Pakistan PM Agrees to Appear on Contempt Rap

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's beleaguered premier agreed on Jan. 16 to appear in court to face a contempt notice served on him for failing to re-open corruption cases, including proceedings against the president.

The Supreme Court found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in contemptand summoned him later this week, escalating pressure on a weakened government at a time of crippling tensions with the army which some analysts believe could cost the prime minister his job and force early elections.

The court wants the government to write to Swiss authorities to demand they re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, including multi-million-dollar money-laundering allegations, after an amnesty expired in late 2009.

Judge Nasir-ul-Mulk on Jan. 16 told the Supreme Court, which met to debate how to proceed on graft charges against Zardari, that Gilani had been ordered to appear before it on Jan. 19.

Gilani agreed to the summons in the National Assembly late Jan. 16, after his ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its coalition partners passed are solution expressing full support for democracy and democratic institutions.

"The court has summoned me and I will appear before it as a mark of respect on Jan. 19," he said in an address televised by Pakistani TV channels. "There can be difference of opinion with the judiciary and the military but they cannot either pack up or derail the whole system. Rather, they have to strengthen it."

"We have struggled for democracy," he said, adding: "We have to strengthen the parliament and democratic institutions."

As the resolution was put to vote, the main opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) walked out of the house, with its leader in the assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali calling it a "smokescreen".

After days of high tension between the military and civilian leadership, the resolution insisted "all the state institutions must strictly function within the limits imposed on them by the constitution" and Pakistan's wellbeing should be ensured through democratic institutions.

Zardari and the PPP leadership insist the president is immune from prosecution as head of state and Maula Bakhsh Chandio, minister for law and parliamentary affairs, said they would take legal advice on how to proceed.

In the past, the PPP has accused the judiciary of overstepping its reach and colluding with the army to bring down the administration before its five-year mandate ends in 2013.

Last year, a Swiss prosecutor said that it would be "impossible" to reopen a case against Zardari, as he has immunity.

Supreme Court judges have outlined six options on how to proceed on graft charges against Zardari - which include finding Gilani in contempt, disqualifying the prime minister and president, and holding early elections.

Mulk said he had been left with "no option" but issue the notice to Gilani after the government ignored the court's demands.

It is only the second time that contempt of court proceedings have been initiated against a serving prime minister in Pakistan. In November 1997, prime minister Nawaz Sharif was also found in contempt in a case which ultimately led to the resignation of president Farooq Leghari.

Analysts are divided on whether Gilani could be convicted, pushed out to protect Zardari or show flexibility in order to avert a wider crisis.

"There is possibility now that the prime minister will be made a scapegoat and he may resign," senior lawyer Quosen Mufti told AFP. "Another possibility is that the prime minister will appear before the court ... If he gives the court a commitment on implementation the court can discharge the contempt notice. If not then he may be convicted."

Zardari's government is also under pressure over a memo soliciting American help to prevent a coup apparently feared in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's killing in Pakistan on May.

A close Zardari aide, Husain Haqqani, was forced to resign as ambassador to Washington and the Supreme Court ordered a judicial inquiry into the memo following a demand from the chief spymaster.

The army has carried out three coups in Pakistan, but analysts believe it has no appetite for another direct takeover, instead preferring to force early elections behind the scenes in concert with pressure from the courts.

The attorney general said Jan. 16 he had been unable to obtain crucial evidence - BlackBerry message data sent between Haqqani and U.S. businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who claims to have acted as a go-between on the memo. He said BlackBerry's makers refused to release such records without the customer's permission.

The commission adjourned the hearing until Jan. 24.

Pakistan Defense Secretary Fired Over Army Row

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's army warned Jan. 11 of "grievous consequences" for the country over criticism by the prime minister that has ramped up tensions between the military and civilian leadership.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani immediately sacked the top bureaucrat in the defense ministry over the row, with the government saying the official had been the cause of the "misunderstanding" with the military.

The spat centers on a Supreme Court inquiry set up to investigate a controversial unsigned memo allegedly delivered to the U.S. military seeking its help in curbing Pakistan's highly powerful armed forces in May.

In an unusually bold interview with Chinese media earlier this week, Gilani accused the army and intelligence chiefs of failing to make their submissions to the commission through government channels.

The army issued a statement on Jan. 11 vociferously denying Gilani's accusation and saying it had passed its response through the defense ministry to the court in accordance with the law.

