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Wednesday Jan-29-2014, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told parliament that he would give Taliban militants “one last chance” to halt their spree of killings and bombings and join peace talks. Adding to his comments, he has constituted a 4-member committee to facilitate the peace talks with Talibans. Committee includes Irfan Siddiqui (Journalist), Rahimullah Yousafzai (Journalist) and Rustam Shah Mohammed (Former Ambassador to Afghanistan) and “Famous” retired ISI Major Mohammad Aamir.
We all have an extensive knowledge about Irfan Siddiqui, Rahimullah Yousafzai and Rustam Shah Mohammed but who is Major (retired) Mohammad Aamir?
Major retired Aamir belongs to a religious family from Panjpir, a town in Sawabi district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. His father Maulana Muhammad Tahir, a cleric who belonged to the Panjpiri “Sect of Wahabism” and founder of “Jamaat-e-Ishaat-e-Tauheed Wa Sunnah”(JITS). Main objective of the organization is to preach Islamic faith in the Oneness of Allah and tradition of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), as a code of life and also to alienate them from polytheism (Shirk), fabrication in Islam (Bida) and un-Islamic rites and rituals, from the Holy Quran, according to their website (http://www.panjpir.org/).
After the death of Maulana Muhammad Tahir, his son Maulana Tayyab (Brother of Major Aamir) became the chief of JITS organization who also manages a huge religious seminary (Madarsa) in the town of Panjpir.
This madrassa was an important recruitment camp that also performed the role of a think tank for strategic planning during the Afghan war of the 1980s.
Tehrik-Taliban-Pakistan chief Maulana Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad, chief of the Movement for the Enforcement of Shariah in Malakand (TNSM) are also loyal followers of the Panjpiri organization. Maulana Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad received their religious education from Maulana Muhammad Tahir (father of Major Aamir).
Major Aamir was not only famous for his religious affiliation but also his profession services in ISI (Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence). Operation Midnight Jackal was a cold war military intelligence program operated by the ISI to topple the first government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1989 through a no confidence vote in parliament. Two key players of Operation Midnight Jackal, Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed alias Billa and ISI Major Mohammad Aamir were caught on video and audiotapes influencing some PPP parliamentarians. Funds for buying votes were allegedly provided by Osama Bin Laden. Both were arrested by the Pakistani military police and the espionage case against was filed in the special military courts.
According to the court documents Major Aamir testified that “Nawaz Sharif was more acceptable to the Pakistan Army than Benazir Bhutto."
The former ISI operative Major Amir was awarded by Nawaz Sharif during his second term as a Prime Minister. Major Amir used to be a special adviser to former NWFP chief minister Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, a close aide of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during (1997–99).
On February 24, 2012, FIR was lodged at the Paharipura Police Station against Major Aamir, his son and his gunmen for opening fire at a tuck shop in Neelab CNG station resulting in the killing of Khan Muhammad and injuring Sangeen and Imran. Arrest orders were issued by Sessions court but later on set aside by a division bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC).
http://blogs.arynews.tv/who-is-major-retired-mohammad-aamir/
Of the four committee members, Major Amir’s profile is the most alarming in the context of his being a negotiator representing the government. His “Operation Midnight Jackal” credentials pale beside his rich Taliban heritage.
Shaheen Buneri, in ‘Swat Valley, The Metamorphosis’ writes: “The Swat conflict was also influenced by the Panjpirs of Swabi district, adjacent to the Malakand division of KPP. The Panjpirs follow a localized version of Saudi Wahahbism that was introduced in Pakistan by Maulana Tahir, father of Major Amir, an ISI operative who allegedly helped topple Benazir Bhutto’s first government.
