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As i was rounding yesterday i browsed through the news briefly.  It appears that Tamil Tigers have been finally defeated and destroyed in the north of Sri Lanka.  After quarter century of war and terrorism this front has cooled down.  One hopes that it stays cold for years and years to come.  I have little understanding of the internal political dynamics of the country but I think this is a landmark victory for the people of Sri Lanka.  It is not very often that civil wars come to a happy conclusion.  This is a rare instance in the history.  The Sri Lankan people must be congratulated whole heartedly for their perseverance in the face of all odds and against all evil that cluttered their beautiful island.  The Pakistani people, I am sure, are with their Sri Lankan fellows in the celebrations for their victory. I think of all the more important things that lead to this victory education was one of the more important and decisive ones.  In al...

Sri Lanka is on the verge of declaring victory over the separatist movement of the Tamil Tigers.  After years of struggle and constant state of war Sri Lanka has done what Pakistan would be able to achieve some day.  In our struggle against the elements that declare terror upon us we must learn our lessons from Sri Lanka.  Tamil Tigers were the first people in the modern history to utilize living humans as payload delivery systems.  So they are very much similar to the fanatic elements that we are coming across in our north west frontier province.  They fight a guerilla war and hide and attack.  And in all possibility they have been trained by the same agency that trained the Tami Tigers.  Therefore it would be a great idea to get some ideas from the Sri Lankan friends in helping us fight the resistance movement. If Sri Lanka can do it so can we. But as I was thinking about these lines i read about SSG being paratrooped behind enemy lines.  No...

This news item is very interesting and apparently something that has been floating on the internet circles for a long time without coming into my notice.  I must admit that I am amazed every day with the amount of unique knowledge that comes my way when I open the doors of world wide web.  Sometimes I do wonder that it would be a life worth living as ‘John Henry’, from TSCC but then again human brain is a miracle in itself with 20 billion calculations going on simultaneously in an average brain and a potentially limitless memory.  I would not want to trade off mine for a cord connected ‘John Henry’. Pakistani private sector is shining in the field of arms making and development of low cost alternative solutions to modern warfare.  This should not be something new as Pakistani north is famous for its uniqueness in manufacturing weaponry of every kind from a mere pistol to a rocket launcher.  But things have progressed from the times of the old Afghan war. ...

I have been thinking about some stuff to write on the long march that seems to have started in Pakistan.  Nothing solid or concrete comes to mind.  But I was watching this old program by Hamid Mir and saw a mullah vehemently defend Asif Ali Zardari.  This reminded me of one of my old high school teachers.  He was one of many who introduced our young minds to logical thinking and political role playing.  Of many characteristics that he possessed the hatred for the religious elite was one of the strongest emotions within him.  He would narrate a story almost every week of the evils that these mullahs spur in our society and then make sure that he spent considerable time loathing the corrupt ones amongst them.  I remember one very solid thing that he made us remember.  He would tell us that these bearded fanatics had only three things in mind. One, they liked to nourish their fat and hair so that the ton that they devoured every day in form of meat a...

The past one week has been very unrestful for the people of Pakistan.  We have been turning and tossing either in the comfort of our sofas or on the streets about the developments that have transpired in the past seven days or so.  The developments are huge and the consequences will be huge still.  But should we not see how did this change of heart come into all of a sudden on Zardari's part.  I think the change of heart is not sudden in fact it is more planned and worked out and therefore will last longer than we think.  It will, for the same reason, be difficult for the people's resistance to trounce. As there were clear indications that Nawaz Sharif was feeling threatened by the present courts he decided to continue his struggle with the lawyer's movement.  Had he decided to do otherwise it would have been a political suicide.  He is in a catch 22 of a sort.  Zardari on the other hand is a product of NRO and feels threatened by any other cour...

I read this well researched and thought out article on the often not so authentic TPS today and found it to be very informative.  the writer has been very elaborate. Telecommunication industry is developing very fast in our country.  For a strong and stable telecommunication industry a constant and stable supply of electricity is essential.  In the backdrop of current supply shortages we must look into alternate sources of energy.  Given the extensive tower infrastructure of the telecommunication companies all over Pakistan it is easier and more feasible for them to use solar energy for generating electricity for meeting their local infrastructure needs.  This will help them in two ways.  It will reduce their dependability on more expensive and polluting sources for the same energy and will also reduce the operational costs of the units in the long run. It is also important for the same industry to explore this avenue because they have money to spare an...