By MAkhdooM BABAr

(editor-in-ChieF

With inputs FroM AnjAli

shArMA And Bhopinder

singh dhillon in neW

delhi

(AdditionAl reporting By

john nelson, kApil

VerMA, guru MAhAdeV,pryAnikA joshi, Asotosh

Cheterji And ZArA khAn)

THE recent state of affairsin Indian army, especial-ly with regard to its hos-

tilities towards Pakistan on the

LoC in Kashmir sector andalso along the working bound-ary between thetwo countriesemerges as aresult of deeprouted nexusbetween theextremist Hindumilitant outfits ofHindutva ideologythat are now united underthe umbrella of ruling BJPgovernment and the Indianarmy and this nexus of evils isnot only threatening Pakistan

but is surfacing as a majorthreat to regional peace, reveal

the investigations of TheDaily Mail.

The Daily Mail’sinvestigations indi-

cate that theArmy-Hindutva

nexus was first andvery clearly exposed

by India’s own investi-gating agencies as the

Joint Commissioner of Mum-bai’s Anti Terrorism squad(ATS, Hemant Karkare, duringATS’s investigations under his

command, into high profileterror incidents, including theSamjhota Express attack,Malegaon attack and MeccaMasjid attack, crystal clearlyled the investigators to undeni-able nexus of Hindutvaextremists and Indian army.

These investigations, car-ried out by Hemant Karkareand his associates at MumbaiATS, though eventuallycaused Karkare his life and hementioned threats to his life tothe then officials of the Indiangovernment, yet the findings

of these concrete investiga-tions came as an eye opener

for the global community andspecially for the countries in

the region. Karkare investiga-tion not only exposed the

deep Hindutva-army links but

Border hostilities with Pakistan, LoC aggressions, threats to China main policy of nexus | Army-Extremists nexus very effectively exposed by Mumbai’s ATS probe | ATS chief gotassassinated under the garb of 26/11 for exposing nexus of evils | Indian army officers arrested in November 2002 for running suicide training camp on the outskirts of Mumbai |General Premnath Hoon former Chief of Western Command and Colonel Jayant Jayant Chitale, imparted training on Sri Lankan Tamil militants of LTTE | Extremist Hindu officerslike Col Chitale served at Army Selection centers to inducted like-minded youngsters as commissioned officers in Indian army | Col Jayant Chitale also headed the Army ServicesSelection Board Centre in Pune for several years | Unholy nexus carried out a number of unauthorized and unsanctioned operations in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal,Afghanistan and China’s Tibet and Xinjiang areas | Former Indian PM V.P. Singh disclosed before the Jain Commission that first batch of training of LTTE militants was done byIndian Army and RAW in 1983 and later by IB | Former Advisor (to Mrs. Gandhi) K. Mohandas in his affidavit number 64/92-JCI disclosed to the Jain Commission that LTTE and

other militant groups were also provided training in Indian Military Academy Dehra Dun | N.K. Narayanan deliberately overlooked known involvement of Indian MilitaryIntelligence (MI) and ultra-right wing Hindu terrorist outfit ‘Abhinav Bharat’ in a string of terrorist acts, including Samjhota Express train blast | RDX used in Samjhota blasts

was supplied by serving MI officer, Lt. Col Purohit who procured it from the Army Ordinance Depot in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) | Hindutva terror operatives were trainedin making sophisticated Low Intensity Explosive Devices by serving Indian Army experts that were used to trigger inferno in Samjhota Express | Batch of SIM cards used in

numerous blasts by Abhinav Bharat, clearly pointed to link up of India’s MI and Hindutva terrorists | Lt. Col Purohit, Maj Upadhyay, General JJ Singh, Brig Mathur , Col HasmukhPatel, Col Shailesh Raikar, Maj. Nitin Joshi, Maj. Prayag Modak, Brig. Lajpat Prajwal, Col Dhar were named by ATS investigators as main players of Hindutva-Army nexus | Audiotapes recovered by Mumbai ATS during investigations make spine chilling revelations about nexus of evils | Tapes also reveal future threats to regional countries we well so India

itself by this nexus including taking over India with force of 300,000 soldiers of Indian army | Aseemanand confessed that Indian Military Intelligence and RSS were fullyinvolved in planning, financing and execution of many terrorist attacks | Radicals’ dominance discouraging youth to join Indian army, Forces suffer acute shortage of officers

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif offering dua after inaugurating 76 KM long Shakai – Makeen Road in South Waziris-tan Agency, here on Sunday. – Agencies

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RAHIM YAR KHAN - Pak-istan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)chairman Imran Khan on Sun-day demanded a judicial com-mission to probe the allegationsof rigging in general elections2013, adding that Nawaz Sharifcan remain Prime Minister ifthe inquiry is apt.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf(PTI) Chairman Imran Khan onSunday said that members ofthe Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) and Military Intelligence(MI) should should sit on acommission headed by theSupreme Court to investigaterigging in the 2013 GeneralElections.

While addressing a largepublic gathering in Rahim YarKhan, the PTI chief said that2013 General Elections wereconducted in a free and fair

manner. He said that the gov-ernment should set up the com-mission by November 30.

“People from MI and theISI should also sit in the com-mission,” the PTI leader said.He said that the commissionshould take six weeks to inves-tigate alleged rigging in theelection.

“If the commission givesthe decision the rigging tookplace, then Nawaz Sharif has tohand in his resignation,” ImranKhan said. ‘I spent spent eightdays in jail in Dera Gazi Khanfor the independence of thejudiciary,” Imran said.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) Chairman, Imran KhanSunday proposed a programmeto the government to end thepolitical stalemate.

Addressing a public rallyhere at Khawaja Farid Collegeground, Imran Khan proposed

to get the charges of riggingprobed through a judicial com-mission formed under theSupreme Court. The commis-sion, he said, should alsoinclude members from ISI andMI.

He said the government hastime till November 30 to formthis commission tasked to com-plete its investigation in 4 to 6weeks. The head of the com-mission can be appointed byboth sides, he added.

Imran said his party’s ongo-ing sit-in will continue as it isduring the period of the probeand Prime Minister NawazSharif can also continue toremain in his office. And if rig-ging was proved you (PM) willhave to resign and organizemid-term elections under areconstituted Election Commis-sion of Pakistan (ECP), headded.

By AsghAr Ali MuBArAk

ISLAMABAD- Pakistani andIndian journalists havepledged to promote peace andharmony amongst the Pak-istani and Indian nations byexercising healthy and sub-stantial journalism and byenhancing people to peoplecontacts, using media plat-forms and also to remove mis-conceptions, establishedamongst the ordinary peoplefrom both countries over thepast many decades.

These pledges were madehere yesterday when a team ofindependent Indian journaliststhat is visiting Pakistan on apeace and harmony promotionvisit, headed by celeberated

Indian journalist and Anchor-person Manju Dagar, called on

the Editor-In-Chief of TheDaily Mail and Chairman of

Pak-China Media FriendshipAssociation Mr. MakhdoomBabar.

Ms Manju Dagar, whoholds the Best RegionalAnchorperson Award, honoredto her by Media Federation ofIndia as she has the amazingexperience of working with anumber of famous Indianmedia organizations, includingIndian Stet media organiza-tions like Doordarshan TV andAll India Radio, in the back-drop of her professional expe-rience agreed to Mr.Makhdoom Babar’s thoughtsthat since both Pakistan andIndia were nuclear armedcountries, it was highly pivotal

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BEIJING – China, Pakistanand their neighbors pledged toenhance connectivity anddeepen practical cooperationto seek Asia's common devel-opment and ensure better liv-ing of their people.

Chinese President Xi Jin-ping, along with leaders ofseven other neighboring coun-tries and two internationalorganizations, reached con-sensus on a host of measuresto boost regional connectivity,ranging from speeding upinfrastructure construction toinnovating financing mecha-nism, according to a jointpress communique released atthe ongoing Asia-Pacific Eco-nomic Cooperation (APEC)meetings.

According to the Chinese

media's reports, Xi chaired thedialogue which was attendedby leaders of Pakistan,Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos,

Mongolia, Myanmar, andTajikistan, and representatives

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FATA uplift apriority task,says COAS

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN –Chief of Army Staff (COAS)General Raheel Sharif Satur-day said development ofFATA is a priority task beingundertaken by the Army as awell-considered strategy.

The army chief said thisafter inaugurating an impor-tant section of upcoming Cen-tral Trade Corridor (CTC)along with the largest bridgeon this road in South Waziris-tan Agency.

General Raheel said thePakistan Army has undertaken178 projects so far in socialsector, communication infra-structure and power sector inFATA and Malakand areas. Hesaid these projects are aimedto improve the quality of lifein tribal areas and address theproblem of militancy on long-term basis.

CTC is a strategic roadlink to facilitate trade betweenPakistan and Afghanistan and

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Pakistan, China vowto cement connectivity

Pakistani, Indian journalists pledge topromote peace, harmony, friendship

India’s Military-Hindutva nexus stirs serious security concern

Indian journalists seek formation of Pak-India Media Friendship Association | Pakistanijournalists express desire to promote peace with India through media overtures | show deep

desire to enhance ties between peoples of both countries through media endeavors

Imran shunsseeking PM’sresignation– Wants ISI, MI to be part of rigging probe body

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014

LAHORE: DG Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Major General Khan Tahir Javed Khan offering Fateha after laying floral wreath onthe Mazar-e-Iqbal to mark 137th birth anniversary of National Poet and Philosopher of the East Dr. Allama Mohammad Iqbal,here on Sunday. – Agencies

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LAHORE – Information Min-ister Pervazi Rashid has saidpolitics of sit ins will beresponsible for delay in elimi-nating energy crisis from thecountry.

Talking to newsmen inLahore on Sunday, he said thegovernment is determined tofulfill its commitments andPrime Minister Nawaz Sharifhas just signed importantenergy agreements withChina.

The minister said over10,000 MW electricity wouldbe added in national grid uponcompletion of these projectsin next three years.

Pervaiz Rashid said morethan 50 industries will getnew businesses through theprojects signed between Pak-istan and China yesterday,which will generate new jobopportunities for local work-force.

Responding to a questionregarding terrorism, he saidterrorists have no specificidentity. He said all terroristswill be dealt with iron handswithout any bias.

Regarding appointment ofnew Chief Election Commis-sioner, he said all politicalparties had reached consensuson the name of Justice RanaBhagwan Das, but unfortu-nately he refused to accept theposition.

He criticized Imran Khanand said no one was ready forCEC after Khan’s treatmentwith former election commis-

sioner Fakhruddin G Ibrahim.The minister maintained

that dialogues were not endedfrom the government side,adding that Imran Khanshould open the handcuffs ofhis talks team.

The Information Ministersaid the accused in killingChristian couple in Kasurhave been apprehended.

Pervaiz Rashid said: “thegovernment stands byoppressed people in KotRadha Kishan incident.”

Agencies Add: Informa-tion Minister Pervaiz Rasheedstated that the accused ofkilling Christian couple inKasur have been apprehend-ed.

Talking to media hereSunday, the information min-ister said: “the government

stands by oppressed people inKot Radha Kishan incident.”

Commenting on theappointment of Chief ElectionCommissioner, PervaizRasheed said that the govern-ment had made contacts withother political parties in thisregard. He said: “consensuswas developed on the name ofRana Bhagwandas, however,he refused to accept theoffer.”

He criticized Imran Khanand said no one was ready forCEC after Khan’s treatmentwith former election commis-sioner Fakhruddin G Ibrahim.

The minister maintainedthat dialogues were not endedfrom the government side,adding that Imran Khanshould open the handcuffs ofhis talks team.

Top militantamong 13 killed

in KhyberAgency

RAWALPINDI – At least 13terrorists, including an impor-tant militant commander, werekilled and 10 hideoutsdestroyed in airstrikes of thesecurity forces’ jets here onSunday.

The Inter-Services PublicRelations (ISPR) said that jetfighters of the Pakistan Armytargeted the suspected hide-outs of militants in Akakhelarea of Tirah Valley in KhyberAgency. As a result of aerialstrikes, 13 terrorists werereported killed and severalothers were injured and 10hideouts were razed to ground.The ISPR said a key militantcommander involved in train-ing the militants for carryingout terror attacks in settledareas and two suicide bomberswere also among the terroristskilled in the action.

Security forces killed fiveterrorists of banned Lashkar-e-Islam in Akakhel area of Teravalley in Khyber Agency onSunday. Security sources said,in the action, top terrorist ofthe banned outfit CommanderMunawar was also killed.

Meanwhile, a volunteer ofAman Lashkar lost his life inclash with terrorists in NeeryBaba area of Tera vally. Onemilitant was also killed. Onthe other hand, Aman Lashkar(peace militia) took control ofShalobar area of tehsil Baraand wipe out house of threemilitant commanders.

The terrorists fled fromthe area leaving behind theirvehicles. Meanwhile, After thesplit between the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) andthe amir of its MohmandAgency chapter Umar KhalidKhurrasani, Wali Mohammad,the militant outfit on Sundayappointed a new head for theagency. – Agencies

MUSCAT - With two weeks to a deadlinefor a breakthrough deal, senior envoys ofIran, the United States and EuropeanUnion met in Oman on Sunday to tacklestumbling blocks in efforts to defuse thestandoff over Tehran's nuclear program.

Reiterating Iran's official line, AliAkbar Velayati, a top aide to SupremeLeader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quot-ed by Iranian media as saying the IslamicRepublic would not abandon its nuclear"rights" but was committed to the negotia-tions under Khamenei's leadership.

Western countries and close U.S. allyIsrael suspect Iran has covertly sought todevelop the means to build nuclearweapons, and a decade-long confrontationover the issue has raised the risk of a widerwar in the volatile Middle East. The dis-cussions, between Iranian Foreign Minis-ter Mohammad Javad Zarif, U.S. Secretaryof State John Kerry and EU envoy Cather-ine Ashton, aim to put verifiable limits onIran’s uranium enrichment work - and anyother potential path to a nuclear weapon -in return for a gradual lifting of sanctions.

The negotiations at a luxury hotelappeared to be intense. The Iranian, U.S.and European delegations met from 11:30a.m. to 2:30 p.m. local time, broke forlunch and consultations, and thenresumed three-way talks just before 6p.m. (1400 GMT). Iran denies any secretnuclear weapons agenda, saying it wantspeaceful nuclear energy only, but hasrefused to curb enrichment capacity andhas been hit by damaging U.S., EU andU.N. Security Council sanctions as aresult.

The thorniest unresolved issues arethe size of Iran's enrichment program, thelength of any long-term agreement andthe pace at which international sanctionswould be phased out, according to West-ern and Iranian diplomats involved in thenegotiations. Washington also wantsintensive verification and monitoringmeasures to ensure Iran is living up to itsend of the bargain.

As Kerry arrived in Oman, a seniorU.S. official said the three-way talkswould be "an important meeting," with

the focus on making progress in order tomeet the deadline. U.S. officials saymajor gaps still remain in negotiatingpositions. Kerry said last week that theUnited States and its partners were notcontemplating an extension of the Nov.24 deadline, although he held out the pos-sibility that negotiations could go beyondthat date if major issues were resolvedand there were only technical details towrap up.

Speaking to Iranian state television onhis arrival in the Omani capital Muscat onSaturday night, Zarif reiterated that sanc-tions imposed on Iran had brought "noresult" for the West. "If the West is inter-ested in reaching such a solution, there ispossibility to find a solution and to reachan understanding before November 24,"he said.

