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Maybe. But people do have a right to protest that. Anyway, the attitude of saying "rape happens" about Kashmir is like saying "people smoke everywhere" and then going and lighting a cigarette in a fireworks shop. Already there is enough real/baseless suspicion of armed forces in parts...

It's a pretty ham-handed way of handling what should have been a straight-forward affair. First the police say that there was no rape. Then the Chief Minister says there was no rape. Then the medical reports shows that there was! Now, even if it turns out that the rape was not by Army/Police...

Wonder if Fazlullah was in the building when it blew up ! Can anyone recognize Fazlullah if he was actually arrested ? There are no photos, no neutral people who can recognize him (except a few reporters most of who have been killed). The worry is that even if he is killed, someone else can...

A lot of worry about Taliban has been due to what happened in Iran during the revolution and experiences in Africa. In Iran after the overthrow of the Shah the religious right overthrew the centrists and came to power. There is a tendency to see Zardari as the weak centrist. The list of...

The problem is not with the software per se. The issue is with government forcing the installation. The individual is no longer in control of what he/she reads, but the government is. Added to the fact is the issue that government is actually paying 30,000 people to post on blogs/forums with...

IANABIDO ( I am not a Budhist, but i dated one :-) Most forms of Budhism does not much care about marriage as a religious duty. Buddhist view of marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are varying figures on his net worth. Tribune says Rs 30 Billion (About half a billion USD) The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Lead Article Some others say his income is probably close to that every year.

Oh come on! Saying India's poor are not really poor is just ignoring a host of problems. I have, in Mumbai, seen people eat right out of trashcans. Irrespective of how much of money they have saved up, I'd say that they are really poor if they cannot eat food. Or go outside of metros and towns...

Even more worrying is this paragraph In recent months China has tightened its Internet restrictions, including an “anti-vulgarity” campaign that has closed down thousands of pornographic sites but also nonsexual sites, including some of the most popular bulletin boards and blog hosts. China...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/asia/09china.html?hp BEIJING — China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out pornography and other “unhealthy information” from the Internet. The...

Forbes does not list anyone from Pakistan in their list (sort the list by country) The World's Billionaires 2009 - Forbes.com But some lists online list a billionaire called "Mian Muhammad Mansha Yaha " . Nothing from any reputed sources though. Meet Mr Pakistan: Mian Muhammad Mansha Yaha...

Seems like protests are much more peaceful compared to earlier ones. Atleast from the news stories the protests are more like the ones that happened in Delhi after Priyadarshini Mattoo or BMW cases. Can't say that those actions were anti-Delhi-tourism. When the authorities are seen doing...

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Government to set up Sufi Advisory Council ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday announced setting up of a 7-member ‘Sufi Advisory Council’ (SAC) with an aim to combating extremism and fanaticism by spreading Sufism in the country. Interestingly, the SAC replaces an...

He does not work for CNN - atleast that is not his main role. He is the editor of Newsweek magazine. And he does not need to express other people's views, as an editor of Newsweek he can say what he wants.

"His people" are the Americans and the western world. He has been clear on that from the beginning. You should read his story after 9/11 titled "Why they hate us" -- the "us" in the title refers to the United States. The Politics of Rage: Why Do They Hate Us? by Fareed Zakaria Not...

I never understood the anti-US bias. ---------------------------------------- Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan EDITORIAL: Taliban menace and US support Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has asked the visiting US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Mr Richard Holbrooke, to...

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DAWN.COM | Editorial | Nuclear asset or liability? THE irony in Dr A.Q. Khan’s message on the 11th anniversary of the testing of the nuclear device should be lost on no one. The armed forces had no time to celebrate the occasion as they were busy fighting with conventional arms to save the...

RAWALPINDI: The Taliban attacked a security forces’ convoy on Saturday, killing Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) naib amir Maulana Alam and spokesman Amir Izaat while they were being transported to Peshawar. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General...

The newspaper is not reputed, but seems like the story has an element of truth. Times of India has the same story under a much less hyperbolic title "India to lease US copters for coastal vigil". India to lease US copters for coastal vigil - India - The Times of India It is not surprising...