politics
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Apropos: “‘Unfortunate incident’ in Bahawalnagar: Joint inquiry to be conducted: ISPR” Reference: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40298267/unfortunate-incident-in-bahawalnagar-joint-inquiry-to-be-conducted-ispr; https://www.independenturdu.com/node/165566 Bloody noses and solidarity may work fine in a game of boxing, they tend to go less well together in actual life. Although a statement from police on Musk’s X told spectators (sic) that an event in Bahawalnagar took place because…
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اگلے روز بھارت کے وزیرِ دفاع نے ’پیش گوئی‘ فرمائی کہ ان کا ملک پاکستان میں جا کے دہشت گردوں کو مارے گا۔ اِس پہ ہمارے دفترِ خارجہ کو امن کی یاد آگئی۔ چند ہفتے قبل بھی امن کی یاد آئی ہوتی تو اچھا تھا، لیکن تب افغانستان پہ حملہ کرنے کی جلدی تھی۔ تاکہ…
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Hegel has said that it is to honor rationality of a human being that he is tried for his crimes. People no longer consider themselves subject to monarchy. Therefore, to honor their freedom, they must not submit themselves to presidents or any other authority for pardon, commutation of sentence, or reprieve. (For the time being,…
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Preface I have provided ‘definitions’ for the terms involved in another web log. Briefly, dual state is a term used by Professor Morgenthau to describe activities of American intelligence agencies; Dimorphism is a division between secular and religious institutions; Parallel Structures are fabricated by Fascist or other outside parties. The current work is indebted to…
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Poet delights Her with his words Painter delights Her with his pictures Philosopher delights Her with his thoughts Politician delights Her with chimeras Policeman delights Her with duty Prince delights Her with his gifts Beautician delights Her with serums Flowers delight Her with colors Buildings delight Her with security Beggars delight Her with sense of…
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In “Cohesiveness”, this scribe pointed out that by not allowing women to adore Allah in mosques – as was customary during the Prophet’s own era – seed of schism was sown. The issue is not that Allah could only have been adored in mosques. The problem is rather that fabricating division between women and men…
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I When I favorably quote a person, it is because that person’s words comport well with my a priori reflexions – unless it is a matter of mathematics or physical sciences. I do not favorably quote as a way of appeal to authority that goes: Since Mister Alpha Bravo Charlie had said that we must…
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پیج 3 کی کل وقتی رپورٹر بیمار تھیں، اسلئے مدیراعلیٰ نے اپنی بیگم بجھوا دیں اس پروقار موقع پر۔ امید تو خیر انھیں تھی کہ بیگم کوئی نہ کوئی گل کھلائیں گی لیکن توقعات سے بڑھ کے آپ جھنڈے گاڑ کے آئیں، وہ بھی دشمن کے ملک میں – چاہے ایسا محاورۃً اور لفظی میدان…
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Impressions based upon Hassan Abbas’ The Taliban Revival (2014 edition, Yale University Press) Written by Moazzam Ali Qureshi Autumn 2023 Introduction Doctor Abbas criticizes Bernard Bajolet, French diplomat-turned-intelligence chief, for providing “simple solutions” – end corruption and drug trade, encourage investment and fiscal self-reliance – to Afghan problem.[1] The Taliban Revival, too, is full of…
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Karma is the justice of the dead. May not always etymologically relate yet Egyptian maat cosmic balance; Hebrew met dead; Persian māt defeat (preserved in ‘checkmate’); and, Arabic maut death are pointing in the same backward vein as Doctor Manhattan – risen from the death / sleep –…