Quoted by Iranian student news agencyISNA in Tehran, Velayati said Iran "will notabandon our rights" over nuclear facilities atFordow, Natanz and Arak as well over thesize of its centrifuge program that enrichesuranium for nuclear fuel. – Agencies

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will directly and indirectlyhelp revive local economy ofFATA and KPK. An interna-tional standard, 705 KM longroad network through south-ern KPK & FATA, CTC isbeing built by Army Engi-neers and funded by friendlycountries. The 76 KM longShakai-Makeen road fundedthrough USAID is an impor-tant lateral along the CTCwhich connects the two mainaxes of Trade Corridor i.e.,Road Bannu-Miranshah-Ghu-lam Khan and Road Wana-Aangoor Adda. Apart fromother economic, security andstrategic advantages, thenewly constructed roads havereduced travelling times con-siderably.

Meanwhile, addressing

the tribal elders, the COASappreciated their support incombating terrorism andacknowledged their sacrificesin war against terrorism. Hereiterated the Pakistan Army’sresolve to bring peace and sta-bility to the affected areas.

Referring to OperationZarb-e-Azb, the COAS saidthat the operation is progress-ing successfully as per plan.He said while focusing onearly completion, the armywill continue with rehabilita-tion and reconstruction activi-ties. He said a comprehensiveplan in this regard has beenchalked out in consultationwith the government.

Earlier, on his arrival inSWA, the COAS was received byCorps Commander LieutenantGeneral Hidayatur Rehman andtribal elders. – Agencies

‘Sit ins cuaseddelay in crushing

energy crisis’

Worstshelling in

east Ukraine

DONETSK - East Ukraine'srebel stronghold Donetsk waspummeled on Sunday by theheaviest shelling in a month,and the OSCE said it spotted anarmored column of troopswithout insignia in rebel terri-tory that Kiev said provedMoscow had sent reinforce-ments.

A two-month-old ceasefireto end a war that has killed4,000 people has appearedshakier than ever in the past fewdays, with both sides accusingthe other of having violated theterms of the peace plan.

Reuters journalists insideDonetsk, who have been therethroughout the fighting, saidthe shelling sounded moreintense than at any time sinceearly October, a period when aplayground was struck killingat least 10 people. Sunday'sstrikes appeared to come fromterritory held by both govern-ment and rebel forces.Ukraine's military said itsstandoff with the Russian-backed separatists in the easthad intensified in the pastweek, which saw the rebelsswear in new leaders after elec-tions the government says vio-lated the terms of the trucepact. Ukraine has accused Rus-sia of sending a column of 32tanks and truckloads of troopsinto the country's east to sup-port the pro-Russian rebels inrecent days. Moscow has longdenied its troops operate in eastUkraine, although many havedied there.

The Organization forSecurity and Cooperation inEurope (OSCE), whichincludes Russia and Ukraine aswell as the United States andNATO countries, operates inEast Ukraine with the blessingof all sides and is widely seenas neutral. Its statement that itspotted an unidentifiedarmored column in rebel terri-tory helps support Kiev's posi-tion that Moscow has beensending in reinforcements toprotect separatist enclaves theKremlin now refers to as "NewRussia". – Agencies

Xi proposesAsia-Pacific

dream ofsecurity

BEIJING - Chinese PresidentXi Jinping called for efforts tocreate and fulfill an Asia-Pacif-ic dream here Sunday, sayingChina's economy will bringhuge opportunities and benefitsto the region and the world.

He made the remarks whileaddressing the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation (APEC)CEO Summit, which attractedover 1,500 business peoplefrom 21 APEC membereconomies and 17 other coun-tries and regions.

The Asia-Pacific has astrong impetus for developmentand a bright future, with a risingstanding in the world, but theregion now stands "at a cross-roads", Xi said.

He listed several chal-lenges facing the region, suchas lingering impacts of theinternational financial crisis,fragile recovery in someeconomies, the daunting tasksof raising economic equalityand efficiency, as well as differ-ent directions and priorities inaccelerating the regional eco-nomic integration process. "Thedevelopment prospect of ourregion hinges on the decisionsand actions we take today," hesaid. "We are duty-bound tocreate and fulfill an Asia-Pacif-ic dream for our people."

When elaborating on theidea, the president said thedream is about acting in thespirit of the Asia-Pacific com-munity and out of a sense ofshared destinies, following thetrend of peace, developmentand mutually beneficial cooper-ation, and jointly working forthe prosperity and progress ofthe region.

He added that the dream isabout staying ahead of globaldevelopment and makinggreater contribution to the well-being of mankind. The dream isalso about having more eco-nomic vibrancy, free trade andinvestment facilitation, betterroads, and closer people-to-people exchanges, the presidentsaid. – Agencies

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of the United Nations Eco-nomic and Social Commissionfor Asia and the Pacific andthe Shanghai CooperationOrganization.

They believe thatstrengthening connectivityinvolves work in five areas,including policy communica-tion, infrastructure connectivi-ty, trade link, capital flow andunderstanding among peopleswith the infrastructure devel-opment being the basis andpriority.

"Strengthening connectiv-ity, which is conductive toidentifying new growth pointand fostering new competitiveedge, offers new driving forcefor Asian cooperation and sus-

tained prosperity," the docu-ment said. According to thecommuniqué, the meetinghailed the building of "OneBelt and One Road," or theSilk Road Economic Belt andthe 21st Century MaritimeSilk Road, saying the initia-tive will inject strong impetusin enhancing political mutualtrust, deepening economiccooperation and promotingcultural and people-to-peopleexchanges among relevantcountries.

At the dialogue, Xi, inhis five-point proposal aimedat promoting inter-connecteddevelopment in the Asia-Pacific region, said Chinawill contribute $40 billion toset up a Silk Road Fund. –Agencies

Pakistan, Chinavow to cement

connectivity

Iran, US, EU tackle nuke issue in Oman

FATA uplift apriority task: COAS

SPORTS02 Monday, November 10, 2014

Ajmal undergoes unofficial testingS

AEED Ajmal, Pakistan'ssuspended offspinner, willundergo unofficial testingon his remodelled bowling

action at Loughborough Universityon Monday. Based on results fromhis unofficial testing, the PCBintends to apply to the ICC for anofficial reassessment ahead of the2015 World Cup.

Over the last one month Ajmalhas been working on his action atthe National Cricket Academy inLahore, under the supervision offormer Pakistan offspinner SaqlainMushtaq. Ajmal is reckoned tohave significantly reduced the flexin his elbow, though any change isyet to be measured since he hasbeen working without the aid of abiomechanics lab at the NCA.

Ajmal will depart for Englandon November 8, and will undergotesting by Dr. Mark King, a mem-ber of the ICC Panel of HumanMovement Specialists, on Novem-ber 10 at Loughborough, the ICC'slatest accredited unit for testingillegal bowling actions.

"I have made some changes tomy action and I am comfortable

with the new action," Ajmal said atthe NCA on Thursday. "I am alsoconfident whenever I am back Iwill be as effective as before. Ihave already undergone someinformal tests under the supervi-sion of our experts so I am going toEngland confident of clearing thetests."

Ajmal, who turned 37 lastmonth, was suspended from bowl-ing in international cricket by theICC in September. He was reportedafter the first Test of Pakistan's tourof Sri Lanka in Galle this August.Subsequent testing of his action atan ICC-accredited facility in Bris-bane found his average elbowextension to be more than twice thepermissible limit.

In Ajmal's absence Pakistanbrought in left-arm spinner Zul-fiqar Babar and legspinner YasirShah, who took 14 and 12 wicketsrespectively during Pakistan's 2-0Test series win over Australia in theUAE. Australia though remainedunbeaten in the limited-overs leg ofthe tour."There was never a senseof competition with them and I amhappy for the newcomers for their

performances recently," Ajmalsaid. "I never felt any insecurity

with the presence of any spinner inthe Pakistan domestic circuit as

everyone who does the hand workreaps the fruit.

"I was probably the first onewho during my playing days point-ed out many potential spinners likeAdnan Rasool. So there was neverany competition. The importantthing is victory of Pakistan andwhoever plays it's the performancethat matters. Sadly I wasn't part ofPakistan team that beat Australiaand I do miss playing for Pakistanbut it's all about destiny."

Saqlain, whose one-monthcontract ended on October 24, seesa realistic chance of Ajmal clearingthe test. But in case Ajmal failsnext week's unofficial test inLoughborough, PCB intend to re-hire Saqlain to assist Ajmal in Eng-land with the help of biomechanicsfacilities.

Suspended off-spinner SaeedAjmal's bowling action will beunofficially tested at an ICC-accredited laboratory in Englandon Monday. Ajmal will leave forEngland on Saturday and will gothrough testing on his remodeledaction at the National Cricket Per-formance Centre at LoughboroughUniversity, the Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB) said.

The International CricketCouncil suspended Ajmal in Sep-tember after none of his deliveriesduring eight overs of biomechani-cal testing in Australia came closeto meeting the required regulationof 15-degree elbow extension.

Former test off-spinner SaqlainMushtaq has assisted Ajmal in fix-ing his action. Earlier, The Interna-tional Cricket Council on 9 Sep-tember 2014 banned Ajmal overhis bowling action. The statementsaid, "An independent analysis hasfound the bowling action of Pak-istan's off-spinner Saeed Ajmal tobe illegal and, as such, the playerhas been suspended from bowlingin international cricket with imme-diate effect. The analysis revealedthat all his deliveries exceeded the15 degrees level of tolerance per-mitted under the regulations."

There's a lot of protest on thisdecision made by InternationalCricket Council. Players criticisedthis decision because his bowlingaction was tested and cleared fouryears ago. Saqlain Mushtaq wascalled up to guide him in improv-ing his bowling action. – Agencies

ABU DHABI - Pakistan's team manage-ment was consistent in selection and tactics,and their openers displayed a heartening sta-bility to provide their team an ideal start tothe Test series against New Zealand. Pak-istan fielded an unchanged XI for the thirdsuccessive Test, Misbah-ul-Haq won histhird consecutive toss and batted again - at avenue where his team had made 570 in thefirst innings against Australia last week -and Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed She-hzad gave them their best opening partner-

ship in 14 years.New Zealand did not bowl too badly at

the start on a pitch that had little in terms ofpace and bounce, though it offered somedegree of turn. They even came close to dis-missing both openers. Shehzad was on 16and the partnership 44 when he walkeddown the pitch to the offspinner Mark Craigand was beaten. The wicketkeeper BJWatling fumbled the take, though. Shortlyafter Hafeez, on 35, edged a legbreak fromIsh Sodhi but replays found Ross Taylor had

taken the catch on the half volley at first slip.Those were the only blips on an other-

wise wholesome performance. Hafeez, whohad only 150 runs in his last 13 innings asopener, flicked his third ball - from TrentBoult - for four and batted with composurethrough the first session. He left when theball was on a tight length outside off stump,but drove and cut when offered width. Areturn to form for him meant Pakistan had aline-up with every batsman in form.

Shehzad had edged his second ball -from Tim Southee - through the cordon forfour and then slowed down drastically. Hewas 12 off 58 at one stage but never lookedout of sorts. And after his reprieve, Shehzadswept Sodhi for four and drove consecutiveCorey Anderson deliveries to the straightand cover boundaries. New Zealand triedfive bowlers in the first session without suc-cess, and their day got worse.

Pakistan had scored 85 runs in themorning, but they racked up 50 in the firsthour after lunch as both batsmen playedmore aggressively. Hafeez pulled Southee tobring up his half-century, and the hundredpartnership was achieved in the 38th over.He pulled Jimmy Neesham as well - theshort balls not getting high enough to causediscomfort on a slow pitch - and attackedCraig by stepping out and lofting and driv-ing through cover and mid-on.

Shehzad too shed his conservativeapproach after lunch, and targeted Sodhi inparticular, using his feet to loft the legspin-ner down the ground and then going back tocut and pull when the bowler pitched short.He was troubled by one googly from Sodhibut remained unfazed enough to cut the nextball - a legbreak - to the backward pointboundary.

The flurry of boundaries helped She-hzad catch up with his partner, but Hafeezsteamed ahead again by sweeping Craig andcutting Anderson for two boundaries tomove into the 90s. He was a shot away froma first Test century in two years when a ballfrom Anderson stopped on him and hepopped a return catch to the bowler. NewZealand had finally snapped the openingstand on 178 in the 53rd over, but the bats-man walking in was Azhar Ali, who hadscored two hundreds in his previous Testagainst Australia. – Agencies

Hafeez, Shehzadlay down solid base

Pakistan v New Zealand, 1st Test, 1st day

Czech Republic leadsGermany 1-0 in final

PRAGUE - Wimbledon cham-pion Petra Kvitova cruisedpast Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-4to give the Czech Republic a1-0 lead over Germany in theFed Cup final on Saturday.

Petkovic double-faulted tohand Kvitova a match point inthe final game and the fourth-ranked Czech converted itwhen the German sent a fore-hand too long. Kvitovaimproved to 22-6 in the FedCup singles and leveled herhead-to-head record with

Petkovic at 4-4.''She just played a really

good match,'' Petkovic saidabout the Czech. ''We all knewif Petra is in her right spiritand if she plays that way it'sgoing be difficult for all theplayers in this world, not onlyfor me on a fast court.''

Kvitova was on top at thestart and wore her opponentdown with powerful servesand groundstrokes combinedwith occasional precise dropshots. She hit 25 winners com-

pared to Petkovic's seven.''That was the tactics on

the fast court, to attack fromthe very start,'' Kvitova said.Petkovic came into the finalhaving won in Bulgaria onSunday for her third WTA titleof the year but her relativelack of experience of big occa-sions proved decisive.

Kvitova led the Czechs toFed Cup titles in 2011 and '12while the Germans have notwon the trophy since 1992. ''Iwas nervous but so was Andrea

and I was trying to capitalizeon that,'' Kvitova said. ''It wasnot the first time and I haveexperience to play like that. I'mjust glad I did everything well.''Petkovic double-faulted todrop her serve in the secondgame of the opening set. Kvito-va served an ace in the follow-ing game to build a command-ing 3-0 lead and attackedPetkovic's second serve withbig forehands to earn anotherbreak in the sixth game. –Agencies

RIO DE JANEIRO - Man-chester United have joined thebattle to sign highly ratedBrazilian midfielder AndersonTalisca, according to localmedia reports.

The 20-year-old hasroused interest from at leastseven major European clubsdue to his stunning early-sea-son form for Benfica, Brazil-ian news portal Lancenetreported. Having already beenlinked to Premier Leagueclubs Chelsea, Liverpool andArsenal, the Brazil under-23international impressed Unit-ed scouts by scoring the win-

ner in the Portuguese outfit's1-0 victory over Monaco inthe Champions League onTuesday.

Talisca's recent perform-ances are also said to haveattracted the interest of Italiangiants Juventus, AC Milan andInternazionale. Contractedfrom Bahia for four millionEuros in July, Talisca hasalready scored nine goals in 14matches for Benfica. Man-chester United reportedly sentscouts to Benfica to keep tabson Anderson Talisca in theChampions League in mid-week. – Agencies

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ISLAMABAD - The renowned hornedWorld Champion Olympian MansoorAhmed honored by '' Gandhi PeaceAwareness Award 2014'' by Indiananmedia representative Dr.Manju DagarChaudhry a bereave female journalist ofsub continent working with news chan-nel Ru B Ru Today India and PFUJ Pres-ident Mr Afzal Butt at NATIONALPRESS CLUB ISLAMABAD during animpressive ceremony organized by NPC.

