Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - Jan 04, 2014

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 31 Jan 2014 17:45

Reserve Bank of India Official Foreign Exchange Reserves 24-01-2014 : US$ 292.2388 Billion

Pakistan State Bank Official Foreign Reserves : 24-01-2014 : US$ 3.1766 Billion

Cheers

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 31 Jan 2014 17:47

Indian DTH services go 'direct' to Pakistan, payments made through hawala; illegal connections multiply

MUMBAI: Hasan Kazmi can't do without his weekday fix of Mahabharat and Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev. He avidly watches the television serials on his Videocon direct-to-home (DTH) connection.

Nothing odd about this, except that Kazmi is based in Karachi and is using a set-top box he bought on the black market. For Pakistani viewers hooked on Indian TV, an entire ecosystem has evolved to help foster the habit.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 31 Jan 2014 17:49

Steady increase in business visa application from Pakistan

The Indian High Commission is keen on promoting the steady increase in business visa applications from Pakistan and has also started a visa helpline to facilitate the process.

Many business persons present raised visa related issues and wanted flexibility in travel regulations. Women said that often when their flights were cancelled, they needed a road option as well otherwise they were stranded.

Others raised the issue of the Wagah border closing at four pm. More importantly, the need for police reporting was questioned and there were demands for flexibility in visiting multiple cities in India.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 31 Jan 2014 17:51

Pakistan players missing from 2014 auction list for IPL

look at the comment

Shame to IPL biased policy against Pakistani cricket players, remember IPL officials, you're distancing both Indians & Pakistanis and this is not good for both countries in the long terms, please do not bring politics in sports. Remember....IPL is not complete without Pakistani super stars in cricket.

No Pakistan players in 2014 IPL auction

When asked about the non-inclusion of Pakistan players, a franchise representative, on the condition of anonymity, told Mumbai Mirror: "It is not surprising. That has been the trend of late, anyway. The presence of the Pakistan players creates security concerns for the team and there is no guarantee that the franchises would be willing to buy them if they are in the auction."

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 31 Jan 2014 17:57

Singh to visit Pakistan in March

It said the proposed move appears to be Dr Singh's final major diplomatic gambit as prime minister, which aims to revive the stalled composite dialogue. Dr Singh had given a clear indication at a rare press conference in Delhi earlier this month of his intention to visit Pakistan before he demits office. The press pooh-poohed the suggestion at the time given the strident moves being made by Hindutva hardliners to thwart any such hope.

It said Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has been asked to pave the way for the visit when he goes to Pakistan next month to attend the Made-in-India show, an exhibition expected in Lahore on February 14-16.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 31 Jan 2014 18:48

Brad Goodman wrote:Singh to visit Pakistan in March

Brad Goodman Ji :

1. Vinash Kaley Vipreet Buddhi.

2. Near the end the ant grows wings.

SSridhar Ji :

Re my E-Mail 25-11-2013 I now feel confident that my Hypothesis is correct. The Pakistanis have found the Weak Link and now IT (Not mentioning Gender) is "Putty" in their Hands.

Cheers

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 31 Jan 2014 19:23

Peregrine wrote:. . . now IT (Not mentioning Gender) is "Putty" in their Hands.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 31 Jan 2014 19:56

Realism, not Romanticism, should Dictate India's Pakistan Policy - Sushant Sareen, IDSA
Excerpts

Wags have often compared India’s policy towards Pakistan with the attitude of an abused wife who continues to harbour fond hopes that her tormentor will one day reform.

. . . the lame-duck Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a last throw of the dice (and perhaps throwing all caution to the winds) is planning to visit Pakistan just on the eve of elections. {The BJP, which is the most likely party to form government in 2014, as per several polls, must now make it explicitly clear that no decision that Man Mohan Singh takes if and when he visits Pakistan would be binding on it}

. . . forge a policy framework that sheds all starry-eyed notions based on extraneous considerations – personal friendships, ancestral links, family origins, childhood nostalgia, romantic notions of being the one to normalise relations to recreate the period of glorious co-existence (which actually never existed!), delusions of statesmanship which will be the toast of the world – in favour of a policy that protects and promotes India’s economic, political, security and strategic interests.

Such pressure to pull Pakistan’s chestnuts out of the fire must be resisted.

At the same time, political and security realities must be factored in while opening trade. The recent drugs haul in Kashmir and other instances of arms, explosives and narcotics being smuggled under the cover of overland trade should serve as a wake-up call to those who advocate throwing open the borders for traders. Similarly, adopting a cavalier attitude in easing travel and visa restrictions is inviting disaster.

The short point is that Indian policymakers must take into account the deep-seated prejudice and societal transformation that has happened inside Pakistan over the last nearly seven decades.

For instance, an iconic Pakistani editor of an English weekly who is seen by many in India and across the world as a rational and sensible person did not bat an eyelid in one of his TV programmes in claiming that the famed Lahore hospitality is not a Punjabi but an Islamic trait!

Interim settlements or a series of interim deals of the type envisaged on the back-channel between Musharraf and Manmohan Singh on issues like Jammu and Kashmir will be disastrous for India. This will mean that Pakistan will be free to reopen the issue at a time of its convenience and choosing. If there is a deal on offer, it must be of a permanent nature for India to accept it.

In other words, if Pakistan desires parity with India, it should not expect ‘magnanimity’ from India, and if it expects ‘magnanimity’, then it should not insist on parity.

Ashok Sarraff · Post by **Ashok Sarraff** » 31 Jan 2014 20:15

Sushant Sareen should understand that the purpose of MMS's planned visit to Pakistan is not to 'mend relationships' but to pander to Islamic voters in India for GE 2014.

