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The world media are focusing on scores of deadly terrorist attacks in the last four weeks claiming over 300 innocent lives in Pakistani cities, and tracking the military's counterinsurgency campaign unfolding in South Waziristan. However, the Pakistani blogosphere is buzzing with the news and pictures of the Fashion Week in Ka rachi.

A series of fashion shows ended Saturday in which 30 Pakistani designers presented their creations. Karachi's Marriott hotel was the scene of the glamorous event.

And there is a lot more that is happening in Pakistan.
In October, a painstakingly detailed production of Chekov's "The Seagull" had a successful run in Karachi.
Karachi's local actors put on a female version of The Odd Couple and the Abba musical Mamma Mia drew large crowds.
An art exhibit opened recently in Islamabad to portray the effects of recent events on Pakistani psyche. Using the snake skin as a symbol of ongoing terror in the country, artist Haleem Khan has used the metaphor of a venomous snake to portray the violence that confronts people.

There were dozens of other events across the country, such as the 25th anniversary of a street theater group, a film festival for children, scores of music concerts, thousands of weddings and endless games of street cricket.
Clearly, many Pakistanis are defying the campaign of intimidation unleashed by the Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan. Despite the failed political leadership and extremely poor governance, the country’s saving grace is arguably its people. As the consequences sink in among Pakistan’s secular elite of the rising Taliban, there are signs that the country’s educated middle class – in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, cities rocked recently by continuing terrorist attacks – is losing its patience with radicalism. The urban middle class has more clout than many analysts think. It constitutes the backbone of the army, the business and professional classes and the opinion makers in the media. And the middle class is getting serious about its responsibility. They have now compelled the government into taking more decisive action. There appears to be visible light at the end of the tunnel. Let's hope it's not oncoming train.
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Give the primary (UNESCO) source, as U always ASK FOR.
You really need it. According to a joint study conducted by the World Health Organization and UNESCO, 665 million Indians, or nearly two-thirds of them defecate in the open, mainly along the railroad tracks.
http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com/2009/10/social-entrepreneur-solving-in dias.html
Your negative response is quite predictable, as is the angry response of our "friendly neighbors".
These responses represent the two sides of the same coin.
I did not expect this post to please you or the Indian bigots.
At another point, Musharraf, dressed casually in slacks and a sports shirt, said that he had been troubled by the American-controlled drone attacks on targets inside Pakistan, which began in 2005. “I said to the Americans, ‘Give us the Predators.’ It was refused. I told the Americans, ‘Then just say publicly that you’re giving them to us. You keep on firing them but put Pakistan Air Force markings on them.’ That, too, was denied.”
Basically ur country has made a business out of religion and killing people.....
in 1980s it was Afghan war..... now its ur own people.......8 $ for a Paki......
So much for the patriotism and religion of Pakis who wear it on their sleeves 24/7...Ur corrupt are making money with blood of poor Pakis....
Largest number of films produced.
The largest number of independent newspaper in circulation and the most read newspapers in the world.
The largest Railroad system in the world.
The only nation with the most amount of religions being founded (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism).
The only nation that is a "Sub-Continent" eg Indian Subcontinent and Indian Ocean [;)]
The only semi-independent founding member nation of the Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations (as part of British India).
The longest paved Highway system in the world (1,517,080 km)
The largest Highway system in the world (3,319,640 km)
The 2nd largest market for Mobile Phones
India is the second largest food producer after China.
Infosys ,Wipro, TCS and other major 8 IT firms from India. World´s 85% of Computers run on Chips made by an Indian and india's firms.
Indian biotech industry is growing at an annual rate of 38% compared to 17% growth worldwide. We are one the verge of producing H1N1 vaccine which nobody did !!
fourth largest producer of pharmaceuticals. Our Biotechnologies companies like Biocon and reddy's lab features in World TOP 10 in terms of revenues.
India has established a permanently manned base, Dakshin Gangotri.in Antarctica.
Only China and Japan among asian countries did dat.
India did before China and Japan in 1981.
India is in a select group of six nations which successfully accomplished mission of placing the 2000 Kg satellites into space, and is working on 5 tone payload shortly.
India is on the MOON with Chandrayaaan guys, only 4th country in World.
"The tricolor has landed," the Hindustan Times said in a banner headline, while The Asian Age proclaimed "India is big cheese."
Its because we dont go by ahle kitab and madersas (as in Pakistan), instead we go beyond!
BUHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............
Its like comparing apples to rotten oranges.
One is an emerging economic and regional power and the other one (obviously Pak) is on the verge of extinction. Porkistan is living day to day begging and with other's aid money. They have a big ZERO positive contribution to this world. All they do is harbor and export terrorism. And look at the level of Porkis commenting here. All madrassa educated level of knowledge.
Show one Muslim country which provides Haj subsidy.
Show one Muslim country where Hindus are extended the special rights that Muslims are accorded in India?
Show one country where the 85% majority craves for the indulgence of the 15% minority
Show one Muslim country, which has a Non-Muslim as its President or Prime Minister.
