Catching a flu can make it harder to manage daily life, so you should do everything you can avoid cold or flu. When you are sick with a flu, your body sends out hormones to fight the infection. Having flu may curb your appetite, but it is important to eat something anyway. If you have a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, you will have to be careful not to allow your body to become dehydrated. Try to average about 1 cup of fluid every hour. If you are diabetic then choose water or sugar-free liquids. There is no medicine that will prevent or cure the common cold or flu, but there are medicines that can relieve some of the symptoms. These tips may help in flu: Take vitamin C espacially from natural source like lemon juice, orange juice, pomegranate juice, etc. Drink Black tea/Green tea/herbal tea without sugar and milk. Brsh and floss your teeth twice a day. If you smoke, quit. Take care of your general health.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Freedom March for Sindh
JSQM’s ‘Azadi Rally’ demands pre-1843 independence for Sindh
Courtesy: The News, Sunday, November 08, 2009
By Urooj Zia, Karachi, Sindh
Rights for the people of Sindh, and the re-establishment of the pre-1843 status of the province were the main demands of the “Azadi Rally” organised on Saturday by the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Basheer Qureshi group. At least 200,000 people — mostly young men from rural Sindh — participated in the march, and managed to block major roads and thoroughfares in the city.
“Sindh collects Rs1,200 billion as tax; it is responsible for 70 per cent of Pakistan’s total oil production, and 65 per cent of its total gas production every year,” Qureshi said, adding that despite this, the resources of Sindh were not controlled by the residents of this province.
Speakers at the rally demanded that the independent pre-1843 status of the province be reinstated, while the participants of the march chanted anti-Pakistan slogans.
Before 1843, Sindh had, as a sovereign state, signed a treaty with the British Raj, allowing the latter’s ships to pass through the Indus River. The Raj, in return, had to pay a tax to the government of Sindh. The Indus River had thus served as an important route for the British in their war in Afghanistan.
At the time, geographically, the sovereign state of Sindh was larger than the current province. Apart from the current territory, it also included Multan (currently in Punjab), Jaisalmir (India), and Lasbella and Sibi (currently in Balochistan). “Now, however, when we demand the reinstatement of pre-1843 Sindh, we are not talking about geographical boundaries. We want a sovereign state of Sindh,” JSQM leaders told The News.
Some participants of the march also said that while the concluding speeches were being made, streetlights in the area were suddenly switched off “exactly like October 18 [2007], right before the Karsaz bomb blasts.”
No untoward incidents were reported on Saturday, however, and the rally concluded peacefully.
A Different Pakistan Then! What Now?
by Omar Ali
A Different Pakistan Then! What Now? Indeed, a different Pakistan, where the karma of the British Raj was still relatively intact (SPs, DCs were god) and most simple civilians had no idea that the blessed army of the faithful had already started their “rent-an-army” business and were now in the middle of the first of several disastrous wars they would launch without thinking through the consequences. ….
Courtesy: Omar Ali & crdp@yahoogroups.com
Critical analysis the behavior of Parents for Education of their Children
By Muhammad Haroon Bahlkani, Kashmore, Sindh
A Study Conducted in Low Literacy District Kashmore of Upper Sindh
Abstract – All parents want their children to learn. But the level of their desire and efforts vary because of different socio-cultural and economical factors. Parents’ educational level also influences their urge of making their children to learn. Therefore, the behavior and attitude of parents towards the education of their children varies accordingly. This study was conducted to identify the parents’ behavior towards the education of their children at secondary level.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine
There is huge healing power within each of us that knows exactly what and where each of our ailments is and knows exactly what to do correct them. It is inside our body in an unlimited amount with out any cost. Our wellness involves choices and action. The choices we make each day and the action s we take can lead to a healthier life. Making positive choices in the areas of physical fitness, work, stress and nutrition promotes our well-being. Making a life-long commitment to a healthy lifestyle can reduce the effect o chronic medical illness. Give us more energy, increase our self-esteem and reduce the risk of illness.
Did you know our bodies are over 60% water? It keeps our bodies cool, cushions our organs and joints, and maintains our bodies in peak condition. Staying hydrated is especially important in summer, when our body uses water to keep you cool when you’re running around or just walking.
