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“Ali and his cousin Ahmad were seeking jobs abroad to enable them to escape the economic hardship in Pakistan that had been caused by massive flooding. Ali borrowed $4,000 from family and friends to pay an agent for a tourist visa that would enable him to reach Cambodia, where he and Ahmad were met by a broker. They paid the broker a further $1,475 each for a work visa processing fee, before being taken to a large compound in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. After their passports were taken and they were warned not to try to leave, they were forced to work alongside approximately 1,000 other people, each forced to scam five people daily with cryptocurrency investment schemes. They were watched over, fined and beaten if they failed to comply:”

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Book:Hacked: The Secrets Behind Cyber Attacks
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“This arrogant, conceited history strides with her head in the clouds and never looks down. She does not realize how she crushes millions of people beneath her feet. The common people. She doesn't understand that one may cut a mountain in two, but people? It's a hard task, Bhai, to cute one people in two. They bleed." A deep sigh coursed through the gathering. Master Fazal said, "History will keep on marching like this. The names of a few people will stick to her fabric. She will register those. there was Hitler, there was Mussolini, Churchill and Joseph Stalin, among others. this time the names maybe Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jinnah, Subhash Bose! But the names of the lakhs and crores who have lost their lives will be nowhere. They will be mere numbers in which all of us will be included!".”

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“The real reason for Father Braganza's laughter was the history of Amrapur. It was a quaint town, nestled amidst barren mountains. The Hindus and Muslims living there were perpetually warring with each other, reacting violently at the slightest provocation. It had started a long time ago, this squabble, and had escalated into a terrible war. Some people say it started centuries ago, but many believe it started when the country gave one final, fierce shrug to rid itself of British rule. The shrug quickly became a relentless shuddering, and countless people were uprooted and flung into the air. Many didn't survive. Perhaps the mountains of Amrapur absorbed the deracinating wave. People weren't cruelly plucked from the town. They remained there, festering, becoming irate and harbouring murderous desires. And while the country was desperately trying to heal its near-mortal wounds and move on, Amrapur's dormant volcano erupted. Momentary and overlooked, but devastating. Leaders emerged on both sides and, driven by greed, they fed off the town's ignored bloodshed. They created ravines out of cracks, fostered hatred and grew richer. The Bhoite family, the erstwhile rulers of the ancient town, adopted the legacy of their British rulers---divide and conquer.”

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Book:A Darker Dawn
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“He could not help but admire his posters every time he saw them---the son of a rickshaw puller, now the chief of a prominent political party in this town, who was expected to win by an unprecedented margin of votes in the coming elections. There were many people in the party who begrudged his presence, his power, but they could do nothing. The people of Amrapur loved him and his speeches. Some people called them inflammatory, divisive, and harmful to the peace and harmony of the town. A smile spread across his face every time he heard that word. Has anything ever been achieved by harmony? What would the leaders do with harmony? Why would people come to listen to his speeches in droves if they wanted harmony? Elections can never be won by harmony.”

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Book:A Darker Dawn
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“There is no public record of Barack Obama's (or Stanley Ann Dunham's) being in the CIA. Perhaps he was, perhaps he wasn't. The reader may consider the information and, based on background, life experiences, and ability to keep an open mind, may come to either conclusion. But any explanation of why Barack Obama would not have mentioned a word of his Most Excellent Pakistani Adventure in either of his two autobiographies requires a conspiracy theory that might cast doubt on either the sanity or the sincerity fothe person proposing it.”

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Book:The Secret Life of Barack Hussein Obama
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“Als ich noch bei meinen Eltern lebte, habe ich selten mit meiner Familie in Pakistan telefoniert. Meine Verbindung zu Pakistan war für viele Jahre gekappt, was zum großen Teil an meinen Eltern selbst liegt, die sich von all ihren Verwandten zurückgezogen haben. Asma Aunty redet dagegen regelmäßig mit meinen Großeltern, weswegen es auch für mich immer mehr zum Alltag wird. Anfangs haben mir meine Probleme mit der Sprache und mein nervöses Selbst die Kommunikation schwer gemacht, aber die beiden füllen nur zu gern meine Lücken aus und freuen sich allein schon darüber, mich zu sehen, ohne dass ich etwas sagen muss. Es ist fast schon befremdlich, wie gern sie mich noch haben. Sie kennen diese Person, die ich heute bin, doch gar nicht. Wie können sie so lieb zu mir sein? Ich habe nie irgendwas getan, um diese Sanftheit zu verdienen.”

