Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 10 Oct 2014

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Even if what chaanakya says is true, all it requires is for a single line resolution by CCS.

"We authorise the prime minister to do whatever he wants in past, present and future."

by the way, CCS is not a constitutional body but just a club house for brainstorming and has absolutely NO legal backing. It is a chai-biskoot group.
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I feel cheated that Salk didn't win a Nobel and the west insulted Karachi. You see, Salk has a connection to Karachi. Salk invented the polio vaccine and Karachi is the city with the most number of polio cases in the world.
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^^^ I think after 1947, all the potential Nobel price winners of the future left Bakistan for good. The 2 that stayed had their graves desecrated or shot in the head.
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MMS used to have the CCS and GOM to avoid making a decision.

The PM because he is the PM is also the de-facto CCS. he calls others when needed.
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I have mixed feelings about PM bypassing CCS. Maybe it didn't matter in this case but imagine a Rahul Baba like PM bypassing CCS and taking stupid decisions. I hope this govt clearly defines the rules regarding CCS.
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There was also a "National advisory council" headed by Sonia-ji which was a non constitutional body and reduced MMS to a cabinet minister of NAC. every major legislation that UPA passed, originated at NAC and was rubber stamped by MMS and the cabinet. MMS was Rabri Devi and NAC was Lalu Yadav.

The damage that you say Rahul baba can do, has already been done if that is of any consolation. The issue is not that the PM may act unilaterally: he can still do it if he wants and is constitutionally empowered to do so (whether it is a practically possible given cabinet ministers, babus etc is another matter altogether ) the issue is that if an extra constitutional non accountable body can run the country. Which it already has.
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All this CCS business during Vajpayee govt. enabled the AirIndia plane hijacked from Nepal by Pakis to get away from Amritsar because the decision was delayed due to non-availability of CCS members in one place. PM is the ultimate executive authority & can take any decision he wants to take - CCS or no CCS. CCS merely acts as counsel & when something goes wrong, easy to take collective responsibility & spread the blame.
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I agree NAC was the worst possible committee. Thinking about this more, a PM like Rahul Baba would be surrounded by yes men anyway so members of CCS will probably say yes to everything Rahul Baba like PM says!
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Delimiting the LoC
Fear is already setting In
Historically, Pakistan has been hesitant to demarcate the LoC on official maps. Perhaps it fears that such action might condone the permanency of this transient boundary and adversely impact the right of self-determination of the Kashmiris. The fear is that marking the line on its maps could translate into accepting that India has perfected title over territory west of the LoC.However, Pakistan should aggressively acknowledge the authority it exercises over territory under its control west of the LoC, including through the delimitation of the LoC on official maps. This is because in the unlikely event that India somehow in the future manages to forcefully annex J&K territory under Pakistan, its claim to title to such territory would be much harder to justify under international law.
While the decision to mark the LoC on official maps is politically sensitive, Pakistan should start delimiting the LoC on official maps to safeguard its legal position. The LoC should clearly extend up till the Karakoram Pass so that the whole of the Siachen Glacier appears west of it.
It, however, should qualify the LoC through clear textual annotations on maps acknowledging that it is a temporary ceasefire line agreed to between India and Pakistan under the Karachi Agreement read in conjunction with the Simla Agreement; that the LoC is monitored by the UNMOGIP under Security Council Resolution 91 (1951); and that it serves as a de facto border — without prejudice to the inherent right of self-determination of the Kashmiri people as guaranteed to them through a plebiscite under numerous Council resolutions — till a final settlement of the Kashmir dispute materialises.
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For fans of CCS style decision making, enjoy an oldie but goodie (not sure who the original author was, prolly from BRF):

The Pakistan army decides to launch a nuke-missile towards India.

They don't need any permission from their government(actually such a thing does not exist in Porkistan), and promptly order the countdowns.

Indian technology is highly advanced.

In less than 8 seconds, Indian army detects the Pak Countdown and decides to launch a missile in retribution.

But they need permission from the Government of India.

They submit their request to the Indian President. The President forwards it to the Cabinet.

