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Weekly Analysis May 4 2017
1 Global Issues 23 Fareed Zakaria GPS by CNN 42 Solved FPSC Assistant Director
2 EU: History, Objectives And Host: Fareed Zakaria Federal Government Organization
Structure 27 News Stream by CNN Host: (Intelligence Bureau) Paper 2015
5 History and Dynamics of US- Krsitie Lu Stout 43 FPSC Inspector ASF (Airport
Saudi Relations Security Force) Paper 2015)
28 Research Articles for CSS
8 Pakistan’s External Affairs Essay Topics 45 BOOK REVIEWS
28.Social Media: An Introduction
8 Exclusive: CPEC Master Plan 45 I. The New Arab Wars:
29 Book: How World Changed the
Revealed Social Media Uprisings and Anarchy in the
14 How Pakistan has received a (Chapter wise Summary of the Middle East
boost from the Belt and Road Whole Book) 46 II. Responding to China’s
Forum summit 32 Debates: Are Social Networking Rise: U.S. and EU Strategies
Sites Good for Our Society?
15 Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs 32 Proponents 47 Urdu Reports & Transcripts of
15 Transcript of Ehsanullah Ehsan’s 34 Opponents Programs
Confession 36 Additional Arguments for & Agains 47, 48, 49 Apas ki Baat by Najam
16 Transcript of RAW Agent Socail Media Sethi
Kulbhushan’s Confessional 49 Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada kay
Statement 45 Solved Pas Papers Saath
17 Weekly Current Affairs 38 Solved MCQs of CSS 51 Interview: Pervez Hoodbhoy on
MCQs Compulsory Papers 2014 Extremism
40 PMS General Knowledge 58 BBC’s Sairbeen
18 Transcripts of Talk Shows Paper 2012
18 Connect the World by CNN Host
Becky Anderson
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Global Issues
EU: HISTORY, OBJECTIVES AND
STRUCTURE.
for remedying their balance of payment executes the decisions of the Council. In
EU: History, objectives and disequilibria. case any member country or individual
structure. 7. The creation of European social fund renege upon its responsibilities, the
The EU traces its origins from the for improving the possibilities of Commission can take the matter to the
European Coal and Steel Community employment for the workers and for European Court of Justice.
(ECSC) and the European Economic ensuring a rise in their standard of
Community (EEC), formed
by the Inner Six (Belgium,
France, Germany, Italy,
Luxembourg, and the
Netherlands)countries in
1951 and 1958,
respectively. Next the
treaty of Rome of 1957
created the European
Community made up of the
inner six countries. The
decades following many
new members joined them
while at the same time
integration of economic,
cultural, judicial and so
forth would then deepen
the relationships distinct
European entity. The
Maastricht Treaty
established the European
Union in 1993 and
introduced European
citizenship.
Pakistan’s
Weekly External
Current Affairs
Affairs MCQs Weekly Analysis May 4th 2017
months, suspended the sale of precision-guided missiles to In that meeting and during a follow-up meeting three weeks
Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration has moved to later, the Saudis proposed a broad elevation of the US-Saudi
reverse this, prompting lawmakers to press for relationship and proposed various projects to increase security
congressional scrutiny of the Saudi campaign. U.S. cooperation, economic cooperation and investment, White House
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, visiting the kingdom in officials said. The Trump team gave the Saudis a list of Trump
April 2017, offered his support for the war as a way of priorities, calling on the kingdom to step up actions to combat
pushing back against Iran. radical Islamic extremism, intensify the fight against the militant
Analysts view the shift in the kingdom's foreign Islamic State group and share the burden of regional security.
policy as a reflection of the growing power of a new In recent weeks, the Trump administration has tasked various
generation of princes and technocrats, solidified in the government agencies to develop a series of announcements
April 2015 appointment of Mohammed bin Nayef as Trump will make this weekend. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
crown prince and Prince Mohammed bin Salman as is now heavily involved. One main objective is to put forth a
second in line to the throne and defense minister. Still, framework and basic principles for a unified Sunni coalition of
analysts say both men will likely maintain close ties to the countries, which would set the stage for a more formal Nato-like
United States and share Washington's core security organisational structure down the line.
concerns, especially in confronting al-Qaeda and the self- “We all have the same enemy and we all want the same thing,”
proclaimed Islamic State, which has attacked both Sunni the official said. “What this trip hopefully will do is just change
and Shia mosques in the kingdom. the environment.”
Business Opportunities The idea of an “Arab Nato” has been bandied about for years —
Common economic, security, and geopolitical interests and has always had strong Saudi support — but until now was
are likely to maintain strong ties between the countries never openly endorsed by the US government. Officials said the
for the foreseeable future. Saudi government officials and concept fits three major tenants of Trump’s “America First”
businessmen, both royals and commoners, have deep ties foreign-policy frame: asserting more American leadership in the
to the United States. Saudi ministers, including those of region, shifting the financial burden of security to allies and
finance and petroleum, have degrees
from U.S. universities. Fahad al-
Mubarak, the central bank governor
who controls over $700 billion in
reserves, mostly in U.S. Treasuries,
was previously chairman of Morgan
Stanley's unit in Saudi Arabia. Prince
Alwaleed bin Talal, the kingdom's
most famous billionaire investor,
owns stakes in Citigroup and Twitter.
These ties, along with the large
number of wealthy families in Saudi
Arabia, have long made the country a
source of investments in U.S.
companies. No international
fundraising "road show" for private
equity firms or hedge funds is
complete without a stop in Riyadh, or
at least without the bankers who
manage money for Saudis in Dubai.
As the kingdom's economy expanded over the past providing for US jobs at home (through the massive arms sales).
decade and its stock market opened to investors in 2015, The president is looking for an answer to the question of how
many U.S. and European banks are expanding operations the United States can eventually hand over security
in Saudi Arabia. Bank of America has been preparing for responsibility in the region to the countries that are there,
the Saudi market opening for years, and Morgan Stanley officials said.
and Credit Suisse have shifted staff from Dubai to Riyadh. Reports from the region about early discussions of the project
said that in addition to Saudi Arabia, initial participants in the
Trump’s vision for ‘Arab Nato’ in Saudi Arabia coalition would include the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and
WHEN President Donald Trump arrives in Riyadh this Jordan, with the United States playing an organising and
week, he will lay out his vision for a new regional security support role while staying outside the alliance.
architecture White House officials call an “Arab Nato” to The White House admits that many of the details of how the
guide the fight against terrorism and push back against Iran. new alliance will operate remain to be worked out. The countries
As a cornerstone of the plan, Trump will also announce one of of the region harbour deep historical grievances and don’t agree
the largest arms-sales deals in history. on key issues, including the way forward in Syria. A 2015 effort
Behind the scenes, the Trump administration and Saudi by Egypt to establish a pan-Arab fighting force collapsed due to
Arabia have been conducting extensive negotiations, led by squabbling among the countries involved.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Saudi Deputy “This is the sort of gesture many of America’s security partners
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The discussions began have been looking to get from the United States for many years,”
shortly after the presidential election, when Mohammed, said Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center of American
known in Washington as “MBS”, sent a delegation to meet Progress. “The value of any such a pact would depend on the
with Kushner and other Trump officials at Trump Tower. results it produces — whether it achieves greater stability, helps
After years of disillusionment with the Obama resolve conflicts like Yemen and Syria, and achieves progress in
administration, the Saudi leadership was eager to do the fight against terrorist groups across the region.”
