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Arundhati Roy on Afzal Guru’s Execution
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Posted By:
Usman_Khalid
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14/Feb/2013
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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
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Breaking the circle of ignorance by Zahrah Nasir
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Posted By:
Usman_Khalid
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5/Feb/2013
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(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
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Pakistan Army – Myths & Facts by Dr Farrukh Saleem
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Posted By:
Usman_Khalid
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7/Dec/2012
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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
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Threat of 5th Generation War in Pakistan by Usman Khalid
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Posted By:
Usman_Khalid
On:
7/Dec/2012
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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
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Case for Kalabagh Dam by Usman Khalid
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Posted By:
Usman_Khalid
On:
3/Dec/2012
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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
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