Dr Manju Chaudhry journalist dis-cussed peace mission visit with PFUJPresident Mr Afzal Butt and other promi-nent media persons regarding bringingpeace in subcontinent through sportsdiplomacy at NATIONAL PRESS CLUBISLAMABAD on other day between.She briefed media men about her peacemission struggle in SARAC countriesSpecially in Pakistan and India.

Olympian Mansoor Ahmed said atthis ocean that for the promotion ofpeace this is great honor for me servingas sports diplomat for internationalHuman Rights Commission .

Through FIFA plate form the titleslogan ‘’PEACE THROUGN SPORTS’,is world wide spread through renownedsportsmen. It is mention here that theslogan ‘’PEACE THROUGN SPORTS’’is the brain child by the Pakistani sportsjournalist Asghar Ali Mubarak and wasintroduce in a meeting last year.

Asghar Ali Mubarak is also coordi-nator for peace mission to Islamabad forDr.Manju Dagar Chaudhry a femalejournalist of India. This slogan ‘’PEACETHROUGN SPORTS’’ is now a daysworldwide introduce by renownedsportsmen like Michel Jordon , MansoorAhmed etc .

Olympian Mansoor is selected onlyPakistani sports diplomat for peace mis-sion in subcontinent. Mr.AFZAL Buttwho was member of world peace mis-sion for Sudan during the Daffar warcrises, PFUJ President Afzal Butt alsoawarded '' Gandhi Peace AwarenessAward 2014'' for his special role playedworld over for peace in sudan along withother world leaders at UNO plate form .

'' Gandhi Peace Awareness Award

2014'' PFUJ President Afzal Butt appre-ciated the role and efforts of peace mis-sion contingent headed by for Dr.ManjuDagar Chaudhry and Mukesh Chaudhryfor peace ,harmony, friendship in Indiaand Pakistan .

PFUJ President Afzal Butt hopedthat media and sports of both countriescan play a vital role for peace in subcon-tinent. At this ocean a savior for NPCand Pakistani media received Mr. TariqChoudhery Sectary NPC by Indianmedia delegation.At the this stage PFUJPresident Afzal Butt present NationalPress Club Islamabad,Pakistan NPC'sPAKISTAN MEDIA shields to Indianjournalist for their extra ordinary effortsfor peace in sub continent for last onedecade.

Hockey Olympian Mansoor Ahmed honored

MU joins race to sign Talisca

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also brought to light the spine chill-ing and highly lethal future plans of thenexus of evil that clearly threatens theregional security and the security andsolidarity of India itself via Saffron ter-rorism.

The Daily Mail’s investigations indi-cate that there had been a comprehen-sively organized and managed conspira-cy to transform the Indian army into anarmy of extremist Hindus and the thingswere going on very smoothly in thisdirection right from the grassroots levelto the top leadership levels. While theformation of Abhinav Baharat likeorganization that was formed as the mosteffective tool to promote Hindutva –mil-itary nexus.

The Daily Mail’s investigationsreveal that Saffron terrorist groupsbelonging to Sangh Parivar were behindthe 26/11 Mumbai Carnage as well asbehind several suicidal attacks andassassinations in Pakistan and India.According to these findings Indian ter-rorists setup Atma Ghataki Pathak(Hindu Suicide Squad), established byGeneral (retd.) Premnath Hoon founderof Shiv Sena’s Military Wing and hisdisciple Colonel (retd.) Jayant Chitale,was responsible for planning and execu-tion of this operation.

AGP, because of its close linkageswith the Indian military, succeeded informing an unholy nexus between theserving Indian military personnel andthe Hindu extremist-terrorist groups. LtCol Shrikant Purohit, alias ‘MithunChakraborty’ who was arrested in con-nection with the Malegaon blast and2007 Samjhota Express blaze (killing 69Pakistani passengers returning fromIndia) was also working for General(retd.) Hoon and Colonel (retd.) Chi-tale’s Atma Ghataki Pathak (AGP). AGPwas also responsible for Godhra trainfire leading to Gujarat carnage againstMuslims in 2002 and attack on Akshard-ham temple in Gujarat also in 2002.Colonel (retd.) Jayant Chitale and hisassociate Sanjeev Atre, were arrested inNovember 2002 for running a suicidetraining camp on the outskirts of Mum-bai but were later released at the inter-vention of RAW. It is no coincidencethat Col (retd.) Chitale was actually thenext door neighbour of Col Purohit, themain accused in Samjhota Express blazeand Malegaon blasts.

The Daily Mail’s investigations indi-cate that there has been a long-standinginternal feud amongst Hindutva groups

vying for ascendancy with each other.Although late Bal Thackeray was proba-bly the most popular icon with cultistfollowing amongst the Hindu fanaticsyet at times he was shown signs of frus-tration that the popularity had not trans-lated in electoral successes outside hishome state of Maharashtra. Much toThackeray’s annoyance whenever itcome to votes, BJP through a broaderand more organized supporting networkof RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal managedto steel electoral success at the cost ofSena.

The Daily Mail’s findings furtherreveal that concept of suicide squadswas introduced in South Asia for the firsttime by the Indian intelligence agencyRAW when it trained the Tamil sepa-ratists groups of Sri Lanka such as theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE)to start militant secessionist movementbased on terrorism in the Sri Lanka’sJaffna peninsula. Daily Mail has learnedthat two names that surfaced in press inNovember 2002, in connection withHindu Atma Ghataki Pathak (Hindu Sui-cide Squad), General (retd.) PremnathHoon former Chief of Western Com-mand and who after retirement becameChief of Shiv Sena’s Military Wing andColonel (retd.) Jayant Chitale, hadserved on deputation with RAW impart-ing training on the Sri Lankan Tamilmilitants. Col (retd.) Jayant Chitale alsoheaded the Army Services SelectionBoard Centre in Pune for several years,where he was able to select Hindutvamilitant sympathizers for regular com-mission in the army. Col (retd.) Chitalekept a contact with these selected offi-cers while officers like Col. Purohit andtop level Command like that of GeneralDeepak Kapoor and General VK Singhmanaged the careers of these officerswho through normal and sponsored pro-gression in their careers went on toassume many responsible and importantposts in the Indian army with many ofwhom now posted in Indian army forma-tion that are deployed along LoC, Pak-istan border and China border.

The Daily Mail’s investigations indi-cate that the extremist Hindu groupformed an unholy nexus between Hin-dutva militants, Indian army officers,RAW officers and officials from Intelli-gence Bureau and carried out a numberof unauthorized and unsanctioned opera-tions in Pakistan, Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan andChina’s Tibet and Xinjiang areas. Theseoperations included formation, fundingand training of LTTE in Sri Lanka,

organizing variety of killings and politi-cal assassinations and promoting anti-Pakistan sentiments in Bangladesh withlatest being deployment of Indian armytroops from Satkhira sector intoBangladesh to organize Hasina Wajid’spolitical success in 2014 General Elec-tion, assassination of Nepal’s MP MirzaDilshad Beg in 1998 by Chhota Rajangang, assassination of Nepal’s Royalfamily in June 2001at NarayanhityRoyal Palace when the then Kingrefused to allow RAW and Indian MIoperations against certain regional coun-tries from Nepal’s soil, continuous ter-ror operations in Pakistan includingfunding, arming and training of TTPmilitants and militants of BLA and BRAlike militant organization in Balochistan,organizing of Operation Ashes on Snowin China’s Tibet in 2008, occasional vio-lence and terror incidents in China’sXinxiang province through ETIMactivists and forming military trainingand terror organizing headquartersacross Afghanistan for operations insideChina and Pakistan.

Daily Mail finding further disclosethat top Indian jurist, Justice (Retd.) Jainheaded a Commission to investigate andreport on the murder of late Indian PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination byan LTTE suicide killer. This Commis-sion documented the existence of ‘mili-tant’ training camps for LTTE and otherSri Lankan Tamil secessionist groupsthroughout India, under the aegis ofRAW and other Indian intelligence andsecurity agencies. Former Indian Prime

Minister V.P. Singh disclosed during hisin camera hearing before the Jain Com-mission on 5th November 1996 that thefirst batch of training of Sri LankanTamil militants was done by India in1983 under the orders of then PrimeMinister (Late) Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Thecamp was located at Chakrata, TamilNadu. Singh, however, declined to dis-close exact location citing national secu-rity reasons. According to him all mili-tants were also provided with weaponsand monetary backup to carryout activi-ties inside of Sri Lanka. He further dis-closed that ironically late Rajiv Gandhialso encouraged and supported trainingof LTTE and other Tamil militantgroups.

Former Indian Foreign SecretarySalman Haider also provided a very inci-sive insight to the Commission in his affi-davit number 343/96-JCI. Haider who wasliaising between the LTTE terrorist maes-tro leader Prabharkaran and Indian intelli-gence agencies at one time disclosed that“in the beginning Mrs. Indira Gandhientrusted full responsibility of providingmilitary training to Sri Lankan Tamil mili-tants to RAW”. Prabharkaran was howev-er, not pleased with the share of spoils thatlocal RAW operatives were giving toLTTE in comparison with its rival militantterrorist groups TELO, EROS, EPRLF,and TEA. He thus asked for Haider’s inter-vention, upon which the former arranged ameeting of Prabharkran with the officialsof Indian Intelligence Bureau (IIB). Thustraining of LTTE was shifted to IIB fromRAW. This created an inter intelligenceagency rivalry and according to Haider,RAW was behind attacks by Tamil ElamLiberation Organization (TELO) and ElamPeople’s Revolutionary Liberation Front(EPRLF) on LTTE.

Former Advisor (to Mrs. Gandhi) K.Mohandas in his affidavit number 64/92-JCI disclosed to the Jain Commissionthat Military training to LTTE was pro-vided by central agencies in Union gov-ernment controlled camps in the states ofTamil Nadu, Karnatka, Uttar Pardesh,Kerala, New Delhi and elsewhere.According to Mohandas militants weretrained, armed and launched into SriLanka to carry out subversion andattacks. Perhaps his most shocking reve-lation was that the LTTE and other mili-tant groups were also provided trainingin the Indian Military Academy DehraDun, which incidentally is the basic mil-itary training institution for officers ofIndian army. This all was happening dueto the then emerging nexus of Hindutvaand the Indian army and country’s secret

agencies while the things have takenhigh dimensions in today’s era.

According to Daily Mail’s findingsthe fanaticism of these Hindu suicidesquads took a spine shuddering conceptof ‘target reverse’ suicide attacks inearly 2000s as witnessed in the reversesuicidal attacks against Hindu templesand government installations to blamePakistan and Muslims. The attacks onIndian parliament in 2001, Godhra trainfire in Gujarat and attack on Akshard-ham temple in Gujarat.

The Daily Mail’s investigationsreveal that the Indian investigationagencies under instructions of the thenNational Security Adviser (NSA) N.K.Narayanan deliberately overlooked theknown involvement of Indian MilitaryIntelligence(MI) and ultra-right wingHindu terrorist outfit ‘Abhinav Bharat’(Dominant India) in a string of terroristacts, including the Samjhota Expresstrain blast (February 2007). The investi-gations had established Indian MilitaryIntelligence and Hindutva terrorist rolebut the Indian government placed wrapsover the facts as disclosure of this sinis-ter nexus would have exposed its lie tothe world.

These investigations indicate thatwitnesses had told the investigators thatthe RDX used in Samjhota blasts wassupplied by MI officer, Lt. Col Purohitprocured by him from the Army Ordi-nance Depot in the Indian OccupiedKashmir (IOK). The investigations fur-ther reveal that the sophisticated lockingmechanism used by the Indian Army wasemployed for all these blasts. Accordingto the official Indian sources, the Hin-dutva terror outfits were trained in mak-ing sophisticated Low Intensity Explo-sive Devices by the Army which arevery lethal and effective but require lessquantity of explosive material and samewere used to trigger inferno in theSamjhota Express. The same batch ofSIM cards used in numerous blasts byAbhinav Bharat pointed to the link up ofMI and the Hindutva terrorist outfit.Narayanan who in his capacity as NSAwas the overall Chief of IB, RAW andJoint Intelligence, simply hushed up thisvery issue and the most significant pointof the high level investigations under hiscommand.

The Daily Mail’s findings indicatethat more than one-and-half year afterSamjhota Express blasts, another low-intensity bomb with powerful impactexploded in the small town of Malegaon,Maharashtra, on 29 September 2008,leaving six dead and several injured. Itwas this blast that put Maharashtra AntiTerrorist Squad (ATS)’s slain ChiefHemant Karkare on the trail of self-styled God-woman called Sadhvi PragyaSingh Thakur belonging to AbhinavBharat.

Pragya’s Calls data opens Pandora’sBox of Hindutava-Army links

Pragya’s interrogation and calls’ datafrom her cell phone opened a Pandora’sBox. Her close associate Shamlal Sahu,42, a commerce graduate, was first to bearrested on charges of planting the bomb.Shivnarayan Kalangasara Singh, 36, ascience graduate, was arrested for settinga timer device in the bomb. Another sci-ence graduate, Sameer Kulkarni, 32, wasarrested for his role in procuring chemi-cals for the bomb. The second big catchafter Pragya was Maj (retd) RameshUpadhyay, 64, a resident of Pune. He hadworked in the Indian Army’s MilitaryIntelligence (MI) and had imparted train-ing to those who had assembled thebombs planted in Malegoen. He had alsoheaded the BJP’s ex-servicemen’s cell inMumbai. The biggest fish was however,netted by Karkare on November 5, 2008,merely days ahead of 26/11 Mumbaiattack, the first ever serving army officer,Lt. Col Purohit, belonging to MI, wasarrested for procuring the RDX used inthe blast. Arrest of Purohit however,proved more than Karkare could handlefor he was later assassinated by Hindutvaterrorists under the cover of Mumbaiattack on 26/11. Congress Party’s SeniorSecretary General Digvijay Singh hasproved beyond doubts by showing phonerecords that Karkare called him merely afew hours before being assassinated say-ing that he feared for his life as he wasbeing threatened of dire consequences ifhe did not stop probe into the terroristactivities of MI and Saffron terrorist syn-dicates. Karkare requested assurance ofsecurity and safety for himself and hisfamily requesting Digvijay to talk to theCongress high command. According toDigvijay his first reaction when he heardthe news of Karkare’s assassination was“oh my God they (Saffron terrorists)have killed him”

Recovered Audio Tapes expose MI-Hindutva nexus

The Daily Mail’s findings reveal thatKarkare hit a minefield with the arrest ofanother Saffron operative SwamiDayanand Pandey alias ShankarAcharya-Shukhakar Dwivedi, on 14November 2008 that completelyexposed the MI and Abhinav Bharatlink. Swami Pandey had a habit ofrecording all his conversations with his

co-conspirators on his laptop. The ATSretrieved three videos and 37 audiotapes.These proved to be an unprecedentedsource of information. On 21 November2008, 5-days before 26/11 attack,Karkare questioned Pune’s RSS leaderShyam Apte, named in the tapes. By nowRSS and Army were screaming callingKarakare’s line of investigations “blas-phemous”.

The Audio tapes revealed a chillinglandscape. Political bigwigs, RSS func-tionaries, Sangh Parivar activists, Hin-dutva terrorist outfits, as well as servingand retired Indian army officers allformed an integral part of the conspira-cy. The tapes spilled vitriolic hate forPakistan, Muslims and even Hindus whodid not subscribe to their ultra right-wing communal vision. The Group hadset up Abhinav Bharat with the intentionof infiltrating and subverting every insti-tution in the country, particularly theArmed Forces, bureaucracy, media, TV,films and civil society.

