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Twirp : Terrorist Wahabi Islamic Republic Pakistan
Paki economy going down the drain while paki leaders plot the next jehadi attack.

<b>Pakistan pays more for food imports</b>

Thursday 28th February, 2008

Pakistan’s import bill of edible items has risen to the highest ever level of US$2.04 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.

The food import bill has soared on the back of shortages in production of farms production like wheat, sugar and pulses, which have had to be imported in bulk.

During the past eight years in Pakistan, the scaling down of tariffs on consumer items has encouraged the inflow of foreign brands, which have flooded the local market.

Farmers have been the end-losers of the government’s import policies.

[center]<b><span style='color:green'>40 dead in suicide attack at DSP funeral in Swat</span></b>[/center]


<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SWAT: <b>At least 40 persons were killed</b> in a blast that ripped through in a funeral procession of DSP Javed Iqbal in Lakki Marwat on Friday evening.

<b>DSP city police confirmed the deaths of 40 people.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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Pakistan pays more for Mushy -
<b>Musharraf’s fat hotel bill irks Pak Senators</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Musharraf, who undertook a 10-day tour of the European countries last month, stayed in a royal suite of an expensive hotel near Hyde Park in London. His three-day stay cost Rs 63 lakh.
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Swati told the Senate: “Look how our President has lavishly spent the taxpayers’ money in London." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--emo&Big Grin--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Actually, Mushy wanted to hear weekend speeches on him in Hyde Park speaker's corner.


<b>Inflation increases by 15.3 per cent</b>

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD - The inflation for the poorest of the poor has mushroomed by 15.3 per cent during the current week as compared to the corresponding period of the last year.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Inheriting multiple deficits</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->[/center]

THE general elections are over and the electorate has voted for a new dispensation that is democratic and people-centred. However, the new government will have a full roster of challenges to deal with, ranging from healing political schisms to repairing the damage to the economy.

The latter has gained urgency, given that the economy is in a state of deep crisis on some fronts and impending crises on others.

The situation is somewhat akin to 1988, when Gen Ziaul Haq’s military regime bequeathed a debt mountain to the successor governments. The Musharraf regime, commencing with the promise of the seven-point agenda, is bequeathing at least seven deficits to the incoming government on the economic front alone.

<b>The first deficit,</b> demanding the most urgent attention, relates to food. Food deficits have been a recurrent event over the last eight years. Crises emanating from shortages have been experienced with respect to sugar, onions, tomatoes and, now wheat and wheat flour. The latest crisis has been manufactured, first, by incorrect estimation of wheat crop output, secondly, by mismanaging wheat export and import deals, and thirdly, by failure to enforce the writ of the state on the country’s borders. The regime’s performance with respect to earlier food shortage crises has been similarly marked by incompetence.

Underlying the wheat crisis is <b>the second deficit</b> with respect to the erosion of the integrity of economic data. The fact is that the position of the director-general of the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) – the country’s principal data collection agency – has been left vacant since June 2003, raising questions across the board about the accuracy of data. Allegedly, the absence of the organisation’s head allowed senior finance ministry officials to pressure lower ranking FBS officials into doctoring the data.

Allegedly again, it is understood that the regime’s fetish with showing high GDP growth rates led it to ‘demand’ that output figures be padded upwards somewhat. Accordingly, it appears that while food ministry officials ‘prepared’ the estimates of wheat output, commerce ministry officials — unaware of the extent of the padding – used the estimates to allow export of wheat. The shortage signals that went out in the market from the belated realisation that initial announcement of a bumper crop were incorrect laid the basis for the crisis to erupt.

<b>The third deficit</b> the country is beset with is energy, particularly electricity. In 1999, installed capacity for electricity production was 15,663 MW, which increased over a five-year period by 23 per cent to 19,252 MW by 2004. The 3,500 plus MW addition occurred on account of power sector investment initiatives undertaken during the much-maligned 1990’s. There has been no attempt since 1997 to increase electricity output capacity. The current power outages can be seen in this context.

<b>The fourth deficit,</b> which is serious from the perspective of macroeconomic stability, is the budget deficit. The bailout provided to Pakistan in the wake of 9/11 created a large fiscal space that led to halving the fiscal deficit from an average of seven per cent of GDP in the 1990s to an average of 3.5 per cent over 2002-04. Now the budget deficit has crossed the five percentage mark and continues to rise.

