Sunday, December 29, 2013
د پردی سړی تصویر
د پردی سړی تصویر
شمو ترور چې څنګه د ډیډوۍ راښکاره شوه .. د بانو مور ورله منډه کړه او غیږ یې ترې چاپیر کړه او نیغ د کوټې مخامخ کټ ته یې ورسوله.. شمو ترور چې لګه دمه شوه نو په مخامخ دیوال زړوند تصویر ته یې پام شو..
د بانو مور ته یې ویل چې پښتانه خو به په دې ځینې خبرو بد ښکاریدل خو خداي خبر چې په اوسنو پښتنو څه وشول چې خپل تاریخ یې هیر کړلو .....
د بانو مور ورته ویل ترور پرون سکول کې استاذ ټولو ماشومانو ته دا سې تصویر ونه ورکړی وو چې کور یې زړوند کړۍ ځکه چې دې سړی وطن آزاد کړې وو.
شمو ترور ورته ویل دا سړې څه د پیغمبر د زمانې نه دې چې د استاذ دروغ ومنم خو زموږ د وخت سړې دې او زه خبر یم چې کله د ازادۍ جنګ تود روان وو نو پښتنو او نورو قامونو چې د سپین پوستو پر ضد مبارزه کوله نو د پنجاب ټولو او د هند ځینې مشرانو د انګریزانو ملګرتیا کوله..
د وطن آزادۍ او د وطن ویش کې فرق دې.. دې سړی وطن د انګریزانو په مرسته ویشلې دې او خداي خدمتګارو .علماء هند اوکانګریس د انګریز نه په ګډه آزادی ګټلې ده.
پاكستان منم خو دا "منډل " پكښې نه منم
فیس بک کې د فیض ګدون لیکنه د لګ ډیر بدلون سره
پاكستان منم خو دا "منډل " پكښې نه منم
پاكستان كا مطلب كیا٬ لا اله الا الله په نعرو خو پاکستان جوړ شو خو اولنې /وړومبې مذهبی وزیر یو هندو اچهوت جوګندر نات منډل جوړ کړې شو...
دا هغه ورځې وې چې په خداي خدمتګارو د ریاست له خوا د ظلمونو او جبر انتها وکړې شوه.
مولانا امير محمد ترخوي چې لوئۍ ديني عالم او د باچا خان د لارې کلک ملګرې وو ، ډپټي كمشنر راوغوښتو او پوښتنه ئې ترې وكړه چې مولانا صاحب ما اورېدلي دي چې ته پاكستان نه منې نو مولانا صیب ورته جواب کې وویل
پاكستان منم خو دا "منډل" پكښې نه منم.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Another bombshell will have to be endured by the national Taliban narrative with 'Taliban and anti-Taliban' by Farhat Taj (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011), a Research Fellow at Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway, an MPhil in Gender and Development from the University of Bergen, Norway. The book demolishes some of the basic assumptions about terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and challenges several authors on their earlier findings.
Taj says her book is based on '2,000 face-to-face interviews, discussions and seminars with people across FATA and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for two years'. The interviews have been conducted with 'tribal leaders, leaders and volunteers of anti-Taliban lashkars, khasadars and officials recently retired from the political administrations in FATA, daily-wagers and jobless people, internally displaced people (IDPs) from FATA - displaced as a result of military operations in the area - and people hosting the IDPs in their houses on humanitarian grounds or tribal and kinship basis'.
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Another bombshell will have to be endured by the national Taliban narrative with 'Taliban and anti-Taliban' by Farhat Taj (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011), a Research Fellow at Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway, an MPhil in Gender and Development from the University of Bergen, Norway. The book demolishes some of the basic assumptions about terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and challenges several authors on their earlier findings.
Taj says her book is based on '2,000 face-to-face interviews, discussions and seminars with people across FATA and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for two years'. The interviews have been conducted with 'tribal leaders, leaders and volunteers of anti-Taliban lashkars, khasadars and officials recently retired from the political administrations in FATA, daily-wagers and jobless people, internally displaced people (IDPs) from FATA - displaced as a result of military operations in the area - and people hosting the IDPs in their houses on humanitarian grounds or tribal and kinship basis'.
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Another bombshell will have to be endured by the national Taliban narrative with 'Taliban and anti-Taliban' by Farhat Taj (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011), a Research Fellow at Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway, an MPhil in Gender and Development from the University of Bergen, Norway. The book demolishes some of the basic assumptions about terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and challenges several authors on their earlier findings.
Taj says her book is based on '2,000 face-to-face interviews, discussions and seminars with people across FATA and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for two years'. The interviews have been conducted with 'tribal leaders, leaders and volunteers of anti-Taliban lashkars, khasadars and officials recently retired from the political administrations in FATA, daily-wagers and jobless people, internally displaced people (IDPs) from FATA - displaced as a result of military operations in the area - and people hosting the IDPs in their houses on humanitarian grounds or tribal and kinship basis'.
The book seeks to establish that: 1) the Afghan Taliban plus Al Qaeda Arabs and Uzbeks and their local supporters were made to become dominant inside Pakistan under a considered policy by Pakistan Army; 2) local leadership opposed to them was allowed to be decimated and political agents were subordinated to the terrorists after the destruction of the local tribal jirga; 3) loyalty to the Taliban was obtained through intimidation allowed by Pakistan; 4) local lashkars willing to fight the terrorists were discouraged and allowed to be destroyed; 5) this was facilitated by 'peace treaties' between the Army and the Taliban; 6) there were no FC desertions and FC Pakhtuns felt no ethnic attachment with Taliban; 7) local marriages of Pakhtun girls to Arabs and Uzbeks remain unproven; 8) drone attacks by the CIA are popular with the local population; 9) Pakistan's pro-Taliban policy was a part of the 'strategic depth' Pakistan sought against India, aimed at controlling Afghanistan; and 10) Taliban attracted individuals of dubious moral character, joining terrorism with the criminal underworld.
Taj begins by asserting: 'Well-armed and battle hardened Al Qaeda terrorists never surrendered their weapons to the tribes in FATA. Instead they have overpowered the tribes and brutally killed those tribesmen who defied them. They entered Waziristan with full support and state consent and all the tribesmen who opposed their entry were killed with state collusion by the militants. Those that were left ran away or were overpowered by the militants covertly backed by the Pakistani state. If today the Pakistani state wants, no militants can ever stay in Waziristan or elsewhere in FATA' (p.3).
The nexus was old, going back to the days when Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Ahmad Shah Massoud were trained in Frontier Corps and Special Services Group (p.7) against the Soviet Union, but it is difficult to say if Pakistan ever adequately controlled them or prevented them from controlling some of its own officers.
This arrangement began to be disturbed by the induction of the unmanned drone aircraft deployed by the CIA against the Taliban. The book quotes a 2009 Aryana Institute for Regional Research and advocacy (AIRRA) study that found the population favouring the drones eliminating terrorists who threatened their lives. The book refers to the Peshawar Declaration (December 2009) signed by 'political parties, including the ANP, civil society organisations, businessmen, doctors, lawyers, teachers, tribal labourers, and intellectuals of FATA and NWFP, following a grand tribal jirga in Peshawar'. It said: 'If the people of the war-affected areas are satisfied with any counter-militancy strategy, it is drone attacks that they support the most' (p.19).
The following year the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ruling party, the ANP, went back on the Peshawar Declaration. The book gives the reason in a footnote: 'There have been life attempts on the top ANP Leader, Asfandyar Wali, and his sister. The only son of the ANP provincial minister, Mian Iftikhar, has been target-killed. Ajmal Khan, a close relative of Asfandyar Wali, has been kidnapped and is still in the custody of the militants. Most probably he would be killed if the ANP openly expressed support of the drone attacks'
Author Taj follows the spoor of one Karim Khan from North Waziristan who appeared on the TV channels swearing that he would sue the CIA in the US for killing his close relatives in a drone attack. Who was this Karim Khan? The book notes: 'Karim Khan was educated in Islamic Studies at the University of Peshawar in the 1990s. One of his (former) fellow university students describes him as a religious person with close links to the pro-military establishment and pro-Taliban JUIF during his time in the university. Some people in Waziristan describe him as a person very close to the political administration in North Waziristan as well as the ISI operatives' (p.21).
