Federal minister accuses Saudi govt of destabilising Muslim world

[VelocuR]

Federal minister accuses Saudi govt of destabilising Muslim world

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Riaz Hussain Pirzada has accused the Saudi government of creating instability across the Muslim world, including Pakistan, through distribution of money for promoting its ideology.

Addressing a two-day 'Ideas Conclave' organised by the "Jinnah Institute" think tank in Islamabad, the federal minister said 'the time has come to stop the influx of Saudi money into Pakistan'.

Read: Saudi Arabia loaned Pakistan $1.5bn to shore up economy

He also blasted his own government for approving military courts in the presence of an 'independent and vibrant judiciary' and said that military courts reflect 'weak and coward leadership'.

"Such cowardly leadership has no right to stay in power," Pirzada added.

In her opening remarks, Chairperson of Jinnah Institute Sherry Rehman said that the two-day conference would deliberate upon new ideas needed for a progressive and better Pakistan.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shafqat Mehmood said the government has failed to address the problems being faced by the common man.

Also read: Parliament passes 21st Constitutional Amendment, Army Act Amendment

Awami National Party (ANP) leader Afrasiab Khan Khattak expressed regret over military courts and said their establishment 'has eroded democracy'. He called upon democratic elements to play their role in reversing the 21st constitutional amendment.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar supported military courts and said there was no other option to deal with terrorists.
Federal minister accuses Saudi govt of destabilising Muslim world - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

US Global Hawk will hunt down terrorists haven in Saudi Arabia???

 

[Gufi]

 

[VelocuR]

comment please, no hitwall

Do you agree with the fact, correct?

 

[Jango]

We have a minister for Inter-Provincial coordination?

What the heck is this ministry for?

 

[Hyperion]

Challo koi to bola sach. BC 30 saal ho gaye, koi bolta hee nahi tha!

 

[Cheetah786]

Ladies and gentleman we have broken through. First people on the street demanding actions against terrorist mullahs and now this.

@Hyperion yaar tu bohat bolta hai!

 

[tarrar]

We have a minister for Inter-Provincial coordination?

What the heck is this ministry for?

ONLY corruption.

KSA & Qatar are real & valid threats they are sponsors of terrorism & this have affected Pakistan very badly.

 

[BDforever]

Federal minister accuses Saudi govt of destabilising Muslim world

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) Riaz Hussain Pirzada has accused the Saudi government of creating instability across the Muslim world, including Pakistan, through distribution of money for promoting its ideology.

Addressing a two-day 'Ideas Conclave' organised by the "Jinnah Institute" think tank in Islamabad, the federal minister said 'the time has come to stop the influx of Saudi money into Pakistan'.

Read: Saudi Arabia loaned Pakistan $1.5bn to shore up economy

He also blasted his own government for approving military courts in the presence of an 'independent and vibrant judiciary' and said that military courts reflect 'weak and coward leadership'.

"Such cowardly leadership has no right to stay in power," Pirzada added.

In her opening remarks, Chairperson of Jinnah Institute Sherry Rehman said that the two-day conference would deliberate upon new ideas needed for a progressive and better Pakistan.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shafqat Mehmood said the government has failed to address the problems being faced by the common man.

Also read: Parliament passes 21st Constitutional Amendment, Army Act Amendment

Awami National Party (ANP) leader Afrasiab Khan Khattak expressed regret over military courts and said their establishment 'has eroded democracy'. He called upon democratic elements to play their role in reversing the 21st constitutional amendment.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar supported military courts and said there was no other option to deal with terrorists.
Federal minister accuses Saudi govt of destabilising Muslim world - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

US Global Hawk will hunt down terrorists haven in Saudi Arabia???

@al-Hasani

 

[Hasbara Buster]

Good morning.

 

[OrionHunter]

Challo koi to bola sach. BC 30 saal ho gaye, koi bolta hee nahi tha!

Kyo ki Saudi Arabia Pakistan ki cash cow hai. Har saal paise jo dethi hai. Pichle saal SA ne Pakistan ko $1.5 billion daan diye. Tho kaun maa ka lal SA ko terrorism ke liye blame kar saktha hai? Funds nahi chahiye kya?

 

[VelocuR]

Saudi Arabia: Holy hypocrites
By Faiza Iqbal Published: January 17, 2015

She was dragged in the streets of the holy city of Makkah and brazenly beheaded for apparently sexually assaulting and murdering her step-daughter.

I was born in Saudi Arabia and am very closely accustomed to the grossly odd laws that exist within the nation, namely, and perhaps most famously, that women are not allowed to drive, that women have to don the black abaya when in public and that there is strict segregation between men and women most stringently enforced by the muttawas or religious police.

I distinctly remember a muttawa once giving my mother a religious lecture over how she should contain her eight-year-old daughter and stop her from running around in case she attracted men. A complete absurdity indeed but my mother had to obey instead of facing their wrath. They fed on fear, intimidation and being the supposed ‘guardians’ of Islam.

