The term nation has been envisioned variously by primordialists and modernists and is enmeshed in bewildering contradictions. In this paper it has been used to mean “ . . . not so much a cultural artifact . . . but a web of material relations and practices‚ which rests on classes‚ caste structures‚ gendered systems of production and reproduction‚ armies‚ laws‚ territories and yes‚ signifying practices as well.” (Ahmad 2007:40) The establishment of India as a nation-state upon Indian sub-continent
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XVIII AMMENDMENT “This is the day of members who despite differences of opinion kept their integrity and proved that as people’s representatives they are capable of achieving anything for the sake of the nation‚” Mr. Raza Rabbani General In our quest for a stable‚ viable and democratic political system‚ responsive to the aspirations of the people of Pakistan we have experimented with a number of system variations. The experimentation started with All India Act of 1935‚ which was adopted
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its decline. It has been losing Rs3.3 billion a month and the government’s hope is that the losses will be stemmed by handing over 26 percent of the shares and management control to a private entity. To make this a viable option‚ Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the PIA management to undertake a cleanup task so that buyers would step forward. It must be noted that airlines around the world are losing money right now because of the high international price of oil. On top of that PIA has additional
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Chapter 3 The Buzkashi Tooi The book “Buzkashi” Game in Power in Afghanistan is written by G. Whitney Azoy is introducing the Buzkashi game in Afghanistan in details‚ but in the third chapter of this book which is about the the Buzkashi Tooi‚ he describes that how this game is held in the local places. First he explains the word Tooi‚ rite of passage‚ and marriage. Then he argues that the buzkashi tooi is a Khan’s activities. According to him‚ Khans are those who have some kind of influence
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Bonds of history‚ culture and faithfulness associate Pakistan and Bangladesh to each other. The people of the two countries shared a ‘common nationhood’ for almost twenty-five years and even after separation it has not been easy to sever the links rooted deep in their history. However‚ Pakistan-Bangladesh relations had a bad start primarily because of two reasons. First‚ Bangladesh was born out of a bloody conflict with a military regime ruling the country from Islamabad. Secondly‚ Bangladesh gained
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Justice n. Fairness‚ moral rightness‚ and a scheme or system of law in which every person receives his/her/its due from the system‚ including all rights‚ both natural and legal. One problem is that attorneys‚ judges‚ and legislatures often get caught up more in procedure than in achieving justice for all Judiciary: The branch of government that is endowed with the authority to interpret and apply the law‚ adjudicates legal disputes‚ and otherwise administers justice. Every society in human history
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Menace of Dengue Dengue is an arbovirus disease caused by any one of four closely related viruses that do not provide cross-protective immunity; a person can be infected as many as four times‚ once with each serotype. Dengue viruses are transmitted from person to person by the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the domestic environment. Periodic epidemics have occurred in the Western Hemisphere for over 200 years. In the past 20 years‚ however‚ dengue transmission and frequency of epidemics have increased
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Netflix was the first company to create an online DVD movie rental service. The service has created a new movie market niche which has secured them a competitive first-mover advantage in this new high-tech venture. The popularity of the service has sparked the interest of market competitor Blockbuster who may become a growing threat to Netflix should they enter the online movie rental market (Perreault‚ 2004). Netflix was founded by Reed Hastings‚ Netflix was incorporated on August 29‚ 1997
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INTRODUCTION: The Kashmir dispute is the oldest unresolved international conflict in the world today. Pakistan considers Kashmir as its core political dispute with India. So does the international community‚ except India. The exchange of fire between their forces across the Line of Control‚ which separates Azad Kashmir from Occupied Kashmir‚ is a routine affair. Now that both India and Pakistan have acquired nuclear weapons potential‚ the possibility of a third war between them over Kashmir‚ which
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Violence Of Human Rights In Pakistan Pakistan is a federal republic with a population of approximately 173 million. During the year‚ civilian democratic rule was restored in the country. President Asif Ali Zardari‚ widower of assassinated Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto‚ became head of state on September 6‚ replacing former President Pervez Musharraf‚ who resigned on August 18. International observers noted that parliamentary elections on February 18‚ while flawed‚ were
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