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Cave-men of Rawalpindi

Shahzad Raza October 14, 2004

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#6 Posted by M.B.Z.Isphahani on October 15, 2004 7:15:04 am
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#5 Posted by Shahzadraza on October 15, 2004 7:15:02 am
Mr hamidm2,

I never argued that dwellers of Kashmir colony are the most miserable human beings on earth.... Also I never said that original owners of land in Adiala and Tulsa should vacate their land in favour of Afghanis or Kashmiris....

I only tried to shed light on the plight of people living just several miles from my own house.... The message is for the government to provide proper shelter to those poor people.... And for your information Chaklala Cantonment Board confirmed that place belongs to army.....
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#4 Posted by hamidm2 on October 14, 2004 9:28:26 pm
........ nonsense!...... these people are squatters living on land that belongs to folks who have owned it for generations .......... across the hill, behind the new askari flats, there is another colony of a couple of thousand afghanis who live in even more squalid conditions ......... there is no shortage of miserable humanity from poonch and kabul, but what about the poor people of adiala and tulsa who are finally stepping out of poverty because their small land holdings are worth something ?.......... thirty years ago this land went for less than 500 a kanal, today it goes for as much as 20 lakh a kanal .......... so what do you expect the rightful owners to do? ..... walk away ?

.......... and no, this land does not belong to the army - if it did these people would have been long gone ..............
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#3 Posted by haideri on October 14, 2004 4:34:48 pm
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Kaurasach,
I agree with you. Afghan refugees in Pakistan are not in thousands but in millions and are doing fine. Kaurasach, what is you email? I am looking into providing some facilities for a modest price to Sikh Yatariz. My email is aghaehsan@hotmail.com

regards
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#2 Posted by kaurasach on October 14, 2004 1:29:14 pm
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#1 Posted by temporal on October 14, 2004 12:56:49 pm
shahzad:

our brave occupying army owns the entire country...then why this brouhaha over a few thousand square yards?

kashmiris you say?…aren’t they the ones we tire not of demanding the right of self determination for?

rgds,

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