Radical politics and Ummah Tameer-e-Nau Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood



endorsing publicly decision of nuclear tests prime minister nawaz sharif in 1998, mahmood began appearing in news channels outspoken opponent of prime minister sharif, vehemently opposed pakistan becoming signatory state of npt , ctbt. @ country s popular news channels , newspapers, mahmood gave numerous interviews, wrote articles, , lobbied against prime minister sharif when learning prime minister sharif had been willing signatory of anti-nuclear weapon treaties, prompting government forcefully transferring mahmood @ non-technical position in paec.


seeking premature retirement paec in 1999, mahmood moved towards publishing books , articles involving relationship between science , islam. mahmood founded ummah tameer-e-nau (utn)– rightwing organization– close associates. in 2000, began attending lectures , religious sessions dr. israr ahmed later influenced in political views , philosophy. through utn, steps in more radical politics, , began visiting afghanistan wanted focused on rebuilding educational institutions, hospitals, , relief work.


in august 2001, mahmood , 1 of colleagues @ utn met osama bin laden , ayman al-zawahiri in kandahar, afghanistan. describing meeting, new york times editorial quoted: there little doubt mahmood talked 2 al-qaeda leaders nuclear weapons, or al qaeda desperately wanted bomb .








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