal agency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

And the Taliban mean business, On Sunday night, bombs destroyed two barber shops and three others suffered partial damage after the owners refused to follow the orders.

"I am a Muslim and I know that no one can force me to shave or not to shave. This should be my decision," said Nasir, a regular customer, wearing a green turtleneck sweater and jeans. "But I was threatened. They asked if I will obey the new laws; I will obey because I am afraid."

A couple of weeks earlier, in the middle of the night, someone slipped leaflets under barbershop doors throughout the Bajaur Tribal Agency. The warning was hand-written in Pashto, the language of the Pashtun tribes who inhabit the border regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The leaflets read: "SHAVING BEARDS AND TRIMMING BEARDS IS UN-ISLAMIC AND IS FORBIDDEN. VIOLATORS WILL BE KILLED."

The customers panicked and the barbers panicked too. In almost every barber shop the owners put up signs begging their customers not to force them to give a shave. Read More - note especially the Comments left by people in Pakistan.

~ CCNews - Learn to "pray the news".

Taliban have set up their Government in tribal areas of Pakistan

( CCNews Correspondent )
Taliban have set up their Government in tribal areas of Pakistan

Ex. President Banazir Bhutto

The chairman of PPP, and ex. President of Pakistan Banazir Bhatto, has said in her interview with foreign media that, if democracy in Pakistan does not come into its true position through peaceful political process, then the present Judicial crises will be out of control. She said that anxiety is found in Pakistani people about present Judicial crises and this crises has added insult to injury to Pakistani people. All powers that want to work for the better democracy of Pakistan should work together. She said.

The Taliban are Re-activating in Pakistan.

The chairman of PPP and ex. President of Pakistan Banazir Bhutto said that Taliban are re-activating in Pakistan and have set up their own minor government in tribal areas of Pakistan and Gen.Pervaiz Muhssaraf has failed to cope with this terrorism, and as a result he has no public support. [ Invisible Man ]

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry suspended .

The chairman of PPP and ex. President of Pakistan Banazir Bhutto said that severe protests are continuing after the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry by President Pervaiz Musharraf . She said that Mushaaraf is failing because he is depending on army force instead of public support. How he can be succeed as favor is found in Pakistan army for Taliban . She said that after 9/11 Taliban were defeated and they were distress.

All people of the world: please pray for the peace of Pakistan.

Pakistan Cricket Coach Bob Woolmer Died

(Correspondent CCNews Portal) Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died in a Kingston, Jamaica, hospital Sunday, less than an hour after being found unconscious in his hotel room. He was 58.

The cause of death was not immediately released. Anyhow police had found spots of blood in his bed.

Woolmer was a former England test batsman and coach of South Africa.

Pervez Jamil Mir, the Pakistani team's media manager, said Woolmer was taken to the emergency ward at University Hospital of the West Indies after being found on the floor of his room.

Clive Lloyd, who led the West Indies to the first World Cup title in 1975 and is manager of the current team, said Woolmer "was a great guy and a really great coach."

"It's sad that such a tragedy should take place in the World Cup," Lloyd said.

Woolmer's contract with the Pakistani team was due to expire after the World Cup and was unlikely to be renewed following the team's shocking loss Saturday to Ireland. Pakistan cannot advance beyond the first round and has only one group match left against Zimbabwe.

19-03-07

Political Opinion: "With a Grain of Piquant Salt"

From: Bhaskar Dasgupta - bdasgupta@gmail.com

With a grain of piquant salt: Pakistan trapped, surrounded, quarantined or just reading too much into it?

I was generally browsing the newspapers kept in the lobby of the Economist, while waiting to be interviewed, when I caught a news itemabout how Iran is building a concrete wall to fence off Pakistan. Andthen, while returning from the interview, I got to ruminate about some strange coincidences and angles on this wall business with respect to Pakistan. If one connects some disparate recent occurrences and indications, one could argue that Pakistan is slowly getting trapped,surrounded, quarantined or perhaps the noose is drawing tighter. I wrote before about how walls can be good for security and has have become
fashionable http://piquancy. blogspot. com/2004/ 02/another- friend-another- door-another.html, but this seems to be a bit more than just a wall. Or perhaps I am reading too much into it, but here goes my thinking, you decide!

