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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45149)	12/8/2003 1:26:15 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Ike, Are you familiar with the CIA's "Mighty Wurlitzer"? Do you recall with favor the role that someone similar to you, Bagram Sharogh, played in furthering Britain's propaganda program in Iran in a vicious and deceitful campaign to bring democracy to an end in that country in 1953? Are you working for Mossad or the CIA? Curious minds want to know. Your posts do not ring true. You seem to be some sort of a hired agent of tyranny. Have I misunderstood your terms of employment as a propaganda agent here at SI?

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45149)	12/8/2003 6:42:59 AM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 50167

Muushy said tycoon Bill Gates wanted to invest in Pakistani IT and wanted to visit the country to see what opportunities there were. “He has spoken to me in this regard. I will invite him to Pakistan and will suggest he establish one of his centres in FC College,” he said. Hard to think of Bill as "threatening" ....that would be very nice for Pakistan . And access at least to PC's with Encarta . <g> ;)

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45149)	12/8/2003 4:23:32 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

How Pakistan returned Christian college after 3 decades, it was because of ex-student Pervez Mush, ''a known CIA agent'' for the leftists but a friend of humanity since 911, these are unreported benefits of Bush doctrine. May God bless Bush with best of rewards and massive re-election win he has helped suppressed Christian minorities in my country. <<Thirty years after it was nationalized by Pakistan's Islamic government, the historic Forman Christian College in Lahore is being returned to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and its partner churches in Pakistan, ASSIST News Service learned Tuesday, March 19. The Presbyterian News Service (PNS) quoted Worldwide Ministries Division (WMD) as saying that the return of the college to the church this spring - by an agreement with the government, was "a miracle." "It's hard to over-estimate how important the recovery of Forman Christian College is to the Christian community in Pakistan - this is almost a survival issue for them. Having Forman back makes them positive players in Pakistan, rather than a tiny minority that's been pushed to the side," said Rev. Will Browne, WMD's associate director for ecumenical partnerships, in an interview with PNS. Big Boost for Christian Community Church analysts say the return of Forman Christian College, which was nationalized in 1972, is a big boost for the small and often persecuted Christian community in Pakistan, where more than 95 percent of the 140 million citizens are believed to be Muslim. The news comes after Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf launched a manhunt to find those responsible for a grenade attack against the International Protestant Church in the capital Islamabad Sunday March 17 in which 5 were killed and 45 others wounded. Islamic Militants Banned In addition, Musharraf, has cracked down on Islamic militants in Pakistan, banning several Islamic extremist groups and arresting more than 2,000 members of outlawed organizations late last year, Ecumenical News International (ENI) said. President Musharraf, who is himself a Forman Christian College graduate, is expected to attend the formal ceremony to mark the college's return to the church on October 5, PNS reported. The Presbyterian Church (USA) as well as the Church of Pakistan and the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan have sought the return of the college and a dozen other church schools in the country since they were nationalized in 1972. Heart of Community Their efforts have intensified in the past eight years, under the leadership of S. David Stoner. "Thirty years ago, when Forman was taken away, the Christians in Pakistan felt like the heart of their community had been ripped out," Stoner told the PNS. "What status they had in the community depended on Forman and the other schools, not to mention their (provision) of employment for Christians," he added. Source: Stefan J. Bos, Special Correspondent (ASSIST News Service) biblenetworknews.com;

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (45149)	12/10/2003 3:50:55 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

Ike, I am able to understand President Musharraf's approach. He probaly learnt it from Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Heres an excerpt, with a link for those interested : "...Born on December 25, 1876, in a prominent mercantile family in Karachi and educated at the Sindh Madrassat-ul-Islam and the Christian Mission School at his birth place,Jinnah joined the Lincoln's Inn in 1893 to become the youngest Indian to be called to the Bar, three years later. Starting out in the legal profession with nothing to fall back upon except his native ability and determination, young Jinnah rose to prominence and became Bombay's most successful lawyer, as few did, within a few years. Once he was firmly established in the legal profession, Jinnah formally entered politics in 1905 from the platform of the Indian National Congress. He went to England in that year alongwith Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866-1915), as a member of a Congress delegation to plead the cause of Indian self-governemnt during the British elections. A year later, he served as Secretary to Dadabhai Noaroji(1825-1917), the then Indian National Congress President, which was considered a great honour for a budding politician. Here, at the Calcutta Congress session (December 1906), he also made his first political speech in support of the resolution on self-government....." more details at : webs.com.pk