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by Airavat
08 Dec 2011 12:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 2011
Replies: 2854
Views: 289942

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 201

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal at risk: Newt Gingrich "My guess is that they have well over 100 nuclear weapons and that the Pakistani military is so penetrated by extremist elements you have no idea if one morning, they are going to lose three or four of them. I mean just have them stolen," ...
by Airavat
07 Dec 2011 12:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 2011
Replies: 2854
Views: 289942

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 201

Lashkar-i-Jhangvi claims responsibility for attack on Shias in Kabul The Taliban denied any role in Tuesday’s attacks. But a spokesman for the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-i-Jhangvi called a station operated by Radio Free Europe to assert responsibility. If the claim is true, it would mark the ...
by Airavat
04 Dec 2011 07:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

Pakistan does have a large population of wild boar, which is related to the domestic pig: a senior official of the National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust) maintained: “We have several hundred students on the campus, which also has a residential area, and herds of boars cross into the a...
by Airavat
03 Dec 2011 11:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

x-post As per the latest reports Kayani stated “It would have been better if the PAF could have also participated in the response.” (to NATO strike taking 28 mujahids to their hoories) To which Musharraf ( main bhi kabhi general tha ) has responded thusly: While Musharraf emphasized that the Pakista...
by Airavat
03 Dec 2011 08:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Pakistan arms sales, ops, doctrine, etc
Replies: 3959
Views: 1280571

Re: Pakistan arms sales, ops, doctrine, etc

As per the latest reports Kayani stated “It would have been better if the PAF could have also participated in the response.” (to NATO strike taking 28 mujahids to their hoories) To which Musharraf ( main bhi kabhi general tha ) has responded thusly: While Musharraf emphasized that the Pakistan Air ...
by Airavat
03 Dec 2011 08:41
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

A Times of India report quoted Veena Malik while speaking during the FHM photo shoot: “It’s tough standing on one leg, while trying to cover up with one hand and running the other through my hair – you guys are going to pay for this.” In a new Times of India report, Veena has been quoted denying sh...
by Airavat
02 Dec 2011 06:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

Pakistan gave the go ahead for NATO strike Pakistani officials at a border coordination center gave the go-ahead to American airstrikes that inadvertently killed 24 Pakistan troops, unaware that their own forces were in the area, according to U.S. officials briefed on the preliminary investigation....
by Airavat
30 Nov 2011 07:26
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

Demand for a land corridor Sikhs of India have been demanding construction of a corridor that would link Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, with Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan - a distance of around 4km - so the devotees can walk or drive to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, and return on...
by Airavat
30 Nov 2011 06:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion
Replies: 1140
Views: 265932

Re: North East & Eastern Himalayan: News & Discussion

Three northeast states could get own high courts soon : All the eight northeastern states, excluding Sikkim, come under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati high court situated in Assam . It has benches in several northeastern states. Sikkim has a separate high court. "All necessary infrastructure ...
by Airavat
29 Nov 2011 08:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Women in Combat
Replies: 578
Views: 137892

Re: Women in Combat

http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/newsweek/2011/11/27/afghanistan-the-trials-of-woman-paratrooper-khatool-mohammadzai/_jcr_content/body/inlineimage_0.img.jpg/1322438635656.jpg General Khatool Mohammadzai, aged 45, made more than 600 jumps in her 28-year military career, and her precise and darin...
by Airavat
29 Nov 2011 08:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Afghanistan News & Discussion
Replies: 3997
Views: 619525

Re: Afghanistan News & Discussion

http://www.thedailybeast.com/content/newsweek/2011/11/27/afghanistan-the-trials-of-woman-paratrooper-khatool-mohammadzai/_jcr_content/body/inlineimage_0.img.jpg/1322438635656.jpg General Khatool Mohammadzai, aged 45, made more than 600 jumps in her 28-year military career, and her precise and darin...
by Airavat
29 Nov 2011 07:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Curious Case of Daood Gilani alias David Headley & co
Replies: 2267
Views: 345728

Re: The Curious Case of Daood Gilani alias David Headley & c

US unwilling to share more info on Headley: P Chidambaram Asked about former home secretary G K Pillai’s statement to the investigative journalism website ProPublica that the US knew more than it told India, Chidambaram said, “That’s true.” “That Headley was working for one or more US agencies is n...
by Airavat
28 Nov 2011 11:28
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Distorted history- Causes, consequences, remedies
Replies: 4186
Views: 65176

Re: Distorted history- Causes, consequences, remedies

Bhamashah son of Bharmal, hailed from Alwar and belonged to the Kavadia Oswal Jain community. After the famous battle of Khanwar fought between Rana Sanga and Babar, who founded the Mughal dynasty in India, many supporters of the Rana who fought in this battle along side him, returned to Chittorgar...
by Airavat
28 Nov 2011 09:45
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

