A Masked Taliban Warrior
Aftermath of a Taliban suicide blast in Wana
A recent blast in Lahore
Maulana Fazlullah, who radicalised Swat
Taliban police flog a smuggler in Charbagh, Swat
Pak Taliban police get ready to execute US spies, June 2007
No haircut for you, says a Taliban poster on display at a barber shop in Matta Tehsil
Taliban supporters at Killi Nalai, a_village near Pak-Afghan border, JUne 2007
Sucide attack took place near a military guest in Kabal,Swat, Jan 2008
Public testing and display of weapons by Taliban is a norm in NWFP interiors
Taliban fighters seen in South Waziristan
Taliban flags on Pak side of the border with Afghanistan
Taliban suicide squad attacked a police station at Mingora on Dec 29, 2008
Hundreds of thousand have been forced to leave Swat
Villagers looking at the debris of a school blown up by Taliban on Feb 19, 2009
Car bomb blast at Police and ISI headwquarters in Lahore leaves 31 dead on May 27, 2009
Police inspecting a crater formed after a car bomb blast in Lahore, May 27, 2009
Lahore police headquarters was damaged and the adjoining ISI regional headquarters partially damaged in car bomb attack on May 27, 2009
A militant stands near the sign board of a police station after it renaming it as Taliban Station in Swat Valley on April 19, 2009
A boy looks up to the sky as displaced people line up for food at Chota Lahore Refugee Camp in Swabi, May 24, 2009.
A monument is erected at Ittehad Town, near Karachi, where Taliban from Waziristan come to take treatment
Jul
27
British tabloid The Sun has levied some serious allegations against Pakistan over an alleged crime ring based in Lahore that, it says, was involved in issuing fake passports and visas to Pakistanis who would then hitch a ride to the UK for two months along with the Pakistan Olympics contingent slated to go for the games. The Sun claims it has exposed this crime ring and has released a video complete with an undercover reporter who is seen being offered a chance, by a Lahore-based agent, to travel to London with the Olympics contingent. The tabloid claims that this scam offers potential terrorists easy access to the UK to carry out their nefarious designs. Needless to say, this is a very unfortunate way to have Pakistan represented right at the start of the Olympic games. What is even more unfortunate is the way this issue is being handled by those in our government entrusted with shining a positive light on our image abroad.
The usual knee-jerk reactions have been in evidence, with the cabinet labelling this ‘exposé’ as little more than “false propaganda” and threatening to issue a libel suit against the tabloid. This tendency to threaten and run around in a state of paranoia is nothing new for lawmakers — and the general public — in Pakistan who think that every bad news about us is a conspiracy to undermine us. It would do well to remember that The News of the World, a once sister publication, uncovered the Pakistan cricket team’s match fixing scandal in which three of our prominent players were found guilty. We labelled that episode a conspiracy initially as well, just like we are doing with The Sun’s report. Meanwhile the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is claiming its hands are clean — despite some of its officials and agents being arrested — and so is the Passport and Immigration Department. The Sun has also vowed to fight the libel suit, leaving Pakistan hard pressed to find supporting evidence to prove that the allegations are indeed false. So far, it seems, we have only been crying wolf because no legal notice has yet been initiated. We must get over this urge we have to blame all our woes on malign external parties. An investigation must be launched to uncover this stinking mess, keeping in mind that Pakistanis really are desperate to travel abroad and that certain elements in this country have a terrible reputation for aiding and abetting in identity fraud when given financial incentives.
Pakistan has seen its sporting stars’ reputations blackened by the shenanigans of such putrid elements. The fact that we have a Pakistani team participating in the games ought to be reason enough for the government to investigate this matter deeply so that some positive light is shone once more on our team players and the country.http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\07\27\story_27-7-2012_pg3_1
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Deserted village of Mandana in South Wazirstan
Govt school blasted with explosives at Saidu Sharif, Swat Valley on 17 Jan 2009
Marriott Hotel, Islamabad set ablaze on Sep 21, 2008
Warehouse of World Food Programme was set on fire at Kanju, Swat, Oct 21, 2008.jpg
Pak boyswalk past a sign, which reads Madrasa Islamia al-Arabia in S Waziristan, May 24, 2008
Supporters of Sufi Muhammad marched through Mingora streets after he signed the Swat deal
Taliban Militants have Pak women in their ranks as this Pix shows
Terrorists in a dare devil mood driving along the highway
A pro-Taliban protest, a common sight in Pakistan
Children walking on the debris of their school. Taliban blasted this and three other schools in Swat on Feb 19, 2009
Taliban is forcing the closure of girl schools.If it has its way even religious schools will be out of reach for Swat girls
Taliban is the master of highways and roads in Swat as this picture shows
Supporters of Maulana Sufi Mohammad stage victory march in Mingora after the Swat deal was signed
A car bomb destroyed an Internet Cafe and tore through a bus carrying handicapped children in Peshawar on May 16, 2009
A vehicle is burnt during sectarian clashes in Karachi on April 29, 2009
NATO oil supply tankers went up in flames after an explosion near Peshawar in April 2009
A huge truck bomb set ablaze Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Sept 21, 2008
Refugees leaving Buner May 19, 2009.
Gunmen attacked Ahmadis place of worshiop in Karachi, Oct 2005
Scene after a bomb blast at Qissa Khawani bazaar in Peshawar, May 28, 2009
People leaving troubled region in Lower Dir on April 27, 2009