business. “They were willing to make a bet on Trump and on The most concrete part of the idea is a mammoth US arms
America,” a senior White House official said. package for Saudi Arabia that Trump will also announce in
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Riyadh. Final details are still being worked out, but officials in the Gulf more effective,” said Anthony Cordesman of the
said the package will include between $98 billion and $128bn Center for Strategic and International Studies. “From the US
in arms sales. Over 10 years, total sales could reach $350bn. perspective, the stronger the Saudi deterrent is, the lower the risk
The sales include huge upgrades for the Saudi army and of any military confrontation with Iran.”
navy to include Littoral Combat Ships, THAAD missile The pending announcements of the new security framework
defence systems, armoured personnel carriers, missiles, and the huge arms deal are evidence that the Saudi courtship of
bombs and munitions, officials said. Some of the production the Trump White House has been successful beyond expectations.
and assembly could be located in Saudi Arabia, boosting Whether it results in real stability in the region, real progress
MBS’s project to build a Saudi domestic defence industrial against terrorism or real deterrence against Iran depends on
capability. But most of the items would be built by American what happens after Trump’s overseas trip is over. (Source:
defence contractors. Council on Foreign Relations)
“The US has sought for a long time to get the Saudis to do
more to focus on its navy, to modernise and make the forces
and two axes and five functional zones”, where the belt is “the The government of China will “actively strive to utilize the
strip area formed by important arterial traffic in China and national special funds as the discount interest for the loans of
Pakistan". agricultural foreign investment”. In the longer term the financial
Agriculture risk will be spread out, through “new types of financing such as
For agriculture, the plan outlines an engagement that runs consortium loans, joint private equity and joint debt issuance,
from one end of the supply chain all the way to the other. raise funds via multiple channels and decentralise financing
From provision of seeds and other inputs, like fertiliser, credit risks”.
and pesticides, Chinese enterprises will also operate their The plan proposes to harness the work of the Xinjiang
own farms, processing facilities for fruits and vegetables and Production and Construction Corps to bring mechanization as
grain. Logistics companies will operate a large storage and well as scientific technique in livestock breeding, development of
transportation system for agrarian produce. hybrid varieties and precision irrigation to Pakistan. It sees its
It identifies opportunities for entry by Chinese enterprises main opportunity as helping the Kashgar Prefecture, a territory
in the myriad dysfunctions that afflict Pakistan’s agriculture within the larger Xinjiang Autonomous Zone, which suffers from
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detail. Ten key areas for engagement are identified along production of agricultural materials.
with seventeen specific projects. They include the construction “China-invested enterprises will, in the form of joint ventures,
of one NPK fertilizer plant as a starting point “with an annual shareholding or acquisition, cooperate with local enterprises of
output of 800,000 tons”. Enterprises will be inducted to lease Pakistan to build a three-level warehousing system (purchase &
farm implements, like tractors, “efficient plant protection storage warehouse, transit warehouse and port warehouse)” it says
machinery, efficient energy saving pump equipment, about warehousing.
precision fertilization drip irrigation equipment” and One of the most intriguing chapters in the plan speaks of a long
planting and harvesting machinery. belt of coastal enjoyment industry that includes yacht wharfs, cruise
homeports, nightlife, city parks, public squares, theaters, golf
Meat processing plants in Sukkur are planned with annual
courses and spas, hot spring hotels and water sports.
output of 200,000 tons per year, and two demonstration
Then it talks about trade. “We will actively embark on cultivating
plants processing 200,000 tons of milk per year. In crops,
surrounding countries in order to improve import and export
demonstration projects of more than 6,500 acres will be set
potential of Pakistani agricultural products and accelerate the trade
up for high yield seeds and irrigation, mostly in Punjab. In of agricultural products. In the early stages, we will gradually
transport and storage, the plan aims to build “a nationwide create a favorable industry image and reputation for Pakistan
logistics network, and enlarge the warehousing and by relying on domestic demand.”
distribution network between major cities of Pakistan” with a
focus on grains, vegetables and fruits. Storage bases will be
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Pakistan’s External
DomesticAffairs
Affairs Weekly Analysis May 4th 2017
system will be transmitted to a command centre, but the plan Efforts will be made, says the plan, to furnish “free and low
says nothing about who will staff the command centre, what interest loans to Pakistan” once the costs of the corridor begin to
sort of signs they will look for, and who will provide the come in. But this is no free ride, it emphasizes. “Pakistan’s federal
response. and involved local governments should also bear part of the
“There is a plan to build a pilot safe city in Peshawar, which responsibility for financing through issuing sovereign guarantee
faces a fairly severe security situation in northwestern bonds, meanwhile protecting and improving the proportion and
Pakistan” the plan says, following which the program will be scale of the government funds invested in corridor construction
extended to major cities such as Islamabad, Lahore and in the financial budget.”
Karachi, hinting that the feeds will be shared eventually, and It asks for financial guarantees “to provide credit
perhaps even recorded. enhancement support for the financing of major infrastructure
Tourism and recreation projects, enhance the financing capacity, and protect the
One of the most intriguing chapters in the plan is the one interests of creditors.” Relying on the assessments of the IMF,
that talks about the development of a “coastal tourism” World Bank and the ADB, it notes that Pakistan’s economy
industry. It speaks of a long belt of coastal enjoyment cannot absorb FDI much above $2 billion per year without
industry that includes yacht wharfs, cruise homeports, giving rise to stresses in its economy. “It is recommended that
nightlife, city parks, public squares, theaters, golf courses and China’s maximum annual direct investment in Pakistan should
spas, hot spring hotels and water sports. The belt will run be around US$1 billion.” Likewise, it concludes that Pakistan’s
from Keti Bunder to Jiwani, the last habitation before the ceiling for preferential loans should be $1 billion, and for non
Iranian border. Then, somewhat disappointingly, it adds that preferential loans no more than $1.5 billion per year.
“more work needs to be done” before this vision can be It advises its own enterprises to take precautions to protect
realized. their own investments. “International business cooperation with
The plans are laid out in surprising detail. For instance, Pakistan should be conducted mainly with the government as a
Gwadar will feature international cruise clubs that “provide support, the banks as intermediary agents and enterprises as the
marine tourists private rooms that would feel as though they mainstay.” Nor is the growing engagement some sort of
were ‘living in the ocean’”. And just as the feeling sinks in, it brotherly involvement. “The cooperation with Pakistan in the
goes on to say that “[f]or the development of coastal vacation monetary and financial areas aims to serve China’s diplomatic
products, Islamic culture, historical culture, folk culture and strategy.”
marine culture shall all be integrated.” Apparently more The other big risk the plan refers to is exchange rate risk, after
work needs to be done here too. noting the severe weakness in Pakistan’s ability to earn foreign
For Ormara, the plan recommends building “unique exchange. To mitigate this, the plan proposes tripling the size of
recreational activities” that would also encourage “the the swap mechanism between the RMB and the Pakistani rupee
natural, exciting, participatory, sultry, and tempting to 30 billion Yuan, diversifying power purchase payments
characteristics” to come through. For Keti Bunder it beyond the dollar into RMB and rupee basket, tapping the Hong
recommends wildlife sanctuaries, an aquarium and a Kong market for RMB bonds, and diversifying enterprise loans
botanical garden. For Sonmiani, on the eastern edge of from a wide array of sources. The growing role of the RMB in
Karachi, “projects like a coastal beach, extended greenway, Pakistan’s economy is a clearly stated objective of the measures
coastal villa, car camp, SPA, beach playground and a seafood proposed.
