tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78252969353800913752024-03-05T03:26:43.742-08:00Muhammad Aamir UppalMuhammad Aamir Uppalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07999429079234814657noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825296935380091375.post-81298600113539935962012-05-25T06:29:00.002-07:002012-05-25T06:36:45.397-07:00Indian Threat to International Peace<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India's Missile Program & Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Living amidst Scary Nations</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">By Muhammad Aamir </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">None other than the military sources have in the past, termed Indian
missiles unreliable. With such track record a long range missile once placed on
Indian inventory will be even more catastrophic in nature Muhammad Aamir questions if international community is over-looking a potential threat to regional and international peace. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Geographically, </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> is precariously placed in the wrong neighbourhood
with </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Iran</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> in the West, </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">China</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> in the North and </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> bordering in the east. Barring </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Afghanistan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> that has so far failed to establish her State
apparatus, all the neighbouring states in this highly nuclear-proliferated
region are more eager to play an active role beyond regional context and
unfortunately without putting their own household in order. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">At a time the world community was
contemplating on the next probable move of </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Pyongyang</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> regime after a failed launch of Unha 3 satellite
vehicle on </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">12 April 2012</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> test-fired its long range ballistic missile. Probably
scared by the Indian might, </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> too followed the suit on 25 April. Shaheen-1A of </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> has a longer reach as compared to the ones tested by
the country before.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">No eyebrows were raised either, a politically
weak Indian Government took a prestige in the success of Agni V named after
Hindu God of Fire and the US state department showed a confidence in ‘India’s
nonproliferation record’ (probably the US state department may be required to
redefine the term nuclear proliferation).
This leads to assumption that </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> is probably
responding to safeguard US interests in the South Asian theater of what might
be termed as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the far pavilions</i> of the
</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">US</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> presence in
the new Great Game. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">While
nuclear war-head-carrier Agni V is capable of reaching as far as </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">Shanghai</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">, Indian
officials insist that the test was not </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">China</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> specific.
In the recent past India has also positively responded to the peace initiatives
from Pakistan, leaving the objectives of the Indian program to speculations
where any saner would shudder to think of the possibility where Indian boldness
may align US alternatives on its arms-reduction program. </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> at the
same time is reportedly negotiating with </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">Russia</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">,
purchase of 25,000 Invar missiles and 10,000 9 K113 Konkurs wire-guided
anti-tank missiles on fast track procurement. Moreover, considering that </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">Washington</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> has
recently spent a heavy amount in relocations and geographic dispersal of its
military bases in </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">Japan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">, the
growing Indian arsenal is even more alarming in a highly volatile region. </span></h1>
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Grounds for the Indian nuclear program are
replete with deceit. In 1974, </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> had acquired a small reactor from the </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Canada</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> on the pretext of civilian research to make plutonium;
only to secretly develop the bomb – an act that prompted the </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">US</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> President Richard Nixon and the-then Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger to introduce a global structure of NPT (Non proliferation
treaty) on emergent grounds. 35 years later the Bush administration recognized </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> as a full fledge nuclear weapon state – a privilege </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">North Korea</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Iran</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> had been denied hitherto. The US-India nuclear deal
had exempted </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> from the obligations of NPT and at the same time
allowed her to maintain its 50 to 120 nuclear bombs and even build more. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Project was
launched in the mid-1980s by its Defence Research & Development
Organization commonly known as DRDO. The country had initially planned tactical
Air Defence system based on Akash and Tirshul but the stunning failure of the
program and the country’s ambition to adopt a more strategic posture drove her
through the long range ballistic weapon venture. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Agni is configured as strategic carriers and
its latest version Agni V is almost akin to intercontinental missiles – may be
shades short of the standard threshold<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.
