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Posted by admin in Pakistan-A Nation of Hope on February 18th, 2014
THE CRIMINAL RULER OF BAHRAIN IS RESPONSIBLE
Kashif was lynched and murdered by an angry mob when his police unit was ordered to move in against protestors.
Kashif Mehmood joined the Bahraini police force soon after he graduated from the Pakistani school in Bahrain.
He wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps who joined the Bahraini police after migrating from Gujranwala’s Mandi Bahauddin area, some 30 years ago.
No one from Kashif’s family of four siblings and parents could imagine that one day the 20-year-old’s life would be cut short as brutally as it was last Wednesday.
Kashif was lynched and murdered by an angry mob when a police unit, which Kashif was a part of, was ordered to move in against protesters gathered at Pearl Square in Manama.
The nightmare for Kashif’s family, however, did not end at his death. Gruesome images and videos of his death have appeared all over the internet. Many have also posted hateful and racist slogans under them, against the Pakistani community in Bahrain.
“I haven’t slept in days,” says Ali, Kashif’s 18-year-old brother, while speaking
over the phone as he emailed video links of his brother’s murder.
He sounded horrified when he said that houses of Pakistanis, especially those employed with the security forces, were being marked by protesters, to be attacked later.
Kashif, and another Bahraini policeman of Pakistani origin, Farooq Baloch, were on duty together on Wednesday, when an operation against the protesters was launched. Amid the chaos, the two young policemen, armed just with sticks, broke away from their unit and sought help from an approaching ambulance. Little did they know that the rescue van was actually loaded with protestors.
The ambulance ran them over, killing Baloch who had married three months ago and the sole breadwinner for his family.
Kashif, who barely survived the first onslaught, was kidnapped and taken to an empty ground.
Videos posted online show that groups of young men then took turns in kicking and clobbering with sticks Kashif’s lifeless body.
Even though it was apparent that he was dead, the protesters proceeded to mutilate his body, with groups of young men in their SUVs repeatedly running over the corpse.
The incident bore an eerie resemblance to the Sialkot lynching incident, where the onlookers cheered on as the victim was tortured.
Ali says his father sent his mother back to Gujranwala a few days ago. They have yet to tell her that her son died in such a horrific manner.
Both Kashif and Farooq were buried in Bahrain.
Another victim of the protestors’ wrath was the 54-year-old Saifullah Mohammad Ibrahim, who remains in critical condition after being severely injured in the attacks.
He worked in the police department and moved from Punjab decades ago, to settle in Bahrain.
“When [the protestors] took my uncle to the Lulu roundabout, they not only tortured him, but also heckled him for being a Pakistani,” said Maheen, a relative of Saifullah.
While humiliating him, the protesters chanted “Down down Pakistan, go back to your country,” Maheen added.
At least four Bahrainis of Pakistani origin have been reportedly killed and several dozens injured in the on-going crisis.
The security situation in the country remains volatile even though the state claimed that the protest was successfully being put down by Arab League-backed troops.
The main worry, however, for the Pakistani expatriates, is that the friction that this crisis has created in the Bahraini society will take years to repair.
When asked whether his family was considering leaving Bahrain for good, Ali said that although they were in shock, no one is thinking about leaving Bahrain or going back to Pakistan.Fa
We were born and brought up in Bahrain, how could we just leave our home like that, he said.
“I’m going nowhere. I will join the police force like Kashif,” he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 21st, 2011.
Posted by admin in Pakistan-A Nation of Hope on February 18th, 2014
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On June 1, the Taliban raided the Taliban crossed the border from Afghanistan and raided the Shaltalu area of the district of Dir in northwestern Pakistan. This video shows the execution of more than a dozen Pakistani policemen who were captured during the fighting. The Taliban leader gives a speech prior to executing the Pakistani men:
“These are the enemies of Islam who originated from Pakistan. They are the Pakistani police, soldiers and their supporters who recently lined up six kids in Swat and shot them execution style. These Pakistanis are now our captive and we will avenge the death of the children by doing the same to them.”
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Posted by admin in Pakistan-A Nation of Hope on February 18th, 2014
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Express Tribune
February 10, 2014
27 policemen were killed in Karachi in the first month of this year. Another six lost their lives in the first 3 days of February. This is the highest number of policemen killed in any city of the world in any one month. Can any police force continue to function with such massive loss of lives? Clearly we are doing something that is blatantly inappropriate and unprofessional. It requires no counter-terrorism expert to understand that the only way to fight insurgency is to work proactively and eliminate or control its primary life-support components.
The militancy in Karachi (and in Pakistan) has escalated to its next logical level – a war between the private militias and the state institutions. Lacking in training, technology, motivation and equipment, the police stands in the first line of fire and must bear the largest brunt. To make matters worse, it is controlled by those who themselves represent one or the other militia. When things begin to get ugly, our immediate recourse is to fall back on the Rangers. This may be termed as a replacement policy for short term gain. Only few understand that the police does not need to be replaced. It needs to be reformed and liberated. The role of the state must be twofold. To resurrect the police force and to eliminate the core components of violence.
With 20 million weapons in the hands of civilians , there is absolutely no chance of peace making a voluntary appearance. Any sensible state will leave everything and go after deweaponisation as its first priority. The state has inadvertently promoted the growth of private armies (forbidden by the Constitution of Pakistan) by granting millions of gun licenses. It now needs to mitigate its past blunders by launching a massive across-the-board deweaponisation.
