<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>Partition's ghost haunts Pakistan</span>
Tarun Vijay
November 06, 2007
Two headlines on The New York Times this week caught my attention. One said, 'Hello, India? I Need Help With My Math.' It was about how Indian tutors sitting in cities like Chennai are helping American children in Washington and California get good grades in math.
The other headline, about America's blue eyed regime, screamed, 'Pakistan Rounds Up Musharraf's Political Foes' and detailed the state of emergency clamped there.
What a difference between two State powers that were born simultaneously!
One was separated because it did not want to remain 'shackled' to a Hindu majority nation. 'We are a separate Qaum (identity), we are Muslims,' roared Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Even Iqbal, the poet who wrote Sare Jahan Se Acchha Hindustan Hamara ('Our India is the greatest'), wrote a foundational theory justifying the creation of a separate nation and redrafted his immortal lines into 'Sare Jahan Se Acchha Pakistan Hamara'.
Mahatma Gandhi [Images] is still anathema in Pakistan though he fasted unto death, annoying both his disciples Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, forcing them to give Rs 52 crores -- Rs 520 million, a mammoth amount in those times -- as a 'loan' to newborn Pakistan. But Iqbal, the arch supporter of our motherland's division, remains a much revered icon in India in whose memory all governments -- including the Bharatiya Janata Party's -- are pleased to give high awards to Urdu poets.
An all-inclusive Hindu majority nation with an astounding continuity of tradition that defines applied democracy and freedom of thought remains a helpless spectator to the plight of its neighbour, which was considered an inseparable part of India till 60 years ago, and which has fought four bloody wars with us.
Pakistan's Islamic dream has gone sour miserably.
It got further divided in 1971, giving birth to another jihad factory, Bangladesh. Like any other Muslim majority country the world over -- Turkey provides an exception, for many other reasons although -- it has an Islamic obsession to wield the gun and teach the West and the Hindu-Jewish combine a lesson.
In Karachi, the brave journalists keep writing books like Who Owns Pakistan? Or Pakistan -- Between America, Army and Allah (in that order), and Taliban-a Bane or a Boon?
Those who care for a reasonably modest Islamic republic have accepted intermittent periods of a nascent democracy, army rule and judicial games -- giving a semblance of constitutional regime -- while human rightists present well-prepared papers in Delhi seminars and give wishful speeches at glamorous media summits.
A leader is allowed in, ostensibly because Big Brother in Washington 'approved' her politics and the other is shunted off from the airport itself, exiled to a State run by the protector of two holy mosques.
India, the nation they derided and disapproved of, is emerging as the genuine friend and 'apne log' to the common Pakistani. Indians find warmth and light in a living democracy where every shade and colour finds a space to shine, notwithstanding fringe extremism in stray corners.
Pakistanis are bewildered to see a prominent road in Aurangzeb's memory and almost a ban on naming any important point after Dara Shikoh! 'I can't believe it,' exclaimed a Karachi-based journo, our guest.
That's India, a Hindu majority, attacked and assaulted by Pakistan immediately after a Partition that Hindus didn't want. The kind of gory massacres and loot that occurred during Partition and then in Mirpur and Muzaffarabad, beginning October 27, 1947, is a holocaust that is still etched in the minds of survivors.
Yet, the average Indian exudes warmth and closeness to a Pakistani citizen, and vice versa.
For Indians, it is an unbelievable experience to find common Pakistanis reaching out to them in pure affection. My Karachi, Lahore [Images] and Balochistan trips are full of such unforgettable memories of welcome.
And none of the visits was government sponsored.
The same happen when a Pakistani visits us. Indians try to walk the extra mile to show their neighbours love and a trust in unbreakable ties.
Isn't it surprising? Two people separated by faith and mistrust, yet longing to see each other and willing to forget the unsavoury past?
It is culture that binds Delhi, Karachi and Dhaka. Common festivals like Basant (spring) and even our choices of cuisine and couture unite us.
That's why when I meet Pakistanis, often they say, 'Unless we leave these goras (foreigners) and bond, we can't progress.'
India and Pakistan as friends can make progress together and leave the Europeans far behind. We have everything -- brilliance, youth, strength of a hardworking attitude, a land rich in resources and strategic location.
The hate, which in the name of a faith separated the worldview and turned twins into deadly foes, is now pointing the gun at their neck. We call it the Bhasmasur syndrome -- the demon that turns against its own.
