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Interesting development, if true IP gas pipeline: Russia agrees to financial and technical assistance Russia has agreed in-principle to extend financial and technical aid to Pakistan for the $1.5 billion Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project... A sub-committee of the Economic Coordination Committe...

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I am not sure if this is the right place to pose the question. I have not seen postings by S Sridhar (one of the Admins) for a while. Will he be back soon?

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On corruption in China, from The Australian online edition Top to bottom, a culture of payola in China THE mid-level official whose wife drives a Lexus, the electricity supervisor who owns a flat for his mistress, the sons and daughters of low-ranking government employees who think nothing of droppi...

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^Thanks Rahul

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For several hours now I have not been able to connect to http://bharat-rakshak.com/. However, there is no problem connecting to http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com. Is there some issue with bharat-rakshak.com?

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Fake currency notes in wide circulation Business community and people here {Mardan, KP}have expressed concern over the wide circulation of fake currency notes of different denominations, which is causing financial loss to them. ... Abdul Jalil, a lawyer, claimed that one of his friends had found a ...

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Good news about Kudankulam Kudankulam nuclear power plant set to roll in six weeks The controversy-hit Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is set to be operationalized, with its first 1,000mw unit to be opened soon as the project's safety audits have been completed and local resistance now ...

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I do not like this news report Pak Navy receives US surveillance aircraft The Pakistani navy took delivery Tuesday of two state-of-the-art, US-made surveillance aircraft nine months after militants destroyed two similar planes, officials said. Pakistan said the P3C aircraft, modified with the latest...

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Progress in Karachi! Rocket Launchers and guns used in street battles in Lyari, Karachi Violence erupted in Lyari on Wednesday after two groups armed with rocket launchers and guns exchanged fire, Express News reported. ... link One side involved is People’s Aman Committee which is pro-PPP The other...

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An excellent article by Praveen Swami in The Hindu West's romancing of the Taliban ... For a sensible understanding of the intellectual underpinnings of western romancing of the Taliban, therefore, one must excavate deeper than oil rigs: the West's relationship with Islamism has to do with ideas abo...

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China does not want its students to know recent history of China An article by a Western academic teaching in China. Reproduced in The Age of Australia from Washington Post . With China stumping assertively on the world stage, one might think Beijing would be open, even gracious, about the country's...

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Drone strike kills five in North Waziristan The online edition of The News is reporting that 'Drone strike in Ghulam Khan village of North Wairistan killed five people on Tuesday, Geo News reported.' Has Kiyani given his approval? URL: http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=8192&title=Dron...

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Experience of Australian firms doing business in China Australian Firms warned about China AUSTRALIAN companies operating in China have been advised against appointing ethnic Chinese staff to senior executive positions in the wake of the 12-year sentence handed to businessman Matthew Ng {who holds a...

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There is some speculation that Ms.Fatima Bhutto (niece of BB) is joining PTI today. Here is a link:
URL: http://www.jangdailynews.com/fatima-bhu ... g-pti.html

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^Thanks gakakkad

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So much is being said about the Read Estate bubble in China. A weakening of Chinese economy could have both good and bad implications for India.
Is there a thread here in BR on Chinese economy (especially the problems of it)?

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A suicide attack in Bannu Suicide attack kills six troops in Pakistan A suicide car bomb attack in northwest Pakistan killed six soldiers and wounded about a dozen others on Saturday, police said. The attack took place in Bannu city where the bomber targeted the camp office of the paramilitary Front...

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Taliban publishes its most wanted list of Police Officers in Karachi. I am astounded that a newspaper in Pakistan would publish the names of senior police officers of Karachi who are in the crosshairs of Taliban. Marked men: Six police officers walk around with ‘targets’ on their backs Immediately a...

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God's soldiers: Pakistan army's ideology Praveen Swami's article in the Hindu. He cites from different editions of Pak Army's green book. Here is one quote. In 2008, for example, Brigadier Waqar Hassan Khan argued in the Green Book that "the superpower's entry into [the] Middle-East and West A...

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Pak Rupee is losing value against U.S.$. Four reasons are given: 1. Investors moving out of gold and into U.S.$ 2. Seasonal demand for U.S.$ for performing Haj 3. Converting black money into dollars since old 500 Rupee notes are not going to be valid after Sept 30 4. Worsening relation of Pakistan w...

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Najam Sethi's editorial in The Friday Times He gives 'a tally of killings and establishment policies that tell a terrifying tale of state failure'. Then suggests that 'only Pakistan Army could fix things'. State failure ... The whole country has become one big killing field. Under the circumstances,...