The Arms Ordinance of Pakistan, instead of controlling the licenses has been the largest source of indiscriminate proliferation of weapons. It enables the government to give any number of licenses to those it wishes to appease or bribe. As an example, 69473 prohibited bore gun licenses were issued to parliamentarians in the last 5 years – essentially generating 300 or so private parliamentary armies. In Karachi, just one Assistant Commissioner issued over 5000 fake gun licenses in nine months and pocketed the fee. The discretionary Arms Ordinance ought to be struck down to give a clear message that the government will no longer be engaged in patronizing militancy or creating private militias.
There are thousands of vehicles with fake, foreign, AFR or missing number plates that move around unchecked on the streets, often indulging in crime, bomb attacks and kidnapping – with no traces of their origin or ownership. The government is guilty of not having registered thousands of vehicles that are in its own use, thus providing opportunities to criminals to use “look-alike” number plates. The government needs to clamp down and make sure that nothing moves on a road unless it is fully registered and traceable.
There are estimated 40-60 million illegal, untraceable and foreign SIMs being used inPakistan. The PTA has failed to take any action to curb this vital component of militancy. All SIMs need to be blocked (in phases) and replaced by SIMs traceable to individuals through CNIC, address and biometrics. As a first step limiting one or two SIMs per person will immediately eliminate a very large segment of irregular SIMs.
Pakistan is a haven for investment in crime and militancy. Killers can rest assured they will not be hanged. They can kill as many people as they wish. They will be facilitated to escape from prisons. Their release would be open to negotiation and they would be free to come back for further killing. The government must put an end to this dithering and pussyfooting and carry out execution of those whose death sentences have been confirmed by the Supreme Court.
Many of the police processes go back at least a hundred years. There is no way the police can handle complex modern-day militancy with ancient means and methods. The police needs to have rapid access to data relating to criminals, vehicles, weapons, inmates and SIMs. It must have on-line links with NADRA to speedily carry out background verification of suspects.
Finally we need to focus on improving and expediting the dilapidated criminal justice system, without which the police would only be going around in circles. Rapid and concurrent action on the above mentioned initiatives may be our only chance to curb militancy, to establish the writ of the state and to enable the police to protect itself and others.
MSS
SIMS can be controlled. Weapons proliferation has been due to politicians creating their own small bands of armed supporters as well buying peace with the mafia. The government should declare an amnesty for illegal weapons to be deposited and must destroy those handed in. Then it should cancel the licences issued to anybody younger than 50 and ask for those weapons to be handed in paying a small compensation where reasonable. The remainder who have refused to cooperate would be the hard core group and should be dealt with harshly.
Else, prepare for a blood bath or anarchy.
Jawad Iqbal Jawad: 100% right, in my humble opinion. “Pakistan is a haven for investment in crimes and militancy” is a golden sentence. Actually, here in Pakistan, individuals are more powerful and influential than the state and they use power for their own beneifts. They use state institutions as their slaves; “Kammis”
zain
@MSS: Very true–but for this sincerity of purpose is necessary and public cooperation is mandatory. In ongoing operation no one is coming forward to inform LEA about weapons which are dumped in their areas or displayed publically so that the place be raided. Public response matters a lot
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Posted by admin in Pakistan-A Nation of Hope on February 18th, 2014
Islamabad, Feb 13 (Pak Destiny) Banker Muhammad Zubair, the relative of retired justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, is likely to be the new chief of State Bank of Pakistan.
Highly placed sources told Pak Destiny that the name of Muhammad Zubair, son of Chaudhry Farooq (former attorney general in the previous government of Nawaz Sharif), has been shortlisted for the top post.
“Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is negotiating salary and other perks with him. Mr Zubair has demanded huge salary package,” the sources said. Pak Destiny
Posted by admin in Pakistan-A Nation of Hope on February 18th, 2014
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Posted on 05. Mar, 2013 by nauman
Motivated by ongoing hostilities with India, Pakistan embarked upon an intense ballistic missile development program in the early 1980′s. Overcoming technical naivete substantial disadvantages in infrastructure and human capital relative to India, the imposition of U.S. and Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) sanctions, and the uncertainties of democratization, Pakistan gained a sophisticated missile arsenal in only 30 years.
The perceived strategic necessity of displaying the ability to execute a nuclear strike deep within India has sustained Pakistan’s interest in medium- and long-range missiles. The Congressional Research Service and other assessments continue to report ongoing Pakistani missile collaborations with China and North Korea. Pakistan also remains a non-signatory to the MTCR, but the last U.S. missile sanction laws against Pakistani entities were waived in 2003. Recent missile developments, such as the April 2011 test-firing of the short-range nuclear capable Hatf-9/NASR missile, indicate potential Pakistani interest in building a tactical nuclear capability. Pakistan considers its nuclear weapons to be national “crown jewels” and likely holds missile delivery systems in a similar regard. Barring substantial changes in South Asian geopolitics, a change in attitude seems unlikely.
Barring unprecedented industrial growth and a substantially enhanced defense-industrial base, Pakistan will likely continue its strategy of developing advanced missile systems with foreign assistance rather than pursuing the more expensive and less feasible option of pure indigenous development. Continued state patronage, fueled by competition with India, the high prestige accorded to Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, and the symbolic value of diversifying missile delivery systems will likely sustain continued missile development in Pakistan.
Here are the Known Missiles Currently Held by Pakistan:Battlefield range ballistic missiles (BRBM):
Short Range Ballistic Missiles (SRBM):
Medium Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBM):
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles (IRBM):
Intercontinental Ballistic missile (ICBM):Taimur 7,000 km, a proposed ICBM is under development for targeting Eastern India and potential rogue enemies in the Middle EastCruise Missiles:
MIRVs
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