Monday, October 29, 2018
زرګونو پښتنو بنو کې د "حق غوښتنې" غونډه وکړه
د پښتنو د ژغورنې غورځنګ د یکشنبې په ورځ (اکتوبر۲۸) د خیبرپښتونخوا په بنو/باني ګل کې د پښتنو د حقونو د غوښتلو ستره غونډه وکړه.
د غورځنګ غړي وايي چې د ګډونوالو لپاره یې ۱۷۰۰۰ څوکۍ اېښي وې خو وايي تر اټکل ډیر خلک غونډې ته ورغلل.
د پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ مشر منظور پښتین د دغې غونډې د رابللو غږ کړی و. په غونډې کې د پاکستان د پوځ خلاف، د پښتنو د حقونو د غوښتلو او دمنظورپښتین په ننګه شعارونه ورکړل شول.
منظور پشتین د غونډې د گډون والو ځوانانو، سپین ږیرو، ښځو نه په مننې وویل چې دې جلسې ته ټول راوتلي دي د قام ماشومان هم دلته ناست دي او "دا د قام لوی پاڅون" دی. هغه زیاته کړه چې "دا د مظلومینو جلسه ده دا د غمزده خلکو جلسه ده. دلته میندې راغلي دي د خپلو زامنو تصویرونه یې اخیستي دي. دلته وروڼه راغلي د خپلو ورکو پسې گرځي دا دغو [خلکو] جلسه ده".
منظور پښتین د بنو په غونډه کې وویل: "نه یې را اخلم، نه یې راخلو، نه یې را اخلو خو که مو ټوپک را اخیستو ټول به یې را اخلو, او هر څوک کې ظلم درباندې کوي، نومونه او مخونه یې په یاد ولری. ژرنده که د پلار ده هم په وار ده."
د پي ټي ام ځینو مشرانو په ټولنیزو رسنیو کې لیکلي دي چې د پاکستان ډېرو رسنیو د دغې غونډې په اړه راپور نه دي ورکړی. په نړیوالو رسنیو کې هم تر دې دمه د دغې غونډې په هکله څه ندي لیکل شوي.
د غورځنګ یو مشر سید علم محسود په خپل فیسبوک کې لیکلي دي چي د غونډې په ځای کې مخابراتي شبکې هم ټکنۍ او ځنډنۍ شوي دي چې په خبره یې کله فعالیت پيل کړي او کله بند شي.
دغې غونډې ته د خیبرپښتونخوا، کوټې او نورو سیمو څخه هم پښتانه او د پښتنو د حقونو فعالان ورغلي دي. غونډې ته له څو میاشتو را وروسته تیاری روان و.
د پښتون ژغورنې غورځنګ څو میاشتې مخکې فعالیت پیل کړ، لوی هدف یې د پښتنو په سیمو کې د جنګونو ختمول، د ورکو شویو پښتنو ځونان موندل، د پښتنو د حقونو ورکول بلل کیږي. منظور پښتین د دغه غورځنګ مشر دی.
https://www.pashtovoa.com/a/ptm-pashtoon-movement-meeting-Pakistan-/4632490.html
Pakistan govt curbs, media ‘blackout’ failed to stop Pashtun Tahafuz Movement’s long march
MANISHA MONDAL
Despite government restrictions and apparent media blackout, the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) managed to organise what is viewed as one of its biggest rallies in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Saturday.
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement PTM peaceful demonstration in Bannu,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
اہلیان پشتون وطن
پی ٹی ایم بنوں جلسہ ۔#PaahtunRejectStateTerrorism #PashtunLongMarch2Bannu#Bannu#PTM#DaSangaAzadiDa
Disturbing images from #PTM #Bannu gathering. Relatives with pics of missing persons abducted by intel agencies. They are anguishing in their cells having no right to be presented before court. More than 8k Pashtun r missing. @hrw @amnestyusa#PashtunLongMarch2Bannu pic.twitter.com/491okGDtve— Qasim Mehsud (@mehsud_qasim) October 28, 2018
On 26 October, a day before the PTM rally, the government had imposed section 144 of CrPC in Bannu for 30 days, restricting all kinds of rallies in the area. However, thousands of people joined the PTM long march, demanding their social rights and seeking justice for their missing family members.
Journalist Bashir Ahmad Gwakh tweeted, “Govt says no one is allowed to hold rallies in sports grounds”, but PTM members say “it’s their right to carry on with non-violent protests”.
#PTM giants @mjdawar, @sanaejaz2, Wranga, Ali Wazir and others going door to door to campaign for #PashtunLongMarch2Bannu October 28. Meanwhile @manzoorpashteen says on FB they’ll remain nonviolent but repeat demands of rights for #missingpeople & other Pashtuns.