The fiscal deficit encompasses the revenue deficit and the resulting public investment deficit. One reason for the rising deficit is the shortfall in revenue collection, the other is rising current expenditures. The Musharraf regime has decided to meet the fiscal crisis by cutting development expenditure by Rs70bn; thereby impacting employment creation adversely. The growing fiscal crisis that the incoming government will face will also constrain its capacity to meet the large backlog of unmet demand for housing, health, education, and social security of the people – unless a programme of expenditure switching is put in place.

<b>The fifth deficit,</b> which is also serious from the perspective of macroeconomic stability, is the current account deficit. The current account deficit ranged between 2.8 per cent to 7.2 per cent of GDP over the 1990s. Thanks to 9/11 again, Pakistan recorded current account surpluses during 2002-04. The deficit returned from 2005 onwards, has now crossed the five-percentage point mark, and continues to rise. The current account deficit is fuelled by rising imports and stagnant exports, leading to a record trade deficit that is now almost equal to the country’s official foreign exchange reserves.

The deficit on the services account has also begun to rise sharply due to the rapidly rising reverse remittance of profit by foreign companies operating in the country. Unfortunately, foreign investment has not been channelled into sectors that would enhance exports. Rather, it has been channelled into sectors where revenues are earned in rupees and profits are remitted in dollars. Resultantly, the incoming government is likely to face a balance of payments crisis within a year or two.

<b>The sixth deficit,</b> erosion of purchasing power, is a product of the sum of monetary and fiscal policies that led to increase in money supply and raised inflation rates from an average of 3.5 per cent during 2000-03 to over 10 per cent during 2005-07. A 10 per cent inflation rate in any one year means that a family that can purchase Rs1000 worth of commodities at the beginning of the year can purchase only Rs900 worth of commodities at the end of the year.

Over the same period, average food inflation jumped from less than three per cent to over 12 per cent. Given that food comprises between 60-80 per cent of the household budgets of the poor, higher food inflation hurt the poor more. The purchasing power deficit arising out of inflation is thus greater for the poor. Claims about reduction of poverty have then to be seen in the light of the data deficit mentioned earlier.

<b>Last, but not the least, is the employment deficit.</b> Official statistics claim that the unemployment rate has declined from 7.69 per cent in 2004 to 5.35 per cent in 2006 on account of additional employment of five million workers in the two years. A disaggregated view of this statistic exposes the fiddle. In 2002, 20.5 per cent of the non-agricultural labour force was employed in the formal sector and 37 per cent in informal sectors. In 2006, the share of formal sector employment had declined to 15 per cent and that of informal sector increased to 41 per cent.

The decline of formal sector employment is not a positive development, given that informal sector jobs are generally low wage, lacking in job and income security, and environmentally more hazardous. And in any case, there do not exist any firm mechanism to measure informal sector employment; as such, the estimates are open to manipulation. The same is true of unpaid family labour, which is shown to have grown a phenomenal 88 per cent. Clearly, growth in informal and unpaid family labour has been manipulated to cover up for the growing employment deficit created over nearly a decade.

<b>The Musharraf regime’s gift of the seven deficits to the incoming government is a tribute to the ‘management by gimmickry’ style of his economic managers. As in 1988, it will be left once again to the representatives of the people to begin the task of cleaning the messed up stables. A complete reappraisal of the economic policy framework is clearly in order.</b>

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[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>2 killed, 20 hurt in Bajaur suicide attack</span></b>[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>A Levies official and a suicide bomber have been killed</b> and 20 injured in A suicide attack at the convoy of Bajaur Levies on Saturday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Kohat suicide attack death toll rises to 40</span></b>[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>KOHAT: The death toll in Darra Adamkhel suicide attack reached 40, while 35 persons were wounded in the incident.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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The interesting thing about the suicide attack on the jirga in which 5 'tribal elders' were killed is that they were asked by the paki gov to issue an statement against the terrorists.

Somehow the jihadis got to know about it before hand and sent an muslim suicide bomber believed to be 18 years old to the site were the jirga was being held. He first attracted attention towards him and then blew himself up killing over 45 people assembled at the jirga.

Now who will issue an statement condeming jihadism since an example has been made of those to tried to do so.

In the next few years there will be no need for afghanistan for the taliban since pakistani soil will itself will be used for launching world terror attacks on the scale of 9/11.


<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pakistan's Punjab University's Business Admin. students openly collect funds for the Taliban</b>

The Punjab University (PU) Institute of Business Administration (IBA) students on Friday showed their inclination towards Taliban and their policies.

They pitched a camp and named it Taliban on the annual sports day. Their shirts also carried statements in favour of Taliban. They said Taliban were working for a ‘great cause’, but the world had not been able to understand the spirit behind their sacrifices.

