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	<title>Comments on: What does Iran&#8217;s border closing mean for Pakistan?</title>
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		<title>By: Naved Haider</title>
		<link>https://forum.dawn.com/2009/06/01/what-does-irans-border-closing-mean-for-pakistan/comment-page-7/#comment-7747</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naved Haider]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahan,

Like any other country in the world, Iran&#039;s internal problems is a reality. But an other reality is that most of the time despite their problems, our beloved country is asking for Iran&#039;s help. In the near past, after Saudis gave cold shoulder for Pakistan&#039;s request of extended credit limit for oil purchase, Pakistan had to request the isolated Iran for that and they helped us in this regard. Apart from it, Pakistan has recetly singed a gas pipeline project with Iran. 
My friend accept the fact that we need to have good relation with Iran for our own interest. And an otber fact is that extremist religiour organization are trying to export terrorism to our neighbouring countries and that has to be stopped without anymore delay.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ahan,</p>
<p>Like any other country in the world, Iran&#8217;s internal problems is a reality. But an other reality is that most of the time despite their problems, our beloved country is asking for Iran&#8217;s help. In the near past, after Saudis gave cold shoulder for Pakistan&#8217;s request of extended credit limit for oil purchase, Pakistan had to request the isolated Iran for that and they helped us in this regard. Apart from it, Pakistan has recetly singed a gas pipeline project with Iran.<br />
My friend accept the fact that we need to have good relation with Iran for our own interest. And an otber fact is that extremist religiour organization are trying to export terrorism to our neighbouring countries and that has to be stopped without anymore delay.</p>
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		<title>By: abdul</title>
		<link>https://forum.dawn.com/2009/06/01/what-does-irans-border-closing-mean-for-pakistan/comment-page-7/#comment-7729</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[abdul]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Dr.Rahman from Germany

No body talks about one thing: I feel Muslims needs a massive reform. Most Muslims are living in a strange world. Their views on tolerance are backward. People and writers should be allowed to write critical books on Islam.....

Who will bell the cat? Don&#039;t you remember Salman Rushdie or Tasleema Nasreen..well they tried but failed and they are in run for their lives..]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Dr.Rahman from Germany</p>
<p>No body talks about one thing: I feel Muslims needs a massive reform. Most Muslims are living in a strange world. Their views on tolerance are backward. People and writers should be allowed to write critical books on Islam&#8230;..</p>
<p>Who will bell the cat? Don&#8217;t you remember Salman Rushdie or Tasleema Nasreen..well they tried but failed and they are in run for their lives..</p>
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		<title>By: Ahsan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahsan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran has a tonne of domestic problems as well, we saw an example in the recent elections for that. I think they should solve these issues like the Baloch movement instead of blaming Pakistan for it and closing borders. Right now we all know that Iran is a lot more isolated than Pakistan. It is a country that has been sanctioned to its eyeballs at this point, it is a fact that their GDP couldnt grow as much as it should have despite the hefty oil prices in the recent past.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iran has a tonne of domestic problems as well, we saw an example in the recent elections for that. I think they should solve these issues like the Baloch movement instead of blaming Pakistan for it and closing borders. Right now we all know that Iran is a lot more isolated than Pakistan. It is a country that has been sanctioned to its eyeballs at this point, it is a fact that their GDP couldnt grow as much as it should have despite the hefty oil prices in the recent past.</p>
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		<title>By: Mohammed Hassanali</title>
		<link>https://forum.dawn.com/2009/06/01/what-does-irans-border-closing-mean-for-pakistan/comment-page-6/#comment-7593</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Hassanali]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To Mr. Israr,

I am pleasently and yet extremely surprised that only such thing can happen but that it is actually happening. If you do read these lines, can you please tell me where exactly is that actually happening?
I&#039;ll be waiting for your answer anxiously. 
Thankyou in advance]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Mr. Israr,</p>
<p>I am pleasently and yet extremely surprised that only such thing can happen but that it is actually happening. If you do read these lines, can you please tell me where exactly is that actually happening?<br />
I&#8217;ll be waiting for your answer anxiously.<br />
Thankyou in advance</p>
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		<title>By: Dr. Rahman Memon, Germany</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Rahman Memon, Germany]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No body talks about one thing: I feel Muslims needs a massive reform. Most Muslims are living in a strange world. Their views on tolerance are backward. People and writers should be allowed to write critical books on Islam.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No body talks about one thing: I feel Muslims needs a massive reform. Most Muslims are living in a strange world. Their views on tolerance are backward. People and writers should be allowed to write critical books on Islam.</p>
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		<title>By: umer mughal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[umer mughal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[who says Iran is a friend of pakistan ?? you know there is no permanent friends but permanent interests.
we have no foreign policy no strategic policy ,no planning , no governance. so dont care about that who close its border?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>who says Iran is a friend of pakistan ?? you know there is no permanent friends but permanent interests.<br />
we have no foreign policy no strategic policy ,no planning , no governance. so dont care about that who close its border?</p>
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		<title>By: humza</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[humza]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[its their border and its upto them if they close it or not, look inside pakistan not at the borders of pakistan. 

