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Afghanistan-Pakistan transit trade - a few clarificationsARTICLE (July 29, 2010): Afghanistan is a land-locked country and we are obliged to provide it with access to seaports under our international treaty obligations. Before I start writing on the issue, it would be appropriate to set in proper context the role of Pakistan for Afghan Transit Trade. Afghanistan has similar transit trade agreements with following countries: Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan.
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Weak government, strong generalsARTICLE (July 29, 2010): In which other functioning democracy an army chief's appointment or extension in service gets as much importance as has the extension given to COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani? None. The reason is simple. In democracies the power resides with elected governments which, like in the case of our next-door neighbour India, normally decide military appointments on the basis of seniority principle, and announce the same in a routine, unobtrusive way.
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No vacancies: Australia rolling up welcome matARTICLE (July 29, 2010): There are a couple of lines in the national anthem that few Australians can sing with any real conviction. "For those who've come across the seas, we've boundless plains to share. With courage let us all combine, to advance Australia fair." Australians tell opinion pollsters that the plains are far from boundless and the population is growing far too fast.
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Summing up by-electionsARTICLE (July 28, 2010): The by-elections held in Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan this year indicate interesting trends that need to be taken note of. Voter turn out was generally lower than in general elections. The PPP and PML-N candidates, who won, managed to get fewer votes this time indicating a possible shrinkage in the two parties vote bank. While the two parties, ruling at the centre and in Punjab respectively, won most of the seats they contested, there were narrow wins at places.
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GOOD MORNING: Rains, prices and Kayani's extensionARTICLE (July 28, 2010): "The future is made of the same stuff as the present." Simone Weil, French philosopher, Christian mystic and social activist (1909-1943). She was considered a moral genius in the orbit of ethics, a genius of immense revolutionary range. The rains in the country, the pre-Ramazan, post-budget all round price hike or Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's statement that all the stakeholders "in secure position" until 2013.
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Talks on new Iraq government remain deadlockedARTICLE (July 28, 2010): Talks between Iraq's political blocs on forming a new government remain bogged down four months after Inconclusive parliamentary elections seen as a test of the country's stability. Senior officials close to the two main blocs say both are unwilling to compromise on their demand that they alone have the right to form the new government.
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Fear of coup or easy money prevents Karzai from building national armyARTICLE (July 27, 2010): During his last visit to the White House President Hamid Karzai had made no commitment during his joint Press conference with US President Barak Hussain Obama about building of Afghani's own army. He has been flirting both with India and Pakistan regarding training of Afghanistan's National Army.
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