At a time Obama administration has been claiming its efforts for arms-control
treaties, it appears to be willfully turning a blind eye to the formidable
growth of Indian nuclear program, a state without any responsibilities towards
international community</b>. </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> has never taken into consideration the Non
Proliferation aspect of its grand ambitions. Its track record on the subject is
even alarming that would set precedence of </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">North Korea</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Iran</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> discretely accumulate WMD. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">With reports of an infancy inventory and
severe equipment shortages leaking through the press, Indian Army chief VK
Singh has already stated that operational capability of the Army is seriously
being affected. (Supreme Court has already rejected Gen Singh’s request for 10
month extension and Singh is due to retire on May 31). <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">None other than the military sources have in the past, termed Indian
missiles unreliable. With such track record a long range missile once placed on
Indian inventory will be even more catastrophic in nature. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">Over
the years, a disproportionately growing Indian arsenal is becoming a matter of
serious concern in the region and that the country is now closing in on
intercontinental capability. It appears that the tacit </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">US</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> approval
of the growing nuclear pile in </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">India</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> is
probably the American preparation for a final showdown with </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">North
Korea</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> by keeping china at bay? This
may appear reading too much from the events around us, yet there is no
justification for the </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">US</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> lifting
off the nuclear levee from the fastest growing and unchecked nuclear arsenal in
a region already plagued with complexities. </span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">People
of </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;"> have
long endured a troubled neighbourhood and they certainly expect the
international community to stand real challenges of the day: find a way out
through active diplomacy, draw an attention at appropriate forum on perils of
living under the shadow of highly unreliable neighbours with ever-growing piles
of Nukes and under developed delivery systems.</span></h1>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Teachers, and not
parents, are the ones who can mould an adult public that craves for books suggests
Muhammad Aamir Uppal.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> The News 1993</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> In Pakistan writers must not only
successfully apply their minds and express themselves well, but they must also
master the art of successfully negotiating a variety of challenges - the most pernicious
one being publishers’ attitude.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> There is a great deal of
interdependence between writers and publishers that introduces elements of
negotiation and reciprocity into their relationship. Writers need publishers in
order to give their work broad circulation and to enable them to achieve a
certain legitimacy in the public eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> While most publishers prefer to work
with familiar and well established names, everyone recognizes the need for new
talent. Still, few are ready to move beyond recognizing this need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> An overview of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">’s publishing scene
tells a sordid tale. Aside from the efforts of a few strong and well
established multinationals there are also a number of active indigenous general
publishers who have done much to make publishing a legitimate and respected
industry. All indigenous publishers tend to be handicapped by the constraints
of lower capitalization and more limited distribution and marketing
capabilities than their multinational colleagues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> Another challenge facing publishers is
that the sales potential for scholarly books is almost miniscule. One example
is Dr. Mubarik Ali, a local historian who studied for a doctorate degree in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Germany</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, and the author of
30 books, both in English and Urdu. Ali only last year wrote ‘Barr-e-Sagheer
Mein Musalman Muashreyt Ka Almiya’ (The Tragedy of Muslim Society in the Subcontinent),
but with fears of poor marketing potential, Progressive, Publishers, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Lahore</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> could only print a
meager 500 copies. Given the fact that the book was published in Urdu which is
not only most widely read language of the country, but is also the most popular
language among academies interested in this topic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> Consequently the production of every
book involves a high degree of financial risk. It is the recognition of the
sever limitations of the market for scholarly books that has led publishers to
change their philosophical orientation and examine the possibility of
publishing a selection of non-scholarly trade and textbooks in order to subsidise
the substantial loses that are incurred in the production of scholarly work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> Another problem publishers and writers
have to confront is the non-existence of moral ethics and weak copyright laws.
The piracy issue is a complicated one. From the publishers viewpoint, it is
totally unjustified and an unmitigated evil. The increase in piracy has even
stated threatening the future of many a reputed publisher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> Aside from piracy, the other major
difficulty facing publishers today is the question of how to sell their books.
