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Pakistan's new provinces & new names: NWFP=Naya Watan Frontier Province, FATA=Fatah e Islam, Northern Areas=Gilgit Baltistan

This is the map for which the Muslims of the Subcontinent struggled for. This article on provincial nomenclature and monikers has a deep and profound impact on South Asia. When the British arrived on the shores of Calcutta there were more than 570 states in the Subcontinent. When the British left on 15th August 1947 [...]

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Posted in Current Affairs, Kashmir, Pak CA, Punjab, Sarhad, Sindh14 Comments

After the bickering is done, after the celebrations are complete, and before the next round of bickering starts, someone in the new governemnt has to begin looking at the real issues–beyond power play.

The ABC of Pakistani Politics–Predicting the results of the Feb 2008 elections

The ABC of Pakistani Politics–Predicting the results of the Feb 2008 elections  Elections have been rescheduled for February 2008. Some people are unaware of the system of government and the laws under which the elections are being held.   PREDICTION: The PPP and the PML will win the elections. The PPP may win because of [...]

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Posted in A Zar, Altaf, Benazir Bhutto, Bhutto, MQM, Mush, Pak CA, Pak Elec, PPP, Punjab0 Comments

Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan is the next targeted Muslim Domino: Does the Obsequious Zardari and the on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again Tubelight called Nawaz Sharif realize the dangers. Democaracy as a tool against Muslims

Pakistan is the next targeted Muslim Domino: Does the Obsequious Zardari and the on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again Tubelight called Nawaz Sharif realize the dangers | NEW YORK | RUPEE NEWS | December 30th, 2007 | Moin Ansari | Does the Tubelight Nawaz Sharif  know if it is on of off ? Does it know that [...]

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Posted in A Zar, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz, Pak CA, Pakistan hist, PML (N), Politics, Punjab0 Comments

Liaqat Ali Khan Shahed e Millat

HOW JINNAH AND LIAQAT OF THE PAKISTAN MOVEMENT OUTMANEUVERED THE FIFTH COLUMNS: The Unionists, The Khaksars and the Frontier Gandhi

HOW JINNAH AND LIAQAT OF THE PAKISTAN MOVEMENT OUTMANEUVERED THE FIFTH COLUMNS The Defeat of Sir Choutto Rams Zamindara League and the Feudal Unionist Parties in the Punjab By Moin-A Updated Feb 20th, 1997. Reformatted Dec. 27th 2007 The silent majority remains supine and tries to ignore the hate-clans polemical diatribes. We are an emotional [...]

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Posted in 2 Nation Theory, Current Affairs, Gandhi, Jinnah, Liaqat Ali Khan, Muslim Leag, Pakistan hist, Pakistan Ideology, Punjab, S. Asia History0 Comments

Punjab Politics circa 1940s and the Creation of Pakistan: How the Muslim League destroyed Sir Chottu Ram's Zamindara League (Later renamed Unionist Party)

 THE ORIGINS OF THE FEUDALS IN THE PUNJAB Let us see what was happening in the Punjab in the years just prior to independence. The British had two ways of ruling the Muslim majority provinces. They appointed Hindus to the administration, and they forced the Muslims out of the government. They also used other Muslims [...]

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Posted in 2 Nation Theory, Agriculture, Gandhi, Jinnah, Lahore, Language, Liaqat Ali Khan, Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana, Muslim Leag, Noon, Pak CA, Pakistan hist, Politics, Punjab, Sikandar Hyatt, Sir Chottu Ram, Zamindara League0 Comments

Industrialists vs. Feudals and Democracy: The blame game continues in Pakistan

The blame game continues. Industrialists think it is fashionable to malign feudalism in Pakistan. Tall comparisons are made with India. Traditionally Muslims of the Subcontinent did not engage in business. They were either courtiers or land owners. The Socialist Nehru abolished the land holdings in India not because of some lofty Marxist or Gandhian motives, but rather [...]

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Posted in Altaf, Bhutto, Current Affairs, Islam, Kash CA, Language, MQM, Muslim Leag, Pak CA, Pakistan hist, Pakistan Ideology, Politics, PPP, Punjab, Reli & Pol., S. Asia History, Urdu0 Comments


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