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LokeshC wrote:

Peregrine wrote:Posting the Article in full. No highlighting as the whole Article merits Highlighting :

Jinnah, Bhutto and the legacy of intolerance


The raison d’être of Pakistan’s creation in 1947 was religious intolerance.

What is the deal with Pakis and this phrase "Raison D'etre". I have seen this in quite a few of their articles.

Peregrine wrote:
Me thinks it is Raisin Dieter.

There is a Thread with all the Abbreviations-Terms etc. Hope someone can direct us to it.

Cheers

Recent satellite imagery appears to have “clearly” revealed that Pakistan has completed the external construction of its fourth reactor building at the Khushab nuclear site, 200 km south of Islamabad, a think-tank here has reported.

According to a report by Institute for Science and International Security, which has monitored and catalogued changes at the Khushab complex using commercial satellite imagery of the site, Pakistan started the construction of the fourth reactor at the end of 2010 or early 2011.

ISIS noted that a January 2011 image showed the building early in its construction but by April 2011, the frame of the reactor building and the main reactor hall were visible.

However images from November 1, 2013 clearly show that in addition to the near-completion of the fourth reactor’s external structure, the reactor stack and four of the six auxiliary buildings also present in reactors two and three “appear complete”. Further, ISIS noted, two support buildings located immediately to the west of the reactor building were still under construction but the initial section of the cooling tower row is also visible and “appears about 30 per cent complete”.

The Khushab site is dedicated to the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons, ISIS noted, and originally it consisted of a heavy water production plant and a heavy water reactor, both of which became operational in the 1990s.

However, Pakistan initiated the construction of a second heavy water reactor between the year 2000 and 2002, a third one in 2006, and the fourth one in 2011.

The report also noted that the increased capability on this site “would allow Pakistan to build a larger number of miniaturised plutonium-based nuclear weapons in order to complement its existing arsenal of highly enriched uranium weapons”.

Recently there has been talk of Pakistan considering the use of theatre or tactical nuclear weapons as a response to any conventional military aggression from neighbours.

SSridhar wrote:Satellite Images Show Progress on Pakistani n-reactor - Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu

dnivas wrote:

Peregrine wrote:
Me thinks it is Raisin Dieter.

There is a Thread with all the Abbreviations-Terms etc. Hope someone can direct us to it.

Cheers

here you go

https://sites.google.com/site/brfdictio ... sin-dieter

There is a strong case for revisiting Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s speech on August 11, 1947 to the first Constituent Assembly in Pakistan, the tapes of which India handed over to Pakistan Radio in September.

Some school textbooks in Pakistan have distorted with abandon the speech , according to a new study by Prof A H Nayyar titled “A Missed Opportunity: Continuing Flaws in the New Curriculum and Textbooks after Reforms.”

Jinnah had said, “You are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan …. We are all citizens and equal citizens of one state… Now I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state.”

The National Curriculum 2006 relegates Jinnah’s speech to a mere call for freedom of faith, writes Prof. Nayyar in his study for the Jinnah Institute which analysed the content of 27 Urdu textbooks and 30 English textbooks from class one to ten.

Textbook writers have depicted the Quaid’s words to only mean that in the new state, religious minorities will enjoy the same rights as the majority, not telling students that the Quaid didn’t want religion to have anything to do with the state.

‘Islamic ideology’

The National Curriculum also inserted an ideological component to Pakistan’s foreign policy where none exists. {Seriously, what is Meena Menon saying ? Does she mean that Islamic ideology does not play a role in Pakistan's foreign policy ?} For instance, Pakistan Studies for class ten says “In Pakistan, ideology and foreign policy are intertwined. Pakistan is an ideological state and is based on Islamic ideology.” {These statements in textbooks are accurate indeed}

Authors have also been selective about historical facts. In describing the events of 1971, Prof. Nayyar says “Our textbooks put the entire blame on Hindus of East Pakistan, and never mention the atrocities committed by the Pakistani military and its collaborators.”

The textbooks based on the New Curriculum 2006, which came into force in 2012 due to various delays, suffers from three serious flaws, says Prof Nayyar. One, it violates the constitutional protection available to the country’s non-Muslim citizens; two, it demands a narration of ideological basis of the country and the history woven around it; and three, it adds content to the learning material that is contrary to fact.

The resulting learning is hugely problematic, he points out. These form the first step in telling non Muslims that this country is not theirs, the study says.