The problem is twofold. First only a limited market exists. Second, it is
usually an uphill task to reach this small market, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> The second problem exists because of
the lack of an efficient infrastructure. Publishers usually do not have
wholesalers and distributors, promotional agencies and book clubs or even
effective review media. Moreover, the logistical problems involved in moving
books from publishers’ warehouse to
bookstores sometime can be onerous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> There is little doubt that people
read,, as is evident from the circulation figures for newspapers, but it is
also a fact that they seldom pay to read. Libraries, government and civil
institutions, do buy newspapers readily. However, the habit of reading books
during leisure time is not widely practiced, even among the elite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> That parents should encourage their
children to read by buying books as gifts has been widely debated in the print
media. Despite the validity of this argument, the fact is that most parents
have little extra money to spend on gifts for their children and the extra they
do have can be put to more practical use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> In view of this situation, it would
appear that teachers have an important role to play in motivating children to
read. Teachers must convince children that reading is not only informative ,
but the it can also be enjoyable. Publishers can do their part by producing
books aimed at the children’s market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> It is only when children start reading at an early age that an adult public
which reads for pleasure rather that purely utilitarian purposes will
eventually emerge, thus, in time, the market for books will expand and
therefore publishers should not fined it difficult to sell their books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> All in all the problems facing writers
and publishers in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> can not be solved immediately
and need to be tackled on several fronts at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.kutab.com.pk/" target="_blank">Books and Magazines from Pakistan in Urdu and English</a> </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span></u><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> Athletics: a proud
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Khaliq, Raziq, Mubarak, Iqbal once formed a dream team</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">From Muhammad Aamir
Uppal March 1993</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Exactly five years
ago, in March 1988, a single column obituary note appeared in a leading English
daily mourning the death of a former sprinter Abdul Khaliq. The note was only a couple of paragraphs long
buried inside a remote corner of the sports pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Khaliq certainly
deserved more than a mere mention of his death.
As the news of the demise of the once fastest man of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Asia</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> passed unnoticed
so did the state of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> athletics that
continues to follow a gradual decline. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Today, on his fifth
death anniversary, one can recall the days of Abdul Khaliq – when undoubtedly </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> athletics were at
their zenith. With the likes of Ghulam
Raziq, Mubarak Shah and Mohammad Iqbal representing the country together, it
had been a dream team and one can only yearn for the return of those golden
days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This can also be
judged from the fact that in the 24<sup>th</sup> National Games in Lahore recently
only three national records could be beaten whereas in the late 1950, no less
that six Asian record were credited to Pakistan athletes at one time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ironically, despite
the fact Khaliq won two successive gold medals in the Asian games in the 100 meters,
he never had luck on his side in his entire international career that spanned
the years from 1954 to 1962.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">At the Rome Olympiad,
he was nosed out in the quarter-finals on a photo-finish. He had clocked 10.4
seconds, a time which was only bettered y the eventual medalists. His 9.6
seconds for the 100 yards was an All British Games record in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Manchester</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> in 1957 and yet he
failed to win a single gold medal in the Commonwealth Games for one reason or
the other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">His records in the
100 and 200 meters are yet to be surpassed by and player in this country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Ghulam Raziq was an
athlete extraordinaire. The 34-years old Asian champ would certainly have
worked miracles had his talent been discovered while he was in his teens. He
started his international career after he had passed his prime and yet he
remained at the top among the individual medal winners for </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Winner of the
President’s Medal for Pride of Performance in 1963, Pakistan’s ace hurdler was
unaware of his fate in sports even after he had celebrated his 25<sup>th</sup>
birthday – an age when most athletes start thinking of retirement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Incredibly, his
last national title came at 36 and his timings at this ripe old age are hard to
beat even today. His 14.0 second record in the 110 meters hurdles has only once
been beaten – by Ghulam Abbas in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Lahore</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> in the National
Games early this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">His 14.3 seconds
remained a record at the Asian level for quite some time, where he won gold
medals in 1958 (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Tokyo</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">) and 1966 (</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Bangkok</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">). He had also won