And the Karim Khan episode followed the November 2010 issuance from a US court summons to the ISI chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha causing the killing of Americans in the coordinated terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008 (p.25).
She agrees with Zahid Hussain, author of Scorpion's Tail, that it was the treaty signed by General Safdar Hussain with Nek Muhammad in 2004 which was responsible for all the jihadi terrorism that Pakistan was now experiencing. It left all the tribal elders at the mercy of militants as the militants were indirectly declared by the military establishment as politically legitimate to override the authority of the tribal leaders (p.37).
What did Nek Muhammad, the Wazir warrior, say at the ceremony which shows General Safdar Hussain, FATA secretary Brigadier Mehmood Shah and Nek Muhammad, in an ecstatic pose on the cover of the book? He said: 'Pakistan's authority has become a thing of the past; now the Taliban will rule' (p.67).
The collusion that followed disenchanted the local population: 'Tribesmen across FATA had learnt their lesson from Waziristan. They knew what happens when an area (Waziristan in this case) is taken over by the Taliban. One or more fake military operations follow, in which local civilians are killed and the Taliban are given safe passage during, or even before, the onset of the operations. Subsequently, there is a large scale human displacement from the area (p.37).
How were the tribes betrayed? Conversations showing local leaders talking against Taliban were taped: 'Within days after the meeting, sometimes even hours, the Taliban would confront the tribal leaders with their taped conversations with the authorities and warn them to prepare for death. The tribal leaders were bewildered. They were angry with the military authorities. Soon afterwards the Taliban or Al Qaeda would eliminate the tribal leaders' (p.64).
Taj mentions Ayaz Wazir who was our diplomat at Mazar-e-Sharif when the Taliban attacked it in 1998 and is an important commentator on the TV channels. Local people disclosed to her that 'tribal leaders, including Faridullah Khan, were eliminated at the behest of the ISI. They also opine that Ayaz Wazir would never show the courage to publicly point the finger at the real killers of his own brother; he is too afraid for his own life to do so' (p.73). Pro-Taliban generals included General Kayani, the current Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, who imposed the deadly managed chaos on FATA (p.78).
Among the local tribal leaders who stood up to the Taliban was Mirza Alam Yargul Khel, a towering Wazir, who knew within minutes of sharing his views with an official that he would be killed. Knowing that martyrs' clothes are not changed before burial he went to the undertaker and told him not to change the clothes of his corpse. Within hours he was killed (p.88). He had told Governor NWFP Iftikhar that he would fight the Taliban even as the Governor was scared into silence by the Taliban commander, Javed Karmaz Khel.
Just as one is getting confused over the proof of a Taliban-ISI collusion, one comes across events that show that Pakistan periodically needs to eliminate its own proteges because of lack of obedience. Disobedience is rampant. Wazir Taliban leader Mullah Nazir refused to attack the Uzbeks. Punjabi Taliban - who contained also those looking like ISI officers - were equally vague in their subordination.
Incident: 'One Wazir interviewee once saw a Punjabi militant, whom he had seen many times in Wana, in full military uniform in Islamabad. The Wazir addressed him: "Are you the Talib from Wana?" The man, who was in a military vehicle, looked at the tribesman and immediately drove away. The tribesman was with a parliamentarian from Waziristan, who snubbed him for being too reckless. He told the tribesman that he must now pray for his life. The tribesman has lived in fear since then' (p.99).
The fate of lashkars has been hair-raising. The Ali Khels of Orakzai - the biggest tribe there - were forced into taking on the Taliban and were successful in getting the upper hand, but when the Political Agent told them they had been too harsh, they knew what was coming. The Ali Khel jirga was blown up with a suicide-bomber in October 2008, killing 50 Ali Khel tribal elders, and forcing the survivors to become IDPs. Sikhs and the Shia, left behind, now pay 'jazia' (p.137).
Farhat Taj is an Afridi from Darra Adam Khel and her field work tends to focus on Orakzai and South Waziristan in the neighbourhood of Darra. Her information has depth because of her outreach. For instance, she is able to say who among the Taliban commanders are given to pederasty (batcha-bazi). Her account of the Adeyzai anti-Taliban lashkar from near Peshawar is touching and brings out the anti-Taliban instinct among the Pakhtun.
Analysis: Another book to kill for? by Khaled Ahmed
Another bombshell will have to be endured by the national Taliban narrative with 'Taliban and anti-Taliban' by Farhat Taj (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2011), a Research Fellow at Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Research, University of Oslo, Norway, an MPhil in Gender and Development from the University of Bergen, Norway. The book demolishes some of the basic assumptions about terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and challenges several authors on their earlier findings.
Taj says her book is based on '2,000 face-to-face interviews, discussions and seminars with people across FATA and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for two years'. The interviews have been conducted with 'tribal leaders, leaders and volunteers of anti-Taliban lashkars, khasadars and officials recently retired from the political administrations in FATA, daily-wagers and jobless people, internally displaced people (IDPs) from FATA - displaced as a result of military operations in the area - and people hosting the IDPs in their houses on humanitarian grounds or tribal and kinship basis'.
The book seeks to establish that: 1) the Afghan Taliban plus Al Qaeda Arabs and Uzbeks and their local supporters were made to become dominant inside Pakistan under a considered policy by Pakistan Army; 2) local leadership opposed to them was allowed to be decimated and political agents were subordinated to the terrorists after the destruction of the local tribal jirga; 3) loyalty to the Taliban was obtained through intimidation allowed by Pakistan; 4) local lashkars willing to fight the terrorists were discouraged and allowed to be destroyed; 5) this was facilitated by 'peace treaties' between the Army and the Taliban; 6) there were no FC desertions and FC Pakhtuns felt no ethnic attachment with Taliban; 7) local marriages of Pakhtun girls to Arabs and Uzbeks remain unproven; 8) drone attacks by the CIA are popular with the local population; 9) Pakistan's pro-Taliban policy was a part of the 'strategic depth' Pakistan sought against India, aimed at controlling Afghanistan; and 10) Taliban attracted individuals of dubious moral character, joining terrorism with the criminal underworld.
Taj begins by asserting: 'Well-armed and battle hardened Al Qaeda terrorists never surrendered their weapons to the tribes in FATA. Instead they have overpowered the tribes and brutally killed those tribesmen who defied them. They entered Waziristan with full support and state consent and all the tribesmen who opposed their entry were killed with state collusion by the militants. Those that were left ran away or were overpowered by the militants covertly backed by the Pakistani state. If today the Pakistani state wants, no militants can ever stay in Waziristan or elsewhere in FATA' (p.3).
The nexus was old, going back to the days when Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Ahmad Shah Massoud were trained in Frontier Corps and Special Services Group (p.7) against the Soviet Union, but it is difficult to say if Pakistan ever adequately controlled them or prevented them from controlling some of its own officers.
This arrangement began to be disturbed by the induction of the unmanned drone aircraft deployed by the CIA against the Taliban. The book quotes a 2009 Aryana Institute for Regional Research and advocacy (AIRRA) study that found the population favouring the drones eliminating terrorists who threatened their lives. The book refers to the Peshawar Declaration (December 2009) signed by 'political parties, including the ANP, civil society organisations, businessmen, doctors, lawyers, teachers, tribal labourers, and intellectuals of FATA and NWFP, following a grand tribal jirga in Peshawar'. It said: 'If the people of the war-affected areas are satisfied with any counter-militancy strategy, it is drone attacks that they support the most' (p.19).