The Lal Masjid, Taliban, judicial 'firing,' frequent emergencies, hanging leaders, exiles and an uncertain course ahead. Was it this that Jinnah and Iqbal visualised?
Blood brothers live with a foreign colonialism to 'teach a lesson' to the next-door neighbour, but can't accept what remains their own just because of a change in faith? Is that not reason enough to pause and ponder?
Partition has become more visible 60 years later, and is showing its bloody colours to the children who never created it.
It is a lesson for all of us; hate and extremism can destroy, but they can never help a people bloom.
Tarun Vijay is Editor, Panchjanya, the Hindi weekly published by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/nov/06tarun.htm
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Now they are going to kill Pakistan's Islamic brother. So creation of Pakistan on Islam was wrong. Even Islam can't unite them.
<b>Frontier takes Pak troops away from India border All disquiet on western front, Pak troops thin</b>
<b>NORTH WEST terror war Of 66 Pak infantry brigades, 33 on active duty; CCS is briefed by Indian commanders </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 5: For six decades, the Indian border has been the raison dâetre â the very reason for existence-of the Pakistan army. Most formations, including its two Strike Corps, are aggressively positioned near the border to counter Indian forces.
So, when the Rawalpindi-based Pakistan GHQ started pulling out elite troops from the Indian frontier for the war against terror in Waziristan, Indian Intelligence agencies knew something had deeply gone wrong along Pakistanâs western flank.
Latest estimates, drawn up by Indian intelligence agencies through various inputs, show that Pakistani force levels along the Indian border have fallen to an all-time low. As many as 15 Infantry Brigades â roughly accounting for 38,000 troops â have been moved to Waziristan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) within the past year.
Five of these brigades â reserve troops and units stringed together from various formations â were sent in last month to fight the Taliban. Not only soldiers from the elite strike corps, trained to slice into India in the event of war, but also reserves with the GHQ in Rawalpindi were mobilized last month.
In New Delhi, the Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by the Prime Minister, was briefed recently by top Army officials that Pakistani troops were being pulled away and force levels across the border were at an all-time low.
Intelligence data shows that elements from the Mangla-based Army Reserve North (ARN) and Multan-based Army Reserve South (ARS), the two strike corps, have been dispatched to either Peshawar or Quetta for deployment along the troubled Afghan frontier.
Units from the Force Command Northern Area (FCNA) that controls PoK and forces from the dual-role XI Corps in Peshawar â tasked with defending the Afghan border but with a secondary strike role against India in the event of war â have also been moved to fight the Taliban.
The last time the Peshawar-based XI Corps moved from its position to Pakistanâs eastern border was in 2001-02 to counter the Indian Armyâs troop build-up during Operation Parakram. At that time, the Indian army had been counting on the time that would be needed to bring the Corps to the border from Peshawar.
With the Pak army now stretched along the north-west frontier, intelligence officials say that clearer and bigger voids are now opening up on its eastern border.
âThis kind of deployment has led to a clear operational void along Pakistanâs eastern border. All reserves, sectorial and strategic, including the Headquarters reserves have been committed,â said an intelligence official
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Indian intelligence data says that out of the 66 Infantry Brigades (about 1.65 lakh troops) in the Pak army, 33 brigades are currently on active duty. Of these, 18 brigades (45,000 troops) are deployed for counter-terror operations.
With half its troops committed to active duty, the army is finding it hard to rotate and relive formations. âIt is a major operational constraint. In the event of war, the whole army gets mobilized but in an ideal scenario, one-third of the troops should be on duty while the rest are in transit or in a peace area. In long term, it will get increasingly difficult to manage the men,â an official said.
However, a broken up Pakistani army, armed with nuclear weapons, is the last thing India would like to see. A worst case scenario for Pakistan, drawn up by strategic affairs expert Stephen Cohen  <!--emo&  --><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> in an article on the Brookings Institution website on Monday, paints a worrisome picture.