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. – Thomas A. Edison”
JSQM Freedom March Rally
Karachi-Sindh: (Nov. 7, 2009) JSQM, Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz’s Freedom March. Hundreds of Thousands Sindhis gathered in Karachi. At 1pm the rally had started from Gulshan-e-Hadid….in Buses, cars…and other vehicles.. at 3pm…the walk had started from Nishtar Park…..to MA….Jinnah Road.. for the sovereignty of Sindh.
Baloch activist of Karachi-Sindh Shot dead
by Masood Baloch
Baloch activist of Karachi-Sindh, Nisar Baloch Shot dead by unknown person near bridge in Old Golimar, Karachi, Sindh. Shaheed Nisar Baloch was campaigning against land mafia and an ethnic group for grabbing the real state land of Tran-Lyari Park (Gatter Bagicha). Today morning he was leaving Old Golimar with his family when he reached the bridge he was shot at his head, his wife and another person received bullet wounds and are still in hospital.
US puts faith in Pakistan’s military
by Omar Ali
IF the US has already decided to get out no matter what, then they may feel the need to get Pak army cooperation for a safe exit from Afghanistan. Saleem Shahzad states that this has caused the US to dump Zardari in favor of the army and to dump Abdullah in favor of Karzai. The first is more believable, after all the US is not Zardari’s maternal uncle. If Zardari bhai is a liability, he will be dumped. But the second assertion may be spin on someone’s behalf..
Let me put on my optimistic cynical hat and make some counter predictions (not necessarily true, but I do think they are likelier than some of yours):
1. Pepe Escobar is not a reliable witness.
2. Modern Nation states are remarkably stable. Most have irrational boundaries (gifts of colonialism and accident) but only a couple have actually broken apart (Pakistan being one of them, but I think you will agree that East and West Pakistan was an especially irrational case). Pakistan and India will remain in present boundaries for the foreseeable future. Balkanization will be a threat, but will not actualize. There is too much holding the countries together, though “remote” areas will continue with insurgencies.
3. The nascent capitalists in both India and Pakistan will continue to spout nationalist hate speech, but it is in their monetary interest to have a reasonable level of cooperation. Full blown conflict does not suit either of them. Of course, there may be other interest groups that ARE benefiting from conflict. In India, they are already no match for the massive “real economy” of industry and commerce. In Pakistan, the commercial sector is smaller and the army is RELATIVELY bigger, but the “rent an army” business model is on its last legs. Actually, if the Americans pull out in some reasonable manner and no longer pay the army to do their work, neither China nor Saudi Arabia can fill the gap. The army will have to adjust to new conditions. Instead of sending Jihadis into India, they will sell them Fauji cement and skim 13% off the gas flowing that way. Other more criminal enterprises (smuggling, kidnapping, etc) will no doubt be taxable in some form as well.
3. The real threat to stability in both countries is from the countless poor people whom the states shamelessly abuse but to whom they do not provide security or service. But these populations CAN be brought into the national mainstream. Not necessarily as nicely and justly as leftists would like (look at the harsh conditions of labor in China) and I am not saying it will necessarily work, but it CAN work. The poor have low expectations in the subcontinent. I will absolutely agree that even those low expectations are not being met in most of India or Pakistan (there is a reason we have 20 Maoist insurgencies in India) but unlike Arundhati Roy, I dont think Indian democracy will necessarily fail. In fact, I think even Pakistani democracy will not necessarily fail…
4. Afghanistan is the weakest link but even Afganistan will not break up (at least, I don’t think that is the likeliest scenario).
5. The truly sincerely RELIGIOUS fanatics are a tiny minority. The .. army and national govt can fight them off once they decide its in their interest. Of course, I expect it will be a nasty fight.
…comments welcome.
