Deadpan Thoughts: Whoddunit?

Credits for pic Karachi Khatmal

Let us build Pakistan: Robert Fisk: Bring in the peacekeepers? It’s not as easy as it sounds

Tuesday, 6 January 2009 (The Independent)

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, where they have had mixed success

Do I hear the braying of the UN donkey in Gaza? On his Middle East tour, the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, may well be mentioning that well-…

Let us build Pakistan: Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt including his poems on Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima Zahra and Imam Hussain

Please click on the following images to enlarge their size.

Iqbal on Hazrat Imam Hussain

Read a brief commentary on the above poem by Annemarie Schimmel

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Iqbal on Hazrat Fatima and Hazrat Imam Hussain

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Let us build Pakistan: Karbala and the Imam Hussain in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature, including the poetry of Allama Iqbal - By Annemarie Schimmel

For a detailed account of Iqbal’s poetry on Ahlul-Bayt (A.S.), read the following article:

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Annemarie Schimmel, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and the significance of Karbala

In this era of the qehtur-rijal, we neede…

Let us build Pakistan: Haroon-ur-Rashid’s column on Imam Hussain (and those who praise Yazid including Dr Israr Ahmed and Dr Zaik Naik)

(Jang, 6 Jan 2009)

Let us build Pakistan: According to the polls, Barak’s predicted election result rose within 48 hours by five Knesset seats. About 80 dead Palestinians for each seat.

Molten lead — Uri Avnery

Israel is missing the historic chance of making peace with secular Arab nationalism. Tomorrow, it may be faced with a uniformly fundamentalist Arab world, Hamas multiplied by a thousand.

Just after midnight, January 2, Al-…

Let us build Pakistan: Baloch protest against ‘Talibanisation’

The Balochistan National Party (BNP) Information Secretary and former senator Mr Sanaullah Baloch told Daily Times on Sunday that “supporters” of the Taliban had “captured land worth Rs2 billion in the eastern and western parts of Quetta” to

Behind the Chairman’s Door: Understanding Gaza Better

I did a post on Understanding Gaza a few days back, but here are some blogs that will help you understand Gaza and her problem better.

Stephen M. Walt (author of The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy)

Prospects for Peace

Rootless Cosmo…

Deadpan Thoughts: Woman sets fire to penis

As if  lorena bobbit and her midnight snippings were not enough to set mens pulses racing a new chapter has been added to the infidelity journals of pain and punishment. An Australian woman Rajini Narayan upset because of her husbands infidelity …

Behind the Chairman’s Door: Palestinians Extend Hand of Cooperation to IDF

This has to be one of the best ways to work with the IDF and should be repeated by every Palestinian in Gaza and the West Bank.

I first read about this on a Pakistani blog and followed the link to see and then couldn’t stop laughing.

Rela…

Deadpan Thoughts: 6.1.2009

Its cold, almost too cold today in Karachi, its the 8th of muharram and already they have started sealing off the roads for the processions that will take place on the 9th and the 10th in which thousands of members of the Shiate community will wear bl…

Behind the Chairman’s Door: How to Be a Good Israeli

Grabbed from Godlike Productions.

First of all make sure you have the great Israeli Megaphone software installed to support the great Israel and to spew the propaganda of the great Israel!

See the war through Israel’s eyes

Call …

Behind the Chairman’s Door: Use a MegaPhone Against Them

During the Lebanon invasion in 2006, the Israel was seen with a lot of support in online groups and forums. No matter what was said about Israel and its position, there were always a few hundred people that would sand firm behind their Israel. No o…

Let us build Pakistan: Ansar Abbasi reveals assets of Nawaz Sharif; the story of Nawaz Sharif’s plea bargain…

Sharif family lose 80% of assets, says Qureshi

By Ansar Abbasi

ISLAMABAD, Dec 10:

The exile of the Sharif family to Saudi Arabia following the pardon announcement by the government, has deprived the Raiwind dwellers of their 15 assets, worth bill…

Let us build Pakistan: Taliban rule the roost in Swat through FM radio. [Is ISI the silent sponsor?] - By Rahimullah Yusufzai

Taliban rule the roost in Swat through FM radio

Monday, January 05, 2009 (The News)

By Rahimullah Yusufzai

PESHAWAR: Most people in Swat are becoming regular listeners of the FM radio channel run by the Maulana Fazlullah-led Swati Taliban as they w…