Dipanker wrote:The "raisin dieter" phrase first appeared in the Paki newspaper PakObserver.net and caught on BRF from there. Over the years PakObserver.net has made many valuable contribution to BRF dictionary. Another famous one is "jaguar vein"!

Dipanker wrote:The "raisin dieter" phrase first appeared in the Paki newspaper PakObserver.net and caught on BRF from there. Over the years PakObserver.net has made many valuable contribution to BRF dictionary. Another famous one is "jaguar vein"!

Residents of Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun region of North Waziristan accused government troops on Monday of killing dozens of civilians during a military operation against Taliban insurgents

"From the first day of the attack until now 70 civilians have been killed," said a tribal elder in Mir Ali

"Some truck drivers and hotel and shop keepers were shot directly, and dozens were killed by gunships, mortars, and artillery shelling on the civilian population."

"Please tell us where is safe. The army is demolishing our homes and bazaars."

Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur said insurgents would respond by launching a full scale counter offensive on army positions if attacks against civilians did not stop on Monday.

The US Congress has passed a $552 billion defence authorisation bill for 2014, which also calls for stopping reimbursements to Pakistan if ground supply routes to Afghanistan are interrupted

The bill is now at the White House for President Barack Obama to sign it into law. The White House has already indicated that the president will sign the bill.

The bill also requires Pakistan to disrupt the conduct of cross-border attacks against US, coalition and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan, counter the threat of IEDs and not to persecute religious and ethnic minorities.

The bill also requires Pakistan to disrupt the conduct of cross-border attacks against US, coalition and Afghan security forces in Afghanistan, counter the threat of IEDs and not to persecute religious and ethnic minorities

Lilo wrote: No mention of Pakistan ceasing its terror against Indian targets in the east. So one can as a matter of factedly come to the firm conclusion that US payments to Pakistan by default condone Paki Terror on all other targets (especially India).

While Pakistan wanted to include the Foreign Offices of both countries in the meeting, this was not acceptable to India, official sources said.

However, according to news reports, Pakistan is expected to seek a role for U.N. observers.

There was a proposal after five Indian soldiers were killed in August along the LoC for an independent investigation by the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, but the proposal was declined by India.

CRamS wrote:Lets assume for the sake of argument that India allows foreign observers on LoC. What is TSP hoping to achieve by that? What hanky panky will they resort to, so as to get sympathy from these foreign observers? Or is it just a minute step so in a calibrated way, TSP wants its 3.5 to mediate?

ISLAMABAD: At a time when the international court has allowed India to divert water from the Neelum Jhelum River for the Kishanganga Dam in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Pakistan is set to sign an initial deal for import of electricity from Delhi to overcome a crippling power crisis.Sources told The Express Tribune that the Ministry of Water and Power had sent draft of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to the Law Division for vetting, before signing it to pave the way for electricity import.“The two sides are likely to ink an MoU for electricity trade,” a source said, pointing out that this was going to happen despite the fact that Delhi had succeeded in getting a decision in its favour from the International Court of Arbitration.The court has permitted India to divert water to the Kishanganga Dam, which will hurt 900-megawatt Neelum Jhelum hydropower project being set up in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
India has offered to supply about 500MW of electricity in the beginning and this plan could be implemented within a year by laying a transmission line.A senior government official said Pakistan felt that it could import 2,000-2,500MW of power from India to tackle the acute shortage which had hit its economic growth bringing it down to 3% a year.India has also expressed interest in exporting oil, but since Pakistani refineries produce low-quality oil whereas India produces oil of Euro 2, 3 and 4 standards, they cannot press ahead with the plan.“Now, the World Bank has come up with a proposal, saying it can provide technical assistance for conducting a feasibility study of the power import programme,” an official said.

SSridhar wrote:India-Pak DGMOs to Meet Today - Meena Menon, The Hindu

While Pakistan wanted to include the Foreign Offices of both countries in the meeting, this was not acceptable to India, official sources said.

However, according to news reports, Pakistan is expected to seek a role for U.N. observers.

There was a proposal after five Indian soldiers were killed in August along the LoC for an independent investigation by the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, but the proposal was declined by India.

Police said 5kg of explosives along with a detonator and two pistols had been found along the route between Mr Musharraf's house and the National Library, where the hearing is taking place.

Police chief Muhammad Asjad told the AFP news agency the material had not been assembled into a bomb.