The Prime Minister calls an emergency Lok Sabha session. The LS meets, but due to several walkouts and severe protests by the opposition, it gets adjourned and adjourned indefinitely.

The President asks for a quick decision.

In the mean time, the Pak missile failed to take off due to vaccum explosion in missile rear.

Their attempts for a re launch are still on. Just then the Indian ruling party is reduced to a minority because a party that was giving outside support withdraws it.

The President asks the PM to prove his majority within a week.

As the ruling party fails to win the confidence vote, a caretaker government is installed.

The caretaker PM decides to permit the armed forces to launch a nuclear missile.

But the Election Commission says that a caretaker government can not take such a decision because elections are at hand.

A Public Interest Litigation is filed by Swamy in the Supreme Court alleging misuse of power by the Election Commission.

The Supreme Court comes to the rescue of the PM, and says the acting PM is authorized to take this decision in view of the emergency facing the nation.

In the meanwhile one of the Pak missiles successfully took off, but crashes on its own government building at 11.35AM.

Fortunately there were no casualties as no employee had reached the office that early.

In any case, the nuclear core of the missile had detached somewhere in flight.

The Pakistan army is now trying to get better technologies from China and USA.

The Indian Government, taking no chances, decides to launch a nuclear missile of its own, after convening an all-party meeting.

This time all the parties agree.

Its three months since the Pak army had started the nuclear war.

But as Indian preparations begin, "pro-humanity" and "anti-nuclear" WKK activists led my Ms.Roy come out against the Government's decision.

Human chains are formed and Road Rail Blockades are organized.

In California and Washington endless e-mails are sent to Indians to stop the war condemning the Indian government and mentioning "Please forward it to as many Indians as possible".

On the Pakistan side, the missiles keep malfunctioning. Some missiles were actually dummies supplied by China and North Korea and just two missiles actually fly towards Taiwan and Seoul, their original targets!! The software was never updated.

US successfully intercepts the missile and in retaliation launches a nuclear missile towards Islamabad.

The missile hits the target and incinerates Islamabad.

Pakistan condemns the attack.Pakistan burns all empty NATO tankers in protest. Imran Khan warns US of a repeat nuke attack on Islamabad but says he may not object to a similar nuke attack on Karachi.

India expresses deep regrets for what has happened and sends in a million dollars worth of Parle-G biscuit packets and Taj Mahal Tea sachets.

Manmohan Singh invites whoever is left in Islamabad who has even one eye to come watch IPL in Mohali for promoting peace.

Thus India never gets to launch the missile.

Pakistan never gets it right.

And

we live happily ever after
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Not a fan of multiple decision making layers and am liking the decisiveness of Modi govt so far but the above joke could make a case for dictatorship in India.
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^^^^ Indeed. Just like "doing nothing" is the only alternative to "going to all out war"
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Anujan wrote:
KLNMurthy wrote: Link?
https://archive.org/stream/pakistanorth ... p_djvu.txt
Thank you
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MurthyB wrote:For fans of CCS style decision making, enjoy an oldie but goodie (not sure who the original author was, prolly from BRF):
:rotfl:
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partha wrote:Not a fan of multiple decision making layers and am liking the decisiveness of Modi govt so far but the above joke could make a case for dictatorship in India.
Nope. The rules for Cabinet Committees are set out somewhere in the dense documents available on the Cabinet Secretariat web site. The rules date back to 1961. I tried going through a few, but they are too dense. Some had to do with having to send some twenty copies of the minutes of any Cabinet Committee meeting to gods-know-where-all. I gave up on that. But I posted the link to a book that says "there is no quorum for a Cabinet meeting". Which means in principle, the Prime Minister can decide everything by himself/herself. Of course, how long he/she continues to enjoy the support of Parliament might be very short.