The Daily Mail’s investigationsreveal that there are a total of ten servingand retired Indian army officers, whosenames figure in these tapes. There arehowever, clear indications that the net-work has deep institutional roots in Indi-an army from top officers to the low lev-els of ordinary soldiers. At least four ofthe officers, named in the recordingshave an MI background. Apart from Lt.Col Purohit and Maj Upadhyay, there are

names of General JJ Singh -Purohit’smentor in Maratha Regiment, BrigMathur (full name not known, but hewas apparently posted at Deolali Can-tonment near Nashik); Col HasmukhPatel. A JNU graduate, Patel was com-missioned into the Infantry Jat Regimentand later detailed with the MI. He is aspecialist in threat analysis, backgroundchecks, physical- electronic-aviationsecurity, vigilance, investigations, disas-ter management, negotiation and lossprevention. The investigators are under-stood to have questioned him recently.Col Shailesh Raikar is a retired com-mandant, who belonged to the MarathaRegiment. According to the recordings,Raikar was commander of the BhoslaMilitary Academy in Nashik. He provid-ed academy facilities to Purohit andother Abhinav Bharat members forweapons training. Others named in thetapes are Col. Aditya Bappaditya Dhar ;Maj. Nitin Joshi and Maj. PrayagModak. No concrete action is yet to beinitiated by the investigators againstthem. Apart from these men, there is aBrig. Lajpat Prajwal, posted on deputa-tion with the Nepal Army. According tothe tapes, Purohit and Brig Prajwal hadtrained together at Indian Military Acad-emy (IMA) and that Purohit was in con-stant touch with him for logistic support.

The Daily Mail’s investigations indi-cate that it has also been revealed thatLt. Col Purohit speaks in the recordingsof sending thousands to Israel and Nepalfor terrorist training. According to oneMaharashtra ATS official “most of whatPurohit says on the tapes about sendingpeople to Nepal and Israel for trainingwasn’t taken seriously, and deliberatelyoverlooked” adding “the entire truth onPurohit is still not out.” These recordedconversations between Lt. Col Purohit,Maj Ramesh Upadhyay, Col Dhar,Swamy Dayanand Pandey, BL Sharma; atwo-time BJP MP, and RP Singh; anendocrinologist at Apollo Hospital andPresident of the World Hindu Federa-tion, reveal diabolic conspiracies andhair raising terrorist activities. TheWorld Hindu Federation also has activeoffices in US and Europe and collectsenormous amounts of funds from theNon Resident Indians (NRIs), usingthese to promote communal agenda andterrorist activities. The transcript alsosheds light on the links between Nepal’sdeposed King Gyanendra and IndianMilitary Intelligence. Gyandendra tookover after grisly murder of his brotherKing Birendra, under mysterious cir-cumstances. Most Nepalese think KingBirendra was got assassinated by Gya-nendra with the help of Indian agents.

Here is an excerpt on the conversa-tion:

LT COL PUROHIT: Swamiji, wehaven’t spoken about certain things, buttwo operations have been done by us.One of our own officers has visitedIsrael for training and meeting and therewas a very positive response… Wedemanded four things from Israel —continuous and uninterrupted supply ofarms and training, our office with a saf-fron flag in Tel Aviv, political asylum andsupport for our cause of a Hindu Nationin the UN. Israel has asked us to showsomething on the ground and have prom-ised at least a supply of arms and politi-cal asylum... I have a state-wise popula-tion of Muslims in each state but weneed more arms and ammunition includ-ing AK-47s. We couldn’t buy much earli-er because we didn’t have funds, now wehave plenty.

MAJ UPADHYAY: AK-47 is avail-able at Cox Bazaar in Gorakhpur, wecan buy more from open sources as mil-itary weapons and ammunition can drawsuspicion…

LT. COL PUROHIT: The Israelisask us to give them proof of our involve-ment. What more proof do they need? Wehave completed two successful opera-

tions (investigators believe that Purohitwas referring here to Samjhota andAjmer blasts).

MAJ UPADHYAY: Don’t forget,the Hyderabad blasts were also executedby our man.

Elsewhere in the tapes, Purohit elab-orates on other sinister strategies theAbhinav Bharat group plans on adoptingagainst Pakistan and Muslims — includ-ing shooting people under false identi-ties to create mayhem.

“I know that the army and the BSFdon’t complement each other’s action,”says Col.Purohit. “Nor there is anycoordination between the BSF, CRPFand state police. So if I buy two armyvehicles from the scrap and paint themwith army colours and send them alongwith our people in army uniform intoMeerut, they can just fire and come outof the situation easily. There is so muchconfusion in this country.”

Some more excerpts of Lt. Col Puro-hit’s conversation with his AbhinavBharat protégés about the nation theydreamed of creating are as follows:

Col Dhar: “We must aim for milita-rization of the organization (AbhinavBharat). Every member at all levels musthave a basic knowledge of weapons. Wehave partially done it so far. We shouldindoctrinate them with our ideology. Weshould establish an academy for ideo-logical indoctrination. At the end of thecourse, each member will be tested andonly those who pass will be finallyadmitted to the organization. The levelof testing is when he will be tried in‘action’. Then our organization willpropagate establishment of Ram Rajyah(mythological kingdom of Hindu GodRam) called Abhinav Bharat (DominantIndia). There will be a uniform code ofconduct irrespective of any caste.Reporting channels like those in thearmed forces will be established. Thiswill ensure the smooth flow of informa-tion and passing of orders. An HonourCourt Committee will exist at all levels.This will ensure strict adherence tomoral and ethical behaviour as decidedby the core group by all the membersbased on our Vedas (Compilation ofHindu Preaching).” Purohit thus pre-sented a completed recipe of a religious-fascist organization.

Plans of Military Takeover in India:An insightful transcript of conversationsof Lt. Col Purohit and other army offi-cers about military takeover of Indiahave been revealed are on the tapes aportion of which is reproduced here:

Col Dhar: Did you see one of mymessages?

LT. COL PUROHIT: Yes... Abouthow this country should be taken over bythe army?

COL DHAR: Yes, yes. I have writ-ten three lakh (3-hundred thousand) let-ters... I distributed three lakh lettersamong the jawans(soldiers)... It is not apolitical stunt... And I distributed 20,000maps of Akhand Bharat (Greater India)among the jawans on a 26 January event(India’s Republic Day)... It is my humbleattempt to sow the seeds (of rebellion).

PANDEY: What if this organizationis banned?

APTE: We will give it an interna-tional aspect... and a covert name. Wehave to fight. See, if you aren’t a Hindu,you are my enemy. I will be unsafe if youare alive… Obviously, this was not justempty bragging.

Links with Maoists, North EastSecessionist movements and custodialkillings:

The recorded conversations alsoshow common operations and linkup ofMI with Maoists and separatist insur-gencies in North East of India. Purohitgoes on to talk of Khetomi Sema, aleader of the banned insurgent group,Nationalist Socialist Council of Naga-land.

Purohit says he had saved his lifeand Sema has issued a letter to all hisgenerals to support Purohit’s cause.

“He has promised to give us sevenyears of logistic support,” Purohit tellsPandey. Purohit’s conversations furtherreveal that he had full backing of theIndian army machinery to serve AbhinavBharat. He says he was in the process ofindoctrinating like-minded army officerswho could serve in Abhinav Bharat. Healso admits to catching and killing twoMaoists in cold blood in Delhi.

LT. COL PUROHIT: “A police offi-cer helped me buy weapons in Assam. Ikept one pistol with me and sent theseweapons to Nepal. Our study is on… Wewill soon start action. We have got a listof top 5-6 Maoist financers. You knowone Assam DIG had informed me abouttwo Maoists who had arrived in Delhi tokill me. We caught them at the VasantKunj Civic Centre. We kept them in oursecret place at Munirka through thenight. You know we have encroachedupon a property in Munirka that hassewer lid inside the house. We got theinformation out of them, then killed themand threw them in the gutter.”

Deep infiltration of Abhinav Bharatin Indian Armed Forces:

PUROHIT’S conversations alsosuggest an alarming shared mindsetamong sections of the army. He tellsPandey, “There was a captain and amajor posted in Delhi. I managed to domy work with them over the phone. Thiswork otherwise would have taken morethan three months. It happened becauseI belong to Sangh and he was also fromSangh. I didn’t even know him. He wasfrom UP and he did the work in one day.Tapping such people (with Sangh back-ground) is important.”

PANDEY: I have to attend a pro-gramme organised by Deepak Rath, inOrissa on 17 February. This is his per-sonal function.

LT. COL PUROHIT: Is it inBhubaneshwar city? Let me know, I willarrange my Orissa military GeneralOfficer Commanding (GOC) to receiveyou…

The conversion betrays similaraction taken by the Indian military intel-ligence when Purohit was posted in IOK.MI operatives and Abhinav Bharat mem-

bers dressed in Army uniform, hadslaughtered Sikh community membersin Chattisinghpura, IOK, when the thenUS President Clinton was visiting Indiain 2001 and blamed it on LeT.

The fact that these conversationswere not recorded under police custodyor during interrogation is significant. AnIB official based in Mumbai has raised apertinent question that Lt. Col Purohitcannot smuggle RDX and weapons fromIOK Army depot on his own nor can healone sponsor sending men for militarytraining to Nepal and Israel.” Surley awider involvement of MI is apparent.This question has even more alarmingimplications when one recalls that in thenarco reports of Nanded blasts accused,Himanshu Panse and Sanjay BhauraoChaudhury, in 2006, the men clearlystated of how Army’s Col Chitaley aliasMithun Chakrabarty had trained them tomake the IEDs for the blasts at the Sin-hagad Fort. It may be recalled that ColChitaley was the Chief Instructor in theSuicide Bombing Training Squad set upby RSS under General Premnath Hoon.

A senior Maharastra ATS Officialdisclosed that after Lt. Col Purohit’sarrest, there was a lot of pressure onthem to downplay the role of the army.

“We were told we couldn’t lowerthe morale of officers posted in sensitivepositions. It could have a backlash. Butwith more cases involving military intel-ligence officials coming out, confirmeda dangerous trend,” Mumbai ATS inves-tigation report says.

India’s MI is an important and lethalcorps, even senior Army officers dreadat its mere mention due to the arbitrarypowers enjoyed by its personnel. Asmentioned above, Indian MI especiallyfocuses on destabilizing, conducting andsponsoring terrorist activities in Pak-istan, China, Afghanistan, Bangladesh,Nepal, Sri Lanka and Middle East. ManyMI cadre officers (Lt. Col Purohit wasone of them) do not wear uniforms andwork in conjunction with the IB, BSF(‘G’ Force) and other intelligence agen-cies. MI officials work in field forma-tions and report to their respective com-manders. Nobody, except the command-er, would know they are part of MI.Sources disclosed that Lt. Col Purohithad learned Arabic at the Army Educa-tion Corps Training Centre and Collegein Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh, in orderto coordinate with Al-Qaeda and Arab-Afghans. The disclosures of Lt. ColPurohit have exposed the Indian Army’sterrorist and communal overtones.

The Daily Mail’s investigations fur-ther reveal that role of Indian MI andHindutva terrorists behind the spate ofterrorist acts including SamjhotaExpress blasts, became further clearwhen investigators arrested SwamiAseemanand, one of the plotters. AGujarat resident Bharat Bhai haddeposed before the court that during var-ious meetings held at Swami Aseem-anand’s Ashram (Hindu seminary)numerous terrorist attacks includingSamjhota Express blasts were planned.After the Maharashtra ATS arrested Sad-hvi Pragya in connection with the 2008Malegaon blast, Aseemanand wentabsconding. He was finally arrestedfrom Haridwar on 19 November 2010.

Swami Aseemanand’s spine chillingconfession has reconfirmed and provid-ed strong legal evidence of RSSPracharaks (proselytizers)’ involvementin the blasts that took place at the Male-goen (Maharastra)in 2006 and 2008,Samjhota Express in 2007, Ajmer(Rajasthan) in 2007, Mecca Mosque(Hyderabad) in 2007 and Modasa(Gujarat) in 2008.

In his recorded statement Aseem-anand exposed involvement of numer-ous Hindutva leaders, including himself,in planning and executing a string of ter-ror attacks against Pakistanis and Mus-lims. The account rendered by Aseem-anad corroborated with the evidencerevealed by the Abhinav Bharat’s otherarrested leaders Sadhvi Pragya SinghThakur, Dayanand Pandey, Lt. ColShrikant Purohit. The 37 audio tapesseized from Swami Pandey’s laptop thatfeatured all these people discussing their

terror activities also corroborate withAseemanand’s confession.

More than 90 percent of the devel-opment of the nexus of evil developedand flourished when the Godmother ofthe nexus, the BJP was not in power.Today, the BJP is very much in power. Iyhold the government at New Delhi andat all important states of the country andthe main players of the nexus are todaypart of this government. The players likeSanjive Tripathy, former RAW Chief,Ajit Kumar Doval, former IB Chief andVK Singh, former Army Chief and cre-ator of Technical Support Divion (TDS),an unauthorized terrorist wing of theIndian army for terror operations insidePakistan, are together under one roof,with no fear of any public or mediaexposure to this nexus. One can easilyestimate that what could be the scale ofthe lethal activities of the nexus of evilstowards regional countries and at whatlevel this nexus will be flourishing andstrengthening in coming few months.

The current situation at the LoC andlong working boundary appears merelyto be a trailer of a high voltage action-packed thriller movie.

India’s Military-Hindutva nexus stirs serious security concern

Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur

Samjhauta Express completely ablaze with 68 passengers including 42 Pakistanison board in 2007.

Swami Aseemanand

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Ajudge on Thursdayended LindsayLohan’s probation in

a necklace theft case and saidshe appears to be doing wellwith a plan to complete com-munity service and counsel-ing required in her lastremaining criminal matter.Superior Court Judge JamesR. Dabney said the actressreceived favourable reportsfrom her counselor and anagency in London where sheis performing communityservice. He ordered her tocontinue to receive psycho-logical counseling and per-form the community serviceas part of her probation in the2012 case involving recklessdriving and lying to police.

Dabney said Lohan has completed 102 hours of a 240-hour community serv-ice sentence. The judge Lohan has “picked up the pace” recently while workingwith the agency that aids neglected children and disabled adults. Over the years,Lohan was briefly jailed five times and sentenced to rehab for a variety of viola-tions ranging from failing to perform her community service to skipping coun-selling sessions. Now 28, she is in London appearing in a stage production of theplay Speed the Plow. – Agencies

ANew York City judge ordered a man tostay away from pop star Rihanna afterhe was arrested for lurking outside her

Manhattan apartment building and sendingthreatening letters. Kevin McGlynn in Sep-tember was found unfit to stand trial on stalk-ing charges and committed to a psychiatrichospital in Staten Island. He has filed a peti-tion seeking release. In a decision releasedearlier on Friday, Judge Orlando Marrazzosaid the order would allow police to arrestMcGlynn if he goes near the singer's home,instead of having to wait for him to do some-thing more dangerous. McGlynn is also barredfrom contacting Rihanna by phone, mail orcomputer.

