Re: President Musharraf awarded 'Man of the Year Award 2006’ for 'women rights'
I will think only If i can finish reading post.
just joking---
i will read it-- and hope it will help me under stand things.
Re: President Musharraf awarded 'Man of the Year Award 2006’ for 'women rights'
So who were the people that caused death of 1742 people in 1995, oh, they are governer(ing) Sindh under Musharraf.
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***1995*
But while a new official strategy was soon to lift the police's morale and place it on a higher ground against a weakening terrorist outfit, the latter diversified its targets in order to preserve its leftover strength. This augured ill for those laborers who had come to Karachi from such far-flung areas as Hazara, Faisalabad and Khushab to earn a living. They became the targets of a new look strategy of terrorism in 1995.
Apart from this, Karachiites also saw the worst form of religious fanaticism emerge on Karachi's political scene, and then die its own death, in 1995. Hundreds of people died in terrorist attacks in the first ten months of this year.
As many as 433 persons died in the first three months of 1995 alone. The victims included 234 nonpartisans, 56 TNFJ activists, 49 Haqiqi activists, 38 activists of Sipah-e-Sahaba, 28 activists of MQM and 28 Rangers and police personnel.
The holy month of Ramzan in 1995 began with the killing of three persons including two women. On February 4, 11 persons were killed in terrorist attacks in Gulberg, Hyderabad Colony and Gulshan-e-Iqbal. On February 5, the government Pakistan observed a solidarity day with the Kashmiris, and rallies were held all over the country to back the Kashmiris' cause. But MQM refused to take part in it. On the contrary, it embarked on a retaliatory campaign, leading to the death of 20 persons in different acts of terrorism in the city.
The dead included 11 workers of the Harkatul Ansaar organisation who were manning a Kashmir day camp in Liaquatabad. Six persons were killed on February 7, three persons died in factional fighting on February 10, and two persons were killed on February 11. On February 13, masked gunmen shot dead 11 persons, including five children. Five persons, including a Haqiqi activist, were killed on February 15, while three persons were shot dead near Nazimabad's Gol Market on February 16. On February 17, three persons including an MQM activist were killed. On February 18, 10 persons, including four Shia brothers, were killed. On February 19, three persons were killed, including a sub-editor of weekly Jhalak magazine.
Seven persons were killed on February 20,three on February 21, five on February 22,and three on February 23. Senator, Shafqat Mahmood, in a statement condemned MQM leader Anwar Khan's close working with the Indian delegation during Geneva conference, and called upon the MQM either to disown Anwar Khan or admit to its links with the Indian government. Seven persons were killed on February 24. 25 more were killed on February 25, including 20 worshippers in a city Imambargah. Four persons were killed on February 27. ON February 28, president of Mehran Bank, Younus Habib, was sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment for embezzling more than two billion rupees, including Rs 140 million, which he had paid to Mirza Aslam Beg.
On March 1, Altaf Hussain vowed that he would never allow Karachi to become a city of Punjab. He said that bad days were yet in store for the city. On this day, two PSF workers were killed. On March 2 (the eve of Eidul Fitr), seven persons were killed PECH Society. On Eid day, two Haqiqi activists were shot dead in the Jamshed Quarters area. The next day an MQM activist was killed. Nine persons were killed on March 5, including a Rangers sleuth, three police officials and five Haqiqi activists. On March 6, four persons were killed including a police constable. Two police officials were among the six persons killed on March 7.
On March 8, terrorists killed seven persons including two officials of US consulate. Ten persons were killed on March 9. On March 10, the black Friday, 21 people were killed, including eight children who died in a bomb blast near Malir's Hussainia mosque. Four persons were killed on March 11. On March 12, MQM activists' raid on Haqiqi's Pak Colony office resulted in the death 12 persons. Four more persons were killed on March 13. Three persons died on March 17, five on March 18 and two on March 19. Two persons were killed on March 20, and three including a cop, were killed on March 21. The same day the government announced to launch action against terrorists in Karachi. Sindh government held an all parties' conference for the restoration of peace in Karachi, but MQM refused to attend. Two persons were killed on March 26, two on March 27, and three on March 28.
In the month of April, 88 persons were killed in terrorist attacks, factional fighting and police encounters. The victims included 26 nonpartisans, 21 personnel of law enforcing agencies, 13 activists of MQM, 13 Haqiqi activists, 11 activists of Sipah-e-Mohammad, four activists of Sipah-e-Sahaba and one PPP activist.
Clashes between the two MQM groups intensified during April. The April 24 police actin against MQM to vacate its occupation of Mir Garden in Hyderabad prompted the group to intensify its action against the government officials as well. Rocket launchers came in use for the first time in these months, and government properties as well as Rangers check posts were targeted with these heavy weapons.
