India Leads the World in Racism
43.5% of Indians, the highest percentage in the world, say they do not want to have a neighbor of a different race, according to a Washington Post report based on World's Values Survey.
About Pakistan, the report says that "although the country has…
Added by Riaz Haq on May 16, 2013 at 10:33pm — 2 Comments
World Health Study Shows Pakistan Doing Better Than India
Pakistan Should Hope For the Best and Prepare For the Worst With India
Deadly skirmishes started between Indian and Pakistani forces along LoC in the disputed territory of Kashmir in early January 2013, barely weeks after Pakistan Army doctrine acknowledged domestic militancy as the biggest threat to national security.…
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Pakistanis 1965 Push to "the Gates of Delhi"?
"...a major battle the
west of the Beas would end in the destruction of the Indian Army and
thereafter allow the enemy (Pakistani) forces to push to the gates of
Delhi without much resistance." 1965 WAR-The Inside Story by R.D. Pradhan
As Pakistanis honor the memory of their 1965 war heroes on Defense of Pakistan Day today, let us review some snippets of how the war looked from the…
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Reinventing the Toilet to End Open Defecation in South Asia
A team headed by Professor Sohail Khan, a British Pakistani researcher at Loughborough
University, won $60,000 second place prize for developing a
toilet that converts human waste into biological charcoal, which
can be burned, and clean water. The prize was announced on August 14, Pakistan's…
Added by Riaz Haq on August 18, 2012 at 9:00am — 2 Comments
Pakistan Opens Indian Visitors' Eyes
Several prominent Indian journalists and writers have visited Pakistan in recent years for the first time in their lives. I am sharing with my readers selected excerpts of the reports from Mahanth Joishy (USIndiaMonitor.com), Panakaj Mishra (Bloomberg), Hindol Sengupta (The Hindu), Madhulika Sikka (NPR) and Yoginder Sikand (Countercurrents) of what they saw and how they felt in the neighbor's home. My hope is that their stories will help foster close ties between the two estranged South…
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Educational Attainment in South Asia
As of 2010, there are 380 out of every 1000 Pakistanis age 15 and above who have never had any formal schooling. Of the remaining 620 who enrolled in school, 22 dropped out before finishing primary school, and the remaining 598 completed it. There are 401 out of every 1000 Pakistanis who made it to secondary school. 290 completed secondary school while 111 dropped out. Only 55 made it to college out of which 39 graduated with a degree.…
Added by Riaz Haq on May 29, 2012 at 10:00pm — 15 Comments
Expensive Fuel Hits Power Sector in India & Pakistan
Lack of affordable fuel has forced many power producers in Pakistan to operate at a fraction of their installed capacity since 2008. It has led to widespread load-shedding in the country, seriously hurting its economy. Similar situation now appears to be developing in India as well, although it's not quite as serious as Pakistan's current crisis yet. Current costs of various fuel options vary from $4 per mmBTU for coal to $20 per mmBTU for oil. Recently, the US prices of natural gas have…
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India and Pakistan Environment Among the Most Polluted in the World
With a score of just 3.73 out of 100, India ranks as the worst country for the ill effects of toxic air pollution on human health among 132 nations, according to a report presented at the World Economic Forum 2012. India's neighbors also score poorly for toxic…
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Indian Students Score at Bottom on PISA & TIMSS International Rankings
Indian students rank near the bottom on PISA, a global test of learning standards conducted in 74 nations this year. TIMSS, another standardized international test, produced similar results earlier in 2003.
This is the first time that Indian students participated in PISA. Students from Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu took the…
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Does Mr. Zardari Want to Replay the Events of 1971 in Pakistan?
Pakistani-American Mansoor Ijaz's confidential memo to retired US Admiral Mike Mullen on behalf of former Ambassador Hussain Haqqani makes a reference to the 1971 war where it says "this is a 1971 moment in Pakistan’s history". What does it really mean? Does it mean there is another India-Pakistan war in the offing? Or an expansion of US Afghan war into Pakistan? Or further splintering of…
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Shining India Story Unravels as BRIC Man O'Neill Expresses Disappointment
For at least two years in a row, BRIC has, in the words of SGS's Albert Edwards, stood for Bloody Ridiculous Investment Concept, not an acronym for populous emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China as Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill saw it ten years ago.
In fact, O'Neill has himself expressed disappointment in India, one of the BRICs, a designation that has boosted…
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US Responsible For Nuclear Proliferation to India
The story of how India acquired nuclear weapons gets almost no attention in the Western media as they continue to focus on nuclear proliferation by Pakistan's AQ Khan.
The nuclear proliferation narrative in the mainstream American and European media begins with A.Q. Khan's network rather than the actors in North America and Europe as the original proliferators of nuclear weapons equipment, materials and technology to India in 1960s and 1970s. These nuclear exports from US to India…
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India Lags Sub-Saharan Africa in Public Hygiene
Fewer Pakistanis Than Indians Drop Out of Schools and Colleges
Pakistanis spend more time in schools and colleges and graduate at a higher rate than their Indian counterparts in 15+ age group, according to a report on educational achievement by Harvard University researchers Robert Barro and Jong-Wha Lee.
In a recent Op Ed titled "Preparing the Population for a Modern Economy" published by Pakistan's Express…
Added by Riaz Haq on August 23, 2011 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments
Powerful Oligarchs of South Asia
Added by Riaz Haq on August 6, 2011 at 9:00am — 2 Comments
Rise of Oligarchy in India and Pakistan
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Pakistan Ahead of India in Innovation Efficiency
World Bank Finds Indians Poorer Than Pakistanis
Gallup Poll: Resilient Pakistan Happier Than India and China
Added by Riaz Haq on April 24, 2011 at 9:17am — 3 Comments
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A recent Express Tribune newspaper headline screamed: "Over 27 million children out of school" It included the following graphic that looks even more scary:…
Posted by Riaz Haq on May 22, 2013 at 8:42am
General Suharto stepped down 15 years ago tomorrow. Here's an excerpt of today's New York Times story on the Indonesian strongman's legacy:
"Mr. Suharto’s spirit continues to loom over modern-day Indonesia. He brought the country back from the brink of political, social and economic…
Posted by Riaz Haq on May 20, 2013 at 10:00pm
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