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Diligent student compiles list of 780,000 ***** sites for PTA to ban
In a bid to aid the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in its ongoing efforts to block online ***** in Pakistan, fifteen-year-old Ghazi Muhammad Abdullah has compiled and sent forward a list of 780,000 adult websites which he thinks should be blocked in Pakistan.
anupmisra wrote:This is truly ominous, to say the least. Most of those who were killed were members of an ultra-radical islamic group. Seems like the impending civil war is no longer about who is green. They all are. Now its about who is the greenest of them all. Mirror, mirror, on the wall....
There are reasons to believe that the soosai bummer was either recruited or deceived by the TFTAs to terrorize the Lashkar-i-Islam. Fighting fire with fire?
RCase wrote:
Maulaners, this Ghazi needs to be awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan! He has diligently visited 780,000 sites (whoa, and still not gone blind? )!!!
Well he must be a cheat er normal Paki. If it takes 2 minutes to load and scan a site and you spend 12 hours a day doing only that it will still take 6 years to get the list, by which time some earlier ones would be dead and new ones would have come up. And this Einsteinuddin started when he was 9.
This pea brain has done a Google search for keywords like "armpit" and "navel" that are disallowed in sharia and has forwarded the Google results to the Assthorities.
WASHINGTON — The US Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on a man they said was a top bomb-maker of the Taliban, aiming to further cut off his and the Afghan insurgency's access to financial support.
The Treasury said Abdul Samad Achekzai has a central role in Taliban operations building improvised explosive devices in western and southern Afghanistan.
Samad was responsible for getting the materials for the IEDs, building them, and training others to do so, it said.
The roadside bombs have contributed to a large proportion of the death of coalition troops battling the insurgency in the country.
Samad has also deployed a number of suicide bomb attacks against Coalition Forces and Afghan authorities as well.
"This is the first sanctions action specifically targeting the Taliban's IED manufacturer and support network," the Treasury said in a statement.
"As a key official in the Taliban's IED supply network, Abdul Samad Achekzai is responsible for untold death and suffering."
The sanctions order the freezing of any of Samad's assets held by US entities, and bans US entities and citizens from any transactions with him.
JIhadi KLPD
Time to get rid of ‘strategic depth’ hangover: Khar
ISLAMABAD, March 2: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said she hopes for a relationship with Afghanistan based on trust and called for leaving behind the past associated with interference in that country and support for Taliban.“Recognise what we are doing now without overshadowing it with whatever has been Pakistan’s historical baggage. We are moving out of that hangover,” Ms Khar said at a meeting with a group of journalists at her office a week after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani launched an appeal for all Afghan groups to join an intra-Afghan process for peace and reconciliation.But there is definitely no remorse for “the historical baggage” because she said all the countries that helped create the “Frankenstein” should share the blame.Ms Khar rubbished the idea of Pakistan desiring for strategic depth in Afghanistan, but said if one was needed it could not come through fighting a proxy war.“If we are looking for any strategic depth it cannot be achieved militarily or can come through a proxy war. The only way to do is through building trust with the Afghan state.”Does this signify a policy shift at a time when talk of negotiations is taking centre stage and Pakistan’s position as an honest and neutral peacemaker is under doubt because of its perceived support for Taliban?
Special forces working in India to contain LeT: US
WASHINGTON: The United States had its special forces in India and was working with the Indians to contain Lashkar-e-Taiba, a senior American military official told a congressional panel.In his testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert Willard defined LeT as a “very dangerous” security threat to the entire South Asian region.
The Indian government, however, has rejected the claim that US Special Forces were based in India, although they did not deny the admiral’s other claim that the two countries were working together to contain LeT.
“We have currently special forces assist teams — Pacific assist teams is the term — laid down in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, as well as India,” Admiral Willard told the House committee.“And we’re working very closely with India with regard to their counter-terrorism capabilities and in particular on the maritime domain but also government to government, not necessarily DOD but other agencies assisting them in terms of their internal counter-terror and counter-insurgency challenges.”Earlier, Congressman Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican, described LeT as “a joint enemy” of India and Pakistan, whichled the “murderous assault” on Mumbai in 2008. “What efforts are being made to counteract that level of terrorism?” he asked.“Lashkar-e-Taiba is very dangerous, Pakistani-based, and a lot of international design in terms of their aspirations. So it’s a very important threat, and we’re working very closely with the nations in the region to help contain it,” Admiral Willard said.
