N-LEAGUE backed LeJ terrorism in lahore on Christian locality ?

[batmannow]

you Idiot, na koi gall tay na koi baat, PML-N name was not mentioned in the news. you just want to bash PMLn and thats all.
TU WAQAI CHAWALL AIN.

Thanks for showing ur,stupid noonI ganja attitude!
Bt that's just the begining,wait for more to come!lol

 

[batmannow]

Badami Bagh arson: SC dissatisfied with police report
DAWN.COM | 9 hours ago 0

Supreme Court of Pakistan. — File photo

ISLAMABAD: During Monday’s hearing of the suo motu notice on Saturday’s arson attack on a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore, the Supreme Court expressed its dissatisfaction over a report submitted by the Punjab Police incomplete, DawnNews reported.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry the police seemed more engaged in providing protecting to criminals.

Chief Justice Iftikhar also expressed his displeasure over the delayed registration of the First Information Report (FIR) in the wake of the arson.

He further asked as to why the neighbourhood had been evacuated, adding that no reason had been given for the measure. The bench also questioned whether the attack was in fact a property-related matter.

Reprimanding IG Punjab, the chief justice remarked as to why the police chief of the province was not trying to get to the facts of the matter and whether he was capable of performing his duties.

The bench moreover inquired why security measures had not been employed when there were reports of trouble in the area.

The report fails to address the cause of the arson, the chief justice said, adding that neither does it mention what action was taken against those responsible for the attack on the Christian neighbourhood.

Badami Bagh arson

On March 9, a mob enraged over alleged blasphemy set on fire a number of houses belonging to Christians in Badami Bagh on Saturday.

There was no casualty as members of the Christian community, including women and children, had left the neighbourhood on Friday night after police advised them to do so.

A church and several shops were also torched by the mob. Police put the number of burnt houses at 125. Around 25 were arrested.

The blasphemy suspect was identified as 26-year-old Sawan Masih. Police took him into custody in the small hours of Saturday. Later a magistrate sent him on judicial remand.

 

[Leader]

This was pretty shameful incident, it happened in the middle of Lahore and felt like as if there was law of the jungle rule... pretty shameful !!

 

[batmannow]

Punjab govt track record further tainted after Badami Bagh incident: report
DAWN.COM | 7 hours ago 0

A Pakistani shouts slogan beside burning Christian’s belongings during a protest over a blasphemy row in a Christian neighborhood in Badami Bagh area of Lahore on March 9, 2013. — Photo by AFP

LAHORE: The recent attack in Joseph Colony, a Christian community neighbourhood, in Lahore’s Badami Bagh area during which more than 178 houses were plundered and burnt has further tarnished the already tainted track record of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) government in Punjab, according to a report published in a local newspaper on Monday.

According to some estimates more than 200 lives were lost during the past five years in Lahore alone to attacks on minority communities including the Ahmadis, Christians and Shias.

At least seven members of a Christians family were burnt alive in the Gojra incident in 2009 after violence erupted in the town over the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran.

The desecration allegation did turn out to be false eventually but the provincial government took no concrete steps then to root out the problem. Some militants were apprehended from the province but the cases were later dropped after the counter FIR’s were filed naming members of the affected community for rioting.

Ten months later attackers targeted Ahmadi worhippers in Lahore killing around 80 people belonging to the minority community.

More recently in December last year unknown gunmen desecrated Ahmadi graves in Lahore in an act of intimidation and hatred against the fraught community.

This was pretty shameful incident, it happened in the middle of Lahore and felt like as if there was law of the jungle rule... pretty shameful !!

PMLn tried cowrdly to hve its QABZA on poor,s homes with the help of , LeJ extermist & punjab police!

Pakistani Christians close schools to protest over riot
AFP | 8 hours ago 1

A Pakistani Christian family search in their home that was torched by an angry mob in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 10, 2013. — Photo by AP

LAHORE: Pakistani Christians closed missionary schools on Monday in protest after a mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of blasphemy.

The schools are considered among the best in Pakistan and are extremely popular with wealthy Muslim families, with pupils taught in English in a disciplined and effective learning environment.