âOne (of the two desperate scenarios) is that the army itself might lose its coherence. It is a multi-ethnic army, derived from the old British Indian army, and from time to time it, like its predecessor, has had ethnic-based mutinies (the most notable being the revolt of the Bengali elements of all three services in 1970). At present, about eighteen per cent of the Pakistan army are Pushtuns or of Pushtun-origin. There are reports of officers refusing to attack targets, and the astonishing case, still unexplained, of nearly 300 officers and jawans surrendering to the militants in Waziristan â where they are still being held hostage,â writes Cohen, explaining that the US is in for a tough ride as far as its Pakistan policy is concerned
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Pak Railway Minister denied Indian visa</b>
Pioneer.com
New Delhi: Pakistan Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid, accused of harbouring Kashmiri militants over a decade ago, has been denied visa to travel to India for the ongoing cricket series here. Rashid had requested for the visa, saying he had been invited as a guest by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
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<b>Quiet general who may succeed Musharraf</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->If General Pervez Musharraf is forced from power, the man who delivers the coup de grace will probably be a quiet, studious general who doubles as the president of the Pakistan Golf Association.
Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, the deputy chief of the army staff and a skilled amateur golfer, is the favourite to become Pakistan's next president.
Ranking second only to Gen Musharraf, he is the country's most senior military officer. If Gen Musharraf keeps his promise to resign as army chief, Gen Kiyani will almost certainly succeed him.
Defending the country is not the only task of Pakistan's army commander. Toppling unpopular governments is part of the informal job description.
So Gen Kiyani cannot avoid becoming a political player of immense importance. Yet throughout his career, he has always shunned the limelight and won promotion by displaying loyalty and discretion.
<b>Born in 1952, Gen Kiyani comes from Punjab</b>, the traditional home of Pakistan's military elite. After joining the Baluch Regiment in 1971, he enjoyed a swift rise.
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<b>Deposed Pakistan judge urges defiance</b>
<b>Pakistani coup de grâce</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Washington's inability to deter Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf from declaring emergency rule -- a coup d'etat that has been in the works for months -- reveals yet another Bush administration foreign policy failure. As the dictator's goons used clubs and tear gas to crush pro-democracy demonstrations, arrested several thousand lawyers and human rights activists and muzzled the media, President Bush -- the chest-thumping, self-proclaimed defender of freedom and crusader against tyranny everywhere -- bravely declared that he hoped Musharraf would "take my advice" and hold elections soon. It was a grotesque finale to the now-abandoned doctrine that Bush advanced in his second inaugural address, when he argued that tyranny itself is the mother's milk of extremism. <!--emo& --><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>The Bush administration now sees itself forced to choose between U.S. interests and American principles, between fighting terrorism and preserving stability in a nuclear weapons state, and promoting if not Jeffersonian democracy then at least semi-enlightened governance under civilian, though authoritarian, law</b>
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BB is planing street demonstration on Friday in Islam-abad.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story...l.asp?Id=11024
<b>No held leader can get bail under PCO</b>
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...home-headlines
<b>For Pakistanis, fired justice is symbol of defiance</b>
Now Paki media is singing Mushy-
during the talk Karman Khan questioned why Public is not responding against emergency, and mentioned that today (Wednesday) PML(N) gave protest call against emergency in Lahore (where probably NS should have been most popular), but what Karmran Khan mentioned that around 12 to 14 responded
<b>Pakistani police beat protesters </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Police swung batons and fired tear gas at supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto demonstrating near Pakistan's parliament Wednesday, deepening a political crisis triggered by the imposition of military rule.
Associated Press reporters saw hundreds of protesters pushing metal barricades into ranks of riot police blocking their path toward the parliament building, where state television reported that government lawmakers unanimously endorsed President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule.
Police beat several activists, some of them women, who broke through, and dragged at least six people from the scene.
Naheed Khan, a close female aide to Bhutto, stuck a policeman on the shoulder and screamed at him: "<b>Who are you? How dare you take action against women?"</b>
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These traits on display- respect for judiciary, women protesting all these are Hindu ideas still in the Islamized Pakis.
In Islam there are four kinds of people lesser than Muslim man - non believer, slave, child and woman. The Prophet says the first three can change their status and become equal but never the fourth one.
The respect for judiciary is really respect for Dharma. Despite the Pakistani judiciary having repeatedly endorsed the military rule over the last five decades, when they stood their ground this time the respect has gone up and C.J. Chaudary has support all over Pakistan except in military circles who are Islamized under Zia's program.
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Paki fora is saying big number of brave Paki army is on sick leave. We may see ethnic based division in Paki Army.