Marrazzo said McGlynn, 54, wrote a seriesof notes to the singer that made references tomurder and sexual assault. He also accusedRihanna and other artists of using his materialin their songs, the judge said. In his decision,Marrazzo compared McGlynn to Mark DavidChapman, who shot and killed John Lennon."He appears to be a ticking time bomb who iswholly fixated on (Rihanna), and poses a directthreat of serious physical harm or death to herand anyone around her," he wrote. McGlynn'sattorneys, who work for a state-run mental health agency, did not return requests for comment.Rihanna, 26,is one of the best-selling musical acts of the last decade and has won seven Grammy awards. – Agencies

'Rihanna stalker a ticking time bomb'

RO B I NWill iams'death has

been ruled a sui-cide as his autop-sy resultsrevealed the actordied due toasphyxia andhanging. The 63-year-old actordied on August 11at his home inTiburon, Califor-nia in MarinCounty.

Toxicologyreports revealantidepressants,caffeine and lev-odopa, a drugused to treatParkinson's dis-

ease, in his system. Alcohol and illegal drugs were not involved,the statement from the coroner's office said. Prescription drugswere found in therapeutic concentrations, the coroner said. TheOscar-winning actor had battled severe depression for years andhad recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's, his widow, Susan,revealed after his death. – Agencies

Williams's autopsy confirms suicide

Zafar, Fawad to star in Indian movie

TWO shining stars of Pakistani entertainmentindustry Ali Zafar and Fawad Khan are plan-ning to come together in a same movie. Ali

Zafar is likely to direct the moviewhich will also star manyprominent faces of Indianfilm fraternity.

After earning a goodrapport across the bor-der Ali Zafar is nowfocusing to make afilm for his homeland.The film will includeIndian divas in thestar cast and willbe started nextyear. Current-ly Ali is

negotiating with the financers. Heneeds a big team put through his dreamventure. He will also act in the moviealong with Fawad Khan, local mediareported.

Recently, at an event launch ofSamsung Note 4 in Lahore,

both the stars bonded wellwith each other. Speakingabout it ‘Khoobsurat’actor said, “When Iattended the event inLahore last week I didn't

know Ali was performing.He's someone I've always

admired. He is far more tal-ented than I can ever be. We

might come together for a film.It would be a pleasure workingwith him,” media reported.

Fawad Khan has just madehis Bollywood debut with

‘Khoobsurat’ along withSonam Kapoor while,Ali Zafar has stronglyput his feet in Bolly-wood film industry. AliZafar being a seniorsaid that he willalways supportFawad Khan inhis Bollywoodcareer and willgo out of hisway to pro-mote hismovies. –Agencies

Nicole Kidman exuded true Hollywood glamour in a red floor-length dress at the Louis Vuit-ton Monogram celebration at the Museum of Modern Art, here the other day. – Agencies

AFTER the two successful installments of ‘Don’and ‘Don 2’ ‘King of Bollywood’ ShahrukhKhan will also appear in the third installment

of famous franchise’.Reportedly, director Ritesh Sidwani said in a

statement, “Don is ShahRukh Khan and Shah Rukh isDon and hence there are zero chances of consideringother actors to step into his role”. According to mediareports, the film has been in the works for some time andbuzz is that Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and theirteam have already completed almost 50 percent of thescript. SRK also had several meetings with Farhan andRitesh during a short break after the release of‘Chennai Express’ in 2013.

But, the super star of Bolly-wood has now come into open todeny the reports about casting for‘Don 3’ and ‘Raees’ for now.King Khan took to Twitter andsaid he has no clue about thecasting of these two films. Fornow, Farhan Akhtar and ShahRukh Khan are going to worktogether in ‘Raees’ and itwill be quite exciting to seethe duo back in action with‘Don 3’ along with the pro-ducer Ritesh Sidhwani. Butstill things are yet to be final-ized.

Looks like Don 3 isn’t hap-pening for now. And even if it isthen Shah Rukh Khan certainlyis unaware about all the develop-ments. We say so because last nightGauri Khan’s hubby dearest took toTwitter to announce that he has no cluewhatsoever about Farhan Akhtar’s Don3. The superstar also cleared the air aboutthe casting of his upcoming film Raees. Hewrote on the popular social networkingsite, “Don 3 is supposedly on!?Issuesbeing discussed on Twitter I hav no clueabout. – Agencies

Shahrukh strikeback in ‘Don 3’

LOS ANGELES – Walt DisneyCo said on Thursday it willextend one of Pixar's most suc-cessful film franchises by mak-ing Toy Story 4 for release in2017, directed by John Lasseter.

"John created Toy Storyand directed its first two filmsand it's great to have him backdirecting one of our most valu-able properties," Disney chiefexecutive Bob Iger said on anearnings call.

Iger called 2010's ToyStory 3 a "tremendous suc-cess" with more than $1 bil-lion at the global box officeand $10 billion in retail sales.

He said that demonstratedthat "these wonderful charac-ters are clearly just as relevantand beloved as ever."

Toy Story was the firstfeature film made by PixarAnimation Studios, in 1995,and gave the famous animatedcharacters Woody, the toycowboy, and space ranger

Buzz Lightyear a prominentplace in pop culture.

The first instalment made

$362 million at the global boxoffice, while Toy Story 2brought in $485 million.

Disney bought Pixar in2006 in a deal worth $7.4 bil-lion. – Agencies

Disney announces 'Toy Story 4' for 2017

LA cop is alsoSaif’s fan

SAIF Ali Khan had a sur-prise in store for him inLos Angeles where he

was shooting for 'Happy End-ing'. While filming the song'Haseena Tu Kameena Mein'on the streets of the city, Saifcame across a middle-agedcop who couldn't curtail hisexcitement on meeting theactor.

Admitting to being hisardent fan, the cop disclosedthat he has watched quite afew films of Saif and addedthat he thoroughly enjoyedCocktail. Of course, theNawab obliged the cop with apicture. – Agencies

London exhibition celebrates femaleempowerment through fashion

LONDON: From a jade green wooldress suit worn by former Britishprime minister Margaret Thatcher tothe suffragettes' lace blouses, clotheshave been a defining feature ofwomen's empowerment, according toa new exhibition in London.

"Women Fashion Power" at Lon-don's Design Museum features itemsof clothing from the past 150 yearsthat have come to be associated withkey moments in the lives of women inpositions of authority. Items on dis-play include a delicate lace blouseworn by members of the 19th-centurysuffragette movement, which cam-paigned for British women to get thevote, Thatcher's green dress suit and ablack beaded evening gown worn bythe late Princess Diana.

"Throughout history womenhave used dress in a very deliberateway to express power and authority.

We have tried to give a historicalcontext and really introduce the

whole idea of using dress to expresspower," co-curator Donna Lovedaysaid. She is careful, though, to drawa distinction between women usingclothes to express a sense of empow-erment, and the 1980s trend forpower dressing.

“I have not used the term 'powerdressing' very deliberately, because Ithink that evokes a very particularimage of that very masculine aggres-sive power look that we associatedwith the 1980s,” Loveday said. Theexhibition is intended to show howwomen have used clothes to definehow they want to be seen.

“So I think there is a new attitudeto clothes, it’s not something that issilly or frivolous," Loveday said. "It isnot something that restricts women orenslaves them. – Agencies

Lohan’s probation ended in necklace theft case

city06 Monday, November 10, 2014

ISLAMABAD - Aaghaz-e-Dosti, an Indo-Pakpeace and friendship initiative of Pakistan-basedThe Catalyst – TC and India-based Mission Bhar-tiyam, organized Aman Chaupal, here the otherday, at The Indus Group of Colleges, Blue Areacampus. Aman Chaupal is an interactive sessionwherein someone from across the border (here,India) interacts with students in a school or col-lege. The objective of Aman Chaupal is to count-er stereotypes and misconceptions. It is to showthe side of India that the media never shows.

This was the eleventh Aman Chaupal andthe first Aman Chaupal in Pakistan. In India,Aaghaz-e-Dosti has organized ten Aman Chau-pals so far. The guests for the session were Dr.Manju Dagar and Mr. Mukesh Kataria. Dr.Manju Dagar is an award winning journalist andnews anchor with rich experience of anchoringwith organizations like All India Radio, Door-darshan, Aakashvani and various other newschannels. She hosts the well-known program“Pal Do Pal,” on channel Ru-B-Ru. Mr. MukeshKataria, basically from New Delhi, is the CEOand Chairman at IPCC Ireland. Additionally, Dr.Manju works as General Secretary and Mr.Mukesh Kataria as Programs Advisor forYuvsatta (an NGO empowering youth), Chandi-garh, India.

Aman Chaupal was co-ordinated by AliyaHarir, convener (Pakistan) of Aaghaz-e-Dosti.The coordinator from Indus Group of Collegeswas Mr. Junaid Abbasi, Senior Vice Principal.The session consisting of 11th grade studentswas initiated with Dr. Manju’s pleasing expres-sions on seeing the multimedia welcoming slidethat read “Pakistan mai apka swagat hai” inDevnagri (Hindi) script.

Dr. Manju shared her experience of meetingand interacting with Pakistani citizens for quitea number of years. Expressing her appreciationshe said that Aman Chaupal is such a fantasticname as what our ancestors used to do was they

used to sit under the shade of a tree and discussthe issues that concern them. Today we do nothave that common tree where we the laymancan sit and discuss his/her problems so the ideaof a cross border person interacting with stu-dents is yet another sort of chaupal where I thinkthe one inch of shade is the visa that has beengranted. I am here to make most of it and I amopen to hear and discuss about your ideas aswell.

After this, the interactive session began.“India is very uncooperative in terms of

bringing a solution to Kashmir issue. Why don’tyou accept the UN plebiscite on Kashmir?”came from a student.

“I suggest you to go and read about the Indi-an narrative on the issue of Kashmir and the UNresolution. The debate would get lengthened.But to answer your question in simple words Imust say that if Pakistan is affix at the UNplebiscite on Kashmir, then the decision of Pak-

istani leaders talking with Indian or Hurriyatleaders needs a revision”. Dr. Manju Dagar con-tinued with saying that Kashmir is not the onlyissues between India and Pakistan, there are mil-lions of them but yes Pakistan and India mustfind out a solution to this long-standing issue inthe interest of the people of the region. The Indi-an Kashmir enjoys the same status enjoyed byrest of the states of India.

“Then why innocent people are prey ofatrocities?” – asked by a student. They are preyof atrocities everywhere, my dear; be it Quetta,Kashmir, Wagha, or Mumbai. No religion teach-es violence be it Islam, Hinduism, Christianity,or Sikhism, replied Manju Dagar

“Why does Mr. Modi order the Indian forcesto attack Pakistani soldiers?” asked a student.

Dr. Manju with a gentle smile asked a count-er question: Does Nawaz Sharif order the Pak-istani soldiers to attack Indian forces? No. Sim-ilarly, Mr. Modi has nothing to do with the LOC

clashes. The LOC tensions are created by thesecurity forces on both sides of the border. Haveyou ever been informed of the causalities inIndia because of the firing? No. You simply trustthe narrative built by your media. News is creat-ed on desk to create hype and sensitize people.Expressing about her experience of havingworked with media and news channels in India,she discussed the politics of media in highlight-ing the negative and biased news.

Mr. Aqeel, a teacher expressed that ‘Pak-istan and India share the same culture, food,spices, religions, languages and much more totalk about’.

“Not to talk about Salman khan andShahrukh Khan being the ultimate heroes of thestudents sitting here. Katrina Kaif k baray maiapko utni knowledge nahe hogi jitni en sab kohai”, added the Principal of the college. (Theaudience laughs)

Mr. Mukesh Kataria who spends most of his

time in Ireland, said that South Asia has thepotential to become the strongest and most pow-erful part of the Asia continent in the world. IfEurope can create the Europeans union so canSouth Asian create the South Asian Union. Whathappened in 1947 must now be forgotten. Weneed to move on and respect each other’s identi-ty and sovereignty. Exemplifying the Kashmirissue, he said that Northern Ireland a part of boththe UK and Ireland. The region has people Irishand British people who share common influencefrom Ireland as well as UK. So is like Kashmir.Kashmir has its roots in India as well as Pak-istan. He expressed his pleasure on the gracioushospitality extended by the people of Pakistan.

Replying to a student’s query about successof peace activities in India, Dr. Manju said thatpeople of India and Pakistan think alike. Like inPakistan, people in India also have many mis-conceptions and stereotypes. She shared theefforts and contributions of Yuvsatta in creatingpeace-cities in India and around the world forpeople to live in harmony with man & nature.She shared that the idea of an InternationalYouth Peace Fest in India started with just 100students of India and Pakistan in 2006 and nowin 2014, we have hosted young peace activistsfrom more than 40 countries of the world. Shemotivated the youth to take steps for the better-ment of Pakistan’s relations not only with Indiabut with all the regional and global countries.Dr. Manju also discussed about the Global YouthPeace Festival 2015 and discussed its success inthe preceding years.

The program was concluded with Dr. Manjupresenting the GYPF-2015’s memento of ‘Let’sdo more’ with Mahatma Gandhi’s photo, to thecollege principal. She also presented a shield tothe school principal with flags of India and Pak-istan that read ‘Aur b jahan hain es jahan seaagay, Aur b manzilain hain es manzil sayaagay’. – PR

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for media professionals of both countries to actwith enormous maturity and responsibility and toavoid sensational journalism when it comes toreporting about the relations between these twonuclear neighbors and this particular factorrequired extraordinary responsibility in newsreporting over Indo-Pak bilateral issues. “Yes Mr.Makhdoom Babar is absolutely right, there are cer-tain hawkish anchorpersons and new reporters inboth countries who often cross certain red lineswhile holding talk shows and reporting events withregard to Indo-Pakistan relations and particularlyduring tense situations. Such attitudes, yes, ofcourse, are bound to create any untoward situationand thus it is about time that such elements shouldshun sensational journalism and better opt for sub-stantial journalism with positive mindsets and withmaturity and responsibility as irresponsible andmerely sensation based attitudes and aggressiveapproaches could push both nations into somehighly unfortunate scenario,” asserted Manju.

Makhdoom Babar emphasized on the need formedia from both Pakistan and India to rise aboveto contribute for a lasting peace in this part ofSouth Asia and must do the same with acuteresponsibility. “This is the call of the hour that bothPakistani and Indian journalists should shun thenegative attitudes and must use all their energies todeliver to cater to the needs of common man intheir respective countries. It is the prime responsi-bility of media organizations and individual jour-nalists to promote peace between the two nationsinstead of enhancing negative feelings about eachother as only peace could benefit the masses. Imust take this opportunity to plead to Indian mediato become a pressure group over Indian govern-ment to force New Delhi to shift its spending frommilitary purchases to projects that could help thepoor people of the nation of over a billion, improvetheir lives and to eradicate poverty. I would alsotake this opportunity to advise the individual Indi-an journalists to set aside hawkish attitude towardsPakistan as by doing so, they are actually tearingthe two nations apart rather than bringing themcloser to forge a real peace and harmony. I am surethat there are very sane and mature journalists likeMs, Manju across India but still certain hawkishand hostile journalists and anchorpersons arebecoming more prominent in Indian media whichis not a good sign to me,” said Makhdoom Babar.He said that he was really shocked to see the atti-tude of certain unscrupulous and highly irresponsi-ble anchorpersons in Indian media who remain24x7 in anti Pakistan mod and they touch extremeheights when some highly sensitive episode occurswith regard to Pakistan-India relations like the onethat happened on 26/11 in Mumbai when Indianmedia persons, instead of showing any level ofmaturity and responsibility, right in the middle ofthe tragic incident, even before the terror act wasover, shifted their media canons towards Pakistanand by virtue of what, they even twisted the mind-sets of the genuine investigators.

