unflinching idealism ... since 1997 archivessitemapabouthelpfeedback
all are welcome to read, write and think
  • Home
  • InFocus
  • Themes
  • Columns
  • Articles
  • Fiction
  • iLogs
  • Gallery
  • Unplugged
  • Writers
  • Interactors
  • Tags
Sign in | Join Chowk
web chowk
  • Article
  • Interact
  • read writer comments
  • add to favorites
  • get rss feeds
  • print
  • email this link

The Emerging Threat

Ayesha Umar May 27, 2008

Latest comments   flat   threaded   latest   oldest   all
listing 1-16   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

#1 Posted by Achilles80 on June 3, 2008 6:39:11 pm
A very well written and startlingly honest article. Your words are so vivid that I could feel the unbearable weight of this emerging threat.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#2 Posted by quin on June 3, 2008 6:50:08 pm
Excellent journalism. Thumbs up!
... and a sad and sorry state of affairs ...
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#3 Posted by quin on June 3, 2008 6:50:08 pm
Excellent journalism. Thumbs up!
... and a sad and sorry state of affairs ...
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#4 Posted by quin on June 3, 2008 6:50:08 pm
Excellent journalism. Thumbs up!
... and a sad and sorry state of affairs ...
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#5 Posted by ijaz_gul on June 3, 2008 9:09:05 pm
bien venu mangal sahib
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#6 Posted by zeemax on June 4, 2008 1:26:35 am
"he has about 120,000 armed men" includes sympathizers I guess, but then everyone in tribal areas is armed so ...

Approx 10,000 active card-carrying fighters is the correct number. Though he could probably call upon any number of volunteers if needed.

But as I said somewhere before, they will not interfere in settled areas such as Peshawar if people of settled areas don't interfere in theirs. I don't know about the Hyatabad brothel incident, but this brothel must have either been recruiting from or supplying hookers to the adjacent Bara Tehsil.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#7 Posted by Naqshbandi on June 4, 2008 8:33:55 am
Dear Ayesha,
Do you have any information on which shrines these Wahabis destroyed?


reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#8 Posted by tahir on June 4, 2008 8:55:59 am
Miss Ayesha,

Are you FOR or AGAINST brothels? Would you have them flourish along with other major vices in YOUR area?

What is your genuine concern? Let's read your REAL views.

The article is just something everybody knows already.

Regards.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#9 Posted by pavocavalry on June 4, 2008 9:04:06 am
the man is a 5th columnist designed to make the afridis slaves of punjabis and also to threaten NATO routes for blackmail.the so called kidnap of paki ambassador was also agency orchresrated and a total hoax.every child in afghanistan knew that it was all bogus.i am surprised why paki int agencies are so barren.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#10 Posted by verve on June 4, 2008 10:34:17 am
Dear Tahir,
I am glad you are aware of what’s happening in the Khyber agency. My concern is that this man (as Pavocavalry said) whether fifth columnist or acting independently should be kept under check before he becomes another Mehsud or Fazullah.
I am against all the vices as well the war lord type commanders of extremist religious groups taking actions in the settled areas. We need to raise our voice against deteriorating law and order situation in NWFP as well as rapid Talibanization.
Regards,
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#11 Posted by verve on June 4, 2008 10:35:23 am
Re: # 7 da Dani baba mazar
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#12 Posted by Naqshbandi on June 4, 2008 11:30:47 am
khabis wahabis...
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#13 Posted by HP on June 4, 2008 12:11:29 pm

When you allow a vast area to become lawless and outside any rules, you encourage people to become criminals. Along with the Taliban and other jihadis, he too appears to be a creation of the Pakistani and the US agencies.

Shakarkhora ko khoon lagay ga, if not now, a few years later.

reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#14 Posted by adamkhan on June 4, 2008 5:31:51 pm
If our government ever was sincere in kicking these vermin out then it would support the local opposition to baitullah and mangal bagh. These wahabi BCs are challenging the already established hierarchy in these lands, and because of that face opposition from all the bigwigs in the system.

But instead of providing support to the tribal maliks our government barges in and in doing so strengthens the taliban. It seems like getting FC jawans killed is the only way to prove our loyalty with the Bush administration.

But lets not blame everything on the Americans, anyone who still thinks that the Pakistan military is sincere in fighting these pube faced BCs should look up the Sara Rogha fort incident where about 30 brave jawans of the FC held their own against 1000 of these wannabe arabs in a small colonial fort. They fought for hours asking for air support and artillery shelling, but alas the bharvas aka our generals had other things on their mind.

There was no support of any sort, considering that the pak army is in a war ready state in that area, this is beyond a conspiracy theory and ample proof that our generals still havent given up on the idea of the "strategic depth" and want their hand fed dogs to be calling shots in pushtoon areas.

reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#15 Posted by Leadenwinter on June 4, 2008 5:53:36 pm
:) this is almost funny somehow.. anyways all my regards to the Pakistani public.. "Enjoy your Wahabism"

reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
#16 Posted by nasah on June 4, 2008 7:29:31 pm
Alqaida says the Danish embassy bombing was the revenge against Danish blaspheming the Prophet.

In that 'revenge' 7 innocent Pakistani died and only one Dane died. Unfortunately even that one 'Dane' was a miserable Danish citizen of Pakistani orgin -- not of Danish origin.

