Comments on: The Plight of Farmers http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/the_plight_of_farmers.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:07:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nikolai http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/the_plight_of_farmers.html/comment-page-1#comment-156308 Nikolai Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:41:55 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3905#comment-156308 Thank you for posting this. These movements are great but I wish they could be reinforced by the press. About Okara (this is from six months ago but interesting): http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=149139 Thank you for posting this. These movements are great but I wish they could be reinforced by the press.
About Okara (this is from six months ago but interesting): http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=149139

]]> By: omar ali http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/the_plight_of_farmers.html/comment-page-1#comment-156262 omar ali Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:13:18 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3905#comment-156262 Some people were killed there (Okara Military farms) yesterday by goons of a pro-govt feudal. That news item should be in the papers today. The AMT (the tenants organization) blocked the main GT road after that and the police has promised to "arrest the culprits". Meanwhile, 3 women working for an NGO have been killed in Mansehra. It seems that district is the next target. It was always a major center of jihadi training (several "kashmiri" groups had camps there). I am beginning to think the army will "succumb" to the jihadis sooner than we thought... Some people were killed there (Okara Military farms) yesterday by goons of a pro-govt feudal. That news item should be in the papers today. The AMT (the tenants organization) blocked the main GT road after that and the police has promised to “arrest the culprits”.
Meanwhile, 3 women working for an NGO have been killed in Mansehra. It seems that district is the next target. It was always a major center of jihadi training (several “kashmiri” groups had camps there). I am beginning to think the army will “succumb” to the jihadis sooner than we thought…

]]> By: Yes man http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/the_plight_of_farmers.html/comment-page-1#comment-156261 Yes man Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:45:34 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3905#comment-156261 give them guns, and have them kill the feudal lords give them guns, and have them kill the feudal lords

]]> By: Qalandar http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/noted/the_plight_of_farmers.html/comment-page-1#comment-156260 Qalandar Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:06:15 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/?p=3905#comment-156260 Thanks for posting sepoy. In this context I am reminded of Hoodbhoy raising the Okara issue and bringing it to light a few years ago (certainly I had never heard of it prior to him talking about it). To the extent one speaks of "saving" Pakistan, or any other -stan, it is these sorts of justice movements that hold out any promise, not foreign aid or peace deals with the sorts of thugs that can only shrink the space for such movements (the last one is a particularly intractable problem, as that space is hardly helped by military/police action either. But I am skeptical that an utterly force-free option can work against certain sorts of political actors): http://www.chowk.com/articles/5398 http://www.chowk.com/articles/terror-in-okara-Pervez-Hoodbhoy.htm Does anyone know of follow-ups from the frontlines in Okara? Thanks for posting sepoy. In this context I am reminded of Hoodbhoy raising the Okara issue and bringing it to light a few years ago (certainly I had never heard of it prior to him talking about it). To the extent one speaks of “saving” Pakistan, or any other -stan, it is these sorts of justice movements that hold out any promise, not foreign aid or peace deals with the sorts of thugs that can only shrink the space for such movements (the last one is a particularly intractable problem, as that space is hardly helped by military/police action either. But I am skeptical that an utterly force-free option can work against certain sorts of political actors):

http://www.chowk.com/articles/5398

http://www.chowk.com/articles/terror-in-okara-Pervez-Hoodbhoy.htm

Does anyone know of follow-ups from the frontlines in Okara?

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