[DAWN] The Lahore High Court on Thursday restrained the government from extending harassment to the social welfare organizations of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and also allowed lawful activities of Jamatud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).
Justice Aminuddin Khan was hearing a petition moved by Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... challenging a notification of ministry of interior with regard to freezing bank accounts and taking over assets associated with both organizations- JuD and FIF‐under the Anti-Terrorism (amendment) Ordinance 2018.
The petitioner’s counsel, A.K Dogar, said the government of Pakistain acted against these organizations under the pressure of foreign powers, including United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... and India. He contended that Pakistain was a sovereign independent state and made its own laws to govern its citizens. He said if there was a conflict between the laws of the land and any provision of United Nations Security Council Act, 1948, the law of the land shall prevail, he added.
He pointed out that the FIF owned 369 ambulances, had helped 72,000 persons through its charity hospitals and treated 600,000 patients only in 2017. He said the JuD dug out 2,000 wells for supplying water in Tharparkar, Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... and Baltistan.
The counsel asked the court to declare the impugned notification of the interior ministry null and void with regard to taking over the assets of the organizations.
The judge restrained the government from harassing the petitioner’s organizations and sought reply from the interior ministry by April 23.
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[DAWN] Sindh police officer Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan, the main suspect in the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, 27, in a fake police encounter, showed mistrust over the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) constituted to probe the matter, and through a petition filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday, sought inclusion of intelligence agencies’ personnel in the investigation team.
When Rao Anwar surrendered himself before the Supreme Court on March 21, the apex court had ordered the formation of a five-member JIT, headed by Additional Inspector General of Sindh Police Aftab Pathan and including AIG Waliullah Dal, DIG of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... South Azad Ahmed Khan, DIG of Karachi East Zulfikar Larik, and SSP Dr Rizwan.
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[DAWN] Pakistain has not, and does not intend to, discuss the resumption of suspended security aid with the United States, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary said on Friday while briefing the US and Pak media.
The briefing, although intended to highlight Indian atrocities in held Kashmire, drifted to US-Pakistain ties and the Afghan dispute.
"From our side, we have not discussed this issue with the US administration at all," said the envoy. "Pakistain does not want aid. It wants honour, dignity, respect and a recognition of what it has done, although we do recognise the suspension undermines our efforts to fight terrorism."
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They don't understand yet that their next sugardaddy will want some sugar.
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"From our side, we have not discussed this issue with the US administration at all,"
translation: "They won't take our calls. Something about Caller ID"
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[DAWN] As the sit-in called by the Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) to press for the implementation of the Faizabad agreement entered its fifth day on Friday, the party announced that while it would not spread the scope of its protest to other cities until the next week when the government would have met its demands, it would continue its sit-in in Lahore.
Addressing a presser on Friday evening after, what the TLP leadership called was a breakdown of talks with the provincial government, its leaders said that they would not issue protest calls to other cities because the government had sought a week’s time.
"If the 11-point Faizaabad agreement, which includes provisions like the release of incarcerated Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! workers and withdrawal of cases against them, is not implemented the entire country will be on the roads next Friday. The TLP will wait till 4pm next Thursday before announcing the next phase of its protest," Pir Afzal Qadri, chairperson of the TLP, told journalists.
Joined by TLP leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Mr Qadri said the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... government had agreed to present provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah before a seven-member committee of Learned Elders of Islam, who would quiz him over his controversial interview and issue a religious edict (fatwa), which the law minister and the provincial government would have to accept.
Mr Qadri also said that the issue was about the finality of the Prophethood; it was nothing personal. The police had registered cases against the workers and leadership of the TLP because of the protest they had held for the cause.
"Otherwise, all TLP members, including emir Khadim Hussain Rizvi, are law-abiding citizens," he said.
Speaking to Dawn, Mr Sanaullah said the Faizabad agreement had been drawn up between the federal government and the TLP, with a third party acting as guarantor. The Punjab government was trying to facilitate the federal government and the TLP to reach an amicable solution, he said, adding that the federal police had registered cases against the TLP workers and their leaders so the Punjab police could not help with that.
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[IsraelTimes] For second week, Washington the lone member of 15-member Security Council to reject statement condemning Israeli response to 'March for Return' violence.
But of course they’ll keep trying, if only to keep the masses at home quiet.
It’s a wasted effort, but one supposes they must try.
[IsraelTimes] Delegation from Cairo stepping up pressure to implement reconciliation agreement between Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, and its West Bank rival, Fatah
[KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK)] - Members of Parti Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) will not join other component parties in the Pakatan Harapan alliance following its temporary disbandment, says party chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
"They won't join any (parties) because they were our members… But, if we are legal, we will claim they are ours," he told reporters at a press conference in his office at Yayasan al-Bukhary on Friday (April 6).
The former prime minister said Pribumi members would instead contest as independent candidates in the coming polls, under a common logo used by Pakatan Harapan.
"If they say we are illegal, then we can't say we are from Pribumi. But the 52 seats still belong to us - not Pribumi, but the group that was formerly Pribumi," he said.
Pribumi is set to contest 52 seats, followed by PKR (51), DAP (35) and Parti Amanah Negara (27) in the coming polls.
Speculation is rife that component parties under Pakatan will use the PKR logo in the 14th General Election as the Opposition alliance has yet to receive approval from the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to register as a formal coalition.
The decision on a common logo will be announced at an opposition event in Pasir Gudang, Johor on Saturday.
"As Malaysians, Pribumi members have every right to contest in the polls. We can use any logo and we can stand as individuals. As ex-Pribumi members, we are citizens of this country and we have every right to contest in the elections," said Dr Mahathir.
