Bharat Rakshak

With the BCCI being skeptical about hosting the Women’s World Cup in Mumbai due to simmering tension on the Indo-Pak border, Pakistan Cricket Board chief, Zaka Ashraf, on Wednesday suggested that the quadrennial extravaganza be shifted to South Africa

Women’s World Cup is an ICC event and if the security is not good enough in India, then the world governing body should consider shifting it to a neutral venue like South Africa or somewhere

Ashraf, however, said that he was open to the idea of Pakistan’s matches being held in cities other than Mumbai where the state is willing to give security

Definitely, Women’s World Cup cannot take place without Pakistan

Ajai Sahni, executive director, Institute of Conflict Management, said India cannot keep reacting to incidents and there had to be a strategic response to Pakistan's "continuous malfeasance."

Sahni said the prime minister's "no business as usual" response was "posturing", and that he had talked thus against the neighbouring country even after the 2611 Mumbai attacks.

He said Pakistan's policy was oriented towards brinkmanship.

"The Indian state has no capacity to respond effectively against Pakistan (brinkmanship)... India's policy pendulum moves between talks and no talks," he said.

"You have to inflict costs on Pakistan. Cut them off. Inflict economic and diplomatic costs... cut off people-to-people relations. Let them stew for a while. They must want something from us," he said.

Former high commissioner to Pakistan G. Parthasarthy said the government had created an "illusion of the relationship moving forward".

Referring to the visit of Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik to India last month, he said no tangible gains were made.

"What did it achieve," he asked, referring to comments that the Pakistan minister made about to the 2611 attacks in Mumbai and the demolition of the Babri mosque.

Parthasarthy added that there had been no let-up in cross-border infiltration attempts from the Pakistani side.

CRamS wrote:Colonel Anil A Athale's views are interesting. I have always felt that with TSPA and pigLeTs two sides of the same coin, Hafeez pig cannot be in the bad books of Unkil, all the noises they (US) not withstanding. He is a "good Isalmist" like many of Unkil's other tin pots. Are we going to see MMS hold talks with LeT and slavish DDM now start inviting Hafeez to Hindustan Times summit or India Today conclave? Recall how much MushRat is lionized by DDM.

Anujan wrote:I never understood the logic of "more cultural and sports contact to reduce tensions" but "tensions should not affect cultural and sports contacts"

Is the effect one way? More contact = less tension, but more tension has no impact on contacts?

varunkumar wrote:

Anindya wrote:Bollywood denounces impact of Indo-Pak tension on art

Somebody is going around planting these type of articles to cool down tempers in India -- most probably it is the US. Here is another one:

Tension with Pak to wound medical tourism industry

Goras have this age-old strategy followed after every major incident against India. It is projected that the sky is going to fall if India does anything against Pakistan despite repeated provocations and butchery of Indians by Pakistanis. The Goras are protecting their asset against an Indian retaliation while at the same time empowering Pakistan to do more and more damage to Indians. The Goras tell Pakistan "You keep hitting India and don't worry, we will not allow anything to happen to you as we will actively manage public opinion there." Indian journalists are willing stooges in this game.

anupmisra wrote:The empire farts back. Shift Women’s World Cup to SA

With the BCCI being skeptical about hosting the Women’s World Cup in Mumbai due to simmering tension on the Indo-Pak border, Pakistan Cricket Board chief, Zaka Ashraf, on Wednesday suggested that the quadrennial extravaganza be shifted to South Africa

Women’s World Cup is an ICC event and if the security is not good enough in India, then the world governing body should consider shifting it to a neutral venue like South Africa or somewhere

Ashraf, however, said that he was open to the idea of Pakistan’s matches being held in cities other than Mumbai where the state is willing to give security

Definitely, Women’s World Cup cannot take place without Pakistan

So why the double talk? No other nation has complained. Confused as ever, the morons in Pee, See and Be don't realize that SA is a whole continent (and many $$$) away for their momeens to travel and watch those matches. Talk about being perennially short-sighted.

neeraj wrote:Gas geysers, bulbs to be banned

The government is considering banning bulbs and gas geysers to free up capacity in national electricity grid

varunkumar wrote:

Anindya wrote:Bollywood denounces impact of Indo-Pak tension on art

Somebody is going around planting these type of articles to cool down tempers in India -- most probably it is the US. Here is another one:

Tension with Pak to wound medical tourism industry

Goras have this age-old strategy followed after every major incident against India. It is projected that the sky is going to fall if India does anything against Pakistan despite repeated provocations and butchery of Indians by Pakistanis. The Goras are protecting their asset against an Indian retaliation while at the same time empowering Pakistan to do more and more damage to Indians. The Goras tell Pakistan "You keep hitting India and don't worry, we will not allow anything to happen to you as we will actively manage public opinion there." Indian journalists are willing stooges in this game.