Courtesy: Omar Ali and crdp@yahoogroups.com
Panel assembled for Baluch international conference
A number of international activists, scholars and human rights practitioners will be participating in the first-ever Baluchistan International Conference in Washington DC on Nov. 21-22. The American Friends of Baluchistan (AFB), an organization that supports the independence movement, has organized the conference. The AFB considers Mir Hyrbyair Marri, Sardar Brahumdagh Bugti and Dr. Allah Nazar national heroes of Baluchistan. The conference has been organized to highlight Baluch issues.and to pay tributes to slain Baluch freedom fighter Nawabzada Balaach Marri, 41, an elected member of the Baluchistan state assembly and son of legendary Baluch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri. Marri was killed extrajudicially by the Pakistan military on Nov. 20, 2007.
Baluch international activist Mehran Baluch, a brother of the slain leader, will preside over the two-day conference that is aimed to find ways and means to end the plight of the Baluch natives in Baluchistan.
The panelists at the conference are: Selig S. Harrison, Annie Nocenti, T. Kumar, Andrew Eiva, Saghir A. Shaikh, Ph.D,Munir Mengal, Dr. Gul Agha, Wendy Johnson, Asad Rahman, Ismail Ameeri, Ali Arjemandi,M.Mumtaz Khan, Aziz Baloch, M. Hosseinbor ( Dr. Bor) , Humaira Rahman, Dr. Nazir S. Bhatti.
Meanwhile, American Friends of Baluchistan condemned Islamabad for putting one of the invitees to the conference, Prof. Naela Quadri of the Baloch Republican Party on the infamous exit control list. Prof. Quadri was recently offloaded from an aeroplane while she was travelling to Manila to attend a premier Asian Pacific NGO conference on conflict zones.
THE TAO: The way, Then and Now
The Tao teaches a vision of life as process “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.” (TAO-64), “Wise people seek solutions; The ignorant only cast blame.” (TAO-79)
Raw vegetables are more protective than cooked vegetables
Fresh washed raw vegetables are more protective than cooked vegetables to reduce the rick of pancreatic cancer by more than half. The most beneficial vegetables that identified by the scientific studies are; Garlic, ginger, onions, carrots and dark leafy green vegetables. These simple veges have incredible power of protection from cancer. Vegetables are good source of minerals and vitamins. Vegetables can play a great role in good general health.
AN OPEN LETTER TO All POLITICAL PARTIES OF SINDH
By Dr Ali Akbar Dhakan, Karachi, Sindh
MQM is a party which raised from the status of an ethentic group to a political force in our Sindh particularly in Karachi, Sindh, where majority of population belongs to migrants from India and comprise of a middle class. Sindh not only ruled by MQM, chief Altaf Hussain and establishment but it has also controlled and ruled by the land lords, jagirdars, fuedal class of tribes and creeds. If they become the part of the govt. then they try to grab all resources and fill their bellies with luxuries and therefore do not care for the fates of poor people of Sindh who gave them their valuable votes. That is why at present, the ministers and even President belonging to Sindh are very careless to offer their sympathies and respect to the poor people of Sindh. Therefore, I want to suggest Asif Ali Zardari, Qaim Ali Shah, Altaf Bhai, Rasool Bux Palijo and other stake holders of Sindh (a)offer sympathies to whole Sindh for solving problems (b)call people of Sindh who have remained victims in different fields (c)direct all Ministers and MPAs and MNAs to meet the people of Sindh (d)mix with the people of Sindh by organising their offices and units in whole sindh (e)organise conferenes in Sindh and announce sympathies with the people of Sindh. In this way, you all political parties will get sure success in Sindh and by serving the poor people of Sindh, you all can be effective force in Sindh.
sarkash
by Aziz Narejo, Tx
Hats off to Amar Sindhu, her colleagues in WAF, Jami Chandio and others who have taken a practical step in this case. All of you have done a superb job in this as well as in many other cases. Please take up the case of the girl molested by her teachers too. She and her family needs the help of the civil society activists.
