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Comment on A debate derailed by Ullas

Ullas — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:46:02 +0000

@Tariq “In the collective Indian psych Pakistan has always been a betrayal, which also goes to explain India’s continued brutal occupation of Kashmir as if saying, look here is a bit of territory that you thought was yours, but we’ve got it and there is nothing you can do about it. Indians will always latch on to anything that distracts attention away from any serious attempt to resolve the illegal occupation of Kashmir. If you provide them with the fuel they will be all too happy to light it.”

But seriously Tariq, 99% of Indians hardly think about Kashmir on a day to day basis. The 1% who do are those in government who anyway do so only when they find time away from the political and economic dramas of daily India.

With a population of less than 0.7% of India’s total and economic contribution of even less than that, Kashmir’s real impact on India is negligible.

Pakistan claims Kashmir only on the basis of religion. The other reasons, if any, are now lost in the mists of time. But India does not accept religion as the basis for settling this question because for one, India is a secular nation (not a Hindu one). And if you say, “let the muslim province be given to the muslim nation” you will be shocked to know that India has more muslims than Pakistan ! And therfore is more of a muslim nation than Pakistan.

Comment on Learning from Alexander by rich05

rich05 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:44:29 +0000

Alexander had it easy, in moral sense, like when he was injured at multan, his army in revenge killed everybody

modern army cannot, if they could there will be no terror group

e.g, when saddam was in power their were no terror group in Iraq, all these religious terrorist were, hiding once he was out they all cam out Al Queda etc though bin laden and co hated saddam they could not do anything because saddam tactic was like Alexander any attack from a village wipe out the entire village all dictator followed this from Stalin to Hitler to Mao

but in a free society its different the hands of the army are tied by do and don’t.

Take away human right issue like the taliban and let lose the Pakistani army with a month there will be no taliban.

I am an India the same can be said about Kashmir in India

Rgds

Richie

Comment on Extra! Extra! by pakistan zindabad

pakistan zindabad — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:41:39 +0000

farrukh Mirza says:
“Allah give you Hid ayah.”

This reminds me of an old NFP article called ‘Weed.’ In which one Tableeghi guy says to him, “Allah aap koh hidayat dey,”
To which NFP replies “… aur aap koh aqal.”

Comment on Extra! Extra! by Kara Swart

Kara Swart — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:18:34 +0000

Chaps: I can see that NFP is getting a lot of stick from some Pakistani posters. Laughing at yourself (or your icons) is the test of a self confident society. NFP’s satirical articles show that whatever be the state of the politics, the secular Pakistani society is indeed very self confident. Kudos and all success. Mr. Jinnah had wanted a secular society and least that part of his dream lives on in the likes of NFP.

Comment on Learning from Alexander by muhib

muhib — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:10:32 +0000

Yes but Alexander was not like our Pakistani Army & Govt. So he could decide for himself.

Comment on Extra! Extra! by Abdullah Hussain

Abdullah Hussain — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:03:33 +0000

george Says:
People of Pakistan can live without basic necessities but not the Indian channels. Cut down power supply, take away petrol, reduce water supplies, raise inflation, start a civil war, do anything and this nation would stay numb. But ban the Indian channels and see, every one and their aunts will be out on the roads, shouting and protesting.
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This is one of the reasons why the authority must ban airing of all Indian channels in Pakistan.

Comment on A debate derailed by Murtaza Hasaan

Murtaza Hasaan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:44:45 +0000

Pakistan is a peace loving country. Rehman Malik has said that he would resign if the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan can be proven. As these kinds of things can cause a sense of frustration and anxiety in the country, we should collectively help each other that we as Pakistanis can fight extremism.

Comment on Extra! Extra! by Peace_Lover

Peace_Lover — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:01:25 +0000

@Mazhar, finding Indian arms in S.Waziristan does not constitute support. Chinese and Russian arms have also been found in NWFP. It does not mean China and Russia are involved. Arms smugglers work from every country known to man. Finding arms is hardly proof since there are a lot of arms smugglers working from the Indian side of Kashmir.

Comment on A debate derailed by bharat

bharat — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:30:26 +0000

You Pakistani will never learn from your mistakes. You can’t compare Pakistan with India. India is a peace loving nation where as Pakistan is supporting terrorism as it’s state policy. Everyone knows the nexus between agencies & terrorist groups. Even your former president and Army Chief Musharraf himself admitted this fact. You can’t live in ignorance for long, if you want to live wake up and remember you can’t attain peace under the shadow of terrorism.

Comment on A nation of sleepwalkers by SQ Khan

SQ Khan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:08:08 +0000

Dear Fatima. Very sad to hear your views. We are first human being then Muslim. Why you need to “kill” someone by Jihad to save our country? is this the attitude of our civilians or the Taliban? so where is the difference lying ? or the psych of Taliban invaded in the intellectual mindset as well ? No nation want to kill any its a few Individual at the top want. People like you will instigate more Iran/Mumbai attacks and bring bad name to the country.