Growth in Pakistan: A Precarious Phenomenon Pakistanis say that their economy grew at 8.4% for the previous fiscal year. Lets see if this growth rate can be sustained. Which should be difficult , with rising oil prices , an expected slackening of US interest , high inflation etc. Pakistanis tend to get carried away far too easily. This was evident in the days of Karachi Stock Exchange index crossing 10,000 points , only to register a sharp fall and stabilise around 6000.


By the way , India grew at 7.3% the previous year , and 8.5% the year before. If the avg. of last 5-10-15 years are taken into context , India`s economic growth rate by far exceeds that of Pakistan`s.

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House #31 ,

Haha....damn. Its like ol`manto in drag ...

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House dear manto ,

or was it pot bellied mote lal the token lahori hindu who was bonking your wife while you were masturbating with the qaed-e-azam`s photo ?

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House or was it abdul khan the doodhwala ?

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House Manto chuiye...cuckold is a word I reserve exclusively for you...because thats what you are...a cuckolded fool...and you know it ;)

So who did it ? Was it Veeresh or was it Stuka ? Aisha Sarwari ko ammi kisne banaya ?

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House ``One fathoms, the disobedience by Dina might have nailed the mental think-tank of the leader, who had Fatima, his sister beside him every time he needed her, but couldn`t score for daughter`s love. You can`t survive when your breath is taken away from u, so how can u do that when your only daughter leaves you for a stranger``


Lol. Reading the article and some of the responses , I get a feeling you Pakis are angry with Mrs.Dina Wadia because she got married a guy and left her parental home. Its almost as if they wanted Mrs.Wadia to stay by her father`s side and engage in an incestious relationship with him .....

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House Manto - while your anal fixation and loyalty towards Jinnah is touching , to say the least , fact is its still very much Ms. Dina Wadia. Officially atleast.

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House Damn...a sea facing Bombay house....$10 million .....lucky s-o-b that Nulsi Wadia....

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House Temporal...by law , since Fatima Jinnah died before acquiring the property granted to her as per the will of her brother , it does not matter whether she left a will or not , or whether she had any legal inheritors. You can only will or bequeath property that is in your name. So basically , the moment Fatima Jinnah died , and since she died without getting Jinnah`s Bombay house registered in her name , the property goes to Jinnah`s primary heir..i.e. , his daughter. And if his daughter dies , his daughter`s kids.

Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House 2 points.

1. Dina Wadia is still Dina Wadia. Never again became a Dina Jinnah. I have no idea whether she is divorced or widowed or whatever.

2. Nulsi Wadia is a prominent businessman , worth atleast $500 million. Of late , he has suffered a lot of losses because of the competition and because his is `old economy` - textiles and stuff. He has failed to adjust to the new realities of globalisation and hi-tech. So I`m sure he would just love if the Government of Pakistan could offer him a cheque for say $4-5 billion. For that sum he would settle in Lahore , Karachi or that part of Siachen occupied by Paksitan , take your pick. And change his name to Nulsi Jinnah if need be ...but the thing is...as Cuba Goodings Jnr yells out to Jerry McGuire , `` SHOW ME THE MONEY !!!``

Bunty aur Babli: The latest RSS-BJP tango Ana....do you have a point to make ? Why are you so boring ?

Bunty aur Babli: The latest RSS-BJP tango kauray...tell me , was internet available during Shri.Nathuram Godse`s times ? He saw through the lies , didn`t he...

Bunty aur Babli: The latest RSS-BJP tango ana-ji : `` i`m just observing that as the usual, people are more than happy to call her names rather than try to understand where she`s coming from.``

Ana-ji , I know perfectly well where Ms.Versey is coming from. And that is the sole purpose of me mentioning her stand on the Kashmiri Pandit situation. To explain to her readers where she is coming from.

Thank you for your comment.

Bunty aur Babli: The latest RSS-BJP tango [``Welcome to Chowk, SuhailQazi (nice little Muslim nic you got here)``]

Thank you , thank you ....

[``Your post (which has nothing to do with this article) and the way it has been formatted clearly tells me what is going on here...and who you might be``]

I`m just a fan. Feels good to be recognised though. Appreciate that.


[``it is indeed interesting to note that the Kashmiri Pandit machinery is quite active.``]

Not quite as active as the Paki-sympathiser machinery actually...just about chugs along time to time...


