The world was already worried about Pakistan’s madrassas and tribal areas being used as base camps for Taleban insurgents. But now they are panicked because it seems like the militants has started showing off their power in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the only muslim country with Nuclear weapons. The controversy revolves around a mosque known as Red Mosque and a madrassa run by the mosque,Jamia Hafsa, an Institute of Islamic studies. Recently the students of this madrassa attacked a house in Islamabad, kidnapped three women who lived in that house and demanded that Adultry cases must be filed against these women or else Jamia would arrange an Islamic court and punish the women itself.
Their Business is Jihad
The Guardian’s Declan Walsh visits Islamabad’s Red Mosque a hotbed of Islamic militancy at the heart of Pakistan’s capital.
Trouble brews at Islamabad’s jihad-preaching mosqueBut their arrest and the seizure of the officers and an alleged manager of a local brothel during a morality dispute is a sideshow to more sinister activity inside the giant complex with 11,000 students.
The hostage-taking by women students from Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad of the residents of a house that they allege is a brothel is not just another act of vigilantism and a breakdown of governance; it is also a manifestation of a nation divided against itself.
Below is a video showing Maulana Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, the head of madrassah and the mosque administration, telling about the Mosque, the Madrassa and the ideology that he and the madrassa students believe in.
The world was already worried about Pakistan’s madrassas and tribal areas being used as base camps for Taleban insurgents. But now they are panicked because it seems like the militants has started showing off their power in the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the only muslim country with Nuclear weapons. The controversy revolves […]
The Google Zeitgeist now shows popular queries from Pakistan. In January 2007, the most popular query made by Pakistanis is Pakistan itself. Yes, the country we live in is just as mysterious and unknown to us as it is for any European or African.
We don’t really have any stars and celebrities of our own in Pakistan. The only Pakistani who made it to top 15 search queries, is Atif Aslam defeated by Sania Mirza the Indian tennis star.
Karina Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and bollywood itself is one of the most popular queries made by Pakistanis. No matter how much Pakistanis love Bollywood and Indian Stardust, the search term Urdu is the eighth most popular query.
Karachi is the eleventh most popular search term, warid at 12 and Jang got the 13th position.
The Google Zeitgeist now shows popular queries from Pakistan. In January 2007, the most popular query made by Pakistanis is Pakistan itself. Yes, the country we live in is just as mysterious and unknown to us as it is for any European or African.
We don’t really have any stars and celebrities of our own […]
eMarkaz is an online store, a subsidiary of Urdu Point, An Urdu web portal that claims to be the largest Pakistan based Urdu website. They have a very good range of products available for your shopping pleasure. Specially if you are a non resident Pakistani, you would love their audio, video and books catalogues. I haven’t bought any thing from emarkaz and would love to hear from people about their expreinces with the Pakistani Amazon.
I can not understand, why every thing on sale at the emarkaz website is double the original market price. For example, Nokia 1112 mobile phone is on sale at emarkaz for Rs. 4900, while the same mobile phone is available for RS. 2700 in the market. (price taken from MobileZone’s website, actual market price could be even lower than that). eMarkaz claims free shipping so we can not say that they are charging 2200rs for shipping.
A Barbie Birthday doll costs Rs. 2950 on emarkaz. A few weeks ago I bought my neice the same Barbie doll for rs. 1200, from a local shopping mall. May be additional taxes and import duties are not included in these prices. If thats the case then why all made in Pakistan products such as books and CDs are nearly double the market price?
In the books section Ibn-e-Insha’s travelogue “chalte ho tu cheen ko chalyay” is available for RS. 495. I bought this book a few months ago for RS. 120 in hardcover and white paper. This book is also available from Sang-e-Meel publishers at the same price. The actual publisher’s price mentioned in the book is RS. 150.
Nearly five days ago I wrote them an email asking about the prices but they did not reply. If any one of you is going to buy any thing from eMarkaz, be very careful.
eMarkaz is an online store, a subsidiary of Urdu Point, An Urdu web portal that claims to be the largest Pakistan based Urdu website. They have a very good range of products available for your shopping pleasure. Specially if you are a non resident Pakistani, you would love their audio, video and books catalogues. I […]