Govt says no one is allowed to hold rallies in sports grounds but #PTM says it’s their right to carry on with non-violent protests. Local officials have watered the ground in bid to stop #PashtunLongMarach2Banuu a couple of times but ppl still flocking to Bannu Sports Complex. pic.twitter.com/Rneh1MOZNM
Some twitter accounts also pointed out how Pakistani media completely ignored the rally.
Politician and technocrat Farhatullah Babar alleged that the PTM march was blacked out by all the television channels except one, which too showed a very short clip of the rally.
Another politician Afrasiab Khattak alleged that the Pakistani media did not cover the long march. “Mainstream Pak media is bad but worse is the normalisation of stifling censorship. Constitutionally a federal democratic system is practically run like an undeclared martial law,” he tweeted.
That huge PTM public meeting in Bannu yesterday is not covered by the “mainstream” Pak media is bad but worse is the “normalisation “ of stifling censorship. Constitutionally a federal democratic system is practically run like an undeclared martial law.
#Pakistan - #PPP - Bilawal Bhutto visits Naudero; listens to people’s problems
On the occasion, citizens and workers of the party apprised the PPP chief of the problems being faced by the area, including lack of cleanliness, broken roads, unavailability of trauma centre, cardiac centre, surgical facilities and medicines at the Naudero Rural Health Centre (RHC). They demanded that the RHC be upgraded to a 100-bed hospital where all necessary facilities are available so that the citizens do not need to go to Larkana for medical treatment.
The PPP chief was apprised that colleges and schools in the area were facing acute shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff due to which education of boys and girls was being seriously affected.
PPP Sindh President Nisar Khuhro and MPA Perveen Bashir Qaimkhani also accompanied the party chief.
Later, Bilawal Bhutto left for Garhi Khuda Bux, where he offered prayers at the graves of his mother Benazir Bhutto, grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and others.
https://dailytimes.com.pk/315654/bilawal-bhutto-visits-naudero-listens-to-peoples-problems/
#Pakistan - Bilawal Bhutto says will attend APC hosted by Fazl
Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said on Monday that his party will attend the All Parties Conference summoned by Jamiat Ulema Islam-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman on October 31.
The announcement comes shortly after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari briefly met during the National Assembly session.
After the session, former president Zardari said that there was no update on the issue of APC, while Shehbaz Sharif said that he will make a statement on the issue after consultation.
Sources on Sunday had informed that Fazl failed to convince former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to attend the APC.
Meanwhile, the JUI-F chief had said that Nawaz will make a decision after consulting PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif.
Earlier, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari had agreed to attend the APC hosted by Maulana Fazl and said he was also willing to meet Nawaz.
However, sources told Geo News that Nawaz has been reluctant to hold a one-on-one meeting with Zardari. The sources said that Nawaz has reservations over PPP's role following the July 25 polls.
https://www.geo.tv/latest/216560-bilawal-bhutto-says-will-attend-fazls-apc
Sunday, October 28, 2018
#PittsburghSynagogue - Why the Pittsburgh shooter is not being prosecuted for terrorism
By ERIC CORTELLESSA
According to the Anti-Defamation League, Robert Bowers carried out what is likely the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history when he opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, killing 11 congregants and injuring four police officers. Bowers’ social media accounts were littered with anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories. He also screamed “All Jews must die” when he confronted law enforcement after committing the massacre.Robert Bowers faces 29 charges, including murder and hate crimes, but lacked any connection to a State Department-designated terrorist group.
His shooting spree at the Tree of Life synagogue was an unprecedented act of political anti-Semitic violence on American soil.
But it was not, according to the US government, an act of domestic terrorism.
On Saturday afternoon, federal prosecutors announced that Bowers would face 29 charges, including 11 counts of using a firearm to commit murder and several counts of hate crimes, such as obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death and obstructing the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in bodily injury to a public safety officer.
A fan holds up a sign to honor the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue during the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 28, 2018. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images/AFP)
“There is no federal crime labeled domestic terrorism,” Department of Justice spokeswoman, Sarah Isgur Flores, told The Times of Israel on Sunday.
While the US Patriot Act, passed in 2001 by the George W. Bush administration, following the September 11 attacks, includes a working definition of “domestic terrorism,” no crime was ever created to match such a designation.
The law describes domestic terrorism as an attempt to “intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.”
The most common terrorism-related charge in US courts is providing “material support” to one of the State Department-designated foreign terrorism organizations. There were roughly 300 such prosecutions from 2001 to 2011 that resulted in indictments related to jihadist terror or national security charges, according to the Center on Law and Security.