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“A psychology of looting and disregard for the rule of law took hold of the ruling coterie in Pakistan early on. The initial gold mine was the allotment of properties abandoned by Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab and, subsequently, also in Sindh. Senior civil bureaucrats in cahoots with prominent Muslim League politicians had the pick of the field but did not fail to pass on some of the lesser goods as favors to those with contacts. Individual citizens with little or no influence had to settle for whatever was left over, which in most cases was very modest.”

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Book:The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
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“Among the many instances of the absurdity of some of the experimentation with Islamization was the recommendation in 1980 by a leading nuclear scientist that ‘djinns [or genies], being fiery creatures, ought to be tapped as a free source of energy’. He expected Pakistan’s energy problems to be finally solved by this means. Dr Bashiruddin Mahmood noted that King Solomon— a Biblical figure also mentioned in the Quran—had harnessed energy from djinns. ‘I think that if we develop our souls we can develop communications with them,’ he explained.”

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Book:Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State
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“A brief look back in history makes it evident that Jammu and Kashmir’s oppression and colonial exploitation started long before the formation of modern India. Ever since its annexation by the Mughal empire in 1589 AD, Kashmir has never been ruled by Jammu and Kashmir themselves. After the Mughals, the region was ruled by the Afghans (1753-1819), Sikhs (1819-46), and the Dogras (1846-1947) until the Indian and Pakistani states took over.”

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Author:Jammu and Kashmir for JK's
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“In Taliban-controlled portions of Pakistan, “Polio vaccinations have been declared haram by the ulema, and the government campaign has subsequently stalled.” Like car insurance, vaccinations are a form of presumption. Only with the expulsion of the Taliban from the Swat Valley in the late summer of 2009 was the Pakistani government able to resume vaccinations.”

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Book:The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis
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“Rolf Ekeus came round to my apartment one day and showed me the name of the Iraqi diplomat who had visited the little West African country of Niger: a statelet famous only for its production of yellowcake uranium. The name was Wissam Zahawi. He was the brother of my louche gay part-Kurdish friend, the by-now late Mazen. He was also, or had been at the time of his trip to Niger, Saddam Hussein's ambassador to the Vatican. I expressed incomprehension. What was an envoy to the Holy See doing in Niger? Obviously he was not taking a vacation. Rolf then explained two things to me. The first was that Wissam Zahawi had, when Rolf was at the United Nations, been one of Saddam Hussein's chief envoys for discussions on nuclear matters (this at a time when the Iraqis had functioning reactors). The second was that, during the period of sanctions that followed the Kuwait war, no Western European country had full diplomatic relations with Baghdad. TheVatican was the sole exception, so it was sent a very senior Iraqi envoy to act as a listening post. And this man, a specialist in nuclear matters, had made a discreet side trip to Niger. This was to suggest exactly what most right-thinking people were convinced was not the case: namely that British intelligence was on to something when it said that Saddam had not ceased seeking nuclear materials in Africa. I published a few columns on this, drawing at one point an angry email from Ambassador Zahawi that very satisfyingly blustered and bluffed on what he'd really been up to. I also received—this is what sometimes makes journalism worthwhile—a letter from a BBC correspondent named Gordon Correa who had been writing a book about A.Q. Khan. This was the Pakistani proprietor of the nuclear black market that had supplied fissile material to Libya, North Korea, very probably to Syria, and was open for business with any member of the 'rogue states' club. (Saddam's people, we already knew for sure, had been meeting North Korean missile salesmen in Damascus until just before the invasion, when Kim Jong Il's mercenary bargainers took fright and went home.) It turned out, said the highly interested Mr. Correa, that his man Khan had also been in Niger, and at about the same time that Zahawi had. The likelihood of the senior Iraqi diplomat in Europe and the senior Pakistani nuclear black-marketeer both choosing an off-season holiday in chic little uranium-rich Niger… well, you have to admit that it makes an affecting picture. But you must be ready to credit something as ridiculous as that if your touching belief is that Saddam Hussein was already 'contained,' and that Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair were acting on panic reports, fabricated in turn by self-interested provocateurs.”

