Category Archives: South Asia

Gujarat Muslims the ‘living dead’

Posted on April 29, 2009 by kf1

Muslims in India’s Gujarat state who bore the brunt of religious riots in 2002 say they have been abandoned by the political parties. The BBC’s Soutik Biswas met some riot victims ahead of the general election in the state. Continue reading →

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Why Pakistan cares about Chaudhry

Posted on March 17, 2009 by kf1

Iftikhar Chaudhry became a supreme court judge in 2000 and was appointed as the youngest ever chief justice in June 2005

Why is Pakistan’s deposed chief justice causing such a political storm? Continue reading →

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Paradise Lost – Zahid Hussain

Posted on March 11, 2009 by kf1

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Residents of Mingora often wake up to find bodies of those executed by the militants slung from electric poles in the town’s central square in the full view of the military, with a note of warning not to remove them till midday. Some 28 people, most of them women, have been executed over the past few months and their bodies thrown in the square which is now known as ‘Zibahkhana Chowk’, or Slaughter Square. Continue reading →

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A Myopic Bargain – The Pakistani Monster By WAJAHAT ALI

Posted on March 10, 2009 by kf1

In fact, neither the leaders of the US nor Pakistan have ever sincerely committed their resources and money to empowering Pakistan’s electorate, building infrastructure or creating sustainable social, economic and political reform programmes. Continue reading →

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Pakistan on the Brink By BRIAN M. DOWNING

Posted on February 16, 2009 by kf1

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Pakistan might collapse. It faces regional insurgencies, political failures, rising Islamism (in the public and army alike), and reprisals from India over the Mumbai attacks of last November. The trouble in the US’s principal though duplicitous partner in the war on terror is all the more worrisome because it has nuclear weapons. A great deal of Pakistan’s trouble is the fault of its military, which has thwarted political development, encouraged Islamism, and supported terrorism.

From its inception in 1947, Pakistan was predisposed to military rule. The British colonial army of the subcontinent was drawn predominantly from the Punjab, a region that became part of Pakistan upon independence. From that point on, the Pakistani army was more unified and capable of concerted action than were the political parties. Seeing itself as embodying the nation far more than they did, the army would push aside civilian governments and take the reins of power when it saw fit. There’s no edifying morality play here. Pakistan’s political parties are corrupt, oligarchic patronage networks that bear considerable blame as well for the situation today.
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Doubts over “Pakistan militants” foiled by India

Posted on January 29, 2009 by kf1

Doubts have been raised about police reports of a foiled attack on India’s capital blamed on Pakistani militants, with newspapers wondering if the whole episode might have been staged. Continue reading →

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Angels and Demons in Mumbai By CONN HALLINAN

Posted on December 19, 2008 by kf1

Two things emerge from last month’s horrendous attack on Mumbai: one is how interconnected South Asia is with the rest of the world. The other is how the Carter Administration’s ill-conceived strategy in Afghanistan more than 30 years ago still reverberates throughout the region. Decades of subversion, terrorism and invasion have created what historian Vijay Prashad calls a “cauldron” from which has emerged avenging angels and dark demons in equal measure. Continue reading →

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India’s Leaders Need to Look Closer to Home – The Assault on Mumbai By TARIQ ALI

Posted on November 28, 2008 by kf1

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Add to this the continuing sore of Kashmir which has for decades been treated as a colony by Indian troops with random arrests, torture and rape of Kashmiris an everyday occurrence. Conditions have been much worse than in Tibet, but have aroused little sympathy in the West where the defense of human rights is heavily instrumentalised.

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Mumbai Chaos

Posted on November 27, 2008 by kf1

It’s not hard to understand why these soughts of things happen in India if one considers India’s history on inter-religious relations.  When Christians get slaughtered by Hindus nothing really happens to the perpetrators. See: 100 die in anti-Christian attacks in … Continue reading →

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Buried Alive in Pakistan – In Cold Bold By AHMAD FARUQUI

Posted on October 2, 2008 by kf1

The headline was “Five women buried alive.” Readers wondered if the victims had been felled by a natural disaster. As they read on, they discovered to their horror that it was not a mudslide or earthquake that was responsible for these tragic deaths. The women had been murdered! Continue reading →

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