Thursday, September 17, 2009
Information About Faisalabad
It is an important industrial centre located in the Punjab province, west of Lahore. The city-district of Faisalabad is bound on the north by the districts of Gujranwala and Sheikhupura, on the east by Sahiwal, on the south by Toba Tek Singh and on the west by Jhang. Its located 1,135 km (705 mi) from Karachi, 128 km (80 mi) from Lahore, 350 km (220 mi) from Islamabad/Rawalpindi, 187 km (116 mi) from Burewala and 70 km (43 mi) from Jhang.
The city is at a road and railway junction, which has played an influential role in the development of Faisalabad's trade and economy. The surrounding countryside, irrigated by the Lower Chenab River, has seen expanded production of cotton, wheat, vegetables, and fruits, which form 25% of Pakistan’s exports. The city is also an industrial centre with major railway repair yards, engineering works, and mills that process sugar, flour, and oil seed. Produce includes super phosphates, cotton and silk textiles, hosiery, dyes, agricultural equipment, and ghee (clarified butter). Faisalabad is also the site of the prestigious University of Agriculture, founded in 1909.
Faisalabad, a city synonymous with success and growing metropolis pulsating with life, is fast evolving into the financial hub of the country. It is the largest industrial city of Pakistan and specializes in export oriented manufactured goods and the textile capital of the country
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Mian Nawaz Sharif
On November 3, 2007, it was as if history was repeating in Pakistan. General Pervez Musharraf once again imposed emergency in Pakistan – suspended the constitution, dismissed the Pakistan Chief Justice, Iftikhar Chaudhury, along with seven other judges (this being the second time in his tenure as a President), ordered troops to seize the equipment of independent television stations and also ordered for some popular leaders’ house arrest! Sequence of events beginning March 9, 2007, (with the arrest of Iftikar Chaudhury, followed by Lal Masjid siege on July 10, 2007, Supreme Court reinstating Justice Chaudhury, challenging Musharraf’s power on July 20, 2007, Nawaz Sharif’s arrest at Islamabad airport, after his eight-year exile, killing of 139 people in Benazir Bhutto’s procession in Karachi), indicated that a state of emergency in Pakistan was on the cards.In fact, for more than half of the period, since Pakistan separated from India and became an independent state, it has been under perpetual political turmoil and military rule, and the worst sufferers had been the citizen, in general. More often than not, the military rules were imposed under the pretext that it would help in restoration of normalcy and control the anarchical structure of the country. It was the same thing that was said in 1999 when General Musharraf went for a military coup after toppling the Nawaz Sharif government. On account of lack of alternatives, the people of Pakistan were relatively happy with a military regime which ousted Nawaz Sharif’s feudal governance. Eight years down, for the people in Pakistan, nothing has changed. As if poverty and unemployment was not enough, it has been further complemented with relentless suicide attacks killing thousands. Post 9/11 General Musharraf and his coterie, in order to buy peace and save their own skin, had to turn against those elements that they nurtured for years, i.e. the jihadi elements, who were in no mood to relent and accept the government’s pro-American stance. The result was more and more of bloodshed. Be it Baluchistan, North West Frontier Province, Sindh or Karachi, everywhere the government troops have been at war with the homegrown jihadis. While this continued, fuel was added to the fire by sectarian violence, i.e. the bloodshed by the Shia and Sunni extremists. As per sources, almost 800 people have been killed in last three months, since the Lal Masjid episode, in July 2007.Not just in terms of bloodshed that people have been at the receiving end, Pakistan’s performance of socio-economic parameters has also been appalling. Nearly 40 million people live in abject poverty while female literacy in this feudal society is a mere 29% with around 1.2 million children languishing in the streets of Pakistani cities. Most of the farmers in Pakistan are landless peasants who work for the feudal landlords who own thousands of acres of land. Pakistan, in essence, has always been a country of feudal landlords. A few thousands of them, owing to their control on land and consequently on agriculture and on the economy, wield extensive power through which they literally control policies of the country. Abject poverty and indebtedness to these feudal landlords have often forced families to let their children join the jihadi groups. Many a time there have been instances when captured Pakistani terrorists in Kashmir pleaded to be killed so that their families get the compensation. In fact, the landlords of Pakistan are so powerful that they have been forcing the government to increase the procurement price of wheat, which has given rise to a major food inflation in Pakistan (despite record wheat production) that has been continuing for nearly the last three years. In addition to all this, the total debt of the country standing at above five thousand billion rupees, which is surely going to increase the burden on the common man as the government would either resort to printing more notes, leading to inflation, or increase the tax burden to pay off the debts.What Musharraf did might save his own skin, but from the point of view of the common Pakistani, life continues the same way - be it democracy or military rule. They would continue to live in fear of ethnic violence and acute poverty, resulting out of feudalism, would still continue to force them to let their sons join jihadi forces, and absence of modern education, blind orthodoxy would still make sure that honour killings continue to remain a norm than the exception. For President Musharraf, the state of emergency was imperative to restore normalcy (as he stated in his national address), but then for the people of Pakistan it has been a state of never-ending emergency for the past 60 years!
