The Complete Magazine for the Region OCTOBER 2019 www.southasia.com.pk Afghanistan Afg. 50 Australia A$ 6 Bangladesh Taka 100 Bhutan NU 50 Brazil BRL 20 Canada C$ 6 China RMB 30 France EUR 45 Hong Kong HK$ 30 India Rs. 100 Japan ¥ 500 Korea Won 3000 Malaysia RM 6 Maldives Rf 45 Myanmar MMK10 Nepal NcRs. 75 New Zealand NZ$ 7 Pakistan Rs. 200 Philippines P 75 Saudi Arabia SR 15 Singapore S$ 8 Sri Lanka Rs. 100 WHITHER Thailand B 100 Turkey Lira. 2 UAE AED 10 UK £ 3 USA $ 5 WORLD BANK? Despite massive funding, the World Bank has not been able to achieve its mission to eradicate poverty in South Asian countries. PAKISTAN INDIA AFGHANISTAN YEMEN FATA Integration Kashmir Crisis Uncomfortable Truth End Game SOUTHASIA • OCTOBER 2019 3 CONTENTS 16 Cover Story The World Bank's project financing impact should have more visibility. Waziristan Dhaka Editor’s Desk 07 Challenges of Integration 33 About Face 40 Readers’ Thoughts 08 Kabul Kartarpur Elusive Solution 34 The Sikh Card 41 Who Said That! 10 Damp Squib 36 Neighbour Grapevine 11 Srinagar Drums of War 38 Beijing News Buzz 12 Titanic War 44 Cover Story World Bank Relevance 16 Interview - Zarrar Sehgal 18 Development Agenda 21 Facing the Challenges 23 The Trickle-Up Effect 27 Region Islamabad - New Delhi Signals Game 30 Islamabad Deficit Paradigm 31 30 4 SOUTHASIA • OCTOBER 2019 SLUG 40 49 45 47 53 Kuala Lumpur Mumbai Reality and Hope 45 Muddled Minds 54 54 International Colombo Price of Indiscipline 56 Aden End Game 47 Around Town Feature Khaadi – All Tressed Up 58 Lahore Aviator 8 Limited Edition 58 Celebrating the Real Pakistan 48 Reviews Death of a System 49 Books Islamabad Constitutional and Political Setback for Pakistani doctors 50 History of Pakistan 59 Malé Kashmir as I See It 60 Paradise Lost 51 Films Kabul Aladdin 61 Violence Against Women 53 47 Meters Down: Uncaged 62 SOUTHASIA • OCTOBER 2019 5 EDITor’s DESK A Passionate Appeal The situation prevailing in Jammu & self-determination to the people of Kashmir. Kashmir, a region that India has de- The Pakistan Prime Minister also referred to other impor- clared as a part of is union territory, tant issues confronting the world. He talked about Islamo- is abysmal. In this part of South Asia, phobia and said the menace had grown after 9/11 because the conditions are such that if the certain western leaders had equated Islam with terrorism. world does not pay immediate at- He emphasized that there is only one Islam – the one of tention to the human tragedy taking the Holy Prophet (PBUH). He mentioned the term “radical shape there, things may get out of Islam” and said it had been spread by anti-Islamic forces. It hand and the world would be look- was a pity, he said, that no Muslim leader had ever tried to ing at the possibility of another world explain to the West that there was no such thing as radical war. This was very passionately and Islam. He said that while there were radical fringes in every appropriately put forward by the Prime Minister of Pakistan society, the basis of all religions was compassion and justice, Imran Khan in his address to the UN General Assembly on which, unfortunately, Muslim leaders were unable to explain September 27. He drew the world’s attention to the extraor- and termed it as a failure of the Muslim world. dinarily appalling conditions prevailing in Jammu & Kashmir Regarding climate change, a problem that was becom- and was of the view that the Indian leadership had not given ing alarming and the world was increasingly facing its con- enough thought to the bloodbath that would occur sooner sequences, he said the world needed to realize the urgency or later there as a result of India’s actions. He said this was of the situation and to combine its forces to combat climate a question of some 8 million people who had been restricted change. He felt the industrialized countries could contrib- to their homes and were being treated as animals while In- ute the most by restricting greenhouse gas emissions and dian forces numbering over 90 the United Nations could play thousand had let loose a wave a very important role in this. of unimpeded and cruel sup- Imran Khan also drew the at- pression. tention of the United Nations The Pakistan Prime Min- and thereby that of the world ister made a spirited appeal towards the billions of dol- to the world’s conscience to lars that are shifted from poor consider the humanitarian as- countries every year and are pects of the Kashmir tragedy invested