PUKHTOON JANAN پښتون جانان

Positive thought for the day

2012-02-24T19:12:00.004+05:00

Funny Animated Picture

2012-02-24T19:03:00.001+05:00

دې باغ ته د د نيا داسې انسان را غلې نه دې

2012-02-24T18:43:00.003+05:00

دې باغ ته د د نيا داسې انسان را غلې نه دې

چې بيا ترې په افسوس او په ارمان وتلې نه دې

ليکن هغه نيکا ن نۀ لری هيڅ په زړه ارما ن

چې نفس ئې د ګناه په نجاست لړلې نه دې

او بل هغه زلمې چې ئې خدمت دوطن کړې

تکليف د قام د پاره ئې تکليف ګڼلې نه دې

که تۀ هم ارزومندئي چې دې پاتې ارمان نۀ شی

ژوندون ته د دنيا دې جاود ان و ئيلې نۀ دې

نو پا سه اې پښتونه څۀ خدمت د وطن وکړه

غدار دملک وقام چا په انسان شميرلې نه دې

نور خوب دبې غمۍ مۀ کوه پا سه رابيدار شه

چاخوب دبې غمی کښې څه دولت مُندلې نه دې

دناستې په دُعا کښې دې اثر نشته تر هغې

په ملا چې کمر بند دې د عمل تړلې نه د ې

په غار کښې پروت زمرې دشل ګيدړسره يوشان دې

تر څو چې په ځنګل کښې دې په ښکار وتلې نه دې

مجنو نه دليلی زلفې به درنۀ شی په ﻻس

تر څو چې ورپسې دې بحروبرکتلې نۀ دې

ستاﻻفې دروغژنې دی په فن دعاشقۍکښې

چې سر دې په تيشه لکه فرهاد وهلې دۀ دې

بازی چې ئې دسرنۀ ده پۀ ډيس دعمل ايښې

هغه کس چرې داؤدکاميابۍ ګټلې نۀ دې

کوم قام ته چې خپل مال وسر خواږه وی له عزته

هغه په منا ر و د تر قۍ ختلې نۀ د ې

کوم باغ چې نهال شوې د محنت په خولو نۀ وی

په سيوری د آرام ترې چا ثمر خوړلې نه دې

يوعلم بل هنردې چې وطن پرې پورته کيږی

بې علم وبې هنره چا ﻻئق بللې نۀ دې

د علم ترقی کيږی هميش په خپله ژبه

ماڅوک په پردۍ ژبه بهره مندليدلې نۀ دې

خدمت د خپلې ژبې لوئې خدمت دملک وقام دې

د ښمن د خپلې ژ بې زمانې پا للې نۀ د ې

نشان دپښتنوبه نۀ شی پورته په دنيا کښې

تر څوچې دپښتو ژبې مغراج ليدلې نۀ دې

بيايا دونه په سينه کښې په چپودی

2012-02-16T17:17:00.002+05:00

بيايا دونه په سينه کښې په چپودی

بيا د سترګو سيلابونه په ختودی

هراندازئې دِلفريب د ې خوزړګيۀ

دامعصوم معصوم کتل ئې دکتودی

د ر نړ الارې به کومې پورې سارو

دَ دا غونو سلسلې تلې ترڅو دی

بورا ګانو! دسپرلی لمنې نيسئۍ

دَ ګلونو قافلې ګورې پۀ تلودی

دَديدن غرونه سوری نۀ شوشيرينې

خپل سرونه مو وهلی په تيشودی

هريوزخم موسينه کښې فريادی دې

او مو نۀ وې خوقصې داوريدودی

دوفازمکې خړوب نۀ شوې اعظمه

ډيرې وينې موورکړی دزړګودی

Utmankhel tribe to feed their own candidates

2012-02-15T19:45:00.003+05:00

TIMERGARA: The Utmankhel tribe has announced to field its own candidates on provincial and national assembly seats in Dir Lower during the next general election.

The announcement was made during a meeting of the newly organized Utmankhel Qaumi Movement Dir Lower held at Bandagai Talash on Saturday with its district president and former ANP leader Haji Bahadar Khan in the chairs.

Elders of the tribe belonging to Jandol, Maidan, Balambat, Timergara, Talash and Adenzai attended the meeting which was addressed by Haji Bahadar Khan, Muhammad Umar, Sher Muhammad and other tribal leaders.

They said that the Utmankhel tribe had a historic role in freedom struggle and development. They complained that successive governments and its representatives despite its majority had kept deprived the Utmankhel of their rights.

“None of the MPAs or MNAs have considered the Utmankhel so far in development,” the former ANP parliamentarian Haji Bahadar Khan said, adding that party politics had divided brotherhood, clans and tribes into small groups. He said a countrywide organization of the Utmankhel had been formed to struggle for their rights and unity.

He said Utmankhel had been residing mostly in rural and backward hilly areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in large number.

“We often elect persons as our lawmakers but they ignore the tribe after their election,” he remarked.

The meeting after necessary discussion announced to field candidates from the platform of Utmankhel Qaumi Movement during the next general election. A 15 member committee headed by Haji Bahadar Khan was also formed to nominate suitable candidates for four provincial and one national assembly seats in Dir Lower.

The meeting authorized Bahadar Khan to decide seat to seat adjustment with other political parties if it was necessary. Through a unanimous resolution the participants demanded of the federal government to complete supply of Sui gas to Dir Lower as soon as possible.

20,000 JI workers to

participate in meeting:

The Jamaat-i-Islami Dir Lower on Saturday announced that 20,000 of its workers would participate in Feb, 23 party meeting scheduled to be held at Zafar Park Batkhila. A meeting in this regard was held at Ahyaul Uloom Balambat with Dir Lower amir and former MNA Maulana Asadullah in the chair. Nominated candidates for the next general election Syed Sultanat Yar, Saeed Gul, Sahibzada Yaqub Khan and tehsil presidents attended the meeting. The meeting was informed that 48 committees of workers and volunteers had been formed in the district to mobilize people to attend the JI public gathering. The meeting condemned the present hike in petroleum products and demanded of the government to immediately withdraw the decision. Addressing on the occasion, Maulana Asadullah asked the party workers to convey message of the party to every citizen and prepare them to attend the Batkhila meeting.

PPP-Sh STAND: Provincial leader of the Pakistan People Party Sherpao and former minister Bakht Baidar Khan has said that declaring Upper Dir as headquarter of the proposed division would strongly be resisted.

Talking to this reporter here on Saturday he said that bifurcation of the Malakand division was a useful suggestion because of its administrative complication.

“But we will not allow to shift divisional headquarter to Dir Upper as people of Dir Lower, Malakand agency and lower parts of Dir Upper would resist this decision. The PPP-S leader also asked people of Malakand agency to force their leaders to join Dir division instead of Swat. “People of Dir Lower have always been selecting MNAs from Malakand in the past. Now some people with vested interests want to include Malakand agency in Swat division,” he said, adding that joining of Malakand with Swat would never benefit people of the area.

He also demanded of the government to start immediately work on Chakdara Bridge as according to him it was the government failure to reconstruct it within two years.

شکسته چې ارمانونه د انسان شی

2012-02-04T22:47:00.002+05:00

شکسته چې ارمانونه د انسان شی

له حسرته په خپل ژوندباندِستومان شی

هغه بت چې تصّور کښې راښکاره شی

په سجده ورته ځما هر يو اندام شی

د ا ځما بې واره اوښکې اَسو يلی دی

چانه جوړشی سيلابونه څوک طوفان شی

په حا لا تو د چاوَس کله برکيږی

نصيبونه کله ښۀ وی کله وران شی

د ا سې ورځ به کله د ا شی ځما خدايه

چې انسان په حقيقت کښې يوانسان شی

چې مې ډيرډير يادؤودلبرمې بياموند

2012-02-03T20:47:00.002+05:00

چې مې ډيرډير يادؤودلبرمې بياموند

لکه تږې متسقی کوثر مې بيا موند

مخلو قا ت ئې د جها ن واړه ثمر د ی

هسې لوئې بې حدباقی شجرمې بياموند

يوۀ نوم راته ښکاره که مخ څو ځايه

چې مې يوځائې وپيژنداکثرمې بياموند

د ا سفر هسې حجاب ؤو له ا کبر ه

چې اصغر مې که نفی اکبر مې بياموند

د ړانده په دود حيرانَ په تيا ره کښې

تر خورشيد تر ماه تابان ګوهر مې بياموند

نندار ه د دواړو کو نو په نفس کښې

هر سبا بيګا کوم بصر مې بيا مو ند

ظا هر ی افتا ب رڼا ځنې قرض ا خلی

بې زواله پاک روښان خاور مې بياموند

د ا فقير د ولت به تل ثنا د دۀ کړ م

ترمادرپدر مشفق دوار مې بياموند

I appeared before the SC once, will appear again: Gilani

2012-02-02T22:39:00.002+05:00

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that he will honour the Supreme Court’s summons over the contempt case, as he had done before.
Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, he said, “When they called me earlier, I appeared before the [Supreme] court. This time they have called me and I will again appear before the court.”
“If we will not respect the institutions, then who will,” said the premier.
Regarding the formation of a parliamentary committee over the issue, Gilani said that the matter was sub-judice and that they should wait for the court’s decision before forming a committee. He said that they would respect the verdict of the courts.
He added that all institutions were answerable to the parliament. If parliament sought answers and wanted to constitute a committee, he and his party will cooperate.
Gilani was also of the view that if all institutions adhered to their prescribed roles under the constitution, there will be no need for criticism.
Committee formed to look into prices of petroleum products
After the speaker suggested that prices of petroleum products be brought down, Gilani said that he would ask the finance minister to look into the matter.
MNA Ahsan Iqbal though moved a resolution, demanding that the recent hike in petroleum prices be withdrawn.
The NA, however, unanimously chose to form a committee headed by the finance minister to revise oil prices. The committee will present its recommendations within a week.

ټپی

2012-02-02T19:23:00.001+05:00

دا سربازي نه ده نو څه دي

سر په تلي کښے دجانان کوڅے له ځمه

ياران به ټول سره يوځائ وي.

زه په پردي وطن کښے اوښکے تويه اؤمه.

ځماځواني ورته لوګې کړې.

جينۍ دمخ نه لوپټه لرې کوينه.

رازه رازه چې مينه اوکو.

زړه مِ سينه کښے شرمول راغستے دينه

راشه په سترګو کې مې خوب شه

ِِِِ زه شوګیرو د بېلتانه وهلی یمه

زما او ستا چې پرې وعده وه

بیګا په هاغه ځای کې اور ولګېدنه

بدن مې خپل کټ کې ویده دی

آروا مې ستا په کټ منګولې لګوینه

د سپینې خولې تن راته کیږده

که د چړو په څوکو لار وي دربه شمه

Gilani summons PPP, coalition leadership meeting

2012-02-02T17:27:00.003+05:00

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has summoned a meeting of senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders and coalition partners in Islamabad, Express News reported on Thursday.
The meeting has been called to discuss Gilani’s summoning by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and will also be attended by Aitzaz Ahsan – the prime minister’s lawyer, who will brief him on today’s proceedings.
Gilani has been summoned by the court on February 13, to be indicted with contempt over his refusal to pursue corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
The court said today that it was “satisfied prima facie that there is enough case for further proceedings.”

