The act of kiiling of Mr. Naeemi is not acceptable But This type of protests are not healthy for Paksitan.. Protestors did Air Firing and burned many cars and vehicles of commom men in the city…

worse come worst when protestors Killed innocnet passerby Faisal Siddiqui S/O Zaheer on Friday evening… WHY…

Don’t we know the value of one human being? The Quaran Say”" taking one human’s life is like taking life of humanity”" (WA)

the protestors must be care about ……. Our Prophet didnt say any thing against People of Taif but he prayed for the betterment of them….

Munir Karachi

The idea that we who live in subcontinent will only resort to violence to vent our anger is basically and fundamentally false. What happened in karachi is no secret , our people seem to have come to terms with this poor and dismal state of our city which can be turned into a battle ground by a bunch of goons anytime they want….this is evident in may 12 and other such incidents. these are militant political parties who have no political agenda but to blackmail thhe government any time and loot the people for ever.

Malik says:
June 14th, 2009 at 19:05

“No one even mentions about the leaders of Punjab. People are dying in Punjab at the hands of terrorists, that is the simple truth.
Which side of the truth do these leaders stand on?
Strange that no one in the entire Pakistani media asks these questions of the political leaders in Punjab?”

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HELLO! Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi was assassinated in Lahore and a leader of the local community there as well as the head of the newly formed, and government sanctioned, religio-political council that denounced the Taliban. Last I checked Lahore was still part of Punjab!

Karachi definitely deserves better! The MQM leader who calls the shots is living a luxurious life in London. If he was a true leader he would be fighting with the masses. Whether the Tamil Tigers leader was right or wrong but, he gave up his life for fighting the casue. Calling for strikes/ exams and resorting to violence will only make your city go backwards. If you are truly sad about the Dr. Naeemi’s death, make him proud by adhering to what he believed in. If you have truly lost hope in peace, make a difference starting with you by not resorting to violence. If you truly cared about the country, you will NOT create chaos. It’s that simple!

May Dr. Naeemi’s soul rest in peace!

Karachi desreves better.
Pakistan deserves better.
Sub Continent desrves better.

In the name of religion, Talibanis are attempting to destroy the civilized society of Pakistan. They have the plans to take Pakistan back to the stone age. The People of Pakistan should do the following:
1. Support the Army to conmletely eliminate Talibans.
2. Get the IDP’s back to their homes safely.
3. Continue to support DEMOCRACY
4. Continue to provide full freedom to PRESS
5. Provide good governance.
6. Educate the masses, Math, Science, Humanities and Not Wahabi Sectarian.
7. Empower WOMEN and build more schools for the girls as they are going to be the future mothers.
8. Empower YOUNG and groom them to be tolerant.
9. Uplift the living stadards, by promoting agriculture and industry.
10. Make peace with all the neighbouring countries including India.

All of the above can be accomplished as I think the talent and the intellectual level of the People of Pakistan is very high. Thanks to DAWN to provide this kind of open Forum.

People need to get out on the streets but not resort to violence. They should demand accountability from the political leadership, Armed Forces, and feudal landlords. Time to demonstrate the people’s hidden strength.

Rioting seems to be the trademark way to express disappointment in the South Asian sub-continent. Disappointment with people, with the government, with life.

The same is the case in India. When a famous south Indian super star died due to natural causes, Bangalore burned. It was looted, buses burned, individuals beaten up.

I believe as societies in South Asia, we have been repressed for so long by our governments, by poverty and the general helplessness of the situation, that people are just looking for any pretext to vent their anger on anyone and everyone.

We as a people have degenerated from our sense of “tehzeeb” or “acharan” and no longer the so called great civilization we used to be.

I hope peace is restored in Pakistan and the people can look forward to a better tomorrow for their Kids rather than senseless violence and death.

The solution is simple.Get Islam out of administration.Keep it for private practice.After all, the Taliban are your Islamic brothers upholding Islam. Islam is perhaps the most abused religion on earth. Every Pakistani boasts of being an Islamic scholar.I wonder how a country with millions of illiterates can decipher the holy Quran ? Your Islamic priests are hypocrites in my opinion.So, get Islam out of administration so that noone can abuse it.Else your descent to chaos will become irreversible, in case you have not reached the tipping point by now.See, Indian Muslims too are deeply religious.However, Indian administration does not endorse any religious philosophy.Pakistanis can do likewise.That way Islam and civility will coexist.Else, you will become another Somalia or Afghanistan.

