Archive for January, 2012

Dr. Manzer Durrani

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The deeply embedded Chanakiya Hindu mind-set is never revealed. Occasionally, the well concealed true “India Think,” cat is let out of the bag. This article is reflects the true mind of Indians, how they think about the Arabs and their issues.Indians abound in Gulf States, where they are welcomed with open arms. The Gulf Arabs have not felt the sting of the Hindu Nag. Like Chicken Little, the gulf Arabs take no notice of the expansions of the Indian Navy. One day the Indians resident in UAE and other Gulf States will find a reason to invite Indian Armed Forces to come to rescue them and in doing so, India will take over the oil rich kingdoms of the Gulf. The recent acquisition of hundred of fifth generations jets by IAF, is another indication of India’s desire desire to take over the oil resources of Kuwait and other puny but oil rich sheikhdoms. Indians do not care for the cause of Palestinians, as is evident from this article. They are well ensconced in the lap of Israel, and consider it to be a kindred spirit. The foolish idea of Pan-Arabism, inspired by the British Imperialists and Allen Dulles, to divide and stealthily “rule” the Middle East still resonates in Egypt, Syria, and Arabia. Iran is lost in its quest for lost Persian glory. Pakistan is enmeshed in the bitter infighting of its own politicians, who are Pinocchios of foreign masters. Previous, Pan Islamic ideas have been demonized by the acts of a misguided, fanatical fringe in the Islamic world. The Western Pres and Leaders hardly disguise their Islamophobic bigotry. Western Agencies have unleashed terrorist organizations with Islamic names and fanatical “mullas'” as leaders. They have initiated extremist movements such as Al-Qaeda and Hizb-ur-Tahrir, to counter the power and influence of secularized Christianity, under the garb of pseudonym, “West.”. In this whirlpool, the True Message of Peace conveyed 1400 years ago has been lost. The so-called Islamic nations wander like flotsam in the sea. The true enemies of Islam, the kufaar of countries like India, have joined hands with “mushriqs,” and yahood and nasara to form and axis of evil. The true face of this evil, although, well hidden, reveals itself, in their thinking, this article by Kanchan Gupta*, an Indian, illustrates this point.

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Mr. Manmohan Singh, who notionally heads the morally decrepit and functionally paralyzed Government of this wondrous land of ours, would rather, ostrich-like, bury his head in the gravel that paves the path to the Prime Minister’s Office in South Block and pretend, as Law Minister Salman Khurshid is fond of saying, all is well. It’s not difficult to spot the three idiots of the Congress regime, which goes by the moniker of United Progressive Alliance. Others may have a different opinion of him, but I have always held that Salman Khurshid has a wry sense of humour.

Hence, it comes as no surprise that Mr. Singh, while addressing the 66th session of the UN General Assembly on September 24, should have made a bland, meaningless, one-sentence reference to terrorism at paragraph 11 of his rambling, 50-paragraph-long speech whose text would reassure those who grew up in the 1960s on a steady diet of ‘internationalism’ that the lamp of their cause still flickers in some hearts and restore faith among chronic insomniacs that it is possible to have a good night’s sleep. “Terrorism continues to rear its ugly head and take a grievous toll of innocent lives,” Mr. Singh droned from the dais, making it sound as no more than a customary mention, as is done by billion-dollar charlatans who gather at Davos every summer to hunger in Africa. At paragraph 36, Mr. Singh added three more sentences on terrorism: “The fight against terrorism must be unrelenting. There cannot be selective approaches in dealing with terrorist groups or the infrastructure of terrorism. Terrorism has to be fought across all fronts.” He could well have been referring to the breakout of a strange disease in Timbuktu.

And while Mr. Singh held forth on the “need to address the issue of the deficit in global governance” (yawn), blithely glossing over the huge and ever-increasing deficit in India’s governance ever since he found himself being pole-vaulted into the PMO in the summer of 2004, the Prime Minister of Israel, the only democracy between India and the Maghreb, took it upon himself to say it as it is, bluntly telling the world that the real danger to our present and future emanates from radical Islamism. “A malignancy is now growing between East and West that threatens the peace of all. It seeks not to liberate, but to enslave, not to build, but to destroy. That malignancy is militant Islam… (applause)… Since 9/11, militant Islamists have slaughtered countless innocents — in London and Madrid, in Baghdad and Mumbai, in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in every part of Israel. I believe that the greatest danger facing our world is that this fanaticism will arm itself with nuclear weapons. And this is precisely what Iran is trying to do.” Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu is not known for being politically correct. But he knows that we live in a politically incorrect world.

