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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but recent discussions and confidence-building measures may be a start toward lessened tensions. To be updated

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By Stoyles blog
May 12th 2009

sorry! Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

seem to have got a bit of a muddle with blog!! So you will have to look at pictures on one and read the text on the other one! Must be the heat!!! [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
May 8th 2009

Bad news/Good news Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

Dear All Just a quick blog to pass the news on that V.S.O. have descided to stop international volunteering in Pakistan until the political situation becomes more settled so we will be coming back a couple of months earleir than intended. We now plan to leave at the end of July ready to go back to work in Coventry in September. All volunteers are to leave by September. This is sad news for many reasons--we have never felt in danger in the area where we are placed and we our having some good success in our work which will now have [View Full Entry]

By Smith
May 2nd 2009

Departure-Grand Trunk Road Asia » Pakistan » Northern Areas

On a cool morning in July, we boarded a coaster bus for Chilas meandering on Grand Trunk Road and Karakoram High way. The GT road is full of decorated trucks, with varied articulate drawings showing their creativity on the move, like an advertising chain. On roads, there are no rules, except that the bigger has right of way. Some of the smaller pick-up trucks held up to 10 passengers in the rear with as many again on a rickety roof rack; I lost count of the passengers in the similarly overloaded trucks and buses. Another thing they all seemed to have [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
April 23rd 2009

Bits and Bobs Blog Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

Amristar

Bits and bobs blog! Lots of stuff happening here in hot and getting hotter Sydenwalla! Geoff and I had another visit to India! This time we walked!! Not all the way--- we are close to the Wagga border crossing. {Yes, the one where the trainee police academy was attacked!} so we took a taxi to the Pakistani side {there was little evidence of the previous trouble and I had made lots of phone call and enquires to make sure things were OK now!} and we walked across to India! The Pakistani side was very modern and posh but lacked electricity and [View Full Entry]

By shauntwilliams
April 20th 2009

Stage 5: Pakistan - China Asia » Pakistan

Sufi Preacher, Lahore

Pakistan Well my journey through Pakistan into China begins. I went into Pakistan with a very Western idea that it was highly dangerous and that avoiding it at all costs would be best. However yet again I was deceived by my own western ideals and media because what eventuated was a true adventure in every sense of the word. I think it wasnt just the media but every traveller/local I ever talked to tried to dissuade me from going with every excuse in the book. For my benefit I am lucky that I ignored all the warnings not just from individuals [View Full Entry]

By Mim
April 13th 2009

On the Road to Murree Asia » Pakistan » Islamabad

Pakistani Painted Truck

Adventures on the Road to Murree from Islamabad! So, the steep, narrow, curvy, and perilous mountain road leading up from Islamabad to the cool mountain-top town of Murree is, well, steep, narrow, and perilous. The road to Murree is also filled with large commercial trucks that are rolling folk art, wonderfully painted, and dazzlingly decorated. They are also often old and tired. Metal chains dangle and clang as the trucks struggle and strain to go up hills. If you are behind one of them, the people in your rear-view window become increasingly agitated if you don't pass them. T [View Full Entry]

By Mohsin Ali
March 1st 2009

Pasni Roadtrip Asia » Pakistan » Balochistan

The blue bottle

What a trip! One of those vacations that hit you right out of the blue. So it's a Saturday night, I idle it away watching a movie (The White Chicks if you must know) and I get a call at 11 pm from a friend telling me about the roadtrip planned for the next day. So I leave home to spend the night at the AKU male hostel with the boys. And I didnt get a second of sleep that night. We leave AKU 7 30 am on the 22nd of Feb , a party of 8 strong to be joined [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
February 27th 2009

school 2 Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

our office

School blog 2 As I write this I think you are all looking forward to half term, what ever the weather!! The holidays here do not seem to be so well defined---some depend on the phases of the moon and others on the decision of the government or who ever runs the school. Any how it means that sometimes Geoff and I are surprised to realise that there is no school today! The weather also plays a part in if school happens or not---rain is a problem, even just a little, as the ‘roads’ turn to mud very quickly, the class [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
January 27th 2009

Winter Wedding Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

decorated house

Winter wedding blog. Winter is the wedding season here is the Punjab—probably because of the cooler weather and we have been involved one way or another in a number of village weddings. We have attended the Mhendi ceremony at one wedding and observed others from the roof of the High School . The Mhendi ceremony was great fun and took place on 23rd December. We were collected from our room by a group of giggling girls from school looking very grown up and pretty in their sparkly outfits and taken down into the village. It was pitch black as the power [View Full Entry]

By Stoyles blog
January 11th 2009

Work blog Asia » Pakistan » Punjab

Local boys school

Work Blog Been looking at the blog entries and realised that I haven’t really said much about why we are actually here i.e. WORK! I will try and describe a typical day but they are always different which is a good thing really!! Our ‘office’ is a few moments walk away situated on the roof of the Girls High School. The High School is in the largest building in the village and it used to be a very grand house belonging to a Sikh family. It is built around a court yard and could be beautiful with some good painting and [View Full Entry]

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