The point of that old BRF parable, to me at least, is that constitutional democracy is not meant to be a suicide pact.
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James B wrote:All this CCS business during Vajpayee govt. enabled the AirIndia plane hijacked from Nepal by Pakis to get away from Amritsar because the decision was delayed due to non-availability of CCS members in one place. PM is the ultimate executive authority & can take any decision he wants to take - CCS or no CCS. CCS merely acts as counsel & when something goes wrong, easy to take collective responsibility & spread the blame.
James, it is not just the non availability of CCS members, there was no consensus, hesitant to take a decision. Situation was far more complex. Also the NSC of the time was not a security honcho, Brajesh Mishra was a MEA guy... Also NDA team had less exposure than the current CCS.
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A_Gupta wrote:The point of that old BRF parable, to me at least, is that constitutional democracy is not meant to be a suicide pact.
Sure, at the same time decision making process should not be diluted (not saying it was diluted in case of Modi bypassing CCS) to such an extent that it leads to bad decisions. There needs to be a balance.

btw, did that joke really originate on BRF? It is funny but I remember reading it somewhere outside BRF (or was it on Humor thread that I read it first?)
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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/do ... 501078.ece
Brahma Challeny calls ISI a terrorist organization.
And echoes Motorma Fair and says India is developing a range of options to deal with Pakistan.
And Mr. Modi is clearly no Manmohan Singh, whose peace-at-any-price approach was founded on the naive belief that the only alternative to do nothing in response to terror is to go to war. So, whether it was the Mumbai attacks or a border savagery, such as a captured Indian soldier’s beheading, Dr. Singh responded by doing nothing.
The real choice was never between persisting with a weak-kneed policy and risking an all-out war. Indeed, that was a false, immoral choice that undermined the credibility of India’s own nuclear deterrent and emboldened the foe to step up aggression.
The Modi government, by building a range of options, including to neuter Pakistan’s nuclear blackmail, is indicating that Pakistani aggression will attract increasing costs. If the ISI is planning new attacks in India, with the intent to fob them off as the work of al-Qaeda’s supposed new India franchise, it can be sure that it will invite an Indian response imposing serious costs on the entire Pakistani security establishment.
Mr. Modi is clearly signalling that India’s response to the Pakistani strategy to inflict death by a thousand cuts will no longer be survival by a thousand bandages, but punitive so as to bolster deterrence and mend conduct. Given that the “do nothing” approach allowed India to be continually gored, prudent gradualism has been a long time coming.
Strong words. How to interpret "neuter Pakistan's nuclear blackmail"? Does that mean India has developed an option to neutralize Pak nuclear threat?
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Times of India ‏@timesofindia 2h2 hours ago

Snubbed by UN, but Islamabad still at it http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 831676.cms
Fatemi underlined that "the credibility of the UN system was at stake if its resolutions remained unimplemented as all member countries look up to this sole international body to address issues relating to peace and stability".
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Looks like another Junior Haqqani has been nabbed by NDS.. Anas Haqqani
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Guys. whats it with NYT giving a lot of space to TSP RAPEs. Yesterady, there was Mosharaff Zaidi, and today some RAPEette talking about how TSP is pristine but only has an image problem in the manner in which white west portrays it. If Indian elites have that colonial disease forever seeking west's gaze, TSP RAPEs who believe they are the west's TFTA counterparts in the region are so jolted when the whites portray them as terrorist pigLeTs that they are

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/opini ... gnize.html
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Yet another proof that the punishment has been deep, personal and very searing is the interview given by former Dictator Musharaff. The fellow was all bravado about how India will not be able to take what Pakistan can dish out in retaliation. In his rage, he has openly admitted that

(i) That Pakistan is the one that is controlling the terror machine inside Kashmir and the Rats there take orders from Pindi.
(ii) The terror army is ready and under full control of the PA that will be used against India at will

Well for those who claim that nothing has changed in the way India responded this time, this is a clear indication as any that things have changed.

That said, the recent siting of ISIS flags in Kashmir is another indication. That there is some sort of link between Pakistani Army, its ISI and ISIS. I am sure the link will come out soon. In a sense, Pakistani Army is using Musharaff to convey messages.

(i) The former dictator is either posturing that he is still supported by PA or it is indeed a fact that PA is still solidly behind their old COAS
(ii) Besides India, the PA is sending their benefactors a message that your proxies (Im or the Preacher) don't have our full support, but Musharaff does. He can do things to hurt their cause in Afghanistan as well as in Iraq and Syria
(iii) While India does not seem to be worried too much about nuclear threats and is espousing a doctrine that includes disproportionate punishments, PA is indicating a more overt version of pincer attack by Non-State forces from across the LOC as well as from within Kashmir, under their command as a potential response that PA will use.