"There can be no allegation more serious than what the honorable prime minister has leveled against COAS (army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani) and DG ISI (spy chief Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha) and has unfortunately charged the officers for violation of the constitution of the country," the army's statement said. "This has very serious ramifications with potentially grievous consequences for the country."

Kayani returned on Jan. 10 from China and met on Jan. 11 with the head of Myanmar's air force in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan has seen three military coups since independence in 1947. It has spent about half of its life under military dictatorships.

The current civilian administration headed by Zardari has lurched from crisis to crisis since coming to power in 2008 following elections held a month after the assassination of his wife, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Defense secretary Naeem Khalid Lodhi was fired over what the government called a "misunderstanding" between Gilani and the top brass caused by his failure to pass court submissions through the prime minister's office.

"Prime minister has terminated the contract of defense secretary Naeem Khalid Lodhi for gross misconduct," a senior government official told AFP.

The army's statement cast doubt on the government's claim and said that Gilani had issued a press release last month apparently approving the army's replies to the court as being made "through proper channel."

The statement also defended submissions made to the memo inquiry as in accordance with the military's obligation to "state the facts."

The highly controversial memo was allegedly an attempt by President Asif Ali Zardari through Husain Haqqani - a close aide and then-ambassador to the United States - to enlist help from the U.S. military to head off a feared coup in Pakistan.

American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has claimed that Zardari reportedly feared that the military might seize power in a bid to limit the hugely damaging fallout after U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May.

Tension between the army and Zardari's weak civilian administration soared over the note, allegedly delivered to then-chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen in May and made public by Ijaz in October.

Pakistan's Supreme Court last week decided to set up a judicial commission to investigate the matter and Pasha, the head of the ISI intelligence agency, has called for a "forensic examination" of the memo.

Haqqani has already resigned over the affair and the court has stopped him from leaving Pakistan. At the second meeting of the commission held on Jan. 9, he repeated his denial of any involvement in the scandal.

The commission, being held in Islamabad, is to meet again on Jan. 16 and is expected to submit its findings within four weeks.

The probe puts fresh pressure on the president, who visited Dubai in December over health fears, with most observers expecting early elections sometime in 2012.

Pakistan Condemns 'Unprovoked' Border Attack

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan accused NATO and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) of a deliberate and unprovoked attack on two of its border posts along the Afghan-Pakistan border on the night of Nov. 25/26, killing 24 Pakistani soldiers, and wounding 13.

Trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan are parked Nov. 26 at the Pakistan's Torkham border crossing after Pakistani authorities suspended NATO supplies. (STR / AFP via Getty Images)

A statement from the Army's Inter Services Press Release, said the attack on the two army-manned posts in Mohmand Agency had been "unprovoked" and that the chief of army staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, "strongly condemned NATO/ISAF's blatant and unacceptable act".

The release also stated Kayani had "directed that all necessary steps be under taken for an effective response to this irresponsible act," and that a "strong protest" had been lodged with NATO/ISAF which demanded "strong and urgent action" be taken against those responsible for the "aggression."
Pakistan sealed its Afghan border to NATO, shutting down a lifeline for the estimated 130,000 U.S.-led foreign troops fighting the Taliban, and called on the United States to leave a secretive air base reportedly used by CIA drones.
The Associated Press of Pakistan said a strong protest had been lodged with U.S ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter. Protests were also lodged in Washington and NATO headquarters in Brussels.
The Pakistani foreign office issued a statement saying the attacks were "totally unacceptable, constituted a grave infringement of Pakistan's sovereignty, were violative of international law and a serious transgression of the oft conveyed red lines and could have serious repercussions on Pakistan-U.S./NATO/ISAF cooperation."
No further details of the attack or explanation were forthcoming from the Pakistan Army or the Air Force when asked just how the attack was able to take place in the aftermath of the U.S. Navy Seals raid into Pakistan in May when the military was supposed to be more alert to threats emanating from the western border, or why ISAF/NATO attacked posts they knew to be manned by the Pakistan Army, or why the Pakistan Air Force was not able to intervene.
South Asia analysts and former Australian defense attaché to Islamabad Brian Cloughley said the consequences of the raid would be probably severe.
"This is quite outrageous and I have no doubt it signifies the end of the last lingering shreds of trust that the Pakistan army had for the U.S.," Cloughely said.
He added: "The locations of Pakistani posts have been notified to ISAF. There is no excuse whatever for this incident, especially after the meeting between Kayani and [ISAF commander Gen. John R] Allen."
Cloughley visited Mohmand Agency in early November and was hosted by the Pakistan Army's 77 Brigade that is based there. The brigade had just concluded Operation Brekhna, a three-phase operation to clear the area of some one thousand Taliban militants that took place between January and September 2011.
The operation faced substantial threats from IEDs (which accounted for 47 of the brigade's 74 killed), uncovered nine bomb factories, and an elaborate tunnel system (one part of which contained a 40-bed hospital).
Cloughley also said the Pakistani officers complained that no ISAF or Afghan forces were based between the border and the Kunar River in Afghanistan, and that this area had militant bases (which remained unharmed) from where raids were carried out into Pakistan.
A raid emanating from this area of Afghanistan in August killed 16 Frontier Scouts in the Pakistani region of Chitral.
Information from Agence France-Presse contributed to this report.