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 31 Jan 2014 20:48

Based upon Indian reaction to 26/11 Mumbai attack, TSP will be tempted to pull a similar stunt right near the election.
I wonder what would be the significance of MMS traveling to TSP in March because by that time Election schedule would have been announced and he would be a care taker PM (Not that he is any better now). He can not promise anything on behalf of GoI. Best is he takes his bag and baggage and settles down in the village of his ancestors.
Train to TSP should be nipped in the bud by Congressi leaders if they want to retain any semblance of patriotism.

kenop · Post by **kenop** » 31 Jan 2014 21:21

Wonder if same level of compromises can be expected from those expected to rebuff/retaliate.
Near the end of term of a gormint, the babus can grow balls and do what they think is right or ignore the orders of higher ups. So, for all the frequent flier miles that the munna gathers, it will be difficult for napakis to carry out any life-saving mishun. JMT and all that.

anandsgh · Post by **anandsgh** » 31 Jan 2014 22:31

New level of fakism from Fakistan!!

http://propakistani.pk/2014/01/29/pakis ... t-company/

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 31 Jan 2014 22:55

anandsgh wrote:New level of fakism from Fakistan!!

http://propakistani.pk/2014/01/29/pakis ... t-company/

They Still have State official policy of Jihad and Islamic constitution and killing of foriegners and non muslims inside

But they still want to have commerce and trade and business and expect all to understand them as normal people

partha · Post by **partha** » 01 Feb 2014 00:12

Brad Goodman wrote:Steady increase in business visa application from Pakistan

The Indian High Commission is keen on promoting the steady increase in business visa applications from Pakistan and has also started a visa helpline to facilitate the process.

Many business persons present raised visa related issues and wanted flexibility in travel regulations. Women said that often when their flights were cancelled, they needed a road option as well otherwise they were stranded.

Others raised the issue of the Wagah border closing at four pm. More importantly, the need for police reporting was questioned and there were demands for flexibility in visiting multiple cities in India.

Excellent. We are making it easy for them to place more and more demands. This will only get worse. We may even see a day when a bunch of Paks take out a rally near Jantar Mantar demanding things from GoI all thanks to "liberal visa regime". What exactly has Pak done to deserve this? Where is the progress on 26/11? It boils my blood to think that we have mostly given up on holding Pak accountable for 26/11.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 01 Feb 2014 00:19

Brad Goodman wrote:Steady increase in business visa application from Pakistan

Make sure they have proper and verifiable vaccinations (especially against pakitis).

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 01 Feb 2014 00:24

They should raise the issue of expensive travel and accommodations and ask for subsidy from Indian government.

partha · Post by **partha** » 01 Feb 2014 00:35

Convert parliament in Delhi to a South Asian parliament where Pak representatives can attend and discuss their issues.

Since democracy is a joke in Pakistan, Indians should accommodate Pakistanis in their democratic process else it will only strengthen the hands of extremists on both sides of the border. Just like how a joint India Pakistan cricket team will rule the world, a joint India Pakistan parliament will make South Asia a super power.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 01 Feb 2014 00:53

BC Baki Again

( Look at the Pictures)

I thought I surely had been mistaken for why would anyone allow such an archaeological wonder to go under the proverbial knife and in such a daring fashion?Upon reading the associated article, I was informed that preparations were afoot to hold the opening ceremony of the Sindh Festival at this heritage site. The festival is a Bilawal Bhutto led initiative which seeks to highlight the social and cultural heritage of the province. In this case, however, the event directly poses a serious threat to the stability of one of the world’s most valuable archaeological treasures.Dr Asma Ibrahim, a leading Pakistani archaeologist, ensures that the way things are going, this heritage site will completely disappear in 20 years due to decay.It is in this context that I find hosting the event on the grounds of MohenjoDaro baffling. Any changes, however minor, to the façade of the site are magnified many times over in the context of its archaeological importance. There is no doubt that installation of light fixtures, scaffolding for a staging area and influx of large number of people will do irreparable damage to the site.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 01 Feb 2014 01:03

Fondling Father or Fingering Father

I stand with Hanif: Jinnah is not a ‘hero’

Indeed, if you have nothing nice to say about Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, Minar-e-Pakistan, Waar and meethi lassi, you must be prepared to relinquish your Pakistani identity and take a one-way trip across Wagah border into Amritsar.The message is simple and one that resonates with many ‘patriots’ across the country – we are not a nation of independent thinkers who are free to choose our own heroes. We are a personality cult and our membership here is hinged upon our undying reverence for Jinnah, our beloved founder.The problem, which Hanif was likely referring to as well, is that the nation is undecided as to who Jinnah was. We know of Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, but Jinnah as a person is nothing more than a Rorschach test – an irregular blot of ink manifesting as a disciplined Islamic leader in one Pakistani’s dreams and a liberal champion of minority rights in another’sThat is more convenient than finding out who Jinnah really was. Imagine the horror of discovering that Quaid, the errorless, believed in things that are entirely contradictory to your worldview.
To save ourselves the anguish, our heroic Jinnah is a liberal right-winger standing up for secular democracy with an occasional martial law and equal treatment of all religious groups, except for Muslims who are to be treated with special privileges.This hero isn’t real.He’s a fantasy because he cannot be all those aforementioned things simultaneously. What’s worse is that we make our decisions in 2014 based on the thought processes of a man from a very old and different world.

BijuShet · Post by **BijuShet** » 01 Feb 2014 01:05

Opinion piece in The News (posted in full) where the former chairman of the Higher Education Commission laments the quality of students and institutions of higher study in TSP. Its a different matter that he did nothing when he was the Chairman but out of office he is just being Paki about the state of affairs.
Fixing higher education

Dr Javaid Laghari
Friday, January 31, 2014 - From Print Edition

The recent competitive exam of the federal public service commission had a passing rate of only three percent. In other global competitive exams, like the GRE, GMAT, USLME, etc, where a majority of graduates from the developed world do well, most graduates from Pakistan run pathetic scores.

Even in the local NTS exam, which is not tough by global standards, the majority secures less than 50 percent marks. This does not speak well at all about the quality of our graduates and higher education institutions.

There are over 150 universities in Pakistan, and over 2,000 degree colleges affiliated with the universities, with over two million students. Even to meet a 15 percent GER target by 2020, which is low by global standards (India is 18 percent, Turkey 40 percent, South Korea 98 percent), we need to double the number of our high education students to four million.

