Sure, that will happen when:arun wrote:Our former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal calls on the Islamic Republic of Pakistan “to establish a five-kilometre deep anti-infiltration grid on its side to match the Indian disposition so that any hostile movement within this zone is prevented. It should share information on attempts to cross the LoC culled from intercepts”.
The government is not allowing international humanitarian aid agencies to go into earthquake-affected districts of Balochistan
Despite daily discussions with the government of Pakistan, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has not yet been granted permission to work in the affected area
National Disaster Management Authority’s spokesman Adrees Mehsood said no such assistance was required because the NDMA had already provided food, shelter, medical care and other goods to the entire population of 125,000 in the area.
Whoa! Two different, totally divergent reasons for not letting foreign aid workers into Balochistan.He said the government also did not want to have foreigners doing relief work as the law and order situation was bad in the area.
Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Tuesday assumed additional charge as the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee until a replacement is made for the top post.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid said appointments to the posts of Chief of Army Staff and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will be made in accordance with the Constitutional framework.
Responding to queries, Mr. Rashid said currently Chief of the Army Staff is holding the acting charge of the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and this position will be filled within 30 days as per Constitutional requirement.
Being the senior-most in Pakistan military, Gen. Kayani, 61, took the charge after Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne retired on Monday.
Hours before Gen. Wynne retired on Monday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the new CJCSC and Army chief would be chosen together after “comprehensive considerations”.
"Even our dead are not safe anymore in their graves," Narayan Das Bheel, a member of the Hindu community, told Reuters.
Gulf states to introduce medical testing on travellers to 'detect' gay people and stop them from entering the country
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE already outlaw homosexuality, but are toughening their controversial stance
Kuwait's director of public health says 'gays will be barred'.
A medical test being developed by Kuwait will be used to 'detect' homosexuals and prevent them from entering the country – or any of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC), according to a Kuwaiti government official. Kaisa testing? probe the puki piglet to see if he drools, wiggles his musharraf with a smile of joy?
GCC member countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – already deem homosexual acts unlawful.
This controversial stance is being toughened, according to Yousouf Mindkar, the director of public health at the Kuwaiti health ministry.
Kuwait: The Gulf state is said to be developing a test that willl 'detect' gay people
He told Kuwait newspaper Al Rai: ‘Health centres conduct the routine medical check to assess the health of the expatriates when they come into the GCC countries. However, we will take stricter measures that will help us detect gays who will be then barred from entering Kuwait or any of the GCC member states.’
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Those taking part in homosexual acts in Kuwait, if they’re under 21, can receive a jail sentence of up to 10 years.
Earlier this month Oman newspaper The Week was suspended over an article that was deemed to be sympathetic to homosexuals, according to the BBC.
It’s illegal to be gay in 78 countries, with lesbianism banned in 49. Five countries mete out the death penalty to gay people – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Mauritania.
Extreme: Homosexuality is punishable by death in five countries - and illegal in 78
WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY IS PUNISHED BY DEATH
Iran: Since 1979, the government has executed more than 4,000 people charged with homosexual acts. A non-adult who engages in consensual sodomy is subject to a punishment of 74 lashes.
Saudi Arabia: Although the maximum punishment for homosexuality is execution, the government tends to use other punishments - such as fines, prison sentences, and whipping - unless it feels that homosexuals have challenged state authority by engaging in social movements.
Sudan: For homosexual men, lashes are given for the first offence, with the death penalty following the third offence. 100 lashes are given to unmarried women who engage in homosexual acts.For lesbian women, stoning and thousands of lashes are the penalty for the first offence. Today, the issue has divided some religious communities. In 2006, Abraham Mayom Athiaan, a bishop in South Sudan, led a split from the Episcopal Church of Sudan for what he regarded as a failure by the church leadership to condemn homosexuality sufficiently strongly.
Yemen: Homosexuality is still illegal in Yemen in accordance to the country's Shari'ah legal system. Punishment ranges from flogging to death.
Mauritania: The Shari'a law applies in Mauritania. The penal code states that, since 1983,any adult Muslim caught engaging in an 'unnatural act' with a member of the same sex is punishable with the death sentence by public stoning.
A young mother of two has been put to death in Pakistan for possessing a cell phone.
Arifa Bibi was sentenced to death by stoning by a Pakistani tribal court, and was executed on July 11 at the hands of her family. Her uncle, cousins and other family members threw stones at the woman until she died, all because she had a mobile phone.She was buried in the desert far away from her home village, and according to reports, her family was not permitted to be involved in her funeral
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Stoning has been a common sentence in countries like Pakistan for a long time and is used against women and other vulnerable groups. Since the stoning of Arifa Bibi this summer, women’s rights groups have launched an even stronger campaign to put a ban on stoning.