In the US, the bullion depository at Fort Knox contains 147 million ounces that are officially valued for book-keeping purposes at $42.22 per ounce. If the US were to sell its bullion at current prices, it could raise $25tr, thereby clearing its enormousinternal and external debt.Of course, gold prices would tumble if the US Treasury were ever to unload its vast hoard. Fans of James Bond movies will recall Goldfinger in which the baddie sets out to rob Fort Knox in a daring heist.
RCase wrote:
Maulaners, this Ghazi needs to be awarded Nishan-e-Pakistan! He has diligently visited 780,000 sites (whoa, and still not gone blind? )!!!
Well he must be a cheat er normal Paki. If it takes 2 minutes to load and scan a site and you spend 12 hours a day doing only that it will still take 6 years to get the list, by which time some earlier ones would be dead and new ones would have come up. And this Einsteinuddin started when he was 9.
Shivullah, you have done an engineering diagnosis instead of a clinical diagnosis ! Isn't there the revealed knowledge that spending too much time on such sites can lead to excessive wanking, which in turn can lead to impairment of visual faculties? That is what I had learned from my madrasa biraders in school.
shiv wrote:
Well he must be a cheat er normal Paki. If it takes 2 minutes to load and scan a site and you spend 12 hours a day doing only that it will still take 6 years to get the list, by which time some earlier ones would be dead and new ones would have come up. And this Einsteinuddin started when he was 9.
Shivullah, you have done an engineering diagnosis instead of a clinical diagnosis ! Isn't there the revealed knowledge that spending too much time on such sites can lead to excessive wanking, which in turn can lead to impairment of visual faculties? That is what I had learned from my madrasa biraders in school.
Thereby creating the first reciprocating wankel engine. No wonder Pakhanastan is so dicknowledgically advanced. Sorry OT. No more from me on this thread.
IT departments usually buy CDs from somewhere that contain list of lakhs of p0rn and malware website URLs , this is fed to the firewalls for blocking in some cos.
this kid has purchased one such or ripped from some co and now posing as the most faithfool.
Reviving the old tradition of Nukar Theatre, the play portrayed Bhagat Singh’s struggle against British imperialism.
Labour Party Pakistan activists demanded that the Shadman Chowk be renamed after Bhagat Singh who was hanged there on March 23, 1931. They also raised slogans like `Inqilab Zindabad,’ Bhagat Teray Khoon Se Inqilab Aaey Ga,’ and ‘Amriki, Arab Samraj Murdabad’.
Punjab government had been approached in 2001 that Bhagat Singh should be recognised as one of the heroes of independence movement
The ETPB would also give award to a Sikh on the occasion of Baisakhi every year who would have contributed to the cause of independence.
“It is clear that Jinnah Sahib considered Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev freedom fighters(Reminder: in 1931).. If the father of the nation admires a freedom fighter, how can we ignore him? Why not Serdar Bhagat Singh be declared the hero of independence movement in our history and text books?
Not to be outdone:
He demanded that a statute of Bhagat be installed there and the Qadahfi Stadium also be renamed after him.
What next? Bhagat Singh to be declared "pa'stani son of soil"?
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“We made this attack because Aftab Sherpao has cooperated with the government for an operation against us in the tribal areas,” Omer Khalid, a local Taliban leader, told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Doesn't this logic qualify Asf-fuq Gee-Laney as well for similar treatment?
There are two ways of explaining why Pakistan was created. One is to say that the impulse for Pakistan was a Muslim-nationalist impulse. That is what we are taught in school and probably what most Pakistanis believe.
But there is another explanation. And it is this: the drive to form Pakistan was rooted in the notion of minority rights. During the haggling that preceded independence, most Muslim leaders initially wanted constitutional safeguards protecting the rights of a Muslim minority within Hindu-majority India. Only when they decided this would not be possible did partition become their aim.Even then, British India did not necessarily have to become just two countries with a burning enmity: India and Pakistan. It could as easily have been split into several: perhaps a northwestern country that included not just current Pakistan but also the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir and Indian Punjab, as Jinnah himself had wanted; a northeastern country centred around a unified Bangladesh and Indian Bengal; and a variety of other countries between them and to their south.Each of these countries would have contained large minorities of all kinds. But each could quite possibly have been more manageable and easier to govern than either post-partition India or the united Pakistan that included both our present country and what is now Bangladesh. Yet an independent Balochistan would in itself solve little. Balochistan is almost half non-Baloch. What of the rights of the non-Baloch in Balochistan? And what, for that matter, of the rights of non-Pashtu speakers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, non-Punjabi speakers in Punjab, non-Sindhi speakers in Sindh, non-Urdu speakers in Karachi? What of the rights of Pakistani Shias and Christians and Hindus and atheists?