A measure of just how politically incorrect is our world was provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Islamist President, Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose bilious rant at the General Assembly led to a walkout by all delegates barring those representing the Organization of Islamic Conference. Further confirmation of the strange times we live in was provided by Mr. Singh in his speech which marked a formal departure from India’s long-standing position on Palestine whose formulation was in keeping with the UN Security Council’s Resolution 242 of November 22, 1967, which was adopted following the Six-Day War in which David beat Goliath to pulp. The operative portion of Resolution 242 calls for the “Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every state in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognised boundaries free from threats or acts of force.”

Extrapolating from Resolution 242, India’s position on the demand for Palestinian statehood was restricted to reiterating support for a two-state solution based on the “sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Israel and Palestine and their right to live side by side in peace within secure and recognised boundaries”. On occasion, there were minor deviations (especially when politicians spoke extempore without a prepared text) but broadly the thrust would remain the same. Mr. Singh has now introduced, in his standard and sly manner, a new element to India’s position on a crucial issue without bothering about the need for public deliberation or parliamentary debate. In his address to the General Assembly he went out of the way to raise a contentious issue in whose resolution India has no perceivable role and which really is of no concern to us: “The Palestinian question still remains unresolved and a source of great instability and violence. India is steadfast in its support for the Palestinian people’s struggle for a sovereign, independent, viable and united state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, living within secure and recognisable borders side by side and at peace with Israel.”

That’s a bizarre proposition, not the least because reiterating support for East Jerusalem as the capital of a ‘united’ state of Palestine amounts to endorsing the belligerence of those who wish to see Israel “wiped off the map of the world”. A ‘united’ Palestine, as in a state with a single territorial identity, is a geographical and political impossibility; Palestine, as and when it gains statehood, will be no different from Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s “moth-eaten Pakistan” and in due course will collapse into two entities. That apart, Mr. Singh calling for the inclusion of ‘East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine’ from no less a platform than the UN General Assembly may serve to excite the imagination of wannabe Islamists who dwell in sequestered mohallahs in Azamgarh and similar places across India and aspire to join the ranks of God’s Army, but it is not going to bring about any change on the ground.

The Green Line belongs to the past, as does the Ottoman Empire’s occupation of the House of David. Mr. Singh is expected to be aware of basic historical facts, including the UN’s 1947 resolution declaring Jerusalem a “corpus separatum” which was accepted by Jews on the premise that Arabs, too, would accept it. But that the Palestinians and Arabs rejected resolution do not even concede the legitimacy of Israel.

There’s a postscript to the Prime Minister’s uncalled for ministration of a demand that is untenable and flies in the face of what he himself says, and ironically so, at one point in his speech: “Actions taken under the authority of the United Nations must respect the unity, territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of individual states.” That postscript is about Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s visit to New York, coinciding with that of Mr. Singh. The Mirwaiz was at the UN to attend the OIC’s Kashmir Contact Group meeting where the demand for Kashmir’s ‘azadi’ was reiterated. Palestinians who unhesitatingly recorded their support for the OIC’s resolve to see Kashmir separated from India attended the meeting, among others. Which only proves how inconsequential is Mr. Singh’s gratuitous offer of ‘steadfast’ support for ‘united Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital’. But then, national interest was never a priority for our Prime Minister. Nor does the nation seem to care how he is compromising its interest, again and again.

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Dr. Manzer Durrani

Accused to be Indicted for Offences Against State Soon, Bank Sources

Finance Minister Delaying Appointment NBP Chief to Reap More Benefits

Top Bankers Obliging Politicians, Defaulters, Those Who Got Loans Waived-Off

Supreme Court, Public Accounts Committee Asked to Take Notice

By Tariq Khattak*

Islamabad: Dr. Mirza Ibrar Baig, Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), has resigned following renewed investigations against him by different security agencies on serious charges levelled against him over the years.

Baig has been under the radar since years and alleged by the national security establishment for being an India spy. His suspicious activities continues despite being under probe that only helped the suspicions of agencies against him, insiders said.

Senior Executive Vice President Group Head Human Resource Management and Administration Group Mr. Baig, an Indian by birth, got Pakistani nationality by tempering with papers and bypassing law of the land.

He remained under investigations by various national security agencies since long. However, he managed to neutralise some probing officers by providing incentives that included appointments of relatives of those who were digging into his past, documents available with this scribe said.

Sources say that the accused many be charged soon for offences in the court of law.

The acting President NBP, Qamar Hussain, hasn’t accepted Baig’s resignation so far, insiders said. Influential Qamar got himself appointed against a specially created post in the bank while the SBP, failing test of being a good regulator repeatedly, decided to overlook many critical requirements.

The Ministry of Finance, that backed former President Ali Raza for over a decade, is still supporting him and providing all benefits to him. Many top officials of the ministry have their close relatives appointed in the NBP against lucrative posts. They have forced bank to sign deals with businesses run by their blood relatives.