What does it all mean for us?

India has to ensure that the present intelligence grid and border management across the entire stretch of the border (including sea) to prevent large scale infiltration.

india has to anticipate influx of very sophisticated arms to the Kashmiri terror gangs inside J&K

india has to develop very quickly covert capability inside Pakistan to go after key assets of ISI

India will have to deploy more "stand off" assets in record time to make sure that PA brass understand that going down the path their former COAS seems to suggest will invite more punishment and push Pakistan into a melt down

Pakistan is faced with crucial decisions. It is my reading that the GOI is now completely in control on the scale and intensity of responses.

It is also my reading that Pakistan has multi-power centers that are at odds with each other. The PA has taken complete control on policy vis a vis India and they are doing things in anticipation of US draw down in Afghanistan to once again restore "strategic depth" on one hand and "thousand cuts war" on India on the other as a way of keeping their own hold on power.

But what they are missing is the ever narrowing room for maneuver for them. What decisions the PA top brass take may well dictate the future of Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Bollywood can do what they want to glorify terrorists and defame Indian Army, but most Indians are getting more aware that Pakistan does not want peace and the Kashmiri population that is getting swayed by Pakistani propaganda and starts dreaming of a Caliphate. They are now slowly waking unto the fact that we have been in a state of continuous war with these lot and tamasha of Aman ki Ashaa has to stop! Or is it just me dreaming of that kind of realization? Only time will tell I suppose.

Just a ramble gentle readers. Take it for what it is worth
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A_Gupta wrote:
SBajwa wrote:http://www.dawn.com/news/1137982/nobel- ... rom-lahore

Which other city in the world can boast of five Nobel Laureates? So, Malala is the sixth Nobel Laureate from Pakistan.

Dr S.M. Ismail

Karachi
Can someone put the poor man out of his delusions?
This link is a list of laureates who went to secondary school in New York City (and other cities) (and does not include people who might have spent an year as a lecturer, like Arthur Compton did in Lahore). Scrolling through the list, I counted 34.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Priz ... ffiliation

so they are claiming ownership of chandrasekhar , har gobind khorana , kipling and even compton ?
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^^ Who made Nobel profitable with all those bum blasts, hain ji? All those awards belong to Bakistan.
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TIMES NOW ‏@timesnow 1h1 hour ago

Pakistan PM's advisor Sartaj Aziz says that India cannot afford surgical strikes as it is aware of Pakistan's preparations
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Zee News ‏@ZeeNews 2h2 hours ago

Now, Islamic State spreads tentacles in Pakistan? Walls littered with ISIS graffiti http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asi ... 85662.html
According to local Pak media reports, the Islamic State has entered Pakistan's biggest city and industrial hub Karachi.

In many areas like Sohrab Goth, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Manghopir and also around Karachi, walls were seen littered with 'ISIS' inscribed in black.

...
The ISIS wall chalking is a grim reminder of how vulnerable is Pakistan when it comes to falling prey to the barbaric extremism of the Islamic State. This in turn, also imperils India, which has a considerable Muslim population.
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^^ shows how much TTP has covered Karachi.
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sudhan wrote:Looks like another Junior Haqqani has been nabbed by NDS.. Anas Haqqani

Looks like a space and vowel are missing in his first name.

Who names himself after a pineapple!!! Or worse jackfruit?
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CRamS wrote:Guys. whats it with NYT giving a lot of space to TSP RAPEs. Yesterady, there was Mosharaff Zaidi, and today some RAPEette talking about how TSP is pristine but only has an image problem in the manner in which white west portrays it. If Indian elites have that colonial disease forever seeking west's gaze, TSP RAPEs who believe they are the west's TFTA counterparts in the region are so jolted when the whites portray them as terrorist pigLeTs that they are

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/opini ... gnize.html

CRS You need to give it a rest. In past few months you have been dredging the worst diatribes of the collective PAK, US UK nexus and subjecting us to this dhoti shivering/scare mongering drivel in this thread...

