Pakistan Media

Pak Urdu Media Digest – July 27

Recent operations by the US forces in Afghanistan have brought to light that the ‘Punjabi Taliban’ (sectarian groups and banned organizations that have ideological coherence with the Taliban) are re-entering Afghanistan from their stronghold in the KP region. The arrest in Lahore of an American national Qazi indicates continued mistrust with the US. Independence of Judiciary remains the war cry in Pakistan and unless PPP regime buys with the Supreme Court, the armed forces may intervene for a bigger role on the political arena. And thus gain legitimacy for their overbearing presence in Pakistan.

UNITED STATES
1. Addressing the US Senate Armed Forces Committee, Army Chief Gen. Martin Dempsey said that Pakistan is making a mistake by considering India an enemy. He said Pakistan has been using most of its resources against India and the US will have to try to make Pakistan understand that terrorists are a bigger threat to Pakistan than India. (Khabrain, Nawa-i-Waqt)

2. Editorial in Daily Intekhab says it is possible that America is behind the clashes in Karachi. (Daily Intekhab)

3. Nawa-i-Waqt Editorial on the Afghanistan scene says: While leaving Afghanistan, the USA wants to portray Pakistan as the enemy and India as its successor and this situation is not acceptable to the Pakistan army. Even though India does not have any specific role in Afghanistan its consulates in Afghanistan are creating unrest in Pakistan. RAW’s trained agents, in the guise of tribal leaders, are clashing with the Pakistan army. There is news that the US is once again establishing its CIA network in Pakistan and therefore the Pakistani government should sever itself from a war with the US. (Nawa-i-Waqt Edit)

INDIA
1. Nawa-i-Waqt Editorial on India says there should be no trade-talks with India till India settles the Kashmir issue. India has captured Pakistan’s jugular vein and by building dams India wants to destroy Pakistan’s agricultural sector. (Nawa-i-Waqt Edit)

2. Baad-e-Shimal editorial on India-Pak talks says India only wants to discuss terrorism but does not see state terrorism unleashed in J&K. (Baad-e-Shimal Edit)

3. Jang editorially voiced scepticism over the Indo-Pak talks. It said: India’s stand on Kashmir is not sincere and the talks are being held to prove that Pakistan is the biggest obstacle in the solution to the Kashmir conundrum whereas India always aspired for lasting peace. (Jang Edit)

DEFENCE
1. When compared, corruption in Pakistan is not even 2% of corruption in India. However, there is no known politician in India who requests the army to take over and save the country. Naji writes that those who cry for the Army should know that corruption had never been controlled by the Army but was only increased in the past. (Column by Nazir Naji)

2. PTI Chief Imran Khan has said that the Army should back the Judiciary and should take action against President Asif Ali Zardari and PM Gilani for contempt of court. (Ummat, Jang)

3. NATO Containers Case has caused a Rs. 37 billion loss to the national treasury. According to a report, 15,000 containers have gone missing between 2008 and 2010 and the records of these containers have been deleted from the computers. Customs, NLC and the Afghan Embassy were involved in the corruption of billions of rupees; however extensive investigations and inquirers have failed to identify the FBR and Custom officials involved. (Ummat)

4. COAS Gen. Kayani visited “Mehfooz Shaheed Garrison” in Lahore Cantonment. He observed performance by the army groups of Light Commando Battalion and checked the firing range.  He also observed various training programs and was welcomed by the Corps Commander Lahore-Lt Gen. Rashid Mehmood. (Baad-e-Shimal, Jinnah, Daily Pak)

TERRORISM- EXTREMISM
1. Taliban commander of the Maulana Nazir Group has put a ban on the use of mobile camera phones and on women wearing thin clothes. (Jang)

2. 35 Pakistani extremists have been killed in new American actions in Afghanistan. Of them, 15 belong to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, 5 belong to the Mullah Nazir Group and 15 are considered part of the Punjabi Taliban. (Urdupoint)

3. JuD has set up 31 free medical camps in 10 cities during July and 6,707 patients were treated and provided with free medicines. (Daily Pak)

4. Naved Masood Hashimi writes in his column that Maulana Azhar Masood is like the sun and those unknown Jihadists who come under his light get popularity and shine. He writes that thousands of followers of Maulana Azhar are busy in spreading of the message of Jihad and some are thinking about how to release Jihadists from Indian jails. Naved writes that there are some stupid people however who have left the organization and try to malign Azhar Masood and sometimes they even dare to attack members of the organization. He quotes a person named Sultan Ahmed Miyana who had spent six years in the Badami Bagh Torture Cell in Kashmir along with Azhar Masood  to say that  the methods introduced by Azhar Masood to teach the Quran to fellow prisoners is still being followed in the jails. (Al Qalam Weekly, 22-28 July)

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
1. Former President of the PML-N Rawalpindi, Shahin Akbar Khan, has announced that he will be joining the PML-Q. (Jinnah)

