CMEA In-House Meeting with Hamid Abbas Lafta, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Pakistan

The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Pakistan, H.E. Hamid Abbas Lafta expressed his desire to translate friendly sentiments between Iraq and Pakistan into practical cooperation and coordination through increased research and dialogue. He was hosted by the Centre for Middle East & Africa (CMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) here on Monday.

The ambassador was received at the Institute by Chairman BOG, ISSI Ambassador Khalid Mahmood and Director CMEA, Ms. Amina Khan. First Secretary of the Iraq Embassy in Pakistan, Mrs. Wassan Jabbar Abdullah and Attache, Mr. Asseel Noori Talib were also present on the occasion.

Director CMEA, Ms. Amina Khan gave a briefing to the Ambassador on activities of ISSI and CMEA. Welcoming the Ambassador’s visit, Ms. Amina Khan remarked that academic and research interaction between both sides is key to strengthening Pakistan-Iraq bilateral relations. The ambassador lay emphasis on the importance of Centers such as CMEA for promoting cooperation and coordination.

Ambassador Khalid Mahmood, Chairman BOG ISSI said that the people of Pakistan regard the land and people of Iraq with high respect and reverence and the Pakistani government is keen to forge lasting ties with the Government of Iraq. Both sides pledged continued exchanges and collaboration in future.

The Centre for Middle East and Africa (CMEA) of the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) aims to promote and provide quality research, analysis, policy input and dialogue on issues related to the Middle East and Africa. It envisions synergy of inquiry and cooperation with these important regions as envisaged in Pakistan’s foreign policy. Fostering closer comprehensive ties with the Muslim countries in the Middle East and identifying areas of mutual interest between Pakistan and Africa in keeping with Pakistan’s Engage Africa policy are key priorities that underline the vision of CMEA.

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Maulana believes that PDM today’s power show will be historic

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will hold an anti-government rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bannu district today (Wednesday).

Speaking to the media before heading to Bannu, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said today’s power show will be historic. He ruled out differences among the PDM-constituent parties.

Fazl said there is a lot of time to finalise a strategy for staging a long march towards Islamabad and tender resignations from the assemblies. “Our strategy has changed after consultations with our legal experts,” he pointed out.

“We are moving ahead under one strategy,” the JUI-F chief said.

Apart from Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leaders of other parties part of the PDM are likely to address the Bannu rally.

 

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Maulana believes that PDM today’s power show will be historic

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will hold an anti-government rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bannu district today (Wednesday).

Speaking to the media before heading to Bannu, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said today’s power show will be historic. He ruled out differences among the PDM-constituent parties.

Fazl said there is a lot of time to finalise a strategy for staging a long march towards Islamabad and tender resignations from the assemblies. “Our strategy has changed after consultations with our legal experts,” he pointed out.

“We are moving ahead under one strategy,” the JUI-F chief said.

Apart from Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leaders of other parties part of the PDM are likely to address the Bannu rally.

 

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Karachi's Hazaras fear for their safety as well

The recent attack on Hazaras in Machh has triggered fear and panic among the Hazaras living in Karachi as well, according to a protester who had shown up to voice his dissent at the recent attack against members of his community at the Karachi Press Club.

A protest was staged outside the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday by the city's Hazaras with other groups, condemning the recent massacre of 11 coal miners in Balochistan's Machh area.

Eleven miners were killed before dawn on Sunday while they were asleep near the remote coal mine in the mountainous area — 60 kilometres southeast of Quetta.

A large number of the members of the Hazara community with members of the civil society gathered at the press club to show their anger at the recent tragedy. They said it was as if the assailants “flee with complete impunity” each time after killing their community members.

The Majlis Wahjat-e-Muslimeen also organised sit-ins and protests on Tuesday at Numaish Chowrangi, Abbas Town and Ancholi to show solidarity with the Hazara community members protesting against the Machh tragedy.

In a protest organised outside the KPC by residents of Hussain Hazara Goth, a Hazara-populated neighbourhood near Nipa Chowrangi, participants said the killing of innocent people of the community could not force them to give up their faith.

One protester said that Sunday's massacre was yet another tragic incident that was part of a long list of attacks that had taken place against the Hazaras.

“Our people have become mentally sick because they have been denied the right of movement and have been forced to live just in a few-kilometre radius in Quetta,” said Zameer Mughal, a Hazara student, while talking to The News. He said fear and intimidation had forced Hazara youths to migrate to foreign countries.

Iqbal Nasiri, a social activist belonging to the Hazara community, said even Hazaras were not safe in Karachi “where a large number of the community members have been killed in recent years”.

“Our people happen to be an easier target because of our distinct Mongolian features,” Nasiri said while talking to The News.

Protesters at the KPC demanded strict implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) to bust the proscribed sectarian groups and to stop them from re-emerging with new names.

Protesters blamed the frequent occurring of such attacks at “the lukewarm response of the government and law enforcement agencies” and its failure to take action against banned outfits across the country.