Courtesy: SANAlist@yahoogroups.com
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More on this issue, please click here to read Nisar Khokhar’s report at BBC urdu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2009/11/091103_poet_alleged_as.shtml
blackmailer sarkash
Karachi – Sindh: Nawab Khair Buksh Marri’s Interview – The entire world is open to us, why should we confine ourselves to this country
Face to Face
“The entire world is open to us, why should we confine ourselves to this country” – Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri
By Amir Zia
Interview: Karen Armstrong
Interview: Cultures in Harmony
The entire world is open to us, why should we confine ourselves to this country – Nawab Khair Buksh Marri
By Amir Zia
Courtesy: http://qksisamaa.isamaa.tv/report/2009-08-22-interview-nawab-khair-buksh-marri-partial-transcript/
Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri is seen as the kingpin of the radical Baloch nationalist movement, which explicitly demands an independent Balochistan. Although the veteran Baloch leader appears to be living a quiet life in Karachi’s posh Defence Housing Authority for the past several years, his admirers as well as rivals view him as one of the key players of the separatist movement, operating from behind-the-scenes. The shadowy militant Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) – which is waging a low-intensity insurgency in the rugged mountains of Balochistan, as well as targeting government installations, officials and security forces in the cities – is dominated by his Marri tribesmen.
Zardari, Bilawal buy 300 acres of Land
by Zahid Imran
There are factual holes in this story and assumptions and links drawn in a speculative fashion. However my comments are related to this story only and does not and should not be construed as support or defense of Zardari.
Coutesy: Zahid Imran and crdp@yahoogroups.com
NFC : Sindh has lost 88 billions
by Zulfiqar Mirani
Syed Qaim Ali Shah says that Sindh has lost 88 billions due to (indirectly pointing out towards Mumtaz Bhutto) signing on NFC 1997..
My questions is that will PPP government tell the Sindhi people that how much amount Sindh has lost in last 35 years on account of financial distribution on the basis of population; and that who had introduced that criteria (of population basis) for the distribution (in 1974). And also that why they and PPP have deviated from historical stand of Sindh Government for distribution on the basis of revenue generation basis only?
Instead of opposing this criteria why PPP government of Sindh supports it? Is this criteria of distribution of NFC in the interest of Sindh? Will Mr. Shah, the chief minister of Sindh explain how much amount Sindh will loose on this criteria (particularly on area and poverty/HDI) basis?..
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Courtesy & Thanks: Sindhi e-lists and Zulfiqar Mirani
AJ DEE TAZA’A KHABAR AAYEE HEY, TE ALTAF HUSSAIN SADA BHAI HEY
by: Mir Raza
Mian Nawaz Sharif who has promised in London conference that he will never make any alliance with MQM chief Altaf Hussain has now welcomed Altaf Hussain for his announcement to oppose NRO bill, even Jamat e Islami has issue a NRO for Altaf Hussain, Munawar Hussain of jamat e islami has said that he salute Altaf Hussain for his announcement. Now Jamat e Islami is giving a shower of Aab e zam zam to him.
Every one can see a big board hanged on N- League’s head quarter, saying:
AJ DEE TAZA’A KHABAR AAYEE HEY, TE ALTAF HUSSAIN SADA BHAI HEY.
and massacre of 12th May is forgotten by them…
Courtesy: – Sindhi e-lists/groups, November 3, 2009
Long March of Awami Tahreek
Ayaz Latif Palijo President Awami Threek
We support the spirit and purpose of the long march. I welcome and appreciate your efforts against terrorism, autocracy, discrimination, corruption, jirga and sardari system. We support you in condemning the practice of karo kari (honor killings); asking for provincial autonomy, educational and health facilities and demanding the ownership of natural resources and opportunities for employment.
These are worthy causes. Until today, the struggle has not yielded the desired results. However, we cannot and should not give up these worthy causes. God works in own ways. May be the time is NOW and your and our efforts will make it happen.
Regardless of our party affiliation or personal misgivings or personal preferences, I urge all freedom loving people to keep working for these worthy causes..
Ali Nawaz Memon
(Author: SINDH DEVELOPMENT THOUGHTS)
Sindh Development Institute, 7204 Antares Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA 20879
Pearls of wisdom
Remember this always in life – Never take some one for granted, Hold every person, Close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realise that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones.
Source – Internet
So called “Free media” of Pakistan!
by Iqbal Tareen
So called “Free media” in Pakistan is still in its infancy. Members and owners of the Pakistani media carry huge burden of predisposed opinions and ideas about various political issues and political parties. High percentage of owners and journalists alike seem to muscle their power to pursue personal, political and business objectives.
