Posted on 05 July 2011.
Measuring and Monitoring Gender Equality: By TABINDA QAISER Gender-based inequality is a trend that affects the majority of the country’s population. There are differences in the way of gender disparities which manifest themselves and how they have evolved over time. It is fundamental to develop the frameworks for capturing the magnitude of these disparities in [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pak CA
Posted on 04 July 2011.
One of the ways the Mujahideen defeated the USSR’s occupation of Afghanistan in the 80s was that they severed the supply lines to Afghanistan from the USSR, which at the time included Tajikistan and Uzbekistan etc. They constantly harassed and attacked the conveys. The supply lines from Central Asia are very vulnerable to attac. The [...]
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Posted in Afghan, Current Affairs, Pak CA, Politics, US CA, US Int Rel., US Poli
Posted on 03 July 2011.
Army seizes large quantity of Indian ammunition in hands of ‘Afghan’ terrorists. The end game in Afghanistan has begun. Proxies are taking up positions on both sides of the border–testing the waters and attempting to stake out the territory. Events point to the future after the US leaves. It will leave a contingent of Afghans [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA, Pak CA
Posted on 02 July 2011.
‘Bangladeshis are very anti-Indian’: Manmohan Singh is right and the sentiment grows Bangladesh’s mass-circulation daily Samakal, which titled its lead article: “Uproar over Manmohan’s comments”. Singh’s fauz pas comes on he heels of an official visit to Bangladesh by Indian foreign minister S.M. Krishna set for July 6 to 8. “We must reckon that at [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, India CA