Gilani takes political parties, allies on board for 20th amendment draft

2012-02-01T23:40:00.002+05:00

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Wednesday took its ally and coalition partner, the Pakistan Muslim League –Quaid (PML-Q) along with the rest of the cabinet into confidence regarding the likely presentation of 20th amendment in the National Assembly.
Information minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan told media after the Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister that consultation with political parties and allies of the government over the draft of the 20^th amendment.
She added, The Prime Minster took the cabinet and coalition partners into confidence regarding by-polls and their legal and constitutional aspects for which the National Assembly session was been summoned for Wednesday. Awan said that on the overall constitutional requirements of the Election Commission with regard to holding by-polls in different constituencies, the Prime Minister Gillani held consultation sessions with the cabinet members.
As part of the consultative sessions, Gilani took PML-Q President Ch. Shujjat Hussain into confidence.
Talking to the PML-Q leader at the Prime Minister House, Gilani discussed present political situation in the country as well.
He said the political alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) would continue as it would strengthen the democracy and the federation.
Hussain assured the Prime Minister that his party would extend their full support to the government, as one of the coalition partners, committed to resolve all important issues of national importance with consultation and consensus.
Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah and Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo were also present during the meeting.
Prices of petroleum products increased following international market
Responding to a question regarding recent increase in petroleum prices the information minister said that increase in the prices of petroleum products in the international market had compelled the government to raise their prices.
“Govt was compelled to increase POL prices as the prices of petroleum products in the international market are climbing-up” she said
The minister said that a fear was expressed during the briefing given to the cabinet, that inflation which had been brought to a single digit in December, might rise due to the hike in petroleum prices.

Awan further said that upon the directions by prime minister, the finance minister has been tasked with evolving a strategy, in consultation with the provincial governments, to ensure provision of daily use items at controlled rates.
With the reference of the data compiled by the Pakistan bureau of statistics (ministry of Finance) by January 26 minister said that prices of 18 items witnessed increase, while those of 12 items decreased. Responding to a question regarding recent prominent price hike in POL products, she added that the quarters concerned had been advised to interact with the media to explain the recent price hikes in petroleum products.
MoU for energy projects with Qatar agreed to
The information minister said that the federal cabinet had given their nod to signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Qatar’s Ministry of Energy and the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). This MoU will be signed during Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s upcoming visit to Gulf state.
The cabinet also authorised Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to sign a MoU between Pakistan and Russia on scientific cooperation on her forthcoming visit.

US has concerns over ISI ties with extremists

2012-02-01T23:21:00.004+05:00

WASHINGTON: While declining to comment on the BBC story on a leaked NATO report which links Pakistan to the Afghan Taliban, the US said that they have had concerns about ties between the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s premier spy agency, and some extremist networks.
Pentagon spokesperson Captain John F. Kirby told The Express Tribune on Wednesday: “We have long been concerned about ties between elements of the ISI and some extremist networks.” He added that the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has been clear that “he believes the safe havens in Pakistan remain a serious problem and need to be addressed by Pakistani authorities.”
On Tuesday, briefing a Senate committee on intelligence, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that Pakistan has had limited success against militants.
While the CIA director Gen. (Retd) David Petraeus addressing the same committee said success against some al Qaeda leaders was a result of cooperation from Pakistan.

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2012-02-01T22:21:00.003+05:00

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Taliban deny plan for Saudi talks with Afghan govt

2012-02-01T22:18:00.001+05:00

KABUL: The Taliban militia leading a 10-year insurgency in Afghanistan on Wednesday denied that they would soon hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government in Saudi Arabia.
“There is no truth in these published reports saying that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate would meet with representatives of the Karzai government in Saudi Arabia in the near future,” the Taliban said on their website.
Afghan officials, requesting anonymity, had suggested that the two sides would hold talks in Saudi Arabia separate from planned negotiations in Qatar between the Taliban and the United States.
But it was never clear whether the Taliban, who have so far resisted talks with the Afghan government, or the Saudis, who have conditioned involvement on the Taliban renouncing al Qaeda, would come on board.
Taliban negotiators have begun preliminary discussions with the United States in Qatar on plans for peace talks aimed at ending the decade-long war.
They have also announced plans to set up an office in Doha.
On Wednesday, the Taliban said they had not yet “reached the negotiation phase with the US and its allies”.
“Before there are negotiations there should be a trust-building phase, which has not begun yet,” the statement on its website said.
A day earlier, a government spokesman in Kabul cautioned that no steps had been taken to start talks in Saudi Arabia.
“The Afghan government is very clear on talks — we have always preferred Saudi to Qatar,” Akim Hasher, head of the Government Media and Information Centre, told AFP.
“There is a possibility that the talks will take place in Saudi as well — Qatar is definitely not the only option.” On Monday, an Afghan diplomat based in Riyadh said talks would be held in Saudi Arabia, but stopped short of announcing any date.
A member of the Taliban’s leadership council told AFP on Sunday that “the idea” that the Taliban should have a point of contact in Saudi Arabia was being pushed by the Pakistan and Afghan governments.
Analysts have warned that any move to open a second front in peace talks was being driven by fear in Kabul of being sidelined and could sow confusion in the tentative process of “talking about talks” to end the devastating conflict.
“When you have all these different players trying to open up talks with the Taliban it might look to the Taliban like a deliberate ploy, an attempt to divide and rule or to get some advantage,” said analyst Kate Clark.

Security clearance a must before Bangladesh series: ICC

2012-02-01T22:15:00.003+05:00

DUBAI: Cricket’s governing body will carry out a proper assessment of security in Pakistan before deciding on sending match officials for a proposed tour by Bangladesh, an official said Wednesday.
International cricket has been suspended in Pakistan since terror attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in March 2009, which killed eight people and left seven visiting players and their assistant coach wounded in Lahore.
The attacks also injured reserve umpire Ahsan Raza of Pakistan and horrified match referee Chris Broad of England and Australian match umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis.
The incident forced Pakistan to play its home series at neutral venues.
Their team is currently playing England in the United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan have invited Bangladesh for a three-match one-day series in April this year in their bid to revive international cricket at home.
The Bangladesh government will send a delegation to Pakistan in mid-February to assess security in the country before clearing the tour.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had formed a Task Team to revive cricket in Pakistan in 2009.
The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said the ICC will carry out their own assessment before sending match umpires and referees for the Bangladesh series, once it is cleared.
“Safety and security is a serious issue,” said Lorgat in reply to a question whether the ICC will send officials to Pakistan.
“There are grave responsibilities on any of us who send teams or match officials (to Pakistan) and we need to do a proper assessment before we come to any conclusion about touring Pakistan.”
Lorgat said the Board meeting in Dubai did not discuss the possibilities of international cricket returning to Pakistan.
“The board did not discuss international cricket returning to Pakistan as you all know they are presently engaged with a potential tour from Bangladesh and I think we need to see what unfolds before we get into that sort of discussion.

Leaked US document can be “disregarded”: Khar

2012-02-01T22:13:00.004+05:00

KABUL: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Wednesday that a leaked US military report claiming Pakistan supported the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan can be “disregarded”.
“We can disregard this as a potentially strategic leak…This is old wine in an even older bottle,” she told reporters during an official visit to the Afghan capital Kabul.
The US military said in a secret report the Taliban are set to retake control of Afghanistan after Nato-led forces withdraw from the country, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war.
Khar, whose visit was the first high-level meeting in months between officials from both countries, added that the neighbours should stop blaming each other for strained cross-border ties.
“We must start engaging in the end of blame games,” she said.

Muhammad Amir released from prison

2012-02-01T22:07:00.003+05:00

Fast bowler Muhammad Amir has been released from prison in England, where he was serving a six-month sentence for spot-fixing.
Once considered cricket’s most promising star, 19-year-old Amir was found guilty in the scandal that shook the cricketing world in May 2010. Amir, along with then skipper of Pakistan’s test team Salman Butt and fellow fast bowler Muhammad Asif, had taken bribes from bookie Mazhar Majeed for bowling no-balls in a test match with Australia.
Undercover reporters from now defunct British publication News Of The World secretly videotaped the transaction.
In November 2011, Amir, Asif and Butt were found guilty by a London court.
Although Amir has served out his prison sentence, he is yet to finish his five-year ban period.

