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Death of DG Khan
We often look at the larger picture of politics, society, corruption and governance, ignoring the most intimate communities and places where we live our lives. For most people, it is the village, the small hamlet; and for us, the urbanites, it is the town, the city. And the quality of the place we live in is determined by the quality of life.There are many ways to measure the quality of life, and there are universal standards by which cities and communities around the world are compared. We all know how low we are on many measurements, from governance to human development, which is a sad reflection on those that have governed us and continue to govern us -- the political-bureaucratic combine. How much we care about knowing and acting to mend things about our towns and cities may be gauged from the fact that these issues are totally missing from our media and socio-political discourses. In search of the Taliban, Talibanisation and the proliferating madrassa network, I had the opportunity to visit three towns last week, though briefly -- Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan. I must admit my failure in confirming the manufactured political facts about Southern Punjab. But I challenge the ruling groups -- the PMLN, which is in power in Punjab, and the bureaucracy -- on what I did confirm. Posted by: Fred 2009-10-27 |
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