in rich countries. He and to stop its policy of appeasement of India as opposed said this was the money that was siphoned by corrupt politi- to standing up for justice and humanity. He said that, in any cians to tax havens through purchase of expensive proper- case, whatever happened in Kashmir or anywhere in India ties in the West while the economies of the developing world in future, it was foreseeable that the Indians would blame remained poor and dependent. He pointed to the corruption Pakistan for it as they had been doing on previous occa- that continued to devastate the developing world as the gap sions. He said the two nuclear armed nations were always between the rich and poor countries continued to widen. facing each other. He pointed out that though India was big- Imran Khan especially pointed to the hazards of money laun- ger than Pakistan in numerical terms, Pakistan would still dering and said there was a need to treat it in the same fight to the very end if called upon to do so. He expressed manner as drug money or terror financing. He told the world his apprehension that as a result of whatever was happening leaders to retrieve the plundered money and spend it on hu- in Kashmir, even if a conventional war started between India man development. He said the world was changing but if and Pakistan, it would eventually lead to a nuclear war. If the poor got poorer and the rich got richer, this would lead to this happened, the effects of the confrontation would not be a major catastrophe. There was therefore a need for respon- limited to South Asia alone and would spread to other parts sible institutions to stop the plunder. of the world. He let out a warning to the world that the threat Prime Minister Imran Khan’s passionate endeavour to of such a nuclear war should be a major cause for worry draw the world’s attention to certain basic issues is com- and to avoid that from happening, the world and the United mendable and must be heeded in the interest of peace in Nations needed to act immediately by granting the right of South Asia – and the world. Syed Jawaid Iqbal President & Editor in Chief SOUTHASIA • OCTOBER 2019 7 Readers’ THOUGHTS PEACE TALKS OCTOBER 2019 VOL.23 ISSUE 10 his is related to the story on ‘Who PRESIDENT & EDITOR IN CHIEF THolds the Trump Card?’ Kashmir is an Syed Jawaid Iqbal international issue as it concerns two nuclear EDITOR neighbours of South Asia and it needs to be Javed Ansari solved via peace talks rather than having a war which can only result in more destruction and CONTRIBUTING EDITOR S. G. Jilanee tension between the two nations. Recently, ASSISTANT EDITORS U.S. President Donald Trump had intervened Faizan Usmani to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Syeda Areeba Rasheed Kashmir issue. While Pakistan was eager to talk and solve the issue, India announced the CONTRIBUTORS revocation of Articles 370 and 35-A which gave Aadil Nakhoda – Asma Farooq special status and guarantees to maintain the Dr. Ahmed Saeed Minhas – Dr. Mehtab S. Karim identity and autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir. Both the nations need to be on the Dr. Moonis Ahmar – Faizan Usmani – Imran Jan Irshad Ahmad – M. Ali Kemal same page to maintain peace in the region and maybe some international pressure Maj. Gen (r) Inam Ul Haque – Meriam Sabih on India can do that. Nadya Chishty-Mujahid – Nasir Iqbal Muhammad Ahsan, Rabia Zaid – S.G. Jilanee Sabria Chowdhury Balland – Shahid Javed Burki Karachi, Pakistan Syed Akhtar Ali Shah – Syed Kamran Hashmi Syeda Areeba Rasheed – Syeda Dhanak Fatima Hashmi GRAPHICS & LAYOUT Haroon Rasheed Man of Words Devastating Fire Kamran Ghulam Nabi Riaz Masih hen it comes to expressing views atastrophic wildfires raged in the GENERAL MANAGER-MARKETING Wabout the ongoing crises in the CAmazon but no one took notice. Syed Ovais Akhtar country, there’s no one better than the When Notre Dame burned, the reaction PRODUCTION & COORDINATION former foreign Secretary of Pakistan, Mr was the other way round. Donations of Aqam-ud-Din Khan Najmuddin Sheikh. It was really impressive millions flowed in from wealthy donors CIRCULATION & DISTRIBUTION Shehryar Zulfiqar to see him in SouthAsia magazine talking and even working people pledged about the economy of Pakistan and the their savings to rebuild their cherished EDITORIAL & BUSINESS OFFICE recent Kashmir issue. He was of the view landmark. 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