(BDY, we are happy the partition happend and exposed the ideological Poaqusskaz)
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.
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Abdul Jalil, a lawyer, claimed that one of his friends had found a few fake currency notes in cash he drew from a bank. “This is a mafia which is backed by influential political people of the city,” he alleged.
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The above report in Dawn online edition only talks about the counterfeit currency problem in Mardan KP. No mention of Karachi yet. So, it is too early to say 'Karma is a *****'
ISLAMABAD: The ministry of interior has forwarded a formal request to the France-based Interpol secretariat for the issuance of “red warrants” against former president and army chief Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf as well as for his arrest and extradition to Pakistan.
The letter sent through email to the Interpol Pakistan on Feb 2 said: “Secretary General of Interpol Secretariat Lyon (France) is requested to issue ‘red warrants’ for Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan, and arrest him through Interpol. A copy of red notice may please be furnished to this ministry.”
The email also mentioned the computerised national identity card (CNIC) number of the former president.
Observation from IWT Dhaga and good for Arabanustani Poaqusshkas .
The Hydroelectric poetential in both Himachal and J&K together is about 45-50K MW . By the time its fully exploited , Not a single water Drop for Powk will be left to waste. Pakistan will become Desertistan in look as well action. Baluchis are already Deserting and soon Sindhis will start the exodus to receive their water directly from India . Supreme Court have already ordered the Government to interlink the rivers .
and is based on the evidence of 6,390 Muslim respondents. The research was conducted in cooperation with research institutes in the respective countries. The themes include issues of personal piety, conscience, philanthropy and social justice, veiling, blasphemy, hudood laws, jihad, political order and religious institutions, globalisation and the Islamic ummah, Islam and civil society, mutual suspicions between Muslims and the West. The author has adhered to the highest standards of honest and qualified research. The result is a mine of information and profound insights. He makes it clear at the outset that multiple meanings and interpretations of Islam are possible. The two main interpretative approaches he identifies are those of the apologists who strive to reconcile Islam with modernity and the Islamists who fiercely oppose it. It is the latter’s influence that has been growing currently and the book highlights the problematic aspects of this.
With regard to women Hassan remarks, “In Islam, women are seen not only as sexual beings but also the very embodiment of sex...Consequently, men view women as objects that exist and retain value only in relation to themselves. Women are to be owned and controlled...The practice (veiling) is in keeping with the supremacy of male over female as postulated by the Qur’an. With regard to the doctrine of jihad, the author shows that it has multiple meanings and not just holy war. Primarily it means a “struggle against unbelievers to convert them to Islam” (pg 104). It includes peaceful persuasion as well as the use of force. The former is considered the greater jihad and the latter smaller jihad. However, after the Muslims established the State of Medina in 622 ACE, the use of force became closely associated with the notion of jihad. In an interesting table on page 108-109, the author traces the historical trajectory of jihad — both defensive and offensive forms of it have existed depending on the balance of power between Muslims and non-Muslims.In my opinion, the real problem between the world of Islam and the West is that science has supplanted the Bible as the authority for cognising and transforming the physical world, though there is a flat earth society in London, and Darwin’s evolutionism is not taught in some US states. The Bible’s authority has greatly reduced on social and political matters, and secularisation of society and state has made possible liberal democracy and broad enjoyment of human rights. Religious authority is not completely absent, however. The authority of the Quran is more totalist, covering all phenomena: the physical world, the social world, law, politics, culture and so on. The age-old argument that revelation is perfect, and absolute knowledge and reason and science imperfect, continues to apply to far more social, legal and political matters than is the case in secular-democratic societies. Such argumentation effectively defeats calls for fundamental change and reform. Vain formulae of so-called spiritual democracy and Islamic human rights have proved to be neither fish nor fowl.
by Jujhar
With regard to the doctrine of jihad, the author shows that it has multiple meanings and not just holy war. Primarily it means a “struggle against unbelievers to convert them to Islam” (pg 104). It includes peaceful persuasion as well as the use of force.
how do you tell them that majority is not interested in Islam. I think that Parliament should create a law to stop/ban religious conversion.