He said that despite the fact that no single per-son at any level, all over Pakistan, ever supportedor appreciated the tragic 26/11 incident and insteaddeeply condemned this gory episode, yet, certainIndian media houses and prominent individualanchorpersons and print media journalists createdan atmosphere to convince the entire Indian nationthat it was the Pakistani nation that was responsi-ble for 26/11. “Well who can call it responsible orsubstantial journalism? This was merely the jour-nalism at its worst. In such a sensitive scenario,Indian media, that is perhaps the biggest and theoldest in the region and has otherwise a very pro-found background, starting from British rule era,should have shown some little level of responsibil-ity while on the other side, a rather minnow, Pak-istani media, showed great responsibility and keptits cool. I believe that the stronger and the vibrantIndian media is, it must display the matching andbefitting maturity and responsibility. There was atime when both Pakistani media and Pakistani gov-ernment used to blame India or it’s RAW for everybad thing happening in Pakistan. But that was tillthe 80s and 90s. It is no more there.

Now, Pakistani media, showing maturity andresponsibility, do not jump straightaway to the con-clusion of blaming India for every evil happeninghere, even amidst very strong doubts about thesame and so have been doing the governments atIslamabad. May be this is because we have real-

ized that it is not India and its RAW or IB alone asmany other foreign agencies and elements are alsocausing troubles in Pakistan or maybe we, the Pak-istani media, have gone too cautious in getting intoa blame game, to save our credibility and reputa-tion across the world. But it is a fact; In Pakistan,you would hardly see such hurriedly hurled blamesover India by media while in India, certain mediapersons have still locked themselves in the theoryof blaming Pakistan for every evil happening inIndia. By doing so, they are actually eliminatingthe possibilities of tracking down the actual cul-prits, actual hands and actual forces behind theseconspiracies and this is what has made Pakistan,India ties very vulnerable to everyone across theworld to dent these ties by hatching such conspira-cies. I have covered many wars as a journalist. Ihave seen wars and I have seen the miseries ofmasses during the wars from Lebanon to Iraq andfrom Iraq to Afghanistan. These wars only help theWestern powers like the United States to sell theirweapons and arms to the war locked countries. Soto my professional advice to my worthy colleaguesin Indian media is that instead of making efforts tocreate war like scenarios between Pakistan andIndia and instead of encouraging Indian Forces togo for aggression, they must make efforts to defusetensions as a Pakistan India war. In today’s sce-nario, would serve none by would simply destroyat least half of the humanity,” asserted MakhdoomBabar.

Manju Dagar completely agreed to this viewpoint and said that media from both countries mustshow acute responsibility to ensure that peace mustprevail and should put all professional efforts todefuse tensions rather than adding fuel to the fire.“Nobody, really, In India. also wants to witness aPak-India war. We the Indians are also a peace lov-ing nations but, Yes! There are certain hawkishmedia elements out there who very loudly talk ofwar. But they are not only in India but on bothsides, may a bit more in number in India as num-ber of media persons is also much high in India ifcompared. But I totally agree that media, in anypart of the world should always play role for peaceand not war, stated Manju, who is also the Secre-tary General of an Indian NGO named YUVSAT-TA (Youth for Peace), adding that there was theneed of the hour that both Pakistani and Indiangovernment should try to develop faith and trust ineach and should judge each other’s sincerities byeach other’s acts without listening to what othersay. “ Yes! She is right, others like Americansshould not be allowed to tell us that how shouldwe, the Pakistanis and Indians, should behave witheach others. They cannot be trusted as they do sofor their own benefits and a very strong example inthis direction is that of US Secretary of StateChuck Hagel, who back in 2011, when Americanswanted to sell weapons to Pakistan, state that Indiawas supporting terror to Pakistan via Afghanistanand today when US is eyeing Indian kitty for itsweapon sales to India, the same Chuck Hagel’sPentagon has come up with a statement that Pak-istan is supporting terrorism in India. So how canthey be believed in such an inconsistent state ofaffairs?” questioned Makhdoom

To a question Makhdoom Babar agreed withIndian journalists that there were hawkish elementsin Pakistan that have been talking of hoisting Pak-istan’s flag on Delhi’s Red Fort for years whilesimilar hawks were there in India who talk of con-quering Lahore by India and to have victory tea at

Lahore Gymkhana . “But here we have to realizethe fact that those who talk of hoisting Pakistanflag on Delhi’s red Fort have no acceptance in Pak-istani society as they could never win even a localbody election of a Union Council anywhere inPakistan while those who talk of destroying Pak-istan and conquering Lahore etc have been verystrongly accepted and acknowledged by Indians asthey have obtained historic votes to form a strongsingle party government in India. I guess this dif-ference must be kept in mind while talking ofHawkish elements in Pakistan and India,” assertedDM Chief.

Indian journalists highly appreciated theefforts of The Daily Mail’s Chief to form Pakistan-China Media Friendship Association that was con-tributing since 2006 to promote healthy journalismin both countries and to enhance people to peoplecontact but expressed that before forming Pak-China media friendship body, he should haveformed Pak-India Media Friendship platform.

The Indians said that since Pakistan and Chinawere already enjoying very cordial relations andextraordinary freindship while the same was lack-ing a lot in case of Indo-Pakistan ties, it was impor-tant that Mr. Makhdoom should have initiated suchdrive in this direction and should have formed Pak-istan, India Media Friendship Association first.They however suggested that without wasting fur-ther time, as it was, though, never too late, Pak-istan, India Media Friendship Association must beestablished at the earliest as such a step would not

only be playing a vital role in bringing journalistsfrom both countries closer and together to makejoint efforts for peace, harmony and friendshipbetween the two nations but this platform wouldalso emerge as a pressure group for both the Indi-an and Pakistani governments to take solid andpractical steps for lasting peace and cordial ties forthe welfare of the people of both countries while itwill also be very effective to eradicate misconcep-tions on both sides of the border and to discourageanti-peace hawks.

“We have made it as our next target to formPakistan, India Media Friendship Association withclear and sincere intentions for forging peace, har-mony and friendship amongst the two neighboringcountries through media endeavors, without anyofficial involvement,” stressed Manju. Respondingto this, Mr. Makhdoom Babar very warmly wel-comed the suggestion of the Indian media teamand said that he would put his and his team’s allsincere efforts for such a cause for the promotion

of peace and harmony. “I totally agree with you.There is much need of such a genuine media bodyin this direction. See, SAFMA didn’t work; AmanKi Aasha went even worst as both had very shadybackgrounds and had clouds and clouds of doubtsbehind the intentions. But a genuine media bodylike ours is with regard to China and has genuineacknowledgments from hundreds of genuine jour-nalists from both countries, if launched with regardto India, would surely earn very good results withregards to ensuring peace and in eradicating mis-conceptions amongst both the people and the jour-nalists of the two countries,” said Chairman ofPak-China Media Friendship Association.

In the end, The Daily Mail Chief ensured thevisiting Indian journalists that The Daily Mailwould continue to make all the professional effortsto ensure peace and harmony amongst the twonations with all the sincerity. “Please be sure thatThe Daily Mail is by no means against India or theIndians. We are by no means a hawkish mediaorganization. We have never supported Pakistan-India tensions and thus have never encouraged, byany of our act and content a Pakistan, India war oreven war like situation. We have always con-tributed to the efforts of the peace. Our only crimethat has earned us a bad name by the Indian intel-ligence establishment and certain hawkish mediapersons from India is that we merely expose andconfront the conspiracies of Indian intelligenceinfrastructure against Pakistan and especiallyagainst Pak-India peace overtures and that too onthe basis of solid and concreted evidences, nevermerely as a propaganda campaigns. We wouldwelcome if Indian media could do the same in caseof Pakistan, on the basis of solid evidences likeours. We, as a media organization and I personallydo not have any bad feelings for India or Indians atall. I watch Indian movies and enjoy Indian music.I am hosting you here with all the warmth in myheart and with all the sincerity in my feelings. youmust have realized that how open, how profession-al and how deeply the peace seeking and peacepromoting media organization we, The Daily Mail,are and how much positive feelings do we have forpeople of India. However we, by no means cankeep our eyes wide shut over the wrongdoings ofIndian Intelligence agencies with regard to Pak-istan, That is not on as that is our basic profession-als duty as a professional media organization andwe cannot do dishonesty to our profession. We arefriends of Indian public and Indian media andexpect Indian media to reciprocate in same man-ner” explained The Daily Mail Chief.

In the end, Indian media team presented TheDaily Mail’s Editor-in-Chief with a memento, apen sketch of Mahatma Gandhi and invited him tovisit India on his earliest availability.

Earlier, Indian journalists also visited theNational Press Club, Islamabad where they werereceived by President and General Secretary ofthe NPC. Senior NPC leaders and veteran jour-nalists Tarique Chudhary and Afzal Butt briefedthe Indian journalists about activities of NPC andthe wlfare projects that the NPC was running forthe betterment of the journalists. Both Pakistaniand Indian journalists during this brief interac-tion at the NPC pledged to promote Pakistan,India ties and vowed to spread peace, harmonyand friendship amongst the two neighboringnations. They also agreed to increase the interac-tion between Pakistani and India media personsand stressed upon the need of intensiveexchanges of media delegations between the twocountries.

Pakistani, Indian journalists pledge topromote peace, harmony, friendship

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ISLAMABAD - The All Pak-istan CNG Association (APC-NGA) on Sunday rejected thedecision of SNGPL to closeCNG stations across Punjabon the pretext of excessiveload on the system.

The unilateral decisionwill hurt the interests of mil-lions of masses and thousandsof CNG filling stations own-ers therefore it cannot beaccepted under any circum-stances, said Pervaiz KhanKhattak, Central ChairmanAPCNGA.

In a statement issued heretoday, he said that closure ofCNG stations throughout Pun-jab on Nov 10 in the garb ofload on system is unaccept-able as there is no city in theprovince facing biting cold.The unilateral and flaweddecision will add to the prob-lems of CNG operators andmiseries of the masses, said

Pervaiz Khan Khattak. He said that some of the

government and business cir-cles cannot tolerate CNG sec-tor even if it is running for twodays a week. The SNGPL hasdeprived masses of affordablefuel many times in recent daysand now the department hasrepeated the decision withouttaking stakeholders on boardwhich is unfortunate, headded.

Pervaiz Khattak said thatclosure of CNG stations willaffect millions of jobs, thou-sands of CNG operatorswhile drivers of taxis, rick-shaws and wagons willincrease fares.

He said that CNG is theonly business in the worldwhich is not allowed to oper-ate for more than two days in aweek and it is being strangu-lated which has left us with nooption but to take a strictaction.

He said that deprivingPunjab’s CNG industry of gasis highly unfortunate thereforethe CNG operators facing thewrath of SNGPL should beimmediately compensatedagainst the wastage of busi-ness days.

CNG bodyrejects forced

closure offilling stations

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Correspondent

ISLAMABAD - Vice AdmiralKhan Hasham Bin Saddiquehas been appointed Vice Chiefof the Naval Staff with imme-diate effect, said a notificationissued here Sunday.

Vice Admiral KhanHasham Bin Saddique wascommissioned in the Opera-tions branch of Pakistan Navyin June 1980. The Vice Admi-ral undertook initial training atBritannia Royal Naval Col-lege Dartmouth, UK. On com-missioning, the officer wonthe coveted Sword of Honourfrom Pakistan Naval Acade-my. He got his early educationfrom prestigious PAF CollegeSargodha and FSc from cadetCollege, Petaro.

During his distinguishedcareer, the Admiral attainedvast experience of both com-mand and staff appointments.His command appointmentsinclude Command of aDestroyer, Commandant Pak-istan Naval Academy, Com-mandant Pakistan Navy WarCollege, CommandantNational Security College atNational Defence University,Commander Pakistan Fleetand Command of MultiNational Combined TaskForce 150 at HQ NAVCENTBahrain.

His key staff appoint-ments include Chief Staff

Officer to Commander Pak-istan Fleet, Assistant Chief ofNaval Staff (Plans), DeputyChief of Naval Staff (Admin),Deputy Chief of Naval Staff(Operations) and DeputyChief of Naval Staff (Pro-jects). Prior to his appoint-ment as Vice Chief of theNaval Staff, the Admiral wasserving as Chief of Staff atNaval Headquarters, Islam-abad.

The Vice Admiral is agraduate of Joint ServicesStaff College and NationalDefence University Islam-abad. He holds Master’sDegree in OperationsResearch from USA and jointwarfare & war studies fromQuaid-e-Azam University,Islamabad. He also has M Phildegree in Public Policy andStrategic Security Manage-ment.

Hasham Saddiqueappointed VC NS

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uZMA ZAFArdeputy editor

Ayoung Christian man and his pregnantwife were subjected to unspeakable hor-ror on Tuesday morning in Lahore's Kot

Radha Kishan suburbs. According to reports,the couple worked as bonded labour at a brickkiln from whose owner they had taken Rs200,000 advance and wanted to quit withoutbeing able to pay back the money. The ownerlocked them up in a room to prevent them fromleaving while the village cleric asked people viathe mosque loudspeaker to gather at the kilnwhere, he alleged, a Christian woman hadburned the holy Quran. A similar announce-ment was made in an adjoining village. Soon amob gathered and tore down the roof of thecouple's room to take them out. They werebeaten unconscious and then burned alive inthe kiln furnace. The police have made 48arrests while Punjab Chief Minister ShahbazSharif has set up a three-member committee toinvestigate the lynchings. He had done thesame after the godra atrocity but nothing cameout of it.

PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin isoften painted as an ogre in theworld’s media. The seemingly

eternal president of Russia has an irongrip on his nation and a foreign policyto match. Yet a large majority of Rus-sians give him their support.

Is it his early economic success?Or is it because of a new stability? Orthe nation’s growing self-respect afterthe ignominious years that followedthe demise of the Soviet Union? Or is ita sense of besieged defensivenessbecause of the advantage the Westundoubtedly took of Russia after thatdemise.

The answer is a bit of all these.Few in the outside world seem to

talk much about what happened afterpresident Boris Yeltsin pushed asideMikhail Gorbachev, the last presidentof the Soviet Union. Few recall thepolitical and economic upheavals ofthat time and why the stability ofPutin’s governance is welcomed bypeople at large. Perhaps it is becausethis was a quarter of a century ago andpeople now ruling the West, and thejournalists who report on them, wereonly teenagers or in their twenties atthe time- and suffer from that commonWestern political disease of lack of per-spective and little knowledge of histo-ry.

Immediately after Gorbachev’s falltwo things happened. Under the influ-ence of misguided, radical, Westernfree-market economist advisors pricecontrols were lifted and the price offood rose by 500 per cent, and laterinflation soared. Second, the US sent aTreasury team to Moscow to check onwhether the new Russia would payback the Soviet debt without a word oneconomic aid. (Compare this with theenormous economic help offereddefeated Germany and Japan at the endof the Second World War.)

In March, 1993, Yeltsin went onTV to announce he was suspending theunhelpful and recalcitrant parliamentand called for new elections. The vicepresident, Alexander Rutskoy, and par-liamentary members attempted to

impeach Yeltsin. Yeltsin retaliated witha referendum when he won a slim voteof approval but in a low turn out.Moreover, the ballot papers werequickly incinerated. Yeltsin’s oppo-nents, crying foul, saw no reason toback down.

