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| Kettle calling the pot black | | Politics in Pakistan with strongly religous overtones | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI NOV 24
Politics in Pakistan and politicians of diferent hues continue to draw a good deal of attention within and outside Pakistan. Even as the country's much-talked-about President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf, is counted as a liberal, he does not fight shy while making use of religion for his longevity in the office he has been accupying since 1999. It is a diferent matter that Chaudhry Shujaat, chief of the ruling PML (Q), has advised the MMA to refrain from using religion for political purposes.
It is a typical case of the kettle calling the pot black. Is it not a fact that Chaudhry Shujaat himself has turned to religion to promote his political ambitions? It has already been established that politics in Pakistan has been given a strongly religious overtone and politicians of different hues have relied heavily on religion to give credibility to what they say. There is no doubt that the Objectives Resolution was moved by the first Prime Minister of Pakistan basically to appease the religious parties, but he disc... | |
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| Musharraf's memoir bestseller in India | | The book has come to footpaths, literally | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, NOV 24
A sensational piece of information: Pakistan President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf's book titled 'In The Line of Fire' is a bestseller in India. Indian official agencies are not unaware of this reality. "We have been told about the sensation the book has caused", a senior officer of the government of India said.
Gen. Musharraf's book is available across India as widely as J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories but in a trademark Indian way. Though its New York-based publisher, Simon and Schuster, priced it the same for both India and Pakistan, the book has come to footpaths, literally.
The publisher of "In The Line of Fire" did not take much time to... | |
| | | | Musharraf's memoir bestseller in India | | The book has come to footpaths, literally | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, NOV 24
A sensational piece of information: Pakistan President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf's book titled 'In The Line of Fire' is a bestseller in India. Indian official agencies are not unaware of this reality. "We have been told about the sensation the book has caused", a senior officer of the government of India said.
Gen. Musharraf's book is available across India as widely as J K Rowling's Harry Potter stories but in a trademark Indian way. Though its New York-based publisher, Simon and Schuster, priced it the same for both India and Pakistan, the book has come to footpaths, literally.
The publisher of "In The Line of Fire" did not take much time to... | |
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