Who was Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan Shaheed?

Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan was recognized as a writer, columnist, and intellectual throughout the country. He was also known as a religious scholar and competent TV compare. He was born at a village, in the district of Swabi. He obtained his elementary education at his hometown. Then he joined Cadet College, Hasanabdal, and later on the Cadet College, Kohat. After having acquired the degree in medicine, he decided to specialize in psychiatry. He established his private practice in Mardan. Some of his works include “Pakistan and the Twenty First Century (Urdu)”, “The Struggle for Islamic Revolution”, and “What is Islam”. God has bestowed upon him the quality of presenting his propositions in simple language and clarity of style.

Dr. Farooq Khan was an enlightened religious scholar and he served Islam well and he wanted to take Muslims out of the present and prevailing quagmire. He had a feeling for the Muslims and wanted to bring them at par with other nations of the world. His services for the Muslims will be remembered for a long time to come. He was a vice chancellor of the Swat Islamic University and had started to rehabilitate those children who were suffered from the menace of extremism and terrorism.

Dr Mohammad Farooq, along with his gunman were killed in an assassination attempt on Saturday. Dr Farooq, Who was always a rocky mountain against the provokers for insurgency, extremism, terrorism, fundamentalism in Pashtun Afghan watan and in the World, had nice knowledge of peace, love, religion, history, culture, democracy. He will be always in our ...memory. How many of us will be killed by our enemy on the name of Islam and strategic depth and how long the our so called leaders and the world will remain silent on the ongoing genocide of Pashtun intellectuals, and moderate political workers on both side of the border?

His death created a vacuum which will take a long time to be filled. We demand of the government to arrest the culprit and punish them for their such heinous crime against humanity. Dr. Farroq khan was a true son of this soil and his martyrdom exposed the true faces of terrorists who have only one agenda to kill.


(Dr. Farooq Khan’s mission in his own words)

My Vision and Mission

I am humanist, Muslim, Pakistani and a Pakhtun. To strive for the well being of the whole humanity, to uphold the cause of Muslim Ummah and to exalt the dignity of Pakistan and Pukhtoons is my mission. There is no contradiction between their interests, provided every issue is seen with justice and fair play.

In my opinion there are ten basic values which should be honored by every individual, community, country and the whole mankind. These essential and fundamental values are:

• Human equality and democratic culture
• Justice
• Honesty
• Merit
• Hard work and thorough struggle
• Law abiding mentality
• Wisdom and patience
• Education
• Health
• Strong and well-coordinated welfare institutions for the down trodden classes.

It is not possible for me to address the whole humanity so I address Muslim Ummah, Pakistan and Pukhtoons. In my opinion the degraded and helpless position of all the above three communities is because of the lack of the above ten fundamental values. We lagged behind in fulfilling and abiding all these values. Without honoring these values, we will not be able to survive as prestigious communities and nations.

The Muslims usually blame others for their plight, but in my view the internal factors are much more important than the external factors and once we overcome our weaknesses and shortcomings then the external world will become favorable slowly and steadily.

Development and dignity of Pakistan and the Ummah is based on the efforts to achieve these ideals and standards. It is very clear that a thorough struggle is needed in this regard. This struggle should be totally free from any kind of violence, sentimentalism and provocative rhetoric.

I always strictly follow the teachings of Quran, Sunnah, and my conscience in pondering over all the collective issues and problems facing us. In my opinion, the Muslim Ummah needs a comprehensive discussion and consensus on the following issues:

• Status of Women in Islamic Society
• The real instructions of Islam regarding Jihad and Qital
• The true perspective of Islamic teachings in crimes and punishment
• Islamic instructions regarding relations between Muslims and Non-Muslims

I have written a few books on these Issues e.g.:

• Jihad, Qital aur Aalam-e-Islam (Urdu)
• Islam Kya hai?(Urdu)
• Islam and Women (Urdu & English)
• Dialogue with the West (English)
• Kashmir Issue (Urdu & English)
• Ikkisween Saddi aur Pakistan (Urdu)
• Jadeed Zehan Kay Shubhat Aur Islam Ka Jawab (Urdu)
• Hudood aur Qisas wa Diyat Ordinance Ka Tanqeedi Jaiza (Urdu)

In my opinion Muslim states must proceed according to the following four important points.

• To bring democratic culture in Muslim states.
• To resolve all the disputes and conflicts through peaceful means.
• To dominate and inculcate the above mentioned ten basic collective values in their states.
• To make a serious and conscious advance in the field of science and technology.
• I have written extensively on the above issues.

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Swat University Vice Chancellor killed

Renowned Islamic scholar Dr Farooq Khan Vice Chancelloer of Swat Islamic University was killed in firing incident in Mardarn.

Dr Farooq Khan’s assistant was also killed in the attack.

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Pentagon says Pakistan border closure hasn't affected Afghanistan mission

U.S. Defense Department on Friday said U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan haven't been affected by Pakistan's closure of a major supply route a day before.
The closure of the crossing at Torkham Gate along the border of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan came after U.S. helicopters "unknowingly killed several Pakistani border guards," said Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.
"It is still the case, at last reports, that Torkham Gate remains closed," Lapan said. "We are still discussing with the Pakistan government that Pakistanis resolve this and get it re- opened, but in the meantime, there is still no immediate impact on our operations in Afghanistan."
About 50 percent of coalition forces' non-lethal supplies, such as water, food and fuel come into Afghanistan from Pakistan's Torkham and Shaman gates, he said.
The incident was not the first such attack this week where American aircraft killed Pakistanis that were not insurgents. Lapan said rising tensions among Pakistanis along the border prompted Pakistan's decision to close the gate.
"What the Pakistani military described to us was that the closure of the gate was due to their concerns over rising tensions, " he said. "It was to them a security issue; tensions in the area due to these incidents."

Such tensions led to a militant attack on a NATO convoy this morning in southern Afghanistan. The convoy was carrying fuel, traveling about 250 miles north of Karachi when militants torched more than two dozen trucks. Pakistani officials are investigating that attack.

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