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InshaAllah, remember all Pakistanis this time not only the government will go, but the old decadent system, will also be confined to the dust bin of the history.

Can some please inform the today’s Jalsa time of PTI at Mazar-e-Quaid Bagh, Karachi?

No Suo Moto???

The forgotten killings of the children of a lesser God..!

An Open Letter to Mr. Asif Ali Zardari

By: Tribune
March 8, 2014

Dear Mr. Asif Ali Zardari Sahab.

AoA.

The reported death (due to the non availability of food and medicines) of more than 120 kids, in the draught stricken Tharparkar area of Sindh province, is an unpardonable crime, committed by the negligent officials of the PPP government in Sindh.

Now, the CM Sindh government, has transferred and suspended some officials, for dereliction of their duties, in this sad saga of poor and hapless residents of Tharparkar, which is absolutely an insufficient punishment, compared with the magnitude of their crimes.

As such, before the divine justice takes its course, necessary orders may be issued for registration of cases and arresting the responsible officials, who failed to stop this absolutely avoidable tragedy.

Best regards.

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

Sent from my iPad3 4G LTE

India must remember, what goes around comes around..!

Fresh Chinese incursion in Ladakh, over 50 more PLA troops enter Chumar region

TNN | Sep 20, 2014, 06.03 PM IST

A Times of India report.

NEW DELHI: Over 50 Chinese troops entered Ladakh’s Chumar area on Saturday at a point different from Friday’s intrusion, according to a PTI report.

Earlier on Friday, hours after withdrawing from the Chumar region in Ladakh, about 35 Chinese People Liberation Army soldiers were reported to have crossed into Indian territory again and stationed themselves on a hillock.

Official sources said the 35 Chinese soldiers returned to Chumar in northeast Ladakh and were perched on a hillock claiming the area to be part of China while another 300 soldiers were maintaining presence close to line of actual control (LAC).

The stand-off in Demchok and Chumar had cast a shadow on Thursday’s summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The Indian Army, which had starting scaling down operations from the area following the Chinese withdrawal Thursday night, put a halt and again started pitching their tents for a possible fresh stand-off, the sources said. They said that nearly 300 Chinese soldiers were spotted across the perceived LAC with many of them stationed in their vehicles while others on foot.

This, the sources said, was apparently done by Chinese PLA as the Indian army had not completely withdrawn from the region which is part of Jammu & Kashmir.

(With inputs from PTI)

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.”

— John Burroughs

Chinese giving to the Indians a taste of their own medicine..!

HUM AAH BHI KARTAY HEIN TOU HOO JAATAY HEIN BADNAM

WOO QATAL BHI KARTAY HEIN TOU CHARCHA NAHI HOOTA.

Heat on border takes away from Modi-Xi warmth

Indrani Bagchi,TNN | Sep 20, 2014, 02.09 AM IST

A Times of India Report.

NEW DELHI: A $20 billion promise of investment and a 150-dish lavish dinner notwithstanding, neither China nor India emerged from the Modi-Xi meeting feeling warm and fuzzy, revealing the gaps in their relationship.

Narendra Modi genuinely wanted to reset relations with India’s northern neighbour. Looking at the world through the prism of business relations, the India-China relationship held a lot of promise. Industrial parks, investment in railways etc all have the potential of being game-changers in the bilateral space.

But the Chinese incursion in Chumar came as a huge jolt to the PM personally. It was just before the dinner with Xi Jinping in Ahmedabad that Modi was informed of the incursion by Chinese troops. Chinese troops continue to be on Indian territory in Chumar even after Modi’s interventions with Xi. He drew Xi apart and for the next 12 minutes let him have it.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj was instructed to stay on the message when she met Xi the next morning. Sushma faithfully carried India’s message. During the restricted session between the two leaders, PM became sharper in his intervention. After a while, officials were asked to leave and the two leaders had yet another one-on-one session, where PM for the fourth time told Xi to pull his troops back.

Just as it was during the Depsang incursion in 2013, the cause for the Chumar incursions this year too is unclear, leaving only theories behind. At least in 2013, the Manmohan Singh government could successfully hold out the threat of cancelling the visit of Premier Li Keqiang. This time, the incursion coincided with Xi landing in India. India’s helplessness was in full display, which left Modi very unsettled.

Behind the placid exterior, Xi Jinping is one of the most powerful leaders China has had in recent times. Beyond the public charm, Xi gave out a couple of clear messages – India is not in the same league as China and economic ties apart, they will continue to play aggressive on the border.

On China’s part, the repeated protests by the Tibetans during the two days, and the Indian media’s less than flattering commentary of the Chinese did not go down well at all. Many in the Chinese delegation believed the Indian authorities could have been more proactive to keep the Tibetans back. Of course, the Chinese media had a totally different take on the visit. They focused totally on the economic deliverables but if you were only reading the Chinese media, you would not think that the Chumar incursion was happening at all. That actually illustrated more clearly than anything the fact that despite being neighbours, India and China still occupy two different planets.

Go Nawaz Go day..!

Very well celebrated by the PMLN provincial president Sabir Shah, as he very vociferously chanted “Go Nawaz Go”.

It looks “Go Nawaz Go” has turned into a national slogan..!

“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.'”

— Ann Landers

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

—Og Mandino (1923-1996)
Essayist, Psychologist

My letter titled “Eliminate VIP culture in Pakistan” published today by the daily “Pakistan Observer”.

Link:- http://epaper.pakobserver.net/201409/19/comments-2.php