If somebody wants to convert they must have their own time and money.
Washington, DC - Over the last few months, a small faction of congressmen, minority Afghan groups, Baloch nationalists, and their supporters have laid out the framework for an alternative US policy approach for Southwest Asia.This alternative policy centres on backing remnants of the Northern Alliance and Baloch insurgents, who seek to carve out semi-autonomous territories or independent states from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.While supporters of this new approach are motivated by a variety of interests, they appear unified in their rejection of what they see as three cornerstones of the Obama administration's current regional policy approach: 1) Normalising relations with Pakistan's government and military; 2) Incorporating the Taliban into the current Afghan political system; 3) Overly accommodating an emerging Iran.
Al Jazeera World - Balochistan: Pakistan's other war
In one broad stroke, this new approach would attempt to advance US national interests by redrawing the political borders of Southwest Asia - contrary to the the sovereignty and territorial integrity of three existing states.While its advocates clearly do not yet have broad support for their initiative, the campaign for an alternative Southwest Asian policy approach is maturing and garnering increased attention in Congress and beyond, especially as a result of three recent high-profile events: a Balochistan National Front strategy session in Berlin, a US congressional hearing on Balochistan, and the introduction of a Baloch self-determination bill before the US Congress.Regardless of whether you agree or disagree, it's nevertheless critical to understand how this alternative policy approach framework has evolved over the past few months.
Reflecting upon this effort a few days after the bill was introduced, Rohrabacher confided to me in an on-the-record interview:
"There is a natural extension from the Berlin meeting with the Northern Alliance to the Balochistan bill. I have always stood for self-determination, but there are certain things that activate me to start pushing more on that philosophy. Clearly, the whole issue of the Taliban being reintegrated in Afghanistan and Pakistan, providing safe haven to terrorists like Bin Laden, are major factors.There is also my support for immediately withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. To do so, we need to have a major policy dialogue on what our policy is in Southwest Asia, how we properly transition out of Afghanistan, and what will be our ongoing relationship with Pakistan. Balochistan is clearly part of that debate
Pakistan said on Monday it had successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads.
The Hatf II (Abdali) has a range of 180 kilometres (113 miles) and carries nuclear as well as conventional warheads with “high accuracy”, the military said in a statement.
“It provides an operational level capability to Pakistan’s strategic forces, additional to the strategic and tactical level capability which Pakistan already possesses,” the statement said.
Arun Roperia wrote:joygoswami ji, I posted this before on this thread but this may help others watch if they missed the last time. Its a good ass whooping of Hamid Gul!
Opps, I missed it. But thanks.But i wonder how come this Hamid Gul still continues to be above the law, that he and his supporters have the audacity to threaten someone in middle of a show.
A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 23 of its supporters in an outbreak of factional fighting, an official said.
^ That is like hitting a sixer and then getting hit wicket while doing so, the six runs count but the batsman is out too!. Such incidents are not good for the greater good of the game. I would applaud the six but also feel sad for the premature termination of the promising careers of 23 other cricketers.
How Pakistani city of Mirpur became 'Little England'
"Where could I get a place like this in the UK?" says Zahoor from Ilford
"It's a home away from home for UK Pakistanis,"
"They'll even have British-style rubbish collections."
The electoral commission in Islamabad says that even a quota for a number of seats in parliament for British Pakistanis is under discussion.
Fear about security in Pakistan is also likely to be playing its part, and it could all spell the beginning of the end, at least, of Mirpur's reputation as a Little Britain in Pakistan.
Next stop in the evolution of the terror camps in pok for brit pakis: Little Bradfordistan.
Mahendra wrote:^ That is like hitting a sixer and then getting hit wicket while doing so, the six runs count but the batsman is out too!. Such incidents are not good for the greater good of the game. I would applaud the six but also feel sad for the premature termination of the promising careers of 23 other cricketers.
Arav wrote:Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile
[The Hatf II (Abdali) has a range of 180 kilometres (113 miles) and carries nuclear as well as conventional warheads with “high accuracy”, the military said in a statement.