a gold in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Perth</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> in the 1962
Commonwealth Games. It was a sort of record that Raziq never knocked down a
hurdle in his entire career. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">From amongst
Khaliq’s other compatriots were Mubarak Shah and Mohammad Iqbal. Mubarak Shah
made his debut for Pakistan Army in the International Military Cross Country
Championship in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Brussels</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> in 1952 and earned
national colours for the Athletic Meet in Teheran four years later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This long distance
runner excelled in the 3000 meters steeplechase apart from winning lanrels in
5000 and 10000 meters. In the 1962 Asiad he won two gold medals, each in the
then record time. It was not until 1970 that his Asian record was beaten. In
all he won three golds and a silver medal in the Asian Games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Iqbal’s baptism in
international athletics came in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Helsinki</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">’s Olympics
(1952). A man with a gigantic frame, he
had a gold each in the Asiad (1958) and Commonwealth Games (1954) to his credit
and at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics he moved up among the top ten of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">His best, however,
came in the 1960 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Meet where he hurled the hammer to 63.1
meters to create an Asian record. His record at the national level stood for 32
years only to be broken by none other than his own son Aqarab at the 24<sup>th</sup>
Nationals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">From 1948 – when
the Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the First Pakistan Olympics – to 1993, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> athletics have
gone a long way of 45 years but, unfortunately, only a brief period from 1954
to 1960 can rightly be termed as the glorious one in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> athletics history
with the Tokyo Asian Games (1958) its peak point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">In </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Tokyo</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> won 13 medals (5
gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze) not to be compared with the 19 medals won at the 1992
SAF Games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Sadly enough, today
we are more concerned about winning medals at the SAF Games only to beat
countries like </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Sri Lanka</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Nepal</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Bhutan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">. With the present
state of affairs one can not think of winning a medal at the Olympics but at
least dream for the glory of the days of Khaliq, Raziq and Iqbal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Performances of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Pakistan</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> athletes (from
1954 to 1960)Read as competition, gold, silver, bronze, remarks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">1.2<sup>nd</sup>
Asian Games, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Manila</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1954 4, 4, 0, all
gold medals in Asian records</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">2. Commonwealth
Games, Vancouver, 1954 4, 1, 1 one Commonwealth
record broken</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">3. Indo-Pak Dual Meet, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">New Delhi</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1956 Not
available, two Asian record</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">4. National Championship, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Lahore</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> 1956 -,-,-,
four Asian records</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">5. Athletics Training </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Programme</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">England</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1956 -,-,-, new </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">British Empire</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> record in Javelin
Throw</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">6. National Championship, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Peshawar</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1958 -,-,-, three Asian records surpassed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">7. 3<sup>rd</sup> Asiad, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Tokyo</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1958 5, 4, 4, -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">8. Commonwealth Games </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Cardiff</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1958 0,2,2 –</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">9. Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Dhaka</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> 1960 -,-,-, three
Asian records</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">10. Olympic Games, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Rome</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, 1960 -,-,-, one
athlete finished among top ten of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The News
International, March 1993</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.newsflash.com.pk/" target="_blank">More of sports in Pakistan</a> </span></div>
</div>Muhammad Aamir Uppalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07999429079234814657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825296935380091375.post-89381798391513426412012-04-12T05:33:00.000-07:002012-05-25T06:30:35.499-07:002012 is the Olympic year - Pakistani Athletes at Olympics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Muhammad Aamir Uppal looks back at the careers of some of </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pakistan</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">’s real sporting heroes</i></div>