عجب باغ دې دوحدت چې ګل ئې نشته

2012-02-01T18:22:00.002+05:00

عجب باغ دې دوحدت چې ګل ئې نشته

يادرست ګل دې شګفته بلبل ئې نشته

هسې شا ن شا هد به چاليد لې نه وی

څړه مخ د ې ښا ئسته کا کل ئې نشته

نه د چا وته څرګندنه له چاپټ دې

بې سران ئې ديدن کا حائل ئې نشته

له بدنه سره تګ په دا ﻻر ګران دې

چې بې ځانه قدم ږدی مشکل ئې نشته

بر ا بر و ر ته کا ته له شر مه نه شی

نرګس سترګې غړوی څښل ئې نشته

په دا لوئ درياب کښې ګډشه که سربازئې

چې پايان ې څرګند نه- ساحل ئې نشته

هر مراد چې د چا وی هغه به مو می

د رحمت در دې کشاده سائل ئې نشته

چې کا مل مکمل نه لر ی د و لته

که زرکاله بندګی کا حاصل ئې نشته

لا د بلا سو ا لو نوحل پا تې دی

2012-01-31T18:46:00.001+05:00

لا د بلا سو ا لونوحل پا تې دی

چۀ و لو لونه د و ُربل پا تې د ې

دا سې يؤځا ئې چۀ بيا هم لرې يُو

لکه اَ بد نه چۀ اَز ل پا تې د ې

مينه مې در کړ ه محبت غواړمه

په تا مې د غه يؤبدل پاتې دې

په يؤ نظر به تند ه څۀ ماته شی

لاخو دعمر عمر جَل پاتې دې

د زړه کاله ته ګټې مۀ را ؤله

داحلاص دغه شيش محل پاتې دې

زړه وايه دومر ه زر دِ زړه اُبائيلو

لا خو په سر دِ لوئې مزل پاتې دې

ستا دَ ښا ئست تاتره څرنګ سر کړی

حوصله ماته احساس شَل پاتې دې

د َځا نه ورکه ورک خليل او ګو ره

لاد َ و َفا په ﻻ ر ئې پَل پا تې دې

اقبال نسيم خټک

2012-01-28T21:17:00.003+05:00

ويره دِ نۀ کوی هرګز چې څوک کری ګلونۀ

لاس به ئې وی تل په وينوسرۀ چې شوکوی ګلونۀ

خپل خپل قسمت دې ګنې مونږ دچانه کم خو نه يو

چا ته ګلو نۀ شی ازغی چاته ازغی ګلو نۀ

نو ر دِ ماليار په قلار کينی ځان دِ نه کړه وی

چې په ښائست کښې شرموی ستااننګی ګلونۀ

څوک خو ئې پوهه کړئۍ په دې چې ګل په پام بوينوی

نا ز کې شونډې به ئې چرته کړی زخمی ګلونۀ

چې خوشبوئی دچاديار زماد فن ښکلاشوه

ښکاری د حال نۀ ؤو خوشبويه دماضی ګلونۀ

چاته غصه شی تکه سره شی چاته سره په خندا

په چا اورونه بلوی په چا شيندی ګلونۀ

سترګې دِ ډکې ډکې کيږی داسې ښکاری نسيم

دَ زړه زخمو نه دِ سحر سحر چيړی ګلو نۀ

Gilani bemoans ‘trust deficit’ with US

2012-01-28T17:20:00.002+05:00

DAVOS: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday there was “a trust deficit” between Islamabad and Washington as he criticised the resumption of US drone strikes on his country’s tribal belt.
Speaking the day after over 100,000 people massed in Karachi to protest the strikes, Yousuf Raza Gilani said they only served to bolster militants.
“Drones are counter-productive. We have very ably isolated militants from the local tribes. When there are drone attacks that creates sympathy for them again,” Gilani told reporters at the Davos forum.
“It makes the job of the political leadership and the military very difficult. We have never allowed the drone attacks and we have always maintained that they are unacceptable, illegal and counterproductive.”
Relations between the United States and Pakistan have deteriorated sharply over the last year, with Islamabad furious about the surprise deadly raid on al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad last year.
The two sides have also been at loggerheads over a US air strike in November in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
Gilani said that Pakistan now wanted to agree new rules of engagement with the United States.
“The unilateral action taken in Abbottabad, that was not liked in any quarter … We need assurances that such a unilateral action will not be repeated in the future. There is a trust deficit.”
The prime minister said it was in both countries’ interests to cooperate as partners and Pakistan had paid a high price at the hands of militant groups.
“We want to work together and we are fighting against militants and terrorists. We have paid a huge price for that.”
On the subject of neighbours, Gilani said Pakistan wanted good relation with all negihbouring countries including Afghanistan. He also mentioned the Kashmir issue in his talk and said that dialogue was the only possible way to resolve all outstanding issues with India.
He said that democratic institution of Pakistan should be respected.
Dismissing recent reports of a coup by the military, the PM asserted that democracy in Pakistan was not in danger and that fears of clash between state institutions were baseless.

Pakistan crush England in second Test

2012-01-28T17:18:00.001+05:00

ABU DHABI: Pakistan defeated England by 72 runs on the fourth day of the second Test to win the series 2-0 at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Saturday.
England were shot out for their lowest Test score of 72 against Pakistan in all Tests. Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took six wickets.
Pakistan won the first Test by ten wickets in Dubai. The third Test will be played in Dubai from February 3.
England captain Andrew Strauss top-scored with 32.
England earlier dismissed Pakistan for 214 to give themselves a target of 145 to win in Abu Dhabi, but Andrew Strauss’s men again failed to deal with the host’s triple spin threat of Rehman, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez.
Ajmal finished on 6-25, while Ajmal’s figures were 3-22.
Pakistan, who play their home matches in the Gulf due to security problems at home, won last week’s first test in Dubai by 10 wickets.
Scores: Pakistan 257 and 214; England 327 and 72

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2012-01-27T23:35:00.000+05:00

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ماسټر شېر افضل

2012-01-27T21:14:00.002+05:00

څوک وائی ﻻړشه امريکې ته چې دې پېټې د غم سپک شی

څوک مې روس پله راکاږی چې ښکاره لور او څټک شی

په دې يو کښې غضب دادې چې سړې شی په کښې ښځه

په دې بل کښې نخره داده چې جېنئۍ په کښې هلک شی

په دې يو کښې پرلت لوئې شی ګيډه لويه شی چاټۍ شی

په دې بل کښې خاورې کنی بنيادم په کښې منږک شی

چا تپوس اوکړو دا و ښ نه لو ړه ښه ده که ژ و ر ه

و ې هوار ه راله ښه ده دوې دواړو دې رنګ ورک شی

نه ماسکو نه واشنګټن دې ده کعبه ددواړومينځ کښې

پو له وينی کيل کښې څملی چې غوئې کله اړک شی

چې د هر څه نه افضل د ې لااله اﻻالله دې

هر سړې دې پرې افضل يوسفزې او که خټک شی

NA committee recommends ban on “anti-Pakistan” words

2012-01-26T23:58:00.003+05:00

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday recommended that no one would be allowed to speak against Pakistan in programmes telecast by private television channels.
It observed that words like “Pakistan will break” must not go on-air and use of such language should be completely banned.
The committee meeting was held at the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) headquarters.
Members of the NA Samina Mushtaq Pugganwala, Begum Nuzhat Sadiq, Rana Nazir Ahmed Khan, Malik Muhammad Shakeel Awan, Bushra Rehman, Mehren Anwar Raja, Chudhry Saeed Iqbal, Mahboob Ullah Jan, PEMRA Chairman Dr Abdul Jabbar and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan also attended the meeting.
The information minister said that an effective monitoring system is in place to keep an eye on the contents being aired by private television channels.
She said around 85 channels were operating in the country while the same number of applications are pending with PEMRA for licenses.
PEMRA Chairman Dr Abdul Jabbar said that PEMRA had so far received 1076 complaints after the establishment of its complaint cell, adding that 90 per cent complaints were regarding the contents of private television channels programmes.

SC admits petition against Sharmila Farooqui

2012-01-26T23:57:00.002+05:00

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday admitted a petition for regular hearing against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharmila Farooqui’s eligibility as adviser to the chief minister Sindh as well as a member of the provincial cabinet.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ordered removal of objections placed by the registrar office on the application and directed it for regular hearing.
The petitioner Habibul Wahab Khairi, chairman Al-Jehad Trust, appeared in person and said that Sharmila Farooqi had taken relief under the annulled National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
The Chief Justice observed that if she had taken relief under the plea bargain, then her case was a continuation of the NRO issue.
He remarked that her eligibility as an adviser in the provincial cabinet should be reviewed as those who got relief under NRO were no longer entitled for such benefits now.
Khairi had made the federation, ministry of law and justice, government of Sindh, chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Director-General National Savings, Usman Farooqui, Aneesa Farooqui, Sharmila Farooqui and the State Bank as respondents.

Punjab government promises Mansoor Ijaz a safe visit

2012-01-26T23:56:00.002+05:00

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday offered ‘adequate security’ to Mansoor Ijaz if he comes to Punjab to record his statement in the Memogate scandal.
Talking to Express News, Sharif said that he will take personal responsibility of providing complete security to Ijaz during his visit to Pakistan.
He said that he will welcome Ijaz and will provide him security till the last moment he is in Pakistan, and also offered the judicial commission probing the controversial memo to come to the province to record Ijaz’s statements.
Ijaz has repeatedly refused to visit Pakistan citing security reasons despite several assurances as the judicial commission summoned him over and over again. The parliamentary committee probing the issue gave him a final deadline of February 10 to appear before the committee.

چاته ګلُر خ ساقی دسرو مئيو جامونه ورکړل

2012-01-26T16:44:00.001+05:00

چاته ګلُر خ ساقی دسرو مئيو جامونه ورکړل

چاته بې درده زمانې ښکلی غمونه ورکړل

ما ژړَوی د بې ا نصافه سما ج دا رسمو نه

پښتنې مينې تۀ ئې څومره تکليفونه ورکړل

چرته پردوکوڅوکښې ګرځی شهزادګئۍ فقيره

چا ته ئې د زرو بې حسا به انبارونه ور کړل

څوک دِکړودومره غريب وائی چې پيدانۀ وې زۀ

څوک چې پيداشول ورتۀ سم دِ محلونه ورکړل

چا درنه نۀ غوښتې دحُسن دِ تُحفې ورکړې

چا چې غوښتلو په ژړا دِ اَرمانونه ورکړل

څوک ئې په فکر دَعزت کړوڅوک دزروپه خيال

انوره! چاته ئې دپاکې مينې زړونه ور کړل

Zia asks former Olympians to prove allegations or face music

2012-01-26T00:01:00.002+05:00

KARACHI: President, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), Qasim Zia has said that those who blamed the federation should prove these or extend apology, Geo News reported.

Addressing a press conference here, Qasim Zia said former Olympians have leveled serious allegations, adding that they should take their words back or apologize otherwise federation will sue them in the court of law.

'Former players have defamed the name of the country by leveling allegations,' the PHF President said and added that players are not above the country and the game.

On the occasion, PHF secretary Asif Bajwa said Rs520 million has been allocated for betterment of Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi.

په لاهور کې وړیا درملو ۷۰ ناروغان مړه کړي دي

2012-01-25T23:58:00.000+05:00

د پاکستان د پنجاب ايالت مرکز لاهور په يوۀ حکومتي روغتون کې د وړيا درملو د خوړلو له امله د مړو شوو شمېره لوړه شوې ده.

د چارواکو په وينا د زړه د ناروغانو پۀ دې روغتون کې د مړو شوو شمېره اوس ٧٠ ته لوړه شوې.

د دوايانو د هغه کمپنۍ مالکان چې بيگاه نيول شوي وو، د محکمې لخوا پوليسو ته د پلټنو لپاره سپارل شوي دي.

حکومتي چارواکي واي ي تر دې دمه له ۳۵۰ زيات کسان چې دې روغتون څخه ترلاس کړو دوايانو په وړاندې ېې حساسيت ښودلى ، نورو روغتونونو کې داخل کړى شوي.

د پنجاب ايالتي حکومتي د پلټنو په لړ کې د کارول شوو دوايانو نمونې بهر ته لېږلې دي، او وايي تر هغې چې ددې نتيجه نه وي راغلي په دې اړه پۀ پرېکنده ډول څه نه شي ويلى.

ددې نه علاوه حکومت د زړه ناروغۍ لپاره کارېدونکو دوايانو په کارونې بنديز لگولى دى چې د پنجاب د زړه د ناروغانو د روغتون لخوا ورکول کېدې.

بل لوري ته د پنجاب په ايالتي اسمبلۍ کې مخالفې ډلې د اعلى وزير شهباز شريف د استعفى غوښتنه کړې ده.

هغه کسان چې ددې دوايانو د کارونې له امله مړه شوي دي د کورنيو غړو يې د روغتون نه د باندې مظاهرې کړې دي.