It is incumbent upon Pakistan to put to sleep this rabid dog of theirs -- born bred and rabies-bound by the Pakistani mad-rassas -- because this dog is biting no one else but Pakistan itself -- otherwise the whole country will soon be in the doghouse of the NATO.

That saudi bastard OBL is not only has a failed brain with a failed kidney he is totally blind -- he kills Pakistanis and calls it revenge against the Danish.

Pakistan should get rid of the the Satan and the Son of the Satan Zawahiri -- they are no cash cows for Pakistan they are mad cows for Pakistan.
reply to this interact write a new interact add to favorites flag objectionable content
listing 1-16   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Interact Index

    #127 TaureanKhan
    #126 MatloobZaman
    #125 MatloobZaman
    #124 okhla99
    #123 TaureanKhan
    #122 majumdar
    #121 akcheema
    #120 TaureanKhan
    #119 akcheema
    #118 TaureanKhan
    #117 jayp
    #116 masadi
    #115 rabzon
    #114 nkg
    #113 tahir
    #112 ahmedmadani
    #111 akcheema
    #110 NangaPir
    #109 pavocavalry
    #108 zeemax
    #107 ahmedmadani
    #106 ahmedmadani
    #105 grandtrunkroad
    #104 grandtrunkroad
    #103 pavocavalry
    #102 ahmedmadani
    #101 laddu
    #100 _arjun5
    #99 tahmed32
    #98 tahir
    #97 tahmed32
    #96 tahir
    #95 tahmed32
    #94 tahir
    #93 nb
    #92 ahmedmadani
    #91 _arjun5
    #90 tahmed32
    #89 tahmed32
    #88 hamidm2
    #87 tahmed32
    #86 tahmed32
    #85 zeemax
    #84 zeemax
    #83 hamidm2
    #82 hamidm2
    #81 tahmed32
    #80 hamidm2
    #79 zeemax
    #78 zeemax
    #77 Achilles80
    #76 tahmed32
    #75 tahmed32
    #74 NangaPir
    #73 NangaPir
    #72 bubba
    #71 mohar1l
    #70 Naqshbandi
    #69 tahir
    #68 rf786
    #67 adamkhan
    #66 laddu
    #65 tahmed32
    #64 _arjun5
    #63 mohar1l
    #62 _arjun5
    #61 tahmed32
    #60 tahmed32
    #59 tahmed32
    #58 tahmed32
    #57 tahmed32
    #56 rf786
    #55 hamidm2
    #54 zeemax
    #53 zeemax
    #52 majumdar
    #51 adamkhan
    #50 Leadenwinter
    #49 tahmed32
    #48 zeemax
    #47 nasah
    #46 zeemax
    #45 adamkhan
    #44 Leadenwinter
    #43 tahir
    #42 tahir
    #41 tahir
    #40 tahir
    #39 tahir
    #38 tahir
    #37 nasah
    #36 Naqshbandi
    #35 tahmed32
    #34 tahmed32
    #33 Leadenwinter
    #32 Leadenwinter
    #31 Leadenwinter
    #30 nasah
    #29 tahmed32
    #28 Leadenwinter
    #27 ijaz_gul
    #26 zeemax
    #25 tahmed32
    #24 tahmed32
    #23 tahmed32
    #22 zeemax
    #21 Look
    #20 ijaz_gul
    #19 zeemax
    #18 zeemax
    #17 BJ2
    #16 nasah
    #15 Leadenwinter
    #14 adamkhan
    #13 HP
    #12 Naqshbandi
    #11 verve
    #10 verve
    #9 pavocavalry
    #8 tahir
    #7 Naqshbandi
    #6 zeemax
    #5 ijaz_gul
    #4 quin
    #3 quin
    #2 quin
    #1 Achilles80

Latest Interacts

  • BJ2: Re: # 21 Ama yaar,... My Lover Girl
  • HPsauce: Re: # 16 salah... My Lover Girl
  • Urstruly: whenever I comment on... My Lover Girl
  • ahmedmadani: Re: # 44 Gentleman... The Desert of Possibility:
  • hgoojar: Re: # 63 uncle machardani,why... 21st Century Terrorism and
  • hgoojar: Re: # 139 can any... The Desert of Possibility:
  • hgoojar: Re: # 42 its ....... The Desert of Possibility:
  • hgoojar: Re: # 160 oh lord... My Name is Khan

THEMES

  • Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy
  • The Indian Story
  • Indo-Pak Relations
  • Personal Narratives
  • Religion Today
  • War on Terror
  • Role of Media
  • Call for Social Change
  • Hold Them Accountable
  • Environment and Us
  • Way of Life
more »

Top 5 Articles This Week

  • Popular
  • Understanding Islamic Revival In Its Proper Context
  • The Desert of Possibility: Part II
  • A Very Costly Bill
  • My Lover Girl
  • A Ward of the State
  • Featured
  • There are a Lot of Monkeys
  • White Charade
  • Words of a Woman
  • FOX News and the Smelly Shoes
  • Dilemmas of Creative Children
  • 10 Years Ago
  • The Posthumous Dialectic
  • Falsehoods Galore
  • The Bird of Crimson and Gold
  • A Full Belly Speaks Persian
  • Preview of the Super Six

Write on Chowk Interact Guidelines Privacy policy Terms Contact

Copyright © 1997 - 2010 chowk.com. All Rights Reserved
Reproduction of material on any www.chowk.com pages without prior written permissions is strictly prohibited