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Contested Coastlines in South Asia

 10 January, 2012 05:15:00
Contested Coastlines: Fisherfolk, Nations and Borders in South Asia By Charu Gupta & Mukul Sharma Routledge Pp251; Price Indian Rs 650 Interesting addition to ...
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90% foreigners in madrassas have expired visas: Express Tribune

 07 January, 2012 02:35:00
Pakistani religious schools are not only spreading sectarian hatred at home but are also exporting. ...
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Bonn conference pledges international support to Afghanistan

 06 December, 2011 10:30:00
Pakistan’s absence at Bonn-II has underscored the hiccups in achieving a reconciliation i Afghanistan that leads to an end to the resistance by the Taliban and other forces opposing NATO presence....
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EU Trade concessions: BD retracts assurances given to Gilani, Khar

 17 November, 2011 04:35:00
This failure is as much a reflection of the Pakistan’s continued faith in the 2-nation theory as enlightened self- interest on full display in Dhaka. Interestingly, this snub comes with about 30-days to go for the 40th celebration of the failure of two-nation theory and emergence of Dhaka as the free capital of a free country...
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Pak Urdu Media Digest -Nov 15

 15 November, 2011 06:30:00
Any expectation of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline materialising and becoming overtime Iran-Pakistan-China line, will be no more than chasing the mirage in the Thar desert, going by what Jasarat says. The daily reported that Pakistan is delaying the project on one pretex or the other to appease the United States of America, which has no love for Iran. Price re-negotiation proposed by Islamabad is an excuse invented to further delay the project, the daily says adding that Pakistan is now convinced that gas from Turkmenistan would be ten percent cheaper. Americans must feel greatly relieved! ...
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Pak Urdu Media Digest -Nov 8

 08 November, 2011 08:30:00
A day after the Eid is also a holiday across Pakistan and so not many news portals are updated. The few which are attracting hits are focused on the Imran Khan charisma. The former cricketer is not disappointing with his claims that he today enjoys the support of 60% of the parliamentarians. As if proving him right, disgruntled MNAs and politicians from other parties are knocking at the doors of the PTI, which is all set to gatecrash into the Sindh with rallies at Sukkur, Hyderabad, Larkana and Karachi. (Includes reports for Nov 5, 6, and 7)...
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Pak Urdu Media Digest -Nov 4

 04 November, 2011 11:20:00
Sindh is again on the boil over the local govt issue and the setting up of Zulfikarabad. Nationalist parties have come out strongly against the PPP-MQM agreement on the new civic system in the province. The anti-MFN status group appears to be vocal still with AJK leaders in the forefront of the campaign though sober voices are trying to come to the centre stage for once on trade with India....
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Pak Urdu Media Digest -Nov 3

 04 November, 2011 08:15:00
MFN privilege to India in trade matters has stirred up a heated debate in the political and religious circles with almost every one taking to task the President and the Prime Minister. Not many commentators are willing to buy the official line that Islamabad has rejected the IMF’s conditionalities with reports saying that IMF has indeed refused to release the long over due last instalments of a loan sanctioned long time ago....
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Pak Urdu Media Digest -Nov 2

 02 November, 2011 09:10:00
PTI chief will not be the new king in waiting says a Jang columnist, who based on an empirical study of sorts forecasts that PPP stands to gain since his entry will split the anti-PPP vote. Prime Minister Gilani as also President Zardari is at the receiving end of brickbats for their ‘loud’ thinking on countering terrorism while abroad. Several edits have appeared that advising them both in so many words to not ignore the sacrifices of the army and learn to discuss such strategies with people at home first....
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Pak Urdu Media Digest -Nov 1

 01 November, 2011 09:10:00
Labourers are at logger heads with the Chinese managers at Neelam Jhelum Project, says Ausaf. Work has stopped after the Chinese officials used unacceptable words, and the police have failed to resolve the standoff. Neelam Jhelum project is also hit by a major scam in contracts, says a report. Imran Khan has emerged as the toast of Pakistan after his much hyped Lahore rally but a report attributed to unnamed political observers in Awami Awaz says his growth is a result of interest taken by ‘undemocratic’ forces in the former playboy cricketer....
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