U.S. 'Confident' on Pakistan Nuclear Weapons Safety

WASHINGTON - The United States believes that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are in safe hands, a State Department spokesman said Nov. 9, rebutting a report that Islamabad's atomic arsenal was vulnerable to theft.
Two U.S. publications, The Atlantic and the National Journal, citing unnamed sources, last week said Pakistan had transported nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from U.S. spy agencies.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington that the United States was not persuaded that safety had been compromised.
"We have confidence that the government of Pakistan is well aware of the range of potential threats to its nuclear arsenal and is accordingly giving very high priority to securing its nuclear weapons and materials effectively," Toner told reporters. "We continue to have confidence... that they're taking appropriate steps," he said.
Pakistan at the weekend rejected as "pure fiction" the report's assertion that transporting the weapons in such a manner had made them more susceptible to theft by Islamist militants.

Pakistan Rebuts Report on Movement of Nukes

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Nov. 6 angrily rejected a report that it had been moving its nuclear weapons in unsafe conditions, saying nobody should underestimate its capability to defend itself.
Two U.S. magazines reported Nov. 4 that Pakistan has begun moving its nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from U.S. spy agencies, making the weapons more vulnerable to theft by Islamist militants.

The Atlantic and the National Journal, in a joint report citing unnamed sources, wrote that the U.S. raid that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden on May 2 at his Pakistani compound reinforced Islamabad's longstanding fears that Washington could try to dismantle the country's nuclear arsenal.
But in a statement, Pakistan's foreign ministry said the report was "pure fiction, baseless and motivated. It is part of a deliberate propaganda campaign meant to mislead opinion."
Pakistan has consistently rejected concerns over the safety of its nuclear arsenal and alluded to a smear campaign.
"The surfacing of such campaigns is not something new. It is orchestrated by quarters that are inimical to Pakistan," said the statement.
The ministry said Pakistan was capable of defending itself.
"No one should underestimate Pakistan's will and capability to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests."
After the bin Laden raid, the head of the Strategic Plans Divisions (SPD), which is charged with safeguarding Pakistan's atomic weapons, was ordered to take action to keep the location of nuclear weapons and components hidden from the United States, the report said.
Khalid Kidwai, the retired general who leads the SPD, expanded his agency's efforts to disperse components and sensitive materials to different facilities, it said.
But instead of transporting the nuclear parts in armored, well-defended convoys, the atomic bombs "capable of destroying entire cities are transported in delivery vans on congested and dangerous roads," according to the report.
The pace of the dispersal movements has increased, raising concerns at the Pentagon, it said.
The article, based on dozens of interviews, said the U.S. military has long had a contingency plan in place to disable Pakistan's nuclear weapons in the event of a coup or other worst-case scenario.

Pakistan Clandestinely Moving Its Nukes: Report

WASHINGTON - Pakistan has started moving its nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from U.S. spy agencies, making the weapons more vulnerable to theft by Islamist militants, two magazines reported Nov. 4.
The Atlantic and National Journal, in a joint report citing unnamed sources, wrote that the U.S. raid on May 2 that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden at his Pakistani compound reinforced Islamabad's longstanding fears that Washington could try to dismantle the country's nuclear arsenal.