The madrassa at Panjpir, administered by Maulana Tayyab, Major Amir’s brother, is associated with a who’s who of Pakistan’s extremist leader, including TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad, Bajaur Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Muhammad (who recently split from TTP), and the Khyber agency’s notorious militant leader Mangal Bagh. TNSM military chief Fazlullah also adhered to the Panjpir group. This madrassa was an important recruitment camp that also performed the role of a think tank for strategic planning during the Afghan war of the 1980s.” Further, it is said that both Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad received their religious education from Major Amir’s father.
http://www.nation.com.pk/columns/31-Jan-2014/creating-barriers-to-stupidity
The choice of Amir, a former ISI officer, has given rise to comment, but his background is firmly pro-Sharif — his training inside the army has been to fear the PPP as a liberal party, soft on India and Pakistan’s nuclear programme. He represents the ideological nature of the army, where no wits are required to become an intelligence officer. In 1989, he tried, together with another ISI officer, Brigadier Imtiaz Billa, to persuade some PPP members of the National Assembly to “defect” in order to topple the government of Benazir Bhutto. Operation Midnight Jackal turned out to be a reverse sting in which the PPP politicians filmed the officers in flagrante delicto. Both were fired from service.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/at-the-table-with-taliban/
As per the website of JITS....
Name: Jamaat-e-Ishaat-e-Tauheed Wa Sunnah (Propagation of Tauheed Wa-Sunnah)
The Organization,"Jamaat-e-Ishaat-e-Tauheed Wa Sunnah"•(JITS), was founded by late. Shaikhul Quraan Maulana Muhmammad Tahir (R.A) in 1939 and he was the first Head (Ameer) of the Jamaat, which is solely and purely a religious and non-political organization. Its role is remarkable in the reformation of the custom-bound society of the Muslims. Its main objective is to preach Islamic faith in the Oneness of Allah and tradition of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), as a code of life and also to alienate them from polytheism "Shirk", fabrication in Islam "Bida” and un-Islamic rites and rituals, from the Holy Quraan.
http://www.panjpir.org/index.php?op...f-tauheed-wa-sunna&catid=1:tasaneef&Itemid=59
Lastly the video below shows the brother of Major Amir (Tayyab Tahir - the current head of JITS) campaigning for Nawaz league in Swabi before the general elections....
https://www.facebook.com/PMLNSwabiPK31/posts/490160284371759
We all have an extensive knowledge about Irfan Siddiqui, Rahimullah Yousafzai and Rustam Shah Mohammed but who is Major (retired) Mohammad Aamir?
Major retired Aamir belongs to a religious family from Panjpir, a town in Sawabi district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. His father Maulana Muhammad Tahir, a cleric who belonged to the Panjpiri “Sect of Wahabism” and founder of “Jamaat-e-Ishaat-e-Tauheed Wa Sunnah”(JITS). Main objective of the organization is to preach Islamic faith in the Oneness of Allah and tradition of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), as a code of life and also to alienate them from polytheism (Shirk), fabrication in Islam (Bida) and un-Islamic rites and rituals, from the Holy Quran, according to their website (http://www.panjpir.org/).
After the death of Maulana Muhammad Tahir, his son Maulana Tayyab (Brother of Major Aamir) became the chief of JITS organization who also manages a huge religious seminary (Madarsa) in the town of Panjpir.
This madrassa was an important recruitment camp that also performed the role of a think tank for strategic planning during the Afghan war of the 1980s.
Tehrik-Taliban-Pakistan chief Maulana Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad, chief of the Movement for the Enforcement of Shariah in Malakand (TNSM) are also loyal followers of the Panjpiri organization. Maulana Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad received their religious education from Maulana Muhammad Tahir (father of Major Aamir).
Major Aamir was not only famous for his religious affiliation but also his profession services in ISI (Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence). Operation Midnight Jackal was a cold war military intelligence program operated by the ISI to topple the first government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1989 through a no confidence vote in parliament. Two key players of Operation Midnight Jackal, Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed alias Billa and ISI Major Mohammad Aamir were caught on video and audiotapes influencing some PPP parliamentarians. Funds for buying votes were allegedly provided by Osama Bin Laden. Both were arrested by the Pakistani military police and the espionage case against was filed in the special military courts.