Those is the power including Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh are said to be avoiding appointment of a President on permanent basis in NBP as the present president would do anything to please them irrespective of what rules and regulations say.

This is the reason the Finance Minister has been avoiding appointment of a proper Board of Directors in the bank since March 2010. The current board consist of only three while regulations say that a board must comprise of five members, insiders said.

Thus, all the decisions of the NBP BoD stands illegal and open to litigation in the courts. Present government try to cheat masses with window dressing and has never opted for a fundamental change for improvement of dwindling economy, they added.

Corruption is a way of life for elite in Pakistan which has kept millions under the poverty line and send economy in the tailspin.

Sources said that Mr. Qamar is providing hefty loans to politicians and other influential including defaulters and those who got loans waived worth billions.

Those who are getting major share in the pie are all close to President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. These include Islam uddin Sheikh, Riaz Laljee, Iqbal Z Ahmed and Anwar Majeed etc.

The questions remained to be answered in that why NBP is the only government owned commercial bank that will fund projects like the RPP’s that are owned by Iqbal Z. Ahmed and Anwar Majeed. It would happily extend loans to companies that give Mir Raza son of Ali Raza allocations of LPG without him having a LPG marketing company

All the projects that Mr. Zardari’s front men wanted funded was being done by Mr.Syed Ali Raza former President and brother Syed Salim Raza, former governor SBP and involved in money laundering scam.

Not in distant past, Majeed and Zardari decided to expand their business empire and Ali Raza even went to extent of cancelling the loans for Dewan Groups sugar and cement mills to enable the Anwar-Zardari team to buy these assets at throwaway prices.

Supreme Court and Public Accounts Committee need to realise that NBP is a premier bank which has been bailing out many businesses and institutions facing financial difficulties. What if it fails due to unabated corruption of crooked bankers and their political masters?

Tarik-Khattak is based in Islamabad, Federal Capital Area, Pakistan, and is a Stringer for Allvoices.

Dr. Manzer Durrani

The kernel of US Constitution and the Bill of Rights are in a symphonic harmony with the Constitution of Medina. Recent case, before the US Federal Appeals Court beautifully demonstrates the convergence of US jurisprudence with Islamic jurisprudence in relation to rights of citizens.

It is amazing to see how Muhammad’s (PBUH) interpretation of the Qur’an and the Maqasid al-Shariah was so democratic, so tolerant and compassionate, while contemporary Muslims (like the Taliban for example) interpretation of the same is so harsh, so authoritarian and so intolerant. I hope this discussion will invite us to look at the Sunnah of our dear Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), more closely. We must learn from him not only the principles of faith but also human virtues of mercy, compassion, equality, justice and tolerance. The constitution of Medina is an excellent manifestation of the Prophet’s (PBUH) virtuous personality(1).

The Constitution of Medina establishes the importance of consent and cooperation for governance. According to this compact Muslims and non-Muslims are equal citizens of the Islamic state, with identical rights and duties. Communities with different religious orientations enjoy religious autonomy (many so-called “Islamic nations,” have forgotten this Islamic legal tenet). Which essentially is wider in scope than the modern idea of religious freedom. The constitution of Medina established a pluralistic state — a community of communities. It promised equal security to all and all were equal in the eyes of the law. The principles of equality, consensual governance and pluralism are beautifully enmeshed in the compact of Medina.

Reference Case:

A federal appeals court upholds a 2010 ruling preventing the implementation of an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would bar judges from considering international or Islamic law in decisions.

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that blocked the implementation of an Oklahoma law barring judges from considering international or Islamic law in their decisions.

The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a ruling released Tuesday, affirmed an order by a district court judge in 2010 that prevented the voter-approved state constitutional amendment from taking effect. The ruling also allows a Muslim community leader in Oklahoma City to continue his legal challenge of the law’s constitutionality.

The measure, known as State Question 755, was approved with 70% of the vote in 2010. The amendment would bar courts from considering the legal precepts of other nations or cultures. “Specifically, the courts shall not consider international law or sharia law,” the law reads.

The appellate court opinion pointed out that proponents of the law admitted to not knowing of a single instance in which an Oklahoma court applied sharia law or the legal precepts of other countries.

“This serves as a reminder that these anti-sharia laws are unconstitutional and that if politicians use fear-mongering and bigotry, the courts won’t allow it to last for long,” said Muneer Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma. Awad sued to block the law, contending that it infringed on his 1st Amendment rights.

Proponents of the law argued that it was intended to ban courts from considering all religious laws and that sharia was simply used as an example. The appeals court, however, disagreed.