More than 3,000 Muslims rampaged through Joseph Colony, a Christian area of the eastern city of Lahore, on Saturday after allegations that a Christian had made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) three days earlier.

No-one was killed but the incident triggered protests around Pakistan from Christians, a tiny minority in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan, demanding better protection.

“Missionary schools of Lahore will remain closed on Monday on account of massacre in Joseph colony,” Bishop Sebastian Shaw, chairman of the Catholic board, told reporters.

Sadiq Daniel, bishop of the church of Pakistan in Sindh said all missionary schools in the province, including those in Karachi, would be closed on Monday.

In Southern Punjab, where many Christians live in the main city Multan and many others are settled in villages to work in agriculture, the local bishop also announced the closure of missionary schools.

“All educational institutions of Christian community will remain closed on Monday to express solidarity with the affectees of Joseph Colony,” Bishop Leo Rodrick Paul said.

Police in central Multan city said they have deployed officers to protect sensitive Christian places including churches and schools.

Authorities in Lahore arrested 150 people on charges of riot and arson over the rampage, which was triggered by allegations that a Christian sanitary worker had made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

Police and locals said a drunken row between the Christian and his Muslim friend lay at the root of Saturday’s violence, which highlights the religious tensions affecting Pakistan as it prepares for a general election expected in May.

 

[Leader]

@batmannow ^^ yar I think it was bigger than this... pmln is badmash and do all the haram khori, but this is something else IMO.

 

[batmannow]

@batmannow ^^ yar I think it was bigger than this... pmln is badmash and do all the haram khori, but this is something else IMO.

yes to divide, punjab on relegious basses, it is comming direct from mulla fazlu,s heart & with malik ishaq,s support?
needs tobe investigated indepently, Cj will take the issue, to delay all this happening & will put under the carpet?

Attack on Christians: HRW demands action against religious militants
DAWN.COM | 2 days ago 159

Pakistani Christians shout slogans in Karachi during a protest against the attack on the homes of members of the Christian community in Lahore on Saturday. – Photo by AFP

KARACHI: Pakistan’s government should immediately take legal action against Islamist militant groups and others responsible for threats and violence against minorities and other vulnerable groups, Human Rights Watch demanded on Saturday in the aftermath of devastating attacks on Christian minority in Lahore.

While international and Pakistani human rights groups have long called for the reform or repeal of the blasphemy law, it has come under renewed scrutiny after a mob torched dozens of houses located in a Christian neighbourhood in Lahore, forcing hundreds of Christians to flee.

An enraged mob attacked the houses in Joseph Colony following allegations of blasphemy against a Christian man. The man was booked under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

“The Punjab provincial government has spent almost its entire 5-year term in office being in denial about threats to minorities,” said Ali Dayan Hasan, Pakistan director at Human Rights Watch, in a statement issued from New York.

“Unless Pakistan’s federal and provincial authorities are following a policy of willful discrimination, law enforcement authorities need to put aside their prejudices and protect religious minorities who are clearly in serious danger,” he said.

Social persecution and legal discrimination against religious minorities has become particularly widespread in Punjab province.

The HRW has urged the provincial government, controlled by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), to investigate and prosecute as appropriate campaigns of intimidation, threats, and violence against Christians, Ahmadis, and other vulnerable groups.

The Human Rights Watch has also urged concerned governments and intergovernmental bodies to press the Pakistani government to repeal sections 295 and 298 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which includes the blasphemy law and anti-Ahmadiyya laws.

Pakistan’s “Blasphemy Law,” as section 295-C of the penal code is known, makes the death penalty effectively mandatory for blasphemy.

“The ugly fact is that the blasphemy law is an enabler of mob violence against vulnerable groups,” said Hasan.

“As long as such laws remain on the books and the authorities remain unwilling or unable to rein in mobs playing judge, jury and executioner, Pakistan will remain plagued by abuse in the name of religion,” he added.

 

[Leader]

pmln mna malik riaz

 

[batmannow]

pmln mna malik riaz

1000% right!
Bt men power was from malik ishaq,which would be put under cover in further investigations,CJ a known relative of rana-sana-ullha, will play with th issue a bit, thn it will end same as other sumo-moto casses!
Bt the positive point is, it was condemed by media & all the major political parties all over pakistan?
Yestrday there was a annoucement by PTI that, IK will go to badami bagh,5.00pm sharp, think it wouldbe important event!