This is quite painful as a non resident to see such news from outside. When we will come out of stone age.
How come anybody could be allowed to freeze the city? Why our politician still passionate about the idea of strike? What our media is doing? Can our TV media focus on real issues of common man?

Now is the real test. Lets see who, among politicians or religious scholars have the guts to openly criticise Talibans. Haven’t Talibans won half of this war, already?

If only Nawaz Sharif, Imran & other politicians had supported the action against those hiding in Lal Masjid with all their stolen weapons, the present action against Talibans may have come a year earlier. Our society sowed the seeds for extremism and now must pay the price. Anyone who still opposes the present action is either insane or a hypocrite. Setting up a new sufi council now is another crazy idea. We will end up with a new monster in a few years time.

Our Nation deserves better and our people deserves more. This is my slogan. I get really upset when I see these blasts happening in our cities. It not only about karachi or Lahore but it has gripped all Pakistan in its hand. Quite ashame of what kind of people live in this part of the world, I feel so insulted when talking to my colleagues about Pakistan. Very day in the news we see people being injured and killed. I ask my self sometimes, “What are we and our people”. Why can’t we live like humans as we see people living in the Industrilized World. What is missing in us that is stoppinh us to be like one.
but there is no answer. and future seems to be even worst.

It was interesting to see ” Lawyers’ movement”, a grass root country wide organization come out for restoration of judges. However they have been silent on the issue of Islamic extremism. They have not come out on the topic of fundamental constitutional changes on separation of church and state and human rights. This shows Lawyers’ movement is just another self serving impotent organization.

The writer hass done a good job in order to educate the nation regarding violance. It has been observed that in the history of pakistan, whenever any priest or any political leader being killed, after the killing of his or her many serious violance happened by the name of protest. this is not right way to recored protest.Al though we have right to record our protest , protest shoule be peaceful.

No one even mentions about the leaders of Punjab. People are dying in Punjab at the hands of terrorists, that is the simple truth.
Which side of the truth do these leaders stand on?
Strange that no one in the entire Pakistani media asks these questions of the political leaders in Punjab?

As long as we continue to allow our ‘Agencies’ to play their games to achieve their ‘AGENDAS’ we will suffer as always.People have to wake up and fight against these evils and identify that religion has no role to play in modern day struggle for developments and achievements.

I feel ashamed to say that we ( pakistanis)are always in search of such incidences to exploit. We have always performed as hooligans whenever the situation arises. In fact we have forgotten our Islamic traditions and our prophet’s ( SAW) sunnah. Didn’t he tell in his last address “keep my teachings alive and spread them to others not present”. Maulana’s killing is really an act of acute brutality and nation as a whole mourns it and condems the perpetrators. However is this the way to reward that scholarly personality of maulana. By doing this especially his followers defame him as a religious teacher. We, by damaging our country’s peace through violent protests, in fact help our enemies achieve their targets. I plea to disciples of Maulana please try to follow his foot steps and try to be one like him. I hope that will give his soul more peace.

Rest in peace Dr. Naeemi..where are the polticians like Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Aitzaz Ahsen the Chief Justice. Why don’t they protest agianst the terrorists. This is the time of your test.

Isn’t it amazing that leaders demand a complete shut down protest whilst living in luxury in London watching the cricket and enjoying their lives.

The revolution Pak needs is one of shedding the culture that the leaders are god like beings to be obeyed at all costs. All political leaders are servants of the people. We don’t worship at the altar of Zardari, Bhutto, Sharif or others including Imran Khan or Sufi Mohammed or Osama – we fear only the almighty!

Mourning for the loss of the voice of reason and pure and true Islamic fundamentalism is right and proper. We should have said prayers and held silent vigils. Instead we hijack buses, burn other peoples property, destroy banks and beat innocent people. Thousands of daily wagers are left impacted. Who cares? the terrorists? the politician? the Americans? the government – nobody cares!

All ’shutter down’ leaders should offer a public and unreseved apology for their utter failures and adding to the burden of the common man. Our leaders should lead. As a people we should unite to fight a common enemy. We should live our lives, educate our young, pray for forgiveness and lead pure and wholesome lives. We should display respect for all mankind – white, black, Muslim or Christian and whether he drives the BMW or cleans it or fills it with fuel.

Pakistan and Islam Zindabad!