However, Saudi Arabia is a land of blatant hypocrisy and double standards. This becomes crystal clear when you see how the Saudi authorities mete out capital punishment at the drop of a hat and often without solid evidence. Two very disturbing reports have emerged this week of how Saudi Arabia has maintained their status of being “guardians of Islam”. A Saudi blogger, Raif Badawi, was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, which are carried out in a piecemeal fashion of 50 lashes every Friday. His crime? Being a blogger and running a secular website aptly labelled Free Saudi Liberals.

The second story, and this is far more disturbing, is of a Burmese-origin lady, Laila Bint Abdul Muttalib Basim, who was dragged in the streets of the holy city of Makkah and brazenly beheaded for allegedly sexually assaulting and murdering her step-daughter. A charge the lady vehemently denied right up until her demise, with her screaming “I did not kill, I did not kill” and three police officers holding her down while the punishment was carried out in an extremely sadistic manner. According to The Independent, a video showing how the execution took place has now been removed by YouTube as part of its policy on “shocking and disgusting content”. No evidence of her involvement in the death has ever been provided.

Even if the said crime was proven, was this ghastly method of execution not worse than the death penalty itself? Why was the execution made public in this manner? Why was it performed in a city that is held to be the most sacred city for Muslims around the world? Why was it so important for the Saudi officials to exhibit their power and authority in this manner? This execution has set a rather significant symbolic precedent and it is no wonder that the world at large refutes the claim that ‘Islam is a religion of peace’. With custodians like these, Islam does not need enemies.

Let’s not forget of the hundreds of Pakistanis who are labelled as drug mules by the Saudi authorities and beheaded on a regular basis. Who is to know of their innocence or guilt without any questioning or appeal?

I do not wish to go into the nuances and detail of Sharia Law as I am not qualified to comment, however, I am aware that in Sharia Law the person charged with an offence must be given the chance to defend themselves. If they do admit their guilt, they are offered the chance to give blood-money to the aggrieved party, failing which, capital punishment is carried out. Saudi lawmakers offer little assistance when outsiders question the tactics and decision making that is used to carry out such heinous punishments. Also, a country which is so keen to follow Islam verbatim fails to explain why the ruling party is a monarchy, a form of government which is not allowed in Islam. Herein starts the hypocrisy.

Saudi Arabia is a strange dichotomy within the Middle East. Being the largest provider of oil in the world and also being custodians of the two most holy sites to Muslims worldwide, it has to balance the competing interests of the civilised world and yet ensure that the local population remains repressed and highly regulated through the use of a stringent interpretation of Islam. Any person who dare voice any opposition is swiftly rebutted, imprisoned, lashed or beheaded on the basis of “disturbing the peace of Islam”. The highly ironic thing is that Saudi Arabia is the largest provider of oil to the United States, the latter country regularly carries out drone strikes in other Muslim countries and is a staunch supporter of Israel, a country which Saudi Arabia refuses to recognise. While Raif’s flogging may be used to serve as a way to silence any home-grown dissension, it also goes to show that this blatant hypocrisy is something the local population is no longer willing to ignore.

Saudi Arabia cannot exist in a vacuum anymore. The global dynamics have changed so drastically and swiftly that such disgusting and abhorrent executions must stop. However, what can be expected from a country’s religious authorities which just last week decided that making snowmen is “haram” in Islam? The good news is that international pressure brought about media attention has resulted in Raif’s weekly floggings being stopped on “medical grounds”. He was the lucky one but unfortunately for individuals like Laila, very little help will be available. What Saudi must remember is that the wheels are turning, slowly but surely.

Saudi Arabia: Holy hypocrites – The Express Tribune Blog

 

[Al Bhatti]

Let’s not forget of the hundreds of Pakistanis who are labelled as drug mules by the Saudi authorities and beheaded on a regular basis. Who is to know of their innocence or guilt without any questioning or appeal?

Yes, so let us go and help these guys out for a start.

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January 19, 2015

Saudi, UAE agents bust heroin network

UAE and Saudi security agents have disrupted a heroin trafficking network, seizing large amounts of the drug and arresting two Pakistani nationals, Riyadh’s interior ministry said yesterday.

The gang specialised “in the smuggling of raw heroin from the United Arab Emirates to the kingdom”, the ministry said in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency.

Officers found five kilograms of the drug hidden in the roof of a truck on its way to the Saudi capital, the ministry said.

The Pakistani truck driver was arrested.

“In light of cooperation from our UAE counterparts following this network, the smuggling of a second similar shipment was thwarted,” the ministry added.

Another two kilogrammes of heroin were found hidden in a truck that was crossing the border, and a second Pakistani driver was arrested, it said.

Saudi Arabia seized about 18 kilograms of the drug in the Islamic calendar year that ended in October, according to ministry figures.

The Gulf has become an increasingly important market for illicit drugs in recent years, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says.

Drug trafficking is among the crimes punishable by death under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of Islamic sharia law.

Between mid-October and December 31 last year Saudi Arabia executed 13 Pakistanis for drug smugging.

Saudi, UAE agents bust heroin network | The National

 

[punit]

We have a minister for Inter-Provincial coordination?

What the heck is this ministry for?

IMO its an Important Ministry if used properly !

 

[Al Bhatti]

Saudi Arabia denies funding extremism in Pakistan