 

[Edevelop]

My question. Why it started to happen during election days ? There is no proof that N-League did it and this is all propaganda. Who are you guys trying to fool here ? Why the fck would they want to loose their votes ?

 

[tarrar]

LeJ & don’t know how many other terrorists groups are all political terrorist groups working for PML-N & other political parties. To be honest these people should be hanged, they are walking in the opposite direction which is extremism & they are using the name of Islam to cover up their a**es.

This is where I say, people celebrate Eid Milad U Nabwai with such passion in Pakistan but none of them are living their lives according to sunah or teachings of Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H). Just ask these people which teaching of Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H) are you following? There will be no answer I am sure.

My question. Why it started to happen during election days ? There is no proof that N-League did it and this is all propaganda. Who are you guys trying to fool here ? Why the fck would they want to loose their votes ?

Well you can see what the crap eating Khadim E ala did after all this terrorism.

 

[Edevelop]

Well you can see what the crap eating Khadim E ala did after all this terrorism.

He suspended his DSP, caught terrorists within 24 hours and started rebuilding homes. Along with providing other services, he visited the site and gave money to each family.

 

[Rafael]

I for one do not believe that any party in power will support attack on the poorest and most economically deprived community, the Pakistani Christians. However, appointing an ultra-bigot Rana Sanaullah as Law Minister also responsible for security in Punjab is like appointing a well-known thief as chief guard of the treasury! This incident merely shows incompetence of the PML-N government not their collusion.

Attack on minorities is nothing new. There have been numerous attacks on Churches and Christians bear the brunt of blasphemy laws. This is also not the first mob violence against the Christian community as a whole. In November 2005, a mob attacked Churches & Salvation Army quarters in Sangla Hill. In 2009 mob attacked Christians in Gojra and now the Badami Bagh.

In his interview on BBC that Rana Sana Ullah says that this incidence occurred because people became emotional! For Heaven’s sake, does he mean to say that the crowd was justified? If I get emotional it okay for me to burn houses of the whole community!

Christians were justified booing Rana Sana Ullah off the area; it is partly his patronage of the militants that is the root cause of this crime against humanity. Since PML-N is likely to be in power in the Centre and most certainly in Punjab after the next elections; I can bet my bottom dollar that we will see more of the same in the foreseeable future.

Finally, law & order and compassion for fellow humans doesn’t rest with the gov’t alone but is also responsibility of the society as a whole. Whether it be Ahmadis or Christians, Shias or the graves of the Saints, these days almost any crime can be forgiven if committed in the name of Islam. When lawyers & judges make cold blooded killer Qadri, a hero of Islam, what do you expect from a man on the street? Intolerance & bigoted mind-set is such that only outlet for the anger manifests thru killing, burning and destruction of public & private property. A hall mark of the savages, not of a civilised society. The malaise has steeped deep in the fabric of the society.

I repeat what I have said it before; Pakistan may the land of pure, but majority of the people living therein are not worthy of being called ‘Human beings’

Sir you are mistaken about PML-N. Some of their MNAs were involved according to dawn.

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LAHORE, March 9: “Burn us too!” wails a woman, her hands repeatedly hitting her head. “Did they leave us alive to see all this?” Her tears stream down her face and her nose is red and swollen. In one of the doorways, a mother and son stand hugging each other and weeping as if someone has just died. “They took everything from us…” sobs the boy. “Those robbers took everything we had worked hard for.”

Not many of the homes in Joseph Colony are left intact. They are now skeletons, empty shells, housing nothing but ashes.

The Christian families, who had been shifted one night ago for ‘safety’ as the police told them, only came the next day to find out that all of their belongings and all their assets – in fact everything that they owned had been ransacked, robbed, and the rest mercilessly burnt to the ground. All because one man from among them was accused under Section 295-C: an accusation which has not been proved.

While the police remain guarded, only carefully revealing any kind of information to the media, and the Muslim community prefer to remain mute, the Christians are ablaze with fury.