Altaf Hussain in a statement said that constitution be amended to pave the way for his party's demands. MQM terrorist, Zahid Andha, was arrested on April 8. He was responsible for burning a Blue Lines coach, and with it seven passengers, near Al-Karam square in Liaquatabad. On April 18, terrorists killed eight persons in North Nazamabad, including four Haqiqi activists. On April 25, 15 private and government vehicles were set on fire in Hyderabad. On April 27, 16 vehicles, a post office and a pumping station were burnt in Hyderabad. On April 29, terrorists raided a Rangers checkpoint, the Rangers' camp and a police station, killing one police ASI.
In May 1995, 35 personnel of law enforcing agencies were killed. Other victims of terrorism included 72 nonpartisans, 16 activists of MQM 7 Haqiqi activists and four activists of PPP. Most victims were kidnapped, tortured, killed, and their bodies dumped in various parts of the city. These incidents started in May, and continued into July, 289. Of these, 434 were nonpartisans. 52 members of the law enforcing agencies, 29 activists of MQM, 19 Haqiqi activists.
35 persons were killed and 89 vehicles burnt during the first five days of June. Pushto speaking people suffered the most losses in terms of property. They protested, and MQM had to issue a statement from London telling his activists not to burn transport, but to continue with the strikes. This was a most significant statement. Altaf ordered an end to the burning of transport. If his activists were not involved in arson, as his party leaders have been asserting time and again, he would have no need to issue such a directive.
On May 5, the US consulate announced that in future it would issue visas from Lahore. The reason cited for this decision was terrorism in Karachi. On the Eidul Azha day (May 10), terrorists attacked Shah Faisal police station, killing one police constable. Seven persons, including Rangers personnel, were killed on May 12. On May 14, Pakistan announced that it would observe a black day on May 19 in protest over the desecration of Charar Sharif shrine in Kashmir. On the eve of the black day, on May 18, terrorists in citywide attacks killed 15 persons, including a Rangers officer. Also, arsonists put on fire five vehicles and a saving center. On May 19, MQM remained quite. It called a mourning day on May 22. Acts of terrorism on the eve of the day led to the killing of five persons and the burning of several vehicles. On the day itself, terrorists killed 23 persons, including 4 policemen, Rangers personnel and a PPP activist.
In the month of June, MQM embarked on a strategy to ignite linguistic riots all over Sindh. Though the strategy failed to pay dividends, many Karachi based persons with families in the interior Sindh or elsewhere in the country lost their lives in the process. In this connection, a group of MQM terrorists raided the KDA registration office in Liaquatabad's Supermarket area. 10 Sindhi-speaking officials were isolated from the rest of the staff, and shot dead. MQM terrorists Rehan Kana and Saeed Cheetah were involved in this operation. The story was almost entirely told by a local evening paper, Awam, on that day, but complete details came to light after the arrest of Saeed Cheetah and his subsequent narrative before the press in Islamabad.
The Supermarket incident blew up in the face of MQM. The party stood exposed and a feeling of resentment was unmistakably rising among the people. MQM countered this by hitting at a tender spot of people's psyche. It engineered the dishonoring of women in a series of incidents to appease public opinion. The first to suffer this ignominy was Farzana Sultan. MQM alleged that more than men raped her on June 22. Medical reports drawn by both the Sindh government and the Aga Khan hospital.
These reports are attached in end of this report. However, negated MQM version. But this did not stop MQM from calling for day of mourning with its concomitant loss of human life and property. A close associate of late Azim Tariq and a potential witness of his murder case, S.M. Tariq, was killed during this unrest MQM promptly laid the blame on official agencies. On June 25, the government was served a 48-hour notice to arrest the molesters of Farzana and the killers of S.M. Tariq. On June 26, Rabita Committee announced a weekly strike on Fridays and Saturdays with the express purpose of crippling the country economically.
Between January and June 1995, police killed 57 terrorists and arrested 319 others in 143 encounters. On June 1, bomb blasts took place in Sindh Assembly and Lyari area. Rocket attacks were launched against the police in Orangi. On June 2, terrorists hit and blasted several electric transformers in Karachi Central, besides setting 25 vehicles on fire. 38 more vehicles were burnt on June 3. On June 4, 10 persons were killed and 20 vehicles set on fire. Life in Karachi Central came to a standstill, and daily wage earners girded their loins to face another spell of starvation. On June 5, seven persons were killed and 17 vehicles burnt. Ten persons, including five policemen, were killed on June 10. A child was killed in an RPG attack in Clifton area on June 11.
Nine persons were killed, including two policemen. On June 15, 24 persons were killed, including the 10 Sindhis who were lined up and shot in the KDA registration office located at 3rd floor of Super market in Liaquatabad. RPGs again figured on June 21. Ten persons were killed. On June 22, Farzana Sultan was brought to Karachi Press Club at 9:30 p.m. for a press conference. On June 24, terrorists burnt four bogies of Chanab Express, and robbed the weapons they were carrying for Rangers in Karachi. 30 persons were killed and 23 vehicles burnt on June 25.
