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PAKISTAN URDU MEDIA WATCH ARCHIVE

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November 2011 Vol. II Issue. LIII; November 12, 2011 Granting MFN status needs parliamentary approval Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fifty Three. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani supports granting India the MFN status. However, according to Naved Masood, this issue is yet to be debated in Parliament and receive the requisite mandate.

Vol. II Issue. LII; November 5, 2011 Occupation forces must leave: Mullah Omar Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fifty Two. Mullah Mohammad Omar, the ’leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ also known as the Afghan Taliban, has said that the only remedy to the Afghan problem is that occupied forces must leave immediately.

October 2011 Vol. II Issue. LI; October 29, 2011 Resolution to put up a united front against India, US Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fifty One. Former head of the ISI Gen (retd) Hameed Gul told an All Party Pakistan Defence Conference that the U.S. was backing India to attack Pakistan to bring an end to the army, ISI and the Islamic ideology.

Vol. II Issue. L; October 22, 2011 Arms surrender mandatory to be part of peace process: Rehman Malik Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fifty. Internal Minister Rehman Malik has said that the extremist groups would have to surrender their arms If they want to be a part of the peace process.

Vol. II Issue. XLVIII; October 8, 2011 Pak Suspicious of Burgeoning Indo-Afghan-US ties Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Eight. Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent India visit was marked by the signing of a Strategic Partnership Agreement in New Delhi.

Vol. II Issue. XLVII; October 1, 2011 Karzai Govt. should Change its Policy against Taliban Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Seven. The governor of the Afghan province Balkh, Mr. Ata Mohammad Noor, warned the Karzai government that he would approach the Muhajedeen for advice if the government does not change its policies regarding the Taliban.

September 2011 Vol. II Issue. XLVI; September 24, 2011 Pakistan Refuse to Operate against Haqqani Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Six. Pakistan has refused to crackdown on the Haqqani network in Waziristan. Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiani said Pakistan will decide to initiate operation according to its own need and determinations.

Vol. II Issue. XLV; September 17, 2011 Pak-Taliban Relations Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Five. The Pakistan government is once again under pressure from the US to change its policy towards the Taliban, and Afghanistan in general.

Vol. II Issue. XLIV; September 10, 2011 Chinese to be taught in Sindh schools Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Four. The Sindh government has decided to teach Chinese language in its secondary schools.

Vol. II Issue. XLIII; September 03, 2011 Pak-Bangladesh Mobile signals available in India Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Three. Signals from mobile firms operating in Pakistan and Bangladesh were available in the Indian border areas raising questions of security.

August 2011 Vol. II Issue. XLII; August 27, 2011 Banned groups planning to attack India Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty Two. Pakistan has ordered the deportation of about 250 US officials for alleged illegal activities in the country. The Pakistan government has given them a deadline of 30 to 40 days to leave the country.

Vol. II Issue. XLI; August 20, 2011 Banned groups planning to attack India Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty One. The US report on Counter Terrorism revealed that many banned terrorist organisations including Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Harkat ul Mujahideen were planning attacks in India with the help of local support groups in Kashmir.

Vol. II Issue. XL; August 13, 2011 US Diplomats must obey law: General Kayani Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue fourty. Pakistan chief of Army staff General Ashfaq Kayani said that the US diplomatic community in Pakistan will have to obey local laws as any other diplomats would.

Vol. II Issue. XXXIX; August 6, 2011 Force and Judiciary Jointly will change Pakistan Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Nine. Former Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Beg said any political change in Pakistan would come about only if the armed forces and judiciary work together.

July 2011 Vol. II Issue. XXXVIII; July 30, 2011 Religious coverage banned on TV Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Eight. The Pakistan Government banned TV channels from covering religious functions, rallies, conferences, protests and agitations organized by religious groups, parties or leaders.

Vol. II Issue. XXXVII; July 23, 2011 US Convoy turned back from Peshawar Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Seven. US and Pakistan are engaged in a vicious sparring match. In response to the US pressure on Pakistan to deliver on military operations against the Haqqani network,

Vol. II Issue. XXXVI; July 16, 2011 Golden Chance to Come out Of American Slavery Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Six. Various political parties and religious groups, including Jamaat-ud Dawa, have welcomed the US decision to hold back $ 800 million due to Pakistan.

Vol. II Issue. XXXV; July 9, 2011 US-Pak Strategic Relationship Surviving Well Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Five. Pakistan Foreign Ministry said the Pak-US relationship, although under rough weather at present, would not only survive but grow more strong in the days ahead.