2. The JI-Pakistan chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, while talking to Pakistani groups in Mecca, said that a clash with the judiciary will take a heavy toll on the government. He also said that the country has become the workshop for Israeli and Indian activities under US support. (Nawa-i-Waqt, Daily Pak)

3 .Legal experts say the government policy of non-implementation of Supreme Court orders has created a crisis in the country. They suggested that Supreme Court should invoke Article 190 of the Constitution and order the army and all other institutes to implement judicial directives. Otherwise, French revolution like revolution will create much havoc in the country. (Nawa-i-Waqt)

4. Ayub Shur of the Sindh National front said that the last three years have seen a record level of corruption and if the present set of rulers continue to remain in office then the country might go bankrupt. (Ibrat)

5. PPP’s confrontations with the judiciary will hamper the interests of the country. (Editorial in Jasarat)

6. Editorials on confrontation with the judiciary say: “It seems as if the government is trying to nourish corruption and save corrupt people. Such moves will only spread anarchy in the country and everything will be destroyed if law and justice are not allowed to prevail”. (Ummat Edit, Jang Edit, Khabrain Edit, Jinnah Edit) 

WATER & ENERGY
1. Former Pakistan Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah is responsible for Pakistan for losing the Baglihar case; he did not represent the issue of spillway gates adequately. By building a tunnel on the Kishanganga dam India is planning to block water to Pakistan. Indian is working on a mega-project that will be one of the eight wonders of the world and will block water flowing through the Sindh (Indus) River. If India releases water from all its dams then Pakistan will sink within 48 hours.  India is supported by Jewish lobbies and the Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner Sheraz Jamil Memon is working for the Jewish lobby’s agenda. (Khabrain)

2. There is a 4,803 MW shortfall in Pakistan; 13,559MW of electricity is being produced whereas electricity demand in Pakistan is at about 18,362MW. (Jinnah)

PUNJAB
1. An American national Qazi Muhammad Yaseen has been arrested in Lahore while taking pictures of a plaza; police claimed that they found that Qazi had three 3 passports and different ID-cards. (Jasarat)

SINDH
1. Speaking in the Assembly, several ministers and members of a nationalist party have said that Sindh cannot be split up for the sake of the Mohajirs. (Ibrat, Awami Awaz) 

2. Sindh High Court has stated that controlling targeted killings in Karachi is the responsibility of the government and security agencies. A two – judge bench was hearing a case on measures being taken to curb the violence in the city.  (Awami Awaz) 

3. Pashtuns or Pathans raided a camp of flood-affected people in Razaq Abad in Maleer in an effort to oust them from the camp and destroyed their tents. The Pashtuns fired at people and beat them with lathis; these Pathans were accompanied by police. (Awami Awaz)  
  
4. A high level meeting decided to set up an ‘inter-provincial force’ to ensure peace in Karachi. The announcement was short on details. (Awami Awaz) 

5. The Sunni Tehreek held rallies at Chohar Jamali to protest the attack on Mufti Mohammad Jan (a religious scholar) of the Jamaite Ahinslat. The protestors alleged that there was a conspiracy behind the attack on him and demanded the arrest of the assailants. (Ibrat)

6. Ibrat editorially commented on Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s statements that the target killers in Karachi received training in Africa. ‘Though the allegation was discussed several times at informal meetings, the fact that the Interior Minister spoke about it at a press meeting can either mean that security agencies have made significant headway in the investigations on target killings in Karachi or that the announcement was made with a political purpose. (Ibrat Edit)   

POK NEWS
1. The boundary commission has not been set up to settle boundary issues between GB and KP due to the indifferent attitude of the GB government. As a result the KP administration has taken illegal control of Shandur and now has begun illegal construction over Waiqimbar Lake in the Ashkman district. (Baad-e-Shimal)

2. Pakistan Gems and Mineral Association officials Wazir Abbas and Shahid Hussain have alleged that Mohsin Industries wants to take away uranium from the Urdu and Gulabpur areas in order to sell it. They said that they will not allow any suspicious foreign company that has a past criminal record to capture their resources. They threatened that if any company enters the area without the consent of locals, there will be bloodshed. Abbas and Hussain also said that they belonged to the PPP but they cannot support the party at the cost of local residents. (Baad-e-Shimal)

3. Girl students of a college in Gilgit are forced to study under the open sky as their college building has been occupied by some NGOs. (Ausaf, 26 July)

4. A journalist from Gilgit, Shoaib Mugul lost his house in the recent floods but he has not received any assistance from the government till date. (Ausaf, 26 July)

5. Baad-e-Shimal editorial on alleged smuggling of timber from Diamer notes that the allegation has been made by members of the Diamer assembly members. The daily calls for a stringent timber policy to stop timber smuggling. (Baad-e-Shimal Edit)

6. Baad-e-Shimal editorial says: With glaciers melting due to extreme heat, the water flow in rivers and canals has increased; this has caused the banks to erode. As the administration has failed to strengthen the embankments, people once again face the threat of floods. (Baad-e-Shimal Edit)

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