The following year the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ruling party, the ANP, went back on the Peshawar Declaration. The book gives the reason in a footnote: 'There have been life attempts on the top ANP Leader, Asfandyar Wali, and his sister. The only son of the ANP provincial minister, Mian Iftikhar, has been target-killed. Ajmal Khan, a close relative of Asfandyar Wali, has been kidnapped and is still in the custody of the militants. Most probably he would be killed if the ANP openly expressed support of the drone attacks'
Author Taj follows the spoor of one Karim Khan from North Waziristan who appeared on the TV channels swearing that he would sue the CIA in the US for killing his close relatives in a drone attack. Who was this Karim Khan? The book notes: 'Karim Khan was educated in Islamic Studies at the University of Peshawar in the 1990s. One of his (former) fellow university students describes him as a religious person with close links to the pro-military establishment and pro-Taliban JUIF during his time in the university. Some people in Waziristan describe him as a person very close to the political administration in North Waziristan as well as the ISI operatives' (p.21).
And the Karim Khan episode followed the November 2010 issuance from a US court summons to the ISI chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha causing the killing of Americans in the coordinated terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008 (p.25).
She agrees with Zahid Hussain, author of Scorpion's Tail, that it was the treaty signed by General Safdar Hussain with Nek Muhammad in 2004 which was responsible for all the jihadi terrorism that Pakistan was now experiencing. It left all the tribal elders at the mercy of militants as the militants were indirectly declared by the military establishment as politically legitimate to override the authority of the tribal leaders (p.37).
What did Nek Muhammad, the Wazir warrior, say at the ceremony which shows General Safdar Hussain, FATA secretary Brigadier Mehmood Shah and Nek Muhammad, in an ecstatic pose on the cover of the book? He said: 'Pakistan's authority has become a thing of the past; now the Taliban will rule' (p.67).
The collusion that followed disenchanted the local population: 'Tribesmen across FATA had learnt their lesson from Waziristan. They knew what happens when an area (Waziristan in this case) is taken over by the Taliban. One or more fake military operations follow, in which local civilians are killed and the Taliban are given safe passage during, or even before, the onset of the operations. Subsequently, there is a large scale human displacement from the area (p.37).
How were the tribes betrayed? Conversations showing local leaders talking against Taliban were taped: 'Within days after the meeting, sometimes even hours, the Taliban would confront the tribal leaders with their taped conversations with the authorities and warn them to prepare for death. The tribal leaders were bewildered. They were angry with the military authorities. Soon afterwards the Taliban or Al Qaeda would eliminate the tribal leaders' (p.64).
Taj mentions Ayaz Wazir who was our diplomat at Mazar-e-Sharif when the Taliban attacked it in 1998 and is an important commentator on the TV channels. Local people disclosed to her that 'tribal leaders, including Faridullah Khan, were eliminated at the behest of the ISI. They also opine that Ayaz Wazir would never show the courage to publicly point the finger at the real killers of his own brother; he is too afraid for his own life to do so' (p.73). Pro-Taliban generals included General Kayani, the current Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, who imposed the deadly managed chaos on FATA (p.78).
Among the local tribal leaders who stood up to the Taliban was Mirza Alam Yargul Khel, a towering Wazir, who knew within minutes of sharing his views with an official that he would be killed. Knowing that martyrs' clothes are not changed before burial he went to the undertaker and told him not to change the clothes of his corpse. Within hours he was killed (p.88). He had told Governor NWFP Iftikhar that he would fight the Taliban even as the Governor was scared into silence by the Taliban commander, Javed Karmaz Khel.
Just as one is getting confused over the proof of a Taliban-ISI collusion, one comes across events that show that Pakistan periodically needs to eliminate its own proteges because of lack of obedience. Disobedience is rampant. Wazir Taliban leader Mullah Nazir refused to attack the Uzbeks. Punjabi Taliban - who contained also those looking like ISI officers - were equally vague in their subordination.
Incident: 'One Wazir interviewee once saw a Punjabi militant, whom he had seen many times in Wana, in full military uniform in Islamabad. The Wazir addressed him: "Are you the Talib from Wana?" The man, who was in a military vehicle, looked at the tribesman and immediately drove away. The tribesman was with a parliamentarian from Waziristan, who snubbed him for being too reckless. He told the tribesman that he must now pray for his life. The tribesman has lived in fear since then' (p.99).
The fate of lashkars has been hair-raising. The Ali Khels of Orakzai - the biggest tribe there - were forced into taking on the Taliban and were successful in getting the upper hand, but when the Political Agent told them they had been too harsh, they knew what was coming. The Ali Khel jirga was blown up with a suicide-bomber in October 2008, killing 50 Ali Khel tribal elders, and forcing the survivors to become IDPs. Sikhs and the Shia, left behind, now pay 'jazia' (p.137).
Farhat Taj is an Afridi from Darra Adam Khel and her field work tends to focus on Orakzai and South Waziristan in the neighbourhood of Darra. Her information has depth because of her outreach. For instance, she is able to say who among the Taliban commanders are given to pederasty (batcha-bazi). Her account of the Adeyzai anti-Taliban lashkar from near Peshawar is touching and brings out the anti-Taliban instinct among the Pakhtun.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Afrasiab for deliberations over new provinces
Tauseef-ur-Rahman
The NEWS , Saturday, August 20, 2011
PESHAWAR: Provincial President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Afrasiab Khattak has said the demand for the new provinces must be based on solid reasons, logic and rationale.
“The issue should be deliberated as was done by the political parties on the question of the provincial autonomy. No decision should be taken in haste and all the stakeholders must be taken on board to develop a consensus on creation of new provinces,” he said while talking to The News.
The ANP senator said gone were the days when people demanding provincial autonomy or separate province were dubbed as traitors. “People are witness to the fact that 14 political parties agreed to the 18th Amendment and the federating units achieved their rights with consensus,” he reminded.
He opined that administrative, cultural and linguistic factors should be taken into account while creating new provinces. “Only administrative factor is not enough as there must be some rallying point for creation of new provinces,” he maintained.
The ANP leader advocated the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “People of Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa share the same history, culture, language and geography. They are the same people and the inclusion of Fata into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a natural and pragmatic approach,” he argued.
Afrasiab Khattak said initially Fata should be given representation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and then gradually with the consent of tribespeople it should be merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The British separated Pakhtuns by dividing them in different administrative setups, which is not divine law and can be amended keeping in mind the needs of the time,” the Senator said.
Defending his point, he argued that in last 150 years the tribesmen and people of districts adjoining the tribal agencies had developed a strong bond. “Who can separate Bajaur from Jandool, Thall from Parachinar, Mohmand from Shabqadar, Hangu from Orakzai, Bannu from Miramshah, Tank from Waziristan,” he added.
Afrasiab Khattak said that geographical location of tribal agencies also supports their merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He added that many provincial government departments were also active in Fata.
The ANP provincial chief said it was quite strange that under One Unit the provincial assembly of West Pakistan in Lahore had representation of Fata while the provincial assembly that sits in Peshawar has no representation of tribal areas.
To a question, he said they were in contact with public representatives of Fata over the issue. However, he added, many of them don’t know the benefits of merger of Fata into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Besides, the bureaucracy that ruled Fata since the formation of Pakistan was also not in favour of its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as such a move would deprive them of their fiefdom.
“After the extension of Political Parties Act, we have the legal right to access the Fata people and put the question of its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the tribesmen,” the Senator said.
He said the ANP was the only political party that has been demanding new provinces on the basis of culture, nationality and history. Since 1986, he said, the ANP had treated the Seraiki belt as separate unit and not as part of Punjab. Similarly, he added, the ANP had a clear stand on the Pakhtuns living in Balochistan.
