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| Pakistan is not a terrorist state, says Elahi |
| 2009-01-27 |
| Pakistan is not a terrorist state and should not be portrayed as one, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday. Elahi said there was a need to portray a positive image of Pakistan internationally, one that strongly opposes extremism. He was talking to visiting US educationists, George Washington University Professor Dr Judith Findlay and American International School Board Member Richard Pinal at his residence. They appreciated the educational progress during Elahi's government. Elahi said the overall situation of the country was peaceful, barring the Pak-Afghan border situation. He added even the World Bank was surprised at the educational reforms during his stint as chief minister of Punjab. The visiting educationists also appreciated the student exchange programmes between the US and Pakistan during Elahi's tenure, saying that the programmes helped clear misunderstandings between students and societies of both the countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Pakistan is just Strategic Depth for Islamist India. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-27 17:54 |
| #8 The Pakistani journalist Ayaz Amir What, then, was partition all about? But to recap the usual factors held responsible for the founding of Pakistan, Islam was not in danger in pre-1947 India. Indeed, considering the sectarian violence and religious bigotry we face today, it was in better health then. Nor was democracy the issue because even if partition had not happened, India was getting democracy once the British left. The Indian Independence Act promised that. So what was the compelling reason for the Muslims to insist on a separate homeland especially when there was no going around the uncomfortable fact that, no matter how generously the frontiers of the new state were drawn, an uncomfortably large number of Muslims would remain in India? The purpose of Pakistan, transcending anything to do with safeguarding Islam or promoting democracy, was to create conditions for the Muslims of India, or those who found themselves in the new state, to recreate the days of their lost glory. |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-01-27 15:59 |
| #7 It was never a noble experiment. LIFE Magazine's Margaret Bourke-White at Pakistan's birth in 1947... The Messiah and The Promised Land In the weeks to come I was to hear the Quaid-i-Azam's thesis echoed by government officials throughout Pakistan. "Surely America will build up our army," they would say to me. "Surely America will give us loans to keep Russia from walking in." But when I asked whether there were any signs of Russian infiltration, they would reply almost sadly, as though sorry not to be able to make more of the argument. "No, Russia has shown no signs of being interested in Pakistan." This hope of tapping the U. S. Treasury was voiced so persistently that one wondered whether the purpose was to bolster the world against Bolshevism or to bolster Pakistan's own uncertain position as a new political entity. Actually, I think, it was more nearly related to the even more significant bankruptcy of ideas in the new Muslim state -- a nation drawing its spurious warmth from the embers of an antique religious fanaticism, fanned into a new blaze. |
| Posted by: john frum 2009-01-27 15:56 |
| #6 It's NOT a terrorist state. It's a failed state comprised of some two dozen tribal groups trying to live together, despite centuries of disagreement. The "state" of Pakistan has no writ, or limited writ, in one-third of the area it claims (Tribal areas, Kashmir, etc.), and is losing ground in Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan. It may have been a "noble experiment", but it's failed miserably. It's time for the adults (India, Afghanistan under US control) to take over again. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-27 14:08 |
| #5 Trying to increase the tourist trade, Chaudhry? Well...keep trying. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-27 12:39 |
| #4 or terrorism training ground |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-01-27 12:36 |
| #3 More like a terrorist theme park. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-01-27 11:56 |
| #2 Damn! G(r)om beat me to that one! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-01-27 07:56 |
| #1 Cause it not really a state? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-27 03:36 |