Show one Mullah or Maulvi who has declared a 'fatwa' against terrorists
Hindu-majority Maharashtra, Bihar, Kerala, Pondicherry , etc. have in the past elected Muslims as CM’s, …..
Can you ever imagine a Hindu becoming the CM of Muslim - majority J&K?
In 1947, when India was partitioned, the Hindu population in Pakistan was about 24% ….Today it is not even 1%.
In 1947, the Hindu population in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) was 30% …. Today it is about 7%.
What happened to the missing Hindus?
Hindus have no human rights in porkistan and amountst the poorest whereas Azim Premji, an indian muslim is one of the richest men, shah rukh khan, salman, amir, saif, all muslims are thriving in india and are adulated, thats because we see beyond religion and recognise talent? in porkistan even christians have to keep islamic names for fear of repercussion.
In contrast, in India, Muslim population has gone up from 10.4% in 1951 to about 14% today;
…whereas Hindu population has come down from 87.2% in 1951 to 85% in 1991.
Do you still think that Hindus are fundamentalists?
In India today Hindus are 85%. If Hindus are intolerant, how come Masjids and madrasas are thriving?
How come Muslims are offering Namaz on the road?
How come Muslims are proclaiming 5 times a day on loud speakers that there is no God except Allah?
When Hindus gave to Muslims 30% of Bharat for a song, why should Hindus now beg for their sacred places at Ayodhya, Mathura And Kashi?
Haj pilgrims are given subsidy, whereas Hindu pilgrims to Amarnath, Sabarimalai & Kailash Mansarovar are taxed.
Gandhiji objected to the decision of the cabinet and insisted that Somnath Temple should be reconstructed out of public fund, not government funds. In January 1948 he pressurized Nehru and Patel to carry on renovation of the Mosques of Delhi at government expenses?
Gandhi supported Khilafat Movement (nothing to do with our freedom movement) Christian and Muslim schools can teach Bible and Quran whereas in porkistan islamic studies are thrust on everyone irrespective of their religion
M F Hussain could paint Hindu Gods and Goddesses in objectionable postures and get away with it, if anyone had dared do the same with mohammad, he would be beheaded instantly...remember the riots after the danish cartoons came out.
Gita or Ramayan are not taught in our schools where as Quran study is compulsary in Porkistan.
Why post - Godhra is blown out of proportion, when no-one talks of the ethnic cleansing of 4 lakh Hindus from Kashmir?
Do you consider that - Sanskrit is communal and Urdu is secular, Mandir is Communal and Masjid is Secular, Sadhu is Communal and Imam is secular, BJP is communal and Muslim league is Secular, Dr.Praveen Bhai Togadia is ANTI-NATIONAL and Bhukari is Secular, VandeMatharam is communal and Allah-O-Akbar is secular, Shriman is communal and Mian is secular, Hinduism is Communal and Islam is Secular, Hindutva is
communal and Jihadism is secular, and at last, Bharat is communal and Italy is Secular?
Temple funds are spent for the welfare of Muslims and Christians, when they are free to spend their money in any way they like.
In what way, J&K is different from Maharashtra, TamilNadu or UttarPradesh, to have Article 370?
Abdul Rehman Antuley was made a trustee of the famous Siddhi Vinayak Temple in Prabhadevi, Mumbai ….Can a Hindu - say Mulayam or Laloo – ever become a trustee of a Masjid or Madrasa?
Dr. Praveen bhai Togadia has been arrested many times on flimsy grounds. Has the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi, Ahmed Bhukari been arrested for claiming to be an ISI agent and advocating partition of Bharat?
A Muslim President, A Hindu Prime Minister and a Christian Defence Minister run the affairs of the nation with a unity of purpose. Can this happen anywhere, except in a HINDU NATION - BHARAT?
"Hinduism is not a religion it is a way of life stupid!
Chunian Christians embrace Islam
After a series of attacks in various small towns, nine Christians of a family in Chunian embraced Islam because of its higher values and message of peace, reported Nawa-e-Waqt. Despite the bad name given it by fanatics, Islam had great attraction for the Christians of Chunian especially after the attacks. They have started fasting after embracing Islam and no longer fear blasphemy law.
Last time I heard abt Bigot,Rampage,killing and peaceful minorities....
It was Gojra...no of Christians killed, woman raped and their homes looted by poor thugish Pakis on rumour that a Quran was burned....
Gojra Christians Killed
So no ones a saint...atleast in our country people can live how evr they want until they dont hold a gun...
And now I see them hyperventilating as usual, with successive, multiple and irrelevant interacts, to divert attention from the post.
The Indian bigots behavior here on Chowk is not very different from the angry Hindu mobs who frequently go on rampages in India, taunting and killing large numbers of peaceful minorities and low-caste people.
They attack people for who they are, their faith and what caste they belong to, not what they do.
As recently as June of last year, Pakistan sovereign debt credit default swaps (CDS) traded at 530 basis points in Hong Kong, meaning it cost $530,000 a year to protect $10 million of Pakistan's debt from default for five years.