As a result the head of the Strategic Plans Divisions (SPD), which is charged with safeguarding Pakistan's atomic weapons, was ordered to take action to keep the location of nuclear weapons and components hidden from the United States, the report said.
Khalid Kidwai, the retired general who leads SPD, expanded his agency's efforts to disperse components and sensitive materials to different facilities, it said.
But instead of transporting the nuclear parts in armored, well-defended convoys, the atomic bombs "capable of destroying entire cities are transported in delivery vans on congested and dangerous roads," according to the report.
The pace of the dispersal movements has increased, raising concerns at the Pentagon, it said.
Pakistan has long insisted its nuclear arsenal is safe and the article quotes an unnamed official from the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency saying: "Of all things in the world to worry about, the issue you should worry about the least is the safety of our nuclear program."
The Pentagon declined to comment on the article but a senior U.S. military official told reporters in Washington that the United States remains confident Pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure.
"I believe the Pakistan military arsenal is safe at this time, well guarded, well defended," said the military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The article, based on dozens of interviews, said the U.S. military has long had a contingency plan in place to disable Pakistan's nuclear weapons in the event of a coup or other worst-case scenario.
U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) has for years trained for a potential "disablement campaign" that its forces would lead and that would require entering more than a dozen nuclear sites and seizing or defusing atomic weapons, it said.
The operation would use sensitive radiological detection devices that can pick up trace amounts of atomic material, and JSOC has even built mock Pashtun villages with hidden mock nuclear-storage depots at a site on the East Coast to train elite Navy SEAL and Delta Force commandos, the report said.
Although Pakistan has suggested it might shift towards China and forsake its ties to Washington, Chinese officials have reached an understanding in secret talks with U.S. representatives that Beijing would raise no objections if the United States opted to secure Pakistan's nuclear weapons, said the report, citing unnamed U.S. sources.

Mullen: 'Very Difficult' Time in U.S.-Pakistan Ties

WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military chief warned July 25 that U.S.-Pakistan military-to-military ties were at a "very difficult" crossroads, allowing that a path to progress on that front was not yet clear.

President Barack Obama's administration recently suspended about a third of its $2.7 billion annual defense aid to Pakistan in the wake of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden near the country's main military academy. But it assured Islamabad it is committed to a $7.5 billion civilian assistance package approved in 2009.

"We are in a very difficult time right now in our military-to-military relations," Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen told a press briefing billed as his last before retirement.

Despite the strain, Mullen said "I don't think that we are close to severing" those ties.

And the retiring admiral said he hoped the two nations would soon find a way to "recalibrate" those ties.

Still, Mullen acknowledged: "we need to work through the details of how this (recalibration) is going to happen."

Top U.S. officer Mullen has suggested that Pakistan's army or Inter-Services Intelligence agency likely killed journalist Saleem Shahzad, who had reported about militants infiltrating the military.

On a visit to Washington, Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf staunchly defended the army and ISI. He denied any Pakistani support for bin Laden, who apparently moved to the garrison town of Abbottabad while Musharraf was in power.

U.S. officials have long questioned Pakistani intelligence's ties with extremists, including Afghanistan's al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network and the anti-Indian movement Lashkar-e-Taiba that allegedly plotted the grisly 2008 assault on Mumbai.

Adm. James Winnefeld, nominated to be the number two U.S. military officer, described Pakistan as a "very, very difficult partner."

"We don't always share the same worldview or the same opinions or the same national interest," Winnefeld told his Senate confirmation hearing last week.

Obama has nominated Gen. Martin Dempsey as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Dempsey is due to succeed Mullen, who is retiring at his term's end Sept. 30.

Pentagon: U.S. cutting back troops in Pakistan

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military said Wednesday it has begun pulling some American troops out of Pakistan after Islamabad requested a smaller presence, amid tensions over a U.S. raid against Osama bin Laden.
"We were recently (within past 2 weeks) notified in writing that the government of Pakistan wished for the U.S. to reduce its footprint in Pakistan. Accordingly, we have begun those reductions," spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said in an email to reporters.

There are more than 200 U.S. military personnel in Pakistan serving mostly as trainers as part of a long-running effort to counter al-Qaida and Islamist militants.
But the uneasy relationship between Pakistan and the U.S. has come under severe strain following a unilateral raid by U.S. commandos that killed bin Laden on May 2 in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, home to a military academy.
President Barack Obama's administration has stepped up diplomatic efforts to smooth over the crisis sparked by the raid on the al-Qaida leader's compound, while some lawmakers in Congress have called for cutting aid to Islamabad.
Since the bin Laden operation, the U.S. has kept up CIA drone strikes on militant targets in Pakistan's northwest. The bombing raids are deeply unpopular and often draw public criticism from Pakistani officials.

Pakistan Extends Tenure of Military Intelligence Chief

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said April 1 it had given the chief of the country's powerful military spy agency an extra year in the job after he had been set to retire.
Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha, who was appointed chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) - involved in combating al-Qaida and the Taliban - in 2008, had been due to retire from service last month.

