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Beyond Boundaries II
Beyond Boundaries II Beyond Boundaries II Pakistan - Afghanistan Track 1.5 and II cc Connecting People Building Peace Promoting Cooperation 1 Beyond Boundaries II Beyond Boundaries II Pakistan – Afghanistan Track 1.5 and II Connecting People Building Peace Promoting Cooperation 2 Beyond Boundaries II Beyond Boundaries II ©Center for Research and Security Studies 2018 All rights reserved This publication can be ordered from CRSS Islamabad office. All CRSS publications are also available free of cost for digital download from the CRSS website. 14-M, Ali Plaza, 2nd Floor, F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan. Tel: +92-51-8314801-03 Fax: +92-51-8314804 www.crss.pk 3 Beyond Boundaries II TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................... 5 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................... 9 3. CONTEXTUALIZING BEYOND BOUNDARIES................................................... 11 4. FIRST MEETING OF THE PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN JOINT COMMITTEE ........ 56 5. SECOND MEETING OF PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN JOINT COMMITTEE .......... 72 6. THIRD MEETING OF PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN JOINT COMMITTEE .............. 95 7. FOURTH MEETING OF PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN JOINT COMMITTEE ........ 126 8. FIFTH MEETING OF PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS/TRADE ........................................................................................ 149 9. SIXTH MEETING OF PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN JOINT COMMITTEE ............ 170 10. UNIVERSITY -
News Updates
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June Ank 2016
The Specter of Emergency Continues to Haunt the Country Mahi Pal Singh Forty one years ago this country witnessed people had been detained without trial under the the darkest chapter in the history of indepen- repressive Maintenance of Internal Security Act dent and democratic India when the state of (MISA), several high courts had given relief to emergency was proclaimed on the midnight of the detainees by accepting their right to life and 25th-26th June 1975 by Indira Gandhi, the then personal liberty granted under Article 21 and ac- Prime Minister of the country, only to satisfy cepting their writs for habeas corpus as per pow- her lust for power. The emergency was declared ers granted to them under Article 226 of the In- when Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha of the dian constitution. This issue was at the heart of Allahabad High Court invalidated her election the case of the Additional District Magistrate of to the Lok Sabha in June 1975, upholding Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla, popularly known charges of electoral fraud, in the case filed by as the Habeas Corpus case, which came up for Raj Narain, her rival candidate. The logical fol- hearing in front of the Supreme Court in Decem- low up action in any democratic country should ber 1975. Given the important nature of the case, have been for the Prime Minister indicted in the a bench comprising the five senior-most judges case to resign. Instead, she chose to impose was convened to hear the case. emergency in the country, suspend fundamen- During the arguments, Justice H.R. -
Afzal Guru's Execution