They also arranged an airgun shooting competition for female students. During the shooting competition a student was also injured. :rotfl:

Students also decorated their stalls with posters of guns and also kept a fundraising box for Taliban on the stall. A female student said Taliban were fighting for a ‘great cause’. She said it was the need of the hour that students should know problems faced by the Muslim world.

Rizwan, a student, said, “Taliban are great warriors. We are raising funds for Taliban. Pakistanis think that Taliban are behind suicide bombings, but it is not true.” Asim, a student, said, “We are not affiliated with any political or religious party, but we praise Taliban for their bravery.” IBA Director Dr Ehsan Malik said, “I have no qualms if a group of students choose the word Taliban for their team.”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Generally it was believed that people from the poor and uneducated background are joining terror groups through madrassa. But now the students of Business Admin generally from the rich class in pakistan are joining the ranks of the jehadis.

Since the new generation from the pakistan's rich and privledged class have now been completely brain washed to support jehad the persons conducting terror operations against the west will invariably be from this section since it will be easy for them to penetrate the western society.

My advice to all Indians: Keep away from all pakis. You never know when these person will sweet talk about shared history and all such BS and use the unwary in their terror operations.

[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Budget deficit widens to Rs 356 Billion</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD — Contrary to official estimate to restrict the fiscal deficit at 4 per cent of GDP by June 30, 2008, Pakistan’s budget deficit has widened to 3.6 per cent of GDP during first-half year (July-December 2007-08).

Summary of Fiscal Operations, a copy of which available with The Nation, shows that during the first half of the financial year 2007-08, the economic managers remained unsuccessful to contain the deficit despite the repeated rhetoric to meet desired targets.

The government ended up at 3.6 per cent dearth that is near to the annual target and is more than the first-half year projection. <b>For the first six months the deficit was estimated at 1.9 per cent of GDP or Rs 190.68 billion.</b>

In absolute terms the deficit remained at Rs 356.321 billion. The total income during the under review period stood at Rs 625.591 billion whereas the total expenditures recorded at Rs 981.912 billion.

According to the budget documents, Shaukat Aziz-led economic team projected fiscal deficit at Rs 398.73 billion or 4 per cent of GDP. The government estimated total revenue at Rs 1475.909 billion and total expenditures at Rs 1874.672 billion.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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<b><i>RIPPLE EFFECT</i></b>

[center]<b><span style='color:green'>Secret bases and senatorial perks</span></b>[/center]

<b>Pakistan, if the hawks in the establishment were to be believed, is literally between the devil and deep blue sea. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Of the 10 billion or so dollars that the government has received as part of assisting America in its war against terror, a mere ten per cent has been spent on socio-economic programmes -- the rest going to fund the requirements of the military.</span></b>

However, over the past few weeks, several stories in some well-known American newspapers have appeared, all more or less suggesting that some sections of the US government were unhappy with Islamabad over the use of the assistance indicating that it could have been diverted to purchasing weapons and financing other requirements of the military. (It has to be said that since the details of any agreement between Islamabad and Washington remain classified it would only be pure speculation to talk about the use of the funds by Islamabad given that one is not aware of any guidelines laid down by the Americans regulating it use).

The implication -- which came across as pretty much blunt in these reports -- was that in some instances, the Americans were of the view that the Pakistan government may well have been inflating the charges payable by Washington for logistical and other support by the Pakistani military. According to these reports, the mechanism which regulates the disbursement of these funds begins with vetting by the American embassy in Islamabad and going through various tiers of the US Defence Department, particularly the US Army's Central Command which is in charge of US military operations in southwest Asia. Then only this past week, a report suggested that around $70 million of the funds that Pakistan charged the US for its support in the war against terror had been held up -- probably as a consequence of continued pressure from Congress to the Bush administration to scrutinise more closely the receipts given by Islamabad.

Following these particular stories, one came across yet another -- and quite an explosive one. Again appearing in one of the main American papers, it quoted US officials (without naming them, of course -- making the job of the reporter and other stakeholders all the more easier) as saying that they were worried what would happen to a recently-developed plan by the Pentagon to engage more intensively with the Pakistani military, especially with regard to fighting the Taliban and their sympathisers in FATA. In passing, the story also mentioned a 'secret base' inside Pakistan from where the Americans launched their unmanned drones over FATA and the surrounding areas. Islamabad, for the record, has always denied any such base on its territory and has also always said that there are no American soldiers on its soil.