Now complete Khabar From Toilet ..
South Asian rivals India and Pakistan -- which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947 -- have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated nuclear weapons capability in 1998. Pakistan's arsenal includes short-, medium- and long-range missiles named after Muslim conquerors. The neighbours were on the brink of nuclear conflict in 2002 over the disputed territory of Kashmir, but a slow-moving peace dialogue resumed last March after a three-year suspension following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. India and the United States blamed the attacks on Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Islamabad later admitted that the assault was at least partly planned in Pakistan.
Updated yesterday
LAHORE: Marvi Memon, the former MNA of PML-Q, has announced her decision to the join PML-N in a press conference flanked by Nawaz Sharif on Sunday, Geo News reported.
Marvi had tendered her resignation from the National Assembly (NA) and her party on the principle of not wanting to be part of corrupt and incompetent treasury benches, setting new standards in today's politics.
While addressing her plans Memon she said it took her three years to understand that politics is not possible in an establishment-sponsored party.
'My first encounter with PML-N was when I saw them fighting for democracy against President Musharraf. I found the PML-N top leadership very down to earth, serious, and wise on national issues.'
'I found PML-N a matured political party as compared to others and meeting with Nawaz Sharif removed all doubts.'
Paul McBride QC, one of Scotland’s most prominent criminal lawyers has been found dead in a hotel room in Pakistan.
3:36PM GMT 04 Mar 2012
Paul McBride QC, who was 48, is thought to have died from natural causes in his sleep during a business trip to Lahore.
He was travelling with Aamer Anwar, a Glasgow-based human rights lawyer, who found his body after he failed to appear for breakfast at the Pearl Continental Hotel.
They attended a wedding on Saturday night, along with Pakistani government ministers, and Mr McBride left early saying he felt unwell.
Mr Anwar said his death was a great loss to the legal community and described him as the outstanding lawyer of his generation.
Supt Faisal Gulzar, of the Lahore police, said officers found a wine bottle and packets of prescription drugs in the bedroom. He added that there were no signs of injury and said the lawyer appeared to have died in his sleep.
Mr McBride was one of Scotland's most prominent legal figures in recent years and was well known for his love of Celtic Football Club.
Two men are currently on trial in Glasgow accused of sending suspected parcel bombs to the lawyer, Neil Lennon, the Celtic manager, and another leading supporter.
Frank Mulholland, the Lord Advocate, and Lesley Thomson, the Solicitor General, said in a statement they were deeply saddened by the news, adding: "This is devastating news for his partner Gary, family and his friends.
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Derek Ogg QC, a close friend of Mr McBride, said Mr Lennon would be "devastated" by his sudden death.
He described him as a much-loved and popular figure and said Scotland had lost its best known lawyer, adding: "I just can't take it in. He was a real sparkling light in Scottish public and private life.
"He was one of the few people in public life who would take on anybody. He didn't mind who he offended when he spoke out.”
Mr McBride became the youngest QC appointed in the UK at the age of 35, was a board member of the Scottish Legal Aid Board, and has acted in numerous high-profile trials.
He led the legal teams that won the acquittal of Mr Anwar in a contempt of court case in 2008, and the acquittal of Gail Sheridan, the wife of the former MSP Tommy Sheridan, in a perjury case in 2010. He also represented Celtic on a number of legal and disciplinary matters.
He shared an apartment in Glasgow - which featured in a glossy magazine last year - with his civil partner Gary Murphy, an interior designer.
From "Asia Times Online" (posting in full). Lots of interesting details in these numbers. Pakistan's borrowing soars
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider
KARACHI - Borrowing by the Pakistan government from the country's banking system this fiscal year has been so heavy that it broke the full fiscal year record, set in June last year, in only seven and half months.
The government borrowed 674 billion rupees (US$7.4 billion) from domestic banks in the period from last July 1 to mid-February this year, exceeding the 616 billion rupees it borrowed in the 12 months to June 2011, according to the central bank.
Pakistan's total domestic borrowing exceeds its total foreign debt, while total domestic and foreign debt is more than $130 billion.
Stagnant foreign inflows left the government with little option other than inflation-fueling borrowing from the banking system that forced the government to print new money. Annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose in February to 11.05% from 10.1% in January, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Continued high government borrowing could drive inflation even higher and push the fiscal deficit beyond 4.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the 12 months to June. Local analysts believe that the fiscal deficit, which has been projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will reach 7% of GDP.