Law enforcing agencies came into action in July. Government issued orders that terrorist control over some government property and a number of private houses in Korangi area be vacated. On July 5,6, 13 and 24, the police engaged terrorists in encounters, killing 10 and arresting 6. Property and arms recovered from these terrorists included 11 stolen vehicles and two motorbikes, two wireless sets, a klashnikov, a rocket launcher, four rifles, two pistols, a repeater gun and 559 rounds of ammunition. An operation of the same nature was conducted in Orangi on July 2, 5, and 23 in which 55 criminals, including 31 Bengalis, were arrested.
MQM called violent strikes on June 30, July 1, 7, 8 and 9. On July 1, 19 persons including a police ASI were killed, while 17 more persons died on July 2, including a Rangers officer and a police constable. Six persons were killed on July 3, and six more were killed on July 4, including a woman and a cop. 11 persons died on July 5, eight on July 6, 11 on July 7, 13 on July 8, 10 on July 9, six on July 10. On July 1, 16 persons including two PPP activists, two cops, a doctor and a woman were killed. On July 12, six persons including a police ASI were killed. On July 13, 12 persons were killed including a police ASI. Four persons were killed on July 14, 10 including a PTV employee were killed on July 15, while eight persons including an army lance naik, a PPP activist and the crime reporter of daily Sang-e-Meel were killed on July 16.
On July 29, terrorists shot and killed the son of a local PML (Nawaz) leader who had in a TV appearance appreciated the Rangers' action against terrorists in Orangi. On August 2, the dreaded MQM terrorist, Farooq Dada (whom Altaf Hussain insisted on calling Farooq Patni), was killed in police encounter alongwith comrades Ghaffar Mada, Javed Michael and Babar Deputy. Police in 15 murder cases wanted Dada, which in the local Karachi slang means a bully.
In retaliation, the MQM terrorist killed 24 persons, including SDM Nawaz Khushk, on August 3. On August 6, another front ranking MQM terrorist, Fahim commando, was arrested alongwith three other terrorists. Commando was wanted in murder cases of sub-inspector Bahadur Ali, Haqiqi leader Mansoor Chacha, MQM leader S.M. Tariq two DSPs and one Ds Ranger. On August 15, another MQM terrorist, Tariq Commando, was arrested. Sindh chief minister, in a statement, termed as "sick" the terrorists who were dumping dead bodies in gunny bags.
During the month of August, MQM lost most of its topnotch terrorists either through voluntary surrender, arrest during police raids, or death in encounters with the police. MQM another morning call for August 23, in which four persons were killed and 18 vehicles set on fire. Shopkeepers pulled down shutters fearing violence, but the wheel did not jam. On August 24, 11 persons died in acts of terrorism. The victim included four residents of Jacobabad. On August 26, eight persons were brought together in a Moosa Colony house, and killed.
On September 1, MQM again fell back on the use of women to give the administration a bad name. This time a woman activist of the party, Seema Zarrin, was presented to the people as a victim of police excesses. Using this as an issue MQM called for another strike on September 4, in which five persons were killed and 12 vehicles burnt. On September 6, Karachiites celebrated the defense day with unusual enthusiasm, but MQM did not participate in these celebrations. On September 7, its terrorists struck, killing 11 persons. Another protest day was called by MQM on September 10 in which four persons, including a constable, were killed. 18 vehicles were also set ablaze. The same day, Sindh chief minister displayed a poster in the assembly, which was used by MQM in its international campaign against Pakistan.
The poster sported slogans against Pak Army. On September 16, eight persons were killed including three traffic cops, while six persons were shot dead on September 17. On September 18, five MQM terrorists were arrested following an encounter with the police. These terrorists were responsible for the Moosa Colony manslaughter. On September 20, seven persons were killed and 12 vehicles burnt to set the pace for another strike on September 21. Six more persons were killed and four vehicles torched on the day of the strike.
While MQM was still successful in paralyzing life in the city by calling frequent strikes, the backbone of its terrorist wing had been broken. Fear of terrorism remained a real one, yet some measure of confidence was being restored among the people about the ability of the government to contain MQM excesses. It was becoming increasingly clear that through frequent strike calls, common people were being made to suffer for terrorists every single one of whom had his hands stained in the blood of at least 10, and in some cases as many as 40 innocent people.
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Re: Misc Issues (Split from ...'Man of the Year Award 2006'
Till 2002! Mush govt was doing very well! But after that he had to take in plunderers and murderers due to bloody democracy!
Re: Misc Issues (Split from ...'Man of the Year Award 2006'
At the moment he is controlling the Kalia and his party very well! At least people in Karachi are far better than the years of 1995-1997! But there are serious threats to the society.