According to the court documents Major Aamir testified that “Nawaz Sharif was more acceptable to the Pakistan Army than Benazir Bhutto."
The former ISI operative Major Amir was awarded by Nawaz Sharif during his second term as a Prime Minister. Major Amir used to be a special adviser to former NWFP chief minister Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, a close aide of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during (1997–99).
On February 24, 2012, FIR was lodged at the Paharipura Police Station against Major Aamir, his son and his gunmen for opening fire at a tuck shop in Neelab CNG station resulting in the killing of Khan Muhammad and injuring Sangeen and Imran. Arrest orders were issued by Sessions court but later on set aside by a division bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC).
http://blogs.arynews.tv/who-is-major-retired-mohammad-aamir/
Of the four committee members, Major Amir’s profile is the most alarming in the context of his being a negotiator representing the government. His “Operation Midnight Jackal” credentials pale beside his rich Taliban heritage.
Shaheen Buneri, in ‘Swat Valley, The Metamorphosis’ writes: “The Swat conflict was also influenced by the Panjpirs of Swabi district, adjacent to the Malakand division of KPP. The Panjpirs follow a localized version of Saudi Wahahbism that was introduced in Pakistan by Maulana Tahir, father of Major Amir, an ISI operative who allegedly helped topple Benazir Bhutto’s first government.
The madrassa at Panjpir, administered by Maulana Tayyab, Major Amir’s brother, is associated with a who’s who of Pakistan’s extremist leader, including TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad, Bajaur Taliban commander Maulvi Faqir Muhammad (who recently split from TTP), and the Khyber agency’s notorious militant leader Mangal Bagh. TNSM military chief Fazlullah also adhered to the Panjpir group. This madrassa was an important recruitment camp that also performed the role of a think tank for strategic planning during the Afghan war of the 1980s.” Further, it is said that both Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad received their religious education from Major Amir’s father.
http://www.nation.com.pk/columns/31-Jan-2014/creating-barriers-to-stupidity
The choice of Amir, a former ISI officer, has given rise to comment, but his background is firmly pro-Sharif — his training inside the army has been to fear the PPP as a liberal party, soft on India and Pakistan’s nuclear programme. He represents the ideological nature of the army, where no wits are required to become an intelligence officer. In 1989, he tried, together with another ISI officer, Brigadier Imtiaz Billa, to persuade some PPP members of the National Assembly to “defect” in order to topple the government of Benazir Bhutto. Operation Midnight Jackal turned out to be a reverse sting in which the PPP politicians filmed the officers in flagrante delicto. Both were fired from service.
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/at-the-table-with-taliban/
As per the website of JITS....
Name: Jamaat-e-Ishaat-e-Tauheed Wa Sunnah (Propagation of Tauheed Wa-Sunnah)
The Organization,"Jamaat-e-Ishaat-e-Tauheed Wa Sunnah"•(JITS), was founded by late. Shaikhul Quraan Maulana Muhmammad Tahir (R.A) in 1939 and he was the first Head (Ameer) of the Jamaat, which is solely and purely a religious and non-political organization. Its role is remarkable in the reformation of the custom-bound society of the Muslims. Its main objective is to preach Islamic faith in the Oneness of Allah and tradition of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), as a code of life and also to alienate them from polytheism "Shirk", fabrication in Islam "Bida” and un-Islamic rites and rituals, from the Holy Quraan.
http://www.panjpir.org/index.php?op...f-tauheed-wa-sunna&catid=1:tasaneef&Itemid=59
Lastly the video below shows the brother of Major Amir (Tayyab Tahir - the current head of JITS) campaigning for Nawaz league in Swabi before the general elections....
https://www.facebook.com/PMLNSwabiPK31/posts/490160284371759
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