Archive for the Pakistan Category


Salim Mansur on Pakistan

On Friday night I went for a late supper with Dr. Roy and Salim Mansur. I was the least educated person at the table, with no alphabet soup after my name. As Salim held forth on the creation and self-destruction of Pakistan, we all got a little more educated. His article in yesterday’s Sun is [...]

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Some additional links to western and global hypocracy.

As usual most of the world shows such a blatant double standard with respect to Israel and frankly, everyone else that we tend not to even notice it and on occasion, like Hitler’s ‘big lie’ tend to think there must be something to it for so many to buy into it. In a way I [...]

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On the treatment of the Jews in Bombay. A difficult post to write.

I have been planning this post since Wendy pointed me at the story. It has taken me all day to manage to format it my head in such a manner that I can get it down. I feel this aspect, this slice of time in terms of the events in Bombay India reveals such malice [...]

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Taliban threatenes to kill any girls attending schools in Pakistan. Times of India

Before I post the article it might be worth mentioning a few things as preface to those not as obsessed as I on watching groups like Taliban etc. The Taliban have had a campaign on as long as they have existed to maintain the Islamic idea that women should never be taught anything other than [...]

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Rogue cartoons kill six in Pakistan

No, really. A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday killing six people and wounding about 20, police and hospital officials said. The blast will raise fresh questions about the safety of foreigners in Pakistan even though militant attacks have dropped off since a new [...]

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