However, according to the new Pentagon plan, a significant number of US military trainers will come to Pakistan to train the Frontier Corps. In addition to this, reading between the lines of some of these stories gives one the distinct impression as if around 50 or so military trainers are already based in Pakistan. In any case, there would have to be at the very least some American military personnel at the said 'secret base.'

The officials in the story were quoted as being worried because they were not sure of the relationship between the new government and whether it would allow the US military to play the kind of role that it had achieved for itself with Musharraf in charge. This explains the spate of meetings the US ambassador to Pakistan has been having of late with Mr Zardari and Mr Sharif and the two visits by high-profile members of Congress to Islamabad on the day of the election and after.

Given that one of those who visited -- Senator Jospeh Biden (Democrat from Delaware) -- has actually publicly said that General Musharraf may leave the scene if allowed to do so gracefully, it would be fair to assume that the Americans are now thinking of life after Musharraf. However, in that they will try and ensure that whoever is in charge next -- other than General Kayani of course -- will not move away too much from giving the kind of leeway (at least from the point of view of most Pakistanis) that Musharraf had given them.

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In other developments, what else is one to make of a report (and not denied) in this newspaper, according to which, the caretaker prime minister approved a summary for giving lifetime perks to retired chairmen of the Senate. Even in normal circumstances, this kind of largesse would be in poor taste since a substantial portion of the population live below the poverty line and most middle-income Pakistanis find it hard to have a decent life making ends meet. What is particularly offensive is that in this case the person who approved the summary and the beneficiary were one and the same (conflict of interest can go to hell for all the caretaker PM/Senate chairman cares).

According to the report, the following 'privileges/facilities' will be available to former chairpersons of the Senate, their wives and dependent children. The list is long: free medical coverage for life (within Pakistan and abroad!), a private secretary for life, a security guard for life, a driver for life, a cook for life, access to government guest/rest houses free of charge (WHY!!??), installation of telephone free of charge and up to a limit of Rs 5,000 per month (no points for guessing who's going to pay for this -- you and me), free pick and drop with protocol from all airports in the country at government expense (WHY!!??), a staff car for use of former chairman, spouse and dependent children for travel throughout Pakistan (incredible!), security passes for airport entry including two for staff, diplomatic passports for life and apparently a lot more.

<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Shameful!</span></b>

<i>The writer is Op-ed Pages Editor of The News. Email : omarq@cyber.net.pk</i>

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<b>Guess Mush the Tush’s Future :

1. Tête à Tête with the Lamp Post?

2. Ranch in Texas, Wyoming etc.?

3. Al Saud Al Arabia?</b>

[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Musharraf is part of the problem, not the solution’</span></b>[/center]

<i>South Asia expert and co-founder of the Henry Stimson Centre</i>, <b>Michael Krepon</b> <i>tells</i> <b>HARINDER BAWEJA</b> <i>that America’s interests lie in Musharraf’s quick exit</i>

<b>How should the US be interpreting the election results in Pakistan?</b>

It is clear. The results are a reflection of the desire by most Pakistanis for the military to go back to focusing on military matters, not governance.

<b>More than a sympathy wave for Benazir, an anti-Musharraf wave seems to have been visible. Should Musharraf step down?</b>

My sense is that the Bush administration still views Musharraf as an important figure in the new set up. Washington doesn’t let go of Pakistani military strongmen easily. My reading of Pakistan’s history suggests a different course — that once a military strongman has made a big mess, he becomes part of the problem, not part of the solution. The Bush administration and a few highly respected voices in Pakistan remain unwilling to accept what they believe to be a stark choice between pre- and post-Musharraf Pakistan. The best reason for caution is the fear of the unknown, which may be worse than what we know too well. But the accumulation of political events may well have passed the point where familiar Pakistani and US techniques of political management and manipulation can succeed. These techniques have, after all, led to the current impasse; their continued employment could now accelerate the very trends that are most worrisome within the country, even if they are sufficient to keep Musharraf in power.

<b>How wise was it for the Bush dispensation to pursue a Musharraf-centric policy rather than a Pakistan-centric one?</b>

Patterns exist because they are repetitive. This is a familiar pattern. When a military strongman in Pakistan produces a big mess, the strongman doesn’t clean up the mess. Instead, he leaves the stage to allow others to clean up the mess. It is therefore essential that the United States proceed wisely during the troubled times that Pakistan now finds itself in.

<b>What should the fresh approach be?</b>

The hope of a transitional partnership between Musharraf and the political center has floundered. The die is increasingly cast between Musharraf and his narrowing circle of backers and the large ranks of those who believe his service to Pakistan is effectively over.