While Bowers’ motives seem plainly evidenced through his social media accounts and verbal proclamations at the scene of the massacre, he acted alone and not on behalf of any terror group.
There have been other recent tragedies in which a lone gunman slaughtered innocent civilians, including at places of worship, and did not face terrorism charges.
Alex Fields is suspected of driving his car into a crowd at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, killing a counter protester. Fields is being charged with a number murder charges by the state of Virginia.
Dylann Roof was convicted on federal and state crimes, including hate crimes, for killing nine African-Americans at a Charleston, South Carolina church in the summer of 2015. He has been sentenced the death penalty.
Jamal Khashoggi case: All the latest updates
Saud al-Mojeb set to discuss the latest findings of the probe into Khashoggi's killing with Turkish investigators.
Saudi Arabia has admitted Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Khashoggi - a Saudi writer, US resident, and Washington Post columnist - entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry.
After weeks of repeated denials that it had anything to do with his disappearance, the kingdom eventually acknowledged that the murder was premeditated. The whereabouts of his body are still unknown.
Here are the latest developments:
Sunday, October 28
Turkey to present Saudi probe findings, request residence search
Turkish investigators looking into Khashoggi's killing will present Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor with a 150-page dossier and request another joint search at the residence of the kingdom's consul-general in Istanbul, according to a Turkish source.
Saudi prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb will meet on Monday Irfan Fidan, the Istanbul chief public prosecutor, to discuss the latest findings in the case.
According to a source at the Istanbul prosecutor's office, who spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity, Fidan will ask al-Mojeb to conduct another joint search at the consul-general's residence.
Meanwhile, the dossier that will be presented to al-Mojeb in Monday's meeting will include interviews with 45 consulate employees.
According to the source, the file also identifies four people as the prime suspects of Khashoggi's killing but names only three of them: Saudi Consul-General Mohammed al-Otaibi, forensics expert Saleh al-Tubaiqi and Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, who was identified as being part of a 15-member team of suspected Saudi agents who flew into and out of Istanbul on October 2, the day of Khashoggi's disappearance after entering the consulate to obtain paperwork needed for his upcoming marriage.
The fourth person that will be presented as a main suspect is an unnamed "local collaborator" who, according to Riyadh, was given Khashoggi's body in order to dispose of it.
Read more here.
Saudi station chief 'explored forest a day before Khashoggi's murder'
Police sources have told Turkish media that the Saudi consul station chief in Istanbul went to a forest north of the city, a day before Khashoggi's killing.
A CCTV image, obtained by state television network TRT and other media, showed a black car with a diplomatic license plate at an entrance to Belgrad Forest on October 1.
Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford, reporting from Istanbul, said the man being implicated was Ahmad Abdullah al-Muzaini, one of the station chiefs of the consulate since 2015.
"In the last week or so, it's also been reported that al-Muzaini left Istanbul for Riyadh on September 29 and returned on October 1, and that's the day, according to these reports that he was seen around that forest."
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier this week that consulate officials made "reconnaissance" trips to the forest as well as the city of Yalova a day before Khashoggi was killed.
Top Saudi prosecutor arrives in Turkey
Saudi Arabia's attorney general has arrived in Turkey to hold talks with investigators looking into the killing of Khashoggi.
Turkey has said Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor, Saud al-Mojeb, is expected to discuss the latest findings of the investigation with Turkish investigators.
Ther visit comes just days after CIA director Gina Haspel was in Turkey to review evidence before briefing the US president.
Turkey is seeking the extradition of 18 Saudi suspects detained in the kingdom in connection with the October 2 killing.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister appeared to reject that notion in remarks on Saturday, saying the kingdom would try the perpetrators and bring them to justice after the investigation is completed.
UK knew of Saudi plot to kidnap Khashoggi three weeks before killing - Express
Britain's Sunday Express newspaper is reporting that the UK was made aware of a plot to kidnap Jamal Khashoggi and take him back to Saudi Arabia, three weeks before he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and was killed.
An intelligence source told the Sunday Express: "We were initially made aware that something was going in the first week of September, around three weeks before Mr Khashoggi walked into the consulate on October 2.
"These details included primary orders to capture Mr Khashoggi and bring him back to Saudi Arabia for questioning. However, the door seemed to be left open for alternative remedies to what was seen as a big problem.
"We know the orders came from a member of the royal circle but have no direct information to link them to Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman."
The source added that MI6 had warned their Saudi counterparts to cancel the mission, though this request was ignored.
"On October 1 we became aware of the movement of a group, which included members of Riasat Al-Istikhbarat Al-Amah (Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence) to Istanbul, and it was pretty clear what their aim was.