Defenitely, woman's world cup cannot be held without Pakistan

Mr Lucas said that on one occasion Mohammed Karrar heated a hair pin with a lighter and branded the girl with the letter M on her buttock to show she belonged to him.

"If she had the courage to resist, he beat her. He branded her to make her his property and to ensure others knew it."

The court heard Mr Karrar would charge men between £400 and £600 to use the girl.

Another 14-year-old girl was burned with a lighter and threatened if she refused to have sex with men, the court heard.

The court has previously heard the group of men deliberately targeted vulnerable young girls with troubled upbringings which made it less likely anyone would be looking out for them.

The defendants are:

Kamar Jamil, 27, of Aldwych Road, Oxford
Akhtar Dogar, 32, of Tawney Street, Oxford; and his brother Anjum Dogar, 30, of Tawney Street, Oxford
Assad Hussain, 32, of Ashurst Way, Oxford
Mohammed Karrar, 38, of Kames Close, Oxford; and his brother Bassam Karrar, 33, of Hundred Acres Close, Oxford
Mohammed Hussain, 24, of Horspath Road, Oxford
Zeeshan Ahmed, 27, of Palmer Road, Oxford
Bilal Ahmed, 26, of Suffolk Road, Maidenhead

Gagan wrote:Quick question.
Why do we say that pakistan has 3.5 friends? Exactly who are they?

varunkumar wrote:
Tension with Pak to wound medical tourism industry

Gagan wrote:Supply of grass eating kidney donors will be hampered - seriously.

saip wrote:On second thoughts, are we breaching any law by publishing the ticket particulars?

HYDERABAD: Rattled by threats from BJP's youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, a tense Lahore businessman Javed Iqbal and many of his compatriots here are packing their bags to leave Hyderabad's biggest fair, 'Numaish'. BJYM threats followed mounting tension between India and Pakistan after ceasefire violations during which one Indian soldier was beheaded and another shot last week.

"We are leaving Hyderabad because of security concerns," said Iqbal, who heads Lahore-based Paras Industries, manufacturers of garments and footwear. The protests have left Iqbal and 10 others at Numaish fair shaken, and they have decided to leave the city on Friday. The organizers said they could not guarantee their safety, prompting them to leave, sources said.

Most of the 150 doctors from across the border, here for a conference, too, are now worried about their safety.
...."It's all very unfortunate but we want to tell Indians that the common man is nowhere involved in the trouble," said Dr Syed Imtiaz Ali at the 28th Asia-Pacific Academy of Opthalmology Conference that began in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Ali, who is part of a 150 Pakistani delegation, said they were watching news channels during breaks to track the latest development on tensions between the two nations.

"There's a lot of uncertainty. The way news channels are reporting the issue, we thought war could break out any day," said Dr Mian Khalid Rashid, also an opthalmologist. Some of the doctors are here with their families.
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According to the city police, 635 Pakistan nationals arrived in Hyderabad on different visas last year. Among them, 580 Pakistani nationals have left Hyderabad on various dates and at least 55 of them have stayed over.

Jhujar wrote:If some provide you the record locator of airline then the passenger is authorizing you to check the record. Its ok as long as the booking is not modified by non entity.

Jhujar wrote:If some provide you the record locator of airline then the passenger is authorizing you to check the record. Its ok as long as the booking is not modified by non entity.

saip wrote:

Jhujar wrote:If some provide you the record locator of airline then the passenger is authorizing you to check the record. Its ok as long as the booking is not modified by non entity.
If the passenger has given the record locator, i know it is fine. But how do I know it was not obtained illegally? In which case everyone who posts commits a crime.

LAHORE (ASHRAF JAVED ) – The Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) is all set to join hands with Indian TATA Group and Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) for technology transfers to conduct open-cast mining of Thar Coal, it was reliably learnt on Thursday.
Highly-placed sources in the federal government disclosed to TheNation that Arvind Saxena, who is working at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad as the Economic and Commercial Counsellor, has been facilitating Indian based companies for striking business deals between Pakistan’s SECMC and Indian companies TATA and BHEL.The management of SECMC has also confirmed the development to this reporter stating that it was already in consultation with the Indian companies TATA-Power and Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited for technology transfers to conduct open cast mining of the Thar Coal project.Sources further revealed that Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company, a subsidiary of Engro Group, had been engaged in feasibility study of the coal mining for the last three years in Thar. The company requires three billion dollars for mining and construction of 1200-MW power project for generation of electricity from the coal mines.Of late, Shamsuddin Sheikh, CEO (SECMC) was also deliberating with Indians to sell Pakistani coal to India for their projects in Gujrat and Naveli Tamil Nadu.

Gagan wrote:Notice the RAW vegetable meal.

Anujan wrote:Tahawwur Rana has been given 14 years. He has been cleared of involvement in 26/11. The charges convicted were providing support to LeT and plotting to attack Denmark.