Courtesy Dunya TV: Twitter users are slamming Modi-led Indian government by trending the hashtag #IndiaEarnsShame after unprovoked firing by Indian forces on Sialkot working boundary left eight Pakistani civilians dead and several wounded.
Day: August 28, 2015
Indian shelling kills 9 Pakistanis, injures several others
ISLAMABAD: About nine civilians were killed and nearly two dozen others sustained injuries in Indian shelling in Pakistani border areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir and Working Boundary in Sialkot’s Charwah, Harpal, Chaprar and Sucheetgarh sectors.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said theIndian Border Security Forces (BSF) resorted to firing and shelling along the boundary.
Rangers said the attacks along the Sialkot Working Boundary have mostly harmed civilians, adding that livestock belonging to residents of the area have been killed and houses were damaged
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his concerns over firing on Working Boundary with India and he directed the Foreign Office to take up issue of unprovoked firing and killing of innocent people in Indian firing. Prime Minister also expressed condolence over loss of six innocent lives and injuries to 47 others during the firing.
Indian envoy summoned: Indian High Commissioner TCA Raghawan was summoned at Foreign Office and strong protest was lodged with him over the working boundary violations by Indian Border Security Forces near Sialkot which resulted in the killing of civilians.
“Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry received the Indian envoy. He was conveyed Pakistan’s protest and concern over continued LOC/working boundary violations,” Foreign Office said in a statement.
Indian high commissioner was told that India has to honour ceasefire agreement of 2003 between the two countries. Instances of firing across the Indo-Pak border have occurred intermittently over the years. In the last instance of unprovoked Indian shelling in Sialkot’s Sucheetgarh and Charwah sectors on Aug 18, 60-year-old Mohammad Shareef was killed when he was hit by a mortar shell.
A team of United Nations observers visited the villages hit by Indian shelling and met the family of Shareef at Thathi Khurd village, Sucheetgarh. The UN team also met other locals affected by Indian shelling and sought details from them about the fresh BSF hostilities, which caused heavy losses of their property and livestock.
N-League govt again sends double bill of Bijlee
Friends, once again the N-League govt has sent double bill of bijlee for the second consecutive months. Actual cost of electricity of my bill is 3,650/-, but overall bill amount is 6,000/- bcoz of taxes that too without any use of AC.
Here is list of taxes/surcharges. N-League introduced two new surcharges – TR Surcharge and FC Surcharge in July 2015 to extort money from the consumers.
TR Surcharge
FC Surcharge
Neelum-Jhelum Surcharge
General Sales Tax
TV Fee
Taxes are 40 to 45 percent of the cost of electricity. Dakocracy of N-League Zindabad. How much bill of bijlee you have received this week?
Indians also joining Daesh, admits India
The figure of 10 Indians now with ISIS is higher than the assessment put forth at a meeting of chief secretaries and police chiefs of 12 states convened by the Union home ministry here earlier this month. At this meeting, called to discuss the ISIS’ appeal among a section of Indian youth and ways to counter it, the participants were told that 13 Indians had joined ISIS so far. Of this, seven were believed to be located in ISIS territory, while six had been killed.
According to TOI, incidentally, unlike India where ISIS has had limited success in drawing the young into its ranks, Australia has witnessed a notable outflow of its youth to jihadi theatres controlled by the outfit. As many as 150 young Australians have travelled to Iraq/Syria to fight alongside the ISIS. Of these, around 30 have come back while 60 are believed to be fighting for ISIS. Australia also perceives a threat to its citizens travelling to countries like Indonesia, where ISIS had picked up many recruits, as tourists.
Australia, during the session on counter-terrorism at the joint working group meeting on Thursday, shared with India its efforts to counter ISIS influence among its youth. This includes prevention by counseling young Muslims against getting drawn into jihadi ideology; discouraging travel of citizens to jihadi theatres by means such as seizing of passports; strengthening legal processes; taking stern action against radicalized elements who indulge in terror acts; and tracking the youth who have returned from ISIS territory, besides making a conscious effort to integrate them into the mainstream.