State funeral given by the Government of Pakistan Speaks the awesome contributions of Dr Sarfraz Naeemi to this nation.”We are Proud of you,our dear departed

He is no more. Mourners must realize that rioting is not the only way to show your anger for anger starts from ignorance and ends up in shame.

What can we do when we are faced with such a menace (taliban) but what gives us the hope is that mufti saheb had the courage to call suicide bombing unislamic. May be he is the first drop of rain. I sincerely hope that not only the (so called) ulemas but also our politicians may act wisely and start pelting stones at extremist ideologies. I am sure that the time has come when things cant get worse any further. when you hit the bottom of darkness the only way that you can go is up and towards the bright light. Hopeful still!

I am reminded of the muffling of a voice of reason 16 years back in the most literate state in India.
http://chekanoormoulavi.com/content/silenced-case-missing-moulavi

May a hundred brave Sarfraz Naeemis rise from his ashes

What is happening to our country!!! There are so many questions and yet no answers.. Today it’s one scholar tomorrow could be masses.With the looks of current air moving and the non-secured environment, nothing seems to be in a positive path! How are we supposed to be optimistic about the whole idea of peace! We need to unite and work out a solution instead of hovering our differences. May Allah bless Dr. Sarfaraz Hussain Naeemi’s soul. Ameen

The job of confronting the Taliban should have come from the Parliment. Politicians keep harping about its soverignty, yet when Nizam-e-Adl Bill came to the floor no brave voices were heard from the so called secular PPP, the PML-N (The Lion of Lahore to date has not expressed one word against the Taliban), and ANP and Maulana Fazl Group. The only voices heard were those of MQM. Yet in the budget announced yesterday the Parliamentarians voted for a healthy salary increase at a time when Pakistan’s finances are no longer its own but rely on external debt and aid.

We expect these men to lead us to the Promised Land. Forget it, Sir.

Pakistan army should get rid of the entire Taliban forces through out NWFP. Also Pakistan should be freed from the clutches of all militants operating elsewhere in Pakistan. These illiterate peoples have done enough damage to Pakistan and Islam. Now it is time to roll them back

Are people afraid of condemning Taliban ?
Is there fear now, that is they condemn taliban they will meet the same fate as this preachcer ?

Mr Ashutosh Mishra,your comments are much appreciated by us Pakistanis.
We all are praying for peace in the country

The late Maulana was one of the very few religious leaders in the muslim world who openly was against the talibanization of Pakistan. Pakistan needs to stop this Taliban insanity completely and immediately failing which GOD HELP PAKISTAN

” None of the high priests or Islamic scholars has come forth and condemned the Taliban and their violent ways in words and terms the late Mufti had done.”
Now no Islamic scholar worth his salt will come in the open and condemn the Taliban. For after all they too are humans.
This only calls for a positive revolution in the country by the civil society. But the question is who is going to lead it and how much support will it get from the civil society of Pakistan. To change the system one cannot solely bank on the Politicians only. The other main problem is that today the civil society is very deeply divided on ethnic lines.

Karachi is mini Pakistan, a true picture of what we are. Situation in Karachi will normalize only when it becomes normal in rest of Pakistan. Bringing peace in Karachi, when other parts of Pakistan are burning is same as keeping brain alive, when other organs of the body are dead.

That is the problem.No one condemns Taliban what ever they do.Aamer Liaqat and his “friends” on TV did not when discussing the lot of IDPS.All they said “Oh it is difficult moment and that God is trying the faithful”

In earlier years Taliban were the heroes. They were engaged in crusade against the infidels.Now we are paying for it.
It is still not too late.It will become difficult as the time passes.Unless society rejects, on a daily basis, Taliban and their wahabi sectarian views, and their pretense that they can inflict punishments on muslims which God or the Prophet did not stipulate Pakistan and its people are doomed. It is time they wake up to the glory of their century old traditions enshrined in Sufi teachings.We have allowed these thorny bushes to grow too long.

In Pakistan, each passing day becoming worst than worst. If some one still looking for a peace and prosperity in the country i think he is in the world of “Hard Optimism”

Rest in peace Dr Sarfaraz Naeemi.I am an Allahabadi;and I can relate very well to the late scholar.To the rioters I ask,will rioting bring the scholar back?If one is his devotee or follower,follow the man’s ideals, and make him posthumously proud.Thanks

“When you live in reaction, you give your power away.”

– Anon.