They cant do anything and can stew in their own juices or not.
Its over for them. Kapiche!

Start thinking about how they can be dismantled.
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RamanaGaru,

no shivering saar, you misunderstood me, I was just pointing out the TSP RAPE obsession on "image problem" and found many-a RAPE whine about the same in the likes of NYT. Having said that, I have to respectfully disagree with you, if in fact there is a disagreement, that there is the US, UK, TSP nexus arrayed against India, and shows no sign of abating, notwithstanding ModiJi's successful visit to USA.
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ramana wrote:Looks like a space and vowel are missing in his first name.
:rotfl:
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TIMES NOW ‏@timesnow 2h2 hours ago

Main stream political parties in Kashmir slam Musharraf's #TerrorConfession
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ramana wrote:Start thinking about how they can be dismantled.
Absolutely. Time for 'final solution' to Pakistan is on the cards and Pakistan is not reading the tea leaves.
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pankajs wrote:
TIMES NOW ‏@timesnow 2h2 hours ago

Main stream political parties in Kashmir slam Musharraf's #TerrorConfession
Musharraf has confessed openly to that before.

In October, 2010, Gen. Musharraf admitted in an interview to Der Spiegel that the Pakistani security forces did indeed train the terrorists to attack India while the Government of Pakistan turned a blind eye to that development. He went ahead to justify use of terror as a legitimate objective of the state to protect its own interests.
SPIEGEL: Why did you form militant underground groups to fight India in Kashmir?
Musharraf: They were indeed formed. The government turned a blind eye because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir.
SPIEGEL: It was the Pakistani security forces that trained them.
Musharraf: The West was ignoring the resolution of the Kashmir issue, which is the core issue of Pakistan. We expected the West -- especially the United States and important countries like Germany -- to resolve the Kashmir issue. Has Germany done that?
SPIEGEL: Does that give Pakistan the right to train underground fighters?
Musharraf: Yes, it is the right of any country to promote its own interests when India is not prepared to discuss Kashmir at the United Nations and is not prepared to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner.
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Virupaksha wrote:Even if what chaanakya says is true, all it requires is for a single line resolution by CCS.

"We authorise the prime minister to do whatever he wants in past, present and future."

by the way, CCS is not a constitutional body but just a club house for brainstorming and has absolutely NO legal backing. It is a chai-biskoot group.
No you are wrong. It is part of Rules of Business of Govt of India and how its business ought to be run and who /which bodies are responsible for what policy decision. First of all that blanket order will not be valid. Secondly, it does not take much time to call CCS, hardly an hour or even less. Unless of course members are all incapacitate in that case one needs to follow Red Book for Govt to function, i.e. if you have ever seen that book. I have.

And CCS is subset of council of Ministers and is as much of constitutional as one can get. So don't worry about its status. It is Council of Minister who advises the President and not PM alone. We don't have Presidential form of Govt.

of course one can argue that this was a small matter of decision by Chiefs themselves and they needed encouragement from PMO and not a policy decision from CCS. That could be valid argument albeit dangerous one as one never knows when they would be confronted by full scale war without adequate preparedness. I am sure 10 years of UPA would have left forces far from optimum to fight a full scale war immediately.
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US wants India-Pakistan to hold talks to reduce tension along LoC - PTI
Voicing extreme concern over recent ceasefire violations along the Line of Control, the US said it has talked to both India and Pakistan to hold dialogue to reduce tension.

US Special Representative for Af-Pak region Dan Feldman said: "I have personally raised these concerns with each side - and urged them to engage in dialogue to reduce tensions and end the violence."

"There is no relationship more critical to Pakistan's future than its relationship with its neighbour," Feldman said at the Atlantic Council, a prominent think-tank, here.

"We are extremely concerned by reports of violence over the last two weeks along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary," he said.