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To understand the difference between the general and the president, one only has to look at the lists of people detained and released on the night of the coup. The first people to be arrested after the imposition of emergency were not the leaders of Pakistani Taliban, nor their sympathizers in Islamabad. There was no crackdown on sleeper cells that have orchestrated a wave of suicide bombings across Pakistan.
The people he has arrested in the last few days besides judges and lawyers have included peace activists, teachers, artists â basically the kind of people who have done more than anybody else to push ahead his avowed agenda of moving Pakistan away from religious militancy.
On the night he declared the emergency, General Musharraf released 28 Taliban prisoners; according to news reports, one was serving a sentence of 24 years for transporting two suicide bombersâ jackets, the only fashion accessory allowed in Pakistanâs Taliban-controlled areas. These are the kind of people who on their off days like to burn down video stores and harass barbers for giving shaves and head massages.
In what can be seen only as a reciprocal gesture, the Taliban released a group of army soldiers it had held hostage â according to the BBC, each soldier was given 500 rupees for good behavior.Â
<b>Why do General Musharraf and his army feel a sense of kinship with the very people they are supposed to be fighting against? Why are he and his army scared of liberal lawyers and teachers but happy to deal with Islamist Pashtuns in the tribal areas? </b>
The reasons can be traced back to the 1980s, when another military dictator, Gen. Zia ul-Haq, launched a broad campaign to Islamicize Pakistani society and the armed forces in particular. Back then, I was a cadet at Pakistanâs Air Force Academy, where I witnessed, along with hundreds of other aghast cadets, a remarkable scene in which a new recruit, out of religious conviction, refused to shave his beard.
<b>The issue was eventually referred to the Army high command in Islamabad, and as a result procedures for training institutes were amended â the boy was allowed to keep his beard and wear his uniform. The academy barber never recovered from the shock. </b>
Within months there were other changes: evenings socializing to music and mocktails were replaced by Koran study sessions. Buses were provided for cadets who wanted to attend civilian religious congregations. Within months, our rather depressing but secular academy was turned into a zealous, thriving madrassa where missing your daily prayers was a crime far worse than missing the morning drill.
It is this crop of military officers that now runs the country. General Musharraf heads this army, and is very reluctant to let go.
For those who have never had to live under his regime, the general/president can come across as a rakish, daredevil figure. His résumé is impressive: hereâs a man who can manage the frontline of the Western worldâs war on terrorism, get rid of prime ministers at will, force his political opponents into exile and still find the time to write an autobiography. But ask the lawyers, judges, arts teachers and students behind bars about him, and one will find out he is your garden-variety dictator who, after having spent eight years in power, is asking why canât he continue for another eight.
General Musharrafâs bond with his troops is not just ideological.<b> Under his command Pakistanâs armed forces have become a hugely profitable empire. Itâs the nationâs pre-eminent real estate dealer, it dominates the breakfast-cereal market, it runs banks and bakeries. Only last month Pakistanâs Navy, in an audacious move, set up a barbecue business on the banks of the Indus River about 400 miles away from the Arabian Sea itâs supposed to protect.
Itâs a happy marriage between God and greed.</b>Â
For now, the generalâs weekend gamble seems to have paid off. From Washington and the European Union he heard regrets but no condemnation with teeth â exactly what he counted on.
General Musharraf has always tried to cultivate an impression in the West that he is the only one holding the country together, that after him we can only expect anarchy. But in a country where arts teachers and lawyers are behind bars and suicide bombers are allowed to go free, we definitely need to redefine anarchy.
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IK08Df01.html
<b>Taliban stage a coup of their own </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The November 4 declaration of an emergency and the preparations before it was enforced distracted the military. As a result, several villages and towns in the Swat Valley, only a drive of four hours from Islamabad, have fallen to the Taliban without a single bullet being fired - fearful Pakistani security forces simply surrendered their weapons.
The Taliban have secured similar successes in the northwestern Afghan province of Farah and the southwestern provinces of Uruzgan and Kandahar, where districts have fallen without much resistance.
A new wave of attacks is expanding the Taliban's grip in the southeastern provinces of Khost and Kunar. And on Tuesday, the Taliban are suspected to have been responsible for the massive suicide attack in northern Baghlan province in which scores of people died, including a number of parliamentarians, most notably Sayed Mustafa Kazimi, the Hazara Shi'ite leader.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
CNN has been repeatedly showing footage of a Pak policeman forcing a lawyer into a police truck. The policeman kicks the lawyer twice, by ramming his knee into the lawyer's butt from behind. Pictures speak louder than words.