“The Pakhtuns of Balochistan should be given chance to merge with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or have their own province. In the constitutional committee, the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party presented the same options and the ANP supported its stance,” the ANP leader said.
About the demand to merge Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts of KP with the proposed Seraiki province, Afrasiab Khattak said before demanding merger with a province the cultural and administrative realities should be assessed in depth.
“If political parties continue sloganeering and referring to history, then we can also demand merger of Mianwali and Attock districts with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because both were part of the then NWFP before the One Unit,” he stressed.
He said politicians must exhibit maturity as such statements further complicate issues, he said without naming National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi who has been vociferously calling for inclusion of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts of the KP in the proposed Seriakistan province.
About the Hazara province, he said while in principle one can agree with this demand as it was the right of the people, but in reality the case for Hazara province is very weak.
“They haven’t done homework and have no rationale. It is an emotional outburst expressed after renaming of the North West Frontier Province,” he said, adding that the supporters of Hazara province also failed to point out the issues they faced after renaming of the province.
“The people of the proposed Abaseen division in present-day Hazara are not in favour of a separate province. How can a province comprise just two or three districts? It is not a feasible idea,” he claimed.
The NEWS , Saturday, August 20, 2011
PESHAWAR: Provincial President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Afrasiab Khattak has said the demand for the new provinces must be based on solid reasons, logic and rationale.
“The issue should be deliberated as was done by the political parties on the question of the provincial autonomy. No decision should be taken in haste and all the stakeholders must be taken on board to develop a consensus on creation of new provinces,” he said while talking to The News.
The ANP senator said gone were the days when people demanding provincial autonomy or separate province were dubbed as traitors. “People are witness to the fact that 14 political parties agreed to the 18th Amendment and the federating units achieved their rights with consensus,” he reminded.
He opined that administrative, cultural and linguistic factors should be taken into account while creating new provinces. “Only administrative factor is not enough as there must be some rallying point for creation of new provinces,” he maintained.
The ANP leader advocated the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “People of Fata and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa share the same history, culture, language and geography. They are the same people and the inclusion of Fata into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a natural and pragmatic approach,” he argued.
Afrasiab Khattak said initially Fata should be given representation in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and then gradually with the consent of tribespeople it should be merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The British separated Pakhtuns by dividing them in different administrative setups, which is not divine law and can be amended keeping in mind the needs of the time,” the Senator said.
Defending his point, he argued that in last 150 years the tribesmen and people of districts adjoining the tribal agencies had developed a strong bond. “Who can separate Bajaur from Jandool, Thall from Parachinar, Mohmand from Shabqadar, Hangu from Orakzai, Bannu from Miramshah, Tank from Waziristan,” he added.
Afrasiab Khattak said that geographical location of tribal agencies also supports their merger into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He added that many provincial government departments were also active in Fata.
The ANP provincial chief said it was quite strange that under One Unit the provincial assembly of West Pakistan in Lahore had representation of Fata while the provincial assembly that sits in Peshawar has no representation of tribal areas.
To a question, he said they were in contact with public representatives of Fata over the issue. However, he added, many of them don’t know the benefits of merger of Fata into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Besides, the bureaucracy that ruled Fata since the formation of Pakistan was also not in favour of its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as such a move would deprive them of their fiefdom.
“After the extension of Political Parties Act, we have the legal right to access the Fata people and put the question of its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the tribesmen,” the Senator said.
He said the ANP was the only political party that has been demanding new provinces on the basis of culture, nationality and history. Since 1986, he said, the ANP had treated the Seraiki belt as separate unit and not as part of Punjab. Similarly, he added, the ANP had a clear stand on the Pakhtuns living in Balochistan.
“The Pakhtuns of Balochistan should be given chance to merge with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or have their own province. In the constitutional committee, the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party presented the same options and the ANP supported its stance,” the ANP leader said.
About the demand to merge Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts of KP with the proposed Seraiki province, Afrasiab Khattak said before demanding merger with a province the cultural and administrative realities should be assessed in depth.
“If political parties continue sloganeering and referring to history, then we can also demand merger of Mianwali and Attock districts with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because both were part of the then NWFP before the One Unit,” he stressed.
He said politicians must exhibit maturity as such statements further complicate issues, he said without naming National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi who has been vociferously calling for inclusion of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts of the KP in the proposed Seriakistan province.
About the Hazara province, he said while in principle one can agree with this demand as it was the right of the people, but in reality the case for Hazara province is very weak.
“They haven’t done homework and have no rationale. It is an emotional outburst expressed after renaming of the North West Frontier Province,” he said, adding that the supporters of Hazara province also failed to point out the issues they faced after renaming of the province.
“The people of the proposed Abaseen division in present-day Hazara are not in favour of a separate province. How can a province comprise just two or three districts? It is not a feasible idea,” he claimed.
Friday, August 12, 2011
ANP commemorates Babhara Martyrs Day Tauseef-ur-Rahman
ANP commemorates Babhara Martyrs Day
Tauseef-ur-Rahman
Saturday, August 13, 2011
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Friday commemorated Babhara Martyrs Day and paid rich tributes to those who laid down their lives for the Pakhtun rights on August 12, 1948.
The party organised Quran Khwani at the Bacha Khan Markaz, the party’s central secretariat, in Peshawar. Provincial leaders and a large number of party workers attended the event.
A ceremony was also held at Babhara village in Charsadda district where Senior Minister and ANP leader Bashir Bilour, adviser to chief minister Mukhtiar Khan, district organizer Khalid Khan, Chairman district development committee Qasim Khan and party workers placed floral wreaths on the monuments to the people slain in the firing incident.
Addressing the party workers, Bashir Bilour lauded the sacrifices of hundreds of Pakhtuns who were unarmed and were demanding release of their leaders arrested by the then provincial government led by Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan.
Attributing the recent achievements of the party to Babhara martyrs, Bashir Bilour said the ANP followed in the footsteps of the elders who struggled for the rights of the Pakhtun people. He termed the killing of Pakhtuns at Babhara a black chapter of Pakistan’s history, adding that the Pakhtun people would always condemn the incident. He said history was witness to the fact that ANP always strived for Pakhtuns’ rights through peaceful means and rendered many sacrifices for the cause.
He said due to acts of terrorism the Pakhtuns were faced with an undeclared world war in their land. “The price paid by Pakhtuns in recent war on terror will bear fruit and peace will be restored. The achievements of ANP in the last three years will usher in an era of progress and prosperity,” he stressed.
The ANP used to organize big public gathering on Babhara Martyrs Day. However, for last few years due to growing incidents of terrorism and attacks on the party leaders, ANP was restricted to placing floral wreath and organizing a symbolic gathering in Babhara village.
On August 12, 1948, the security forces had opened fire on a protest rally of Khudai Khidmatgars in Babhara village, resulting in the killing of more than 602 people and injuries to thousands men and women.
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=62642&Cat=7#.TkX4eRx1tco.facebook
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Tauseef-ur-Rahman
Saturday, August 13, 2011
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Friday commemorated Babhara Martyrs Day and paid rich tributes to those who laid down their lives for the Pakhtun rights on August 12, 1948.
The party organised Quran Khwani at the Bacha Khan Markaz, the party’s central secretariat, in Peshawar. Provincial leaders and a large number of party workers attended the event.
A ceremony was also held at Babhara village in Charsadda district where Senior Minister and ANP leader Bashir Bilour, adviser to chief minister Mukhtiar Khan, district organizer Khalid Khan, Chairman district development committee Qasim Khan and party workers placed floral wreaths on the monuments to the people slain in the firing incident.
Addressing the party workers, Bashir Bilour lauded the sacrifices of hundreds of Pakhtuns who were unarmed and were demanding release of their leaders arrested by the then provincial government led by Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan.