The Af-Pak representative said he was "convinced that India's rise in prosperity and global leadership cannot be fully realised until it has a better relationship with Pakistan {It is this loose talk that emboldens Pakistan.}."
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CRamS wrote:Guys. whats it with NYT giving a lot of space
What is NYT? Some kind of hotel or hostel? Is the space that it rents to Pakis important?
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Red Book for Govt to function, i.e. if you have ever seen that book. I have.
Ah, So! Rittre Led Book of Chailman Mao, u mean? :mrgreen:
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Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 10 Oct

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MurthyB wrote:For fans of CCS style decision making, enjoy an oldie but goodie (not sure who the original author was, prolly from BRF):

The Pakistan army decides to launch a nuke-missile towards India.

They don't need any permission from their government(actually such a thing does not exist in Porkistan), and promptly order the countdowns.

Indian technology is highly advanced.

In less than 8 seconds, Indian army detects the Pak Countdown and decides to launch a missile in retribution.

But they need permission from the Government of India.

They submit their request to the Indian President. The President forwards it to the Cabinet.

The Prime Minister calls an emergency Lok Sabha session. The LS meets, but due to several walkouts and severe protests by the opposition, it gets adjourned and adjourned indefinitely.

The President asks for a quick decision.

In the mean time, the Pak missile failed to take off due to vaccum explosion in missile rear.

Their attempts for a re launch are still on. Just then the Indian ruling party is reduced to a minority because a party that was giving outside support withdraws it.

The President asks the PM to prove his majority within a week.

As the ruling party fails to win the confidence vote, a caretaker government is installed.

The caretaker PM decides to permit the armed forces to launch a nuclear missile.

But the Election Commission says that a caretaker government can not take such a decision because elections are at hand.

A Public Interest Litigation is filed by Swamy in the Supreme Court alleging misuse of power by the Election Commission.

The Supreme Court comes to the rescue of the PM, and says the acting PM is authorized to take this decision in view of the emergency facing the nation.

In the meanwhile one of the Pak missiles successfully took off, but crashes on its own government building at 11.35AM.

Fortunately there were no casualties as no employee had reached the office that early.

In any case, the nuclear core of the missile had detached somewhere in flight.

The Pakistan army is now trying to get better technologies from China and USA.

The Indian Government, taking no chances, decides to launch a nuclear missile of its own, after convening an all-party meeting.

This time all the parties agree.

Its three months since the Pak army had started the nuclear war.

But as Indian preparations begin, "pro-humanity" and "anti-nuclear" WKK activists led my Ms.Roy come out against the Government's decision.

Human chains are formed and Road Rail Blockades are organized.

In California and Washington endless e-mails are sent to Indians to stop the war condemning the Indian government and mentioning "Please forward it to as many Indians as possible".

On the Pakistan side, the missiles keep malfunctioning. Some missiles were actually dummies supplied by China and North Korea and just two missiles actually fly towards Taiwan and Seoul, their original targets!! The software was never updated.

US successfully intercepts the missile and in retaliation launches a nuclear missile towards Islamabad.

The missile hits the target and incinerates Islamabad.

Pakistan condemns the attack.Pakistan burns all empty NATO tankers in protest. Imran Khan warns US of a repeat nuke attack on Islamabad but says he may not object to a similar nuke attack on Karachi.

India expresses deep regrets for what has happened and sends in a million dollars worth of Parle-G biscuit packets and Taj Mahal Tea sachets.

Manmohan Singh invites whoever is left in Islamabad who has even one eye to come watch IPL in Mohali for promoting peace.

Thus India never gets to launch the missile.

Pakistan never gets it right.

And

we live happily ever after
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Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 10 Oct

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SSridhar wrote: "We are extremely concerned by reports of violence over the last two weeks along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary," he said.

The Af-Pak representative said he was "convinced that India's rise in prosperity and global leadership cannot be fully realised until it has a better relationship with Pakistan."
Dafug??!! Why is an Af-Pak guy poking his nose in India-Pak issues?

Also, this guy is parroting the Paki line of "if you need prosperity, you should solve Kashmir" ("Yep, we don't need prosperity only Kashmir") and calling the IB "Working boundary". This one is a sell out, like Madam Unfair was once. This one deserves a swift and firm kick up his mush and thrown aside. I hope the Indian Foreign office takes notice and makes the appropriate phone calls.
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