Government borrowing from the scheduled banks in the seven and half months from July 1 last year was 166% higher than the 263 billion rupees borrowed in the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Government borrowing has crowded out the private sector and upset monetary management, making it difficult for the central bank to deliver an effective monetary policy.
Ironically, the government's efforts to keep the budget deficit at a manageable level include hefty increases in fuel, electricity and edible oil prices effective from March 1. This will push consumer inflation higher, creating more trouble for ordinary people, already hit by soaring commodity prices. Food inflation in February was 10.58% from a year earlier.
In the first half of this fiscal year, the government spent $8.55 billion on debt servicing, according to the central bank. During that period, the government's expenses exceeded its income by 1,047 billion rupees, or 5% of the total size of the economy. Some banks are lending two-thirds of their total lending to the government.
At the same time, the profits of the country's private banks - led by Habib Bank Ltd, United Bank Ltd, Allied Bank Ltd and Muslim Commercial Bank - rose by 27% last year.
The IMF last month criticized the central bank for financing the fiscal deficit directly or indirectly through liquidity injections via open market operations. Central bank governor Yaseen Anwar argues that any decision to stop liquidity injection and financing the government's budget may result in a downgrade of the country’s credit ratings and the collapse of financial institutions.
"Yes, we have been injecting liquidity and financing the budget deficit because we do not have choices," The Express Tribune reported Anwar as telling the Senate Standing Committee on Finance. "Banks need to give priority to small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture and house financing."
"Pakistan has, some time, to manage its debt problems and there is no immediate risk of default. However, failure to deal with underlying structural weakness like low tax revenues, fiscal slippages and weak governance in this year will potentially expose the country to debt problems in the future", Business Recorder reported local experts (without giving their names) as saying.
Newly appointed Finance Secretary Wajid Rana has rejected the IMF projection that the fiscal deficit will increase to 7%, forecasting instead that it will be less than 5%. Rana told the Senate Standing Committee on Finance last week that government income would be boosted by the auction of 3-G and 4-G telecommunications licenses, payment of arrears from the coalition support fund (CSF) paid by the United States and its allies in compensation for the use of facilities in Pakistan, export proceeds and remittances.
Unofficially, the economic outlook is very bleak, with the hugely indebted nation near to a default on both its domestic and its external debt. Moody's sovereign ratings on Pakistan imply a significant default probability over the medium-term. US-based Moody's in December projected the credit and business conditions in the country to remain fragile due to the government's weak fiscal position and the poor investment climate.
"A higher fiscal deficit of 7% with double digit inflation will not allow the [central] State Bank to cut the interest rate after March," Dawn reported analyst Mohammad Imran as saying.
The IMF in 2010 halted a $11.3 billion loan program agreed in late 2008, with only $8 billion disbursed, because of slow implementation of fiscal reforms.The program ended still incomplete in September 2011. The country is scheduled to pay the IMF around $2.28 billion between February 1 and December 31 this year. The central bank transferred around $400 million as the first installment to the IMF on February 24.
The Stratfor analysts did not believe that Osama bin Laden was buried at sea, according to Stratfor emails leaked by WikiLeaks.According to leaked secret files of Statfor, a US security agency, Osama was not buried at sea in an Islamic ceremony but his body was shifted to the military mortuary in Dover, DE, on a CIA plane.Then it was shifted to the medical institute of US armed forces in Maryland for examinationAt 5:26 a.m. on May 2, the morning after Barack Obama announced the successful raid on Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, Stratfor CEO George Friedman sent an email that said: “Reportedly, we took the body with us. Thank goodness.”Fred Burton, Stratfor’s vice president for intelligence, followed that up at 5:51 a.m. with an email titled “[alpha] Body bound for Dover, DE on CIA plane” that said: “Than [sic] onward to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda.”At 1:36 p.m. Burton replied to a thread named “Re: OBL’s corpse” with the message: “Body is Dover bound, should be here by now.”That contradicts the official story that bin Laden’s body was handled in accordance with Islamic tradition and released into the sea from a U.S. Navy vessel.
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! Isn't there the revealed knowledge that spending too much time on such sites can lead to excessive wanking, which in turn can lead to impairment of visual faculties? That is what I had learned from my madrasa biraders in school. 