[``this forum is not for any further discussion on this subject. Most of you are not adding any additional insight except for the old name-calling.``]

I beg to disagree . Just exposing the hyprocrisy of the writer. As I said , it is interesting how certain self-appointed conscience keepers of Indian secularism can be so stone hearted and insensitive when the roles are reversed , i.e. , victimised minority is hindu while the oppressive majority is muslim.

Bunty aur Babli: The latest RSS-BJP tango Cayenne , PMishra ..... Farzana-ji has always been very consistent (check out the archives of her chowk column) on her views about Kashmir Pandits being cowardly , cunning , manipulative , mischievous evil brahmanical horrible hindooos out to bring a bad name to the secular benign nature of the Kashmiri freedom movement by crying wolf and running out of the valley in droves.

It is interesting how certain self-appointed conscience keepers of Indian secularism can be so stone hearted and insensitive when the roles are reversed , i.e. , victimised minority is hindu while the oppressive majority is muslim.

Bunty aur Babli: The latest RSS-BJP tango Enough about Jinnah -Advani , it would be more interesting to know what Ms.Versey makes of the Kashmir imbloglio , and in particular , the plight of the Kashmiri Pandits.


I just read a letter to the editor of Asian Age by Farzana Versey dated 20-6-05 on the subject of Kashmiri Pandits. (I dont have the url for the letter , so just quoting from the hard copy. Please bear with me .)

Ms.Versey argues that

1. ``The Pandit`s plight is not only the doing of the militants. Besides the Kashmiri Pandits cannot be called refugees because they chose to leave``

2. And then she insinuates something about hindoo cunningness by pointing out that the governors of Kashmir have always been hindus and that , [``A detailed investigation should be carried out to tell the general public as to how many air tickets in bulk were purchased by Mr Jagmohan.``] , and about Kashmiri Pandits deliberately and cunningly leaving the valley so that they can bring a bad name and a communal taint to the otherwise Kashmiri freedom movement. >> [``Financial help and organisational support to Pandits provided to help them leave must have cost the government a lot and hence the figures need to be made public.``]

3. She points out that the hindus shouldn`t protest too much about their temples being destroyed because the militants destroyed the Charar-e-Sharief as well.

4. She further points out how the Pandits getting killed in Kashmir by the militants get compensation amounting to 1 lakh rupees while no such measures are provided for the muslims getting killed. (Surely another sign of hindu fascism overtaking India.)

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A reader responds in today`s edition :

Not refugees?

Sir, While one can understand the reasons for publishing Farzana Versey’s letter Ominous signs (June 20), the root causes of the sizeable ``migration`` of Kashmiri Pandits need to be investigated carefully. Since they themselves chose to leave after a hundred or two of them were killed by militants initially, what term should be used to describe them, if not refugees?

Will Ms Versey be happy with ``migrants?``

FV : [``A detailed investigation should be carried out to tell the general public as to how many air tickets in bulk were purchased by Mr Jagmohan.``]

This figure should be easy to obtain as Indian Airlines was the only airline operating at that time and the number of Kashmiri Pandit migrants was registered at Delhi and Jammu. The figure was close to a lakh and it would be interesting to know how many flew by air.

FV : [``Financial help and organisational support to Pandits provided to help them leave must have cost the government a lot and hence the figures need to be made public.``]

And since the support from abroad to Hurriyat leaders and militants has already been proved, the support to Kashmiri Pandits from abroad, of which Ms Versey talks about, also needs to be proved.

It is of course a source of great consolation to read that other places of worship are also being targeted and that the militancy is largely secular in character. After the PDP came to power, compensations to victims and militant widows were being given by its government. However, if this is not being done, the Nadimarg victims’ relatives should be asked to return the compensation they got. And since not many Pandits are on the roadside, efforts should be made to bring them out so that people can talk about them as much as they talk about Yasin Malik.

FV : [``Malik is after all a conduit between the locals and the governments of India and Pakistan.``]

Unfortunately, there seem to be more conduits than locals left after the militancy pioneered by the likes of Yasin Malik.

FV : [``Unfortunately no Kashmiri Pandit organisation is in the valley to represent the Kashmiri Pandits This calls for self-examination rather than passing the buck.`` ]

There are no Kashmiri Pandit organisations in the valley because there are hardly any Kashmiri Pandits left alive.

Ritesh B.L. Shah, Versova, Mumbai