street can be developed.” Conclusion
It is an expansive vision that the plan lays out, and towards It is not clear how much of the plan will be earnestly followed
the end, it asks for the following: “Make the visa-free tourism up and how much is there simply to evince interest from the
possible with China to provide more convenient policy Pakistani side. In the areas of interest contained in the plan, it
support for Chinese tourists to Pakistan.” There is no mention appears access to the full supply chain of the agrarian economy
of a reciprocal arrangement for Pakistani nationals visiting is a top priority for the Chinese. After that the capacity of the
China. textile spinning sector to serve the raw material needs of
Finance and risk Xinjiang, and the garment and value added sector to absorb
In any plan, the question of financial resources is always Chinese technology is another priority.
crucial. The long term plan drawn up by the China Next is the growing domestic market, particularly in cement
Development Bank is at its sharpest when discussing and household appliances, which receive detailed treatment in
Pakistan’s financial sector, government debt market, depth of the plan. And lastly, through greater financial integration, the
commercial banking and the overall health of the financial plan seeks to advance the internationalization of the RMB, as
system. It is at its most unsentimental when drawing up the well as diversify the risks faced by Chinese enterprises entering
risks faced by long term investments in Pakistan’s economy. Pakistan.
The chief risk the plan identifies is politics and security. Gwadar receives passing mention as an economic prospect,
“There are various factors affecting Pakistani politics, such as mainly for its capacity to serve as a port of exit for minerals
competing parties, religion, tribes, terrorists, and Western from Balochistan and Afghanistan, and as an entreport for
intervention” the authors write. “The security situation is the wider trade in the greater Indian Ocean zone from South Africa
worst in recent years”. The next big risk, surprisingly, is to New Zealand. There is no mention of China’s external trade
inflation, which the plan says has averaged 11.6 per cent over being routed through Gwadar. Judging from their conversations
the past 6 years. “A high inflation rate means a rise of with the government, it appears that the Pakistanis are pushing
project-related costs and a decline in profits.” the Chinese to begin work on the Gwadar International Airport,
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Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang before
the Leaders' Roundtable Summit of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF)
Transcript of Ehsanullah
Ehsan’s Confession
“My name is Liaquat Ali, aka Ehsanullah Ehsan, and I “When the operation in Waziristan kicked off, these
belong to the Mohmand Agency,” Ehsan is heard saying at people started fighting within themselves for more power
the beginning of the the video. and leadership,” Ehsan reveals.
“I joined the TTP in 2008, when I was a college student.” “After Hakimullah was killed, a new succession struggle
“I have been a spokesperson for TTP Mohmand, TTP’s kicked off,” Ehsan says. “Separate campaigns were kicked
central division, and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar,” he says. “I have off in support of Omar Khalid Khorasani, [Khan Said]
seen a lot in my nine years with these organisations.” Sajna and Mullah Fazlullah. Everyone wanted power, so
“These people have misled people in the name of Islam, a shura decided that there would be a draw of names for
especially the youth, for their own ends. They themselves do who would be leader. This is how Mullah Fazlullah was
not hold themselves to the same standards they champion elected leader of the TTP.”
for others.” “What can you expect from a leader who was nominated
“A particular group [within them] is responsible for through a lucky draw? And what can you expect from
misleading people, kidnapping them and extorting them for Fazlullah, who married his mentor’s daughter by force and
money, and murdering innocents,” he says. “These people took her away. People like him are not fit to serve Islam,” he
have been behind bombing attacks in public spaces and says.
attacking schools, colleges and universities. This is not what “After the operation in North Waziristan, we fled to
Islam teaches us,” he says. Afghanistan,” Ehsan continues.
“Over there, we established and developed contacts with
India and RAW,” Ehsan claims.
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1. When did Karachi Violence or Black Saturday riots 13. France’s first lady (wife of Macron) is: Brigitte (64
(series of bloody clashes among rival political years)
activists occurred? 12 May 2007 (10 years ago) 14. Which power plant has recently started generating
2. Which country has recently set the Guinness World electricity? Sahiwal Coal Power Plant
Record for the largest water screen projection: Dubai 15. Current CIA head is: Mike Pompeo
Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan is: 16. When has mother day been celebrated? 14th May
J.P Singh (Second Sunday of May)
3. Foreign Office Spokesman of Pakistan is: Nafees 17. Pakistan and China has recently signed 6 agreement
Zakaria worth? $ 500 million
4. Pakistan’s newly appointed High Commissioner to 18. For a New Silk Road project china has pledged to spend:
India is: Sohail Mehmood $124 billions
5. Secret lines of communication between two 19. U.S has imposed sanctions on Pakistan-based
opponents through informal intermediary or 3rd organizations: Lashkar-e-Taiba & Jamat-ud-Dawa
party is called: Backdoor diplomacy al-Quran
6. Recently Pakistan has signed MoU of warship and 20. When is ‘Urs’ of Sehwan Sharif going to be started? 15th
defence cooperation with: Turkey May
7. Current Deputry chairman of Senate has been 21. Which software has recently been used in cyber attacks
injured in an attack blast by ISIS (Daesh) in to lock computers of different institutions of 99 countries
Mastung,. His name is? Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and cyber attackers are demanding ransom to unlock
8. China’s current ambassador to Pakistan is: Sun those computers? Ransomware “WannaCry”
Weidong 22. Capital of Thai Land is: Bangkok
9. How many people have been invited to One Bet One 23. Current chairman of ASEAN (Association of South East
Road Forum by China? 29 Asian Nations) is: Rodrigo Duterte
10. Which militant organization is accused of recent 24. Which two parties are main rivals in upcoming German
cross-border attacks on Iran’s border squad and Elections (24 september): CDU (Christian Democratic
killed 10? Jaish-e-Adl Union—party of Angela Merkel) SPD (Social
11. A British junior doctor of Pakistani origin won the Democratic Party—of Martin Schulz
UK's Master Chef 2017: Saliha Mahmood Ahmad 25. Current president of European Parliament is: Antonio
12. Bank of China (BoC) is going to open its first branch Tajani
in Pakistan. Who is current chairman of BoC? Tian
Guo Li
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This talk show deals with: The Russia investigation and the Donald Trump, in much of his rhetoric and many of his actions,
Comey firing; Kushner's sister sells US citizenship; Is poses a danger to American democracy. What makes the
Venezuela on the brink of collapse?; Discussion with Bruce American system of government distinctive is not how
Feiler democratic it is, but rather the opposite.
FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN HOST, FAREED ZAKARIA GPS: American democracy has a series of checks intended to prevent
This is GPS, the GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE. Welcome to all of the accumulation and abuse of power by any one person or
you in the United States and around the world. I am Fareed group. But there is one gaping hole in this system, the president.
Zakaria coming to you live from New York. During his famous interviews with David Frost in 1977, Richard
We'll begin today's show with the extraordinary events in Nixon made a statement regarding Watergate that has been
Washington this week. The director of the FBI, the man in mockingly quoted ever since.
charge of getting to the bottom of Russian collusion in the (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
American election fired. Is this a new Watergate? RICHARD NIXON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
We'll bring you the latest news and the best analysis on this STATES: When the president does it, that means that it is not
unraveling tale. illegal.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) (END VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ZAKARIA: In fact, Nixon was a smart lawyer and a close student
He was not doing a good job. of the American Constitution. He was basically right. The
(END VIDEO CLIP) president, in effect, sits above the law. The Justice Department,
But first, here's my take. As regular viewers know, I have after all, works for him.
tried to evaluate Donald Trump's presidency fairly. I praised And as Trump told "The New York Times" regarding separating
him when he has appointed competent people to high office, himself from his business empire, the law is totally on my side,
and he has, and expressed support for his policies when they meaning the president can't have a conflict of interest. Most
seem serious and sensible, even though this has drawn lawyers say Trump is right. The rules don't really apply to the
criticism from some quarters. president.