US commanders on the ground are deciding US-Pakistan policy: NY Times In recent months American forces have complained that they have taken mortar and rocket fire from positions in Pakistani territory, as officials said they did early Saturday in the Mohmand region, just north of the Khyber Pass, p...
by Airavat
28 Nov 2011 07:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

http://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/298711-shah-1322421436-742-640x480.jpg Shah Mehmood Qureshi as the Sajjada Nashin of Ghousia Jamaat There was a time when Multani Faqeers- the term used for Ghousia Jamaat, visited villages and towns to spread Sufism by chanting the slogans of Haz...
by Airavat
28 Nov 2011 07:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive
Replies: 757
Views: 402971

Re: 26/11/2008: Never Forget. Never Forgive

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00847/26VBG_HOMAGE_847911e.jpg Sachin, Dhoni pay homage to 26/11 martyrs “It was a terrible attack on Mumbai. The Indian team was playing that day in Cuttack and all of us were stunned on hearing the news. First of all, we were not sure about what exactly ...
by Airavat
27 Nov 2011 10:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: J&K News and Discussion-2011
Replies: 3989
Views: 575130

Re: J&K News and Discussion-2011

ceasefire violation by Paki army troops observed movement of the militants from their forward posts in Krishna Ghati sector at 11 pm last night. The militants, numbering between four to five, were trying to reach close to the LoC to enter into this side. Simultaneously, Pakistan Army also resorted ...
by Airavat
27 Nov 2011 08:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch
Replies: 4017
Views: 525120

Re: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch

Pakjabis do not understand the Pashtuns Pakistan’s rising political star, Imran Khan, attracted tens of thousands to a rally in Lahore last month with a version of this narrative. Stop the drones, and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban, can be engaged in peace talks to end a ...
by Airavat
27 Nov 2011 07:51
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Curious Case of Daood Gilani alias David Headley & co
Replies: 2267
Views: 345728

Re: The Curious Case of Daood Gilani alias David Headley & c

I can't believe that the MC/BC @#$% Bhatt was asking for money from the interviewer to talk about Headley/Gilani, which the interviewer refused to do. Goes to say that these scum will sell their own mothers for fame and money, let alone the country. For low bandwidth users this is the transcript of...
by Airavat
26 Nov 2011 10:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: J&K News and Discussion-2011
Replies: 3989
Views: 575130

Re: J&K News and Discussion-2011

President Patil lauds Dogra people, their culture, language She added that literary writing in Dogri has been impressive and by 1969 the Sahitya Akademi gave the language due recognition and since then a number of Dogri litterateurs have received awards from the Akademi. "Today, the exponentia...
by Airavat
24 Nov 2011 11:22
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Replies: 1213
Views: 183012

Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes

Kerala, Tamil Nadu face off over Mullaperiyar dam http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/stories/kerala-3-350_112411080904.jpg Disputing Tamil Nadu's argument that the dam is not weak, Joseph said as far back as in 1979, the Central Water Commission had found that the dam had outlived its life ...
by Airavat
24 Nov 2011 07:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Global Economy
Replies: 2350
Views: 645907

Re: Global Economy

Iceland outlook raised from negative to stable : S&P affirmed the ‘BBB-/A-3’ sovereign ratings on Iceland. “Iceland’s economy is recovering from the systemic failure of its three largest banks, and has returned to positive economic growth after two years of severe contraction,” S&P said in ...
by Airavat
24 Nov 2011 07:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

http://pakistan.onepakistan.com/photogallery/var/resizes/News-%26-Politics/Day-in-Pics%3A-21st-November/Pakistan/111121-48.jpg?m=1321900175 A group photo of Pakistan Muslim League-Q President, Ch.Shujaat Hussain with Sikh leaders during his visit to the Sikh holy shrine of Golden Temple at Amritsar...
by Airavat
23 Nov 2011 08:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: States News and Discussions
Replies: 1154
Views: 269374

Re: States News and Discussions

http://www.udaipurtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/udaipur-riot12.jpg Muslim protesters, carrying tube lights and iron rods, clashed with police in Udaipur Rajasthan after an abusive graphic image of the Islamic holy place Ka'aba was posted on Facebook by an account user based in Rajasthan . De...
by Airavat
23 Nov 2011 07:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

PTI backed by army : PTI= Pakistan Tehriki Insaf (Imran Khan's out fit and not Indian news agency) A leading British newspaper claimed on Sunday that Imran recently met US Ambassador Cameron Munter in the presence of ISI chief Lt Gen Shuja Pasha – a report strongly denied by the military, as well a...
by Airavat
20 Nov 2011 07:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