“There are about 250 families in total,” says Aslam Masih. “Each family has faced a loss of about Rs0.8 to Rs0.9 million, and this figure is the lowest I am talking about.”

Mariam Bibi stands in her doorway peering inside. She cannot step inside because the ashes are still white and burning, and acrid, black smoke fumes out angrily.

“We saved every penny to collect for my daughter’s dowry,” she sobs. “In one night they have left us homeless and out on the streets. Where will we sleep now?”

A teenaged boy says the mob comprising hundreds were ruthless. “It was all preplanned. They had planned this attack on us from Wednesday thanks to a brawl between Saawan, and Imran. But they targeted us three days later, and pretended it was about blasphemy. They even threw our goats into the fire alive. They burnt our motorcycles. They stole whatever they could.”

“For the families their assets were their children,” says Gulnar Gill, executive director of Canadian Human Rights International Organization. “They simply fled for safety when the police told them to otherwise maybe lives would have been at stake too.”

An old man crying over the pages of a burnt Bible, murmurs through tears: Our Gods are not different….we were always brothers…why do they do this to us?”

Joseph Francis from CLAAS (Centre for Legal Aid Assistance based in UK) says that the whole issue is a farce. There was never any religion involved.

“If the truth is really understood this was just a trivial drunken fight,” he says. Despite this we handed over Saawan to the police but they still did this.”

Francis says if the mob was so angry about a blasphemy accused, how was it that they waited three whole days?

But James Rehmat, a Christian worker, openly accuses the PML-N government of actually patronising the mob. “Some top leaders of the N-League, including Malik Riaz (local MNA) led the procession. On Friday night, another local PML-N leader came and had banners put up against blasphemy,” he points upwards to freshly put up cloth banners saying ‘The penalty of blasphemy is only beheading’.

“But we don’t see any politicians or other higher ups in this area after this incident although a whole day has passed by. How is it that all these incidents against us happened during the Shahbaz-Nawaz government?”

This relays a reaction to the angry victims and they suddenly break out chanting slogans against the government, women beating their chests in anguish.

Bishop Akram Gill, of the Emmanuel Church also stands and makes an official complaint against the Sharif-led Punjab government. “The Shantinagar and Gojra incidents too happened during the Sharifs’ rule. How is it that when they are not in power, we tend to live more peacefully? The time has come that Christians must ask themselves:
Can we live in Pakistan any longer? We request the UNO to give us refuge because we cannot find any justice in this country.”

Though Akram Gill thanks the police for controlling the situation, Sohail Johnson from the Sharing Life Ministry Pakistan has to stop himself from swearing at the police authorities. “They are lying!” he shouts. “They have done nothing to save us. They stood on one side while our Bible was burnt. Their excuse was there were too many terrorist outfits present and that the police was weak.”

Meanwhile many are of the opinion that the whole scenario was a game plan by the nearby iron factory owners who they believe are patronised by a powerful ruling family member. The attackers, they say, were factory workers, and the agenda was to grab the land the Christians had their houses on. And when Saawan had already been arrested why was their need of violence?


Cries for a lost home(land) | Newspaper | DAWN.COM

 

[ice_man]

We should all be so lucky as having these pounjab govt goons attack and burn our homes and have govt promise to build better ones for us

compare the situation to the rest of the country specially Karachi! then you would feel wish you were in lahore which seems safer currently!

now when the qaum is jahil and jazbaati what can we do! they love to burn break and destroy!

 

[batmannow]

compare the situation to the rest of the country specially Karachi! then you would feel wish you were in lahore which seems safer currently!

now when the qaum is jahil and jazbaati what can we do! they love to burn break and destroy!

& you let them do that?lol

 

[Devil Soul]

All this seems to be more politically motivated than religiously..... nothing of this sort happened during the last five years & everyone was ranking Punjab higher than other provinces, & now that the elections are just around the corner suddenly out of no where this happens, no doubt its a set back for PML-N lead Gov & the ones who carried of this uncalled bloody act succeed in damaging the image of Punjab, at the same time Punjab Gov completely failed to protect its citizen which they should me ashamed off...