But there has always been another aspect of this presidency, There is just one real check on the present, impeachment. And it
lurking beneath the surface, sometimes erupting into full view is political, not legal. Since Trump's own party controls both
as it did this week. chambers of Congress, there has been little resistance to him
there.
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Transcripts of this CNN Program explains that North SAMUEL BURKE, CNN MONEY: More damage has been
Korea Tests Ballistic Missile; Security Experts done, but we're actually seeing the most amount of damage or
Scamble to Stop Spread of Ransomeware; China 9new damage coming from your part of the world, coming
Pushes One Belt, One Road Initiative. from Asia.
] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Krsitie Lu Stout in Remember this hit Friday night when you guys in Asia were
Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream. already asleep starting to enjoy your weekend. People returned
Now businesses and governments brace for more fallout to work this morning in China, and according to Avast, that
from the world's biggest cyber attack. Look how wannacry was cyber security company has seen a big uptick in China, though
able to spread so quickly. here in Europe we're seeing it starting to see it slow down.
North Korea insists it will carry out missile tests whenever it But there are still emergency meetings being held here in the
wants as it risks a rupture with ally China over the timing of its UK because hospitals have been infected. There are still seven
latest missile test. hospitals that aren't fully functional as a result of this virus.
And that test comes just as Beijing hosts a major summit on a And ist's incredible to think, Kristie - youu and I have been
new trade initiative, a giant global infrastructure project with covering technology so long, but rarely do you see when
China at the center. technology is actually affecting human lives. That's what
Now, cyber security experts and governments around the makes this one different. This virus literally caused outpatient
world are scrambling to stop the world's largest cyber attack. appointments to be canceled so people not able to see the
Now meanwhile, poll says the effort to contain the wannacry doctor, not able to do -- get their appointments because of
ransomware seems to be working. Now, at least 150 countries something that's happened in the cyber world now happening
were hit. This is what your screen looks like when your in the real world.
computer is infected. LU STOUT: Yeah, when hospitals are affected, human lives
Now, wannacry managed to shut down several networks in are potentially at stake here.
government organizations and private companies, even in And just back up here a bit, Samuel, how was this
hospitals. vulnerability discovered and what is Microsoft saying about it?
Let's show you how ransomware like wannacry works. Now, computer skills, or do you not necessarily need high-level
when ransomware infects your computer, it locks up your files cyber skills to carry out an attack like this.
by encrypting them. So, it basically holds them ransom by HYPPONEN: They need enough skills to understand how to
refusing tounlock them unless you pay a fine. Now, encrypt your files with strong enough encryption that you can't
ransomware has been around a long time, but wannacry is decrypt them by yourself and they have to understand crypto
different. currencies, because the real mega-trend which made all of this
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) possible is the fact that now for the first time the criminals can
ROB WAINWRIGHT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EUROPOL: collect the money without getting caught. We can't easily follow
We're aware the rising threat for ransomware, perhaps the money as it's moved from real world currencies into
become the number one cyber threat around the world right BitCoin.LU STOUT: That's right, and very significant point
now, but we've never seen anything on this scale. And our that you added there. They are asking for BitCoin, because it's
concern is the way in which this - for the first time we've seen very hard to track down.
something that combines the ransomware with a worm A final question for you, you know, it's been a while, Mikko,
functionality. So the infection of one computer triggers rather since we talked about a major sweeping global PC virus scare,
remotely an infection of entire networks. So, this is I think a because you know hat these days the dominant computing
very strong wake-up call. platform is mobile. So are our smart phones next? Are
(END VIDEO CLIP) smartphones also vulnerable to ransomware attacks as well?
LU STOUT: It's what you heard just then. Wannacry's ability HYPPONEN: You're absolutely right, Kristie. I believe the
to spread itself is why it is so problematic. Unlike most last time we spoke about an outbreak of this scale was during
malware, it doesn't need you to click on an infected email, it (inaudible) in 2008, so almost a decade ago. And these old
spreads using vulnerability in outdated versions of Windows. school massive outbreaks have really gone away. One of the
Microsoft fixed it with reasons why we don't see them anymore is that when they tried
updates, but millions of people still use the older versions or to make money with malware attacks, which is what most the
haven't updated their systems, leaving them open to attack. attacks today are, it's not good for your business if you become
And that helped wannacry spread quickly. front page news. And I believe with wannacry, the original
Now, the Russian cyber firm Kaspersky says 74 counries owners didn't think it would spread this far. It probably
were hit on the very first day. became too good, or too good spreading vector even for
But some experts warn that hackers are already releasing themselves because now the owners of wannacry are the
new versions of wannacry. targets of a global manhunt.
Our business and technology correspondent Samuel Burke is LU STOUT: All right, Mikko Hypponen, thank you so much
following all of this. He joins us now live. And Samuel, we for lending your insight once again to us right here on News
know that this morning on Monday more people fired up their Stream. Take care.
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In addition, many businesses are incorporating social media communities. Social media also allow companies,
into their marketing strategies. For governments and organizations, governments and parliamentarians to reach
parliamentarians, social media offer new ways to engage with large numbers of people. At the same time, social media are
citizens. To give an example, the Public Health Agency of changing the ways in which people interact with others,
Canada uses a variety of social media tools to share although the full impact of these changes is not yet clear. The
information about public health issues. As well, an increasing implications of sharing personal information are also not fully
number of parliamentarians are using social media sites. understood.
6 Conclusion (Source: Library of Paliament, Publication no. 2010-
For a growing number of Canadians, social media provide a 03-e)
way of keeping in touch with friends, relatives and
What are essential characteristics of social media? These sites allow people to build personal web pages and then
Social media is best understood as a group of new kinds of connect with friends to share content and communication. The
online media, which share most or all of the following biggest social networks are MySpace, Facebook and Bebo.
characteristics: Blogs
Participation social media encourages contributions and Perhaps the best known form of social media, blogs are online
feedback from everyone who is interested. It blurs the line journals, with entries appearing with the most recent first.
between media and audience. Wikis
Openness most social media services are open to feedback These websites allow people to add content to or edit the
and participation. They encourage voting, comments and the information on them, acting as a communal document or
sharing of information. There are rarely any barriers to database. The best-known wiki is
accessing and making use of content – password-protected Wikipedia
content is frowned on. The online encyclopaedia which has over 2 million English
Conversation whereas traditional media is about language articles.
“broadcast” (content transmitted or distributed to an Podcasts
audience) social media is better seen as a two-way Audio and video files that are available by subscription, through
conversation. services like Apple iTunes. Forums
Community social media allows communities to form Areas for online discussion, often around specific topics and
quickly and communicate effectively. Communities share interests. Forums came about before the term “social media” and
common interests, such as a love of photography, a political are a powerful and popular element of online communities.
issue or a favourite TV show. Content communities
Connectedness Most kinds of social media thrive on their Communities which organise and share particular kinds of
connectedness, making use of links to other sites, resources content. The most popular content communities tend to form
and people. around photos (Flickr), bookmarked links (del.icio.us) and videos
Basic forms of social media (YouTube). Microblogging social networking combined with
At this time, there are basically six kinds of social media. bite-sized blogging, where small amounts of content (‘updates’)
Note, though, that innovation and change are rife. are distributed online and through the mobile phone network.