Cannot compete with India “Diesel is Rs94 per liter in Pakistan while in India it is available for Rs77 (Pakistani rupee) per liter. Electricity is being provided to Indian growers at Re1 per unit and in Pakistan it is not less than Rs8.38 per unit,” they said. He claimed that a bag of urea fertili...
by Airavat
19 Nov 2011 07:28
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army History Thread
Replies: 1020
Views: 527808

Re: Indian Army History Thread

Question answer session from the 1926 Council of States ENLISTMENT IN THE INDIAN ARMY OF HINDU JATS FROM THE JULLUNDUR AND LAHORE DIVISIONS The Honourable Rai Bahadur Lala Ram Saran Das, C.I.E. (Punjab: Non-Muhammadan) : Is it a fact that in the Jullundur and Lahore Divisions of the Punjab the Hind...
by Airavat
19 Nov 2011 07:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Interests
Replies: 6458
Views: 841546

Re: Indian Interests

Question answer session from the 1926 Council of States ENLISTMENT IN THE INDIAN ARMY OF HINDU JATS FROM THE JULLUNDUR AND LAHORE DIVISIONS The Honourable Rai Bahadur Lala Ram Saran Das, C.I.E. (Punjab: Non-Muhammadan) : Is it a fact that in the Jullundur and Lahore Divisions of the Punjab the Hind...
by Airavat
19 Nov 2011 06:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch
Replies: 4017
Views: 525120

Re: Af-Pak -> Pak-Af Watch

Ground reality in FATA: Farhat Taj Also, it must be remembered that, in the tribal context, revenge is closely linked with honour. Revenge is publicly taken to restore honour. Honour is personal and tribal. This implies that the person or tribe (sub-tribe, clan or sub-clan) whose honour has been vi...
by Airavat
18 Nov 2011 10:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Nature Conservation in India News & Discussion
Replies: 807
Views: 175299

Re: Nature Conservation in India News & Discussion

Not wildlife but related - Fear of Bakerwali dog going extinct According to experts, the Bakerwali dog is different from a common dog in many ways. It is vegetarian — it only feeds on milk and bread made of maize. This helps to keep it away from attacking the flock. Birth rate among the Bakerwali do...
by Airavat
18 Nov 2011 07:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

1000 p0rn sites blocked Comments - Reading the comments here makes one wonder that if people were so fed up of the p0rn sites, what made Mr. Google and its statistics to believe that Pakistan is the top most country to visit p0rnographic stuff ? As if there isn’t already enough sexual frustration i...
by Airavat
18 Nov 2011 07:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

shiv wrote:what consequences have invaders like Ghazni and the people they inspired faced?
OT, but the rulers and people of Ghazni became victims of Muslim-on-Muslim violence and rapine: viewtopic
by Airavat
17 Nov 2011 07:38
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Division of UP and its implications
Replies: 150
Views: 18162

Re: Division of UP and its implications

From TOI Political observer Deepak Mishra says the smaller states would give rise to more regional parties based on sub-castes such as Bhumihars and Rajbhars in east, Jats in west and Muslims in the northwest region. He says Mayawati stands to gain politically from the move as her core constituency ...
by Airavat
16 Nov 2011 11:52
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201
Replies: 477
Views: 46832

Re: Discussion: slavery, genetic history of South/Central As

Alberuni describes the rivers rising from the Hindu Kuh, but does not name the range itself: In the mountains bordering on the kingdom of Kayabish, (i.e. Kabul) , rises a river which is called Ghorwand (modern Ghorband which flows from the southern slopes of that range), on account of its many branc...
by Airavat
16 Nov 2011 08:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 2011
Replies: 2841
Views: 285462

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201

PPP foreign minister may join Imran Khan party Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a former stalwart within President Asif Ali Zardari's Pakistan People's Party, announced his departure from the party and his resignation as one of its lawmakers. Qureshi, 55, has strong backing in the southern districts of Punjab...
by Airavat
16 Nov 2011 07:17
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 31 Oct 201
Replies: 477
Views: 46832

Re: Discussion: slavery, genetic history of South/Central As

Some notes on Turkmen tribes and slave taking The farming-based economy of the main Uzbek khanates was heavily dependent on slave manpower and provided a welcome new business opportunity and a lot of fun for the Turkmen, who discovered an unlimited supply of potential slaves in the poorly defended ...
by Airavat
16 Nov 2011 07:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Division of UP and its implications
Replies: 150
Views: 18162

Re: Division of UP and its implications

Division plan not in tune with demands The blueprint for the division of Uttar Pradesh under chief minister Mayawati's consideration is substantially different from the 30-year-old demand of people who have been spearheading the smaller state movement. Raja Bundela, who has floated his own party, B...