Pakistan's minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated

[pak-marine]

Blasphemy laws: ‘MQM will protect Pakistan from religious tyranny’


MQM chief proposes Jinnah’s minorities speech be made national anthem
KARACHI:
Revolution in Pakistan like in the Middle East is inevitable and is approaching fast, but the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not allow religious maniacs to take over and impose tyrannical rule, said MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Friday.
He was addressing a large gathering organised by the Defence and Clifton Residents Committee (DCRC) and the Council of Professionals (COP) of the MQM at the DCRC lawn near Two Swords in Clifton.
Hussain urged religious scholars belonging to all schools of thoughts to sit together to review Clause 295 C of the Blasphemy Act and judge it on the touchstone of the Holy Quran and the authentic sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), he said.
He criticised the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for not taking notice of those who had showered rose petals on the assassin of Salmaan Taseer. He said that the PPP was considered a liberal political party, but its silence on the blasphemy issue showed that there was only one liberal party in Pakistan, the MQM.
Hussain ‘proposed’ two resolutions to the audience, which were passed unanimously by a show of hands. The first resolution demanded that the speech that Muhammad Ali Jinnah delivered to the Constitutional Assembly on August 11, 1947, be made part of the syllabus for all students, from class one to PhD level. He said that the speech should serve as a second national anthem that people learn by heart.
The second resolution said there should be no differentiating minorities from the majority in Pakistan. Hussain said anyone who had a Pakistani passport or ID card should be regarded as a Pakistani only.
He urged the youths and students of Defence and Clifton to show their solidarity with the MQM at their schools, colleges and universities. He said that he wanted a very strong MQM office in DHA and Clifton.
Sindh minister Faisal Sabzwari, former city nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, and the heads of the DCRC and COP also addressed the audience.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 5th, 2011.
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[Karachiite]

Only Party that actually speaks out against extremist mullahs and is truly secular.

 

[pak-marine]

Only Party that actually speaks out against extremist mullahs and is truly secular.

that why so much heat on MQM cause they raise their voices against all the evil in our society .... No one else has the guts to speak out or take any actions against these guys

 

[Dr.Danish]

Very sad incidence indeed.He is just our Pakistani Brother.Hats off to sir.

 

[The HBS Guy]

Pakistanis looking for help from government to put an end to this, are just misguided, deluded --

March 4, 2011
Most Pakistani Officials Shun Slain Official’s Funeral
By JANE PERLEZ and WAQAR GILLANI

WoW! I ddidn't expect this. I thought most Pakistanis, including those in their govt. , were angry at Bhatti's assassination.

 

[pak-marine]

WoW! I ddidn't expect this. I thought most Pakistanis, including those in their govt. , were angry at Bhatti's assassination.

These guys are bunch of Hippocrates they will condemn but than the same peoples representatives and high officials are too afraid to be seen in public on a Christians funeral

 

[The HBS Guy]

These guys are bunch of Hippocrates they will condemn but than the same peoples representatives and high officials are too afraid to be seen in public on a Christians funeral

Afraid or sympathetic?

 

[pak-marine]

Afraid or sympathetic?

afraid ... remmeber salman taseer!! similar case who and why will they risk their necks

 

[SorrelVesper]

that why so much heat on MQM cause they raise their voices against all the evil in our society .... No one else has the guts to speak out or take any actions against these guys

These guys are bunch of Hippocrates they will condemn but than the same peoples representatives and high officials are too afraid to be seen in public on a Christians funeral

Of all parties in Pakistan.... You choose.. This? I bet you have your own reasons. But its the same as we just wanted Musharaf gone and then what happened? Now we say "Musharaf was a bit better than this new...torment from hell". Like seriously. Give me a break. People who aren't even in Pakistan claims to bring peace to it? Riiight.

 

[SorrelVesper]

Mods, can you please close this thread now? Its time to put an end to this and start bashing/praising MQM somewhere else.

 

[pak-marine]

Mods, can you please close this thread now? Its time to put an end to this and start bashing/praising MQM somewhere else.

if you support existence of this medevil law than i understand where you coming from !
if you dont support than tell me A party name whose leadership have come out of the box and spoken against the blasphemy laws !!!?

 

[pak-marine]

Of all parties in Pakistan.... You choose.. This? I bet you have your own reasons. But its the same as we just wanted Musharaf gone and then what happened? Now we say "Musharaf was a bit better than this new...torment from hell". Like seriously. Give me a break. People who aren't even in Pakistan claims to bring peace to it? Riiight.

yes & i have REASON ,so far havent heard any party leader who raised their voiced against it , Only MQM can do and reason being the leader is in exile ... if he was here he would be murdered as well ... hope this helps understand people why is Altaf in exile!!