Naureen Shameem, representative for women’s rights group Women Living Under Muslim Laws, says that stoning is used against women in particular as a way to control them.
“Stoning is a cruel and hideous punishment,” said Shameem. “It is a form of torturing someone to death. It is one of the most brutal forms of violence perpetrated against women in order to control and punish their sexuality and basic freedoms.”
The Asian Human Rights Commission explained the act of stoning against women in a recent press release.
“Stoning to death is a barbaric act from a primitive society,” reads the press release. “Society is sent the message that violence is the way to deal with women and other vulnerable groups. Women’s rights are negated through the use of these forms of punishment. Pakistani society has degenerated to the point that, for a woman, keeping a cell phone has become serious crime. It is treated as a worse crime than gang rape, murder and bomb blasts, through which many people are killed on a daily basis.”
Groups are currently petitioning the United Nations to enact a worldwide ban on stoning. It is not known what progress has been made on that front.
Some burglars broke into a jewellery shop in Ranchore Line on Sunday night and took away gold ornaments worth Rs1 million. The burglars entered the shop by breaking the locks.
The jewellers in Ranchore Line and Garden areas staged a protest on Nishtar Road against the burglary. They chanted slogans against the law enforcement agencies for failing to protect them and their merchandise.
The Eidgah police said they had registered FIR No 190/2013 under Section 380 on the complaint of Muhammad Qasim(This is the highlight of the story. Pakis are proud of Muhammad bin quasim a looter, Modern day muhammad qasim was looted by pious fellow pakis), the owner of Royal Jewellers.
Garooda wrote:Awwwww..what a heartbreaker for the Pukis
Gulf states to introduce medical testing on travellers to 'detect' gay people and stop them from entering the country
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE already outlaw homosexuality, but are toughening their controversial stance
Kuwait's director of public health says 'gays will be barred'.
He was looted because his name misses the most important part 'bin' , see he isn't Mohammed Bin Qasim for if he was, he would not have been looted. Now, which Al BoseD Waleh would dare break the locks of Mohammed Bin Qasim jewellery store?kish wrote:Business activity is picking up in pakisatan, last few months were dull with out any business activity (like: Bank heist, ATM robbery, kidnapping for ransom,etc). I hope IMF will upgrade paki growth forecast.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-206784-Burglars-steal-gold-worth-Rs1m-from-jewellery-shop
Some burglars broke into a jewellery shop in Ranchore Line on Sunday night and took away gold ornaments worth Rs1 million. The burglars entered the shop by breaking the locks.
The jewellers in Ranchore Line and Garden areas staged a protest on Nishtar Road against the burglary. They chanted slogans against the law enforcement agencies for failing to protect them and their merchandise.
The Eidgah police said they had registered FIR No 190/2013 under Section 380 on the complaint of Muhammad Qasim(
Yes Ramana I did notice infact in one of the discussions with a paki in NYC when I used the word Lakh he stopped me asked me what that means... I thought he is acting too smart but upon some google it seems they use international standard of numbering where as we use Indian standard of numbering...ramana wrote:Anyone notice Pakis use Wastern description of numbers. Million, billion etc.
Noticed that more than a decade and half ago. Then i realized only 2 countries really fcuked themselves up complete. Changed their entire language, script even name so deracinated that Philipino's proudly wear the King of Spain on their country name..imagine India being named Victoriastan and their entire script to Romanic. Next were the Paki's did the same almost, particularly with their languages. In some respects the Paki's outdo the Philipino's in their deracination. But both compete on many fronts quite strongly.Anyone notice Pakis use Wastern description of numbers. Million, billion e
CheersISLAMABAD : Pakistan has asked Iran for $2 billion in financing to build its side of a controversial Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline that has drawn threats of US sanctions, Islamabad's petroleum minister said Tuesday.
Ahh... how smart. US has issued a stern warning about IP gas pipeline. But, TSP wants to project an image of standing up to the US. It knows that Iran cannot spare USD 2 B at all. So, throw the ball into Iranian court. And, TSP thinks that others can't understand its game.Peregrine wrote:Pakistan asks Iran to finance IP gas pipeline projectISLAMABAD : Pakistan has asked Iran for $2 billion in financing to build its side of a controversial Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline that has drawn threats of US sanctions, Islamabad's petroleum minister said Tuesday.