Social Networks Twitter is the clear leader in this field.(Source: Antony Mayfield
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such as schoolchildren’s banter, happily migrate to entirely the interests of commerce. For example, following precedents
different platforms with quite different properties. We reject such as email, they are powerful tools by which the public has
the idea that the development of the internet represents a radically repudiated attempts by commerce to separate the
single trajectory. Some of the most important features of world of work from that of the family. In the case of south India,
social media seem to be the exact opposite of prior uses of the social media helps to keep jobs within the family. In most of our
internet. For example, the internet’s problem of anonymity field sites people were far more concerned about surveillance by
has become for social media a problem of the loss of privacy. other people they knew than by companies. However, in our
southeast Turkish site there is concern over surveillance by the
Chapter 3 Our method and approach state, while in our English site the rise of targeted advertising
Our anthropological scholarship is established by our reveals a level of company knowledge that rebounds in negative
commitment of 15 months of ethnographic research in each of attitudes to social media companies. Social media in most of our
our nine communities, and by our willingness to give up sites was more important in fostering small-scale enterprises
initial interests and instead focus on what we discovered to be that leverage people’s personal connections (such as local bars in
most important to each of these communities. We required Trinidad or sales of second-hand clothing in Chile), rather than
15 months in order to engage with the full variety of people in representing large-scale commerce. This topic exposes clear
present in each site – older and younger, less or better differences in the way different societies see money as integral
educated, different economic levels, etc. – and to gain the to, or opposed to, personal relations. This is reflected in the
level of trust required to participate in more private domains contrast between a site such as Amazon, which tends to be
such as WhatsApp. Ethnography reflects the reality that no impersonal, and the Chinese equivalent Taobao, which fosters
one lives in just one context. Everything we do and encounter personal communication within commerce.
is related as part of our lives, so our approach to people’s
experience needs to be holistic. The primary method of Chapter 7 Online and offline relationships
anthropology is empathy: the attempt to understand social In this case the primary anxiety is whether shallow, inauthentic
media from the perspective of its users. Unlike much online relationships are displacing deeper offline relationships.
traditional anthropology this project was always In most cases our evidence is that online interactions are in fact
collaborative and comparative, from conception to execution another aspect of the same offline relationships. Rather than
to dissemination. representing an increase in mediation, social media is helpful in
revealing the mediated nature of prior communication and
Chapter 4 Our survey results sociality, including face to face communication. In our industrial
We present the results of a questionnaire administered to China site we feel that the migration from offline to online may
1199 informants across our nine sites. It explored 26 topics, have done more to bring people closer to the modern life to which
ranging from whether – and with whom – they share they aspire than the move from villages to the factory system. In
passwords and the different categories of followers to some societies, such as Trinidad, the enhanced visibility of people
whether users respond to advertising or whether social media through social media leads users to see this representation as
increases their political activity. In general we show that potentially more truthful than offline observations of those
results need to be treated with considerable caution, since around them. In some societies, such as in our Brazilian and
often the most plausible explanation for the survey responses Trinidadian sites, social media fosters a tendency to befriend the
is that people interpreted the questions in different and friends of one’s friends or relatives. In others, for instance our
culturally specific ways. The results of such comparative rural Chinese site, social media fosters entirely new
quantitative surveys can thus be properly interpreted only relationships, including the befriending of strangers. The use of
with the additional background knowledge of qualitative social media may complement rather than reflect other forms of
ethnographic work. socialisation. For example, in our south Italy site people felt they
already had sufficient social engagement, and therefore made
Chapter 5 Education and young people less use of social media.
There is considerable public anxiety that social media
distracts from education and reduces the social skills of Chapter 8 Gender
young people – despite an exemplary body of prior research Our field site in southeast Turkey is one of several suggesting
that rejects any such simple conclusions. In several of our that publicfacing social media, such as Facebook, may enhance
field sites we show that low-income families often see social the appearance of conservatism or become an ultra-conservative
media activity as a useful skill, enhancing literacy and place. Changes in offline life are not represented on this public
providing a route to alternative, informal channels of space owing to the surveillance of relatives. Conservative
education. By contrast higher-income families see it more as representations of gender are also fostered in south India, rural
a threat to formal education. However, we have also China and our Chilean sites. At the same time private-facing
researched in field sites where the opposite would be true. The social media, such as WhatsApp, has had a liberalising effect on
topic illustrates the dangers of generalising about China, the lives of young women in the same Muslim southeast Turkish
given that the two Chinese sites discussed in this chapter site; it has created unprecedented possibilities for cross-gender
demonstrate both the highest and the lowest levels of devotion contact and the fulfilment of romantic aspirations. In our south
to formal education. The best way to appreciate the impact of Italian site women repudiate their pre-marital forms of posting
social media is to focus on specific sets of relationships: those in order to appear as wives and mothers. In Trinidad, however,
between schoolchildren, between teachers and schoolchildren women strive to show how they have retained their ability to
and between both of these groups and parents. We examine look sexy despite marriage and motherhood. Social media
each in turn. enhances our ability to see how gender differences and
stereotypes are visualised and portrayed – often through
Chapter 6 Work and commerce consistent associations such as beer (male) and wine (female) in
In this case the primary anxieties focused upon in popular our English site or manual labour for men and care work for
journalism include surveillance by companies, new forms of women in our Chilean site. In our Brazilian site there is some
commodification and social media as a distraction evidence for the enhancement of gender equality, and in several
Although social media platforms are themselves owned by sites there is increasing visibility of nonnormative sexuality
private companies, social media does not necessarily favour online.
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precarious social relations, for instance Chinese factory workers.
Chapter 9 Inequality
Our comparative evidence shows how important it may be to Chapter 12 Individualism
recognise that while social media and smartphones can There is an anxiety that social media, along with almost every
create a greater degree of equality in capacity for other technological innovation, will foster individualism at the
communication and socialising within highly unequal expense of social life. Our evidence, however, is that while earlier
societies, this may at the same time have no impact forms of the internet favoured ego-based networking, social
whatsoever on offline inequality. The way in which people’s media represents a partial return to prior group socialisation,
aspirations are portrayed online is highly variable. Chinese such as the family, in many sites. This may include ‘Confucian’
factory workers portray a fantasy of their future lives, but traditions of family respect in rural China, but also encompasses
evangelical Brazilians focus on the evidence for their caste in India or the tribe for the Kurdish community in Turkey.
advances in respectability. People use social media equally to In more traditional contexts, however, there are also enhanced
disparage pretentious claims to wealth and education opportunities for individualised networking – as is often the
through the use of humour and irony, but also to display such case, our evidence shows that social media can enhance two
claims to wealth and education. In our Chilean site social opposing trends simultaneously. Scalable sociality can foster
media is used to suppress differences in income, alongside both traditional groups and, in the case of WhatsApp, small-
other claims to distinct identity such as indigeneity and scale, often transient groups.
ethnicity, in order to express communal solidarity in Social media is not simply a form of friending. As in our
opposition to the metropolitan regions that residents feel ‘Goldilocks Strategy’ found in England, it is often used to keep
exploit them economically and are superficial. In south India other people at just the right distance. In other sites scalable
we can see how social media has added a new dimension of sociality is employed to differentiate platforms as more private
social difference – the relative cosmopolitanism revealed in or more public sites for socialising. The public debate over
postings – to many traditional forms of inequality such as privacy and social media is revealed as quite parochial. While
caste and class. seen as a new threat to privacy in many countries, in others,
such as south India and especially China, social media may
Chapter 10 Politics provide the first opportunity for some people to experience a
Most prior studies of social media exaggerate its impact upon genuinely private space. Even where social media is used to
politics by focusing upon easily observable political usage, express individuality, the enhanced visibility tends to make this
such as debates or activism visible on Twitter. By contrast increasingly conformist to accepted cultural styles of
our study simply observes the degree to which political individualism.
