maneuvering room of regional powers. For example‚ after 9/11‚ Pakistan had no choice but to essentially give in to American demands that Islamabad abandon its Taliban friends and facilitate the US war on Afghanistan. According to Rajagopalan‚ president Musharraf justified it as a decision in which Pakistan had not much choice. It is clear‚ if Pakistan had not cooperated with the United States‚ the latter could have made life very difficult for Pakistan. No other external power or even China would have lifted
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Modi’s six desperate campaign strategies Urvish Kothari on the Gujarat chief minister’s desperate search for tangible issue that could swing the voters his way. Even as the first phase of polling in Gujarat ended on a high note without any obvious issue‚ Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is yet to find a winning issue -- a single issue he can rest his campaign on. It has been a disappointing search for Modi. It’s impossible to predict the impact of his strategies on the poll outcome. Yet
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Pak-Iran gas pipeline Pak-Iran gas pipeline project - which would essentially change the face of the ongoing energy crisis in Pakistan for the foreseeable future – seems to be ending in despair. Initially‚ the project too included India. However‚ India dropped out along the way since the negotiations commenced nearly two decades ago. Now‚ there are again reports doing round in media‚ reporting Indian Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid‚ that India might renter negotiations over the IP gas
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Educational reforms are a significant reference point in the educational history of Pakistan in terms of their scale‚ the amount of money invested in them‚ the order of their urgency and their official/political ownership. The reforms are also important as their need was felt by the donor country (the US)‚ and the contours of the implementation process were drawn up by consultants who came as part of the grant package. Before we look at the politics of these educational reforms we need to understand
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[pic] Among the countless repercussions from September 11 is a new rationale for doling out security assistance: the war on terrorism. Not since anticommunism was used to excuse the arming and training of repressive governments during the cold war has there been such a broad‚ fail-safe rationale to provide military aid and arms to disreputable foreign militaries. Already the largest weapons supplier in the world‚ the U.S. government is now providing arms and military training to an even
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PAKISTAN’S RELATIONS WITH INDIA: BEYOND KASHMIR? Asia Report N°224 – 3 May 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................. i I. BILATERAL RELATIONS ............................................................................................. 1 A. TWO STEPS FORWARD‚ ONE STEP BACK ......................................................................................1 B. DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION AND THE COMPOSITE DIALOGUE ..........
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Benazir Bhutto’s Personal Life: She was born at Pinto Hospital in Karachi‚ on 21 June 1953. She was the eldest child of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto‚ a Pakistani of Sindhi descent. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto. Bhutto was raised to speak both English and Urdu. English was her first language‚ while she was fluent in Urdu. Despite her family being Sindhi speakers‚ her Sindhi skills were almost non-existent. She was a bright student and a well mannered Lady of fine
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IMRAN KHAN Early life At one place Santiago is quoted as saying “But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Imran Khan the famous Pakistani cricketer is a true example of this quote. Imran Khan was born in Lahore Pakistan into Punjabi speaking family of Pathan origin‚ the only son of Ikram ullah Khan Niazi‚ a civil engineer‚ and his wife Shaukat Khanum. Although long settled in Mianwali in northwestern Punjab‚ the family
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Recent Trends in Pak-US Relations 1 Recent Trends in Pak-US Relations Editor Dr Noor ul Haq Assistant Editor Muhammad Nawaz Khan 2 IPRI Factfile C ONTENT Preface 1. 2 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. The See-saw of Pak-US Relations Hillary Clinton’s Visit The Pak-US Relations After Bin Laden: The Future of the US-Pakistan Relationship The Way Forward Pakistan Did not Know
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Topic: Privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills Subject: Pakistan Economic Policy Submitted By: M. Faizan Sohail (7133) Faculty: Shahid Iqbal Date of Submission: 12th August 2010 Pakistan Steel Mills Introduction: Pakistan Steel Mills is the producer of long rolled steel products in Karachi‚ Pakistan. The Pakistan Steel Mill is the country ’s largest industrial undertaking having a production capacity of 1.1 million tons of steel. The enormous dimensions of the project can be visualized
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