An Al-Qaeda-linked group from the Philippines managed to publish excerpts of a recruitment film for over 24 hours on YouTube, raising questions about the merits of online safety. YouTube took the video off the site after pressure from security officials. But is that a bad idea? Terrorists resorting to YouTube surely increase transparency? One way […]
Suicide Blast in Islamabad leaves 13 dead including 3 women, 37 injured
Saeed Minhas Islamabad– Following a series of suicide attacks in NWFP targeting security forces in the past week, a powerful suicide bomb blast killed thirteen political workers including three women and wounded another 37 political workers and police officials just meters from the stage set by Islamabad Bar Association for address of chief justice Iftikhar […]
Last writings of besieged female students of Lal Mosque
Saeed Minhas Islamabad–Amidst no respite for hundreds of parents looking for their missing loved ones and under-curfew residents of G-6 area in Islamabad, army allowed the media people to observe the devastation and destruction caused at Lal Mosque, adjacent Jamia Hafsa and children’s library as a result of the Operation Silence (now termed as […]
Ghazi Rashid killed in Lal Mosque as operation continues
Saeed Minhas In the final phase of the operation silence, security forces have captured the Lal Mosque and its adjoinging seminary Jamia Hafsa by killing Maulana Ghazi Rashid, his mother, two nephews and lots of his comrades on Tuesday afternoon. More than 85 male students surrendered along with 27 female syudents and 22 minors througout […]
Politics: Philippine-style?
It is only in the Philippines, where the longest-running elections take place. And it is also where politics has become commercialized at the seams. Why not? With billions in countrywide development funds at the disposal of each legislator, who wouldn’t be tempted to dip his hands in dirty politics? And the politics of dynasty […]
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