Pasha 'double game' expert| General Pasha of the ISI was very much in the news this week, for some reason.. |
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
. But he approached Zardari repeatedly for extensions in his job. He was the master of the Double Game.
Pasha and his extensions
Daily Jang had Hamid Mir writing that General Pasha as head of the ISI got items published implying that the PPP government would extend his tenure yet again, because General Kayani
... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI...
and the Americans liked him. He had met CIA chief General David Petraeus in Thailand and Britannia assuring him that NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization....
supplies would resumed but at the same time he was giving the impression in Pakistain that he was opposed to the US because America was Pakistain's biggest enemy.
General Pasha and terrorists
According to Hamid Mir column in Jang ISI chief General Pasha stated in November 2008, right after the Mumbai attack, that Fazlullah and Baitullah Mehsud were the assets of Pakistain but in March 2009 the same bully boyz attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, giving the lie to Pasha. Once he told Hamid Mir that relations with India would mend soon but after attack on the GHQ in 2009 he said that attack had come from India.
Pasha the jinxed ISI chief
Columnist Hamid Mir wrote in Jang that ISI chief General Pasha's era in power was a nightmare for Pakistain: May 2011, Osama was killed by the US in Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
; May 2011 Mehran naval base was attacked in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
; after attack at Salala, drone attacks were resumed on his watch. In the four years under him the Baloch were made to disappear and largest number of journalists were killed in the conflict zones of Pakistain.
Pasha can't write
Award-winning columnist Haroon Rasheed wrote in Jang that when he met General Pasha of the ISI he asked him to write a book about himself to defend against the untrue comment being written in the press. Pasha replied that that he had no experience of writing and therefore could not write a book. He said that he was good at speaking: if you invite me to a two hour lecture I can prepare it in ten minutes.
General Zaheerul Islam will be the next Army Chief
Daily Jinnah reported that General Zaheerul Islam newly selected as ISI chief was bound to become the next Army Chief after General Kayani. The other reason was that General Zaheer was very close to Kayani. In the past Kayani first ran ISI then became Army Chief.
Zaid Zaman and murder of Maulana Jalalpuri
Banned magazine of Sipah Sahaba monthly Paigham Khatme Nubawwat wrote that Zaid Zaman was the continuation of the mission of False Prophet Yusuf who hid after the death of Yusuf then appeared on TV talking in such a way that people took him to be a proxy of ISI and Army, When Bloody Karachi's Maulana Saeed Jalalpuri became critical of him as the follower of Yusuf the False Prophet he was killed. An FIR was registered against Zaid but little was done to get hold of him. But ISPR and ISI have declared that they were not supporting him.
Fatwa against Zaid Hamid
Banned monthly Paigham Khatme Nabuwwat reported that Jamia Banuria had published a fatwa against Zaid Hamid saying that Yusuf the False Prophet had nominated Zaid as next in line. Zaid Zaman was made responsible for making the False Prophet leave Pakistain safely. False Prophet Yusuf nominated Zaid Hamid (then Zaman) of Brinks Company as his khalifa.
Roedad Khan will not appeal
Quoted in Express ex-civil servant stated that if the Supreme Court convicted him in Asghar Case known as Mehrangate he will not appeal the sentence. The case has him working together with President Ghulam Ishaq in a cell put in charge of planning the defeat in elections of the PPP.
Tehrik Insaf and its 'seasonal birds'Daily Jinnah stated that Insaf Party of Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
was already a failing party because the opportunists (mausami pancchi) had either decamped or were fighting among themselves. This resulted in the party not being able to frame its constitution. People came late to the meeting in Islamabad and deputy chief Shah Mehmood
WormtongueQureshi was absent.
Osama was buried in America!
Daily Jinnah reported that the dead body of the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now among the dear departed, though not among the dearest...
after his murder in Abbottabad was not thrown in the Indian Ocean but was transported secretly to the state of Maryland in the US to a military hospital and the body was taken in a special plane of the CIA.
Contest of apologies in Moslem League
Quoted in Jinnah PMLN leaders invited each other to apologise for wrongdoing. Nawaz Sharif asked Chaudhry Shujaat to apologise to the people for siding with General Musharraf. Chaudhry Shujaat asked Nawaz Sharif to apologise for being supported by General Zia.
Mubahila: discussion unto death
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt a mubahila was arranged in Lahore against the Ahmadis for which the latter did not turn up, thus yielding victory to the truthful Sunni opponents. Mubahila is a discussion which some describe as a competition of curses in the name of God in which the false party dies of its own accord. Ex-president Rafeeq Tarar also attended. The speakers said that Mansoor Ijaz can't get away by reciting the kalima. The challenge is a call to prove the truth or falsehood of the Qadiani religion.
Regal Chowk should be Akbar Bugti Chowk
Writing in Jang that Punjab University held a discussion on Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
in which the speakers were Oria Maqbool Jan and Suhail Warraich among others. Warraich said that media in 1971 was not alive therefore East Pakistain was lost but now it was alive therefore Balochistan would not be lost.
| Truly impeccable logic. If only djinns were included, it could never be answered. |
Mumtaz Bhutto to join PMLN
Reported in Nawa-e-Waqt Sindhi leader Mumtaz Bhutto stated that Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
had approached him but he had already decided to join the PMLN. He said that Imran Khan himself had made the approach and invited him to join his party but he excused himself because of prior commitment.
Raza Rabbani talks about his political creed
Quoted in Jinnah PPP leader Raza Rabbani stated that he found that Socialism was the only way of life for the states of the world. Socialism was the true revolution which the rightwing politicians wanted to destroy. He said third party employment (through contractors) was the worst form of employment and was exploitative. He said PPP would do its best to end this system.
| Thank goodness the PPP's very best is never good enough. |
Sindh National Front (SNF) chief