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Pakistan, U.S. & the immoderate Taliban Praveen Swami's article in The Hindu ... This we know for certain: the U.S. has spent years pressing Pakistan to act, without effect. In diplomatic cables obtained by the WikiLeaks, there is a graphic account of a July 29, 2008, meeting between top U.S. o...

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The online edition of The News says '7 people killed in Karachi'

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Heavy bomb blast in Karach i Breaking news A heavy explosion occurred in the posh locality of Defense Housing Authority in Karachi near Darakshan police station early on Monday morning, DawnNews reported. According to initial reports, the blast occurred outside the residence of SP Crime Investigati...

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... The repayment of the first tranche of the IMF program is due in the next few months. Earlier, Pakis had argued that the last tranche that the IMF did not release (because the Pakis did not meet IMF benchmarks) should be considered as Pakistan's repayment of the first tranche 8) :shock: (imagine...

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Is Russia really showing interest in financing Pakistani section of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline? There are reports that Pakistan may approach Russia and China to help with financing of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline. The cost is estimated to be at least US$ 1.5 billion. See here for a news report on thi...

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Can taller-than-Himalayas friend really save Pakistan? Weekly inflation up 16.3pc on higher food prices Weekly inflation increased by 16.33 per cent during the week ended on Aug 30, over the corresponding period last year owing to high food and energy prices in the domestic market. ... Inflation in ...

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Four female teachers burnt in Quetta acid attack

Four female school teachers received burn injuries on their faces after they were attacked by unidentified men in Quetta on Saturday.
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Let us move on from discussing the 'colour' of Indian PM to discussing nuclear-capable Pakistan. I am not making up the title of the news item quoted below. PM sends out a global rain-relief SOS Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday called upon the international community to help Pakistan ...

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Pak Air force cadet 'filmed female cadet in showers' in Canberra, Australia A PAKISTANI air force cadet studying at the defence college Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) has been suspended after he was allegedly caught secretly filming a female cadet while she showered. ... He was arrested by...

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Normally I would have posted the following report on (yet another) attempt to solve the circular debt problem in Pak's power sector in Pakistani Economic Stress Watch thread. However, an admission by a federal minister is worth being placed in this thread. The PPP government has made several (rather...

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According to the online edition of (Pak) The Express Tribune, Pakistan has decided that it would not try and get the remaining part (i.e. US $ 3.4 billion) of the latest IMF bailout, since it has been unable to meet the conditions imposed by IMF. It was news to me that "Since 1988, Pakistan has...

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The report in the online version of (Pak) Express Tribune mentions that Pak Army is one among more than 45 customers for PAKSAT-1R satellite. I do not believe that PA is going to use it to broadcast ISPR produced documentaries. PAKSAT-1R: China launches Pakistan’s ‘first’ communications satellite .....

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India blocks Pakistan-born Usman Khawaja’s visa

Pakistan-born Australian batsman Usman Khawaja on Tuesday said he was being refused a visa into India for next month’s Champions League Twenty20 tournament because of his country of birth.
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The killings in Karachi continue. The report below appears in today's online edition of Daily Times. Bloodshed continues in Karachi, 16 killed ... Intense firing ensued in the areas and rival ethnic groups started tossing hand grenades and bullets at each other. ... link Does the fact that grenades ...

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I have a question for experts. For nearly one year, Pak Rupee / US $ exchange rate has stayed around 86 Rupees a dollar. Given that inflation in Pak is around 20%, it means that in real terms Pak Rupee has appreciated against US $. What is the explanation for this? Why is it not touching century mar...

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Preparations apace for Agni V launch

Preparations for the launch of Agni-V in December 2011 are gathering speed, with all the three stages of the missile having been successfully tested at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.
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Report by TSS in The Hindu

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Six killed in firing in Malir, Landhi areas of Karachi At least six people have been killed in firing incidents in Karachi on Friday, police and rescue sources said. They stated that the firing took place in Karachi's Malir and Landhi areas. ... [url=ttp://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-new...

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What is going on in Karachi? I have been following twitter postings on Karachi. The impression I get is that this time it is the Mohajirs who are at the receiving end. ANP with the tacit approval of PPP seems to be doing most of the attacking. There are postings talking of 'orchestrated genocide of...

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A silver lining amid all the shootings in Karachi
A recent twitter message

Husband at home today to get his favorite homemade #Lunch after a long time #Karachi #Food

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