Re: President Musharraf awarded 'Man of the Year Award 2006’ for ‘women rights’
And their supporters are the ones you will see singing Mush’s praises all night and day, without admitting why they support him 
Re: President Musharraf awarded 'Man of the Year Award 2006’ for ‘women rights’
or They (plural) are sitting outside the country and making plans to come back to rule the country sinxe it is their baap ki jageer. I guess the govt in that time was either nto to blame becuse they were thorughly inefficient, or too busy stuffing their pockets, or maybe they just had no responsibility..right?
Re: President Musharraf awarded 'Man of the Year Award 2006’ for 'women rights'
The govt at the time crushed the terrorists and brought peace back to the Karachi killing fields, no matter how much you dislike this fact.
Re: Misc Issues (Split from ...'Man of the Year Award 2006'
Comparisons are important..suicides reached thgeir peak in 1999-2000 at 700+ per year, dropping to about 550 now, while marginally betetr it is still far higher than it was pre 1996.
Similarly using karachi as the sole example of tranquility is disingenuous, the Northern areas, Dera Bugti and Waziristan would look at Benazir and Nawazs time as almost utopian for the lack of political/sectarian violence. From a military point of view more soldiers have died in peacetime during Musharrafs tenure than during any civilian leader.
Re: President Musharraf awarded 'Man of the Year Award 2006’ for ‘women rights’
I have no qualms with govt killing mqm terrorists in Karachi, or tribal idiots in tribals areas or baluch morons like bugti in Balochistan.
Others seem to be selective 
Re: Misc Issues (Split from …‘Man of the Year Award 2006’
comparisons are indeed important, what is that number per capita.
using karachi as an example, and not as a model. Yo are free to post national studies, and not just opnions of newspaper ‘journalists’
Northern areas and waziristan were ina different position then and were not crwaling with foriegn terrorists and their demoestic bytches. using waziristan etc which is an anomaly is disingenuous.
yes more soldiers have died, but no other regime has faced similar challenges from terrorism as this one.
Lets stay with crime rates and not start running over tangents before we have addressed crime rates.
Please do find annual crime rates/capita for last 2 decades and share it with the public. Molto grazie
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Actually in economic terms Pakistan has faced more damage in the 1990’s, if you discount political violence from the figures of crime in the 1990’s Mushys gov crime figures does exceed BB and NS’s time.
As far as soldiers are concerned, actually Mush seems to have a history of leading the Army into poorly thought out debacles. I don’t think the terrorism was as deadly as it was badly planned.
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^ Thats just talk, no proof of anything... Fraudia came out with a figure it was like 2000 to 200 for Karachi, MUCH better... And yeah, with all the the suicide attacks etc and international terrorism on the rise in Pakistan, IT is deadly, maybe you should go say that to the people who lost their loved ones in Pakistan because of these attacks.
Re: Misc Issues (Split from ...'Man of the Year Award 2006'
*Actually in economic terms Pakistan has faced more damage in the 1990's, *
huh..explain this please
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if you discount political violence from the figures of crime in the 1990's Mushys gov crime figures does exceed BB and NS's time.**
why should I discount poltical violence, was that not teh govts responsiility. if you are going to start taking about military deaths unde rmushrraf regime, by all means we have to factor in political deaths undr BB and Nawaz.
I specifically said violent crime, and i have shown atleast one figure in one city which bt represents 30% of urban population ans 10% of national population that the violent crimes now are 10% of that in 1995.
show me the numbers mon ami, as I said..get crime stats and show me murder rate in Pakistan per capita over the last 20 years.
As far as soldiers are concerned, actually Mush seems to have a history of leading the Army into poorly thought out debacles. I don't think the terrorism was as deadly as it was badly planned.
clutch at as many straws against the man as you like, when one argument fals flat run to another :)
Re: Misc Issues (Split from …‘Man of the Year Award 2006’
Spock, I am counting down until someone shows up with the TI report yet again 
Re: Misc Issues (Split from …‘Man of the Year Award 2006’
conversely if you want to cite figures you should either discount political violence during the 1988-1999 period and then compare them with crime stats nowadays, i think it’ll go without saying that crime was less in the early 1990’s. You can’t add deaths due to political violence in one regime and then discount them in the other as it suits you..
Re: Misc Issues (Split from ...'Man of the Year Award 2006'
zakk
as I said, bring your stats on violent crime.
and all deaths including those due to political violence would still be high in previous regimes.
Prove me wrong, bring the stats and I will stand corrected.
Re: Misc Issues (Split from ...'Man of the Year Award 2006'
I'm sure if Pakistan had rich oil reserves and not just geographical political cards to play, Mush would have different strategies. Your attitude depends on how damage you can inflict on others.