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2008 and beyond the Election:-Pakistan without a Bhutto. A CIA-Faustian deal ends in tragedy.

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Beyond the Election:-Pakistan without a Bhutto. A Faustian deal ends in tragedy. According to the American media sources a tragedy of epic proportions and Greek dimensions has taken place in Pakistan. The fate of Benazir Bhutto reminds us about a Greek royalty. Princess Cassandra, the first daughter of Troy, the sister of mighty Hector and [...]

2008 and beyond the Election:-Pakistan without a Bhutto. A CIA-Faustian deal ends in tragedy.

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THE PATHANS: The Western Pathans: The Abdalis (Durranis), The Ghaljis

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Punjabis, the Pakhtuns have the second largest presence in the Pakistan Army; they share power with the Punjabi establishment when there is military rule in Pakistan; their business class has more investment in Karachi and Punjab than in Pakhtunkhwa itself; their labour class is more at home and earns its living in Karachi and Punjab; their middle class has more jobs in other provinces’ public and private sector; they cannot look up to Afghanistan for integration because that country is war-ravaged and much more underdeveloped than Pakistan. No people have ever joined or migrated to less developed societies. As a matter of fact, when the Afghan refugees started pouring into Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the 1980s, as a result of the war unleashed by General Zia and the CIA on that country, I found most Pakhtuns of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa criticising the immigrants for taking away their resources. They also felt that the Afghan immigrants are not going to go back as, historically, no migrant who has moved to a developed area has ever looked back. And they were right. Today you see many markets monopolised by the Afghan traders, even in Karachi.

THE PATHANS: The Western Pathans: The Abdalis (Durranis), The Ghaljis

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