posting appears within the content of people’s everyday use of
social media. Our site in the Kurdish region of Turkey shows Chapter 13 Does social media make people happier?
why politics may appear less on social media in places where The study of social media can help us to critique any simple or
this is dangerous and fraught. Most posting here, as in south overgeneralised concepts of what it means to be happy or to
India, is cautious and conservative. A primary concern is claim to be happy. Even when taken in terms of local conceptions
with the potential impact of their postings on their social of happiness, in most cases we see little evidence to support
relationships. In many sites, for example those in England journalistic contentions that social media has made people
and Trinidad, politics is mainly exploited by social media for generally less happy or content. Yet there are locally expressed
purposes of entertainment. While there is limited use of social fears that, along with gaming, social media emphasises more
media to comment on local political issues, social media is transient pleasures, or that, alongside choosing clothes, social
used to create local solidarity through negative posting on media creates additional stress over public appearance. Social
national issues, such as corruption in Italy or China. In China media has increased the pressure at least to appear happy
censorship rarely descends to these kinds of communities, and online. Yet it may also be the place where people can visually
it is the social media company that controls the dissemination articulate their aspirations for a happy life, as in the case of an
of news. In southeast Turkey, however, there is a personal emergent class in our Brazilian site or a new domestic
risk if people post anti-government sentiments. respectability in Chile. By contrast in other sites social media
may express adherence to and contentment with traditional
Chapter 11 Visual images values. These may include those of the family in rural China,
A major effect of social media is that human communication ideals of beauty in Italy, of community in Trinidad, of Islam in
has become more visual at the expense of oral and southeast Turkey or of close kinship in south India.
textual modes. Memes are particularly significant as a kind of
moral police of the internet. By using them people are able to Chapter 14 The future
express their values and disparage those of others in less This chapter starts with an acknowledgement of the
direct and more acceptable ways than before. Generalisations inseparability of social media from the new ubiquity of
about new visual forms such as the selfie are often inaccurate. smartphones as part of everyday life. This trend is likely to
There are many varieties of the selfie which are often used to continue, especially with respect to the lowest income
express group sentiment rather than individual narcissism. populations and to the older populations who were previously
The increase in visibility is often associated with increasing less present on social media.
social conformity, and in some cases such as southeast It is possible that, following the continual invention of new
Turkey safe topics such as food are preferred to photographs platforms that take up niches between the private and the public,
of people that could give rise to gossip. By contrast enhanced we will come to accept media in general as constituting a scale of
gossip and ‘stalking’ is regarded in Trinidad as a welcome
sociality, without the need to designate a separated group of
pleasure fostered by social media. The case of Trinidad alerts
us to cultural differences in the way in which people associate platforms as ‘social media’. In any case these platforms may be
visual materials with truth. The ability to communicate in dissipated within a broader spectrum of phone apps. In general
primarily visual forms is especially important for people who our work has suggested that the more conservative the society,
struggle with literacy. Examples of the latter include older, the greater the impact of social media – even though the effect
low-income Brazilians; the youngest users, who choose may be to reinforce conformity and conservatism as well as to
platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat; and groups with create unprecedented opportunities for freedom. As with most
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digital technologies, social media usually enhances opposite over time. Conclusion In the future, just as much as today, we
trends simultaneously. Examples of this are an increase in will need comparative qualitative anthropological fieldwork that
decommodification and commodification, political freedoms can empathetically engage with social media from the
and political oppression, localism and globalism. Again perspective of its users in order to keep answering the question of
alongside other digital technologies, social media can in itself what social media is – because the world will continue to
be used to represent the future, though this role will decline change it.
"Social media sites are fast becoming standard tools for Stephen Coleman, PhD
professional practices... The ability of social media sites to Mary Docherty, MRCP, MRCPsych
spread information beyond the capacity of traditional digital Claire Henderson, PhD
media makes them attractive tools for organizations and
individual professionals... Tomer Simon, MPH, founder of Ready.org.il, Avishay Goldberg,
Use of professional social networks affords researchers and PhD, Deputy Rector at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
professionals the opportunity to share their work across Limor Aharonson-Daniel, PhD, Head of the PREPARED Center
larger audiences of like-minded professionals, fosters the for Emergency Response Research at Ben-Gurion University of
development of new collaboration, and offers a forum for the Negev, Dmitry Leykin, MA, Statistics and Research Methods
online dialogue among remote colleagues... Consultant at Tel Hai Academic College, and Bruria Adini, PhD,
Digital and social media are not only acceptable for the Head of the Emergency Response Training Program at Ben-
modern practicing physician, but have become necessary Gurion University of the Negev, wrote in the Aug. 25, 2014
elements for relating to patients and practicing medicine." article "Twitter in the Cross Fire – The Use of Social Media in the
Feb. 2015 - American Congress of Obstetricians and Westgate Mall Terror Attack in Kenya" in PLoS ONE:
Gynecologists (ACOG) Hilary Walters-West, Editor-in-Chief "Social media offer an accessible, widely available means for a
of the Odyssey, wrote in a Dec. 14, 2015 article for bi-directional flow of information between the public and the
the Odyssey titled "Why the Benefits of Social Media authorities. In the crisis, all emergency responders used and
Outweigh the Drawbacks":"I believe social media has truly leveraged social media networks for communicating both with
made our world a better place and I think overall the world the public and among themselves...
has greatly benefitted from its existence for many different In recent years, the social media, and especially Twitter, have
reasons.In a time where traveling for work has become the emerged as important, near real-time communication channels
norm and so many people are required to be in a different and technologies during emergency response. Social media
place multiple times each month, social media allows consist of tools that enable open and online exchange of
individuals the chance to stay close with their family and information through conversation, interaction and exchange of
friends. It allows them to share what’s going on in their life in user generated content...
the most convenient way... Social media accounts enable The different social media channels have become an integral tool
people from all over the world to foster and maintain in the response of official authorities and the general public to
relationships without letting distance become a barrier.Social emergency situations."
media has also created an exciting outlet for people to see Aug. 25, 2014 - Bruria Adini, PhD
news and stay updated on current events in the Limor Aharonson-Daniel, PhD
world... [S]ocial media has given our society a better way of Avishay Goldberg, PhD
life and it has aided people in their daily lives. Social media is Dmitry Leykin, MA
not the enemy; it is our ally and it has provides us with Tomer Simon, MPH
resources that we never knew before."
Dec. 14, 2015 - Hilary Walters-West Victoria Betton, PhD, The Pew Research Center, in a June 16, 2011 press release titled
mHabitat Programme Director at Leeds and York "Social Networking Sites and Our Lives," available from
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Rohan Borschmann, pewinternet.org, wrote:
PhD, McKenzie Research Fellow at the University of "There has been a great deal of speculation about the impact of
Melbourne (Australia), Mary Docherty, Member of the Royal social networking site use on people’s social lives, and much of it
College of Physicians and Psychiatrists (MRCP, MRCPsych), has centered on the possibility that these sites are hurting users’
Academic Clinical Fellow at King's College London (UK) at relationships and pushing them away from participating in the
the time of the quote, Stephen Coleman, PhD, Professor of world... We’ve found the exact opposite – that people who use
Political Communication at the University of Leeds (UK), sites like Facebook actually have more close relationships and
Mark Brown, Development Director at Social Spider CIC, and are more likely to be involved in civic and political activities.