The Iranians got mighty miffed with Pakistan since people from over the border, allegedly, nipped over and detonated a bomb in the Iranian city of Tahidan, killing thirteen people. That border is a bad one; it is full of smugglers, druggies, terrorists, various jehadis, and other nefarious chaps. Typical badlands! Iran has lost quite a lot of policemen andsoldiers in that area down the years. I think this last episode was the last straw that broke the Iranian camel’s back. So they have now decided to build a 700 kilometres wall <http://www.india- defence.com/ reports/2911> to keep the poxy gits, who are blowing up the poor Iranians, out. There are even photographs of this wall available on the net, a strange blue

UAVs, reconnaissance planes, ELINT vehicles and satellites all peering beadily across the Afghan Pakistani Border. Nothing crosses the border without something or someone noticing it. That border is one of the most peered at borders. All to stop the assorted jehadis from crossing into Afghanistan. So most of the western and north western part is already controlled, scanned, checked, validated, stamped, and walled off!

There is a comparatively smaller stretch of frontier between China and Pakistan on the north eastern side of Pakistan. All the indications are that it is very difficult to pass, because of the very tough geography, and the few warm weather passes. The Karakorum Highway frontier pass is extremely tightly controlled. You see, the Uighur rebels in the Xinjiang province of China seem to be getting most of their sustenance from Pakistan, so the Chinese are very careful about whom they let in and are even more careful about the checks. Then you have the long western Indian frontier which is controlled already. It is one of the most heavily defended borders in the world. The only other border I think of, is the DMZ between North and South Korea. It is fenced, mined, bristling with ank traps, ba rbed wire, patrols, you name it, eyeball to eyeball time,and this time, it is done by the Indians who don’t want any of the Pakistanis or jehadis to nip across the border for nefarious purposes.

That leaves the seaward side on the Arabian Sea, which is pretty well covered by the US Navy and every other navy that you can think of. That area of the sea has naval ships, tanker traffic, etc. you name it. It is very difficult to sneak out of that side. But even if you have done that, the US customs service and homeland security check almost every container and cargo which originates or touches any Pakistani port. Still, I suppose you can nip over to Oman on your dhow, but make sure you have your running lights up and running otherwise one of those VLCCs will run you over.

So what? You might ask, one can fly out of the country! Well, it is not that easy anymore, I am afraid. From all I have read on the various my Pakistani friends and British friends / acquaintances, who travel on the green passport, they do get the go over on every emigration / immigration desk. So if you are travelling out of or into Pakistan with a Pakistani passport, then expect to be poked, prodded, questioned and checked inside out And it’s not just the green passport. Even if you have a British passport, if you are going to or coming out of Pakistan, expect to be checked and await an MI5 officer who will be sniffing around you.
Look at the latest arrests and jehadis with bombs in the UK; some or other connection to Pakistan is always there. On the flip side, again on anecdotal evidence, getting a visa to get out of Pakistan, if you are a Pakistani citizen, is getting very difficult. Embassies are trained to look at your applications with great big beady eyes! Even for business visa's <http://www.dawn. com/2007/ 03/07/ebr1. htm>.

Mind you, that’s if you manage to get a Pakistan International Airlines plane! Apparently, the European Union bureaucrats have told Pakistan not to bother flying three quarters of their planes into anywhere near any European airport, because of the poor maintenance record of PIA <http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/europe/ 6418891.stm>. It’s anecdotal evidence, but at least in Manchester Airport, anytime a Pakistani aircraft lands, it is checked with closer than usual scrutiny for substances carried above and beyond the call of aviation duty.

Then you usually have somebody or other from all over the world usually wagging their fingers at Pakistan. Usually it’s the Americans, latest being Vice President Cheney, who was on the finger wagging trip. Every other week or so, an American general, ambassador, congressman, senator, bureaucrat, or somebody else will toddle over and poke the Pakistanis to do more about the Taliban and other assorted Jehadi’s. And all this is not even mentioning the official US sanctions which are still applied on Pakistan. Others who are further away are bit more discreet, but generally, Pakistan’s neighbours do go about the finger wagging and furrowed brow exercise quite frequently. Heck, even the Saudi’s check the Pakistani Hajj pilgrims closely for drug trafficking and visa irregularities. Take a close look at this vivid example <http://pakistaniat. com/2006/ 12/07/gruesome- ad-hajj-hajis/> . Even marriages are not immune. If you want to marry a Pakistani, and you are a citizen of another country, be prepared for a spot of bother about an official checking your spouse out.