Contents ARTICLES - India’s Compass On Terror Is Faulty What Does The Chinese Take Over - Kanwal Sibal 3 Of Gwadar Imply? 46 Stop Appeasing Pakistan - Radhakrishna Rao 6 - Satish Chandra Reforming The Criminal Justice 103 Slandering The Indian Army System 51 10 - PP Shukla - Dr. N Manoharan 107 Hydro Power Projects Race To Tap The ‘Indophobia’ And Its Expressions Potential Of Brahmaputra River 15 - Dr. Anirban Ganguly 62 - Brig (retd) Vinod Anand Pakistan Looks To Increase Its Defence Acquisition: Urgent Need For Defence Footprint In Afghanistan Structural Reforms 21 - Monish Gulati 69 - Brig (retd) Gurmeet Kanwal Political Impasse Over The The Governor , The Constitution And The Caretaker Government In 76 Courts 25 Bangladesh - Dr M N Buch - Neha Mehta Indian Budget Plays With Fiscal Fire 34 - Ananth Nageswaran EVENTS Afzal Guru’s Execution: Propaganda, Politics And Portents 41 Vimarsha: Security Implications Of - Sushant Sareen Contemporary Political 80 Environment In India VIVEK : Issues and Options March – 2013 Issue: II No: III 2 India’s Compass On Terror Is Faulty - Kanwal Sibal fzal Guru’s hanging shows state actors outside any law. The the ineptness with which numbers involved are small and A our political system deals the targets are unsuspecting and with the grave problem of unprepared individuals in the terrorism. The biggest challenge to street, in public transport, hotels our security, and indeed that of or restaurants or peaceful public countries all over the world that spaces. Suicide bombers and car are caught in the cross currents of bombs can cause substantial religious extremism, is terrorism. casualties indiscriminately. Shadowy groups with leaders in Traditional military threats can be hiding orchestrate these attacks. -
Book Pakistanonedge.Pdf
Pakistan Project Report April 2013 Pakistan on the Edge Copyright © Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 2013 Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses No.1, Development Enclave, Rao Tula Ram Marg, Delhi Cantt., New Delhi - 110 010 Tel. (91-11) 2671-7983 Fax.(91-11) 2615 4191 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.idsa.in ISBN: 978-93-82512-02-8 First Published: April 2013 Cover shows Data Ganj Baksh, popularly known as Data Durbar, a Sufi shrine in Lahore. It is the tomb of Syed Abul Hassan Bin Usman Bin Ali Al-Hajweri. The shrine was attacked by radical elements in July 2010. The photograph was taken in August 2010. Courtesy: Smruti S Pattanaik. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this Report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute or the Government of India. Published by: Magnum Books Pvt Ltd Registered Office: C-27-B, Gangotri Enclave Alaknanda, New Delhi-110 019 Tel.: +91-11-42143062, +91-9811097054 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.magnumbooks.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, sorted in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). Contents Preface 5 Abbreviations 7 Introduction 9 Chapter 1 Political Scenario: The Emerging Trends Amit Julka, Ashok K. Behuria and Sushant Sareen 13 Chapter 2 Provinces: A Strained Federation Sushant Sareen and Ashok K. Behuria 29 Chapter 3 Militant Groups in Pakistan: New Coalition, Old Politics Amit Julka and Shamshad Ahmad Khan 41 Chapter 4 Continuing Religious Radicalism and Ever Widening Sectarian Divide P. -
269 Abdul Aziz Angkat 17 Abdul Qadir Baloch, Lieutenant General 102–3
Index Abdul Aziz Angkat 17 Turkmenistan and 88 Abdul Qadir Baloch, Lieutenant US and 83, 99, 143–4, 195, General 102–3 252, 253, 256 Abeywardana, Lakshman Yapa 172 Uyghurs and 194, 196 Abu Ghraib 119 Zaranj–Delarum link highway 95 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) 251, 260 Africa 5, 244 Abuza, Z. 43, 44 Ahmad Humam 24 Aceh 15–16, 17, 31–2 Aimols 123 armed resistance and 27 Akbar Khan Bugti, Nawab 103, 104 independence sentiment and 28 Akhtar Mengal, Sardar 103, 104 as Military Operation Zone Akkaripattu- Oluvil area 165 (DOM) 20, 21 Aksu disturbances 193 peace process and Thailand 54 Albania 194 secessionism 18–25 Algeria Aceh Legislative Council 24 colonial brutality and 245 Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) 24 radicalization in 264 Aceh Referendum Information Centre Ali Jan Orakzai, Lieutenant General 103 (SIRA) 22, 24 Al Jazeera 44 Acheh- Sumatra National Liberation All Manipur Social Reformation, women Front (ASNLF) 19 protesters of 126–7 Aceh Transition Committee (Komite All Party Committee on Development Peralihan Aceh) (KPA) 24 and Reconciliation ‘act of free choice’, 1969 Papuan (Sri Lanka) 174, 176 ‘plebiscite’ 27 All Party Representative Committee Adivasi Cobra Force 131 (APRC), Sri Lanka 170–1 adivasis (original inhabitants) 131, All- Assam Students’ Union (AASU) 132 132–3 All- Bodo Students’ Union–Bodo Afghanistan 1–2, 74, 199 Peoples’ Action Committee Balochistan and 83, 100 (ABSU–BPAC) 128–9, 130 Central Asian republics and 85 Bansbari conference 129 China and 183–4, 189, 198 Langhin Tinali conference 130 India and 143 al- Qaeda 99, 143, -
Kyber Pakhtoon Khawa
Implementation Status of the Prime Minister Directive Under People's Works Program-II Executing Agency Pakistan Public Works Department 2012-13 Approved Directive/Schemes Funds Approve Date of d in Name of MNA Dirctive Cost % age of S.No Directive DDWP Amount Funds Funds Month Issued Schemes Date Directives In Million Released Utilized Implemted Schemes Implemented Consity No Distt:/ Implemented Directive Serial No. Concerned Division No of Directive Schemes partially No.Of Schemes Schemes Under Process 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2012-13 Kyber Pakhtoon Khawa Peopel's Works Programme-II C:\Users\Ibrahim\Downloads\Detail for Beneficiaries.xls 1 ﻦﻣﺤﺭﻟﺍﺪﺒﻋ 2012-13 Approved Directive/Schemes Funds Approve Date of d in Name of MNA Dirctive Cost % age of S.No Directive DDWP Amount Funds Funds Month Issued Schemes Date Directives In Million Released Utilized Implemted Schemes Implemented Consity No Distt:/ Implemented Directive Serial No. Concerned Division No of Directive No.Of Schemes Schemes partially Schemes Under Process Sep 11.09.12 26.11.12 363 Dr.Arbab Alamgir Khan NA- 2 1 50.000 1 17 50.000 9 8 53 % 50.000 44.869 Nov 27.11.12 4.1.13 741 Noor Alam Khan NA- 3 1 50.000 1 10 50.000 7 3 - 50.000 Oct 17.10.12 12.11.12 NA- 45 CCD-III, 1 50.000 1 5 50.000 5 - 590 Muhammad Noor Ul Haq Peshawar Total (CCD-III, Peshawar) 3 150.000 3 32 150.000 9 15 8 100.000 44.869 Peopel's Works Programme-II C:\Users\Ibrahim\Downloads\Detail for Beneficiaries.xls 2 ﻦﻣﺤﺭﻟﺍﺪﺒﻋ 2012-13 Approved Directive/Schemes Funds Approve Date of d in Name of MNA Dirctive Cost % age of S.No Directive DDWP Amount Funds Funds Month Issued Schemes Date Directives In Million Released Utilized Implemted Schemes Implemented Consity No Distt:/ Implemented Directive Serial No. -
Iranian Researchers Design Tablet for Visually-Impaired
Art & Culture December 1, 2019 3 This Day in History (December 1) Iranian Researchers Design Today is Sunday; 10th of the Iranian month of Azar 1398 solar hijri; corresponding to 4th of the Islamic month of Rabi as-Sani 1441 lunar hijri; and December 1, 2019, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. 1268 lunar years ago, on this day in 173 AH, Seyyed Abdul-Azim al-Hasani, a prominent descendant of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), was born in Medina. A Tablet for Visually-Impaired pious scholar of repute, he was fifth in descent from the Prophet’s elder grandson to read texts in audio and braille keyboard and a monitor and software and 2nd Infallible Heir, Imam Hasan al-Mojtaba (AS). His genealogy reads: Abdul-Azim ibn Abdullah ibn Ali ibn Hassan ibn Zayd ibn Imam Hasan (AS). He without the need for a computer includes Persian text reader. was ten years when the Prophet’s 7th Infallible Heir, Imam Musa al-Kazem (AS), connection. According to the CEO of this was martyred in Baghdad in the dungeon of the Abbasid tyrant Haroun Rasheed, “The blind can type in both Farsi knowledge-based company, the and he had the honour of companionship of the 8th, 9th and 10th Infallible Imams and English, listen to music and system provides audio and braille – Imam Ali ar-Reza (AS), Imam Mohammad at-Taqi (AS), and Imam Ali an- audio files, and connect to their for all visually impaired people in Naqi (AS). He was sent as a missionary to Iran to enlighten the people about the mobile phone. -