Veteran politician Farooq Sattar also showed up at the protest and demanded action against militant elements.

 

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Usama Nadeem murder: Parents ask CJP to take suo motu notice of killing

The parents of 21-year-old Usama Nadeem want the Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed to take suo motu notice of thekilling of their son by the Islamabad police.

They rejected the police inquiry and demanded a judicial commission be made to investigate the killing.

Usama’s father, Nadeem Younus Satti, addressed a press conference on Tuesday. He said his son was murdered by the Islamabad police and it was not an accident.

He said his son was pulled out of the car and shot six times in the face, legs, head and chest.

"There are no signs of blood on the car seat," Usama's father said, questioning how the police could shoot someone in the leg from outside a car. He repeated that his son was deliberately shot dead.

"If the police were chasing him, how come there were bullet marks on the car's bonnet and windshield?" he asked and quoted a senior police official as saying that the incident occurred because of police "carelessness".

"It was nothing but murder," the victim's father said and demanded that the accused police officials be hanged.

"The Supreme Court must take a suo motu notice of the killing," he said, adding that a free trial must be conducted as soon as possible.

Usama’s mother criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan and said he was not forming a New Pakistan but a ‘New Graveyard’ in the country.

“The prime minister should gun us down or provide us with justice,” she said.

“We are hopeless because the government is lieing on every step. My son was a friendly boy but the Islamabad police snatched him,” she said.

She said the police were changing their statement time and again and appealed to the Supreme Court for justice.

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Karachi's Hazaras fear for their safety as well

The recent attack on Hazaras in Machh has triggered fear and panic among the Hazaras living in Karachi as well, according to a protester who had shown up to voice his dissent at the recent attack against members of his community at the Karachi Press Club.

A protest was staged outside the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday by the city's Hazaras with other groups, condemning the recent massacre of 11 coal miners in Balochistan's Machh area.

Eleven miners were killed before dawn on Sunday while they were asleep near the remote coal mine in the mountainous area — 60 kilometres southeast of Quetta.

A large number of the members of the Hazara community with members of the civil society gathered at the press club to show their anger at the recent tragedy. They said it was as if the assailants “flee with complete impunity” each time after killing their community members.

The Majlis Wahjat-e-Muslimeen also organised sit-ins and protests on Tuesday at Numaish Chowrangi, Abbas Town and Ancholi to show solidarity with the Hazara community members protesting against the Machh tragedy.

In a protest organised outside the KPC by residents of Hussain Hazara Goth, a Hazara-populated neighbourhood near Nipa Chowrangi, participants said the killing of innocent people of the community could not force them to give up their faith.

One protester said that Sunday's massacre was yet another tragic incident that was part of a long list of attacks that had taken place against the Hazaras.

“Our people have become mentally sick because they have been denied the right of movement and have been forced to live just in a few-kilometre radius in Quetta,” said Zameer Mughal, a Hazara student, while talking to The News. He said fear and intimidation had forced Hazara youths to migrate to foreign countries.

Iqbal Nasiri, a social activist belonging to the Hazara community, said even Hazaras were not safe in Karachi “where a large number of the community members have been killed in recent years”.

“Our people happen to be an easier target because of our distinct Mongolian features,” Nasiri said while talking to The News.

Protesters at the KPC demanded strict implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) to bust the proscribed sectarian groups and to stop them from re-emerging with new names.

Protesters blamed the frequent occurring of such attacks at “the lukewarm response of the government and law enforcement agencies” and its failure to take action against banned outfits across the country.

Veteran politician Farooq Sattar also showed up at the protest and demanded action against militant elements.

 

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Usama Nadeem murder: Parents ask CJP to take suo motu notice of killing

The parents of 21-year-old Usama Nadeem want the Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed to take suo motu notice of thekilling of their son by the Islamabad police.

They rejected the police inquiry and demanded a judicial commission be made to investigate the killing.

Usama’s father, Nadeem Younus Satti, addressed a press conference on Tuesday. He said his son was murdered by the Islamabad police and it was not an accident.

He said his son was pulled out of the car and shot six times in the face, legs, head and chest.

"There are no signs of blood on the car seat," Usama's father said, questioning how the police could shoot someone in the leg from outside a car. He repeated that his son was deliberately shot dead.

"If the police were chasing him, how come there were bullet marks on the car's bonnet and windshield?" he asked and quoted a senior police official as saying that the incident occurred because of police "carelessness".

"It was nothing but murder," the victim's father said and demanded that the accused police officials be hanged.

"The Supreme Court must take a suo motu notice of the killing," he said, adding that a free trial must be conducted as soon as possible.

Usama’s mother criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan and said he was not forming a New Pakistan but a ‘New Graveyard’ in the country.

“The prime minister should gun us down or provide us with justice,” she said.

“We are hopeless because the government is lieing on every step. My son was a friendly boy but the Islamabad police snatched him,” she said.

She said the police were changing their statement time and again and appealed to the Supreme Court for justice.

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