In September, the US-supportedYeltsin dissolved the Duma (parlia-ment). In response 200 deputies occu-pied the building, voted to strip Yeltsinof the presidency, swore in Rutskoy as

president and armed themselves.Yeltsin ordered a shelling assault onthe parliament building. Yeltsin, the“democrat” was photographed wield-ing a machine gun. The rebellion wasput down. Yeltsin called elections.With the aid of drugs to keep him goinghe won.

Yeltsin then backpedaled on eco-nomic reforms and his governmentbecame more nationalistic. It warnedagainst the expansion of Nato and

argued with Ukraine over Crimea.Meanwhile, corruption soared.

Rich businessmen, each struggling tobe top dog, blew each other up with carbombs.

In December of that year the longwar in Chechnya began.

The war dragged on, the economywas in dire straits and in the parliamen-tary elections a year later the Commu-nist party looked set for a majorrebound. Yeltsin’s party managed anarrow victory.

It was then- in August 1999- thatYeltsin appointed yet another primeminister: Putin. On December 31stYeltsin resigned, having struck a dealwith Putin that his family would beprotected from prosecution if he madehim president. It was the first peacefuland democratic transfer of power inRussian history.

Putin’s greatest achievement wasto revive the economy. Inflation camedown, pensions were paid and incomesincreased by an average 250 per cent.

But on his watch Chechen gunmentook 800 hostages and 130 of themdied when Special Forces made a messof a relief operation. Later two passen-ger jets were downed and terroristsseized a school and hundreds of chil-dren, parents and teachers died inanother botched rescue operation. Theeconomy is no longer doing well.

Nevertheless, after the vicissitudesof the Gorbachev and Yeltsin years, onthe main issues that preoccupy mostpeople, Putin seems to be a steadyleader who gets on top of problems.State controlled TV stations (as inFrance) help ensure popular support.

For now Putin’s support has putdown deep roots. The West mustunderstand why. It is far more than thepopular take over of Crimea or themeddling in Ukraine. If only the Westhad given Gorbachev and Yeltsin asound economic hand all this turbulenthistory might never have happened.

Now Russia, not just Putin, is in avery assertive mood.

– Courtesy KT

IMAgE THAT in spite of an effective ongoing anti-

terrorist military operation and civilian authorities'

claims of putting in place matching fool-proof

security arrangements a suicide-bomber could kill

nearly 60 innocent unarmed spectators and injure

twice that number at the Wagah flag-lowering cere-

mony on Sunday, is mind-boggling. That within hours

of the incident two competing terrorist outfits claimed

responsibility for the carnage was something that put

paid to the officials who often find a terrorist incident

as the last hurrah of the dying demon. On the very

day Wagah parade ground turned into a mass killing

field there were quite a few explosions at some

places while bombs didn't explode at others. At this

point of time it's difficult to know if the Wagah incident

was part of the sect-based extremism that raises its

ugly head during the holy days of Ashura. But, it has

to be conceded that if a large part of Pakistan is

locked down today, it is only because of the feared

terrorist attacks. Who failed whom is that the crux of

the blame game now on between the Punjab police

and the Rangers establishment. It is only crying over

the spilt milk and of no consolation to the families

who lost their near-ones and dear-ones at the venue

so much symbolic of our national pride. By all

accounts the incidence of terrorism now besetting

Pakistan is huge, stemming as much from failed

state policies, misplaced preferences and unrelent-

ing sectarian strife, a catastrophic breakdown that

must be blamed on both the political elite and reli-

gious leadership. Invariably, we grieve for the dead

and injured, pass condemnatory resolutions, pay vis-

its to hospitals, announce compensatory payments,

and even pledge to eradicate terrorism from its very

roots - but all of it more as a curative treatment than

preventive care. We have no beef with the interior

minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan who claims that a

warning of suicide bombing in Lahore was issued

and 'investigation would be initiated against those

who had not taken necessary steps to forestall this

tragedy'. But how to prevent the potentially-primed

suicide-bomber from exploding at a bus stop or rail-

way station that would result in equal number if not

more casualties, remains an unanswered question.

Never again!

The federal government reduced the price ofpetrol this weekend under the Fuel PriceAdjustment (FPA) component defined as pass-through to consumers of any reduction in theinternational price of imported fuel. The price offuel to domestic consumers is not directlylinked to any International Monetary Fund(IMF) condition under the 6.64 billion dollar cur-rently stalled Extended Fund Facility. However,the government does generate considerablerevenue from sale of fuel through the petrole-um development levy (budgeted to generate123 billion rupees in the current year) as wellas sales tax with collections rising with a rise infuel price - revenue that is a component of anyIMF package.

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Immediately after Gorbachev’s fall two

things happened. Under the influence of

misguided, radical, Western free-market

economist advisors price controls were lifted

and the price of food rose by 500 per cent,

and later inflation soared. Second, the US

sent a Treasury team to Moscow to check on

whether the new Russia would pay back the

Soviet debt without a word on economic aid.

(Compare this with the enormous economic

help offered defeated Germany and Japan at

the end of the Second World War.) In

March, 1993, Yeltsin went on TV to

announce he was suspending the unhelpful

and recalcitrant parliament and called for

new elections. The vice president, Alexander

Rutskoy, and parliamentary members

attempted to impeach Yeltsin. Yeltsin

retaliated with a referendum when he won a

slim vote of approval but in a low turn out.

Moreover, the ballot papers were quickly

incinerated. Yeltsin’s opponents, crying

foul, saw no reason to back down.

Russia growing toughJonathan Power

IT was 25 years ago this week thatthe wall came tumbling down. Itdidn’t exactly crumble until the

bulldozers came to the party, butordinary folks were able to beginchipping away at it with little dangerof being shot down.

It made for powerful footage onthe nightly television news. Noother structure defined the Cold Warquite so solidly, and seeminglyineradicably. Back in the early1960s, when the wall was a novelty,young Germans got killed trying toclimb over or dig under it. Morebroadly, the wall could be seen as aphysical manifestation of what Win-ston Churchill had unhelpfullydubbed the Iron Curtain.

US president John F. Kennedytold his aides in 1961 that it wasn’t“a very nice solution, but a wall is ahelluva lot better than a war”. Niki-ta Khrushchev would probably haveseconded that sentiment.

Just as the wall symbolised theCold War, its downfall 28 years laterwas a crucial juncture in the remark-able transformation that occurredduring the latter half of the 1980s,beginning with Mikhail Gorbachev’sascent to the pinnacle of the Soviethierarchy in 1985.

Gorby, as he popularly becameknown in the West, was no springchicken but he was considerablyyounger than his predecessors and,unbeknownst to most of his col-leagues, was determined to drasti-cally shift the status quo. “We can-not,” he had resolved, “go on livinglike this.” Albeit unwilling to pub-licly admit it initially, he hadrealised that the Soviet Union’sclaim to being a workers’ paradisewas substantially spurious.

The changes this realisationentailed included the recognitionthat it was unrealistic for Moscow toguide the fortunes of its East Euro-pean allies, and to provide a militarysolution whenever things went awry,as they notably had in Hungary in1956 and in Czechoslovakia a dozenyears later.

The Soviet Union broadly gotaway with its interventions in Hun-gary, Poland and East Germany inthe 1950s (although it is worth not-ing that the reconquest of Budapestsparked an exodus from communistparties in the west), but its brutalresponse to the Prague Spring in1968 was harder to dismiss as parfor the course.

It was more than a decade later,

though, that the Soviet Union madeits gravest military error by invadingAfghanistan to prop up an unpopularregime. It is seldom noted, though,that the decision was preceded by aconsiderably more vigorous debatein Moscow than the power structuresin Washington bothered with in2001. What’s more, as the then USnational security adviser ZbigniewBrzezinski has admitted, there wasan American plot to lure the Rus-sians into a war they couldn’t possi-bly win. It was revenge for Vietnam— even though no one has ever sug-gested that the Soviets had any inter-est in encouraging their adversariesto enter Indochina.

At the same time, theAfghanistan factor is all too fre-quently excessively weighted as acontributor to the demise of theUSSR. Sure, it wasn’t just an awk-ward coincidence. But at a differentjuncture in its trajectory, the SovietUnion could have survived the blowto its prestige and reputation for mil-itary prowess. In the late 1980s,though, it faced a great deal morethan humiliation on its southernflank. Under Gorbachev’s glasnostand perestroika policies, its internalweaknesses had become all tooapparent — not just to the world atlarge, but to Soviet citizens them-selves.

The imbalance in internationalaffairs has been harder to cover up,though, and perhaps it is best epito-mised by the fact that most of theMoscow’s old allies, as well as sev-eral former components of the Sovi-

et Union itself, are now members ofthe North Atlantic Treaty Alliance(Nato), which really ought to havebitten the dust when the rival War-saw Pact ceased to exist after all, USsecretary of state James Baker hadagreed wholeheartedly with Gor-bachev when the latter had declaredthat Nato’s expansion eastwardswould be unacceptable. The ongo-ing crisis in Ukraine is in severalways a consequence of that promisebeing ignored by Baker’s succes-sors.

The fact that many East Euro-pean countries have veered to theopposite end of the ideological spec-trum — with Hungary a clear exam-ple, while Poland and the CzechRepublic have attracted ignominy bycollaborating with the CIA’s extraju-dicial activities — is one of manyunfortunate consequences of theprocess that acquired unstoppablemomentum 25 years ago this week.And the existence, meanwhile, ofpockets of nostalgia for the veritiesof the communist past across East-ern Europe and Russia is a reminderthat the baby was thrown out withthe bathwater, making it necessaryfor the post-capitalist path to bedelineated once more.

It’s been a largely unrewardingprocess so far. It is not inconceiv-able, though, that shocks to the sys-tem roughly equivalent to the demo-lition of the Berlin Wall could usherin a more constructive phase in theprogress of the 21st century.

– Courtesy KT

After the wallMahir Ali

Populist measures:path to a deeper hole

05Monday, November 10, 2014

Laundering money via stock market

THERE is jubilation in the stock market after the Finance Minister agreedto the proposals put forward by the SECP. In fact, the market had rallied

almost 10% ahead of the finance minister approval to the proposals, indicat-ing clearly that insiders were aware that these measures will be approved. Sowhat are these measures about?

1. Source of income will not be asked till 2014 and after 2014 thesefunds will be treated as white money.

2. Capital gains tax will be same at 10% till 2014.3. NCCPL will directly deduct CGT.4. Withholding tax on sale of shares will be abolished.The most interesting and controversial clause is that no question will be

asked regarding the source of funds for investments in the stock market till2014 and which will subsequently be declared white after 2014.This means that the tax authorities will not question anyone whoinvests in the stock market beyond his identifiable source ofincome till 2014. Is the finance minister trying to makethe stock market a money laundering platform where theill gotten wealth could be channelized and subsequentlydeclared as legitimate asset of the individuals? Historically,during the times of various governments whitening schemeswere announced but never before to such an extent.

One obvious benefit is that this move could entice peopleto channel their wealth away from the areas which don’t getdeclared for the tax authorities. A distinction should be made between whatis ill-gotten wealth made through illegal means and the wealth made on realbusiness activities without coming into in the ambit of tax. The latterincludes areas such as real estate, retail businesses and whole sale distribu-tion etc. These are the real business activities people are engaged in with-out getting themselves into the ambit of declaring their income. Thewealth accumulated through such businesses normally doesn’t getdeclared and thus people are able to avoid paying taxes on their wealth.However, at the same time, there are ways to make their wealth white bybuying prize bonds etc at a cost not exceeding 10% of the wealth. So any-one wishing to make his wealth white has to pay 10% upfront, that’s it. It canbe done when there is a need to do so as this window is always available.Hence, these people are not going to start investing in the stock market just

because of this announcement. They will continue to invest in their ownareas where they are making reasonable returns.

The people who could potentially start investing money in the stockmarket, who are not involved in any real business activities but park theirinvestment in various informal businesses, buying of real estate or such busi-ness areas where they are not required to declare their source of funding.Their original source of income is quite often ill-gotten wealth from dubiousmeans. They can’t afford to bring out their wealth to the tax authorities asthey don’t have the means to justify its origin from legal activities. Bydeclaring that the stock market investment will not be questioned is tanta-mount to opening an easy way to launder ill-gotten money. Someone hascommented that the minister has created a window for the present rulingelites of PPP to launder their money through the stock market which they

have made while in office. These are the questions people willbe asking the minister as the government is in

the last year of its office. There are seriousaccusations of corruption against thisgovernment and therefore it is quite rea-sonable that people will voice their con-

cern about the intention of this move at thisstage.

Should FBR stop asking aboutthe source of income then there isno limit to what people candeclare as their wealth but it’s not

going be like this. The measuresannounced on one hand intends to

bring in money back into the stock market from apparentlythose who don’t want to declare their source of income and

at the same time it wants to deduct capital gainsin the form of withholding tax through theNational Clearing Company (NCCPL). The

message is… “Okay! You come to the stock mar-ket, we will not ask any question about thesource of income but whatever gains you make it

will be liable to pay capital gains tax at source”.This appears to be a good arrangement on the surface but how this thing willwork is rather difficult to comprehend at this stage. Whether its stock mar-ket investments, initiating any business or building a house; there is boundto be question about the source of income in most countries. While announc-

ing these measures for stock investments, one should ask the finance minis-ter why single out stock market investments only, why not people should beexempted from declaring their source of funding if someone wants to start abusiness or for that matter why not people who make their own home shouldbe exempted from declaring the source of funding.

Zahid Ali Khan, Karachi

Education is the third eye of a man

OUR country got independence almost 64 years ago, since then, it can-not be said that a public sector has not even fulfilled the requirement of

the people of Pakistan by providing them good education. The contributionimparted by this sector is a little bit worth to be maintained. Our govern-ment system is moving towards destruction due to which not only the teach-ers are taking interest, nor the students are getting satisfied. Now, day byday, situation is getting so worst that in government institutions, teacherdoes not comes regularly which is definitely resulting in destroying the edu-cation system of Pakistan. Even, nowadays, the cheating has also becomeso common that, it is destroying the image of our education sectors. In myopinion, the basic reason behind this nuisance in our country is wide spreadcorruption.

I must say, our government should be blamed for all this, because theyare not properly providing the funds to the institutions, or else, if the fundsare provided, then they are being misused by our senior government staffs.Secondly, our education has always remained as an orphan child in oursociety by facing double standard which is thus creating an atmosphere offrustration for the young ones. This is so because, our government them-selves have divided the education system into several different boards.Thus, this is creating a vast difference in the minds of the high and low classpeople for educating their generations. Kindly, I request you to please putan eye on this matter and take my advice as an appeal to the media and toour President. I am raising my voice, so that they must ponder of how tobring a change in our education system to improve our society. If our soci-ety will improve, then it would definitely help our country to move towardssuccess and prosperity.

Yumna TariqUniversity of Karachi

Le t ters To The Edi tor

Wake up call to the West

NAFTALI Bennett, Israel’s Min-ister of the Economy and leaderof the Jewish Home Party, amajor component of the current

Israeli government, is widely seen as thepolitician on the rise in Israel and a poten-tial successor to Benjamin Netanyahu asprime minister after the next Israeli elec-tions.

On Nov. 6, he published a highly sig-nificant opinion article, entitled “ForIsrael, two-state is no solution”, in theInternational New York Times.

In this article, Bennett argues that “forits security, Israel cannot withdraw frommore territory and cannot allow for theestablishment of a Palestinian state in theWest Bank” and then proceeds to proposehis own “four-step plan” for peace.

