November 2013 - BBC Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban reports, Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will. He reports that “several nuclear weapons made in Pakistan for Saudi Arabia are…
My speech to the closing plenary session of the Jaipur Counter-Terror Conference hosted by India Foundation, Mar 18-21, 2015 Bhaiyo or Behno, Namaskar, Adaab aur Salaam Alaikum. Happy New Year. Aap sub ko Gudhee Paadavaa aur Naroze Mubarik ki Badhaeean aur…
“Miles to go, sisters, before we rest. Until then, we hang our heads in shame.” March 11, 2015 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun This year’s International Women’s Day on March 8 was marked in India by the news network NDTV…
Tarek Fatah speaks to Pat Boland of the Sun News Network in wake of violent protests in Pakistan demanding the death of Charlie Hebdo cartoonists who survived the January 7, 2015 Massacre.
Fitnah – Movement for Women‘s Liberation is a protest movement demanding freedom, equality and secularism, and calling for an end to misogynist cultural, religious and moral laws and customs, compulsory veiling, sex apartheid, sex trafficking, and violence against women. We…
“A chameleon with close ties to Pakistani military intelligence.” September 3, 2014 Tarek Fatah The Toronto Sun Every country has an army, but in Pakistan it’s the other way around — the army has a country. From its inception in…
Hi, As Pakistan faces new upheaval and the military struggles to find innovative ways to overthrow an elected government, just thought I should share this interview with Kiran Nazish, currently with the New York Times, but back in 2011 worked…
“As early as 1377, no less a scholar than the eminent historian Ibn Khaldun wrote: “The Negro nations are, as a rule, submissive to slavery, because (Negroes) have little that is (essentially) human and possess attributes that are quite similar…
A vigilante mob of religious zealots in Pakistan, allegedly belonging to the party of a Canadian cleric hell-bent on overthrowing the democratically elected government in Islamabad, beat an injured police officer to death. The circumstances of how the cop came…
Now that the authorities in Pakistan have charged the Canadian cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri with terrorism and murder, will the Canadian government revoke Qadri’s citizenship according to the new Bill C-24 that targets immigrants who are involved in terrorism overseas while travelling…
“On Monday, a day after an Israeli missile killed 18 family members of the Hamas police chief in Gaza, Iraqi men in Baghdad slaughtered 28 Iraqi women. There was plenty of fury over the dead family, almost none for the women,…
On the very day Dr. Qamar was killed, a former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, who also served as the country’s information minister, was caught on video making derogatory remarks about Indian politicians. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
An 18-year-old Pakistani woman from Hafizabad in Punjab province of Pakistan survives being shot and thrown in a canal by her family for marrying the man she loved. Deborah Gembara reports.
“We are concerned about reports of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Pakistan’s Balochistan province … Canada strongly condemns acts of persecution on the basis of ethnicity or religion and shares international concerns about the treatment of Pakistani minorities, including…
“Attacking journalists is a time-tested Pakistan ISI method used to intimidate the media into silence. Sardar, Niedringhaus and Gannon were not the only journalists targeted. In Pakistan, an assassination attempt was made on the country’s leading liberal commentator, TV anchor…
“Soon after the Navy SEAL raid on Bin Laden’s house, a Pakistani official told me that the United States had direct evidence that ISI chief Gen. Pasha knew of Bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad.” March 19, 2014 By CARLOTTA GALL…
GRAPHIC SCENES: This video contains scenes of extreme barbarity that some of you may find deeply disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. Please DO NOT click if you are under-18 or unsure whether you can watch decapitated human heads being kicked as…
This BBC investigative report offers a window into the power and reach of Saudi petrodollars in the West. Listen to the reverence with which the Saudi case to acquire Nukes from Pakistan is presented in a way that portrays the…
June 13, 1971 Anthony Mascarenhas The Sunday Times ABDUL BARI had run out of luck. Like thousands of other people in East Bengal, he had made the mistake the fatal mistake-of running within sight of a Pakistani army patrol. He…
“Authority without Accountability” International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Report on "Authority without Accountability" in Pakista…
McDonalds ka Burger Kaafir; Darwin ka Bandar bhi Kaafir from Tarek Fatah on Vimeo.
English translation of a selected verses:
! am a Kaafir (infidel), you are Kaafir.
The fragrance of these flowers is Kaafir.
The magic of words is also Kaafir,
This is Kaafir, that is Kaafir.
Faiz was Kaafir, as was Manto Kaafir,
The singing of Noor Jahan too was Kaafir.
Eating at McDonalds is Kaafir.
Burger is Kaafir as is drinking Coke Kaafir.
Laughter is heresy,
Cracking jokes is Kaafir.
The Tabla is Kaafir, so is the Dhol Kaafir
As are two words spoken in love, Kaafir.
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My son’s school bag is Kaafir,
Daughter’s dolls are also Kaafir.
To cry or laugh is trading in Kuffar,
If Sadness is Kaafir, is happiness Kaafir too?
Jeans are Kaafir, the Guitar is Kaafir,
Wearing one’s shalwar below the ankles is also Kaafir.
Universities are Kaafir,
Brother Darwin’s monkey is Kaafir.
! am a Kaafir, you are Kaafir.
India’s amazing Piyush Mishra performing at Coke Studio MTV India.
The song is a letter from one ‘Javed’ who was separated from his lover ‘Husna’ during the bloody Partition of India in 1947 that drew an artificial border dividing the Punjab, dividing millions and causing the slaughter of a million. Here Mishra wails about the helplessness of love in face of politics. Enjoy.
A short film based on the true story of Nasir Baloch, an innocent student abducted by Pakistan’s security forces during the on-going war of independence in Balochistan to end the Pakistani Occupation. The Line Of Freedom from The Line of…