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Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir
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“Islamists also pushed back on Ayub’s efforts at controlling what he saw as the ‘menace of over-population’ through a comprehensive family planning programme. ‘I cannot believe that any religion can object to population control’, Ayub declared, adding that ‘no good religion can object to anything aimed at the betterment of human lot, because all religions, after all, come for the good of the human race and human beings do not come into the world for the religions.’75 But once Ayub’s hold over power was weakened, mullahs railed against family planning and birth control as conspiracies of unbelievers aimed at keeping down the number of Muslims.”

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Book:Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State
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“Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' (I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini). That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah.”

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Book:When Strangers meet..
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“We should have realized it sooner, at least my father should have, that there was no coming back. Not in September when the riots died down, not in October when the subcontinent still lay in shock, not even in November as he had hoped and promised us. Lahore was now lost forever”

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Book:Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
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“Every time the train stopped at a station, we would all hold our breath, making sure not a single sound drifted out of the closed windows. We were hungry and our throats parched. From inside the train we heard voices travelling up and down the platform, saying, “Hindu paani,” and, from the other side, “Muslim paani.” Apart from land and population, even the water had now been divided”

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Book:Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
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“Partition tore India into three pieces. Disaster struck. There was East Pakistan, there was West Pakistan, and there was the rest of India. Millions of people were uprooted from their houses, tens of thousands massacred on both sides. It was one of the greatest mass migrations and killings in human history. People today do not realize the tremendous trauma of Partition, whose negative vibrations continue to haunt us even today.”

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Book:An Examined Life: Essays and Reflections by Karan Singh
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“For the mainly Urdu- speaking migrants from India who abandoned home and hearth to make their futures in a predominantly non- Urdu speaking country, Pakistan was the land of opportunity. Better educated than most of their coreligionists in western Pakistan, they expected to get the best jobs. Some of these muhajirs, as the refugees from India came to be known, had sensibly moved their money before partition in the hope of starting up new businesses in both wings of the country. The idea of material gain encapsulated in “Pakistan Zindabad” was a stretch removed from the other more loaded slogan, defining its meaning in vague Islamic terms. But for all their claims dressed up in religious terminology, the protagonists of an Islamic state too had their sights on power and pelf in the Muslim El Dorado.”

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Book:The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
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“The events leading up to the creation of Pakistan also made the path to statehood very difficult: more than a decade of civil unrest as Indians of all races and creeds sought independence from Great Britain was followed by a massive migration involving some fourteen million refugees who crossed what became the Pakistan-India border. Nearly one million persons—Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims—died during this bloody upheaval.”

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Book:Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within
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“My childhood crush once gave me a name. ‘Qandeel?’ It’s the name everyone knows me by. Q—Queen A—Appealing N—Naughty D—Dazzling E—Elegant E—Exquisite L—Lovely Well, that’s Qandeel. But Qandeel who? Qandeel from Shah Sadar Din, a girl who belongs to the Baloch Ma’arah tribe. Qandeel Baloch. Yes. That worked. Qandeel. It was a beautiful name. What did it mean? Qandeel ka matlab hai roshni. The light.”

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Book:The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch
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“Pakistan, unlike India, would not start out with a functioning capital, central government or financial resources, which necessitated greater homework on the part of the Muslim League leaders. Unfortunately, they did little by way of preparation for running the country they had demanded. Many of Pakistan’s teething problems were the result of this ill-preparedness but Pakistani accounts of the country’s early days paint them as hardships inflicted on Muslim Pakistan by its non-Muslim enemies.”