The limited options of President Zardari – By Shaheen Sehbai
Courtesy: The News
WASHINGTON: If the past is any guide, as we now know that all previous political upheavals were carried out according to the secret scripts written by key players of our omnipotent establishment, the latest political developments tell us that the noose is tightening around our president and he has to decide quickly which option he has to exercise so that he can survive politically, financially and probably even physically.
40 seats for rural Sindh out of 40,000
40 seats for rural Sindh out Of 40,000 admissions in Karachi every year. Sindhis are being discriminated in their own motherland. 40 seats out of 40,000 does not even qualify to be a charity.
Gilgit Baltistan Democratic Alliance (GBDA) Leaders Detained before Election in Gilgit
GBDA Leaders Detained before Election in Gilgit
Brussels : 31st Oct. 2009 – Detention of hundred GBDA Leaders and workers exposed fraud Elections of Pakistan. The so-called election after announcement of a fraud package has been exposed. Top leaders of Gilgit Baltistan Democratic Alliance (GBDA) have been detained by regime in Gilgit today. Wajahat Hassan Khan Chairman APNA and Engineer Amanullah Khan Chairman GBDA along with all the 3 candidates of Gilgit constituency have been arrested by Police on the direction of Pakistan security forces today on 31st. Oct. at the occasion when they announced public gathering tomorrow on 1st. Nov against the illegal occupation.
The Gilgit Police have arrested Engeer Amanullah Khan Chairman GBDA, Burhanullah General Secretary, Shahid Hussain GBDA candidate for LA 1 Gilgit 1 constituency, Adv. Mohammad Farooq. GBDA candidate for LA2 Gilgit 2 Constituency, Afsar Jan GBDA candidate for LA 3 Gilgit 3 constituency, Adv. Ehsan Ali former President of Gilgit Baltistan Bar Council, Wajahat Hassan Khan Ex Member of Gilgit Baltistan Council and Col. (Retired) Nadir Hassan, Mohammad Javed former member of District Council and Akbar. Dozens of Balawaristan National Students Organization (BNSO) and Karakorum Students Organization (KSO) members havealso been detained by Gilgit Police when they start to organize public gathering.
This is the only indigenous nationalist Political Alliance (mainly consists BNF and KNM) of this disputed region which is under Pakistan occupation, has been barred in taking part in election process, by giving all the facilities with huge funds to the Pakistani parties, who are taking part in the coming elections on 12 Nov. 2009. Though according to UNCIP Pakistan has to withdraw its forces and civilians, but in practice forces and its intelligence agencies have been suppressing the whole indigenous population of Gilgit, Baltistan. The 2 million indigenous people are not allowed to raise their voices by political process and they don’t have access to Justice, Education and economical progress instead of huge natural resources. The regime does not allow GBDA to hold election rallies and public gatherings, which is the clear indication of unfair and partial elections in the coming days, where GBDA is contesting Elections instead of not endorsing elections under occupation.
We condemn of this act of occupying regime and we are going to tell the international community that government and its behind hidden and actual government (Security Forces) has decided to elect all the Pakistani backed candidates including PPP ; PML, JUI, JI and MQM. The MQM has been sent to this disputed region by primer spy agency first time with huge funds and other facilities, while the government is backing PPP. In such situation we don’t have trust in the elections.
Abdul Hamid Khan
Chairman, Balawaristan National Front (BNF)
November 02, 2009
Haider Nizamani traces history of Pakistan’s compromised sovereignty dating back to the country’s first prime minister
Haider Nizamani
Life before Kerry-Lugar —Haider Nizamani
Courtesy: Daily Times, November 2, 2009
Popular sentiment has always been wary of American influence in Pakistan. Successive governments while framing their relations with the US have tried to placate public mood by invoking notions such as ‘augmenting national defence’ to accepting the ground realities of power politics.
