Murder on the Orient Express BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

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THE IDEA OF PAKISTAN

THE IDEA OF PAKISTAN BY STEPHEN  PHILIP COHEN

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"In short, failure is not a straightforward concept, since even the most
advanced and competent states “fail” from time to time, either in relation
to their own citizens or as political entities operating in a complex global
environment. At least five kinds of failure can be identified:

—The failure to live up to past expectations, one’s own and those of
others. Nations seldom fulfill their high ideals and early promise. Pakistan,
created as a haven for Indian Muslims, was to be a stable and prosperous
Islamic state. The discrepancy between its early aspirations and contem-
porary reality is one of the country’s more notable features.

—Failure of vision. Pakistan’s founders expected the idea of Pakistan
to shape the state of Pakistan; instead, a military bureaucracy governs the
state and imposes its own vision of a Pakistani nation.

—Economic failure. With the loss of the very poor East Wing in 1971,Pakistan expected to gain middle-income status. But the economy did not fire up, and its per capita income today is below that of India.

—Failure of leadership. Pakistan has a distinct political and governing
class: the “Establishment,” a moderate oligarchy that has presided over
many political, economic, and strategic disasters, and whose most promis-
ing leaders, notably Benazir Bhutto, have by and large disappointed their
ardent supporters, creating further disillusionment with the political
process.

—Catastrophic failure. Failing states, at one time absorbed by imper-
ial powers or neighbors or placed under international trusteeship, today
pose a highly visible and serious problem for the world, complicated by
refugees and migrants, televised holocausts, and the internationalization
of ethnic conflict. An additional concern in Pakistan’s case is the possible
spread of nuclear weapons, missiles, and Islamic radicalism: a cata-
strophically failed Pakistan would become a matter of grave concern to
many states."

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POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS BY HADI SAADAT

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Mera Bhai By Fatimah Jinnah

"Miss Fatima Jinnah is a constant source of help and encouragement to me. In the days when I was expecting to be taken as a prisoner by the British Government, it was my sister who encouraged me, and said hopeful things when revolution was staring me in the face. Her constant care is about my health."
Quaid-i-Azam, 9 August 1947.
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Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report

The Hamoodur Rahman commission was constituted by Pakistan Government to investigate the Bangladesh atrocities during the Bangladesh Liberation War and the military and political causes of the country's defeat in the 1971 war. It was asked to investigate "the circumstances in which the Commander, Eastern command, surrendered and the members of the Armed Forces of Pakistan under his command laid down their arms and a cease-fire was ordered along the borders of West Pakistan and India and along the cease-fire line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir."The report was very critical of the role of Pakistan's military and politicians and its publication was disallowed at the time.

In December 2000, 29 years after the inquiry was completed, the full commission report was finally declassified in Pakistan by President Musharraf's Military government in December 2000.

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THE BROKEN WINGS

THE BROKEN WINGS BY KHALIL GIBRAN

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URDU DIGEST Nov 2012

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