Sheikh Hasina Wazeed Following two years of political tumult‚ Sheikh Hasina Wazed‚ president of the Awami League‚ was elected prime minister of Bangladesh on June 12‚ 1996. Her government was expected to bring political stability and renewed economic vitality to the 25-year-old country. Hasina was born on Sept. 28‚ 1947‚ in the village of Tungipara. She was the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman‚ who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971 and instilled in his daughter a loyalty to
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Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi became the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysian on 31 October 2003. BIOGRAPHY ABOUT TUN ABDULLAH BIN HAJI AHMAD BADAWI Writter : Muhd Khairul Syafiq Bin Noor Khamar Id card : CPT 107539 Check by : Ms. Noorhayati Mat Yatim Date : 12 March 2012 Background about Tun Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is also known as “Pak Lah”. He was born on 26 November 1939 in Kampung Perlis‚ Bayan Lepas‚ Pulau Pinang. The late Datuk
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for him among the Muslim Kashmiris. With the spread of modern education‚ a demand for basic political rights began in the early 1930’s. In 1931‚ the Kashmiri Muslims earnestly began protest movement. The leaders of this movement were Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah and Ch. Gulam Abbas. They organized Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference. The Maharaja resorted to repressive measures of unusual severity culminating into massive massacre of the Muslims by the security forces. The struggle led to the formation
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was formulated and included in the Indian Constitution despite grave misgivings of Sardar Patel and indeed a large number of the members of Congress Working Committee and Constituent Assembly. Article 370 was worked out in late 1947 between Sheikh Abdullah‚ who had by then been appointed Prime Minister of J&K by the Maharaja and Nehru‚ who kept the Kashmir portfolio with himself and kept Sardar Patel‚ the home minister‚ away from his legitimate function. Hence Nehru is answerable to all acts of
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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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ARTICLE 370: LAWS AND POLITICS While the Constitution recognises in Article 370 the special status of Jammu and Kashmir‚ the Central Government’s policies since 1953 have totally undermined its autonomy. Senior lawyer and political analyst A.G. NOORANI discusses both aspects and suggests a way out of the mess. "I say with all respect to our Constitution that it just does not matter what your Constitution says; if the people of Kashmir do not want it‚ it will not go there. Because what is the alternative
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change from ugliness to beauty. The cameos have layers of meanings. They abound in ambiguity‚ pun‚ and allusions to historical and political happenings‚ satire‚ irony‚ wit and black humour. The author hasn’t spared even Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sheikh Abdullah‚ Farooq Abdullah‚ Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He is critical of Nehru’s policy on Kashmiri and Gandhi’s ‘ray of hope’ that he saw in Kashmiri in 1947. The author talks about Jinnah and Zia-ul-Haq. He exposes the leaders and politicians who played
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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah‚ who has not been seen on television since shortly after a back operation in November‚ was shown on state media on Tuesday sitting in a palace chamber to give a short speech as he swore in the new council members. King Abdullah is seen as having pushed to cautiously advance the role of women in Saudi society. The health of the king‚ who turns 90 this year‚ is closely watched in the world’s top oil exporter because he has the final say on policy. Major speeches in recent
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Former Chief Minister Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah‚ who died in September 1982‚ has a title in his autobiography as ‘Aatish-i-Chinar’. The meaning of Aatish-i-Chinar is the ‘Flame of Chinar’. According to Abdullah’s close friend and former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Congress leader
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after the signing of the Camp David Peace Agreement between Anwar El Sadat‚ the former President of Egypt‚ and the Israeli authorities in 1978‚ Sharm El Sheikh has guided all its political‚ economical‚ and touristic capabilities to support peace in the whole region. On the other hand‚ after Egypt regained control over the city of Sharm El Sheikh in 1982‚ the Egyptian authorities have given special attention to the city to make it one of the most wonderful resort that has become famous all around
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