Election Commission of Pakistan
ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN NOTIFICATION Islamabad the 5th June, 2013 No.F.2(41)/2013-Cord.- In pursuance of the provisions of sub-section (3A) and sub-section (4) of Section 42 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976 (Act No. LXXXV of 1976), the Election Commission of Pakistan hereby publishes the names of candidates returned to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from the constituencies mentioned below against the name of each candidate: Sl. Names of the No. of Total No. Total votes Name of the No Contesting valid votes of rejected polled in the candidate Candidates secured by the votes constituency declared Constesting elected with candidates Party Affiliation 1 2 3 4 5 6 PP-1 RAWALPINDI-I 1 Shakeel Ahmed Papa 6900 2 Raja Khurram Zaman 347 3 Sardar Muhammad Saleem Khan 23364 4 Nazeer Ahmed Abbasi 516 5 Raja Ashfaq Sarwar 50982 Raja Ashfaq Sarwar (Pakistan Muslim League (N)) 6 Raja Shehzad Nemat Satti 7926 7 Javed Iqbal Satti 21435 8 Engineer Muhammad Zakir 125 9 Muhammad Ishtiaq Abbasi 13579 10 Nasir Abbasi 30 11 Sajjad Ahmed Abbasi 6201 12 Muhammad Mubarik Abbasi 89 13 Muhammad Muneeb Satti 55 14 Muhammad Ilyas 124 15 Arslan Ayaz 204 Total 131877 4739 136616 PP-2 RAWALPINDI-II 1 Lieutenant Col.(R) Muhmmad 15868 Shabbir Awan 2 Raja Sagheer Ahmed 38706 3 Raja Tariq Mehmood 1047 4 Raja Muhammad Ali 43335 Raja Muhammad Ali (Pakistan Muslim League (N)) 5 Ibrar Hussain Abbasi 1760 6 Shoaib Sadiq Kayani 38 7 Tariq Mehmood Murtaza 13233 8 Shakeel Hussain Satti 106 9 Tanveer Hussain Shah Advocate 57 10 Waseem Akthar Raja 78 11 Raja Moeed Shehzad 149 Total 114377 3911 118288 PP-3 RAWALPINDI-III 1 Ameer Qabal Hussain 928 2 Muhammad Ikraam 271 3 Mirza Muhammad Bashir 755 4 Raja Muhammad Zameer 490 5 Iftikhar Ahmed 58916 Iftikhar Ahmed (Pakistan Muslim League (N)) 6 Imran Qamar 97 7 Raja Muhammad Tariq Kayani 22700 8 Raja Altaf Hussain 2590 9 Zafar Mehmood Chaudry 329 10 Ch. -
Persecution Report Annual 2014 English
Cover picture Scene of the anti-Ahmadiyya riot and arson on July 27, 2014 in Gujranwala, Punjab. Police officials in foreground can be seen at peace and harmony with the mob. Three females including a 7-month old baby died of asphyxiation at the occasion. A Report on the Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan during the Year 2014 Contents Chapter Page Nr. 1. A. Executive Summary 1 B. Spotlights – 2014 4 2. Foreword 5 3. Special Reports 7 A. The Gujranwala Riot 7 B. Assassination in Rabwah of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, a Canadian-American Cardiologist 12 C. Problems in Education 15 4. Murders in the Name of Faith, Assaults and Attempts 24 5. Imprisonment and Prosecution on Religious Grounds 31 6. Mosques under Attack; Worship Denied 38 7. Burial Problems; Graveyards 42 8. Persecution of Ahmadis in Lahore, Capital of the Punjab 46 9. Challenges in Work 57 10. Anti-Ahmadiyya Rallies; the Hate Campaign 59 11. The Judiciary’s Role 80 12. Miscellaneous; Reports from All Over 86 a. Reports from Cities 86 b. Reports from Towns and Villages 92 c. The Media 96 d. Kidnapping of Ahmadis 103 e. Disturbing Threats 105 f. Diverse 107 13. From the Media 132 14. Conclusion 152 Annexes: I. Particulars of Religion-based Police Cases against Ahmadis registered in 2014 153 II. Updated Statistics of Police Cases and Outrages since 1984 154 III. Laws Specific to Ahmadis, and the Blasphemy laws 156 IV. A book in bazaars and libraries incites people to kill Ahmadis all over the world 157 V. We have let down the Ahmedi community – an editorial in the Daily Times 158 VI. -