Attributing the recent achievements of the party to Babhara martyrs, Bashir Bilour said the ANP followed in the footsteps of the elders who struggled for the rights of the Pakhtun people. He termed the killing of Pakhtuns at Babhara a black chapter of Pakistan’s history, adding that the Pakhtun people would always condemn the incident. He said history was witness to the fact that ANP always strived for Pakhtuns’ rights through peaceful means and rendered many sacrifices for the cause.
He said due to acts of terrorism the Pakhtuns were faced with an undeclared world war in their land. “The price paid by Pakhtuns in recent war on terror will bear fruit and peace will be restored. The achievements of ANP in the last three years will usher in an era of progress and prosperity,” he stressed.
The ANP used to organize big public gathering on Babhara Martyrs Day. However, for last few years due to growing incidents of terrorism and attacks on the party leaders, ANP was restricted to placing floral wreath and organizing a symbolic gathering in Babhara village.
On August 12, 1948, the security forces had opened fire on a protest rally of Khudai Khidmatgars in Babhara village, resulting in the killing of more than 602 people and injuries to thousands men and women.
Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=62642&Cat=7#.TkX4eRx1tco.facebook
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د بابړې د شهیدانو په اړه د ډیوه ریډیو یو غوره پروګرام
د بابړې د شهیدانو په اړه د ډیوه ریډیو یو غوره پروګرام.
http://www.voanews.com/mp3/voa/sca/pash/pash1800aFRI.mp3
Dear Friends: The link above is about the show which on Deewa Radio on the massacre of Babara, then Pakistani security forces killed more than 650 people. It was August 12th, 1948. peaceful protesters demanding release of their leaders and asking the government to stop violence and dishonoring political workers. Listen to it and know about this day.
http://www.voanews.com/mp3/voa/sca/pash/pash1800aFRI.mp3
Dear Friends: The link above is about the show which on Deewa Radio on the massacre of Babara, then Pakistani security forces killed more than 650 people. It was August 12th, 1948. peaceful protesters demanding release of their leaders and asking the government to stop violence and dishonoring political workers. Listen to it and know about this day.
Rahman Baba
دا څه ملا ده باریک وضع
ﭼﯥ ﻫﻢ ﻣﻮی ﺩې ﻫﻢ ﮐﻤﺮ
ﺩﺍڅه ﺯړﻩ ﺩي ﺩﺧﻮﺑﺎﻧﻮ
ﭼﯥ ﻫﻢ ﻣﻮﻡ ﺩې ﻫﻢ ﺣﺠﺮ
ﺩﺍ څه ﻳﺎﺭ ﺩي ﻧﻪ ﭘﻮﻫﻴږﻡ
ﭼﯥ ﻫﻢ ﺩﻝ ﺩې ﻫﻢ ﺩﻟﺒﺮ
ﺩﺍ څه ﺑﺖ ﺩي ﺯﻣﺎ ﺭﺑﻪ
ﭼﯥ ﻫﻢ ﺑﺖ ﺩي ﻫﻢ ﺑﺸﺮ
ﺩﺍ څه ﺷﻌﺮ ﺩﺭﺣﻤﺎﻥ ﺩي
ﭼﯥ ﻫﻢ ګنج ﺩی ﻫم هنر
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
په عربي متحده اماراتو کې مېشتو افغانانو د مورنۍ ژبو نړيواله ورځ ونمانځله
د غونډې يوه برخه
په عربي متحده اماراتو کې مېشتو افغانانو د مورنۍ ژبو نړيواله ورځ و
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د اماراتو د شارجې په ښار کې دوه نيم سوه افغانانو په هغه غونډه کې برخه واخيسته چې نږدې شپيته شاعرانو او ليکوالانو هم په کې برخه اخيستې وه.
غونډه چې په اماراتو کې د مېشتو افغانانو د يو قامي مشر له خوا په تلاوت پرانيستل شوه د شپې تر ۱ بجې پورې دوام وکړ چې يو شمېر پوهانو په کې د مورنۍ ژبې په اهميت او د نړۍ د ولسونو له خوا د دې ورځې د نمانځنې په شاليد خبرې وکړې او وروسته ازاده مشاعره وشوه چې څلويښتو شاعرانو په کې خپل شعرونه واورول.
د غونډې د تنظيمونکې ډلې غړي زرين زاده يوسفزي ټول افغان ته وويل چې دا لومړي ځل و چې په اماراتو کې د مورنۍ ژبې نړيواله ورځ نمانځې نو له دې کبله یې ۱۲۰ کسانو د ګډون اټکل کړی و خو غونډې ته دوه نيم سوه د لرو او بر افغان وطن پښتانه د اماراتو له ګڼو ښارونو لکه ابوظبي، العين، دوبۍ، شارجه، راس الخيمه او عجمان څخه په کې برخه واخيسته.
زرين زاده غونډې ته په وينا کې د پښتونخوا د حکومت دا پرېکړه وستايله چې پښتو ژبه به په دې ايالت کې له لومړي تر دولسم ټولګي پورې لازمي مضمون وي.
د غونډې مشر ميلمه ليکوال او شاعر مجيد قرار و چې په خپله وينا کې د غونډې ګډونکونکو ته وويل چې خپله ژبه کارول که له يوې خوا اساسي حق دی له بلې خوا د سياست، اقتصاد، کولتور او ټولينزو مسايلو سره تړلی حق دی چې په تلف کېدو یې ولسونه له ډېرو سياسي، اقتصادي، او ټولنيزو حقوقو هم بې برخي کېږي.
قرار وويل چې دا مهال پښتنو ځکه په پښتونخوا او افغانستان کې ډېر حقوق له لاسه ورکړي دي چې د ژبې حق یې پايمال شوی دی. نوموړي په ليکوالانو غږ وکړ چې په دې اړه دې بحث وکړي چې پښتو ژبې د حق نه ورکولو او ټکېدو له امله څومره پښتانه په اقتصادي ډګر کې زيانمن شوي دي.
په غونډه کې ملي شاعر او هنرمند عبدالله مقري هم برخه اخيستې وه او ګډونوالو ته یې وينا وکړه او خپل شعر یې واوراوه.
د غونډې په پای کې مشاعره وشوه چې تر څلوېښتو ډېرو شاعرانو په کې برخه واخيسته او د غونډې د دريځ د چلونکي ليکوال او شاعر نظار يوسفزي له خوا دريځ ته وبلل شول او ګډونوالو ته یې خپل شعرونه واورول. د شاعرانو په ډله کې له نظار يوسفزي، مجید قرار ، او عبدالله مقری برسېره خالد حسرت ،فضل سبحان عابد، تاج انور اعجاز خټک، عبدالله شاه ژوندون، او اختيارالله اورکزي هم خپل شعرونه ووارول
په عربي متحده اماراتو کې مېشتو افغانانو د مورنۍ ژبو نړيواله ورځ و
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د اماراتو د شارجې په ښار کې دوه نيم سوه افغانانو په هغه غونډه کې برخه واخيسته چې نږدې شپيته شاعرانو او ليکوالانو هم په کې برخه اخيستې وه.
غونډه چې په اماراتو کې د مېشتو افغانانو د يو قامي مشر له خوا په تلاوت پرانيستل شوه د شپې تر ۱ بجې پورې دوام وکړ چې يو شمېر پوهانو په کې د مورنۍ ژبې په اهميت او د نړۍ د ولسونو له خوا د دې ورځې د نمانځنې په شاليد خبرې وکړې او وروسته ازاده مشاعره وشوه چې څلويښتو شاعرانو په کې خپل شعرونه واورول.
د غونډې د تنظيمونکې ډلې غړي زرين زاده يوسفزي ټول افغان ته وويل چې دا لومړي ځل و چې په اماراتو کې د مورنۍ ژبې نړيواله ورځ نمانځې نو له دې کبله یې ۱۲۰ کسانو د ګډون اټکل کړی و خو غونډې ته دوه نيم سوه د لرو او بر افغان وطن پښتانه د اماراتو له ګڼو ښارونو لکه ابوظبي، العين، دوبۍ، شارجه، راس الخيمه او عجمان څخه په کې برخه واخيسته.