Vol. II Issue. XXXIV; July 2, 2011 US failure in Afghanistan Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Four. Political analyst Prof. Mohammad Shakil Siddiqi said the US decision to recall 33000 troops from Afghanistan would change the geopolitics of the region.

June 2011 Vol. II Issue. XXXIII; June 25, 2011 Madrasas training suicide bombers, says Pak Minister Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Three. Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that some madrasas train their pupils in suicide bombing.

Vol. II Issue. XXXII; June 18, 2011 Al-Qaeda issues hit-list of 40 Americans Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty Two. Al-Qaida has issued a hit-list of 40 prominent citizens of the United States. On the eve assuming al-Qaeda’s leadership, Ayman al-Zawahri said that the group will now target ’American homes’,

Vol. II Issue. XXXI; June 11, 2011 No drone attack will go unanswered now: Gen Kayani Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty One. Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that no drone attack will go unanswered in future. He was addressing the 139^th Core Commander Conferences held at GHQ Rawalpindi.

Vol. II Issue. XXX; June 4, 2011 US issues July deadline to nab Mullah Omar and Ilyas Kashmiri Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirty. US authorities have issued a July deadline to Pakistani authorities to arrest or kill Taliban leader Mullah Omar and Harkat-ul-Jihad-i-Islami chief Ilyas Kashmiri.

May 2011 Vol. II Issue. XXIX; May 28, 2011 Pakistan closed 3 US information centers Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Nine. Pakistan Government closed 3 US Intelligence Centers set up in 2009 in Peshawar, and in 2010 in Quetta.

Vol. II Issue. XXVIII; May 21, 2011 China to replace US role in the region Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Eight. Sino-Pakistan relations will not be affected by changes in global politics. Chinese Prime Minster Wen Jiabao told media persons that China will assist Pakistan’s growth and will soon give it 50 JF-17 fighter aircrafts.

Vol. II Issue. XXVII; May 14, 2011 US is the ’real terrorist’ in South Asia, says former ISI chief Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Seven. Former ISI chief Gen Hamid Gul accused the US of being the ’real terrorist’ in South Asia. He said that the US strategy is to find a permanent role for India in Afghanistan and is pressuring Pakistan to achieve this goal.

Vol. II Issue. XXVI; May 7, 2011 Afghan Taliban form special unit to revenge Osama killing Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Six. Afghan Taliban has formed a special unit to extract revenge against the United States for the killing of Osama bin Laden.

April 2011 Vol. II Issue. XXV; April 30, 2011 Al-Qaeda leaders were in Karachi on 9/11 Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Five. Wikileaks have revealed that al-Qaeda leaders were in Karachi at the time of the 9/11 attacks. According to a report published in the Washington Post,

Vol. II Issue. XXIV; April 23, 2011 Stop NATO supply convoys is drones persist: Imran Khan Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Four. Former cricketer and chief of the Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan said that Pakistan should ban the movement of NATO supply convoys if the United States does not stop drone attacks inside Pakistan.

Vol. II Issue. XXIII; April 16, 2011 Sunni Action Committee protests US-Pakistan counter-terror cooperation Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Three. Religious clergy associated with the Sunni Action Committee protested US-Pakistan cooperation in counter-terrorism and accused the Gilani government of compromising on national security. The organisation held protest rallies in nine cities all over the country.

Vol. II Issue. XXII; April 9, 2011 China to build hydro-power project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty Two. Apprehensions raised by Indian Army’s Northern Command chief, Lieutenant General KT Pranyak, over the increased Chinese presence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir had been proven right by the Chinese admission of involvement in a hydro-power project.

Vol. II Issue. XXI; April 3, 2011 Protestors attack UN office, 10 foreign officials killed Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty One. About 2000 protestors attacked a UN compound in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and killed at least seven foreigners. Among the victims were Romanian, Norwegian and Danish officials, two of whom were beheaded.

March 2011 Vol. II Issue. XX; March 26, 2011 Taliban has created networks in India: Rehman Malik Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twenty. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that real-time interaction between intelligence agencies and the Interpol led to the arrest of terrorists who were plotting attacks in Colombo during the Cricket World Cup.

Vol. II Issue. XIX; March 19, 2011 Sunni Council to launch agitation against US interference Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Ninteen. The chief of Sunni Ittihad Council, Hanif Tayyeb, and the chief of Sunni Rahbar Council, Mufti Munib-ur-Rahman, have said that Pakistan’s Sunni Muslims will launch an agitation to purge the country’s politics of US influence.

Vol. II Issue. XVIII; March 12, 2011 PPP negated Charter of Democracy: Shahbaz Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Eighteen. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said it was PPP which negated the Charter of Democracy signed by Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto by violating its clauses.

