Missing Pakistanis

When India agreed to a Pakistani demand to allow people to travel to Kashmir based on some information scribbled on a napkin, the question we asked was “Can a PoK Kashmiri entering on this LoC Crossing Permit visit other parts of India?”. Our concern was that Pakistanis would enter and disappear into India without a trace.
Now that there is peace in the region and we are bending backwards as much as possible to show flexibility, India allowed many Pakistanis to visit to see the cricket matches. Now it seems 34 of them have vanished. And these are people who traveled with passports and visas.

The Intelligence Bureau is yet to begin a probe into the “disappearance” of 34 Pakistani nationals who had come to Mohali to watch the India-Pakistan cricket match.
The IB says that a probe will be conducted by the local police. “We will only take note of the report and monitor the developments,” an IB official said on Tuesday.
The immigration department located at the border has informed both the Punjab and the Central government that of the 2,754 Pakistani cricket fans who had come to Mohali, only 2,720 had returned back.
The MEA did not seem overly concerned about the matter either. The spokesman said the ministry was unaware of the disappearance of these Pakistani citizens. [Disappearance of Pak fans to be probed: IB]

I hope they keep an eye on Musharraf when he comes.

We are so flexible

After India allowed the bus service between Srinagar and Muzafarabad, where terrorists can show some information scribbled on a napkin as travel documents, the General is not happy. He wants India to show more flexibility. The General has uttered the word, flexibility, atleast a dozen times now. If he utters it a few more times, we might even give up Kashmir entirely. But that can create more problems.
So the next best option would be to invite him to India and make him the Chief Guest at one of the cricket matches. It was only recently that he put the words arch enemy, while refering to India. He is also the architect of the Kargil war against India. But then if the dictator demands, flexibility, you got to give it to him, lest he sneak in more jihadis. There will be photo ops, with all the democratic leaders of India competing to shake his hands. The media will be reporting on what he ate for breakfast and supper.
“Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament he hoped the president and his family would enjoy their visit”, according to the BBC. If Musharraf decides to visit Kochi for the one dayer, Malayalaees are only too happy about it. “It would be a great honour for Kerala to host him. I personally would do my best to ensure the general visits Kochi,” Chief Minister Oomen Chandy told reporters. Heard of something called self-esteem ?
We have to deal with the leaders of every country, especially our neighbors. But that should be done based on what we stand for. A democratic India had dealt with dictators and mass murderers like Saddam Hussein and Nicolae Ceausescu. But that does not mean giving them an opportunity to hog the limelight. The best way to treat Musharraf is how Bill Clinton did on his visit to Pakistan after visiting India. There was no photo op, no public handshake, and instead Pakistanis got a lecture on democracy which was televised live. A good reference for the Indian administration is The Acorn’s cheat sheet for leaders of the democratic world.
Now during his visit, if Musharraf asks as a joke that he be allowed to raise the Pakistani flag at Red Fort, we might even allow it – that’s how flexible we are.
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Fatwa against Communists

Few days back we reported on the attempts by Communists to get foothold into the Muslim community in Kerala. Now since Communists are the protectors of minorities around the world, you would think that Muslims would flock around the Communist leaders. But what really happened is hilarious. Pamphlets have surfaced a) banning members of Muslim community from marrying a Communist b) denying burrial of Communist Muslims in mosque premises.

The pamphlet titled `Malappurathinte Mannum Manassum’ (The soil and soul of Malappuram) issued in connection with the IUML Karuvarakkundu Panchayat meet here, also directs the party workers that the body of a Muslim member, who dies as a communist, should not be allowed to be buried on the mosque premises.
It is mentioned in the pamphlet that both this warnings are based on a `fatwa’ issued earlier by the Arabian Islamic scholar Dr. Yusuful Kardavi.
“Giving daughter’s hand in marriage to a communist or giving the ancestral share of property to a communist follower in the family, cannot be justified according to the Islamic views,” reads the pamphlets.
The pamphlet sarcastically points out that those who are out to paint the district red and propagate communism in the community, are unfortunately unaware of the grave religious implications of the issue. [IUML ‘fatwa’ forbids marriage with communists]

Looks like the photo of Yasser Arafat at the Communist meeting did not do any good.