This means establishing one new university every two weeks, and establishing one new college a day, for the next seven years. If we can’t maintain quality with half the numbers, how can we expect it to improve with increased numbers?

The HEC is the regulatory, policy making, and quality assurance body of the government. However, all universities are autonomous and under the administrative control of the provincial governments, and not the HEC, which only makes policies and provides funding (both recurring and development) through an approved formula. While the HEC does set the criteria bar, such as in establishing new universities, affiliating colleges, appointment of faculty, and the need for a search committee for appointment of vice chancellors, there are violations and loopholes in many cases.

The HEC’s policies are meaningless unless they are adhered to in letter and spirit by the university including the vice chancellors, chancellors, and the provincial governments. In order to ensure that quality and standards are to be improved, the HEC and the provincial governments should be on the same page and work together to ensure compliance and adherence to quality standards.

Good governance is needed at the university level. This is only possible when there is qualified leadership heading the university, who can then build up his or her team. The selection and appointment of VCs must be merit based through an open and transparent search committee based mechanism, whose members must include distinguished educationists from private and public universities, the corporate sector, and the government.

While three names are forwarded to the controlling authority, the name at the top must be preferred. Only if the offer is not accepted must it then be made to the next best candidate. Once the VC is appointed, then other key members based on their expertise must be appointed on bodies like the ‘syndicate’ and senate’.

Quality assurance at the HEC must be strengthened to include approval of academic programmes before they are launched, like the QAA in UK. Quality can only be ensured if certification by both the QA and the accreditation bodies is done every four years in keeping with global standards. No academic programme should be allowed to be offered when there are no relevant faculty and facilities available.

Currently we have over 32,000 faculty members at our public and private universities, out of which only 7,600 have PhDs – about 23 percent. We are striving to increase the ratio of PhD faculty to at least 40 percent, as per developing world standards, by 2020. This means recruiting over 2,500 PhD faculty per year for the next seven years. To accomplish this, scholarships must be awarded to full time faculty without PhDs to complete their post graduate education. There is need to send about 1000 scholars a year for their PhDs abroad and support another 1,500 locally.

At present our universities can graduate a maximum of 1,000 PhDs per year, the quality of which is highly questionable for some universities and disciplines. However, with about 3,000 HEC scholars completing their PhDs in the next three years and being placed at universities under the HEC Placement Programme, Pakistani universities should be able to graduate about 2,000 PhDs per year by 2020. However, under no circumstances must research quality be compromised, and faculty be allowed to supervise more than five students. To support these initiatives, resources must be provided to both public and private universities, such as for PhD faculty recruitment, scholarships, and research.

Self-assessment to identify weaknesses, and improve upon them, is essential to maintaining quality. The HEC has recently introduced the Institutional Performance Evaluation to improve quality and governance. All courses must be evaluated by the students anonymously every semester. For the weaker faculty, there is need for faculty development programmes, which must take place at the better ranked universities and supported by the HEC.

All faculty appointments must be two-year contract based (tenure track), and renewal must be subject to good teaching evaluation and satisfactory peer reviewed research. Only after six years should the faculty be confirmed as tenured. All university admissions must be merit based through an examination where 50 percent of weight should be given to academic grades.

The higher education sector can certainly be fixed for quality and standards if the HEC, together with the provincial governments, can focus on university leadership and faculty and provide them with adequate resources. However, it is mainly up to the university leadership if they are willing to take up the challenge of improving quality at their institutions on a war footing.

The writer is a former chairman of the Higher Education Commission.
Email: [email protected]

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 01 Feb 2014 02:19

Ashok Sarraff wrote:Sushant Sareen should understand that the purpose of MMS's planned visit to Pakistan is not to 'mend relationships' but to pander to Islamic voters in India for GE 2014.

When somebody like Sareen openly mentions all that is wrong with MMS and his policies, and it is printed in IDSA, it just reflects how fed up the security folks are at the Pak pasand rubbish that has been going on.

BijuShet · Post by **BijuShet** » 01 Feb 2014 02:53

From Times Of Oman (posting in full).
Pakistan central bank chief resigns ahead of IMF loan review

by AFP | January 31, 2014 , 6 : 27 pm GST

The governor of Pakistan's central bank has resigned, finance ministry officials said Friday, on the eve of a regular International Monetary Fund review of a $6.7 billion bailout loan.

Yaseen Anwar was appointed governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in October 2011.

He resigned on Thursday citing personal reasons, finance ministry spokesman Shafqat Jalil told AFP, though analysts said policy differences had made his departure likely for some time.

The government on Friday appointed deputy governor Ashraf Mahmood Wathra as the acting governor until further notice, the finance ministry said in a statement.

The IMF approved the package for the country in September last year, subject to strict economic reforms, particularly in its troubled energy sector and tax system.

Finance ministry officials confirmed that talks between Pakistan and IMF officials for the third tranche of $545 million were due to be held from Saturday in Dubai.

"The resignation of the SBP governor is not going to have any impact in our review talks with the IMF," a senior finance ministry official told AFP.

"The talks would focus on the review of economic situation of Pakistan in the second quarter (October-December)," the official said.

"The government has fulfilled all the conditions under the IMF's Extended Fund Facility and we hope to get the funds by March," the official added.

Leading English newspaper The News quoted Anwar as saying that he stepped down to spend more time with his family.

"There are personal reasons and particularly due to recent injury of my son that compels me to move and stay together with my family especially after having served at SBP for almost seven years as governor and deputy governor through very challenging times amidst financial turmoil globally," The News quoted Anwar as saying.

'Policy differences'Analysts said that with his resignation, long-drawn confusion over fiscal policy in Pakistan would come to an end.

Anwar had been appointed by the previous Pakistan People's Party government, and a change at the head of the central bank had been seen as inevitable since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of the Muslim League took charge in June.