President Zardari
On May 22, President Barack Obama addressed the graduating class of United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He drew cheers when he proclaimed, " As long as I am your commander-in-chief, I will only send you into harm's way when it is absolutely necessary, and with the strategy and the well defined goals, the equipment and the support that you need to get the job done."Bravo. But I wish he had applied those sentiments to the United States invasion of Afghanistan. The President has dramatically increased the number of U. S. military forces there, has promised even more next year, and has warned of a multi-year commitment to a war already almost 8 years in duration.• Is this war "absolutely necessary?"• Do we have a "strategy" for fighting it?• Do we have "well defined" goals?• Do we have an exit strategy?As recently as May 10, Hamad Karzai, the elected head the Afghan government, said, "Al Qaeda is no longer in Afghanistan." When this was relayed to General David Petraeus, the American and NATO military Commander, he replied," I would agree with that." Obama's National Security Advisor Jim Jones said," I am not sure if Osama bin Laden is alive or dead." Prime Minister of Pakistan Zardari:, stated flatly," Osama is dead." On May 17, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Katie Couric of CBS that it will take at least two to four years before Afghan forces begin to take the lead in fighting, leaving unsaid when U.S. troops will leave.Moreover, Karzai and Zardari have complained bitterly about U.S. military tactics, especially the use of air power resulting in the unnecessary killing of civilians and the consequent increase in anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan and Pakistan.What is victory in Afghanistan? Will it prevent another brutal tragedy like September 11? We should remember that this attack was made by 19 people, not one of them Afghans, armed with credit cards and box cutters. It is difficult to understand how the conquest of Afghanistan could prevent another group of nineteen from performing a similar criminal act. Defense of the U.S. mainland begins at home with effective police and immigration procedures.U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, even Pakistan, coupled with our all-out support for Israel, might motivate some Muslims and citizens of those countries to irrational revenge, what the CIA calls "Blowback", the unintended consequences of military action and especially of foreign military occupation.President Obama, give us the answers to our questions. If you don't have them, at least separate yourself from the Afghan policies of George W. Bush and give us an exit strategy so that we can help these nations change their policies through diplomacy, economic help and our soft power while saving American lives and resources.
Political Information
CA stands for California, one of the largest states in the Western part of United States of America, in terms of geographical area. With a bustling capital city of Los Angeles, California is also among the most developed states in the country and has got a flourishing economy. But despite all these, the state often remains disturbed with complex political issues that make an impact, in most cases negative on its citizens. There are several issues that have remained unsolved over the 50-60 years. Governmentsb have changed according to the Constitiutional rules of the country, several governors have come and gone and innumerable measures have been promised by them to put an end to these political crisis but their has been no outcome. Among the most noted political issue that often leads to agitations and revolts by people of different parts of the state is the water crisis. The state of California is broadly divided into two parts Southern California and Northern California. Interestingly, majority of the state’s population are inhabitants of the South while the maximum percentage of drinking and agricultural water is found in the Northern part. This makes the people of the Southern part complain against the uneven distribution of water. While they cry for the scarcity of water in their part, the people of Northern part try to justify their over availability by saying, the water is needed for agricultural production and the healthy environment of the state.Unjustified price hike of land is another complex political issue in California. Price of land is on a continuous making it increasingly difficult for the middle class people to buy or develop residential properties. This price rise has led the people of the state to develop a habit of opposing selling of properties which is actually affecting the development of the state. The government here really struggle to take up project works.
Political Info
One cannot deny the fact that political campaigns do leave an impact on the election results. In fact, in majority of the cases, the political campaigns actually decide the fate of different parties. No matter what the political parties say to highlight their performance and to critics their oppositions, the electorate understand their intentions very well. One of the largest states in the western part of United States of America, California is a place which has a long history of political campaigns that have hit the headlines of newspapers in different times.Though a quite well developed state, California has always been a place of political melodrama. There are various issues that always lead to hard battles between the ruling party and the others that aim the throne. Though candidates filing nominations include lot of things in their campaign speech their main focus always remain on the major issues like uneven distribution of water in Northern and Southern California, land dispute, unemployment and criminal activities. People of California are familiar in watching the ruling and opposition party and the governor and governor nominated pointing fingers at each other blaming for the failure to solve these issues. Political campaigns in California take shapes of events prior to the election. The campaign grounds get thickly crowded with people, candidates give fiery speeches, attack oppositions brutally with words and open sack of promises. But ultimately nothing happens. Problems remain with the people of California and they keep on struggling with them.However, in the recent times, California political campaigns have made major impacts on the election results and that is evident from the positive decisions that the Governor of the state is taking. Serious initiatives have been taken to reduce unemployment and the governor has announced plans to increase women empowerment. Besides, steps are being taken to solve issues that have been major reasons behind the sufferings of billions of inhabitants of the state. These days, apart from the Presidential and Gubernational elections, strong impact of California political campaigns have been noticed in the general elections which is held in all the counties. As the rate of sufferings in the urban and semi urban areas are more, people living their have been giving strong mandates, sometimes in favor and sometimes against the ruling parties.
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