"A one year extension has been given" to the ISI chief, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on the phone-in program "Prime Minister Online" on state-run Pakistan Television, adding it was granted to ensure continuity.
"He (Pasha) is an intelligent person," he said. This is the second one-year extension the ISI head has received.
In July last year, Gilani extended the tenure of army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani by three years.
Pasha is considered close to the relatively reformist Kayani, who previously ran the ISI until October 2007 before assuming command of the army from former President Pervez Musharraf a month later. Musharraf stepped down amid international pressure to end his eight years of military rule.
In theory, the ISI works under the control of the prime minister, but in practice its functions are mainly run by Pakistan's pervasive security establishment.
ISI has been at the centre of concerns among western allies that it is either turning a blind eye to militants in Pakistan's troubled tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, or even actively sponsoring the rebels.
The shadowy spy agency is feared at home for playing a central, although covert political role. Pakistan has spent more than half its 62-year history under military rule.

Stop Insulting Pakistan and Pakistanis…!

Stop Insulting Pakistan and Pakistanis…!

Nariman House

What will be more insulting for Pakistan and Pakistanis that a court of USA has issued summons to ex and present Chiefs of ISI? Although these summons have no value. But will not this act of American court support on going propaganda against Pakistan? Or American govt./foreign ministry were unaware that successors of Jewish couple murdered in 26/11 Mumbai attacks have registered a case in American court? On this basis judge has issued summons to present Chief of ISI Shujaa Pasha, ex-chief Nadeem Taj, two officers of army Major Ali and Major Iqbal along with leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhnavi and Hafiz Saeed of Jamaat Dawaa.

Present Chief of ISI Lt. General Shujaa Pasha

Major General Nadeem Taj, Ex-Chief ISI

We imagine that American officials were unaware from the activities of Brookline Court. However when in last month the reports were issued that there are possibilities of issuing summon to the Chief of an extremely important institution responsible for safety of Pakistan, then American rulers always pressurizing Pakistan to “Do More” in spite of resisting any such act kept purposely silent. In reaction to American court’s summons the family of an innocent Pakistani killed in Drone attack filed a case against higher officials of CIA and also requested to stop him from fleeing out of Pakistan for murder of innocent Pakistanis. After this with the haste Jonathan left Pakistan shows that his further stay might have resulted in his arrest or other problems for CIA. However his leaving Pakistan like criminals cleared it to the whole world that CIA is involved in illegal activities in Pakistan. The statement given by Prime Minister of Pakistan after the summons from USA court also needs attention. He had issued that statement in response to Opposition’s protest in parliament, Prime Minister said, “The Chiefs of ISI will not be sent to American court without their will, if they do not want to go to America no one can force them to go”. However this is a separate discussion, but the summons to Shujaa Pasha or Nadeem Taj is just a routine court activity? Or this is just to ensure Indian supervision in the region, force Pakistan to step back from Kashmir dispute and accept Indian role in Afghanistan?

A room of Nariman House (just like as a restaurant)

Whatever the reason is, Giving ISI under control of Rehman MAlik and issuance of notification on the night of 25^th July 2008 by Prime Minister, on the night of 26^thNovember 2008 of Mumbai attaks the demand from Indian Prime Minister that Chief of ISI visits New Delhi and acceptance from Pakistani side, the accuse of Indian Foreign Minister that ISI is involved in Mumbai attacks, arrest of agent of CIA “David Headley” and struggle to prove his links with ISI and Lashkar-e-Taiba. And now summons from the American court, cancellation of bales of two police officers and their arrest in Benazir murder case, FIA’s declaration that it will include two on duty persons from ISI and MI, do not you think after looking all these that secretly some great plan to limit role of ISI in integrity of Pakistan and paralyze it is being fulfilled? Although many politicians have concerns about ISI’s political role which are based on facts and ISI should not have a political role but how much politicians are responsible for this role it should be discussed as well. In the 90s our politicians blamed agencies for their mutual disputes but the now their quarrel has gone far beyond personal problems. They are now openly humiliating each other, why? Just for being in power? But they should keep this reality in mind that all these are conditioned with integrity of country, if country is then there is politics and govt. and enjoyments of being in power…

Representatives of Jewish Organization ZAKA, going to Nariman House to receive dead bodies