"His resignation was expected because of the political change in the government," said Taha Khan, head of research at Taurus Securities.

"There were some policy differences as well between the ministry of finance and the SBP," he said.
Cash-strapped Pakistan, plagued by a bloody homegrown Taliban insurgency, is battling to get its shaky economy back on track and solve a chronic energy crisis that cripples industry.

The IMF made an initial payment of $540 million, and in November fund officials said during a monitoring visit that Pakistan was "broadly on track" with reforms.

In December, Pakistan received $554 million as a second tranche of the loan.

In a belated annual report earlier this month, the central bank estimated economic growth for the current fiscal year of up to four percent, surpassing forecasts by international agencies.

"SBP projects GDP growth in the range of 3-4 percent for FY14 which is higher than the IMF's growth forecast of 2.5 to three percent," the bank said.

It forecast that the three-year loan deal should bring stability to the domestic foreign exchange market during the current fiscal year.

In the last fiscal year, Pakistan's economy grew at 3.6 percent, the bank said, and inflation fell to single digits. But it warned inflation could rise as high as 11 percent in the current fiscal.

Economists say growth needs to be seven percent to absorb the country's booming population.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 01 Feb 2014 03:12

Top of the Morning: New Polio Strain in Pakistan
Discovery Of Malsiati Paakiati Poliotti

New Strain of Polio Discovered in Pakistan Polio eradication efforts in Pakistan are in dire straits. “Dr. Sarfraz Khan Afridi, a WHO official based in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhaw province in the northwest of the country, told VOA’s Deewa Radio that 91 cases of polio were reported in 2013, up from 58 in 2012. Earlier this month, the WHO warned that Peshawar has the world’s largest reservoir of polio virus and that 90 percent of Pakistani polio cases last year were linked to a strain of the disease found in Peshawari Suars. The WHO researchers say that 90 percent of the polio cases in Pakistan can be traced back to the highly contagious strain found in Peshawar, and unless transmissions are curbed in Peshawar, the virus could spread, threatening global eradication effort - See more at:

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 01 Feb 2014 03:15

Doesn't matter what Hanif thinks about Jinnah. What matters is what Jinnah thinks about Jinnah. My sources tell me that in his first address to the constituent Assembly Jinnah called Jinnah Pakistan's hero of all time.

Nobody seems to be able to produce that recording though.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 01 Feb 2014 04:02

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9 ... ga-verdict
The Kishanganga verdict

On May 17, 2010, Pakistan instituted arbitral proceedings against India on the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project (KHEP) under provisions granted by the Indus Waters Treaty. On December 20, 2013, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Geneva rendered its final award concerning the project. This is an attempt to simplify the verdict for the common reader. KHEP is named after the river it is being constructed on. The same river is called the Neelum River as soon as it crosses the LoC into Pakistan. Neelum flows in a north-south direction from the LoC down to Muzaffarabad where it joins the Jhelum River. Jhelum flows from India across the LoC towards Muzaffarabad in an east-west direction. After combining the rivers flow south from the confluence through the rest of Pakistan as the Jhelum River.
Pakistan had moved the court on two concerns. First, that the diversion of water from the Neelum River by the KHEP towards India – from where it would eventually flow back into Pakistan through the Jhelum River – breached India’s legal obligations to Pakistan. Second, whether according to the treaty, India was allowed to deplete or bring the reservoir level of KHEP below ‘dead storage level’.
The treaty grants exclusive rights to Pakistan over the water flowing in the three western Rivers: the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab, and their tributaries which include the Neelum River. The treaty, however, also includes provisions for India to utilise and divert water from these rivers under strict conditions. The conditions govern river-flow volumes and time-periods of flow and are designed to guarantee Pakistan’s unrestricted access to water from these rivers. For example, one of the conditions mandates that any volume of water used in any seven-day period by an Indian hydropower project on Pakistan’s river must be released back into the same river during the same seven-day period.

The particular condition in question at the arbitration pertains to an Indian hydroelectric project on the Neelum River/Kishanganga River. The condition governs the volume of water that can be diverted and the location the diverted water must finally be released to. According to the treaty, water diverted from Pakistan’s western rivers must always be released back into one of the three western rivers or their tributaries from where it will eventually flow back into Pakistan. The scale of the diversion must be such that any existing agricultural or hydroelectric use of the water by Pakistan is not adversely affected.It must therefore be understood that the first concern put forth by Pakistan was not whether KHEP was permissible or not. It was about whether the project would divert water away from the Neelum and back into the Jhelum in a manner that ensured that the diverted water would return to Pakistan under the conditions stipulated by the treaty; and secondly, that no existing hydropower or agricultural use of Neelum’s water by Pakistan would be adversely affected. The impact of KHEP on the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP) was a big concern.

Understanding Pakistan’s second concern regarding the depletion of the reservoir level of an Indian hydropower project on the western rivers below the ‘dead storage level’ becomes easy by imagining a teacup with a hole on the side. Each time the teacup is filled to the brim, the fluid inside will flow out until it settles at the same level as the hole on the side of the cup. The only way to remove the remaining fluid through the same hole is by tilting the cup.It is impossible to tilt the huge reservoirs of hydropower projects. Water stored below the spillway – the little hole on the side of the teacup – stays where it is and cannot be used for any operational purposes. It is practically ‘dead’ for any operational use. Thus, the vertical height of this volume of water from the bottom of the reservoir up to the spillway is called the ‘dead storage level’ (DSL).

The conditions governing Indian projects on Pakistan’s rivers also define the limits for the DSLs. India is not allowed to deplete the volume of water in those reservoirs below the DSL except in the case of an unforeseen emergency.The reason India would like to deplete water below the DSL is to flush out the sediment that accumulates in the reservoir. The accumulation of sediments gradually takes away from the volume of water that can be stored for use. For India, an ideal reservoir design would be one with a spillway near the bottom from which it could, every couple of years, flush all the sediments out – a technique referred to as ‘drawdown flushing’ – and be able to regain the reservoir’s original storage capacity.However, considering the enormous volumes of these reservoirs, they can take from a couple of months to an entire year to refill. During this filling period, there can be practically no flows released below the reservoir which can be a big problem for a downstream country dependent on those flows. Any Indian project on Pakistan’s western rivers with the ability to deplete water below the DSL can, potentially, disrupt river flow into Pakistan for weeks or months on end.