Butterfingered England allows Pakistan to recover

2012-01-25T23:54:00.005+05:00

ABU DHABI: Half centuries by captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq helped Pakistan recover to 256-7 against butterfingered England on day one of the second Test on Wednesday.
Misbah, who won the toss, was unbeaten on 83 while Shafiq made a composed 58 as scratchy fielding allowed them to put on a century-stand for the fifth wicket.
What was expected to be a batsmen’s pitch turned out to have more life than Pakistan expected. England, despite its missed chances, still made stumps with hopes of bowling out Pakistan for under 300, while the home side could harbor confidence of passing 300 as long as their captain stayed at the crease. He’s already been there for nearly four hours.
Misbah, dropped on 30 by James Anderson, hit five fours and four sixes. Shafiq, dropped on 53 by Alastair Cook close to the wicket, hit seven boundaries and a straight six off recalled spinner Monty Panesar.
Misbah took 142 balls to raise his half century but finished the day with a flourish by hitting Panesar for successive sixes in the last over.
England captain Andrew Strauss contributed to the poor day in the field when he floored a chest-high catch of Adnan Akmal before the batsman had scored, off Anderson’s second delivery with the second new ball.
Pakistan was struggling at 103-4 just after lunch, but Misbah and Shafiq resisted for more than two hours to regain momentum.
Misbah lofted Panesar for two successive sixes over the long on boundary early in his knock, but waited patiently thereafter to hit his first boundary after tea as the wicket eased out for batting.
Shafiq struggled for nearly half an hour but gained confidence with some crisp boundaries on both sides of the wicket.
He brought up his half century with a sharp single off Panesar before he was caught on the back leg by Graeme Swann while attempting a sweep shot.
Earlier, Mohammad Hafeez (31) and Taufeeq Umar (16) provided a steady start of 51 runs.
The openers were little troubled in the first hour and put on 41. Hafeez cut Swann’s very first delivery to backward point for a boundary, but soon the offspinner got his line right and bowled well in tandem with Panesar as the Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch, which usually is a featherbed for batsmen, began offering assistance to both spinners.
Swann uprooted Umar’s off stump when the left-hander offered no shot to a straight delivery and Panesar bowled Hafeez off a beautifully bowled arm ball, only a delivery after dropping the batsman off his own bowling.
Stuart Broad provided England a sniff of running through the opposition when he sent Younis Khan’s (24) and Azhar Ali’s (24) off stumps cartwheeling in the second session in space of five runs.
Broad, who took 3-47, trapped Akmal for 9, then Swann, with 3-52, brushed the off stump of Abdur Rehman for a duck late in the day.
Panesar, playing his first test since 2009, replaced paceman Chris Tremlett, who has a back injury and will be flying back home.
Pakistan also made one change from the side that won the first Test by 10 wickets, with fast bowler Aizaz Cheema making way for young paceman Junaid Khan.

Gunmen kill three lawyers in Karachi

2012-01-25T23:52:00.002+05:00

KARACHI: Three lawyers belonging to Shia community were killed and another was injured when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle here at Pakistan Chowk area on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.
The police sources identified the dead as Shakeel Jafri, Kafil Jafri and Badar Munir whereas Babar Ali, also a lawyer, sustained injuries.
All victims, including father and son, belonged to shia community. The Shia Ulema Council has announced three-day mourning including strike on Thursday.
Four gunmen, riding two motorcycles, opened fire on Lawyers’ car when they were going back home from City Court in Arambagh area.
All four lawyers got injured after shooting and three succumbed to their wounds on the way to hospital.
Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wassan suspended the SHO Arambagh and ordered an inquiry report within next 48 hours.
“We have noticed a few sectarian killings lately, which are aimed at creating chaos in Karachi,” said Wassan.
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has announced a nation wide boycott of courts on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat ul Ebad has vehemently condemned the incident.
He directed the concerned officials for immediate arrest of those involved in the incident.
The governor expressed solidarity with the lawyers’ and Shia community and assured that every possible efforts would be made to bring the accused to justice.

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2012-01-25T22:20:00.001+05:00

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Gilani takes back words on DG ISI, army chief statements

2012-01-25T22:13:00.002+05:00

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani took back his words on DG ISI and army chief’s statements given to the Supreme Court in the Memogate scandal, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Speaking to the media at Chaklala airport before heading to the World Economic Forum, Gilani said that his statement of DG ISI and army chief’s responses to the court being ‘unconstitutional and unlawful’ were given in a particular situation, but now the situation is clear.
“I want to dispel the impression that the military leadership acted unconstitutionally or violated rules,” said Gilani, according to state television.
He added that he wants to clarify that the statements were given in a particular context and it does not hold any importance now. There was a clash of institutions at that time, but now there isn’t.
On January 10, Gilani gave an interview to a Chinese newspaper where he stated that Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and had not been given approval by the ‘competent authorities’ – in other words the government – before submitting their responses in the Memogate case.
Gilani would be accompanied by Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh among other officials in the annual summit of the World Economic Forum.
The prime minister is scheduled to hold meetings with world leaders who will gather at Davos, the Alpine Resort of Switzerland to deliberate upon the global economic issues.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will open the annual event in which 40 heads of state, 18 of the world’s central bankers besides around 2,600 of the world’s top political and business leaders are expected to participate.

نن د يا د و نو پۀ مز ا ر با ند ِ بليږ ی ډ يو ې

2012-01-25T18:07:00.000+05:00

نن د يا د و نو پۀ مز ا ر با ند ِ بليږ ی ډ يو ې

د تا د خيا ل سره لګيا د ی مشغو ليږی ډ يو ې

پۀ انتظار انتظار سرې کړې ستوروخپلې سترګې

خو نۀ را ځی هغۀ بس داسې بۀ سوزيږی ډ يو ې

مونږه د زړونو په ز خمونو مشا لو نه بل کړل

د مينې لارې اُس رو ښا نه دی ګډ يږی ډ يو ې

سترګې مې ورغلې خوسترګې مې له سترګو نه ځی

خوب به څه راشی چې مې سترګو کښې بليږی ډ يوې

د مقصد ستو رو د تيارو سينې کړ ې سر ې و يرې

بس دامووخت دې ګنې خدائيګو چې مړيکيږی ډيوې

د ا مې ارمان دې چې ښا دی او غم د ټو لو يو شی

بيا به سيلو کښې هم جو نګړو کښې بليږی ډيو ې

ارمانی ! مينه اؤ خلوص چۀ وی د پا کې مينې

څه رنګ به ستر ګو نه د ستر ګو جُد ا کيږی ډيوې

Nobody is above Constitution: Babar Awan

2012-01-24T22:08:00.003+05:00

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Babar Awan said on Tuesday that it was very unfortunate that importance was being given to a person like Mansoor Ijaz who had spoken against the forces, security operators and highest dignitaries of the country.
Babar Awan said nobody is above the Constitution and he who levels allegations against anybody without evidence should be punished according to law.
“If someone is found involved in defaming someone, he should be brought to book according to law of the land,” he said.

Mansoor Ijaz given final chance to appear on Feb 9

2012-01-24T22:07:00.002+05:00

ISLAMABAD: A probe into a major scandal threatening Pakistan’s president on Tuesday appeared at risk of collapsing as investigators ruled out travelling abroad to hear the testimony of the star witness.
American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who implicated President Asif Ali Zardari in a May memo seeking US help to rein in Pakistan’s powerful military, has refused to travel to Pakistan, citing fears for his safety.
His testimony is considered key to any case against the president, who faces frenzied speculation that he could be forced out of office over the scandal, attempts to reopen corruption cases and even a bout of reported illness.
Giving Ijaz another opportunity to appear, a three-member judicial commission adjourned until February 9 and said they would ask the Supreme Court to extend their mandate, which was due to end on Saturday.
“The commission cannot go abroad because the Supreme Court has restrained Husain Haqqani, so in the same way, Mansoor Ijaz’s statement should be recorded in Pakistan,” said Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
The judges earlier summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik to explain how the government could protect Ijaz.
“He will be given box security. I assure you that his name will not be put on exit control list,” Malik told the commission.
Ijaz’s lawyer, Akram Sheikh, earlier told the commission that his client feared being barred from leaving Pakistan. Instead, he has offered to record his testimony in London or Zurich.
“It is better for the image of the country that anyone coming here to give evidence, goes back safely,” Justice Qazi Faez Isa told Malik.
“Mansoor Ijaz is the key person and for me this case is zero without his statement,” Pakistani analyst A.H. Nayyar told AFP.
“If he is not willing to come (to Pakistan) all this means nothing.”

Army, ISI chiefs meet PM Gilani

2012-01-24T20:59:00.001+05:00

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaque Pervez Kayani and the Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Shuja Pasha on Tuesday, state television reported.
State television gave scant details on the high-powered meeting, which also included Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, saying only regional security, especially the situation in Afghanistan, was discussed.
President Asif Ali Zardari is currently on a two-day state visit to Myanmar.

څوک په لاروکښې ازغی کری نيک نام شی

2012-01-24T17:33:00.000+05:00

څوک په لاروکښې ازغی کری نيک نام شی

څوک تابيا د سر و ګلو نۀ که بد نام شی

څو ک يو دوه قدمه واخلی ترتا د ر شی

د چا پښې په مزل ماتې شی نا کا م شی

نۀ پو هيږ م پو ښتنۀ بيبا کۀ مينۀ

د ا شنا پۀ وړاندې و لې احتر ا م شی

مستی هغه خو د کيف رنګ ئې جُدادې

سړ يتو ب کله حمز ه کله حيا م شی

بيا په طمع د وصال مِ واؤرې پر يو ځی

چۀ د ا ستا د کلی غرونوتۀ مِ پا م شی

هر طلب لۀ يؤ اُ ميد ۀ پيد ا کيږ ی

کو م اُميد دې چۀد ا ستا د طلب نام شی

د ولی سد ا بها ر خو د سره فکر

سپرلې نۀ دې چۀ دشپوورځوغلام شی

په فريادونو کښې مې رو ح اؤ اثر پاتې نه دې

2012-01-22T16:25:00.003+05:00

په فريادونو کښې مې رو ح اؤ اثر پاتې نه دې

دسترګوسيندکښې مې څۀ لعل اؤګوهر پاتې نه دې

چې څومره شپې ورځې وې ټولې مې قربان کړې په تا

جو لۍ د عمر کښې مې شام وسحر پاتې نه دې

دځوانۍ عمر مې دعشق په ناپوهۍ کښې تير کړو

چې لږ ډير پوئې شوم نودسترګو نظر پاتې نه دې

په غلبيلونو با ن دې چا نړ شو م د و خت د ستم

په چور لکونو کښې هم دومره چکر پاتې نه د ې

په د ﻻ سو مې ډ ير زخمو نه د ی د ز ړه ګنډ لی

د هجر شپو کښې مې اوس دومره هنرپا تې نه دې

د نا دا نا نو په يارۍ کښې مې ژوندون تمام کړو

هو ښياردِ درومی اوس څه دومره سفر پاتې نه دې

ز ما و ز ر کښې آسما نونه دجها ن ر ا غو نډ ؤ و

نن په څا نګونوکښې مې داسې وزر پاتې نه دې

تلاش د رزق مې په ښار غر اؤ ځنګل ګر ځوی

د ژوند بقاء کښې رانه هيڅ يو ډګر پاتې نه دې

ظاهره ورشه جوړتسکين دې دجومات په ګټ کښې

د ز ړ ه د پاره را نه هيڅ يو کفر پا تې نه د ې

Security agencies scour Islamabad forest for four alleged terrorists

2012-01-22T00:00:00.002+05:00

ISLAMABAD: Police and security agencies arrested two alleged armed terrorists during a search operation in the Shakarparian forest around Islamabad, on Saturday evening, Express News reported.