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“At the twilight of my life, I realize that my services were not properly utilized by the country” lamented Mubarak Shah, Pakistan’s celebrated athlete whom this scribe had a privilege to meet some three months back. Today he is not more and one realizes how indifferent Pakistan athletics stand today. </div>
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Mubarak wanted to leave behind an army of athletes but he could ill afford such an ambitious project in a country where no infrastructure is available and little to keep the adrenaline flowing.</div>
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Today, sometime after his death, one can recall his days when undoubtedly Pakistan athletics were at their zenith. With the likes of Ghulam Raziq, Abdul Khaliq, Mohammad Iqbal and Mohammad Nawab representing the country together, it had been a dream team and one can only yearn for the return of those days.</div>
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This can also be judged from the fact that in the last five years only three national records could be bettered in the Pakistan National Games whereas in the late1950s no less that six Asian records were credited to Pakistani athletes at one time.</div>
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Mubarak Shah had made his debut for Pakistan Army in the International Military Cross Country Championship in Brussels in 1952 and earned national colours for the athletic meet in Tehran four years later.</div>
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This long distance runner excelled in the 3000 meters steeplechase apart from wining laurels in the 5000 and 10000 meters races. In the 1962 Asiad he won two gold medals, each in the-then record time. It was not until 1970 that his Asian record was beaten. In all he won three gold and a silver medal in Asian Games.</div>
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Ironically, throughout his career, Mubarak remained a doubtful starter for one reason or the other. Most of the times his health had prevented him from participation in some of the major competitions; disqualification for a false start excluded him from the rest. Unfortunately he could never overcome his problems at the starting-point. </div>
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Probably, Mubarak’s problem at the starting point owed much to the lack of training facilities available coupled with the lack of confidence that primarily stemmed from his humble background. </div>
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Despite all these impediments, Mubarak reigned supreme at the national scene for more than a decade (1954 to 1964). He received the highest civil awards of the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Governor’s Award, President’s Pride of Performance medal and Presidential Award to list a few. </div>
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Ghulam Raziq was an athlete extraordinaire. The 34-year old Asian champ would certainly have worked miracles had his talent been discovered while he was in his teens. He started his international career after he had passed his prime and yet he remained at the top among the individual medal winners for Pakistan. </div>
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Winner of the President’s Medal for Pride of Performance in 1963, Pakistan’s ace hurdler was unaware of his fate in sports even after he had celebrated his 25<sup>th</sup> birthday an age when most athletes start thinking of retirement.</div>
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Incredibly, his last national title came at 36 and his timings at this ripe old age are hard to beat even today. His 14.0 sec record in the 110 meters hurdles has only once been beaten, by Ghulam Abbas, so far.</div>
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His 14.3 seconds remained a record at the Asian level for quite some time, where he won gold medals in 1958 (Tokyo) and 1966 (Bangkok). He had also won a gold in Perth in the 1962 Commonwealth Games. It was sort of record that Raziq never knocked down a hurdle in his entire career.</div>
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From amongst Mubarak’s other compatriots were Abdul Khaliq and Mohammad Iqbal. Abdul Khaliq was undoubtedly the Fastest Man of Asia. Despite the fact that he won two successive gold medals in the Asian Games in the 100 meters, he never had luck on his side in his entire international career that spanned the years from 1954 to 1962. </div>
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At the Rome Olympiad, he was nosed out in the quarter finals in a photo finish. Khaliq had clocked 10.4 seconds, a time which was only bettered by the eventual medalists. His 9.6 seconds for the 100 yards was an All British Games record at Manchester in 1957 and yet he failed to win a single gold medal in the Commonwealth Games for one reason or the other.</div>
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His records in the 100 and 200 meters are yet to be surpassed by any player in this country.</div>
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Iqbal’s baptism in international athletics cam in Helsinki’s Olympics (1952). A man with a gigantic frame, he had a gold each in the Asiad (1956) and Commonwealth Games (1954) to his credit and at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic he moved up among the top ten of the world. </div>
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His best, however, came in the 1960 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Meet where he burled the hammer to 63.1 meters to create an Asian record. His record at the national level stood for 32 years only to be broken by none other that his own son Aqarab Abbass at the 24<sup>th</sup> National Games in 1992.</div>
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From 1948, When the Quaid-e-Azam inaugurated the First Pakistan Olympics, to date Pakistan athletics have gone a long way of 52 years but, unfortunately, only a brief period from 1954 to 1960 can rightly be termed as the glorious one in Pakistan’s athletics history with the Tokyo Asian Games (1958) its peak point. </div>
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In Tokyo, Pakistan won 13 medals (5 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze) not to be compared with the 19 medals won at the 19922 SAF Games. </div>