In 2007, in a previous dispute between the two countries on the design of India’s Baglihar Dam, a neutral expert decided that India was within the ambit of the treaty to employ drawdown flushing and deplete water in the dam below the DSL. Whether or not India has any intention of disrupting Pakistan’s flows is irrelevant to Pakistan as long as India has the capacity of doing so if it wanted to. Pakistan, therefore, used the Kishanganga arbitration to seek another judgement on this matter. While the court’s decision , due to its superior status in the dispute-resolution mechanism laid out in the treaty, would be considered binding on KHEP and all future Indian projects on Pakistan’s rivers, it would not overrule the neutral expert’s judgement in the case of the Baglihar Dam.Thus, on this concern in the Kishanganga dispute, the court decided in Pakistan’s favour. India cannot deplete water below the DSL except in case of an unforeseen emergency. The court clarified further that the accumulation of sediment in the reservoir did not constitute that ‘unforeseen emergency’. ( War and Terrorist Activities are Unforeseen Emergencies) Going back to Pakistan’s first concern regarding KHEP’s diversion of water in the Neelum River, the court ruled that the diversion was within the design conditions stipulated for Indian projects on Pakistan’s rivers. The diverted water would be used for hydropower generation by KHEP and released back into a tributary of the Jhelum River from where it would flow back to Pakistan.
However, considering that the treaty also protects Pakistan’s existing uses of the water to be diverted, India was bound to maintain a minimum flow of water in the Neelum River at a rate the court would determine.

manjgu · Post by **manjgu** » 01 Feb 2014 05:02

War and Terrorist Activities are Unforeseen Emergencies ..is it something which has been defined by the COA?

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Feb 2014 05:07

Islamists In Pakistan Launch Online Donation Campaign For Aam Aadmi Party?

Somiksha C Mohanta & Nazia Murtadcovertwires
Covert Wires
November 17th, 2013, New Delhi:
Who are good Hindus in the eyes of Pakistan or Islamists? A Hindu who has good human qualities, a Hindu who is run by his Hindu religious values or something like that? Certainly not, a good Hindu is a man who turns a blind eye to his Islamic oppressors or who assists the Islamic invaders ruin his religion and culture is a Good Hindu for them, a Hindu who betrays Hinduism is a good Hindu for them. The crazy fanatic Zaid Hamid who always bashes Hinduism, praises the ‘Hindus’ like Amaresh Misra (Islamic-activist, anti-Hindu propagandist author and Congress leader). And when such a Good Hindu is found, Pakistan turns very helpful to him. Since this morning Pakistan based Facebook pages promoting Jihadist Separatism in Kashmir and some other Pakistani nationalist pages are running a huge campaign for donation on behalf of Aam Aadmi Party founded by such a Good Hindu, Arvind Kejriwal, self-acclaimed authority to issue the certificates of honesty.
Arvind Kejriwal who started his journey as a crusader against corruption in India, as an apolitical entity, and first declared that all political parties are corrupt and that’s why they are apolitical, entered into politics by cashing the huge fan followers they gained in the name of anti-corruption movement. Kejriwal actually sabotaged the movements that were already in line by BJP and Baba Ramdev. Kejriwal then started doing the same conventional politics that he criticized and didn’t criticize.
The Kashmiri sepatarists from running from Pakistan running online donation campaign for AAP

The Kashmiri sepatarists from running from Pakistan running online donation campaign for AAP

Kejriwal isn’t a visionless man, but he has far-fetched vision that enables him get the proper sense of what and when. Kejriwal knew his ways to earn the funding from outside India. A man who had allegations on him of funding from foreign agencies and corporate had found the other way to get the unclean funds cleanly. AAP constantly boasts getting funds from NRI’s clean money through its website’s donation section. Once AAP boasted that it has received an envious sum of INR 5 Million from an NRI based in East Asia. You don’t have to be surprised how a man who had lesser contact with India is more concerned about the corruptions in India than the Indians themselves. You can also never prove whether the foreign agencies are channelizing the funds through the NRI’s based in those agencies, such NRI’s who rather than fighting the governments in their nation for their own treatment by that government (when NRI’s are badly treated in many nations) are funding a lifetime earning to a hypocrite apolitical-turning-political organization in India.
Today the Pakistani online forums are campaigning for donations for AAP. The posts show a screenshot of the donation process by a man who works for Gulf Pakistan as seen from the screenshot, but a resident of India, has donated his two months’ salary for AAP. Qayyum (probably, his named is blurry), a 47 years old Indian, who loves to call himself Endian has donated INR 45,000 to AAP and taken the screenshots of form filling and then the payment process and then receiving the Transaction ID, inspires all the Pakistanis to donate at least INR 100 to AAP. And why does he sacrifice his two months’ salary to AAP? You can see his message at the remark box, مجھے یکین ہے کی آپ لوگ ہندوستان مے اسلامی ھقمت قیام کروگے
It means, “Mujhe Yakeen Hai Aaplog India Me Islami Huqumat Qayam Karogey (I am sure you guys will establish Islamic rule in India).
The man has described this situation as a historical turning point and Kejriwal as the Neo-Jaychand who will initiate the second phase of Islamization of India, and asked to assist him in his assistance to Islamists. His message posted by in the online campaigns says that the citizenship filter is a deliberate security breach and even as you have to sign that you are Indian citizen in the form checkbox attribute, it lets you bypass the phase. It is a nice way to shot two targets with single arrow, managing public perception that they are receiving no foreign funding but NRI money, and you can still donate them. Then as you successfully make the payment through credit/debit card, you will receive a Transaction ID like him as he expressed. Then he urged the public to assist according to his/her capability because, “Allah said that the dust you face in the battle, will return as fragrance and the asset you invest in the cause of Allah, will be returned to you 700 times more” as Qayyum asserts.
This post was first found in a Facebook page “Our Kashmir Our Concern” running from Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir promoting the separatist causes in Kashmir and Pakistani Army and intelligence goodwill. Here is the link to the promotion: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=232217923619106 and then the post was gradually found in other separatist and Pakistani pages. So AAP is probably getting too much fund from the anti-Indians. Does AAP deserve that, does AAP founder deserves the title of Jaychand with respect, given by Mr. Qayyum “Endian” in his message (provided as an appendix)? Does AAP promote the cause of the “Indian Muslim” defined in the message of Qayyum “Endian”? Appropriately!
The original photo posted by Qayyum showing him donating 45000 INR to AAP and inspiring others to donate and guiding the donation process