زرين زاده غونډې ته په وينا کې د پښتونخوا د حکومت دا پرېکړه وستايله چې پښتو ژبه به په دې ايالت کې له لومړي تر دولسم ټولګي پورې لازمي مضمون وي.
د غونډې مشر ميلمه ليکوال او شاعر مجيد قرار و چې په خپله وينا کې د غونډې ګډونکونکو ته وويل چې خپله ژبه کارول که له يوې خوا اساسي حق دی له بلې خوا د سياست، اقتصاد، کولتور او ټولينزو مسايلو سره تړلی حق دی چې په تلف کېدو یې ولسونه له ډېرو سياسي، اقتصادي، او ټولنيزو حقوقو هم بې برخي کېږي.
قرار وويل چې دا مهال پښتنو ځکه په پښتونخوا او افغانستان کې ډېر حقوق له لاسه ورکړي دي چې د ژبې حق یې پايمال شوی دی. نوموړي په ليکوالانو غږ وکړ چې په دې اړه دې بحث وکړي چې پښتو ژبې د حق نه ورکولو او ټکېدو له امله څومره پښتانه په اقتصادي ډګر کې زيانمن شوي دي.
په غونډه کې ملي شاعر او هنرمند عبدالله مقري هم برخه اخيستې وه او ګډونوالو ته یې وينا وکړه او خپل شعر یې واوراوه.
د غونډې په پای کې مشاعره وشوه چې تر څلوېښتو ډېرو شاعرانو په کې برخه واخيسته او د غونډې د دريځ د چلونکي ليکوال او شاعر نظار يوسفزي له خوا دريځ ته وبلل شول او ګډونوالو ته یې خپل شعرونه واورول. د شاعرانو په ډله کې له نظار يوسفزي، مجید قرار ، او عبدالله مقری برسېره خالد حسرت ،فضل سبحان عابد، تاج انور اعجاز خټک، عبدالله شاه ژوندون، او اختيارالله اورکزي هم خپل شعرونه ووارول
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa invites investors
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa invites investors
Chief minister of the Pakistan province strikes a positive note at Dubai conference
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief Reporter
Published: 00:00 February 21, 2011
Dubai: The Chief Minister of the militancy-ridden Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province in Pakistan has urged investors, especially overseas Pakistanis, to invest in the province which now offers great opportunities in various fields.
"We need your support as we are passing through testing times due to militancy, terrorism and recent floods," said Amir Haider Khan Hoti, Chief Minister of the KPK while addressing a gathering at the Business and Investment Conference" in Dubai's Sheraton Hotel which was organized by the Awami National Party UAE.Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash ,Leading Pakistani businessmen and diplomats, including Pakistani Consul General in Dubai, Tariq Iqbal Somoro, was also present.
Hoti, who is the youngest chief minister in Pakistan and belongs to the libral Awami National Party (ANP) ruling in KPK, presented a modern and liberal outlook of his province which is otherwise known as hub of militancy and terrorism.
"I want to eliminate the wrong impression that the whole province is on fire. It is absolutely wrong as we are in full control now and have opened up our province for foreign investment, offering great business potential in different fields," he said.
He said that potential investors can safely invest their money in various sectors including: minerals, hydro, agriculture, housing, tourism and infrastructure development. "Ours is the smallest province of Pakistan but have great untapped natural resources," he said.
‘Means of living'
Hoti acknowledged that there was problem of law and order and militancy but urged that the situation can only be improved with economic growth and it can be achieved only with foreign investment. "If we want peace in the area and the region, we have to provide means of living to people through these testing times as ours is a frontline province in the war against terrorism," he added.
"Militancy and then recent floods have taken everything away from us but, our resolve has not been dampened as we are again focused on development and have finalised long term development plan for the years 2010-2017," Hoti said.
He urged the international community to do more and fulfill their promises to prpvide economic relief to the people who suffered due to war against terrorism and military operations. "We had almost lost to militants three year ago but now the situation has reversed and we are in total command as militants are on the run due to massive military operations," he noted.
The KPK offers great incentives for investment including concessions on investments, hundred per cent ownership, free industrial states and projects on build-operate and transfer (BOT) basis).
Great opportunity
Hoti said there is great opportunity for investors to invest in the proposed Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) which will be set up with the help of the US in the KPK and tribal areas in a bid to provide economic activity to the people of the area. "The ROZs bill is in the US Senate and we hope it will be approved soon. Investors in the ROZs will get direct access to the US market," he added.
Hoti said it is his government's policy to encourage investors to invest and to provide them fast track facilitation and ensure early removal of any hurdles. "It is our commitment to interested investors that we will set the shorted time frame between an investor's expression of interest and the government's response in terms of facilitation for investment in the province. He also offered to arrange visits of potential investors to the KPK to further discuss investment opportunities.
Bilateral trade between the UAE and Pakistan is expected to hit a record $9 billion (Dh33.1 billion) this year.
Chief minister of the Pakistan province strikes a positive note at Dubai conference
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief Reporter
Published: 00:00 February 21, 2011
Dubai: The Chief Minister of the militancy-ridden Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province in Pakistan has urged investors, especially overseas Pakistanis, to invest in the province which now offers great opportunities in various fields.
"We need your support as we are passing through testing times due to militancy, terrorism and recent floods," said Amir Haider Khan Hoti, Chief Minister of the KPK while addressing a gathering at the Business and Investment Conference" in Dubai's Sheraton Hotel which was organized by the Awami National Party UAE.Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash ,Leading Pakistani businessmen and diplomats, including Pakistani Consul General in Dubai, Tariq Iqbal Somoro, was also present.
Hoti, who is the youngest chief minister in Pakistan and belongs to the libral Awami National Party (ANP) ruling in KPK, presented a modern and liberal outlook of his province which is otherwise known as hub of militancy and terrorism.
"I want to eliminate the wrong impression that the whole province is on fire. It is absolutely wrong as we are in full control now and have opened up our province for foreign investment, offering great business potential in different fields," he said.
He said that potential investors can safely invest their money in various sectors including: minerals, hydro, agriculture, housing, tourism and infrastructure development. "Ours is the smallest province of Pakistan but have great untapped natural resources," he said.
‘Means of living'
Hoti acknowledged that there was problem of law and order and militancy but urged that the situation can only be improved with economic growth and it can be achieved only with foreign investment. "If we want peace in the area and the region, we have to provide means of living to people through these testing times as ours is a frontline province in the war against terrorism," he added.
"Militancy and then recent floods have taken everything away from us but, our resolve has not been dampened as we are again focused on development and have finalised long term development plan for the years 2010-2017," Hoti said.
He urged the international community to do more and fulfill their promises to prpvide economic relief to the people who suffered due to war against terrorism and military operations. "We had almost lost to militants three year ago but now the situation has reversed and we are in total command as militants are on the run due to massive military operations," he noted.
The KPK offers great incentives for investment including concessions on investments, hundred per cent ownership, free industrial states and projects on build-operate and transfer (BOT) basis).
Great opportunity
Hoti said there is great opportunity for investors to invest in the proposed Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) which will be set up with the help of the US in the KPK and tribal areas in a bid to provide economic activity to the people of the area. "The ROZs bill is in the US Senate and we hope it will be approved soon. Investors in the ROZs will get direct access to the US market," he added.
Hoti said it is his government's policy to encourage investors to invest and to provide them fast track facilitation and ensure early removal of any hurdles. "It is our commitment to interested investors that we will set the shorted time frame between an investor's expression of interest and the government's response in terms of facilitation for investment in the province. He also offered to arrange visits of potential investors to the KPK to further discuss investment opportunities.