You mean from the $600B GWOT losses?Anujan wrote:Iran can finance the IP gas pipeline for $2 Billion and subtract it from the money they would owe Pakistan when Pakistan graciously relents to take their gas
Anujan wrote:Iran can finance the IP gas pipeline for $2 Billion and subtract it from the money they would owe Pakistan when Pakistan graciously relents to take their gas
KARACHI: A Hindu grave was dug up near Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in a dispute over burial plots, police said Tuesday.Local residents in Pangrio town, some 225 kilometres east of Karachi, protested that a man from the minority Hindu community had been buried in the main Muslim graveyard.“The members of the Muslim community dug up the grave on Sunday, removed the body and handed it over to the town administration,” local police officer Aslam Khanzada told AFP.The body of Bhoromal Bheel has now been reburied in another location, he said.“The town was shut in protest by the Muslims,” Maulvi Mithan, the prayer leader in a local mosque said.Relatives of the deceased, while talking to AFP, claimed that police had sided with the Muslims.“My cousin's body was removed and recklessly laid at the road all the day long in the scorching heat,” said cousin Nar Singh Bheel, adding that Hindus had buried bodies in that part of the graveyard for decades.“We have over a hundred graves of our forefathers there,” he said.
The Taliban provided Pakistan the rare relief from its perceived fear of being surrounded by an enemy from both of its long borders, the eastern and the western. It is called the strategic depth syndrome. Something Pakistan suffers from since its birth. It finds its exposure to India, the length of its eastern border, disproportionately larger than its geographic depth.
Pakistan has been locating its strategic installations, like its nuclear plants, at points that are at equal distance from its eastern and western edges. The other measure it considers important is to have a friendly government in Afghanistan so that it could focus exclusively on the eastern side without fearing a stab in the back or bearing the strain of defending both of its long borders.
But to its utter dismay, the governments in Kabul have almost always been friendlier to India. All of its presidents during the Soviet occupation, and before that, had close ties with India. The last of them, President Najibullah, when ousted by the mujahedeen in 1992 took refuge in a UN office compound. He remained holed up there for years trying to negotiate a safe passage to India.
Even from within the warring Afghan factions, most of the non-Pashtuns allied closely with Delhi. The mujahedeen though jockeyed for Pakistan, proved to be futile when it came to delivering a government in Kabul. The Taliban showed promise of a stable and pro-Pakistan government in Kabul and thus became the darlings of Pakistan’s security strategists. Their dream of achieving strategic depth on the western border came true.Afghanistan was practically left for Pakistan to handle in 1990s. Everyone else had more important and urgent matter to attend to. Pakistan had the moral courage to engage in the battle of Jalalabad. It felt obliged to round up Afghan mujahedeen and fly them to Saudi Arabia to make them sign a pact. It had the guts to let its madrassah graduates, the Taliban, become a militant force in Afghanistan.But Pakistan does not have that latitude in 2013. In fact, the opposite is true as each and every of its move is closely watched and contested by a number of stakeholders. So strategic day-dreaming aside, Afghanistan offers a free ride to none now.
four firather se gas kya, doosra kuch lene ka bhi aadat haiAnujan wrote: when Pakistan graciously relents to take their gas
Sridhar..what other options does Iran have now ?SSridhar wrote: Ahh... how smart. US has issued a stern warning about IP gas pipeline. But, TSP wants to project an image of standing up to the US. It knows that Iran cannot spare USD 2 B at all. So, throw the ball into Iranian court. And, TSP thinks that others can't understand its game.
Before his last term ended abruptly in a 1999 military coup, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dreamed that Pakistan would become an “Asian Tiger,” comparable with the rising economies of Southeast Asia.
Pervez Musharraf and Asif Ali Zardari dashed those hopes: Islamabad is now US$58 billion in debt, and economic growth has slowed to a murmur.
Pakistan’s naval strategy is centered on a number of goals, such as deterring India, keeping sea lanes open to Pakistan’s Karachi port, and ensuring a “stable environment in the North Arabian Sea.” To that end, Sharif has promised that priority will be given to “critical projects,” including building and procuring new submarines and frigates, and constructing new naval bases at Turbat and Gwadar, Khan says. A large corps, with over 25,000 active personnel, including 3,000 Pakistani Marines and 1,000 Special Service Group members, gives Pakistan unique flexibility in conducting missions.
Sharif’s plan faces familiar pitfalls. Former President Pervez Musharraf’s ambitious Armed Forces Development Plan (AFDP) envisioned a US$15 billion retrofit of Pakistan’s military by 2015, expanding the submarine fleet from eight to twelve. Since 2008, GDP has stagnated with an average annual growth rate of 2.5 percent, and Sharif was even forced to borrow another US$5 billion in his first days in office in a bid to prevent widespread blackouts.
Already a 2008 IMF deal forced the government to abandon a multi-billion dollar deal with Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) for three U-214 submarines. A tentative US$6 billion deal with China to provide six diesel-electric submarines was also abandoned when Pakistan could not provide collateral. Although the plans are secret, with the Air Force’s AFDP shelved five years ago, “it would be safe to assume that Navy’s AFDP "had a “similar fate,” Khan says.
The question is who are these 'forces' into whose 'hands we don't want to play' ? The minister should explain this openly to the people of India rather than repeating this vague cliche."I think much as we feel upset and concerned and hurt by what is happening on the border and the LoC, I think we have to show some perseverance, some patience and some fortitude to ensure that we don't play into the hands of the forces that want to create trouble," he told .