Security agencies, including the Anti-Terrorist Force (ATF) and police had cordoned off the jungle area around the Islamabad Sports complex as they conducted a search operation. The forest borders the Red Zone. A bomb disposal squad along with sniffer dogs also scoured the area.
The arrested were immediately moved to an undisclosed location in a security van and were being interrogated regarding their suspected accomplices and plans.
The security agencies were tipped off when a woman passing by the area reported the presence of four suspicious men in the area. An anonymous call was also received on ’15′ informing of the presence of the men.
Sources said that a suspicious car was also spotted in the area and a team of security personnel had been sent in its pursuit.

No Name

2012-01-21T21:57:00.003+05:00

Punjab police forms high level committee to recover abducted aid workers

2012-01-21T21:47:00.005+05:00

LAHORE: The Punjab Police on Saturday formed a high level committee to safely recover two foreign aid workers who had been abducted from their residential complex in Western Fort colony, Multan on Thursday.
The committee formed on the directions of Inspector General of Punjab Police, Javed Iqbal, will be headed by SSP Operations Multan Azhar Ikram and includes SP Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Karamatullah Malik, SP Investigation Liaqat Cheema, SP Cantt Shahzad Asif and SP Special Branch Qayyum Qaiserani.
Earlier, IG Punjab along with the Punjab Home Secretary Shahid Khan, Additional IG CTD Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera, RPO Multan Mubarak Ali Athar, CPO Multan Mohammad Amir Zulfiqar Khan, DPO Muzzafargarh Munir Ahmad Zia Rao, Commissioner Multan, Khurram Ali Agha, DCO Multan Zahid Akhtar Zaman and investigation experts visited the crime scene.
Later, the IGP presided over a high level meeting at the office of RPO Multan where a strategy for the immediate recovery of the abducted aid workers was discussed. Members of the Investigation team including CPO Multan, Commissioner Multan and all Senior Police Officers of the region attended the meeting.
Two aid workers, one a German national, the other an Italian citizen were abducted, apparently by the Taliban, from their compound in a secure housing colony of Multan on Thursday as they returned from a trip to Kot Addu. They were working for a German NGO which worked with flood victims.

We’re not worried about Ajmal’s action: Trott

2012-01-21T21:45:00.001+05:00

DUBAI: England batsman Jonathan Trott on Saturday refused to be drawn into the ongoing controversy over Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal’s action, saying it was up to the game’s governing body and officials to decide.
The prelude to the three-Test series was surrounded by Ajmal’s mystery delivery which he claimed to unveil against England.
Ajmal took a career best 7-55 and 3-42 to help Pakistan rout England by ten wickets inside three days, triggering doubts over the legitimacy of his bowling action which was already questioned and cleared in 2009.
Former England paceman Bob Willis sparked the controversy by saying he has problems with Ajmal’s doosra — a delivery bowled with the same action but turns the other way than an off-break.
When asked about Ajmal’s action, Trott said: “It’s not really my place, I’ve played against the bowler before and we’ve been pretty successful.
“With regards to delivery action and stuff, that wouldn’t be beneficial for us to worry about the legitimiacy of someone’s action, it’s important that we won the next game and don’t take our attention off that,” said Trott.
“It’s their (on-field umpires) job, its not our job to do anything with regards to opposition players, we’ve got to worry about outselves. The fact of the matter is we are 1-0 down and we’ve got to win the next match.”
The second Test starts in Abu Dhabi from January 25. Dubai will stage the thrid and final Test from February 3-7. The teams will also play four one-day and three Twenty20 internationals.
Trott, 30, praised Ajmal but refused to accept England needed specific preparations against him.
“Of course, whenever somebody takes ten wickets whether seamer or spinner, I don’t think you go around preparing for a specific type of bowling or a person you try and make sure that your game is in good order,” said Trott.
Trott said he was confident England can stage a comeback.
“Since I have been a part of this team for two and a bit years, we’ve had a few losses, but we have managed to bounce back in the following games, so it’s a case of hopefully being able to do that again,” he said.
England team director Andy Flower said he has his own views on Ajmal’s action.
“I don’t think that (Ajmal’s action) has got into the guys heads,” said Flower on Friday.
“Our job is to deal with whatever bowlers bowl against us and the ICC’s job is to police the guy. I have got my own private views and talking about them here is not going to help any situations,” said Flower.
Flower accepted England’s three-day capitulation was a shock.
“It was a bit of a shock. We played and batted poorly. Test cricket is a tough game. If you give people an opening like that they will punish you. The Pakistan side is good enough to do that,” said Flower, a former Zimbabwe batsman.

Begum Naseem Wali announces return to politics

2012-01-21T21:44:00.002+05:00

KARACHI: Veteran politician Begum Naseem Wali Khan on Saturday announced her return to practical politics after an absence of around seven years, DawnNews reported.
Speaking to DawnNews, Awami National Party (ANP) founder Wali Khan’s widow said that she had served her party well. “I have so many services for ANP,” said Naseem.
Wali Khan’s widow said she had not quit practical politics but had been kept away from it.
She further said she had submitted an application to her party for contesting the Senate elections. “It is my right to get a party ticket for the Senate polls,” the ANP leader added.

Thirteen killed in Afghan violence

2012-01-21T21:40:00.002+05:00

KABUL: At least 13 people, including five Afghan border police, a Nato soldier and two would-be suicide bombers were killed across Afghanistan Saturday, officials said.
The border guards died when their vehicle was ambushed in Gulran district of Hirat province in western Afghanistan, General Sulaiman, the commander of rapid reaction forces in the area, told AFP.
“The vehicle first hit a roadside bomb and then the militants opened fire using grenade launchers and small arms,” he said.
The Nato soldier died in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force said, without providing any further details.
Also on Saturday, a roadside bomb hit a civilian truck in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of volatile Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, killing three civilians and wounding three others.
“They were labours going to their work in the morning when their truck hit the roadside bomb that killed three and wounded three others,” the provincial spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.
In southeastern Afghanistan, Afghan and Nato security forces shot dead four attackers attempting to target Barmal district chief office in Paktika province on Saturday, Mukhlis Afghan the provincial spokesman said.
“Two attackers had suicide vests on, but were killed before being able to detonate and two others were armed,” he said, adding that there were no other fatalities.
The east and southeastern regions of Afghanistan have been the focus of US-led coalition efforts recently, shifting from Taliban strongholds in the south towards the restive area along the border with Pakistan.

Security arrangements for Ijaz finalised: Attorney General

2012-01-21T19:42:00.003+05:00

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq on Saturday finalized security arrangements for Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz in consultation with the Defence Secretary.
The commission probing into the Memogate scandal had asked me to make appropriate arrangements for Ijaz in its January 9 order, Haq told The Express Tribune.
Ijaz’s counsel, Akram Sheikh had earlier said that by excluding the army from the security, the government wanted to deprive his client of providing valuable evidence linking President Asif Ali Zardari to the memo.
“I have met with the Defence Secretary, Interior Secretary and the representatives of the federal security agencies to finalise the arrangements,” he said. Haq said that army personnel could be involved if required under the commission’s order.
The attorney general said Ijaz had been given foolproof security under Article 245 of the Constitution. He added the article stated that the army could be asked to help the administration “in aid of civil power”.

A visit to Saeed's supermarket of spin

2012-01-21T17:48:00.002+05:00

by Andrew Hughes
As a fan of the three-day game, it was great to see England doing their bit to promote one of cricket’s classic formats. There were no wacky declarations in their homage to 1980s county cricket, but they did bring on Jonathan Trott for some joke bowling and they managed to wrap the whole thing up by the third evening. Well done, chaps.
Saeed Ajmal was their nemesis, a smiling purveyor of psychological cricket warfare and cunningly fashioned straightish ones that kind of do a little bit. On the face of it, there doesn’t appear to be much devil in the Ajmal style. If he sold his deliveries in a high street shop, the customers would soon be complaining about the lack of choice.
“Saeed, where are the teesras you said you were getting in? And these doosras here look very similar to your offbreaks over there.”
“Ah,” he would reply, with a grin, “But if you look very closely, you can see that one bends slightly this way, and one bends slightly that way.”
And it’s true. Of course, Ian Bell’s visit to Saeed’s Supermarket of Spin would end after a couple of minutes of confused browsing, with the wee fella running out, screaming, “I don’t know which one to choose! I don’t know which one to choose!”
Bell is, remember, England’s officially nominated “best player of spin”, which admittedly isn’t a great claim to fame, a bit like being the tallest of the seven dwarves or the least unpleasant Republican presidential hopeful, but still, if anyone could handle Saeed, it was going to be Ian.
That didn’t work out too well and now England’s only hope of leaving the Middle East with any semblance of dignity lies in their batsmen finding a way to identify the doosra, preferably before it hits their pad. At the moment, I doubt they’d spot it even if the ICC were to introduce a new rule requiring the umpire to hold up a card stating “Warning: Doosra!” at the appropriate moment.
They will though have some behind-the-scenes help. I don’t mean Merlin the magical bowling machine. I’m talking about the Sky commentators. We should never forget one of the fundamental principles of modern cricket, known as Murali’s Law, which states that the extent to which a spin bowler’s action is a problem is directly related to the number of opponents he has dismissed in the current series.
We have already heard Bob Willis talking ominously about long sleeves and crooked elbows and ahead of the second Test, Sky are working on a giant rubber protractor which Nasser Hussain will hold up in front of the camera every time Saeed bowls in order to give us regular readouts on his angle of arm-bend. Expect more public tastings of vintage Chateau Sour as the series goes on.
Pakistan fans, meanwhile, were having a fantastic time, watching a match in which their team started off well, carried on doing well and utterly refused to throw it away in the most painful way possible right at the end. And in between watching the clatter of English wickets, there was the added entertainment of goading Ian Botham via Twitter, a pastime which obviously I could not possibly endorse.
This metamorphosis from embarrassing shambles to casual success would be remarkable for most teams, but for Pakistan, it’s just another 12 months. With their opponents in disarray, the series is theirs for the taking. Providing they don’t do anything silly…

Maoist landmine attack

2012-01-21T16:16:00.001+05:00

PATNA, India: A landmine attack by Maoist militants in eastern India killed at least 12 policemen and injured three others, authorities said on Saturday.
The attack, targeting a police vehicle in Jharkhand state, was to protest against the killing of one of the top Maoist leaders Koteswar Rao — better known as Kishenji — by security forces last year, police said.
“The Maoists triggered a powerful landmine targeting the police vehicle in Garhwa district,” senior police official Suman Gupta told AFP by telephone from state capital Ranchi.
The policemen were apparently trapped by the Maoists in a forested area of the district, Gupta added.
The Maoist insurgency, which began in 1967, feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption, and is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India, many of which are rich in natural resources.
The attack was the latest in a series of militant strikes on often poorly trained police battling the Maoist militants, fighting to overthrow all state and national authorities.
Last month, another landmine attack by Maoist militants in the same state struck a convoy of a senior politician, killing 10 policemen and a young boy.
The increasingly lethal insurgency has spread to around 20 of India’s 29 states and has been described by Prime Minister Singh as the country’s biggest internal security threat.