“That argument conflicts with the amendment’s plain language, which mentions sharia law in two places,” the court opinion read.

Republican Sen. Anthony Sykes, who sponsored the measure in the state Senate, said its goal was to require judges to apply only the laws of the United States and Oklahoma. “Sharia merges religion and the law. Our constitution is totally different,” he said. “I think it is something that competes with our constitution — it just doesn’t mesh.”

Sharia — which translates roughly as “path” in Arabic — is intended to guide Muslims to connect with God and is rooted in mercy and compassion, said Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles.

Al-Marayati argues that campaigns to ban sharia present a distorted view of Islamic law. “They equate it with unjust and abusive practices originated by tyrannical regimes in the Middle East,” he said. “They use misconceptions about Muslims to misinform the American public.”

January 10, 2012

Dr. Manzer Durrani

(Mostly unedited-This is a lament of a young Pakistani, we publish it courtesy, defence.PK/Forums*)

Pakistan does not need this Zardari’s democratic system. We need a different system based on Pakistan’s political. cultural, geographical and social history. But, no dictatorship either, military or civil like Zardari’s.

If you have 100 million then you will be able to launch a campaign in one constituency and there are 272 constituency in pakistan so multiply by 100000000*272 = Rs. 27200000000. and we have two major political parties so multiply by 2 * 27200000000 = Rs. 54400000000. and we have numerous small political parties then add more approx like half of each party amount that means 27200000000/2 = 13600000000 then 13600000000 with 54400000000 = Rs. 68000000000.

You know what 68000000000 means its 68 billion rupees and if we divide it with dollar rate which is approx 90 now that means 7600000000 $ and that seven hundred and sixty million dollars are spent on a corrupt political system and in the end. But. what is the return for Pakistani people on this huge investiment.? Pakistan gets a National Assembly of matric pass, dacoits, land mafias, bhatta mafias, sugar mafias (Zardari, AS THEIR LEADER), gangsters, foreign lobbyists (ASMA JEHANGIR) and capitalists (Sharmila Faruqi) or zamindar waderas (Yusuf Raza Gilani and Zardari).

I am not including the senate election in the above. so calculate it too.

There are a 100 senators. I assume that if half of the senate election seats are bought and paid for. Then cost of one seat is as follows: one seat may requires around 100 million rupees, then multiply by 100 million with 50 which will be 5 billion rupees and add this to the numbers above.

Its a huge amount which is spent for what? For destroying organizations like PIA, Steel Mill, NICL, Railway and ……………so on, ad infinitum.

This amount can be spent for social development work. But, this looting will not stop yet because,

after winning the election what will they do? Their first priority is to recover election expenses, the remaining looted amount will be sent to foriegn banks.Then they start looting for the next election and filling Dubai and Swiss accounts, and then remaining will be spent on luxurious Mercedes, London flats, millions on jewelleries for their fat wives and slim mistresses and what will be spent on the nation:Zero. To keep their powerful positions, the will borrow from where??? The short answer is IMF and World Bank, USAID, and UN Aid.

What a cracking system it is!!

What a system that Western Imperialist discovered for us wretched former colonies. We live in perpetual chaos, while they enjoy the luxuries of modernity. May a plague fell their houses! Amen.

Dr. Manzer Durrani

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Pakistan dont need this democratic system and we need something different but definitely not dictatorship.
If you have 100 million then you will be able to launch a campaign in one constituency and there are 272 constituency in pakistan so multiply by 100000000*272 = Rs. 27200000000. and we have two major political parties so multiply by 2 * 27200000000 = Rs. 54400000000. and we have numerous small political parties then add more approx like half of each party amount that means 27200000000/2 = 13600000000 then 13600000000 with 54400000000 = Rs. 68000000000.
You know what 68000000000 means its 68 billion rupees and if we divide it with dollar rate which is approx 90 now that means 7600000000 $ and that seven hundred and sixty million dollars are spend on the corrupt political system and in the end what we have got matric pass, dacoits, land mafias, gangsters, foreign lobbists and capitalists.
I am not including the senate election in the above. so calculate it too.
there are 100 senators and we assume that if half of the senate election seats are paid then one seat may requires around 100 million rupees then multiply by 100million with 50 which will be 5 billion rupees and add with the above.
Its a huge amount that spend for what? for destroying the organizations like PIA, STeel Mill, Railway and ……………
The amount can be spend for social development work but this will not stop yet because,
Now after winning all those election what will they do, first they recovered the expense amount and then start looting for the next election and then start looting again for the swiss account and then remaining will be spended in luxurious Mercedez, London flats, millions on jewelleries and you what will remain next??? answer is IMF and World Bank and UN Aid.
What a cracking system it is.
What a system that Western imperialist discovered.

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