just pray for everyone&#039;s safety and be humble towards your neighbours and relatives because if we feel secure from our people we will do it fine, not like current situation, we fell insecure from each other. we are scared of our own people. 

look at muslims in this era! they have firqaas and communities now, and we find muslims who had totally different concetps than each other, not only muslims but every religion had this effect.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>its their border and its upto them if they close it or not, look inside pakistan not at the borders of pakistan. </p>
<p>just pray for everyone&#8217;s safety and be humble towards your neighbours and relatives because if we feel secure from our people we will do it fine, not like current situation, we fell insecure from each other. we are scared of our own people. </p>
<p>look at muslims in this era! they have firqaas and communities now, and we find muslims who had totally different concetps than each other, not only muslims but every religion had this effect.</p>
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		<title>By: Israr</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Israr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took me some time to read most of the responses. Well realistically and without over reacting to the incident, every country has a right to take appropriate actions within their own borders that suit their best intreats. As most of the participants seems to me as either Shias or Sunnis, so please keep reading this. 
Some time back in one Mosque during Friday sermon, Imam who turned out to be from the other sect than the followers among the gathering revealed that the religious leaders of both sides i.e sunnis and shias  in that particular region, have decided that since both the sects have so much in common mainly, the same God, the same Book, the same Kibla, the same Nabi, the same Ramadan that provides us enough ground to shun our what ever differences. It has been decided to offer the prayers in congregations  in any mosques regardless of the sectarian differences. I was pleasantly surprised to see that soon after the sermon, the same Shia Imam lead the Friday prayers in a  predominantly Sunni mosque and no one out of over 600 devotes raised any objection or question. Even though this has happened among muslins living as minority in that region, can this idea be promoted among other Muslim countries.  Any takers ?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I took me some time to read most of the responses. Well realistically and without over reacting to the incident, every country has a right to take appropriate actions within their own borders that suit their best intreats. As most of the participants seems to me as either Shias or Sunnis, so please keep reading this.<br />
Some time back in one Mosque during Friday sermon, Imam who turned out to be from the other sect than the followers among the gathering revealed that the religious leaders of both sides i.e sunnis and shias  in that particular region, have decided that since both the sects have so much in common mainly, the same God, the same Book, the same Kibla, the same Nabi, the same Ramadan that provides us enough ground to shun our what ever differences. It has been decided to offer the prayers in congregations  in any mosques regardless of the sectarian differences. I was pleasantly surprised to see that soon after the sermon, the same Shia Imam lead the Friday prayers in a  predominantly Sunni mosque and no one out of over 600 devotes raised any objection or question. Even though this has happened among muslins living as minority in that region, can this idea be promoted among other Muslim countries.  Any takers ?</p>
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		<title>By: Mohammed Hassanali - Paris</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Hassanali - Paris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has been an isolatd country for quite some time, but even in those tough periods, as has been mentioned by lots of people in their comments here, China and Iran were like a window of fresh air.
But what has Pakistan been upto since all these years and specially after the 11/09/2001 incident? Although on the face, they joined hands with the US in their so called fight against terror, but in reality, there have been lots of kidnappings and/or killings of the foreign nationals working on different projects in Pakistan namely the 11 French engineers and techniciens who were killed in a bomb blast in Karachi. There have been lots of Chinese engineers and other technical staff who regularly gets kidnapped  for ransom and some of them have been killed as well.  Who&#039;s responsibility?
And now the Zahedan incident. Let&#039;s hope that the perpetrators of this heinous crime have not found shelter in Pakistan as has been claimed by Irani authorities.
Pakistan really needs to take concrete steps to get rid of these ills which have turned into malignant cancer for the nation or else,God forbid, if we lose friends like Iran and China, then Pakistan will be in serious trouble.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pakistan has been an isolatd country for quite some time, but even in those tough periods, as has been mentioned by lots of people in their comments here, China and Iran were like a window of fresh air.<br />
But what has Pakistan been upto since all these years and specially after the 11/09/2001 incident? Although on the face, they joined hands with the US in their so called fight against terror, but in reality, there have been lots of kidnappings and/or killings of the foreign nationals working on different projects in Pakistan namely the 11 French engineers and techniciens who were killed in a bomb blast in Karachi. There have been lots of Chinese engineers and other technical staff who regularly gets kidnapped  for ransom and some of them have been killed as well.  Who&#8217;s responsibility?<br />
And now the Zahedan incident. Let&#8217;s hope that the perpetrators of this heinous crime have not found shelter in Pakistan as has been claimed by Irani authorities.<br />
Pakistan really needs to take concrete steps to get rid of these ills which have turned into malignant cancer for the nation or else,God forbid, if we lose friends like Iran and China, then Pakistan will be in serious trouble.</p>
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		<title>By: AB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[not good for Pakistan]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not good for Pakistan</p>
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