Fafen Election
FAFEN ELECTION . 169 NA and PA constituencies with Margin of Victory less than potentially Rejected Ballots August 3, 2018 The number of ballot papers excluded increase. In Islamabad Capital Territory, from the count in General Elections 2018 the number of ballots excluded from the surpassed the number of ballots rejected count are more than double the in General Elections 2013. Nearly 1.67 rejected ballots in the region in GE-2013. million ballots were excluded from the Around 40% increase in the number of count in GE-2018. This number may ballots excluded from the count was slightly vary after the final consolidated observed in Balochistan, 30.6 % increase result is released by the Election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ballots excluded from the count at the (FATA), 7% increase in Sindh and 6.6% polling station level by Presiding Officers increase in Punjab. are to be reviewed by the Returning The following table provides a Officers during the consolidation comparison of the number of rejected proceedings, who can either reject them National Assembly ballot papers in each or count them in favor of a candidate if province/region during each of the past excluded wrongly. four General Elections in 2002, 2008, 2013 The increase in the number of ballots and 2018. Although the rejected ballots excluded from the count was a have consistently increase over the past ubiquitous phenomenon observed in all four general elections, the increase was provinces and Islamabad Capital significantly higher in 2013 than 2008 Territory with nearly 11.7% overall (54.3%). -
Abbreviations and Acronyms
PART III] THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., JAN. 14, 2020 49(1) ISLAMABAD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2020 PART III Other Notifications, Orders, etc. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT Islamabad, the 10th January, 2020 No. F. 23(75)/2018-Lagis.—The following Reports were presented in the National Assembly on 8th January, 2020:— REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR ON THE NATIONAL DATABASE AND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2019 I, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Interior, have the honour in present this report on the Bill further to amend the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000, (VIII of 2000) [The National Database and Registration Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2019] (Private Member‘s Bill) referred to the Committee on 24th January, 2019:— 2. The Committee comprises the following:— 49(1—72) Price : Rs. 100.00 [5040(2020)/Ex. Gaz.] 49(2) THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA., JAN. 14, 2020 [PART III 1. Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz Chairman 2. Mr. Sher Akbar Khan Member 3. Mehar Ghulam Muhammad Lali Member 4. Mr. Raza Nasrullah Member 5. Khawaja Sheraz Mehmood Member 6. Mr. Rahat Aman Ullah Bhatti Member 7. Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar Member 8. Sardar Talib Hassan Nakai Member 9. Ms. Nafeesa Inayatullah Khan Khattak Member 10. Mr. Muhammad Akhtar Mengal Member 11. Nawabzada Shah Zain Bugti Member 12. Malik Sohail Khan Member 13. Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan Member 14: Mr. Mohammad Pervaiz Malik Member 15. Mr. Nadeem Abbas Member 16. Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb Member 17. Syed Agha Rafiullah Member 18. Nawab Muhammad Yousaf Talpur Member 19. Mr. Abdul Qadir Patel Member 20.