Long live the stalwart ally! Now people here in US, even those sleeping for the last 50 years, can see the warts on the stalwart. The stalwart is really a warthog. They have already seen the stalwart's nuclear WalMart. One does not need to be a wizard from Hogwarts to see see the stalwart al-lie's future.
<b>Pak flags removed from Taliban-held areas in Swat</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Recently he got a donation of more than 4 kilogram of gold from the women of one village in Kabal because he arrested and punished three people who had kidnapped a local woman.
People under his areas are safe from dacoits and thieves but they are not safe from gunship helicopters. Many locals have requested Maulvi Fazlullah to start negotiations with the government for peace in the area.
Official sources in Mingora claimed that more Army troops are coming to Swat and a new operation will be launched soon against the al-Qaeda-sponsored Taliban.
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<b>India should draw lesson from situation in Pakistan: Karat</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi, November 7: India should draw a lesson from the situation in Pakistan, which âcompromisedâ its foreign policy for an alliance with the US, the CPM said and observed that siding with America could be âharmfulâ for national sovereignty.
"Those who feel that US imperialism cannot be a threat to a country like India, should look at the situation in Pakistan now when American officials are hinting at a change in the ruling establishment in Islamabad, party general secretary Prakash Karat said at a function to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia
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Now Karkat will teach India, how to become top rated whore of China. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<b>'Hammer' Musharraf if he doesn't live up to his word: Armitage to US</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Washington, November 7: A former top Bush administration official, who once allegedly threatened to bomb Pakistan âback to the stone ageâ, has said if President Pervez Musharraf âdoes not live up to the wordâ he gave post-9/11 attacks, the US would have to âhammerâ him.
"I, personally, have a high regard for President Musharraf and what he's done, what he's personally suffered, and, by the way, what his country has suffered in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas -- 800 or so killed, now 300 other soldiers captured and missing. So he's sacrificed a good bit," former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said at a Congressional hearing.
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<b>Bush presses Musharraf to hold elections </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->WASHINGTON - President Bush told Pakistan's president on Wednesday that he must hold parliamentary elections and step down as army leader.
"You can't be the president and the head of the military at the same time," Bush said, describing a telephone call with Gen. Pervez Musharraf. "I had a very frank discussion with him."
Bush revealed the call to Musharraf during an appearance with the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, at George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, Va.
Since the declaration of emergency rule Saturday, the White House has faced questions about why Bush was taking a relatively soft line on the crackdown and had not spoken directly to Musharraf, whom Bush has called a friend he trusts.
"<b>My message was that we believe strongly in elections and that you ought to have elections soon and you need to take off your uniform,"</b> Bush said.
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Now Mushy go went gone.....................
<b>Three kidnapped soldiers found dead</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->MIRANSHAH: Bodies of three paramilitary soldiers out of four kidnapped by suspected pro-Taliban militants were found in Razmak subdivision of North Waziristan headquarters Miranshah, on Wednesday, officials said.
Officials said they had found the bullet-riddled bodies of three soldiers near the Army Camp in Razmak at around 4 pm. Officials, however, added that they did not know about the fourth soldier â whether he was also killed by militants or made hostage.
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Looks like Paki Army is now Kuffir.
<b>FO summons Indian envoy over visa denial to Rashid</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->âMy Indian counterpart, <b>Lalu Prasad, had extended an invitation </b>to watch the ongoing cricket series between Pakistan and India,â he added.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>British Councilâs gesture for deposed CJâs daughter </b>
By Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: The daughter of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was given a <b>British Council exam at her home at the Judges Enclave since she was not allowed by the police to go to the examination centre,</b> a family source said.
Iffra Chaudhry was offered the concession by the British Council because the entire family of Justice Chaudhry is under house arrest. It was a gesture of respect to the ex-chief justice. Incidentally, the CJ was under suspension when Iffra's exam was to be held earlier this year. This time her father was ousted by an extra-constitutional decree.
Iffra is a student of Bahria College. Although, she had already done A-levels she wanted to improve her score and hence appeared in the exam on Wednesday that was administered at the residence.
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