Read it all:Pakistan has neglected to build a public education system worthy of the name. No single leader or political movement can be singled out for blame: this is a calamitous national failure built up over generations.
Today, only 67 per cent of Pakistani girls and 81 per cent of boys go to primary school, according to the United Nations. India achieves close to 100 per cent for both genders, and even Uganda and Zambia manage more than 90 per cent. ………………………………
The consequences are felt down the generations. Today, about 60 per cent of Pakistani women - and perhaps half of all men - are unable to read or write. Pakistan deploys an arsenal of nuclear weapons, but most of its people cannot sign their own names. The causes of this extraordinary neglect are complex and have little to do with the Taliban.
Pakistan remains locked in confrontation with India over the disputed territory of Kashmir and must also contend with perpetual turmoil on the border with Afghanistan. The result is that the army has first call on the nation's resources.
Pakistan's budget for 2012-13 showed that 54 per cent of all public spending at federal level went on defence and debt servicing. Education, meanwhile, received less than 2 per cent. The debts, incidentally, were mainly the legacy of previous loans to buy weapons. …………………………
full war in 2013 -- 100,000,000 casualties.So how a war in 2001 or 2008 would have resulted in worse economic situation than we already have now.
arun wrote:Article reprinted in the Australian newspaper, “The Age”, reminding the Islamic Republic of Pakistan that competing way over one’s weight class by way of attempting to militarily match India comes at a tangible human developmental cost to the Islamic Republic even as India does not break into a sweat to forge ahead on those same human development even while fending off the Islamic Republic’s military pretensions:
Read it all:Pakistan has neglected to build a public education system worthy of the name. No single leader or political movement can be singled out for blame: this is a calamitous national failure built up over generations.
Today, only 67 per cent of Pakistani girls and 81 per cent of boys go to primary school, according to the United Nations. India achieves close to 100 per cent for both genders, and even Uganda and Zambia manage more than 90 per cent. ………………………………
The consequences are felt down the generations. Today, about 60 per cent of Pakistani women - and perhaps half of all men - are unable to read or write. Pakistan deploys an arsenal of nuclear weapons, but most of its people cannot sign their own names. The causes of this extraordinary neglect are complex and have little to do with the Taliban.
Pakistan remains locked in confrontation with India over the disputed territory of Kashmir and must also contend with perpetual turmoil on the border with Afghanistan. The result is that the army has first call on the nation's resources.
Pakistan's budget for 2012-13 showed that 54 per cent of all public spending at federal level went on defence and debt servicing. Education, meanwhile, received less than 2 per cent. The debts, incidentally, were mainly the legacy of previous loans to buy weapons. …………………………
In education, Pakistan is failing its children
Our Foreigner Minister is doing the same which was done to Ayodhya, Kashi and Qutab Minar. The very same they tried to do to 911 site and last week planned Million M march to Washington Dc which went Qaboot when Mile Long line of Bikers put the fear of hell in them.But wait, before BP shoot through the skull, The same Foreigner Minister is among the top 3 contenders of India's PM ship.CRamS wrote:SSridhar,
As Arnab pointed out last night, the cabal consisting of WKK cowards & traitors, along with their western backers have created a momentum on this narrative that there is such a thing as TSP "moderates" who form the vast majority, but a few "extremists" spoil the show. And to rub salt to our wound, anybody from our side who debunks that are "hardliners". Recall that exchange between Brahma Chellany and Uneven I posted a few days ago. Uneven had the audacity and gall to suggest that anybody in India who does not turn the other cheek is a hardliner, in other words we must endure the shit thrown at us because there are some imaginary "moderates" in TSP.
What could be opinion of 'international' community about India specific nuclear posture of porkies?SBajwa wrote:quote by VikasRainafull war in 2013 -- 100,000,000 casualties.So how a war in 2001 or 2008 would have resulted in worse economic situation than we already have now.
full war in 2008 --- 50,000,000 casualties
full war in 2001 --- 20,000,000 casualties
full war in 1999 -- less than 10,000,000 casualties. (nukes kick in)
full war in 1971 --- less than 100,000 casualties. no problems with land, environment, economy
full war in 1965 --- less than 50,000 casualties. no problems with land, environment, economy
full war in 1948 --- less than 25,000 casualties., no problems with land, environment, economy
The more we delay the eventuality the worst the situation will become for our people, land, environment and economy.
Think of the number of ghazis this man will spawn, all thirsting to spread the light of Peace in India. Another Hindu self goal.ManuT wrote:Contradicting Shahid Afridi, a Pakistani finds, Indian hearts works the same ...
Fortis India Performs Life-saving Heart Transplant on a 40 Year Old Pakistani National
http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/1 ... i-national