Economically Pakistan is looking a bit better, but still Foreign Direct Investment is meagre, so there’s that sort of mental block/wall as well. The growth which Pakistan has seen is mostly because the expatriate Pakistani’s are pulling their assets back from the world and sticking it into assets in Pakistan to avoid scrutiny. Pakistan made it to the top seven 2007 politically risky countries list from the Eurasia Group <http://www.eurasiag roup.net/ publications/ 0701-30%20Afghan Pak.pdf> . So does the FDI magazine <http://www.fdimagaz ine.com/news/ fullstory. php/aid/161/ The_return_ of_political_risk.html> . Money transfers from Pakistan are scrutinised very closely, and the hawala system is now under tremendous pressure. Exports to Pakistan get checked that bit better, especially on dual use equipment! After Pakistani Nuclear hero Abdul Qader Khan drove a coach and buggy through the nuclear non proliferation scheme, exports and imports to and from Pakistan are checked and rechecked, or in some cases, not as the case might be <http://vitalperspec tive.typepad. com/vital_ perspective_ clarity/2006/ 03/german_magazine. html>. Pakistani banks and firms go through an extra level scrutiny compare to other countries, but mind you, so do Nigerians! If you are wishing to travel to Pakistan, then you need to get extra approvals from your boss, the corporate security chief, the local embassy, etc. etc.

So once I put these various bits and bobs together, I do get the strong feeling that Pakistan is definitely under the microscope, if not under quarantine. Not a good feeling to have, I am afraid. It reminds me of the old eighteenth century maps, just in reverse. In those maps, where there were dangers, pirates or just simply unknown territories, you would see notations like, “be careful as there be uglies / devils / pirates there”. Seems like slowly the world is turning its back on this country by raising all forms of overt or covert walls and raising a big sign on the barred gate, “be careful as there be uglies there.”

All this to be taken with a grain of piquant salt!

About:
Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta works in the city of London in various capacities in the financial sector. He has worked and travelled widely around the world. He has a BSc in Mathematics, an MBA in Finance & IT, a PhD in Financial Modelling and is working on his second PhD in International Relations and Terrorism. The articles in here relate to his studies and are strictly his opinion and do not reflect the position of his past or current employer. If you do want to blame somebody, then blame my sister and editor, she is responsible for everything, the ideas, the writing, the quotes, the drive, the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, global warming, the ozone layer depletion and the Argentinian debt crisis.

Welcome to "God Be Praised Over Pakistan"

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان‎), is a country located in South East Asia and the Greater Middle East.^[2][3] It has a 1046 kilometer coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast.^[4]

Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and is the second most populous country with a Muslim majority. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British India and has a long history of settlement and civilisation including the Indus Valley Civilisation. Most of it was conquered in the 1st millennium BCE by Persians and Greeks. Later arrivals include the Arabs, Afghans, Turks, Baloch and Mongols. The territory was incorporated into the British Raj in the nineteenth century. Since its independence, the country has experienced both periods of significant military and economic growth, and periods of instability, with the secession of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). Pakistan is a declared nuclear weapons state.

Welcome to the "God Be Praise Over Pakistan" is a Pakistani Christian blogsite.
We are praying for God's richest blessing over Pakistan. Here we will provide for your news and information about many things. In all cases, what we write is for God to Be Praise Over Pakistan and great blessing to come upon all our people . . . from government, religious and business leaders to the humble people in our land. Please pray for our country to that end . . . "pray the news.! ~ Pakistan Editor

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Present Government is taking great steps . . .

Present Government is taking great steps for the progress of Minorities, Professor Mushtaq Victor ( Minister for Minorities Affairs)

Sialkot(Correspondent CCNews Portal) - Present Government especially President Pervaiz Musharraf and Prime Minister Shoukat Aziz have solved many problems of minorities. Said, Professor Mushtaq Victor ( Minister for Minorities Affairs) He said in address to people in Sialkot Cantt (Lal Kurti) that present Government gave record funds and solved their problems. Prime Minister of Pakistan also gave 8 lac (8,0000 Pak Rupees) for the repair of Saint Mary Church, Lall Kurti Silakot. Prime Minister Ordered that this church be repaired as soon as possible as it is the oldest church in the history of Sialkot.

In return minorities have also paid great role in the progress of Pakistan and paid great role for the freedom of Pakistan in the past. Prime Minister of Pakistan also ordered his district coordinator Riaz Bhatti that with the co-ordination of Fr.John Joseph the processes of the church be completed.
25-02-07


Pakistan Supreme Court says honour killing equivalent to culpable murder
Pakistan News.Net
Islamabad, Mar.3 : Pakistan's Supreme Court has decreed that the law provides no room for murder in the name of honour killing and said that taking the life of anyone in the name of honour is equivalent to culpable murder.