کرزی: افغانستان د بهرنیانو د 'سیاست ازموینې' ځای نه دی

2012-01-21T16:13:00.004+05:00

افغان ولسمشر حامد کرزي د ملي شورا د تقنیني کال د پرانیستو پرمهال جمهوري نظام د خلکو په ګټه وباله.

نوموړي وویل ''په تېرو ۴۰ کالو کې زموږ په هېواد کې ګڼ سیاسي نظامونه وازمایل شول. موږ هېڅکله اجازه نه ورکوو چې زموږ په هېواد کې یوه بله سیاسي ازموینه وشي. زموږ نظام د خلکو په غوښتنه او د هغوی د ګټو پربنسټ جوړ شوی دی.''

کېدای شي د ولسمشر کرزي د خبرو مخاطب په ۲۰۰۹ کال کې د افغانستان ولسمشريزو ټاکنو ته د ولاړ او ماتې خوړلي عبدالله عبدالله وي چې ویل یې که بريالی شي نو د افغانستان اوسنی سياسي نظام به په پارلماني هغه بدلوي.

حامد کرزي پارلماني نظام د هېواد په زیان وباله.

ښاغلي کرزي د ملي شورا د تقنیني کال د پرانیستو پرمهال په افغانستان کې روانه جګړه د هغه په ټکو د پردیو په ګټه وبلله، خو وویل چې د حکومت له اصلي مخالفانو سره یې د سولې په تړاو ګټورې خبرې کړې دي.

د حکومت له مخالفو وسله والو (طالبانو او اسلامي حزب) سره حامد کرزي د حکومت خبرې ګټورې وبللې، خو یوځل بیا یې له وسله والو پر ځمکه د کېښودو غوښتنه وکړه:

'هغه کسان چې په جګړه اخته دي، دا جګړه د پردیو د منافعو لپاره ده، خو افغانان او د افغانستان خاوره پکې سوځېږي. د پردیو توپک دې کېږدي او د افغانستان د ارامۍ او امن لپاره دې هڅې وکړي.''

ولسمشر کرزي وویل چې د سولې د بهیر او مذاکزاتو څښتن یوازې د افغانستان ملت دی، چې هېڅ هېواد یې مخه نه شي نیولی.

حامد کرزي له طالبانو سره د سولې خبرې ګټورې وبللې، خو په وینا یې د ده له تمو سره سمې پرمخ نه ځي:

''د افغانستان هیله دا وه چې طالبان به پخپل هېواد کې دفتر پرانیزي، او یا هیله دا وه چې د ترکیې یا سعودي عربستان په ګډنون په یوه اسلامي هېواد کې دفتر پرانیزي. خو دوی په قطر کې د روغې جوړې لپاره د دفتر جوړېدو هیله وښوده، چې موږ یې مخالف نه یو.''

کرزي وویل چې یوه میاشت وړاند یې له پاکستانه کابل ته د اسلامي حزب له پلاوي سره د صمیمیت په فضا کې د سولې په تړاو خبرې وکړې.

لاسته راوړنې

ښاغلي کرزي وویل ''په تېرو څو کالو کې د افغانستان معارف ډېره وده وکړه، چې د زده کوونکو شمېر اته نیم میلیون او د ښوونکو شمېر ۱۹۲ زرو ته ورسېد.''

نوموړي ژمنه وکړه، چې حکومت یې متوازنې ودې ته پام کوي.

نوموړي دا هم وویل چې ''د عامې روغتیا په برخه کې د میندو او کوچنیانو د مړینې کچه د تېرو کال و په پرتله د پام وړ راټيټه شوې ده.''

د افغانستان ولسمشر وویل، له اماني دورې راهیسې د هېواد شاوخوا ۵۰۰ استادان او محصلین د افغانستان په پیسو هند او ترکیې ته د لوړو زده کړو لپاره استول شوي دي.

نوموړي ژمنه وکړه، چې حکومت غواړي بهرنیو پوهنتونونو کې د افغان ممتاز استادانو او محصلینو لپاره په راتلونکې کال کې ۵۰۰ میلیون افغانۍ نوره بودیجه زیاته کړي.

حامد کرزي وویل افغانستان به هڅه وکړي، چې هر کال بهر ته ۱۰۰ ممتاز استادان او محصلین د لوړو زده کړو لپاره واستوي.

Army can be called

2012-01-21T16:04:00.003+05:00

ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) is not a security force that can provide security to Mansoor Ijaz; however, the army can be called if required, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday.
Speaking to the media at F-9 Park in Islamabad, Malik said that a meeting between the defence secretary, the interior secretary and the attorney general was underway to decide the security arrangements for Ijaz.
He added that it was the attorney general who would decide on the final security arrangements.
Malik further said that if the parliamentary committee probing the Memogate scandal wishes, then anyone’s name can be put on the Exit Control List.
He reiterated that the government can launch an investigation against Ijaz on his return to the country for violating the Article 6 of the Constitution.

Afghan Taliban say

2012-01-21T16:01:00.006+05:00

PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban said on Saturday they had recruited an Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers in the country’s east a day earlier, prompting France to threaten an early pullout from the NATO-led war.
The claim of responsibility raises serious concerns about handing control of security over to the Afghan army and police, which NATO-led forces are currently in the process of doing before all foreign combat troops leave by the end of 2014.
Using another name the militant group call themselves, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by telephone: “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has recruited people in important positions. Some of them have already accomplished their missions,” he said adding that the four died on the spot.
The killings in Kapisa province were the latest in a string of such attacks in which Afghan troops turn on their Western allies and mentors. While NATO has blamed Taliban infiltration in the past, it has also said stress, indiscipline and divided loyalties within the hastily traded ranks played a role.
Friday’s brazen attack also comes weeks after an offer from the Taliban to open a political office in Qatar as a prelude to possible peace talks with the United States and other nations.
After the shooting – which took the French death toll to 82 since the war began in 2001 – President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered all French military operations on the ground to be suspended and Defence Minister Gerard Longuet jetted into Kabul on Saturday.
A regional Taliban commander added that incidents such as a video showing US Marines urinating on corpses were boosting support for the group among Afghans and threatened more attacks.
“Our missions have become easier because of incidents like the video,” he said.
Despite the presence of more than 100,000 foreign troops, violence across Afghanistan remains at its worst levels since the Taliban were toppled by US-backed Afghan forces in late 2001, according to the United Nations.

win will improve Pakistan image

2012-01-21T00:11:00.000+05:00

England win will improve Pakistan image, says coach

DUBAI: Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan insisted Friday that the comprehensive ten wicket win over the world’s best Test team England will boost the image of his team.
“Our aim is to provide a boost to the nation and fans of Pakistan cricket, and to show the world that there is more to Pakistan cricket than just negatives like spot-fixing,” Khan told AFP on Friday.
Pakistan romped to a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series with two days to spare as England crumbled to 160 in their second innings with Umar Gul (4-63), Saeed Ajmal (3-42) and Abdul Rehman (3-37) sharing the spoils.
Khan said the team were determined to improve their performances and their image.
“This group of players is playing an important role in improving the image of Pakistan cricket, by playing tough cricket and winning consistently and therefore showing the world that Pakistani cricketers are among the best and they deserve respect,” said Khan.
Khan took over as interim coach after Waqar Younis quit the post in September last year. The 56-year-old was retained for this series but is likely to be replaced by former Australian batsman Dav Whatmore next month.
Khan praised off-spinner Ajmal for getting his second ten-wicket haul in Test cricket.
“Ajmal was brilliant and when you play against the best team in the world then getting ten wickets is a big achievement, but I would say that Gul, Rehman and Aizaz Cheema all bowled well and deserve credit,” said Khan, a former opener.
Khan said Pakistan’s good start gave them the upper hand.
“We had a wonderful start to the Test match and after getting five early wickets we thought that the game was in our hands and we knew that if we get a good lead we can put pressure on England and that happened to our plan,” said Khan.
England, who won the toss and decided to bat, were left struggling at 52-5 at lunch on the opening day — a position from where they could never recover.
Khan also praised the good job done by the batsmen.
“After we got to 338 (in first innings) we had a confident feeling that now we can bowl our way to the victory and Gul provided that with a brilliant spell, we were expecting a win but not inside three days,” said Khan.
Pakistan gained a 146-run lead on the back of half-centuries from Mohammad Hafeez (88), Adnan Akmal (61), Taufiq Umar (58) and Misbah-ul Haq (52).
“It was a great team effort and the boys gave their almost hundred percent, we must praise our batting as well, the openers gave us a sound start and then everyone chipped in by showing good fighting spirit,” said Khan.
“I hope the intensity and the hard work continues because we have just won the first Test and must show consistency to win the series,” said Khan.
The second Test starts in Abu Dhabi from January 25. Dubai will stage the third Test from February 3-7 followed by four one-day and three Twenty20 matches.

Hakimullah still safe

2012-01-21T00:01:00.000+05:00

Hakimullah still safe in North Waziristan: sources

SLAMABAD: Hakimullah Mehsud, the top militant commander of defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is still alive and safe in some unknown location of North Waziristan, independent sources told DawnNews on Friday.
“Hakimullah is well and safe in North Waziristan… the news related to his killing in the drone attack carried out by the US military is incorrect,” an official source told this reporter.
The claim was also verified from at least two other independent sources.
The sources claimed that Hakimullah has taken a number of measures to ensure his safety and secrecy, and that he had stopped using electronic communication equipment, such as wireless sets, for the same reason.
Almost a week ago, reports quoting unknown sources mentioned intercepted radio communications between Taliban militants detailing how Hakimullah was killed.
In February 2011 similar media reports had claimed the killing of the TTP chief, however later incidents proved otherwise.

DAWN NEWS

Funny Fight

2012-01-20T19:56:00.001+05:00

I'm not Pakistani: Mansoor Ijaz

2012-01-20T19:40:00.000+05:00

The central character in the Memogate scandal, American businessman Mansoor Ijaz said on Friday that the parliamentary committee probing into the case cannot summon him because he is not a Pakistani national.
Expressing his reservations on appearing in front of the parliamentary committee, Ijaz said that his legal adviser is reviewing the notice of parliamentary committee that had summoned him.
The US citizen said that he was considering taking up the matter with the Supreme Court of Pakistan and that he will decide whether he will appear in front of the committee or not.
The committee had summoned Ijaz on January 26.
Ijaz’s Counsel Akram Sheikh has confirmed that he will appear in front of the judicial commission investigating the Memogate scandal on January 24.
Earlier on Thursday, Ijaz was granted a one year multiple-entry visa to Pakistan.
The American businessman had visited the the Pakistan High Commission in London, where he was granted the visa.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik had earlier said that he cannot guarantee if Ijaz will be arrested on his arrival or not.
Rehman had said that he will follow court orders in this regard.
However, the interior minister had said that he will provide complete security to him from the time he lands in Islamabad to his entire stay

Babar Awan

2012-01-20T19:31:00.001+05:00

افغان عسکر څلور فرانسوي ووژل

2012-01-20T19:02:00.001+05:00

ولسمشر نيکولاس سارکوزي په پاريس کې د خبرو پر وخت وويل له دې وروسته په افغانستان کې د فرانسوي سرتيرو له خوا د روزنې ټولې چارې او په عملياتو کې د دوى د پوځ له خوا مرستې ځنډوي.