The original photo posted by Qayyum showing him donating 45000 INR to AAP and inspiring others to donate and guiding the donation process

Mr Qayyum cited several reasons AAP must be supported by Pakistani and Indian Muslims and “Good Hindus”. One of the reasons being AAP is most bold critic of BJP which is most nationalist Indian party and most anti-Pakistan. Yes, AAP definitely fulfils the criteria. Since AAP has excellently fooled the Indian mass to believe every rubbish AAP spits out, it quickly blamed Narendra Modi and Amit Shah for provoking communal riots in Muzaffarnagar in UP, India without any proof and when their delusion that he can fool al the public was proved wrong and his baseless allegations drew them criticism, they wiped the post from their official website. However when the nefarious role of Azam Khan of Samajwadi Party was exposed by media, AAP, the self-acclaimed honesty-certifying-authority had no words to condemn this. It exposed how blindly the AAP is venomous against BJP. And that qualifies AAP to gain fund from Pakistanis and “Endians” like Qayyum.
Does AAP deserve the Pakistani fund from the Islamists aiming to Islamize entire India? Of course yes! AAP has always turned soft and blind eye to Imam Bukhari, the dreamer of Islamic Republic of India. Imam Bukhari is the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, New Delhi who has so many charges of communalism and inciting violence and most importantly corruption like not paying the taxes and all, in the protest of which Kejriwal excels. But still he gave Bukhari a clean chit. It also met the hardcore communal anti-Hindu Mullah Takkeer of Bareily (guess why). When asked what was he doing with this communalist, first he said he didn’t know about his communal nature but then he issued a certificate and gave him clean chit by saying that the charges against Taukeer is false because Taukeer denied the charges. And this is AAP. AAP lets its certifying credentials to be used to building the image of Islamists in India and do the damage-control on their behalf. Kejriwal was the first man who removed the photo of Bharat Mata from IAC stages because it hurt the sentiments of Indian Muslims.
Does AAP deserve the Kashmiri separatists’ fund? Certainly yes! The AAP core committee member and national level lawyer Prashant Bhushan has publicly opined that he favors the separatism of Kashmir but then to save his party from criticism he further said that it is his personal opinion. AAP is viewed as instrumental for Pakistan against India on Kashmir issue.
Keeping in mind such facts AAP really deserves the fund from Pakistanis and only the AAP (they are above Gods) know how much fund they are receiving from people like “Qayyum Endian” dreaming day and night to destroy India.

Appendix: The Original Message of Qayyum In Text As Posted In The FB Campaigns:

“My dear Muslim brothers, we are on a special junction of time where we can take our history back in future. Within a couple of weeks the Delhi election is going to happen and the Muslims brothers there are supporting Aam Aadmi Party, a new face of our Muslim politics in India after Congress backstabbed the Muslims. Congress of course gives Muslim brothers special benefits but not enough in amount and speed for their actual cause because of reasons that is beyond the scope of this post. Aam Aadmi Party is just the new face of Islamic politics in Endia and it will lead to complete Islamization of the nation. AAP has a pro-Pakistan and pro-Islam strategies and it implements it within its capabilities and domain. It supports the Kashmiri freedom fighters like Yasin Malik, it bashed the Endian state terrorist police Mohan Chandar Sharma in Batla House encounter, it’s members are pro-Azadi in Endian occupied Kashmir. Recently it heavily demonized BJP (Most anti-Pakistan and nationalist Endian party) and linked it to the masterminds of Muzafarnagar riots in Endia which no party could do as boldly as them. AAP won my faith when it collaborated with Maulana Taukeer, a respected Maulana and a true soldier of Allah who has reportedly shown the status of the enemies of Islam in the battlegrounds of Muzafarnagar.
The flag of Islam waved in Delhi with the help of good Hindus like Jay Chand (Allah bless him) in 12th century by the hand of Mohammed Ghauri against Prithviraj Chauhan. Now time has come again. If you want to see once again the victory of Islam in Delhi (first the heart and then entire India), then you can donate them. There is a donation page in AAP website where you can donate to them. In the country box you have to select your nation (in our case Pakistan) and then follow the donation process. Well I am by political nationality an Endian, but I am a true Muslim and above the nationalism, my identity is Islam. As I have Indian passport, I gave my Endian passport number but how could you? No worries, the passport number for India you can give any alphabet followed by seven digits. For example P7860786. It is a deliberate security breach and it doesn’t even bother about matching the passport number and name on it. One of my Arab friend said he constantly donates AAP, its working. Then you can donate them using your debit or credit card.
I am from Endia and it is my duty to help my brothers there so I have donated Rs. 45000 INR, that is in Pakistan my two months’ salary. You can donate at least Rs. 100 INR, well that would cut your budget for a day in the KFC of Gulshan-e-Iqbal with your girlfriend but it will be a great help to the cause of Islam and Allah with his angels will bless you, history will mind that you were participant in establishing the political undercover flag of Islam in Delhi.
Please go to the donation link for AAP here: http://donate.aamaadmiparty.org and follow the procedure shown in the picture. When your transaction will be complete you shall get a SUCCESS MESSAGE and a TRANSACTION ID. I had a hard time while donating to AAP because I am not that much tech-savvy and so when I donated, with the help of my nephew I have screenshot this for your convenience. Follow the method divided by phase. Thanks.
Proofs
“Our Kashmir Our Concern” page:

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Prem · Post by **Prem** » 01 Feb 2014 05:29

Frigging Freaking Time

Homecoming to DZinnah’s Pakistani– II

The change of Taliban leadership is fundamental to the understanding of the thesis that I am presenting here. Fazullah will look to the entire province and indeed the rest of the country as a target to wreak havoc with maximum cruelty because he believes he is fighting to remove a corrupt elite and impose the Sharia. He also has a personal reason to hate the center. He lost his brother in a drone strike for which he blames both the US and Pakistan. He is thus driven by a desire for revenge on a personal and class basis.The ruling elite of Pakistan appear to be overwhelmed by these problems. It is the traditional rabbit caught in a headlight. Apart from discussing its favorite conspiracy theories—and I heard the range and diversity—it has little idea of how to halt the rapidly deteriorating situation. The elite know something terrible is happening, but it has little idea what to do about it. It is the failure of the modern state and the elite is culpable for allowing the situation to deteriorate to this point. The ruling class has yet to connect the dots for themselves. It does not see its own complicity in the chaos.
The elite have an infinite capacity for self-destruction. While the upper class enjoys the perks of globalization—connectedness with the world, financial and business deals with multinationals, bank accounts, property and holidays abroad, children studying in the west, and high standards of living—they are not prepared to share even the crumbs with their impoverished fellow citizens. Their children wear t-shirts and jeans and play guitars and visit their parents for summer and winter breaks from universities in the west. Lavish dinner parties, where the rich and influential meet with the wives decked in sparkling jewelry, are like throwing petrol into a raging fire.Former Ambassador Tariq Afridi, a good friend from my school days in Abbottabad, educated at Cambridge and a world class polo player, looking at the general decline and collapse around him, believed that “this is who we really are.” He thought that until the 1960s and 1970s, the older generation trained by the British had been able to maintain some standards of morality, behavior, dress, and character but with the passing of that generation, the Pakistan elite today was “reverting to type.”This elite is tiny and lives in a bubble of affluence. The vast majority of Pakistanis live a very different life. They are mostly jobless, barely literate, hungry, and angry. They use the rhetoric of Islam to express their anger at their plight and are no longer prepared to see the juxtaposition of wealth and poverty and do nothing about it. They expect the government alone to clear up the mess.

But this is a problem not for the Prime Minister of Pakistan alone. It is a problem confronting the nation itself, and every citizen must accept the challenge to take back and reestablish the writ of the state. But time is running out.
There is talk of wanting the Sharia among ordinary Pakistanis by which they mean justice, jobs, and incorrupt and efficient administration. Islam is thus a highly potent symbol for those challenging the current order. Ordinary servants are encouraged to think of the house in which they work as their own, the peasants to take possession of the land that they till, and kidnapping for ransom as a justifiable act against those seen as heartless and corrupt members of the elite. These acts, which are blatantly against Islam, are justified as Islamic ones. The frightening fact is that people have little idea of the theology and history of Islam itself. Leaders of groups involved in these acts target an opposing sectarian or class group and pronounce that they are not real Muslims and therefore deserve to be put to death. Minority groups–like the Hindus and Christians–have been targeted and are terrified.Pakistan appears to be in the midst of a slow motion revolution. The violence seems to be coming from every direction, and the elite has been unsuccessful in checking it. Something like 50,000-60,000 Pakistanis have died in the years since 9/11. General Hameed Gul, once the all-powerful head of the ISI and supporter of the Taliban, was confident that the Taliban would be in power within two years. He said, “both dictatorship and democracy have failed.”
Laugh Of Malis Loud & Clear

But this is not a revolution in the manner of Iran, in which a recognized leader, Imam Khomeini, led an organized clerical structure to take power from a corrupt and effete Shah of Iran. Nor is this a revolution in the classic Marxist mold as in Russia led by Lenin or in China led by Mao. There is no recognized leader, nor a unified organization or even an established command and control structure, or a vision of what would happen if these groups actually succeeded in destroying the fabric of the administration that holds up Pakistan. It is this imprecision of organization and ideology which makes the revolution so dangerous to the stability of Pakistan.
The battle lines for Pakistan have been clearly drawn between a Taliban version of the country with all the chaos and turbulence that it entails and one envisaged by Mr. Jinnah, a modern Muslim state. Whether you admire Mr. Jinnah or are a critic, there is no doubt that in the context of Pakistan, he symbolizes a modern Muslim nation promising full rights to women, minorities, and the poor. He unequivocally supported the rule of law and the constitution. Besides he is perhaps the most powerful unifying factor in a divided nation. Remove Jinnah and no other Pakistani can fill the Void.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 01 Feb 2014 06:55

subhanallah

Learning to detect an IED hidden in a fake Quran at Pakistan's anti-bomb school

RISALPUR, Pakistan -- Militants in Pakistan have found clever ways to hide homemade bombs. They've been strapped to children's bicycles, hidden inside water jugs and even hung in tree branches. But the most shocking place that Brig. Basim Saeed has heard of such a device being planted was inside a hollowed-out book made to look like a Quran, Islam's holy book.

A soldier who went to pick up the book from the floor was killed when it exploded.{exploding hoko }

"Normally if that book is lying somewhere on the floor, you tend to pick it up immediately just for respect," said Saeed, the chief instructor at a school training Pakistani forces how to detect the so-called improvised explosive devices, which have become increasingly popular in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the insurgency in Pakistan's northwest, near the Afghan border.

Terrorists are also very brainy," Saeed said. "They are using different techniques to defeat our efforts also. So we need to be very proactive."

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 01 Feb 2014 07:07

it is not just paki truck drivers across loc who smuggle drugs hawai jahaz isn't far behind
Pakistan flight attendant jailed for heroin smuggling at Leeds Bradford Airport.