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Book:Reimagining Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State
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“Plight of A Pakistani (The Sonnet) The world sees us as a terrorist nation, Why is it so? Despite our love and care for family, Why do you deem us as extremist foe? As responsible citizens with a beating heart, We too want for our kids a world of peace. Yet whenever there's an act of terror, Why are we at the top of your suspect list! Every nation has terrorist elements, The Capitol insurrection is proof of it. But how can you blame an entire people, For the acts of a bunch of bigoted misfits! We don't ask you to show us pity. Just keep in mind, we too are part of humanity.”

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Book:Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
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“Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat - The Song [Intro] Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth. [Verse 1] Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar; Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar. Rise Insaan, Ilaaj Ilaahi; Ana al Haq, Hayaat Peygamber. [Chorus] Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada; Koi bole paani, koi bole water. Born of ash, deed amartya; Dil on fire, aashiq ananta. Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada; Koi bole paani, koi bole water. Born of ash, deed amartya; Dil on fire, aashiq ananta. [Verse 2] Vision Viraat, Vajra Avinashi; Na koi dev, na koi daasi. Love is the law, tolerance is anthem; Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani. [Chorus] Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada; Kisika mai dervish, kisika advaita. Born of ash, deed amartya; Dil on fire, aashiq ananta. [Verse 3 - Spoken] Na koi kaafir, na koi sant; Na andh-vishwas in dharmgranth. Love is my duty, brain is my flame; I'm signpost on the cosmic lane. [Bridge] Border ke paar, har koi yaar; Na koi ajnabi, har din Iftaar. Har ek mulk, mera hi mulk; Har ek culture, mera culture. [Chorus] Ek Insaan, aur ek hi lakshya; Moksh ka matlab ek hi manushya. Dharm se upar Insaan hi satya; Imaan Insaaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat. Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth. [Verse 4] Karm se hum baney Vishwaroop, Reeti rivaaz sab andhaa jhooth. Naam se Maanav, karm se Marham; Dil na dekhe foreign-sanatan. [Chorus] Ek Insaan, Hoonkaar-e Asmaan; Rag rag Khaalsa, Noor-e Nadaan. No togetherness, no tomorrow; Tum hi ho sooraj, tum hi Insaan! Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth. [Bridge] Khoon nahi, Rehmat pehchaan; Ek hi ummah - saara jahaan! Ek hi kalma - pyar ka peygaam; Jai Insaan, Noor-e Nadaan! Khoon nahi, Rehmat pehchaan; Ek hi ummah - saara jahaan! Ek hi kalma - pyar ka peygaam; Jai Insaan, Noor-e Nadaan! [Final Verse - Spoken] Insaan se ucha na vatan, na khoon, Na koi sanskaar, na koi kaanoon. Rehmat se jiye to har roz ramzaan, Insaan se mile Insaan ka sukoon. [Final Chorus] Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar; Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar. Koi bole water, koi bole paani; Koi bole darvish, koi sanyaasi. Utho Insaan, Marham ka Sagar; Ana al Haq, Vigyan Ujaagar. Koi bole water, koi bole paani; Koi bole scientist, koi bole sufi. [Outro] Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth.”

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Book:With Love From A Blue Rock
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“I do not need to understand words to know he is disappointed I am not a boy. Some things need no translation. And I know, because my body remembers without benefit of words, that men who do not welcome girl-babies will not treasure me as I grow to woman - though he call me princess just because the Guru told him to. I have come so far, I have borne so much pain and emptiness! But men have not yet changed.”

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Book:What the Body Remembers
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“If Kashmir does not belong to any member state of the United Nations, then the claim that ‘Kashmir is an integral part of India’ does not stand. And if ‘Kashmir is not an integral part of India’ then Kashmiris cannot be called separatist or secessionist. Because Kashmir cannot secede from a country – like India – to which it has never acceded to in the first place.”

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Author:Ginkgo Gulzar-Kashmir is an integral part of India?
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“8 August 1953: Prime Minister of Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah was dismissed by President of Kashmir Dr. Karan Singh and later arrested. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed was appointed as the new prime minister. 16 August 1953: Bilateral talks between Pakistan and India in Delhi. The two countries agreed to appoint a Plebiscite Administrator within six months.”

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Author:Sheikh Gulzar---8 August 1953
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