دا خبره تر هغه وروسته وشوې چې د جمعې په ورځ( د جنوري شلمه) يوۀ افغان عسکر په کاپيسا کې څلور فرانسوي سرتيري ووژل.

په دغه پېښه کې ١٦ نور فرانسوي عسکر ټپيان شوي دي.

د ناټو يوۀ وياند او افغان مامورين وايي چې يوۀ کس چې د افغان پوځ جامه يې اغوستې وه د کاپيسا په تگاب کې پر فرانسوي سرتيرو ډزې وکړې.

ويل کيږي چې د افغان پوځ په جامه سمبال کس چې ډزې يې کړې دي نيول شوى دى.

له دغو وژنو سره په تيرو لسو کلونو کې په افغانستان کې د وژل شويو فرانسوي عسکرو شميره ٨٢ ته وختله.

نيوکلاس سرکوزي وويل:

" فرانسوي ځواکونه په افغانستان کې د افغانانو د خدمت لپاره دي چې د ترهگرۍ پر ضد او د طالبانو پر ضد وجنگيږي د دې لپاره نه دي چې په افغانستان کې يې افغان عسکر ووژني."

فرانسوي ولسمشر بې له دې چې نور جزييات ورکړي گواښ وکړ چې:

"که د امنيت شرايط په ښکاره سم نه شي نو دا پوښتنه به راپورته کيږي چې تر وخت وړاندې فرانسوي عسکر له افغانستانه وايستل شي."

فرانسه په افغانستان کې شاوخوا څلور زره عسکر لري او نيت يې دا دى چې دغه ځواکونه به تر ٢٠١٤ کال پورې هلته وي.

ولسمشر حامد کرزى په راتلونکې اوونۍ کې اروپا ته سفر لري چې فرانسې ته به هم ځي.

Da Che Meena Zama

2012-01-19T22:39:00.007+05:00

Da Che Meena Zama Wraz Pa Wraz Zyategi,
Intezar KawOm ZarOOr Ba Sa Chal Kegi..

Dase Had Ta RasawOli Yem Sta Meeni,
Os Me Khpala Zra Pa Zan Bande KhOgegi..

Zama Sewi Asweeli Ba De Lamba Kri,
Dase Ma Waya Che Hes Tre Na Joregi..

Ta Che Dase Rana RostO RostO Kege,
Da Zama Pa Sewi Zra Ba Sa Teregi..

