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A Gift irks the Maldivians

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Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation, is home to 300,000 Muslims. Practicing any other religion in forbidden. It is 100% Muslim. Stretched across 90,000 sq km (35,000 sq m) of the Indian Ocean southwest of India, the Sunni Muslim nation of 1,192 islands is in the throes of an Islamic renaissance. Delhi and Beijing are [...]

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The growing schism between Russia and India

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  To Delhi Russia looks like old and distanced girl-frend, the one that ran away with your best buddy. There used to be a time when Bharat was a satellite state of the mighty Soviet Union. Delhi would march in goose-step with Moscow and would vote with the USSR more than 95% in the UN.  Bharat never [...]

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Some questions for Imran Khan

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Some of our readers have angst and are asking questions. Here is a list compiled by Al Ansar Ul Haq. We seek a rebuttal to this artice from the PTI or sympathizers of Imran Khan. Imran Khan Only Good For Opposition and a danger in Government by Al Ansar Al Haq (alansaralhaq@yahoo.co.uk) Have I not [...]

Some questions for Imran Khan

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China defends against encirclement

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It is a like a game of Risk. Forces are being arrayed in geographical regions which threaten outher countries. The US is surely building a net around Beijing and China feels threatened. Its only major ally in the world was and remains Pakistan. China is a facing a three pronged attack and faces encrclement on [...]

China defends against encirclement

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Is Ambassador Haqqani history?

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Like a cat with nine lives Mr. Hussain Haqqani has been able to withstand shouts to fire him. He is dervisively called the “US Ambassador to Pakistan” and is probaby  the most reviled Amabssador that has ever served the Pakistani government. He has however been able to wither the stroms that face him. The press [...]

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The rise of Awadh from the ashes of UP

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Reading history in English has its handicaps. We learened about the Northern state of Oudh. Awadh used to be independent and prosperous state of before the British arrived in South Asia. It was merged into the “United Provinces of Agra and Oudh” popularly known as UP. After 1947 Bharat changed the name of the United [...]

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Whats behind the Sino-Pakistan ‘drill’ against ‘unconventional threats’.

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A few months ago, China said that “an attack on Pakistan would be considered an attack on China”. There is evidence to support the fact that both the militaries are cooperating very closely. There is nothing new is that cooperation. That has been going on since 1948. However the pace of the cooperation has been [...]

Whats behind the Sino-Pakistan ‘drill’ against ‘unconventional threats’.

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..of JF-17s, FC-20s and J-11s

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Pakistan is selling the JF-17 Thunders for around $25 million a pop. Three JFTs for a price of a F-16 is the tag line. Buyers are lining up. Orders should be booked next year. Redesign and upgrades are happening all the time. The Chinese  handed over the Block II version of the JF-17 Thunders to [...]

..of JF-17s, FC-20s and J-11s

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‘Ashoka’ never existed: Radhakantta and Princep concocted a composite ‘king’ in 1837

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The discussion should not be  whether Pandit Radhakantta created Ashoka for John Princep–the real question is whether John Princep created Ashoka for Pandit Radhakantta? John Princep wanted desperately to create schisms in South Asia society. One of the schisms was religious. He wanted to perpetuate British Raj. There was much Hindu-Muslim Unity in the latter half of the 19th century and [...]

‘Ashoka’ never existed: Radhakantta and Princep concocted a composite ‘king’ in 1837

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The Pakistani Civilization: The people of the Indus are distinctly different than the people of the Ganges

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Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani, may God Bless his soul, died a few months ago. He was one of the most talented and brilliant archaeologists in the world. He knew the Indus Valley like no one before him. Free of colonial thought, and liberated from the vestige of the British Raj, Dr. Dani spent his lifetime [...]

The Pakistani Civilization: The people of the Indus are distinctly different than the people of the Ganges

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