Why are TV pundits and commentators in the print media so worked up about President Asif Zardari allegedly throwing the country in America’s lap? President Zardari stands accused in this media trial of selling out to the United States and compromising national security by accepting the $1.5 billion a year US aid package popularly known as the Kerry-Lugar Bill. Before judging President Zardari, let us look at the last sixty years and see if he is any different from earlier rulers of Pakistan.
Zardari and his team have much in common with their predecessors when it comes to leaning on American crutches instead of hanging on to the notion of national sovereignty. In fact, this behaviour dates all way the back to Liaquat Ali Khan, the country’s first prime minister.
Ayesha Jalal, in her meticulously researched book The State of Martial Rule, writes that Pakistan requested a $2 billion loan from the US in October 1947, and Pakistani officials “admitted that the new state’s internal political situation depended upon its ties with Britain and the US.” It was the Americans who turned down Pakistan’s request.
“If your country will guarantee our territorial integrity, I will not keep my army at all.” These are not words of Asif Zardari but of Liaquat Ali Khan, speaking in response to an American journalist’s question in Washington DC in 1950. Pakistan was so far down on the priority list of the Americans that they didn’t seriously entertain our first prime minister’s offer to disband the military.
PAKISTAN: Reconstruct or perish
by Dr. Mubashir Hasan, former finance minister of Pakistan
Courtesy: Daily Times
Reconstruct or perish, the choice before the ruling elites of Pakistan is clear. They have worked the country into a state of turmoil; call it an incipient civil war or a general uprising. The forces against what is left of the governing capacity are lawless, destructive, cruel and unorganised, yet they are powerful and aggressive, much too strong to be resisted by the present set up of the state which is decayed and predatory, with links abroad, and not truly national.
The administrative structure, the mainstay of the state, has fallen apart. The police, normally, the protector of life and property of citizens is itself in dire need of protection. The higher judiciary with its newly acquired independence also cannot give its best without an effective administrative machine. The top echelons of the political government have little credibility. The armed forces, the protectors of internal and external security, are under attack from within.
The breakdown of public services such as electricity, water supplies and railways, and the non-availability of essential goods has undermined the authority of the state. The looters and grabbers among the government and the people are having a field day. Money and guns are the principal currencies of social intercourse. The social contract is in tatters. The religious and national antagonisms, the hatred for the United States as a patron of the state, and the conflict between haves and have-nots, feed the turmoil.
While there is no dearth of concerned citizens, the ruling elites of Pakistan, a combine of civil and military services and their feudal, industrial and trading associates, held tightly in the clutches of a self-serving network of laws and rules, are in a state of shock and paralysis. The newspapers and TV talk shows are full of peripheral narratives and debates. Little guidance is available from intellectuals and historians.
Should large-scale anarchy break out, its duration cannot be predicted. Too many variables — tangible and intangible — are involved; however, the result is certain. The present system of governance along with its ruling elite are sure to be swept away to be replaced by a dispensation more oppressive and cruel, with the potential of set the entire region on fire.
The state of Pakistan needs to be reconstructed.
Now, a state is nothing but an instrument of coercion, an organisation of armed men of police and military along with magistrates, prisons, tax collectors and secret service. In order to be strong and durable, the state has to have full support of its citizens and that is exactly what the state of Pakistan has increasingly lacked during the last sixty-two years to reach is present perilous condition.
The irony of the current foreboding situation is that Pakistan is not a poor country; the rulers are rich and predatory, only the state is poor. For decades the country has been a net exporter of capital worth billions of dollars annually. Pakistan is not a weak country. With the support of its people it can hold its own against mighty military powers. Pakistan is not a small country. More than 160 million people with exceptionally large agricultural and pastoral areas are assets few countries possess. But the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear.
The choice before the ruling elite is stark: hand over power to a genuine democratic system of governance. Simply stated: hand over power to the people on the pattern of developed democratic countries, such as the United States, Canada and others.
In a new dispensation, the citizens must exercise power over themselves and for themselves. Big government should give way to small government. What the people collectively can decide and implement at a smaller level should not be decided and implemented by the body of an area of larger population.
The provinces should be enabled to decide what powers and authority they would like to cede to a new federal authority. In order to be truly sovereign Pakistan must be transformed into a state of all the peoples and all the nations.