Da fikar taal k zangeida

2012-01-19T22:29:00.000+05:00

Da fikar taal k zangeida Lewanai
Bia pa zargi me wareida Lewanai

Maa me da zra warta daghuna shmeral
Daa be parwa wa khandeda Lewanai

Hase be darda be ihsasa na wa
Zama pa meena poheida Lewanai

Maa che izhar warta da meene kawo
Laka da GUl ba ghwareda Lewanai

محبوبې بيا په خُوږو زړو کښې

2012-01-19T16:59:00.003+05:00

محبوبې بيا په خُوږو زړو کښې لارې مه جوړه وه

د محبت په تقا ضو کښې لار ې مه جو ړه وه

د پا کې مينې ز ه محکمه عقيد ه لر مه

ما ته نا صحه په اُوبو کښې لارې مه جوړه وه

که څير ې وير ې شمه ګُل خوبه را پرې کړم مالی

د اوائې څۀ چه په اَزغو کښې لارې مه جوړه وه

اې د فطر ت په پيچو تا ب کښې مُضمحل زړګيه

ز ما د عقل په ورشو کښې لارې مه جوړه وه

د حق ا حسا س مِ پا س په ز خم تل ملهم لګو ی

نفسه! د روح په مسْلو کښې لارې مه جو ړه وه

د خپل مقصد نه سيو ا هر څۀ پريږ ده اې قا سم

نوره د ژ وند په ولو لو کښې لا ر ې مه جوړه وه

اول مې سترګي ستا په تلو پسې تلې

2010-10-21T22:25:00.000+05:00

اول مې سترګي ستا په تلو پسې تلې

کله په نورو معشوقو پسې تلې

اخر ګوزار شوې له ګړنګ زړګيه

د هوسۍ سترګې په کتو پسې تلې

تا پټېدل زده کول ته يې پټ کړې

زړګيه ته رانه د غلو پسې تلې

دا ستا د مخ شمعه چې بله شوله

لمبې زما د زړه په سوو پسې تلې

په زړه زخمي کړو ستا لېمو، که نظر

د وينو کرښې په بڼو پسې تلې

اوس يې زغمه دا غټ غمونه مدام

زړګيه ته چې په وړو پسې تلې

دا بې اختياره چې نن ما وخندل

لمبې مې ستا په مسېدو پسې تلې

خاطر دې زړه لره نږدې درغی

څو به يې لرې په ويشتو پسې تلې

دې باغ ته د د نيا داسې انسان را غلې نه دې

2010-10-13T21:32:00.011+05:00

دې باغ ته د د نيا داسې انسان را غلې نه دې

چې بيا ترې په افسوس او په ارمان وتلې نه دې

ليکن هغه نيکا ن نۀ لری هيڅ په زړه ارما ن

چې نفس ئې د ګناه په نجاست لړلې نه دې

او بل هغه زلمې چې ئې خدمت دوطن کړې

تکليف د قام د پاره ئې تکليف ګڼلې نه دې

که تۀ هم ارزومندئي چې دې پاتې ارمان نۀ شی

ژوندون ته د دنيا دې جاود ان و ئيلې نۀ دې

نو پا سه اې پښتونه څۀ خدمت د وطن وکړه

غدار دملک وقام چا په انسان شميرلې نه دې

نور خوب دبې غمۍ مۀ کوه پا سه رابيدار شه

چاخوب دبې غمی کښې څه دولت مُندلې نه دې

دناستې په دُعا کښې دې اثر نشته تر هغې

په ملا چې کمر بند دې د عمل تړلې نه د ې

په غار کښې پروت زمرې دشل ګيدړسره يوشان دې

تر څو چې په ځنګل کښې دې په ښکار وتلې نه دې

مجنو نه دليلی زلفې به درنۀ شی په ﻻس

تر څو چې ورپسې دې بحروبرکتلې نۀ دې

ستاﻻفې دروغژنې دی په فن دعاشقۍکښې

چې سر دې په تيشه لکه فرهاد وهلې دۀ دې

بازی چې ئې دسرنۀ ده پۀ ډيس دعمل ايښې

هغه کس چرې داؤدکاميابۍ ګټلې نۀ دې

کوم قام ته چې خپل مال وسر خواږه وی له عزته

هغه په منا ر و د تر قۍ ختلې نۀ د ې

کوم باغ چې نهال شوې د محنت په خولو نۀ وی

په سيوری د آرام ترې چا ثمر خوړلې نه دې

يوعلم بل هنردې چې وطن پرې پورته کيږی

بې علم وبې هنره چا ﻻئق بللې نۀ دې

د علم ترقی کيږی هميش په خپله ژبه

ماڅوک په پردۍ ژبه بهره مندليدلې نۀ دې

خدمت د خپلې ژبې لوئې خدمت دملک وقام دې

د ښمن د خپلې ژ بې زمانې پا للې نۀ د ې

نشان دپښتنوبه نۀ شی پورته په دنيا کښې

تر څوچې دپښتو ژبې مغراج ليدلې نۀ دې

دا ستا په سترګو کې به څه پاتې شی

2010-10-06T22:35:00.002+05:00

دا ستا په سترګو کې به څه پاتې شی

رقيبه يار کې مې په خوله پاتې شی

يو ځلې نېغ په دې لار تير شه اشنا

چې دې کاږه واږه کاته پاتې شی

پر دې مزدور سهر وختی پا څيږی

د شو ګير و مين او ده پا تې شی

افسوس چې ستا په خيال به څه ښکارمه

د غه ارما ن به مې په زړه پا تې شی

و ستا يه تل د يا ر تر خه خا طر ه

چې په کتاب کې دې خواږه پاتې شی

چۀ سړ ې له سړ ی کړ ی ددُنيا طمعَ

2010-09-28T22:54:00.004+05:00

تل د او ښو په اوبو کښې لره تر مخ

په دغو اوبو کښې ليد شی د د لبر مخ

د يو سف د مخ ډ يو ه شو ه هله بله

چې ئې سُور کړو په څپيړو برادر مخ

له ميو ې دسيو ر ی ؤنه شا په شا وی

څو ئې نه که مخا مخ سره د نمر مخ

و هر چا ته به سر خ ر و يه لکه ګل شی

که په وينو سره و ينځی د ځيګر مخ

سياه ر و ی بې د ې د طمعې ﻻړه نه شې

څو پرې نه وينځې د صبر په کوثر مخ

چې تڼا کې د ګو هر لری په ﻻس کښې

هغه نه ګو ر ی په ځله د ګو هر مخ

عا قلا نو لر ه عيب هنر نما ئی د ه

ا ئينه تو ر ه بتۍ که د جو هر مخ

که د ښکليو پۀ دربار مخ رو ټی غوا ړې

ائينې غوندې کړه تور په خا کستر مخ

د حميد بو ا لهو سی نا کسی نه د ه

لټو ی په خپله و ر که پسې هر مخ

زمـــــا زړه دې وي داغـــــدار ښــــۀ

2010-09-17T22:20:00.000+05:00

زمـــــا زړه دې وي داغـــــدار ښــــۀ

ستـــا خالـــونه په رخســـار ښــــۀ

تـــۀ رنـګ رنـګ جـــــوړوه زلــفـــــې

زمـــــا عــمــــــر دې پــه دار ښــــۀ

تۀ په سترګو کښې مسکۍ شـــه

ښخ زمـا په زړۀ کښې خــار ښــــۀ

ګلـــــه تــــا بـهـــــر تــــه بـــــــوزي

لــــه ريـبـــــاره نـــوبــهـــــار ښــــۀ

نـن دې کـــــــړې دنــداســـــــه ده

اور دې بــل په هر ګفتــــــار ښــــۀ

تــه چې لږ پــرې خوشحــالــــېږې

غم زمـــــا په سر بسيـــــار ښــــۀ

د وصــــال پـه شپــه تلــــــوار کړې

دے تلـــــوار دې له تلـــــوار ښــــۀ

وعـــــده مــه کــــوه خـو راشـــــه

لـــه ګفتــــاره وي کـــــردار ښــــۀ

چې آشنــــا د چـــا طبيب شــي

هغـه درست عمـر بيـمـــار ښــــۀ

زۀ قـــــيــدي د رواج نــــــۀ يـــــم

ګـريبــان مې تـــار په تـــار ښــــۀ

تـــــۀ مــغــــرور او بــې نيـــــــازه

زۀ نيــازمند يمه خاکســـار ښــــۀ

ستــــا د وريځــو لـه دې ګونجـې

د تېرې تــــورې پــرهــــــار ښــــۀ

پــــه ژړا زمـــــــا ســــوالـــــونـــه

په خــــنــدا د تـــــا انـــکار ښــــۀ

شپـــه د وصـــل ســــروې قـــده

لـه وصـــــالـه دې رفتـــــار ښــــۀ

وس وصـــال دې ګلې مـۀ کــــړه

هــر يـو کار وي پخپــل وار ښــــۀ

تــــۀ زمــــــا د کــــور پــــــه لاره

او زۀ ستا د کـــور پــه لار ښــــۀ

ستــــا تـازه ښــېــــوې نازونــــه

د حــمـــزه تــازه اشعـــار ښــــۀ

ځه خو سپرلئې ستا د خند يدو ده پاره غواړم

2010-09-14T21:13:00.004+05:00

ځه خو سپرلئې ستا د خند يدو ده پاره غواړم

دا ده ارمان ګل ده رجيدو ده پا ره غو اړم

ته چې شمه شمه شې اوځه پتنګ پتنګ شمه

دا سې يوه شپه ده سوزيدو ده پاره غواړم

يا چې دا اوده زړونه مانی کړې ته لمبه لمبه

داسې سوز ده مينې ده نغمو ده پاره غواړم

يو ځل را پرځو کړه دا خپل خمار خمار نظر

مينه له ځوانئې د حا دثو له پا ره غو ا ړ م

هيچا د جنون که واک سپرلئی ته لار وه نيوه

ځما ځو لنئې د ليو نو ده پا ره غو ا ړ م

دا د تغفل نشې ئې مړه نه کړ ی ير يږ مه

پيغلې ولولې مې ده ځلمو ده پاره غواړم

بياوهم پتری سائل ده خپل ټوټې ټوټې کچکوله

خير د پښتنو نه د ه پښتو د پا ره غو ا ړ م

د ســـاقــي د الـتــفـــات چـې بېــرته شـــوې مـيـخــانـــه ده

2010-09-08T20:57:00.004+05:00

د ســـاقــي د الـتــفـــات چـې بېــرته شـــوې مـيـخــانـــه ده
د فـطــــرت پـــه خــله مې ځکه داســـې ځـــوانه تــرانـــه ده

لــږ دې هــوش ته خبر ورکــړه چې ځــان بچ کـړي له تيندکه

ګــوره دلتـــه پــه هـــر ګام کښـې،صـــراحــي او پيمانـــه ده

د ډيــوې وروستـۍ سـلګــۍ دې د بڼـو ځـمـبــار راويښ کــړ
زمــــــا ســــتـړيــــه انتـــظـــــاره،وس دې جــــوړه بـهانـــه ده

د زړو سترګـــو ليــدل وو،چې مې ځوانـې اوښکــې راغلـــې

مــعــلــومـــيږي چــې د مينـــې،لا نيــمـــګــړې افسانـــه ده

هــغـــه لــومــــه ستـــا د زلـفـــو،چې پـخــوا بـه وه دانــه ده
هــغـــه داغ د زړۀ مـــارغـــۀ تــه،اول خـــال وو اوس دانـــه ده

وس ليـمـــه زمـــونــږ د دواړو چې شـو مخ نــۀ ښـکته کــيږي

غــــېريت دے کـــه تکــميـــل تـــه،رســـيـدلــې يـــارانـــه ده

پـه تـقـديــر او پـه تـدبـيــر کښې د خـادم او مـالک فـرق دے
ســلســلـــه د ګــــوره زلــفــــو،مــــزينــــه پــه شــــانـــۀ ده

زمـــا زړۀ هــم هـغــه زړۀ دے خو اشنـــا چې تا قبـــول کــړ

هـــم هــغــه چـــاؤده کنجکه،وس چې ګــــورې دردانـــه ده

حـقـيـقــت تــه د وجـــود ئـې،يـــو لبــــاس دې وراغـــوستے
دا دنيـــــا چـې درتـــه ښــکاري د چــا خــپلـــه افســـانـــه ده

زۀ او يــار چـې سـره بيـل يـو،که مې کـــور وي خو صحــرا وي

زۀ او يــار چــې ســره کښينـــو،که صحـــرا وي خو خـانـــه ده

کـه ته هغــۀ شې چې ته ئې،تۀ هغــه نۀ شې چې نۀ ئې
نــۀ وختـــونــه غــلچکــي دي،نـــۀ شــوکمــــاره زمــانـــه ده

ستــــا غـــرض پـــرده کـول وو،لــه مئينـــو په محفــل کښې

مـــــرور شــولــې زمـــا نــه،څـنګـه ښــکلـــې بــهـــانـــه ده

نــۀ زغمــلے دے فـــراق شـي،شمــع رويــه نــۀ درتلے شـي
سـتـــا حــمــزه څــنـګــه حــمــزه دے،بــې وزرو پـــروانـــه ده

په يو ه غمز ه د ستر ګو ئې فنا شو م

2010-09-07T22:20:00.002+05:00

په يو ه غمز ه د ستر ګو ئې فنا شو م
سر تر پا يه بې بنيا د ه بې بقا شو م

ما د يا ر د غمه د م و هلې نه د ې

که مې د م د هلې نه دې هم ر سواشوم

ښه چه تن توئې تومنه شوه په عشق کښې
هاله څاڅکې دشبنم اُوم اُس دريا شوم

ز ه د يا ر و مخ ته ګو ر م يا ر و َما ته

چه د اخل په تماشه شوم تما شاشوم

په هجران کښې ګدا وُمه کند په غاړه
په وصال کښې ئې بادشاه داُمراء شوم

با د شا هی د ګد ا يا نوپه دُ عا شی

زه رحمان ځکه بادشاه يئم چه ګداشوم

ستــا د زلـفــو تـصّــور مې سلسلـه د غـــم اوږده کـــړه

2010-09-05T21:40:00.002+05:00

ستــا د زلـفــو تـصّــور مې سلسلـه د غـــم اوږده کـــړه
اوس به ستــا بڼـو ته ګـورو،که کوتـاه ئې دا قصّـه کــــړه

زمــا اوښـکـو ســـوال کـولــو،يـو پـه يـو پـه ويــره ويـــره

چې پيدا ئې حوصله شـوه،يو نـاڅاپه ئې شيبـــه کـــړه

اے زمــا پريشانــه فکـره،تير له زلـفــو شه رخســـار تــه
هم په دې تورو تيرو کښې را پيـدا سپينــه غرمــه کـــړه

زما زړۀ ستـا پـه ککو کښې څه معيار د مستۍ جوړ کـړ

چـې دا ګـرد جـهــان ئـې يـــاره،يــوه تنـګـه دائــره کـــړه

د آشنــا کوڅـه کښې ښکاري،راته خپـل پخوانـي پلونـه
زۀ په خــود شـوم نـۀ پوهيږم،کـه غلطه مې کوڅه کـــړه

مـعـلـومـيـږي پس لـه دې شــوه،دروازه د تـوبـې پـــورې

نن ساقــي د ميخانې نه چـې راتـه پــورې دروازه کـــړه

چې تــا نـۀ وينــم کـوم ئې،چې تــا اووينــم شــړم ئـې
آشنــا تــۀ خـو زمــا نۀ شــوې،مــروره مـې تـوبــه کـــړه

دا خـــبـره خــو جـــدا ده کــه مــــا نـــۀ وي آوريــدلــــې

تا خـبـرې کـړې ناصـحـه،مــا بـه ورو ورو درتـه ښـۀ کـــړه

سپرلــي تيـــر نـۀ وو اے رنـده،تـا د زهــد سـامــان راوړو
د تسپـــو زنځـير دې بنــد کــړم،زړه وره دي تـوبـــه کـــړه

زۀ که مست ومه هـمــدمـه،خو کـوڅـه د ښکلي يــار وه

تـۀ زمــا پـه تمــاشـه وې،مــا څـه نــوره تـمــاشــه کـــړه

تا زما بې قرار زړۀ ته،چې سکون په عشق کښې ورکړو
کيميا ګر ئې چې په اور کښې،را حصــاره دي پــاره کــړه

دا سنــګار خو زوړ رواج دے،دا داغــونه پــه ښائست دي

سادګـي د حســن روح دے،آئينـې نه ورشــه زده کـــړه

تــا بـه تـل د دې ارمــان کـړ،يـار اودۀ په خواږۀ خـوب دے
حمــزه ولې پــه لـرزان شوې،وس راويښه حوصله کړه

په ښه خوئی له بد خواهانوبې پروا يم

2010-09-04T17:43:00.004+05:00

په ښه خوئی له بد خواهانوبې پروا يم
په نر مۍ لکه اُ به دَ ا و ر سز ا يم

و َهر چا ته په خپل شکل څرګند يږ م

آ ئينه غو ند ِ بې ر و يه بې ر يا يم

قنا عت مِ تر خر قې لاندِ اَ طلس د ې
پټ ددرست جهان بادشاه ظاهر ګدايم

دغنچې په څير پۀ سل ژبوخاموش يم

لکه بوئی هسې په پټه خُله ګويا يم

په ژړامې دخپل يار ديدن حاصل کړو
د شبنم په څير د ګُل سره يکتا يم

هم په دا سپينو جامو به معلوميږم

لکه اَبر هم ګو هر يم هم دريا يم

دراز عُمر مې حا صل شو له راستۍ
لکه سَر وَ مُدام سبزو تازه پا يم

که چا لار د َعاشقئۍ ده ورکه کړې

زه رحمان د َګمراهانو رهنما يم

چې په خندا ورته د خوږ زړه پرهرونه نشی

2010-09-02T20:13:00.002+05:00

چې په خندا ورته د خوږ زړه پرهرونه نشی

چېرې دې هم ستا د ښايست غوټۍ ګلونه نشی

راشه مظلوم زړه مې په يو نظر يوه لمبه کړه

چې په ظالم زړګی دې پاتې ارمانونه نشی

بيا د جنون مستی ځوانی غواړی د مستې مينې

بيا چېرته خيال د تورو زلفو ځنځيرونه نشی

په دُعاګانو مې د خوږ زړګی دردونه نه ځی

څو چې ښېرې د شونډو تړم ټکورونه نشی

وړې مې د روح جنازه چېرته د خندا په اوږو

په وينو سره دې ترې شينکی شينکی خالونه نشی

د نظر غشی مې په زړه باندې په پام اوروه

چېرته زخمی پکې دا ستا نازک يادونه نشی

خاموشې شونډې مې لوستې بيدارېدې ويل يې

اورونه مه چېړه لوګی دِ پرې فکرونه نشی

وې دا دنيا اې د (سائل ) قلمه مه لړ ز وه

دفريادی اوښکومات ستوری تندرونه نشی