His “peace plan” notably includesIsrael’s unilateral annexation of Area C,approximately 61 percent of the WestBank, so as to “reduce the scope of theterritory in dispute, making it easier toreach a long-term agreement in thefuture.” In his vision of peace, any “Pales-tinian entity” on residual ink spots ofAreas A and B of the West Bank “will beshort of a state. It will not control its ownborders and will not be allowed to have anarmy.” As for Gaza, “it cannot be a partyto any agreement.”

Bennett concludes: “I am aware thatthe world will not immediately accept thisproposal. It seems to go against every-thing Israel, the Palestinians and the inter-national community have worked towardover the last 20 years. But I will work tomake this plan government policybecause there is a new realty in the Mid-dle East, which has brought an end to theviability of the Oslo peace process.”

One may hope that Bennett’s blast ofhonesty will blow away any residual illu-sions within those western governments,which have for decades been blocking therealization of a Palestinian state by argu-ing that a it can only exist, even on a pure-ly legal level, as a result of negotiationswith Israel — i.e., after almost half a cen-tury of belligerent occupation, with theprior consent of the occupying power.

One may also hope that Bennett’shonesty will help western governments torecognize the urgent necessity to save thetwo-state solution by one or, ideally, bothof the only two conceivable courses ofaction to do so — (1) the United States notvetoing an application by the State ofPalestine for full member state status atthe United Nations and, thereby, letting ithappen and (2) building on the virtuousexample of Sweden, a tsunami of diplo-matic recognitions of the State of Pales-tine by the 19 European Union states,which have not yet done so, followed by aclear and coherent program for intensify-ing EU sanctions until Israel complieswith international law and relevant UNresolutions by withdrawing fully from theoccupied State of Palestine.

In a world that still professes formalrespect for international law and the UNCharter, the occupation of a UN memberstate by a neighboring state cannot be per-mitted to endure indefinitely, and Europeis Israel’s principal trading partner andcultural homeland, with Israel enjoyingspecial privileges that give it many of theadvantages of virtual EU membership.Either course of action would represent awholesome and constructive reality checkto Israeli society and render the end of theoccupation a mere question of when

rather than of whether.It appears that the legislatures of

France and Spain are on track to vote onrecognizing the State of Palestine prior toyear-end, although, as in the case of theoverwhelming favorable vote in theBritish House of Commons and the unan-imous favorable vote in the Irish Senate,neither vote would be binding on theirrespective governments.

If the US government were to permitthe State of Palestine to become a UNmember state, there is good reason tobelieve that a wave of diplomatic recogni-tions by EU states, which have traditional-ly deferred to the US on all matters relat-ing to Israel, Palestine and the so-called“peace process,” would rapidly follow.

There is also some reason for hopethat the Republican Party’s new total con-trol of the US Congress, which rules outany domestic achievement for PresidentObama in his final two years in office,will focus the Nobel Peace Prize laure-ate’s attention on leaving a legacy of his-toric foreign policy achievements whichremain within his discretion and power toachieve.

If, however, neither of these twocourses of action has eventuated by mid-2015, the Palestinian people and leader-ship, as well as all decent people whotruly seek peace with some measure ofjustice in Israel/Palestine, should con-sign the “two-state solution” and the cur-rent “two-state legality” to the trash heapof history, accept the current “one-statereality” and embark upon a principled,long-term, anti-apartheid struggle forequal rights and human dignity in a uni-tary state for all who live in former Man-date Palestine.

An Exciting EndeavorE

VEN though one enjoys a comfort-able and busy retirement, therecomes a phase when one gets utterly

bored, feels useless and craves for somereal excitement. It was on one such daythat I met Chris Basher after some sevenyears. I was a supervisor at a leading out-let store and Chris Basher used to come tothe store for shopping very often. He had acharm of his own, a pleasantly lookingguy and a good conversationalist. You nat-urally felt attracted towards him and likedhim, that is, if you are prepared to over-look the fact that he was twice arrested forshoplifting!

Spotting me at a Starbucks coffee shop,he rushed towards me, his one hand wav-ing heartily and the other holding a cup ofcoffee. Spilling coffee on my new shirt, hehugged me. “Long time no see! Wherehave you been, Raf? “I told him that I wasnow retired and asked, “How are you? Stillat the old tricks?”

He laughed out and said very somberly,“No more of that stuff. I have turned a newleaf. A few years ago a sudden revelationgot hold of me. I must do something goodin life. Since then I have been helping peo-ple in distress. Everywhere in the world,there’re people who need money, time andyour devotion, and I have been channelingmost of my time towards collecting dona-tions for such people. Right now I am busyhelping retired firefighters who are eitherdisabled or hospitalized, needing funds.”

“Good to hear that,” I said. “Wish youall the best in this noble endeavor.”

He nodded thoughtfully and said, “I waswondering if you can help me in this cause,put in some time since you are nowretired?”

“Always ready to do whatever I cantowards alleviating the sufferings of needypeople. How can I help?”

“ These days I am aiming at the residentsof Addison. What I do is to contact the res-idents at their homes by phone, requestdonations for this noble cause and get theirpledges. The following day, a representa-tive of Daring Firefighters Foundation, acharity organization formed by me, goes tothe houses and collects the promised dona-tion. Would you like to be a representative?

I’ll give you ten percent of the collectionthe very same evening.”

I thought for a moment. Well, I waslooking for some excitement in life, andhere was a good chance for that. Meetingso many people and working for a goodcause! I told him that I was ready for thejob and that I really didn’t need the ten per-cent from this worthwhile collection. Heinsisted that I must at least be given gasmoney, as I’ll have to drive my own car alot.

American people, I must say, are verycharitable. They lighten their wallet with-out hesitation for a noble cause. And so,collecting donation was so easy. In a day,on an average, I would get a thousand dol-lars, which I would hand over to Chris inthe evening, and he would put a fifty-dollarbill in my pocket. Things were going onfine, till oneevening when I rang a bell and the occu-pant turned out to be a local cop. Well, ifhe was only a cop it would have beenokay, but he was a cop of a special tem-perament. He opened the door and lookedat me with fire in his eyes. Seemingly, hewas off duty, for he seemed to have got upfrom a couch where he was relaxing inpink shorts and a glass of liquor. He wasshort but very heavily built, with a gener-ous growth of hair on his forearms, legsand chest. In contrast to his big round facehis eyes looked small and menacing. Hewas chewing the hair that invaded hismouth from his offensive-looking mous-tache. “Well, how dare you ring the bell?Didn’t you notice the sign at the door: NoSoliciting. Trespassers will be prosecut-ed.”

“I just came to collect the donationpromised by you to Chris Basher for hisDaring Firefighters Foundation,” I said,nervously.

“Chris Basher? He is phony. His Foun-dation is phony and you look like phonytoo,” he roared. “Do you have any identifi-cation letter or card with you? If not, I’llstraightaway march you off to the AddisonPolice Station, sticking my gun at yourback.”

Taken aback, I lied, “The papers are inmy car. Do you want me to get them?”

“Of course! Go get them while I load mygun.”

Here was a chance to escape from thislunatic. I didn’t want to be marched off tothe police station and got arrested. Whatwould my grand children think of me whenthey grew up? I could imagine them dis-cussing the topic with friends. Theyoungest, a talkative one, would say, “Lis-ten dude, my grandpa was once marchedoff to a police station by a burly cop in pinkshorts with a gun…”

I got into my car, turned on the ignitionkey and sped off like a racing car, not giv-ing him a chance to note down my licenseplate number. I, however, could see him bythe front door, dangling his gun and shout-ing, “Hey!”

There was a mall nearby, and I parkedmy car in a parking space among hundredsof other cars. Heaving a sigh of relief, I lita cigarette to soothe my jumpy nerves.Later that evening, I went to Chris’ placeand told him about the nerve-shatteringexperience. He was enjoying a jumbo glassof whiskey and seemed unperturbed.“Well, there are nasty people everywhere.Anyway, you just take a couple of days offand rest. Will see you next Thursday, andyes, you deserve some bonus today.” Say-ing so, he put a hundred dollar bill in mypocket.

A couple of days later, a news itemcaught my eye. It read: Scam artistabsconding. A forty-year old person by thename of Chris Basher has been fleecingthe residents of northwest suburbs of theirvaluable earnings by asking them to givedonations for what he calls Daring Fire-fighters Foundation to help retired andneedy firefighters. He has been activesince last April and has amassed thousandsof dollars. Police, when they came toknow about the scam, raided the apartmentwhere he lived, but found him abscond-ing….

The copy of the newspaper, which I wasreading, fell down from my hands. Excite-ment! I had enough of it. Retirement is thetime to rest, to see the world, to love peo-ple and spread sweetness and light, to playwith your grand kids, to enjoy the blessingsbestowed by God and to thank Him.

THE British analyst Alastair Crooks iswrong in saying that: “There is reallyalmost nothing that the West can doabout it (DĀESH), but sit and watch.”

Whereas it is the West, whose primary respon-sibility is to develop a strategy and a newapproach, to deal with the growingphenomenon of Dāesh, because West itself isthe catalyst, as Noam Chomsky rightly says:

“The appearance of ISIS and the generalspread of radical Jihadism is a fairly naturaloutgrowth of Washington wielding its sledge-hammer at the fragile Muslim societies. The sit-uation is a disaster forthe US, and a naturalresult of its invasions.One of the grim con-sequences of US –UKaggression was toinflame sectarian con-flict that are now tear-ing Iraq and Syria toshreds, and havespread over the wholeregion with awfulconsequences.”

The brutalities of‘shock and awe’ com-mitted onAfghanistan, Iraq,Lebanon and Ghaza,drew the ‘hate-line’ offrustration, despairand revenge and theconsequential growthof resistance byTaliban, Dāesh,Hizbullah and Ham-mas. The world organ-izations and the Secu-rity Council remainedalmost passive specta-tors of brutalitiescommitted on theMuslim Societies.Therefore the Westjust cannot sit andwatch. It has theresponsibility to find“proper response,with balming effect,and not the bombings”which have causedsuch chaos, death anddestruction to theMuslims of the world.

Dāesh comprisesthree elements mainly– the Iraqi, Syrian andSaudi. The Iraqi groupconsists of Saddam’sdisbanded army, supported by Iraqi Sunnis.They are the strongest of the three, being welltrained and possess enough military hardwarecaptured from the Iraqi military (INA). Theircommander is Izzat Ibrahimi, and the target isIraqi regime. Ideologically they are close toSalafi school of thought. Their strength is esti-mated at 50,000 – 60,000. The Syrian groupconsists of The Syrian Opposition Army andthe Moderate Opposition of Syria, who weretrained and equipped by US and Sunni coun-tries of the region, against the Syrian regime,now have joined Dāesh, yet their primary targetis the Syrian regime. Ideologically they areclose to Salafis. Their strength is estimated at30,000 – 40,000. The Saudi Group consists ofthe Wahabi dissidents, who oppose the Saudiregime, “because the Saudi government hasmodernized / westernized and has drifted awayfrom the puritan ways of the Wahabis”. “Theirreal potential for destruction lies – in the implo-sion of Saudi Arabia.” Alastair Crooks. There isa constant flow of Saudi dissidents, joining thegroup. The strength of the group, commandedby Khoshgi is estimated 8,000–10,000.

These three components form the coalitionunder Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi, who hasdeclared himself Caliph. His primary aim is toestablish the Islamic State over the territories,which once were part of the Ottoman Empire,but in 1920 were divided into several countries.Dāesh’s main asset is the perennial source ofJihadi volunteers, pouring-in from “eightycountries of the world. – UN.” Thus, Dāeshposes threat to the three regimes mainly and alesser degree of threat to other Muslim coun-tries. The threat to the regional states could beas serious as described here:

“Gulf will never be the same again and theMiddle East will be un-recognizable, as the

new Sunni State – is taking shape at the veryheart of what they regard as a historical Sunnipatrimony, drawn by Dāesh Salafiideology.”(Alastair Crooke).

Beyond the Islamic State region, the Dāeshthreat is likely to emerge in two forms. Onemay be the repeat of Afghan jihad fall-out.After the defeat of the Soviets, “the 60,000jihadis who had come from seventy countriesof the world – CIA” went back to their home-lands except those who were considered dan-gerous and were not allowed to return. Theybecame non-citizens of the world, like Al-

Qaeda and others, andstill continue to wagejihad in Afghanistan,Pakistan, North Africaand the Middle East.Something similarmay happen in case ofDāesh also, as theJihadis from USA,UK, Europe and othercountries, start return-ing home, and thereshould be no bar onsuch returnees,because at home, theycan be kept underwatch. The ‘ideologi-cal threat’ to Muslimcountries will be lim-ited, because countrieslike Afghanistan andPakistan, follow the“Dêobandi, Barelvi,Maliki, Qadria andNaqshbandi order, andare opposed to Dāeshideology.

The world at largeseems to have noviable option to dealwith Dāesh. Airstrikes and Kurd re-enforcements areweak responses andwill prove counterproductive. Therefore,it would be better tolook at the problemdispassionately. TheDāesh are, attemptingto correct the wrongdone in 1920” andwant to establish theIslamic State of theLevant. To grant themthis right, is an option.Nearer at home, inAfghanistan the Tal-

iban are trying to correct the ‘wrong done in1979 and 2001. To grant them the Islamic Emi-rates of Afghanistan, is an option, because theground realities suggest that, with Americanforces leaving, the Taliban would prevail. TheAfghan National Army (ANA) cannot stand-upagainst them:

“The ANA hide from battle. It cannot leador fight at night. Soldiers refuse to fight, andhide behind rocks and among trees. I am sure,when the Americans leave, Afghan Army willscatter like leaves in the stiff breeze. There areno illusions about the consequences of ANA.Zero.” Maj. Gen. Robert Seals, Green Beret,USA, Washington Times, 26 October, 2014.

The West has to accept these realities andcorrect the course, by looking deeper into the“heart of the matter”, i.e. “abandoning thepolitico-ideological crusade” which aims totransform the Muslim societies into liberal/sec-ular and modern entities, “who prefer an orderthat favors individual autonomy and marginal-ized God. Not God first but We first, whereasMuslims believe that human existence shouldbe a God created human order.” – New YorkTimes. Simply stated: “leave the Muslimsalone,’ the policy Chinese follow in dealingwith the world beyond their borders.

The Muslim societies, during the last four-teen hundred years have learnt to assimilate allsuch elements. Pakistan is a perfect example ofa moderate Muslim Society, living peacefullywith all schools of religious thought such as,Kharji, Takfiri, Salfi, Wahabi, Qadri, Naqsh-bandi, Dêobandi, Barelvi, Shia and Sunni. Butunfortunately the “political-ideological cru-sade” has debased the very face of the moder-ate Muslim society of Pakistan. The West has toaccept the reality and correct the course, for thegood of the humanity.

The brutalities of ‘shockand awe’ committed onAfghanistan, Iraq, Lebanonand Ghaza, drew the ‘hate-line’ of frustration, despairand revenge and the conse-quential growth ofresistance by Taliban,Dāesh, Hizbullah and Ham-mas. The world organiza-tions and the Security Coun-cil remained almost passivespectators of brutalitiescommitted on the MuslimSocieties. Therefore theWest just cannot sit andwatch. It has the responsi-bility to find “properresponse, with balmingeffect, and not the bomb-ings” which have causedsuch chaos, death anddestruction to the Muslimsof the world. Dāesh compris-es three elements mainly –the Iraqi, Syrian and Saudi.The Iraqi group consists ofSaddam’s disbanded army,supported by Iraqi Sunnis.

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