Bilateral trade between the UAE and Pakistan is expected to hit a record $9 billion (Dh33.1 billion) this year.
Hoti urges expatriates to invest in Pakhtunkhwa
Hoti urges expatriates to invest in Pakhtunkhwa
The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that vast opportunities of investment exist in the sectors of oil & gas, hydle power, tourism and minerals in the province. He said the opportunities can be utilized for economic prosperity of the province and uplift of its people. Foreign investors should come forward and take benefit of these bountiful resources as government will provide them every possible security and other facilities. The Chief Minister said the elected government is carrying forward its economic-friendly policy as the important role of private investors cannot be overruled in the up bringing of a nation. The people and government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the CM said despite challenges of militancy and floods were doing their utmost efforts to arise triumph from the situation. He was talking to the participants of "Business and Investment Conference" in Dubai's Sheraton Hotel which was organized by the ANP UAE aimed at devising a strategy for the uplift of economy and investment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Chief Minister said law and order situation gradually improving as the network of the terrorists has been broken and their strength has been weakened. All this was achieved due to support of the people, capacity building of the security forces and support of the political parties. He also laid great stress on the world community to play their role in elimination of terrorism and establishment of peace in this part of the world. Other speakers included Council General of Pakistan in Dubai Tariq Iqbal Soomro, President ANP UAE Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash, industrialists and investors while participants of the conference included Provincial Environmental Minister Haji Hidayatullah, GS ANP UAE Fazle Ghafar, President Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries Haji Ubedullah, Consulate officers, business community of UAE, industrialists and large number of ANP workers. The Chief Minister in his speech threw detailed light of KPK governments' endeavors to face the challenging circumstances in the aftermath of destructive floods, incidents of militancy, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure and opportunities of investment in rehabilitation process. The country was passing through a difficult phase as militancy caused huge influx of the local population, in some parts of the province and damages caused to the infrastructure due to long stay of Afghan refugees were the main reasons hurting the development process, the people of KPK paid a heavy price for the unrest in Afghanistan and struggle against growing militancy. The July 2010 devastating floods pushed the province ten years back viz-a-viz development process. Despite all these challenges the provincial government evolved a comprehensive development strategy 2010-17 with main focus on developing human resource, establishment of peaceful society, provision of equal opportunities, good governance and judicious utilization of the resources.
The KPK government needed four billion US dollars to rehabilitate the infrastructure damaged due to recent floods and terrorism and restoration services sector. The response of the world community for carrying out rehab and relief activities was good, however the pledges made were not honored till date he said adding the people of the country demonstrated well to the call during time of trails and tribulation.
The Frontier Post
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that vast opportunities of investment exist in the sectors of oil & gas, hydle power, tourism and minerals in the province. He said the opportunities can be utilized for economic prosperity of the province and uplift of its people. Foreign investors should come forward and take benefit of these bountiful resources as government will provide them every possible security and other facilities. The Chief Minister said the elected government is carrying forward its economic-friendly policy as the important role of private investors cannot be overruled in the up bringing of a nation. The people and government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the CM said despite challenges of militancy and floods were doing their utmost efforts to arise triumph from the situation. He was talking to the participants of "Business and Investment Conference" in Dubai's Sheraton Hotel which was organized by the ANP UAE aimed at devising a strategy for the uplift of economy and investment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Chief Minister said law and order situation gradually improving as the network of the terrorists has been broken and their strength has been weakened. All this was achieved due to support of the people, capacity building of the security forces and support of the political parties. He also laid great stress on the world community to play their role in elimination of terrorism and establishment of peace in this part of the world. Other speakers included Council General of Pakistan in Dubai Tariq Iqbal Soomro, President ANP UAE Senator Abdul Nabi Bangash, industrialists and investors while participants of the conference included Provincial Environmental Minister Haji Hidayatullah, GS ANP UAE Fazle Ghafar, President Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries Haji Ubedullah, Consulate officers, business community of UAE, industrialists and large number of ANP workers. The Chief Minister in his speech threw detailed light of KPK governments' endeavors to face the challenging circumstances in the aftermath of destructive floods, incidents of militancy, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure and opportunities of investment in rehabilitation process. The country was passing through a difficult phase as militancy caused huge influx of the local population, in some parts of the province and damages caused to the infrastructure due to long stay of Afghan refugees were the main reasons hurting the development process, the people of KPK paid a heavy price for the unrest in Afghanistan and struggle against growing militancy. The July 2010 devastating floods pushed the province ten years back viz-a-viz development process. Despite all these challenges the provincial government evolved a comprehensive development strategy 2010-17 with main focus on developing human resource, establishment of peaceful society, provision of equal opportunities, good governance and judicious utilization of the resources.
The KPK government needed four billion US dollars to rehabilitate the infrastructure damaged due to recent floods and terrorism and restoration services sector. The response of the world community for carrying out rehab and relief activities was good, however the pledges made were not honored till date he said adding the people of the country demonstrated well to the call during time of trails and tribulation.
Anniversaries of Bacha Khan, Wali Khan observed
Peace in Karachi without accepting Pukhtoons a reality, not possible: Asfandyar
Business Recorder
Sharjah:
President of ANP Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Friday that the dream of establishing lasting peace in Karachi was not possible unless the status of Pukhtoons was accepted there as a reality.
The ANP fulfilled the mission of Fakhr e Afghan Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan alias Baacha Khan and Rehber e Terhrik Khan Abdul Wali Khan by remaining a coalition partner in the government.
He was addressing a function called to pay homage and respect to late Baacha Khan and Khan Abdul Wali Khan on their death anniversaries held at Social Centre Sharjah, Dubai. The event was organized by the ANP UAE Chapter.
The ANP leader said that the people who migrated to Pakistan after partition wished that their status was recognized but they were not willing to accept the people who migrated from one part of the country to another in search of jobs. This is the main reason behind the unrest in Karachi, he explained.
The Pukhtoons have equal rights to Karachi as other nationalities enjoyed, he said adding, ANP believed in settling the disputes through table talks and even today, it was strictly following it.
The Pukhtoons were always subjected to conspiracies in the past as their policy of non violence was taken as their weakness. History is testimony to the fact the Pukhtoons stood like iron wall against every usurper. Pukhtoons emerged stronger while the usurpers were lost in the pages of the history, he maintained.
Asfandyar Wali Khan said that renaming the NWFP, provincial autonomy, securing rights of provincial resources, and elimination of Kalabagh dam project were few successes of the present ANP led government in KPK.
The people were still unaware about benefits of 18th amendment which paved the way for stronger federating units instead of the federation and endorsing the same by all political parties manifest the ANP's stance which it was propagating for the last 63 years.
Business Recorder
President of ANP Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Friday that the dream of establishing lasting peace in Karachi was not possible unless the status of Pukhtoons was accepted there as a reality.
The ANP fulfilled the mission of Fakhr e Afghan Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan alias Baacha Khan and Rehber e Terhrik Khan Abdul Wali Khan by remaining a coalition partner in the government.
He was addressing a function called to pay homage and respect to late Baacha Khan and Khan Abdul Wali Khan on their death anniversaries held at Social Centre Sharjah, Dubai. The event was organized by the ANP UAE Chapter.
The ANP leader said that the people who migrated to Pakistan after partition wished that their status was recognized but they were not willing to accept the people who migrated from one part of the country to another in search of jobs. This is the main reason behind the unrest in Karachi, he explained.
The Pukhtoons have equal rights to Karachi as other nationalities enjoyed, he said adding, ANP believed in settling the disputes through table talks and even today, it was strictly following it.
The Pukhtoons were always subjected to conspiracies in the past as their policy of non violence was taken as their weakness. History is testimony to the fact the Pukhtoons stood like iron wall against every usurper. Pukhtoons emerged stronger while the usurpers were lost in the pages of the history, he maintained.