"If there are any parties which allow us to contest under their names, we will do so as independent candidates," he said.
On Thursday, the RoS ordered PPBM to temporarily disband for 30 days as it had failed to fulfil the body's Feb 28 notice requesting for documents and details on the party.
This means that Pribumi will not be allowed to use its logo or conduct any party activities during its disbandment with immediate effect.
Pribumi now has 30 days to fulfil the RoS' request for more documents and file an appeal, failing which the party will be permanently de-registered.
Dr Mahathir also acknowledged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's announcement that Parliament will dissolve on Saturday.
The exact nomination and polling dates will be decided by the Election Commission and announced later.
The general election must be held within 60 days of Parliament's dissolution.
[LI] Another blow to President Obama’s beloved Iran nuclear deal, so it’s no wonder it’s not plastered all over the news.
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency chief Yossi Cohen is "100 percent certain" that Iran has not abandoned the idea of possessing a nuclear bomb.
From The Associated Press:
Cohen called the nuclear deal a "terrible mistake," saying it allows Iran to keep key elements of its nuclear program intact and will remove other restraints in a few years.
"Then Iran will be able to enrich enough uranium for an arsenal of nuclear bombs," Cohen said, according to the meeting participant, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was discussing a classified security matter.
Cohen also criticized the deal’s easing of sanctions, saying it has resulted in "significantly increased" aggression by Iran, and noted Iran’s continued development of long-range ballistic missiles.
"As head of the Mossad, I am 100 percent certain that Iran has never abandoned its military nuclear vision for a single instant. This deal enables Iran to achieve that vision," Cohen said. "That is why I believe the deal must be completely changed or scrapped. The failure to do so would be a grave threat to Israel’s security."
But we were told Israel loved the deal...
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But we were told Israel loved the deal...
All the Right Israelis Obama supported loved the deal
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All the Right Left Israelis Obama supported loved the deal
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on Thursday urged La Belle France not to "make the same mistake" as the US by sending troops to the Syrian town of Manbij, which Ankara has threatened to attack to dislodge Kurdish militia.
President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey... has said Turkey would expand its offensive against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia to the town in north Syria.
Turkey’s Yeni Safak daily said that La Belle France had deployed 50 soldiers to Manbij to support the YPG.
Anadolu news agency reported that 100 French special forces were deployed at five bases in YPG-controlled areas of Syria.
According to Erdogan’s front man Ibrahim Kalin, officials were looking into the reports and Turkey will inform Gay Paree of its opposition "if this is found to be true," AFP reported.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Shortly after a delegation of Syrian Kurdish militia was received by the Elysee, Ottoman Turkish media released detailed information about alleged French Special Forces positions in northern Syria. The move prompted Gay Paree to ask whether the revelations endangered French troops fighting ISIS and Ankara to accuse the French of supporting "terrorists."
Speaking to Sputnik La Belle France, retired Brigadier General Dominique Trinquand, the defense counsel to President Emmanuel Macron during last year’s presidential campaign, said that the Ottoman Turkish media’s decision to publish the sensitive information was simply "unacceptable for a country that’s supposed to be fighting the same ISIS [ISIS*] enemy."
It’s worth keeping in mind, according to the officer, that the Kurds were among the first to join the fight against ISIS in Syria, "while The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... entered this fight quite late."
"There was nothing surprising" in the Ottoman Turkish media’s decision, Trinquand said, because "in domestic politics, President Erdogan is a supporter of the Moslem Brüderbund, and the Moslem Brüderbund has been hostile to the Kurds, and from the very start, to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... and indeed to La Belle France."
As far as the purpose of La Belle France’s military mission in Syria is concerned, the senior officer said that although "President Macron clearly declared his support for the Kurds in general, new operations were not planned. In any case, the units operating there are special forces, and their positions and actions are never disclosed," he added.
In an official statement released to the press following his meeting with representatives from the Syrian Democratic Forces late last month, President Macron guaranteed the militia French support in stabilizing the security zone in northeastern Syria. Shortly thereafter, the state-run Anadolu news agency released details about five bases across Syria where it said French troops were based.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The political official of Jaish al-Islam ...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful... told al-Hadath TV on Friday that his organization is not looking to close the door on peace negotiations in the East Ghouta town of Douma.
"We don’t want to close the door that can lead to sparing the blood of civilians and reaching a peaceful situation," Alloush stated, as quoted by Rooters.
Alloush added that his organization was not behind the attack on Damascus that killed at least one civilian and maimed 16 others.
On Friday, the Syrian Arab Army launched a powerful ground and air assault on Douma, seizing several points near the town’s orchards.
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[AnNahar] Desperate to find out if they can ever return home, Syrians exiled by their country's uprising-turned-war are scouring a leaked database of people reportedly wanted by the intelligence services.
Typing in first, last and father's names into the online list, Syrians abroad hold their breath to learn if a long-awaited visit to Damascus would land them in government prison or potentially far worse.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK)] - Members of Parti 
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir 
...Liwa al-Islam (Brigade of Islam) was established by Zahran Alloush, the son of Saudi-based religious scholar Abdullah Mohammed Alloush, after Syrian authorities released him from prison in mid-2011 where he had been serving time for his Salafist activism. The group claimed responsibility for carrying out the July 2012 Damascus bombing that killed Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani. It was a driving force behind actions in the Damascus region. It cooperated and conducted joint operations with al-Nusra. In Sptember 2013 Saudi Arabia engineered Liwa al-Islam's merger with fifty other more or less Salafist groups as a counterweight to al-Nusra, which the Learned Elders of Islam considered was growing too powereful...
