There are fears about the safety of the IPL as well as the safety of the Commonwealth Games. There have been several terror attacks in India, and the organizers of the Commonwealth Games, already jittery are getting a bit nervous.
India’s Olympic chief on Tuesday sought to allay security fears at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi saying the country was committed to providing a “safe and secure” environment.
Many are not convinced.
By Nick Hoult
In a rare example of a terrorist group using specific threats against sporting events to generate propaganda the 313 Brigade, an affiliate of al-Qaeda, warned that athletes and spectators attending the events in India would face “consequences”. The IPL and hockey World Cup take place next month, with the Commonwealth Games scheduled for October in Delhi.
In a message issued following a bomb attack on the Indian city of Pune at the weekend, Ilyas Kashmiri, the head of 313 Brigade, was quoted by Asian Times Online as saying: “We warn the international community not to send their people to the 2010 Hockey World Cup, IPL and Commonwealth Games. Nor should their people visit India – if they do, they will be responsible for the consequences.”
After big financial fraud in India and one of the major ones in world, yet another but biggest scandal in Indian history which resolves around key defense official. Read details in following news clip:
US to consult India closely in fight against extremism
The alliance of the enemies – US-India nexus would be a declaration of war against Pakistan and if he add Mr. Zardari to the scene, it is a total disaster.
US must be treated as a hostile State if it takes India as an adviser on Pakistan’s national security. This PPP government do not have the character to defend Pakistan. It is time for a regime change in Islamabad also, this time at the hands of patriots.
According to a report, the United States assured India on Wednesday that it would consult New Delhi ‘very closely’ in the fight against extremism in South Asia.
Why is Mr. Zardari so eager to build ties with India at the expense of Pakistan? These are my sentiments in response to last week’s op-ed in Pakistani newspapers written by Mr. Asif Ali Zardari to commemorate Ms. Benazir Bhutto’s birthday. I am a young Pakistani woman residing in Canada. And, needless to say, I am not impressed.
In an interview to India’s PTI news agency, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake, however, described Pakistan and Afghanistan as America’s “strategic priority” because of the militancy that threatened to destabilize both the countries [Read more of this repot by Dawn]
Continuing on question of “Why Mr. Zardari eager to build ties?” – he has shamelessly confessed (in his article published on 20 June 2009 in daily Jang newspaper) that the events of 9/11, the attacks on Indian Parliament and Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel were somehow linked to Pakistan. The fact that even the Indians couldn’t come up with evidence to their allegations [they are battling with multiple separatist and freedom-fighting groups inside India] exposes Mr. Zardari’s slave mindset and how he is beholden to his masters.
He is more eager to build a strong relationship between India and Pakistan then between him and people of Pakistan. He is forgetting that it is India who has failed to maintain the neighborly relationship not even with Pakistan but also its other neighbors like China, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Much celebrated and timely victory by Pakistani cricket T20 team, our brothers and sisters under occupation did not hesitated to take risk of chanting slogans of Islam, “Allahu Akbar” and pro-Pakistani, they shared the joy and hapiness as if it is their victory against Indian forces.
No sooner than Afridi ran for a winning run in the penultimate over on Sunday night in T20 WC final that streets throughout Kashmir valley resonated with the sounds of boom boom Afridi, pro-freedom and pro-Pakistani slogans and the sound of firecrackers.
Our brothers and sisters are waiting for freedom since long, insha Allah it is not far now, probably few more years under occupation then it will be bright Kashmiri morning without dark clouds of occupation.
“India not a threat”, says President Asif Zardari
First he said there is an Indian in every Pakistani. Now he thinks Indians are his blood brothers. His whole body and thought process is built from Haram and khiyanat. What does he know about dignity, honour and courage or even self respect. There may be a Hindu in Him but for Pakistan, India remains the biggest threat, supported by Israel, US and Baitullah Mehsud.
“India is no longer a military threat to Pakistan, while the Taliban threaten not only the world, but also our way of life”, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
“I do not consider India a military threat; the question is that India has the capability. Capability is what matters. (With regard to) intention I think we both have our good intentions. India is a reality, Pakistan is a reality, but Taliban are a threat, an international threat” he told EuroNews while visiting Brussels for the first summit between the European Union (EU) and Islamabad.
