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Wall Street Journal APRIL 29, 2009 How Pakistan Is Countering the Taliban The pacification model that worked in Iraq can work in the Swat Valley. By HUSAIN HAQQANI The specter of extremist Taliban taking over a nuclear-armed Pakistan is not only a gross exaggeration, it could also lead to misguided policy prescriptions from Pakistan's allies, including our friends in Washington. Pakistan and the international community do face serious challenges in confronting terrorists and the ideologies that sustain them. But panicked reactions of the type witnessed in the U.S. media over the last few weeks -- after the Taliban drove into Buner, a town 60 miles north of the capital Islamabad -- are not conducive to strengthening Pakistani democracy or to developing an effective counterterrorism policy for Pakistan. Now that the Taliban have been driven out of Buner, and Pakistani forces have militarily engaged them just outside their Swat Valley stronghold, it should be clear to all that Pakista

This is for the people that are unable to attend on Tuesday but want to take action, either because they're out of the city/country or other restrictions. An email account has been set up at " nomoretaliban@gmail.com " . For all those that wish to participate but cant, please Copy-Paste the letter from the event page and email it to the address WITH your information filled in at the bottom. The Citizens of Lahore will be printing out the emails and mailing them on the behalf of those who've sent them. Please email at your earliest so they can print the mails out in time and send them along with the rest of the letters. Also, Please forward the letter and the event page link to all your friends and ask them to join in support. We as the Civil Society are much stronger in numbers than the Taliban and their ways, and its time to come out and show just that! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.facebook.com/al

The citizens of Lahore are convening outside the GPO on Tuesday 28th April at 3pm to post letters to the President, PM, CJ and COAS to take military action against Taliban. Plan of Action :- Everyone flocks to the GPO,preferably 1000+ in numbers to bombard the 'elected caretakers' of our country by posting the same letter (replicated below). TV stations film us all posting the letter, with footage being specifically aired at prime time hours. Please copy,paste the letter into Microsoft Word (Mac users - you know best which software to use), print the letter, slide it into an envelope and bring yourself along with the envelope to the GPO. Postings will begin 3pm onwards till 5pm (which is when the GPO closes). Bring change for postage costs. Goes without saying, invite others to this event. SAY NO TO TALIBANISATION. Bring all your friends and family. The time to save your country is now. We stand for freedom of choice, liberty, equality, democracy and a progressive united Pakist

Ever since the video of Taliban's brutal flogging of a 17-year old girl appeared on youtube and media, the spin doctors of fundos in their hallmark way are out to divert attention from the key issue. Some were saying it's wrong because it was not the State which authorized this punishment, others were questioning the conduct of the trial, and then came the biggest diversion that the video is fabricated and some US-conspiracy to malign Islamists. And in this spinning what has lost is the real issues and real questions. The questions are that even if we agree that the conduct of trial was wrong or the people were not authorized to sentence the accused or this particular video is American conspiracy, does under the proper trial through Mullah-described laws can this punishment be granted to any accused for any cause? And if so, is such punishment acceptable to the people of Pakistan? The answer to the first question is yes. Imran Khan or Jamat-i-Islami or Hamid Mir or heaven knows

It is spring And have come from oblivion All the dreams and all the youth That died in quest of thy lips Blossomed are the roses Those fragrant with thy memory And colored with thy lovers’ blood It is spring And erupting are the volcanoes of guilt The grief for friends fallen The mirage of nymphs courted Open is all what laid in an ashen heart Questions unanswered Thine and mine It’s spring And open are the wounds long healed

This report by WSJ is another proof of the string-pullers of extremist insurgency in Pakistan. Pakistan Aid efforts hit Saudi hurdle - WSJ

Wonder how SC (so indebted to fundos) responds? Do they see it as a conspiracy to malign Islam or take the issue of barbaric conduct head on? This is not the first time Pakistanis have showed their disapproval of these draconian treatments. Since 1979, when Hudood Laws were first introduced, Pakistanis have resisted them. So much so that in 1989, Benazir Bhutto described Islamic Punishments as barbaric. Pakistanis, while demonstrating shock and anger, have given a clear message once again that they have no tolerance for these draconian laws and punishments.

A very disturbing video, please watch it at your own discretion. Till when can we leave these animals unchecked. Allegedly the girl just went to bazar with her father-in-law which Taliban think immoral.

Nawaz is Saudi's Plan B for Pakistan - A Chinese Perspective

OBL wanted to buy MPs to make Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Which of the bounties of Saudis will he deny?

Below are some stories on Sharif's Jeddah deal. It starts with stories of NY Times stories published in December of 2000. Followed by stories on exile in the local press. It's clear that the exile happened with the consent of Sharif's and they had Saudi's blessing. Now the question is, if they were confiscated for pardon against crime, why were they returned without getting cleared from courts? Another question is, with this massive favor done for Sharif's by Saudis, how would they resist the Saudi influence when the biggest threats to the nation right now come from Saudi sponsored Wahabism and Jihad? More than America or India, it's the Saudi stooges which are immediate threat for us. Last but certainly not the least, doesn't this fleeing make Sharif a fair-weather leader? Pakistan's deposed leader is given pardon and exiled. NY Times Pakistan seizes assets of exiled ex-Premier. Exile Deal Leaves Pakistanis Feeling Betrayed - NY Times Pakistani Ruler