Vol. II Issue. XVII; March 5, 2011 ISI’s relationship with CIA Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Seventeen. ISI Director Shuja Pasha requested CIA director Leon Panetta to stop intelligence operations in Pakistan. But news reports suggest that both ISI and CIA were in hand glove and were merely playing out a charade.

February 2011 Vol. II Issue. XVI; February 26, 2011 Sipah-i-Sahabah floats political party Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Sixteen. Sipah-i-Sahabah (SSP) recently announced the formation of their political party to enforce Shariah rule. Addressing the ’To Defense Sahabah Conference-2011’ in Jhang, SSP leaders claimed that 80 percent Pakistanis support their cause of replacing western democratic institutions with Islamic Shariah.

Vol. II Issue. XV; February 19, 2011 Indian media diverting Muslim youth from Islam Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Fifteen. Pakistan Information Broadcasting Ministry has directed PEMRA to stop the broadcast of Indian television serials and advertisements as its contents are against Islamic values and are causing an erosion of traditional culture.

Vol. II Issue. XIV; February 12, 2011 ’Democratic kings’ to be dethroned in Islamic revolution: Munawwar Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Fourteen. Chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Syed Munawar Hassan, said that Islamic revolutions are becoming stronger all over the Muslim world and the days of ’democratic kings’ like Hosni Mubarak are over.

Vol. II Issue. XIII; February 5, 2011 Pakistan surpasses India in nuclear prowess Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Thirteen. Finally, America has accepted that Pakistan’s nuclear capability is superior to India’s. According to a recent report published by David Albright, chairman of the Institute for Science and International Security,

January 2011 Vol. II Issue. XII; January 29, 2011 Religious parties refuse to pray for Salman Taseer Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Twelve. All major Islamist political parties such as Jamaat-i-Islami and Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) refused to offer Fatiha prayers for Salman Taseer during the Senate session.

January 2011 Vol. II Issue. XI; January 22, 2011 Pakistan should force India to follow Sudan: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Eleven. The Advisory Council of Jamaat-i-Islami said that Pakistan should force India to hold plebiscite in Kashmir on the lines of recent events in Sudan.

Vol. II Issue. X; January 15, 2011 Ready to be sacrificed: Sherry Rahman Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Ten. Pakistan People Party’s central leader and former Information Minister Sherry Rahman said she was ready to sacrifice her life over the issue of blasphemy laws.

Vol. II Issue. IX; January 8, 2011 Imitation of Prophet or any Islamic preacher prohibited: Islamic Academy Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Nine. Islamic Jurisprudent Academy has declared that imitating the Prophet Mohammad or any Prophet, Messenger or renowned follower is prohibited.

Vol. II Issue. VIII; January 1, 2011 Nawaz Sharif attacks Zardari for following pro-US, pro-India policies Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Eight. Chief of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Nawaz Sharif condemned the current democratic setup which promotes corruption, and hinted towards a revolution with a more benign administration that is guided by Islamic principles.

December 2010 Vol. II Issue. VII; December 25, 2010 American court cannot summon ISI officers: Prime Minister Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Seven. Describing ISI an important state institution, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that officers of the agency are not bound to abide by American courts.

Vol. II Issue. VI; December 18, 2010 PPP tries to woo JUI-F Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Six. Pakistan People’s Party is making desperate attempts to mend fences with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman after his party withdrew support to the coalition government recently.

Vol. II Issue. V; December 11, 2010 LeT sets up new centre in Sri Lanka to oversee activities in south Indian states Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Five. Pakistan intelligence officials revealed that the ban on Lashkar-e-Tayyibah has helped limit its budget to $ 5.2 million.

Vol. II Issue. IV; December 4, 2010 Pak-Sri Lanka cooperation Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Four. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement to cooperate in 19 programmes in the field of economy, commerce, defense, politics and cultural affairs.

November 2010 Vol. II Issue. III; November 27, 2010 Muttahida Jihad Council demands plebiscite in Kashmir Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Three. Muttahida Jihad Council has rejected recent plans of India to pacify Kashmir by providing economic packages.

Vol. II Issue. II; November 20, 2010 Muslim bloodshed should end: Imam-i-Ka’bah Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Two. Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, said that Muslim leaders should enforce Shariah law in their countries in order to bring social justice.

Vol. II Issue. I; November 13, 2010 Reunification of Muslim League factions Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue One. Erstwhile splintered Muslim League (ML) groups - ML Functional, ML Liberal, ML Ziae and Awami Muslim League - have reunified under the banner of Muttahida Muslim League (MML).