India, on its part, has also devised a counter-radicalization strategy to fight the ISIS’ growing appeal among a section of young Muslims. This involves counseling the vulnerable youth and their families, and countering ISIS’ advocacy of violent extremism by propagating “moderate” interpretations of Islam.
In 10 years Pakistan will have 3rd largest nuke stockpile in world
According to the report, Pakistan is adding 20 warheads to its nuclear arsenal annually because of its fear of India which is also a nuclear power.
”In the coming years, the report states, Pakistan’s advantage could grow dramatically because it has a large stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be used to quickly produce low-yield nuclear devices,” said The Washington Post on the report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Stimson Center.
While India has large stockpiles of plutonium, essential for high-yield weapons, the report says that most of it is being used to produce domestic nuclear energy. It says Pakistan could have 350 warheads in the next 5-10 years, leaving UK and France behind, Times of India reported on Friday (Aug 28, 2015).
Unlike India, Pakistan hasn’t declared any no-first-use commitment and its leaders never shy away from reminding India that it is a nuclear power. Even after the recent cancellation of NSA level talks, Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz said nuclear power Pakistan knew how to defend itself.
“The growth path of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, enabled by existing infrastructure, goes well beyond the assurances of credible minimal deterrence provided by Pakistani officials and analysts after testing nuclear devices,” the report states.
READ ALSO: Pakistan has nukes, India can’t play the bully: Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz
Pakistan is estimated to already have 120 warheads as against India’s 100. Pakistani military officials were not available to comment on the report when it was made available to journalists in the US on Wednesday. Pakistan recently built its fourth reactor at Khushab military facility, a plutonium producing unit. Many believe that Pakistan is manufacturing low-yield, tactical nuclear weapons which, according to Indian experts, are meant to be used along the border in case of any skirmish with the Indian Army. Pakistan is developing non-strategic or tactical nuclear weapons to check the asymmetry with India in conventional capabilities, noted nuclear expert Hans M Kristensen said.
Gen. Raheel vows to expose ‘faces’ of abettors of terrorists
PESHAWAR: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif said the faces of the abettors of the terrorists will be exposed. He stated this during his visit to the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan on Thursday where the troops are engaged in the final phase of war against the militants.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, Gen Sharif spent the day with troops and directed them to destroy all hideouts and sever their links with their abettors.
“We will not allow anyone to kill our people, children in this country and will expose all faces who helped them at any stage in any way,” an ISPR statement quoted the army chief as saying.
Security forces launched a ground offensive against militants in Shawal near the Afghan border on August 20. Around 100 militants have so far been killed in air strikes in the area while Lt Col Faisal Malik and one soldier have laid down their lives in an exchange of fire with militants.
The statement said that the morale of troops was high and Gen Sharif praised them for the speedy gains made in the operation. They have cleared important heights and occupied the areas.
Here is the ISPR brief statement about this visit
“The COAS Gen. Raheel SHarif spent his day with troops participating in operation; State of troops’ morale inspiring. Commended them for speed and gains of ops. Heights cleared, main features occupied. Valley being sanitized; Directed to comprehensively cleanse them from hide outs, reducing isolated Ts to their size, sever their link with their abettors anywhere; “Won’t allow any one to kill our people, children in this country. will expose all faces who helped them at any stage in any way”-COAS; With our accomplishments, Pak Army has no parallel in success rate in war against terrorism. Commended Extra ordinary op achievements.”
Editor’s note
With the arrest of Dr Asim on Aug 26, former minister of PPP and a close confidant and aide of Asif Ali Zardari, one face stands exposed and a hue and cry has begun from the PPP circles as they fear more arrests and accountability of their Guru and his operatives. The thief will be as much big so much big hue and cry we will see in the media. Hats off to General Raheel Sharif and his team who are exposing Gurus of corruption and supporters of terrorism and killers in the country. Allah Pak Gen. Raheel aur us ki team to salamat rakhay…………..Ameen
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