Claire Henderson, PhD, Clinical Senior Lecturer at King's Social networking sites have become increasingly important to
College London (UK), wrote in a June 2015 editorial "The people as they find ways to integrate check-ins and updates into
Role of Social Media in Reducing Stigma and Discrimination" the rhythms of their lives... People use them now to stay in touch
for the British Journal of Psychiatry: with their best friends and distant acquaintances alike."
"[S]ocial media are inexpensive and easy to use. They signify June 16, 2011 - Pew Research Center
a trend towards more interaction whereby people create as
well as consume content. It is possible to share stories, Halil Ibrahim Gurcan, PhD, Professor at the Faculty of
produce other content and influence the media environment... Communication Sciences at Anadolu University (Turkey), wrote
A striking aspect of social media sites such as Twitter is that a in the Dec. 2015 paper "Contribution of Social Media to the
spontaneous burst of protest can be initiated by one Students' Academic Development" in the International Journal of
individual in a single post and widely shared... [S]haring Information and Education Technology:
experiences and having one's voice heard on social channels
can create a sense of empowerment - of feeling less alone with "Social network sites help fulfill communication needs and
a personal struggle, and more confidence in showing a part wants. It is a convenient method of communication and provides
of the self that might usually remain hidden." the ability to stay connected with friends and family, but on the
June 2015 - Victoria Betton, PhD users own rate and time. Users can manage their interactions
Rohan Borschmann, PhD within their own schedule by choosing when they want to read
Mark Brown and respond... [I]t is efficient because it is a one-to-many method
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of communication which allows users to quickly spread Zeynep Tufekci, PhD, Assistant Professor at the School of
information... Information and Library Science at the University of North
Social media provides students a new mechanism for a Carolina, wrote in an Apr. 25, 2012 article in The Atlantic titled
familiar exercise: that of personal expression." "Social Media's Small, Positive Role in Human Relationships":
Dec. 2015 - Halil Ibrahim Gurcan, PhD "[S]ocial media is a counterweight to the ongoing devaluation of
human lives. Social media's rapid rise is a loud, desperate,
Leah Klingbeil, Marketing Specialist at LoginRadius at the emerging attempt by people everywhere to connect with *each
time of the quote, wrote in a July 1, 2015 article for Social other* in the face of all the obstacles that modernity imposes on
Media Today titled "Is Social Media Bad for Us?": our lives: suburbanization that isolates us from each other, long
working-hours and commutes that are required to make ends
"What about the good that's come from the incredible reach of meet, the global migration that scatters families across the globe,
social media? Like... natural disaster response. Tragic the military-industrial-consumption machine that drives so
natural disasters will always occur, the difference is, we now many key decisions, and, last but not least, the television - the
have a way to respond immediately worldwide... ultimate alienation machine...
On... Twitter, 2.3 million Tweets were sent within the first 48 From Arab Spring dissidents who were minorities in their
hours of the #HaitiEarthquake in 2010. 'Survivors took to communities to my students from a variety of backgrounds, from
social media to alert aid agencies of their need...' FEMA gay teens in rural areas to just people who feel awkward when
Tweeted during Hurricane Sandy: 'Phone lines may be in company of new people, I've heard the sentiment again and
congested during/after #Sandy. Let loved ones know you're again that new communication tools are what saved their
okay by sending a text or updating your social networks'... (offline) social lives...
On... Facebook, 4.5 million status updates contained the Can't be close to your family because your job took you to the
words: Japan, Earthquake, or Tsunami on March 11, 2011. other end of the planet? You can still share updates on Facebook.
Facebook responded by creating a Disaster Message Board, Your government is censoring news of your protest? You can
equipped with a SAFE button, which reached 3 million users tweet photos of it. You cannot find people interested in a
by April 2011... particular kind of music which moves you? Surely, there is a
Social media networks are the new 'milk-cartons' in helping community."
to find missing people. Loved ones and police now have Apr. 25, 2012 - Zeynep Tufekci, PhD
access to hundreds of thousands of people with a single tweet,
update, or photo stream. According to the National Centre for Ben Parr, Co-Editor of Mashable, stated the following in his Jan.
Missing or Exploited Children, social media has helped to 20, 2010 article titled "Social Media's True Impact on Haiti,
resolved and recover 98.5% of AMBER alerts since 2005. China, and the World," posted on mashable.com:
Tools like SecuraChild, an AMBER alert system powered by "With the Iranian government clamping down on information
social networks, dramatically increases chances of recovery and enforcing censorship [during protests of the Iranian
by sending blasts of information to the social platforms." presidential election in June 2009], Twitter, Facebook, Flickr,
July 1, 2015 - Leah Klingbeil and YouTube became the primary mediums for bringing
information out of the conflicted nation and spreading notes
Nicole Ellison, PhD, Assistant Professor of between dissidents... Twitter's role was so important in fact that
Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at the US government got involved in scheduling Twitter's
Michigan State University, stated the following in a Feb. 15, downtime...
2008 entry titled "Is MySpace Good for Society? A After a magnitude 7.0 earthquake (and multiple aftershocks)
Freakonomics Quorum," from the Freakonomics blog hosted devastated the nation of Haiti [on Jan. 12, 2010], social media
by the New York Times: became the medium in which everybody spread the word.
"I believe the benefits provided by social network sites such as Dramatic Haiti earthquake Twitter pictures swept across the
Facebook have made us better off as a society and as web, while tech giants mobilized. The most impressive part of
individuals, and that, as they continue to be adopted by more social media's impact on Haiti has to be the charity text message
diverse populations, we will see an increase in their utility. campaign that has already raised more than $10 million for
Anecdotal evidence of positive outcomes from these Haiti victim relief. Social media spread the word, technology
technologies -- such as political activities organized via made it possible...
Facebook or jobs found through LinkedIn -- is well-known, Real-time communication platforms like Twitter and Facebook
but now a growing corpus of academic research on social have spread the word about what's happening within these
networks sites supports this view as well... nations, long before the mainstream media prints the story.
Social technologies never have predictable and absolute These tools have also created a level awareness we've never seen
positive or negative effects, which is why social scientists before."
dread questions like these. In considering the effects of social Jan. 20, 2010 - Ben Parr
network sites, it is clear that there are many challenges to
work through -- the increasing commercialization of this
space, the need to construct strong privacy protections for
Opponents
users, and safety issues -- but I believe the benefits we receive George Skelton, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, in a May 5,
as a society provided by these tools far outweigh the risks." 2016 article for the Los Angeles Times titled "How Did Trump
Feb. 15, 2008 - Nicole Ellison, PhD Become the Presumptive Nominee? Blame Twitter," wrote:
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"[Social media] nurtures short attention spans, the craving can we ever be a good friend when we have no room for another
for instant gratification and impersonal barbaric behavior. person in our carefully crafted lives?"