Fears and Concerns . . . Misogyny

Fear Of Religious Terrorism after the Conversion of young Christian pair. Misogyny

Lahore,Pakistan (CCNews Portal). 'They have threaten us and want to kill us and compelled us to come to Christianity again". After embracing Islam on 26th November, 2006, the newsly converted pair reported to the police that Joseph Francis squirted kerosene Oil on the woman and then set her on fire, and bitterly burnt ,Said Aisha. The newly converted pair interviewed “ Roznama Pakistan”, on 10 feb, 2007, and said that their lives are in dangers and Christians want to kill them. They also said that Joseph Francis gives protection to those who convert to Christianity, but on the other hand, he supposedly also threatens those who embraced Islam. Aisha also charged that Joseph Franics tried to bare her in his office and asked her if she doesn’t rejoin Christianity, she will be killed supposedly. Misogyny

APMA vow on this issue and called it a danger alarm on Christians

The chief Organizer of APMA “Khalid gill” talked CCNews, on 1 March, 2007, and vowed that it is dangerous situation that the converted pair under the supervision of Muslims. According to Ummah, they are charging Christians of persecution. It may cause severe religious terrorism in PAKISTAN. He said that Christians in Pakistan never persecuted any one whoever converted. This case needs to be solved as quickly as possible.

Other Links - Who's Burning Whom?? Misogyny
(Lahore, CCNews Portal - Correspondent)

EXPERIENCE OF BURN INJURIES AT THE PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL
There are a few burn centres in Pakistan that are well equipped, ... by the fact that gas and kerosene are widely used as domestic fuel in Pakistan. ...

Firebomb attack kills 67 aboard India-Pakistan train
Sixty-seven people were burned to death after blasts ignited a fireball on a train from India to Pakistan in an attack condemned as terrorism aimed at ...

Pakistani Catholic Cleric Buried;
Muslims Burn Christian Homes ... lost his one-story brick home after the mob doused it with kerosene and set it on fire. ...

Pakistan's Fiery Shame: Women Die in Stove Deaths
... more than 4000 women have been doused in kerosene and set alight by family ... There are no burn centers in Pakistan, something the Progressive Women's ...

deseretnews.com | India, Pakistan condemn attack
A policeman investigates inside one of the burned compartments of Samjhauta ... V.K. Duggal, the home secretary, told reporters that sulfur and kerosene had ...
Atta's Rage Rooted in Islam's Misogyny

MOHAMMED ATTA, the terrorist involved in the September 11 crime against humanity, left behind an illuminating will. He sternly warned against women being present at his funeral – or at his grave at any later date. He also instructed that: "He who washes my body around my genitals should wear gloves so that I am not touched there."

This is Zilla Huma Usman from Pakistan.

She was a women's rights activist for years and was recently appointed as a Social Services Minister. The Pakistani government has a long way to go when it comes to fighting misogyny, but this was a step in the right direction. Zilla was married and had two children.

On Tuesday, Zilla was fatally shot in the head by a man who was known for being an extremist and was suspected in other murders. He freely confessed to the murder and said that women should not be in positions of leadership. He was also upset because Zilla didn't always wear a veil and left her face and hair exposed.

His violent act was ultimately pointless of course; oppressed women in Pakistan and elsewhere are not going to stop standing up for their rights. Women like Rana Husseini and Ayaan Hirsi Ali get death threats but this hasn't silenced them.

Maybe Britney's bald head isn't very flattering, but nobody is going to kill her for it. Let's get some perspective.

Posted by Angelwomyn, 02/20/2007 4:03pm

One more Christian woman Under Blasphemy Charge in Pakistan.

( Lahore, CCNews - Correspondent) One more woman “ Marntha Bibi . is under charged of Blasphemy. In the city of Kasur 45 kilometers (28 miles) south of Lahore.. she was charged with Blasphemy. Police arrested Marantha Masih, on January 22,2007, after a violent mob stormed her house in the village of Kot Nanka Singh. The riot was prompted by claims that Masih made insulting remarks about Islam’s founder – a crime punishable by death under controversial Pakistani law.

APMA” vow

Micheal Javaid .Gen. Secretary(Karachi) “APMA” vow on this charge and requested the Government of Punjab that this false case of 295-c on Bibi Marnatha be taken back. He said that in Pakistan the act of 295-c is being used wrongly.

Free Legal Aid

APMA lawyers have been providing free legal aid to Martha Bibi and the group is assisting the family. The case has underscored international concern about blasphemy legislation in Pakistan