 

[Roby]

Culture of appeasement

The killers of federal minister for minorities Shahbaz Bhatti must be puzzled by the way their murder, which they have claimed, is being interpreted in the media. They had put their identity on the pamphlet they threw in his car after killing the minister, and it said: (under the patronage) of al Qaeda and Tehreek-i-Taliban. They said they were from Punjab (Tehreek-i-Taliban, Punjab chapter) and were declaring their connection with the two binary organisations that are tormenting Pakistan and have brought its economy to a grinding halt.

The official interpretation of the killing of Mr Bhatti is that ‘foreign powers’ are trying to cause divisions in the country. This is what Interior Minister Rehman Malik has been saying since the murder; this is also the gloss he has been putting on most killings of the past where the Taliban had actually announced their complicity. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken exception to anyone calling the killers ‘Punjabi Taliban’, thinking this was name-calling under a kind of provincialism practised by the PPP. In the process, the killers are let off the hook: they are not to blame because ‘foreign powers’ are doing the killing; and they are not from any province because naming the province would be base provincialism.

Many TV channels have resorted to relying on ‘experts’ like ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul to further help this effort at appeasing the terrorists. Gul has made it fashionable among callers on many a talk show to say that the CIA is doing the killing to sow seeds of discord among the Pakistanis with the ultimate goal of getting at Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. The police and the administrative officers have caught on to this practice of putting the blame on distant lands (the US and Israel) and the ‘near enemy’ (India) to abdicate their own responsibility of identifying and catching the terrorists.

The Taliban feel insulted when our officials say that the CIA is funding them to kill innocent Pakistanis. It particularly riles the chief of the Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who got himself proudly photographed with the Jordanian suicide-bomber who went across the border and succeeded in killing a group of CIA officers; he also appeared in a photograph together with Faisal Shahzad who tried to blow up Times Square in New York and with ex-ISI officer Colonel Imam as the latter was being executed. The message is: We are fighting the Americans under the guidance of al Qaeda and feel insulted by your abject appeasement.

What is the psychology of this appeasement, which began in the early 2000s after al Qaeda arrived in Pakistan and hired the Taliban warlords to spread terrorism in the country? It practically forgives the terrorists, signalling that they are not the real enemy; the real enemy is India and the power that now stands behind India, the United States. The persuasion here is: Why are you killing us; we are with you in your jihad against the US. The rest of the Pakistani mind, however, is more complex. A part of it is subject to what is called the Stockholm Syndrome, seeking empowerment by embracing the tormentor instead of confronting him. And we can’t rule out the possibility that some Pakistanis actually expect the terrorists to lead the ‘game-changer’ revolution that every leader in Pakistan is loudly praying for.

The world knows what is happening. Minorities minister Bhatti knew of these realities and, if some reports are to be believed, did not trust the security detail allotted to him, not even the Christians he had as guards, because he knew that many Pakistanis secretly approve of actions where non-Muslims or apostates are killed by those claiming to speak for Islam. The ‘peace accords’ of 2004 and 2006 with the terrorists in South and North Waziristan respectively were instances of such appeasement. The terrorists were contemptuous of this appeasement and have continued killing innocent people and destroying markets and schools with impunity, declaring their identity every time. It is no use telling them that Pakistan, too, is with them in their war against America since they focus relentlessly on killing Pakistanis and taking over Pakistan. What we need to do is open our eyes and confront them.

 

[Ahmad]

First thing, there are two times. One time in Mekkah and other one in Medinah. First phase was of silence. As in they just couldnt do it openly. The real phase is the second one. When there's their society and no one is there to rule over them and they can do anything. The two mentioned ahadith might have different phases.

Hope this is your own interpretation.

The second possibility is a personal thing. The Prophet SAW never hurt anyone. Even when he was ordered to go against the kufaar in a battle, he never hurt anyone there either. He was just there as a leader and without raising his sword. He never killed anyone. So it also might mean that whatever someone did to him, he forgave but if person A insulted him infront of person B and person B hurt person A just because of his love for the Prophet SAW, the Messenger SAW didnt discourage this. WALLAHO ALAM!

If he didnt want to hurt people, why on earth he wanted person A to murder person B? that doesnt make any sense, does it?

 

[Ahmad]

WALLAHO ALAM!

So, you are not sure yourself, but on the other hand you are very happy to see somebody dead despite all the uncertainty about what the prophet himself thought about blasphemy?