Indian Communists in Pakistan

Two of our prominent Communist leaders visited Pakistan recently and they asked the dictator there to release some Indian prisoners. According to the report in Dawn, the President gestured to one of the aides to set them free.
Such scenes were common in historical movies where the King would nod at one of the ministers and someone would die or be freed. Now we don’t have to pay money to Netflix to watch such movies, a visit to Pakistan is sufficient. The report also says that the Communists were charmed by Musharraf and appreciated his sincerity and commmitment. They also indicated that Musharraf is the right man for the peace process.
Now here are two people from the largest democracy of the world, paying obeisance to a dictator, a man who was the architect of the Kargil war against India and a man who just recently called India his arch enemy. But these insults do not matter to us anyway since we are being magnanimous and signing off blank sheets of paper that Pakistan is placing in front of us.
Now at this point did the Communists ask Musharraf to a) restore democracy b) destroy his nuclear arsenal c) protect minorities ? During the meeting, Musharraf also demanded that India show more flexibility in Kashmir (read: Hand Kashmir over to Pakistan). Did the Communists ask Musharraf to end the a) atrocities in Balochistan b) stop sending terrorists to India. We don’t know. But what we know is that they said that they don’t want India to be a superpower.
Also Read: The Only Fatherland, Communist, We are anti-national as well

Tsumani treasures: Not really Buddha

Remember the tsunami treasures that were discovered in Mahabalipuram ? One of the items was a granite lion which was actually seen in 1980. Now it seems the Buddha statue that washed ashore is not really Buddha but Jalagupta, a Hindu diety worshipped in Myanmar.

K Gurumurthy, a member of the Indo-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce, who visited the Meyyurkuppam site upon advice from the Myanmar Embassy, New Delhi, has now confirmed that the idol is of Myanmarese origin but not that of the Buddha. The raft-shrine that houses the idol must indeed have come from Myanmar as the robe, bowl and photograph that accompanied the idol on the high seas all contained Myanmarese letters.
However, contrary to media reports till now, the statue with distinct Mongloid features is not that of Buddha but of Jalagupta, a local Hindu deity much in worship in Myanmarese village as a

Muslim nuclear hawk – unacceptable

Last time we told you about the satirical report on Jawaharlal Nehru University students who had stopped brushing their teeth. But now here is a report, which is real.

Independent thought in India’s better universities is alive and well. Office bearers of the Jawaharlal Nehru University students union in Delhi were requested by the university’s administration to present flowers to President Abdul Kalam at the annual convocation. They flatly refused, saying that he is a nuclear hawk and an appointee of a Hindu fundamentalist party. Moreover, as young women of dignity they could not agree to act as mere flower girls presenting bouquets to a man. [India, as Seen Today Through the Eyes of an Eminent Pakistani Scholar]

Indian President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam was the person whom Pervez Hoodbhoy’s friend Praful Bidwai accidently left out from his list of Muslim achievers.

From Kashmir to Kashmir

It is said a picture is worth a thousand words. On the occasion of the agreement to start the bus service between the Indian side of Kashmir to the Pakistani side, you have the Pakistani dictator in his Army uniform shaking hands with the Indian Foreign Minister in an image rich with symbolism. Anyways it is hard to find a democractically elected official to shake hands when you travel north from India.
Now that his breakthrough has happened, and no passports are needed for travel, the question in my mind was how do they prevent a terrorist from boarding a bus in Muzzffarabad to Srinagar ? Here is how it will work.

The history-making bus service that will for the first time link the divided parts of Kashmir from April 7 will actually be two buses whose timings will be carefully synchronised and whose passengers screened before being allowed to travel.
Titled simply LoC Crossing Permit, the application form, similar to passport application forms, will be made available at designated offices in Srinagar and Muzaffarabad alone. Open only to Indian and Pakistani nationals, not just those belonging to Kashmir, each application would require clearance from both sides.
After getting provisional clearance, the traveller from wither side would go up to the LoC checkpoint where his or her name would be handed over to immigration authorities of the other side. Only when the intending traveller gets a final go-ahead from the other side would he or she be allowed to cross the LoC and take a bus belonging to the other side that would take him to his or her destination. [Two buses, not one, will link Kashmir halves ]

Looks like the normal junta who have relatives on either side and extremely happy. The terrorists and Hurriyat folks are not amused.
Still I have a few questions

  • If the militants are unhappy about this, to whom do they complain ?
  • Can a PoK Kashmiri entering on this LoC Crossing Permit visit other parts of India ?

Last time the Indian Prime Minister took a bus to Pakistan, we got the Kargil war. I hope this bus service remains uneventful.

No more brushing

Marxist bastion Jawaharlal Nehru University has banned the Nescafe outlet from its campus because Nestle is a multinational.
The students and faculty of JNU are already known to be hostile towards anything related to Indian traditions. Combined with their hatred for multinationals, this leaves them with no acceptable brand of toothpaste or toothpowder as all brands are either related to multinationals or have some connection to Indian tradition. So, when you come across a JNU student who has not brushed his or her teeth, remember that it is all for the sake of the proletariat.
Also, watch out for JNU students smashing the computers on their university as the computers are made by multinationals.

From the SABHA 4M Report