Asfandyar Wali Khan said that renaming the NWFP, provincial autonomy, securing rights of provincial resources, and elimination of Kalabagh dam project were few successes of the present ANP led government in KPK.
The people were still unaware about benefits of 18th amendment which paved the way for stronger federating units instead of the federation and endorsing the same by all political parties manifest the ANP's stance which it was propagating for the last 63 years.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
By Zalan Moomand
Supreme Court is a Political Party now!
Supreme Court of Pakistan has become a political party by nominating Justice Khalil-ur-Rahman Ramday and Rahmat Hussain Jaffery for the apex court in a full court meeting.Understanding fully well that now there is a parliamentary commission which elevates judges to the higher judiciary such act clearly expresses that brother judges are favored.Mo..
Supreme Court of Pakistan has become a political party by nominating Justice Khalil-ur-Rahman Ramday and Rahmat Hussain Jaffery for the apex court in a full court meeting.Understanding fully well that now there is a parliamentary commission which elevates judges to the higher judiciary such act clearly expresses that brother judges are favored.Mo..
via Pakhtunkhwa Peace Forum
No doubt Egyptians marked the history,., 21st century is nations freedom century. We Pashtuns (who are being killed on one or other name for last 63 years) need to learn lessons and come with a planned proposal for our beloved nation. Time to stand against all these Anti Pashtun forces/establishment, media, and their sponsored terrorists groups so-called Taliban.
No doubt Egyptians marked the history,., 21st century is nations freedom century. We Pashtuns (who are being killed on one or other name for last 63 years) need to learn lessons and come with a planned proposal for our beloved nation. Time to stand against all these Anti Pashtun forces/establishment, media, and their sponsored terrorists groups so-called Taliban.
via Pakhtunkhwa Peace Forum
No doubt Egyptians marked the history,., 21st century is nations freedom century. We Pashtuns (who are being killed on one or other name for last 63 years) need to learn lessons and come with a planned proposal for our beloved nation. Time to stand against all these Anti Pashtun forces/establishment, media, and their sponsored terrorists groups so-called Taliban.
No doubt Egyptians marked the history,., 21st century is nations freedom century. We Pashtuns (who are being killed on one or other name for last 63 years) need to learn lessons and come with a planned proposal for our beloved nation. Time to stand against all these Anti Pashtun forces/establishment, media, and their sponsored terrorists groups so-called Taliban.
د ستر ملی قهرمان فخر افغان باچا خان
د ستر ملی قهرمان فخر افغان باچا خان
او
د رهبر تحریک عبدلولی خان
د تلین د ورځي په مناسبت د کلیزې غونډه به د عوامی نیشنل ګوند امارات د سیوری لاندې په شارجه کښي د پاکستان سوشل سنټر په هال کښي نما نځلې کیږی
دې غونډې ته به د عوامی نیشنل پارټی مشر اسفندیار ولی خان او د پښتونخوا وزیر اعلې امیر حیدر خان هوتی وینا ګانې کوی.
ټولو ملګرو ته د ګډون بلنه ورکوو
او
د رهبر تحریک عبدلولی خان
د تلین د ورځي په مناسبت د کلیزې غونډه به د عوامی نیشنل ګوند امارات د سیوری لاندې په شارجه کښي د پاکستان سوشل سنټر په هال کښي نما نځلې کیږی
دې غونډې ته به د عوامی نیشنل پارټی مشر اسفندیار ولی خان او د پښتونخوا وزیر اعلې امیر حیدر خان هوتی وینا ګانې کوی.
ټولو ملګرو ته د ګډون بلنه ورکوو
Bacha Khan death anniversary to be observed in SHARJAH and DUBAI
Bacha Khan death anniversary to be observed in SHARJAH and DUBAI.
The death anniversary of Fakhr e Afghan Bacha Khan and Rahbar-i-Tehreek Khan Abdul Wali Khan would be celebrated with honor and respect on Thursday. Feb 17, 2011 at Sharjah ( Paksitan Social Centre Sharjah).
Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfan dyar Wali Khan and CM Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti will speak at the occasion
The death anniversary of Fakhr e Afghan Bacha Khan and Rahbar-i-Tehreek Khan Abdul Wali Khan would be celebrated with honor and respect on Thursday. Feb 17, 2011 at Sharjah ( Paksitan Social Centre Sharjah).
Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfan dyar Wali Khan and CM Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti will speak at the occasion
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Talk on Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) ‘The nonviolent soldier of Islam’ 1890-1988
Bacha Khan read the holy prophet (PBUH) life in Mecca and learnt nonviolence. He taught his colleagues to shun enmities, jealousy, hate, arms and instead to adopt simplicity, nonviolence, brotherhood, and helping human beings. He presented himself first as a role model to others. Servant of God took an oath before joining the organization, to get rid of all the superstation, custom and tradition, to not hurt any human by hand and tongue and to work for the welfare of humanity nonviolently. This gave birth to a hundred thousand strong well-organized army, for the first time in the world history.
Though Ghaffar Khan was close friend of Gandhi he learnt every thing from his religion of Islam. All the servants of GOD solders were volunteers, spending from their own pockets without any outside support. Most of them forgave their enmities who killed their nearest and dearest in the past. J. S. Bright, a contemporary biographer of Ghaffar Khan, has also supported this argument. According to him :
“Ghaffar Khan is in complete accord with the principle of nonviolence. But he has not borrowed his outlook from Mahatma Gandhi. He has reached it and reached it independently. Independently like a struggler after truth. No doubt, his deep study of Koran has influenced his doctrine of love…Hence if Ghaffar Khan has arrived at the philosophy of non-violence, it is absolutely no wonder. Of the two, Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi, my personal view is that the former has achieved a higher level of spirituality. The Khan has reached heaven, while the Pundit is firmly on the earth but ironically enough; the Mahatma is struggling in the air! Ghaffar Khan, like Shelley, has come from heaven to the earth, while Mahatma Gandhi, like Keats, is going from earth to the heaven. Hence, I do not understand why Ghaffar Khan should be called the Frontier Gandhi. There is no other reason except this that the Mahatma was earlier in the field, more ambitious than spiritual, and has been able to capture, somehow or the other, a greater publicity. If we judge a person by spiritual qualities, Mahatma Gandhi should rather be called the Indian Khan than Ghaffar Khan the Frontier Gandhi: true, there the matter ends.”
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Ali Baba & co
Though Ghaffar Khan was close friend of Gandhi he learnt every thing from his religion of Islam. All the servants of GOD solders were volunteers, spending from their own pockets without any outside support. Most of them forgave their enmities who killed their nearest and dearest in the past. J. S. Bright, a contemporary biographer of Ghaffar Khan, has also supported this argument. According to him :
“Ghaffar Khan is in complete accord with the principle of nonviolence. But he has not borrowed his outlook from Mahatma Gandhi. He has reached it and reached it independently. Independently like a struggler after truth. No doubt, his deep study of Koran has influenced his doctrine of love…Hence if Ghaffar Khan has arrived at the philosophy of non-violence, it is absolutely no wonder. Of the two, Ghaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi, my personal view is that the former has achieved a higher level of spirituality. The Khan has reached heaven, while the Pundit is firmly on the earth but ironically enough; the Mahatma is struggling in the air! Ghaffar Khan, like Shelley, has come from heaven to the earth, while Mahatma Gandhi, like Keats, is going from earth to the heaven. Hence, I do not understand why Ghaffar Khan should be called the Frontier Gandhi. There is no other reason except this that the Mahatma was earlier in the field, more ambitious than spiritual, and has been able to capture, somehow or the other, a greater publicity. If we judge a person by spiritual qualities, Mahatma Gandhi should rather be called the Indian Khan than Ghaffar Khan the Frontier Gandhi: true, there the matter ends.”
Click the link for complete article :
Ali Baba & co
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