"Through channels we warned that this was not a good idea. Subsequent events show that our warning was ignored."
Mattis calls for transparent probe in Khashoggi killing
US defence secretary, Jim Mattis, said that he had met Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and called for a transparent investigation into the killing of Khashoggi.
Mattis said he met Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a conference in Bahrain on Saturday and discussed the killing.
"We discussed it. You know the same thing we talked about, the need for transparency, full and complete investigation," Mattis told a small group of reporters travelling to Prague with him.
"(There was) full agreement from foreign minister Jubeir, no reservations at all, he said we need to know what happened and it was very collaborative, in agreement," Mattis added.
Saturday, October 27
France's Macron calls for sanctions over Khashoggi killing
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for sanctions on those responsible for Khashoggi's murder.
"For me, things are clear. Firstly, some of facts have been established. We must fully investigate the nature of these facts, and who's responsible," he told reporters on the sidelines of a four-way Syria summit in Istanbul, also attended by the leaders of Turkey, Germany and Russia.
"Sanctions must be taken on this basis and these sanctions must be coherent and complete, and be extremely concrete and proportional," added Macron.
"It will depend on the facts as they are established and the sanctions will be taken at a European level, as we usually do, so that there is true coordination."
Merkel and Macron to seek joint EU position on Saudi arms sales
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to find a common European Union position on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, according to Germany's leader.
"We agreed that when we have more clarity, and we are counting on that, when we know who was behind this then we will try to find a unified European solution or reaction from all member states of the European Union to show that we negotiate on the basis of common values," Merkel told reporters in Istanbul.
The chancellor has promised to halt all German arms exports to the kingdom until the killing of Khashoggi is explained.
Turkey's Erdogan demands more answers in Khashoggi case
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has shared details of the Khashoggi case in bilateral talks during a four-way summit on Syria with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany.
Speaking at a joint news conference following a summit in Istanbul, Erdogan said Riyadh needed to say who sent to Turkey the 18 people believed to be responsible for the journalist's killing.
He also said Ankara valued the conclusion of discussions between Turkish and Saudi prosecutors, who are due to meet on Sunday.
Macron, Merkel back Europe coordination on arms sales to Saudi
France and Germany's leaders have said they want a "coordinated" European position for sanctions on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
This came after French President Emmanuel Macron implied on Friday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government was engaging in "pure demagoguery" by halting arms sales to Riyadh.
On the sidelines of a Syria summit in Istanbul, the two leaders had a "peaceful exchange", the Elysee palace said, and agreed not to announce their next positions on the issue without first coordinating "at the European level".
Saudi FM: Khashoggi issue has become 'hysterical'
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has criticised the global outcry surrounding Khashoggi's killing as "hysterical" and rejected Turkey's demand to extradite the suspects.
"The issue has become fairly hysterical," Jubeir said, adding that investigations take time and facts should be determined as inquiries continue.
Answering questions from journalists at a regional summit in Bahrain, Jubeir described Saudi Arabia's relationship with the United States as "ironclad", despite earlier comments from US Secretary of State James Mattis that the killing "undermines regional stability".
Saudi FM: Khashoggi murder suspects will not be extradited
Riyadh dismissed Ankara's calls to extradite 18 Saudis wanted for the murder of Khashoggi.
"The individuals are Saudi nationals. They're detained in Saudi Arabia, and the investigation is in Saudi Arabia, and they will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia," Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a regional defence forum in Bahrain.
He was responding to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who on Friday renewed his call for the 18 men to be extradited for trial in Turkey.
"The individuals are Saudi nationals. They're detained in Saudi Arabia, and the investigation is in Saudi Arabia, and they will be prosecuted in Saudi Arabia," Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a regional defence forum in Bahrain.
He was responding to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who on Friday renewed his call for the 18 men to be extradited for trial in Turkey.
Mattis: Khashoggi killing 'undermines regional stability'
US Defence Secretary James Mattis said that Khashoggi's murder "undermines regional stability" and that the US intends to take further action in response.
Speaking to an audience of international officials in Bahrain, Mattis avoided mentioning Saudi Arabia in connection with the murder but did say that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had already revoked some Saudi visas and "will be taking additional measures".
"With our collective interests in peace and unwavering respect for human rights in mind, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in a diplomatic facility must concern us all," he said.
He added that "our respect for the Saudi people is undiminished" but that respect "must come with transparency and trust".
Mattis also argued that Russia could not replace US commitment to the Middle East, saying that Moscow lacked essential moral principles, and renewed criticism of Iran's "outlaw regime".
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-case-latest-updates-181010133542286.html
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