According to a BBC report last year, three times a day, hundreds of men, women and children line up outside dozens of Karachi restaurants for meals which are paid for by philanthropists and charity donors.
In Pakistan, exports account for less than 15% of gross domestic product, according to Shah, compared with about 25% in India and 40% in China.
http://www.chowk.com/articles/16395
The real different between India and Pakistan can be explained perfectly when one reads compares the author of above artical and youself.
He preaches no hate. He is very successful in his field. He is trying to do something concrete for Indians. He never uses a word called "Pakistan". Like for billion Indians, for him Pakistan its just another third world country.
Compare to yourself. You self publicize as the Pak alumniworld wide. If your the cream of the cream of Pak then it is easy to relate why Pakistan holds begging bowl arnd the world. You run an Internet Jihad campaign against India on ur websites.
Your are free to do watever until u dont get caught up with the law one day. But ur actions directly contribute to extremism among young Pakis who read ur blogs. Extremism is a free fall for ur country..
It is inhuman to talk abt the attrocities in no. of people dead and from which religion.
Pakistani genocide continuous even today in Pakistan against Ahmediyas, Shias,Hindus, Christians, Balochis, Afghans..
Since the world doesnt heed much to Pak attrocities as Pakistanis are beyond reform and they will keep killing each other, it doesnt mean that you go on preaching others as though you are a saint.
AND PLEASE DONT SAY "intimidate all Pakistanis and their faith on a daily basis".... NOBODY IS INTIMIDATING NOBODY...INDIANS ARE GOING ABT THEIR BUSINESS AND HAVE SCANT TIME FOR PAK BS. IF PAKS CAN GET UP THEIR LAZY ASSESS AND EARN SMTHN INSTEAD OF BEGGING ARND THE WORLD.
Be a man and stop making it India threatning Pak on every discussion to gain support from fellow Paks and also to incite hate against Indians. It shows very poorly on the few educated Pakis arnd the world and ur alumini world wide watevr it is.
Pakistan already suffer with very high inferiority complex...so we see this publicity of every achievement of a Muslim from any country on Pak forums...wearing their patriotism and religion on their sleeves. Ineffect patriots like yourself are the biggest enemies of Pakistan. Hate ll not take a country anywhere.. Hate will make it current Pakistan. Giveup hate and concentrate on day to day life...and work hard..
Just as most Pakistanis are not intimidated by the Taliban terrorists, I am not intimidated by Hindu radical bigots like you and many of your cohorts on Chowk who have nothing better to do than to attack and intimidate all Pakistanis and their faith on a daily basis.
Please see the reality of India where murder and mayhem of the poor, the minorities and the dalits is a daily occurrence.
Just look at your history of killings of Sikhs in 1980s, Orissa Christians in 2008, and Muslims since 1947, and you should realize the hateful Indian society where extreme religious bigotry Apartheid and slavery are still practiced widely, and the Maoists have taken up arms to defend the poor being assaulted by the Indian security forces.
Shame on you!!!
When one compares Pak attrocities...no one in the world can hold a candle to Pakistanis.
Now dont make it a slug fest bw India and Pakistan again. You thrive on hate like most Jihadis so I dont want to further this.

Above is Haram. Period.
You people dont allow Pakistani women Hockey team, what good is this disguised exercise is ?
He is already reported!
With all his rantings against kafers!
I have already directed all his potential volatile material to the FBI contact!
He should be under FBI RADAR very soon - or already IS!
Sinha was pointing exactly that. People like you incite ignorent muslims and that results in a failed state like Pakistan. You sit in the comforts of US and poor people burn in the flames of hate.
In Gujarat Hindus also died along with muslims. Please post those pictures also if your not a Jihadi.
When millions of Hindus were murdered in Bangladesh in 1971...the whole of India dint go on world wide Jihad. It was Bangladesh's problem not Hindu Ummahs.
The day people like you stop preaching hate then there will be a remote chance of Pakistan to have decent day under the sun. Since it is highly unlikely poor people of Pakistan are destined to go down the drain.
FBI is on the prowl...careful with your internet postings.We dont want senior Riazs name on NYT tomorrow morning, Do we???
Sinha was pointing exactly that. People like you incite ignorent muslims and that results in a failed state like Pakistan. You sit in the comforts of US and poor people burn in the flames of hate.
In Gujarat Hindus also died along with muslims. Please post those pictures also if your not a Jihadi.
When millions of Hindus were murdered in Bangladesh in 1971...the whole of India dint go on world wide Jihad. It was Bangladesh's problem not Hindu Ummahs.
The day people like you stop preaching hate then there will be a remote chance of Pakistan to have decent day under the sun. Since it is highly unlikely poor people of Pakistan are destined to go down the drain.
FBI is on the prowl...careful with your internet postings.We dont want senior Riazs name on NYT tomorrow morning, Do we???
make what Pakistan is today, a begging hell hole.
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