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2014-10-30 India-Pakistan
Good words for Malala stuck in KP Assembly secretariat
[DAWN] A resolution for Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai
...a Pashtun blogger and advocate for girls' education from Mingora, in Swat. She started blogging at age 11-12. She was 15 when a Talib boarded her school bus and shot her in the head in 2012. She was evacuated to a hospital in Britain and the Pak Taliban vowed to kill her and her father. Among other awards, she received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which she deserved more than Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Yasser Arafat, or Rigoberta Menchu...
has got stuck in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
Assembly secretariat as Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, a partner of the Pakistain Tehrik-e- Insaf-led ruling coalition in the province, has made its inclusion in the house's agenda conditional on the tabling of a similar resolution for scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui
...American-educated Pak cognitive neuroscientist who was convicted of assault with intent to murder her U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan. In September 2010, she was sentenced to 86 years in jug after a three-ring trial. Siddiqui, using the alias Fahrem or Feriel Shahin, was one of six alleged al-Qaeda members who bought $19 million worth of blood diamonds in Liberia immediately prior to 9-11-01. Since her incarceration Paks have taken her to their heart and periodically erupt into demonstrations, while the government tries to find somebody to swap for her...
imprisoned in the US over links to terrorists.

Law and parliamentary affairs minister Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi told Dawn that PTI would support its coalition partner on the matter.

He expressed ignorance about keeping the resolution pending in the assembly secretariat.

The minister said some politicians had reservations about the resolution and was not sure if the Awami National Party
founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism....
would gather support of the opposition parties in favour of its pro-Malala move.

Notably PTI chairman Imran Khan
... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
had congratulated Malala on winning Nobel Peace Prize. However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
the PTI-led provincial government did not issue any statement to praise the teenage activist for girls' education.

ANP MPA Syed Jafar Shah had submitted the resolution to the assembly secretariat on October 20, which has so far not been brought on the house's agenda.

Jafar Shah told news hounds that he had requested Speaker Asad Qaisar to put the resolution on the agenda but the latter showed reluctance.
Posted by Fred 2014-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top
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#1 If Siddiqui choked to death on a Johnsonville Brat, a lotta this shit would go away. Just saying
Posted by Frank G 2014-10-30 18:51||   2014-10-30 18:51|| Front Page Top

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