There should be three levels of government — citizens’, provincial and federal — made up of councils and assemblies elected by the people at each of these levels to exercise political, social and economic power as agreed to in a revised constitutional compact.
The citizens’ government at the level of the village or cluster of villages or tribes should have the jurisdiction and authority for the protection of persons and property, the management of local policing and the setting up of citizen courts with juries for enforcing criminal law.
The citizens’ government at the level of tehsil and taluka should have its own administration to maintain land records and should adjudicate on questions such as those presently dealt with by the revenue officials of tehsils and talukas. It will also have its own civil courts. The citizens’ governments at the district and city level should perform both tax-levying and internal executive functions on matters prescribed in the constitution.
The expenditure of the citizens’ governments should be met from the revenues collected by the provincial tax-collecting apparatus and directly credited to the account of each district, tehsil, taluka, village and cluster of villages. The revenues of the poorest councils may receive a subsidy from the provincial government. The provinces should exercise power over all matters not specified in the jurisdiction of the citizens’ and federal governments. The government of the province should conduct inter-provincial relations and relations with the federal government.
The guarantee for the emergence of a sovereign Pakistan also lies in erasing the perception of being a client state of foreign powers. The US, because of its military involvement in Afghanistan needs Pakistan’s help and cooperation as never before. However, the bulk of Pakistanis are far from enamoured by the US. In order to be friendly and win cooperation of the people of Pakistan, a radical change of course is required on the part of the United States.
Pakistan should establish healthy relations with the countries of south and southwest Asia. There exists a massive commonality in the economic and strategic interests of Pakistan and the countries of the region, including Turkey, which can form the basis of very close cooperation.
Pakistan: What to do about religious fundamentalism?
By Farooq Tariq, Lahore
Courtesy: Links Internatioal
“Let’s deal with the ISI and the Pakistan military and let’s go recruit these mujahideen. Here is a very strong argument which is… it wasn’t a bad investment to end the Soviet Union but let’s be careful with what we sow… because we will harvest.” – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, April 23, 2009.
October 28, 2009 — Once again Pakistan has become the focus of world attention. Every day there is news of the latest suicide attack or military operation, with killings, injuries and the displacing of communities. Recently schools were ordered closed for more than a week. Even children talk about death and suicide attacks.
With more than 125 police checkpoints in Islamabad, it has become a fortress city. Lahore and other large cities are suffering the same fate: there are police road blockades everywhere. After each terrorist attack authorities issue another security high alert and set up additional barriers. How ironic that, until recently, officials and the media described these “terrorists” as Mujahideen fighting for an Islamic world.
The limitless exodus of people in Sindh is creating problems for natives
KARACHI – Sindh : Impact of migration on Sindh discussed
Courtesy: Daily Dawn, Sunday, 01 Nov, 2009
KARACHI, Oct 31: Mass migration in Sindh has led to a negative impact on its culture and language. This was the consensus reached at an interactive seminar on the “Impact of influx on Sindh”, organised by the Save Sindh Committee on Friday.
BHAGAT KANWER RAM – A SINDHI SAINT
By Kalavanti Raja
Sindh has been blessed with many saints and mystics. One of the most popular saints, in recent times, was Bhagat Kanwer Ram, born in a small village in upper Sindh in 1885 in a grocer’s family. Even as a child, he showed great talent for singing and his father put him up with a prominent holy man in the area – Saeen Satramdas. From this Guru, he imbibed spiritual teachings, a sense of genuine humility and love for a simple life.
Kashmir Conflict and Prospects of Peace in South Asia
An Analysis of the Geo Political Situation and Way Forward To a Permanent Solution and Lasting Peace in South Asia
By: Nayyar N Khan
Background and controversial claims:
The long awaiting Kashmir conflict is a mixture of theoretical and hypothetical assumptions miss communicated, supported and propagated by both Indian and Pakistani ruling elites since six decades. Pakistani ruling elites, feudal lords, establishment, civil and military bureaucracy has been propagating to own the entire State of Jammu Kashmir on the basis of so called TWO NATIONS theory due to the fact that majority of population of the State of Jammu Kashmir is the follower of Islam.
