After the Pakistan Army launched its murderous crackdown in East Pakistan on 25 March 1971, Jamaat threw in its lot behind the generals. Whereas a number of Islam-pasand politicians—including many from various factions of the Muslim League—supported the junta’s quest to maintain a united Pakistan, Jamaat went a step further.
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Anwar Dayal: Deconstructing Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh
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Text of ’Kathmandu Declaration’ adopted at conference on Peace building in South Asia
27 February 2013We, women and men at the regional conference on “The Changing Dynamics of Peace building in South Asia: Recasting Women’s Agency and Transformative Strategies”, share the vision of South Asia as a region strengthened by peace, justice, democracy and respect for human rights.
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India: Why Hyderabad Investigations are doomed to fail - JTSA release
by , 26 February 2013In a grotesque replay of every investigation that follows a bomb blast, prejudice, misinformation and media blitz rules the direction of Dilsukh Nagar bombings investigation too. The same suspects and shadowy organizations are being paraded as executors of the Hyderabad bombings.
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Current Nuclear Scenario In India - Newsclick Interview with M V Ramana
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Pakistan: Is the Punjab Govt. Buying Votes with Shia blood
25 February 20131) the Federal Government wanted the Punjab Government to “launch a massive crackdown on the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) and the defunct Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)”; 2) “Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is unlikely to oblige” the Federal Government by launching such an operation; and 3) the “main reason” why the Punjab Government is refusing to take action against the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is because it has “a seat-to-seat adjustment deal between the PML-N and Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) for the upcoming elections