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Sadly enough, today we are more concerned about winning medals at the SAF Games only to beat countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. With the present state of affairs one cannot think of winning a medal at the Olympics but at least dream about the glory of the days of Khaliq, Raziq and Iqbal.</div>
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This Obituary note was originally printed in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The News</i> on 1 April 2001 following the death of the legendry Pakistani Athlete.</div>
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<div class="news-body">Larwood Makes A Clean Break From The Adelaide Obsessions </div><div class="news-body" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Muhammed Aamir Uppal – </div><div class="news-body" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Pakistani Cricketer (Sept. 1993) </div><div class="news-body">It would have been unthinkable a few decades ago that a cricketer, whose career had been curtailed on the charges of backstabbing on gamesmanship, be awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire. A bowler of intimidatory repute, who could never break away from his 'Bodyline' links, from a vital part of the darkest episode in the history of the game. Lithe and hollow-cheeked Larwood with a medium height never gave the looks of a fast bowler at first sight when he entered big-time cricket in 1925. But it was his perfectly-balanced run-up that gave him accuracy of the highest degree in his bowling. Despite the fact that his accuracy and perfectly copybook style enabled him to derive lethal pace, it was not until he became the effective instrument of Douglas Jardine's Bodyline ploy that success came to him. Earlier, his only major success had also been in Australia, when accompanying A.P.F. Chapman's side of 1928-29, he had match figures of 8-62 and remarkable contributions of 70 and 37 with the bat in the first Test at Brisbane. On the much talked-about 1932-33 tour Down Under he shared the ball with 'Gubby' Allen and Bill Voce. Larwood's short and fast ball coupled with occasional yorkers became so devastating that even a batsman of Don Bradman's calibre failed to maintain his average. But then all this had been made possible only due to the negative tactics of Jardine which Larwood effectively employed. Larwood took 33 wickets in five Tests at 19.51 apiece and in the last match at Sydney hammered his career-best (98) as nightwatchman but, by the end of the series, irreparable damage had been done to the game. So much so that the diplomatic rela- tions between the two countries had come to the breaking point and it also put an end to his career. Many English experts still maintain his ouster from Test cricket has more to do with an in- jury on his left foot than the bitterness of the Australian tour. It might be unwise to repeat his side of the story after 60 years but one wonders success in the Bodyline remains the only 'high' point in Larwood's career. His 33 wickets form nearly 40% of his tally in Test matches. Has he been honored for this reason only? Has English cricket really run short of its cricketing immortals or are they on their way to set new traditions? Who comes next on the list...Mike Gatting or the vaseline hero John Lever? No question, England and Australia had always remained torch bearers of cricket's great traditions but, unfortunately, players from the two sides also remain the planners of all the shameful moves in the history of the game. </div><div class="news-body">Career Highlights: Name: Harold Larwood Tests: 21 Wickets: 78 (avg. 28.35) Best Bowling: 6-32 v Australia, Brisbane, 1928-29. Highest Score: 98 v Australia, Sydney, 1932-33. Career Wickets: 1427 (avg. 17.51) Best Career Bowling: 9-41 Notts v Kent, Trent Bridge, 1931. Best Career Score: 102* Notts v Sussex, Trent Bridge, 1931. </div><div class="news-body"><br />
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</div></div>Muhammad Aamir Uppalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07999429079234814657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825296935380091375.post-39606142160386782972012-04-05T13:29:00.001-07:002012-04-05T13:29:04.007-07:00The Bookmark Book Club: Beefy Images of Mohtarma - Newsweek insults Pakist...<a href="http://bookmarkbookclub.blogspot.com/2012/04/beefy-images-of-mohtarma-newsweek.html?spref=bl">The Bookmark Book Club: Beefy Images of Mohtarma - Newsweek insults Pakist...</a>: It is sheer ignorance that Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah was portrayed in a recent Newsweek dated 30 March 2012 showing her beefy muscles. In an is...Muhammad Aamir Uppalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07999429079234814657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825296935380091375.post-56623808463435571442012-03-29T06:01:00.000-07:002012-05-06T01:39:40.168-07:00Why Obama Must Scorn Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Election times are just round the corner. Obama's wild Cards has always been Osama and this time he chose Afghanistan to start his election campaign. In the v hours when every when was asleep in the neighborhood, Obama sneaked his way to Afghanistan just as his seals had done so a year back. This is good for any supper power because their election maneuvering do not disturb political scenario in their own countries. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Unfortunately, the fate of so many people hinges on elections in the USA. It is </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Obama got caught on tape telling Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more room to negotiate on missile defense after getting through a November election, presumably expecting to win and not have to face voters again.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Obama's Republican rivals back home pounced, accusing him of secretive plotting and dealing over American national security. So one day later, with Medvedev at his side again, Obama tried some on-the-record candor and humor to put it all to rest.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">So its not the Hussain Haqani, Americans too go for personal gains subsiding the issues in election year/ </span><br />
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