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Arundhati Roy on Afzal Guru’s Execution
Posted By: Usman_Khalid Created On: 14/Feb/2013 Views: 1308 Replies: 0 
Spring announced itself in Delhi on Saturday. The sun was out, and the law took its course. Just before breakfast, the government of India secretly hanged Afzal Guru, prime accused in the attack on parliament in December 2001, and interred his body in Delhi’s Tihar jail where he had been in solitary confinement for 12 years. Guru’s wife and son were not informed. “The authorities intimated the fam Click here to read Full Article

Breaking the circle of ignorance by Zahrah Nasir
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 5/Feb/2013 Views:1004 Replies:0 
(Dams do not consume water; they STORE water for use downstream. It is at the barrages that water is consumed as irrigation canals are taken out. River Indus has such little water below Kotri because of Kotri Barrage, not Tarbela Dam. In fact the province of Sindh has received 33% more water after the construction of Tarbela Dam. Sindh will get its share of 37% from every dam which may be built on Click here to read Full Article
Revolution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? by Bruce Riedel
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 4/Feb/2013 Views:1004 Replies:0 
Saudi Arabia is the world’s last absolute monarchy. Like Louis XIV, King Abdullah has complete authority to do as he likes. But while a revolution in Saudi Arabia is still not likely, the Arab Awakening has made one possible for the first time, and it could come in President Obama’s second term. Click here to read Full Article
 
Balochistan News Letter – January 2013 by Usman Khalid
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 4/Feb/2013 Views:897 Replies:0 
This is a brief Talk of the Town Report compiled for those interested in Balochistan. Significant developments are listed hereunder.Shia Protestors who brought about the removal of Raisani government in Baluchistan Click here to read Full Article
Letter of Admiral Fasih Bokhari, Chairman NAB, to President Asif Zardari
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 28/Jan/2013 Views:1265 Replies:0 
NAB has been used by all past governments to ‘get’ their political opponents. It is staffed by ‘hold overs’ of previous chairmen of NAB. Diverse political pressures are exerted quite openly and very strongly. Admiral Bokhari was subjected to fierce pressures not only on behalf of influential accused but also the media and the courts. During the incumbency of Admiral Bokhari as Chairman NAB, he was Click here to read Full Article
 
Balochistan News Letter – December 2012
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 28/Jan/2013 Views:1113 Replies:0 
This is a brief Talk of the Town Report compiled for those interested in Balochistan. Significant developments are listed hereunder. President Asif Zardari - Unconcerned and happy; things are going well for him he thinks Click here to read Full Article
Who will Win 2013 Elections in Pakistan? by Usman Khalid
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 24/Jan/2013 Views:1565 Replies:0 
The Economist of London has predicted on the basis of polls that Mian Nawaz Sharif, Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), would be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. I agree with that analysis. Having just returned from a six week long stay in Pakistan, I would like to say, why? The TUQ (Tahir ul Qadri) ‘sit in’ took place a couple of hundred yards from my house in Islamabad. I would also like Click here to read Full Article
 
Pakistan Army – Myths & Facts by Dr Farrukh Saleem
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 7/Dec/2012 Views:1290 Replies:0 
The army should not indulge in politics. Definitely not. The army should not be buying off politicians. No question about it. Every citizen of Pakistan, whether an army general or a civilian minister, should be punished if found guilty by a court of law. Absolutely no debate about that one either.Yes, the army would have to learn that a unidimensional national security strategy singularly focused Click here to read Full Article
Threat of 5th Generation War in Pakistan by Usman Khalid
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 7/Dec/2012 Views:1337 Replies:0 
When I circulated my article titled “ Military Intervention Appears Inevitable Again” (link below) , there was a mixed response. Many agreed with me but some thought that I was forecasting or advocating a coup d’état. I was not. But that was and still is my fear. http://www.rifah.org/site/military-intervention-appears-inevitable-again/ A threat analysis being circulated on the internet is appende Click here to read Full Article
 
Case for Kalabagh Dam by Usman Khalid
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 3/Dec/2012 Views:1104 Replies:0 
The video deals with three major contentions that by the construction of Kalabagh Dam: 1) will Nowshera in KPK come under water, 2) Sindh will becoming an arid area, 3) there is not enough water in Indus river ti justify another dam. The interview concludes that all three contentions are false. It is stressed that DAMS DO NOT CONSUME WATER: THEY STORE WATER. Whether there is one dam on a river Click here to read Full Article
Balochistan News Letter – November 2012 by Usman Khalid
Posted By: Usman_Khalid On: 3/Dec/2012 Views:969 Replies:0 
This is a brief Talk of the Town Report compiled for those interested in Balochistan. Significant developments are listed hereunder.Two men were killed on the first day of the month, one at Mastung and the other in Hub. Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, the only MPA in Opposition in Balochistan Assembly, appeared before the SC to get relief from the BHC sentence of life term. On orders of the SC, he was Click here to read Full Article

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