The court granted Mr Musharraf a one-off exemption, but said he must appear on 1 January when charges will be read to him.

vic wrote:UNIMOG has a super premium property in Delhi, Why can we not degrade it to more ordinary premises?

partha wrote:^
When we ourselves don't show enough resolve to fight Pak terrorism why will some other country pass a bill/resolution in their parliament?

Jhujar wrote:Energy trade: Pakistan moves closer to electricity import from India
Whats Up Doc

KARACHI: Twin blasts occurred in Orangi Town No 10 area killing three persons, including a teen aged girl, and wounded 18 others whereas another explosion took place near Karachi's Numaish chorwangi on minutes before the Chehlum procession was scheduled to pass the area without causing any human casualties, DawnNews reported.

A blast in Orangi Town No 10 area of the city took place minutes after the first explosion was reported in Karachi's Numaish area.

Security and rescue teams rushed to the blast site following which another explosion took place.

Rescue sources told Dawn.com that at least three persons were killed in the incident, including a 15-year-old girl. Moreover 18 persons, including six volunteers belonging to different rescue organisations, were also wounded in the attack.

The rescue worker added that the blasts took place near a imambargah in the area.

The victims were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital for medical treatment.

The nature of the explosion near Capri cinema on MA Jinnah road in Numaish area of Karachi was not yet clear but television footage showed smoke rising from the blast site.

Police sources said the explosives were planted on a pole of a signboard situated along the route of the Chehlum procession.

The explosion led to panic among the people though no injuries were reported in the incident, initial reports said.

Security personnel reached the blast sites, located several kilometres apart, and cordoned off the areas.

Karachi was declared among the various ‘sensitive’ parts of the country on the occasion of the Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain.

More than 10,000 army soldiers were working today with the civil administration in the city to maintain law and order.

Besides more than 10,000 Rangers personnel in the city, additional contingents had also been called from elsewhere in the province to remain standby.

The provincial government had already imposed a ban on pillion riding in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana for Monday and Tuesday.

Moreover, cell phone services have also been suspended in 22 cities of Pakistan, including Karachi, as a security measure during the observance of Chehlum

ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Monday revival of electricity loadshedding for ‘about two hours’ per day throughout the country because of an increased gap between power generation and demand arising out of annual canal closure and diversion of gas to textile industry.

An official, however, told Dawn that loadshedding could go up to four hours on an average, but it would be kept at two hours in big cities and maximum loadshedding would be done in the rural sector and areas with lower recovery of bills. As a result, some consumers may complain of more than 10 hours of loadshedding.

Peregrine wrote:Countrywide loadshedding to increase from today

ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Monday revival of electricity loadshedding for ‘about two hours’ per day throughout the country because of an increased gap between power generation and demand arising out of annusual canal closure and diversion of gas to textile industry.

India had earlier refused to get drawn into Pakistan’s attempts to include international third parties in the meeting and to discuss a greater role for United Nations observers in ensuring peace along the border or LoC.

Simla Agreement

Indian Army sources pointed out that it was decided at the time of the 1972 Simla Agreement that both the sides would thrash out their differences bilaterally.

People dressed as Santa Claus ride a horse cart ahead of Christmas in Lahore on Monday. In Pakistan, Christmas is a national holiday and celebrated across the country.— Photo: AP

Bollywood icon Aamir Khan’s latest release Dhoom 3 has broken box office records in Pakistan in the first week of its release, with multiplexes running five shows a day to capitalise on interest in the film.

In the country’s largest city of Karachi, Dhoom 3’s box office receipts from 56 screens on its opening day was around Rs 20 million. This easily broke the record set by the Pakistani film Waar last month for the highest box office collections on the first day of release.

"Waar grossed Rs 11.4 million on its opening day but Dhoom 3 has surpassed that by a large margin," said Nadeem Mandviwalla, one of Pakistan’s leading exhibitors and distributors.

Dhoom 3 was released at a time when the screening of Indian movies has come under a cloud because of an order from the Lahore High Court barring the exhibition of "illegally" imported films.

The Dhoom 3 craze in Karachi has reached such heights that multiplexes are running the film on all their screens and having five shows a day on one screen — something unheard of in the Pakistani film industry.

"It will be interesting to see by what margin Dhoom breaks the record for the highest box office collections in Pakistan, which is held by Chennai Express with grosses of Rs 100 million."

anupmisra wrote:

Jhujar wrote:Energy trade: Pakistan moves closer to electricity import from India
Whats Up Doc

I am happy to note that India has surplus oil and electricity, and is now in a position to export the same to neighboring, trustworthy, friendly countries for a nominal profit.