<b>The US still appears to be backing Musharraf. In fact, Zardari has had more than one meeting with the American ambassador in Pakistan. Is the US still backing the wrong person?</b>

My sense is that Pakistani politics will follow a logic rooted in Pakistan, and not in Washington. The PPP and PML-N are not well disposed toward Musharraf, and they will both support steps toward making the judiciary more independent — at least in the short run. This suggests that Musharraf will be hounded by court cases and judicial proceedings. The more his wings are clipped, the less he will enjoy being President. The United States needs Pakistan, and Pakistan needs the United States. If the forces of extremism prevail in Pakistan, its relations with all of its neighbours — Iran, Afghanistan and India — will become inflamed. The US and NATO military effort in Afghanistan will become much harder. The export of terrorism would grow significantly and it would not just be confined to Pakistan’s immediate neighbours. Most importantly, the disposition of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, which may well be larger than many suppose, would be in question.

<b>The results could be interpreted as also being a vote against the war against terror. On what lines should America be rethinking this?</b>

Pakistani society is very diverse, and holds diverse views, but a growing part of society now understands that Islamic extremism is an existential threat to Pakistan’s well-being. This has long been apparent, and will become more so. This threat, which counts Muslims as its primary victims, will grow unless it is tackled by the security organs of the State. The United States can help, but it can’t lead this horse to water.

<b>What would be worse for Pakistan and the United States: if Musharraf stays or if he goes?</b>

With great hesitation, I have come to the following conclusions : First, the political trendlines within Pakistan are likely to grow worse the longer Musharraf remains in any position of leadership. Second, the corporate interests of the Pakistan Army with respect to counter-terrorism, control of the country’s nuclear assets, and in handling troubled ties with Washington are unlikely to change appreciably if or when Musharraf goes. And third, the longer Musharraf stays, the greater the difficulties Washington can expect on all three fronts.

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Tehelka( mouth piece of congress) is worried about musharraf. <!--emo&Big Grin--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>President Musharraf meets General Kayani</b> RAWALPINDI, March 3 (APP): Talking to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani here at his Camp Office, President Musharraf Monday lauded the professionalism and the sacrifices being rendered by Pakistan Army for defending the country from external and internal threats. The President noted the role of the army in ensuring security during the general election. He appreciated the measures taken by the Pakistan Army in combating terrorism along the Pak-Afghan border, Fata and Swat. General Kayani briefed the President about the ongoing operation against terrorism. They also exchanged views on the role of the Pakistan Army in respect to internal security situation. (Posted @ 15:30 PST)
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Before Pakistan lawyers to hold fresh anti-Musharraf protests . <!--emo&Big Grin--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->


<b>Meanwhile back at the Ranch :</b>

[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Three killed in Lahore blasts</span></b>[/center]

<b>LAHORE : Three persons were killed</b> and several injured Tuesday after four loud explosions at Pakistan Navy War College near Mall Road Underpass in Lahore.

The injured have been transferred to hospitals.

<b>According to Navy resources three persons have been killed in the blast.</b>

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[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>7 killed in Naval War College suicide attack in Lahore</span></b>[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>LAHORE : The death toll in suicide attack and explosions at Pakistan Navy War College near Mall Road Underpass Lahore has increased to seven</b> several injured in the incident.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

ALSO

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pakistan is reeling from a bombing campaign waged by Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban. Over 500 people have been killed in related violence since the start of the year</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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Now la-whore, I think Lal Masjid will eat whole Army, Navy and Airforce.

<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Mar 4 2008, 08:48 PM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Mar 4 2008, 08:48 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Now la-whore, I think Lal Masjid will eat whole Army, Navy and Airforce.
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TUTHA ASTU!

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<b>10 killed in clash after attack on shrine</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Villagers told reporters that over 1,000 supporters of the Lashkar-i-Islam entered the area and started destroying the four centuries old shrine of saint Abu Saeed Baba.
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This is clash between Wahabbi and sufi.


[center]<b><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Musharraf to resign if ex-CJ restored, his aides say</span></b>[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>NEW YORK - Aides to President Pervez Musharraf believe that he would resign if ex-Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry returned to his post after the new National Assembly starts functioning,</b> according to a dispatch in The New York Times on Wednesday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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Wow, Now what he is going to do, catch a first flight to US, but now every fundo on street will beat him in US. Saudi Arabia or Dubai may be right place for him to enjoy future houris.


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