Now let us come towards Mumbai's Nariman House and its inhabitants, they are trying to involve ISI in murder of those inhabitants. According to careful calculations Jews living in India number approximately to 6000 out of them 90% live in Mumbai. Mostly they are linked with education. The education standard of their schools is much better so that rich families from other provinces prefer to send their children to these schools. In the South of Mumbai on a coastal belt in well inhabited area the construction of Nariman house was completed 29 years ago (Jews call this building as “Chabad”). Nariman has been center of suspicious activities since last 29 years. Even the nearest neighbor’s are ignorant that this 6 storey building is being used for what purposes? Neighbors have been told that Nariman house is a cultural center which is used to serve tourists from abroad. However neighbors were aware that as night falls Nariman house awakes. When tourists came there and when they left, no one knew that. Neighbors also knew that young Jew “Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg” and his wife “Rivakh” are supervisors of the house and they are responsible for providing accommodation and food to tourists. Besides couple a maid “Sandra” also lived in house, she was responsible for taking care of their baby “Moshe”.

Jewish Couple: Gavriel and his wife Rivakh

According to journalist community media has been always kept in chaos about Nariman house, what happens there? When few journalists entered in this building on being invited by jews from USA, they tried to take some pictures they were stopped from doing so by saying, “In this way terrorists might be able to know the internal layout which will be beneficial for enemies”. When journalists asked who are those enemies, they changed topic. Journalists were further told that no one is allowed to take pictures even from outside. The journalists who visited this building included “Virendra Ghunawat” from local TV channel. On 27^th November 2008 when he was informed about attacks on Nariman house he went their along with his cameraman, the attacks have been launched about 24 hours ago. Building was under control of terrorists and Indian Commandoes were planning to enter into the building through helicopter from the rooftop. The police was standing at a far point. A good number of media personnel was present there. When Virendra started talks with local people a fisherman named as Vathal Tandal told him, “few days ago on the front coast of building 7 boats stopped, there were about 12 persons with harsh looks. They all were looking as local BHAI Log (Mumbai underworld persons). Boats were filled with different sized boxes and bags. They were first of all shifted to coast (Vathal Tandal helped them in unloading) afterwards they were shifted to Nariman house. Until all of the luggage was not shifted to the building few persons kept on guard”. Fisherman was astonished that all those persons riding on these boats might have been terrorists and possibly the luggage consisted of their ammunition. Fisherman raised this question to “Virendra”. This conversation was also heard by other journalists.

The conversation with fisherman was uploaded to different Indian News Websites. Vriendra also issued this conversation in the article “Mumbai Attack: Was Nariman House The Terror Hub” on a website named as “Mid day”. Virendra also included the conversation with a policeman who told gave him this information on the condition of keeping his name secret. Read in the own words of Police man.

“The role that Nariman House is coming to play in this attack drama, is puzzling. Last night residents ordered close to 100 Kilograms of meat and other food, enough to feed an army or a bunch of people for twenty days. Shortly thereafter the ten militants moved in, obviously indicating that the food and meet was ordered, keeping their visit in mind”.

Sandra along with young Moshe who succeeded in escaping from Nariman House attack

These are just two examples  otherwise local newspapers of Mumbai are filled with questions about Nariman house. After the incident important thing about that supervisors of Nariman house Rabbi Gavriel and his wife are told as American nationals, in their accuse court of Brookline has issued summon to ISI chief while after the incident their dead bodies were received by agents of extremist Jewish organization A.K.A established in Israel and were their dead bodies were taken to Israel. Moreover the journalists of Mumbai also raise this question when terrorists killed all the persons in Nariman House (their number is told as six) then how Sandra (maid) escaped with “Moshe”? Why journalists have not been allowed to talk with Sandra, why have not investigated from her, at least why Sandra has been kept away from media? Whether terrorists left her or she succeeded to flee? Sandra can tell that what language terrorists were speaking? There are hundreds of such questions which people of Mumbai want to ask from their police, investigators, secret agencies and govt. The most important question is how terrorists from Pakistan succeeded in entering into Nariman House? The neighbors of this house are ignorant about this Jewish Center then how terrorists knew about its internal layout? But no one is there to answer these questions. Why should Indian govt. reply these questions while its purpose is being fulfilled? For the whole incident Pakistan, Pakistani Secret agencies and freedom fighters of Kashmir has been accused. The world is silent over the genocide of Kashmiri people in Held Kashmir and busy in assuring India that they all will pressurize Pakistan that by punishing Pakistanis for Mumbai attacks Pakistan confesses the crime. While neither Pakistan nor any Pakistani is involved in these attacks at all but RAW of India. There is one solution of this problem that Pakistani media should raise its voice against this. It should tell the world by analyzing every moment of Mumbai drama that it is based on lie. Enough is enough stop insulting Pakistan and Pakistanis…

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