A FLIGHT attendant has been jailed for five years after he tried to smuggle £600,000 worth of heroin into the UK through Leeds Bradford airport.

Syed Shah, 31, had 2kg of the drug hidden in his cabin bag and flight case when officers searched them shortly after he got off a Pakistan International Airlines flight.

Leeds Crown Court heard Shah had been part of the cabin crew during a flight from Islamabad to the Yorkshire airport on November 20 last year.

Officers searched his baggage and discovered four transparent sealed packages containing heroin.

Shah then told officers he had another package containing heroin concealed in the waistband of his trousers.

no diplomatic immunity I pooch?

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Feb 2014 07:10

Brad Goodman wrote:subhanallah

Learning to detect an IED hidden in a fake Quran at Pakistan's anti-bomb school
RISALPUR, Pakistan -- Militants in Pakistan have found clever ways to hide homemade bombs. They've been strapped to children's bicycles, hidden inside water jugs and even hung in tree branches. But the most shocking place that Brig. Basim Saeed has heard of such a device being planted was inside a hollowed-out book made to look like a Quran, Islam's holy book.

A soldier who went to pick up the book from the floor was killed when it exploded.{exploding hoko }

"Normally if that book is lying somewhere on the floor, you tend to pick it up immediately just for respect," said Saeed, the chief instructor at a school training Pakistani forces how to detect the so-called improvised explosive devices, which have become increasingly popular in wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the insurgency in Pakistan's northwest, near the Afghan border.

Terrorists are also very brainy," Saeed said. "They are using different techniques to defeat our efforts also. So we need to be very proactive."

Look at the positive side, at least the experience was enlightening

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 01 Feb 2014 07:12

It definitely was mind blowing. Or as tallel deepal friend would say in her massage parlor one with " happy ending"

member_22733 · Post by **member_22733** » 01 Feb 2014 07:21

^^^ Oldie but goodie :

hokos are known to kill people with lightning, now they have started killing people with explosions. They know a kaffir when they see one (and explode).

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 01 Feb 2014 07:35

Myanmar may be Manmohan's last trip abroad as PM

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 01 Feb 2014 16:57

Looks 400 % Rashid_Quereshi class Paki-honest

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 01 Feb 2014 20:44

Uni-brow in trouble
Paki hero, Akmal (of the uni-brow family fame) in legal soup.

Umar Akmal arrested after 'scuffle' with police

middle-order batsman Umar Akmal was arrested Saturday for violating traffic rules, interfering in government work and “scuffling” with a traffic official

he scuffled with a warden and tore his uniform

Akmal denied the charges, claiming he had been assaulted by the traffic warden first. “The warden hit me on my face and you can see the wounds

He is regarded as one of al-bakistan's most talented batsman

Quite a talent.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 01 Feb 2014 22:01

maybe he was just trying to undress the traffic warden, you know... for some off-road riding?

LakshO · Post by **LakshO** » 01 Feb 2014 22:30

PCB chief on ICC reorg

From the above

Pakistan has not hosted India for seven years and during the meeting, according to Zaka, the BCCI offered to resume cricketing ties . "The BCCI offered to all the cricket boards of the world, they offered us a lot, too,” the PCB chief said. “They told us they will make a bankable document and they won’t back out from their promise."

Does BCCI have the mandate to make these kinds of decisions? Are they making commitments that they can't keep? Pawar & Srinivasan can make a mess out of IPL but they can't decide on series with pakis, either in India or in pakiland.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 01 Feb 2014 23:23

http://www.dawn.com/news/1084259

Taliban nominate Imran Khan, Samiul Haq to mediate peace talks

The Pakistani Taliban have nominated the names of five political and religious leaders to mediate peace talks with government negotiators, their spokesman said on Saturday.

The names include Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, Maulana Samiul Haq, former chief cleric of the Lal Masjid in Islamabad Maulana Abdul Aziz, Professor Mohammad Ibrahim of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), and Mufti Kifayatullah, a former lawmaker of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) from Mansehra said to have close ties with the Taliban.

Peregrine · Post by **Peregrine** » 02 Feb 2014 03:27

British report reveals Israel’s arms exports to Pakistan

Israel has exported security equipment over the past five years to Pakistan and four Arab countries, Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a British government report as saying.

However, a spokesman of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) categorically denied the news report saying it was “misleading” and “not based on facts”.

The report says that in addition to Pakistan, Israel has exported arms and security equipment to Egypt, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco.

The report deals with British government permits for arms and security equipment exports and was released by Britain’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

The department oversees security exports and publishes regular reports on permits granted or denied to purchase arms, military equipment or civilian items that are monitored.

Haaretz reported that from January 2008 to December 2012, British authorities processed hundreds of Israeli applications to purchase military items containing British components for use by the Israel Defence Forces, or to go into systems exported to third countries.

The UK government reports also list the countries to which Israel sought to export the items. Among Israel’s clients are countries with which it does not have diplomatic ties.

The report says that in 2011 Israel sought to purchase British components to export radar systems to Pakistan, as well as electronic warfare systems, Head-up Cockpit Displays ?(HUD?), parts for fighter jets and aircraft engines, optic target acquisition systems, components of training aircraft, and military electronic systems.

Prior to that, in 2010, Israel applied for permits to export electronic warfare systems and HUDs with components from Britain to Pakistan. Also in 2010, Israel sought permits to supply Egypt and Morocco with Israeli electronic warfare systems and HUD systems that use British parts, the Haaretz said in its report.

In 2009, Israel requested permits from British authorities to process security equipment exports to Algeria, Morocco and the UAE. The exports processing south for Algeria and the UAE also including permits to supply components for drones.

According to the British reports, Israel’s other clients for military exports over the past five years include India, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Sweden, Portugal, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Holland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Thailand, Macedonia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Switzerland, Ecuador, Mexico, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Equatorial Guyana, Poland and Argentina

Cheers