No time for serious thinking or boning up on substance. A Dec. 28, 2015 - Lindsay Williams
quick stimulating hit of social recognition will suffice. And no
need for civility when you're not looking someone in the eye." The Happiness Research Institute, a Danish independent think
May 5, 2016 - George Skelton tank focusing on life satisfaction, happiness, and quality of life,
in a 2015 report titled "The Facebook Experiment: Does Social
Essena O'Neill, social media celebrity, in an Oct. 27, 2015 Media Affect the Quality of Our Lives?," available at the
Instagram post, reported on in part in a Nov. 2, 2015 article Happiness Research Institute website, wrote:
by Kristina Rodulfo for Elle titled "100 Shots, One Day of Not "This experiment was conducted on 1095 people in Denmark. We
Eating: What Happens When You Say What Really Goes Into randomly assigned half of them to the following task: do not use
the Perfect Bikini Selfie?," wrote: Facebook for one week...
"I've spent the majority of my teenage life being addicted to After one week without Facebook the treatment group reported a
social media, social approval, social status, and my physical significantly higher level of life satisfaction...
appearance... [Social media] is contrived images and edited People who had taken a break from Facebook felt happier and
clips ranked against each other. It's a system based on social were less sad and lonely...
approval, likes, validation, in views, success in followers. it's After one week without Facebook the treatment group
perfectly orchestrated self-absorbed judgement... experienced an increase in their social activity – and an increase
How can we see ourselves and our true purpose/talents if we in their satisfaction with their social life...
are constantly viewing others?... Many of us are in so deep After one week without Facebook the treatment group
we don't realize [social media's] delusional powers and the experienced less concentration difficulties...
impact it has on our lives... People on Facebook are 55% more likely to feel stressed...
I can't tell you how free I feel without social media. Never After one week without Facebook the treatment group felt they
again will I let a number define me. IT SUFFOCATED ME." wasted their time less."
Oct. 27, 2015 - Essena O'Neill 2015 - Happiness Research Institute
Lindsay Williams, freelance writer, editor, and blogger, Stephen Fry, actor, comedian, journalist, and President of Mind,
wrote in a Dec. 29, 2015 article for Relevant titled "6 Ways a UK-based mental health charity, in a Feb. 15, 2016 blog post
Social Media Is Ruining Our Friendships," available at titled "Too Many People Have Peed in the Pool," available from
the Relevant Magazine website: stephenfry.com, wrote:
"[L]et us grieve at what twitter has become. A stalking ground
"Whether we like to admit it or not, social media, in all its for the sanctimoniously self-righteous who love to second-guess,
forms, has taken a toll on our relationships - particularly our to leap to conclusions and be offended - worse, to be offended on
friendships... behalf of others they do not even know. It's as nasty and
unwholesome a characteristic as can be imagined. It doesn't
Social media makes us feel like we know people better than matter whether they think they're defending women, men,
we really do. Let's get one thing straight: Liking someone's transgender people, Muslims, humanists... the ghastliness is
photos on Instagram does not a friendship make. Genuine absolutely the same...
relationships take time and communication—preferably face-
to-face... But you've let the trolls and nasties win! If everyone did what
you did, Stephen, the slab-faced dictators of tone and humour
Social media misleads us to believe that we have a large, would have the place to themselves. Well, yes and they're
built-in support system. But that support system is merely a welcome to it. Perhaps then they'll have nothing to smell but their
number, not real life... The only real way to foster community own smell.
is to live life with people over time... So I don't feel anything today other than massive relief, like a
boulder rolling off my chest. I am free, free at last."
Social media puts up virtual walls. Most of the time, we don't Feb. 15, 2016 - Stephen Fry
air our dirty laundry online for fear of what others might
think. We only Instagram our best moments and tweet about Suren Ramasubbu, MBA, President and CEO of Mobicip, a
the most extraordinary few minutes of our day... Yet, it's only company that makes parental controls for phones, tablets, and
in our mess, in our brokenness, when we can become fully computers, in an Apr. 7, 2015 opinion piece for the Huffington
known. The friends who know us best are those who have Post titled "Teenagers and the Internet," wrote:
seen us at our worst—and loved us any way. Those types of
friendships are only crafted through the nitty gritty life "Difficulty in self-regulation, lack of awareness of repercussions
moments that we'd all be too embarrassed to divulge on of privacy compromise and susceptibility to peer pressure are
Facebook... listed as reasons for teenagers' cavalier attitude towards online
We've become so obsessed with making sure the story we're risks such as sexting, cyberbullying and exposure to
telling on social media looks exciting and beautiful and inappropriate content as they navigate the tricky waters of
meaningful that we've failed to pay adequate attention to the social media...
stories other people are telling. It's easy for us to be me- [T]he risks of Internet and social media to teenagers is just as
focused when social media forces us to play the part. How real as the risks in society. Cyberbullying, in the forms of name-
calling and gossiping, spreading rumors, making threats or
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otherwise sending malicious messages through emails, write whatever they want about you. Sometimes it can be
message boards and social media, has augmented offline ridiculous and you can think to yourself, 'Well, no one will
bullying and estimates of the incidence of cyber bullying believe that.' But they do."
range from 23 to 72% in various studies... Exposure to age- Mar. 17, 2014 - Michael Bublé
inappropriate content is another serious risk because it
causes much damage to an age-group that is already prone Joseph Dana, MA, independent freelance journalist, wrote in an
to sexual uncertainty and uncommitted and possibly unsafe Oct. 18, 2015 opinion piece for The National titled "Social Media
sexual exploration. Dangerous communities that support self- Increases the Volume, but Not the Debate":
harm activities, such as anorexia, drug use, and such other "Social media encourages aggressive discourse. The louder one is
disruptive concepts are also serious pitfalls." on Twitter, for example, the more followers and attention one
Apr. 7, 2015 - Suren Ramasubbu, MBA receives. The more dramatic the update on Facebook, the more
'likes' it will get.
Imogen Farris, Staff Writer at the Odyssey at the time of the Given the brevity of Twitter and its inherent commodification of
quote, wrote in an Aug. 17, 2015 article for the Odyssey titled discourse, deep discussion is discouraged. As such, social media
"I Hate Social Media and You Should Too": provides the illusion of empowering users when in fact it merely
entrenches their views, silos them with like-minded people and
"[S]ocial media is turning us into people I really don't think encourages rude exchanges with adversaries. The American
we want to be. Each and every day, people are constantly novelist Jonathan Franzen, known for his critical views on the
sharing, posting and tweeting. We're becoming glued to internet, has called Twitter the 'ultimate irresponsible medium'
computers, phones and tablets, always wanting to know for these reasons."
what the people around us are doing. There are so many Oct. 18, 2015 - Joseph Dana, MA
social media sites today, and honestly, I don't think it's worth
the effort to try and keep up. Himanshu Tyagi, MRCPsych, MBBS, Specialist Registrar in
Facebook is hands-down the number one culprit of taking our Psychotherapy at the Springfield University Hospital in London,
attention and causing us to live vicariously through others. UK, stated the following in an address to the Annual Meeting of
We become 'friends' with people we don't even know just so the Royal College of Psychiatrists, as quoted in a July 3, 2008
we can share pictures of our daily lives and like statuses that press release from the Royal College of Psychiatrists:
don't even matter. It's become a platform for people to judge "It's a world where everything moves fast and changes all the
and even be cruel to each other. I genuinely don't think people time, where relationships are quickly disposed at the click of a
would behave this way if they weren't safely behind a mouse, where you can delete your profile if you don't like it and
keyboard." swap an unacceptable identity in the blink of an eye for one that
Aug. 17, 2015 - Imogen Farris is more acceptable. People used to the quick pace of online social
networking may soon find the real world boring and
Theo Priestley, former VP of Marketing at Software AG, unstimulating, potentially leading to more extreme behaviour to
wrote in an Aug. 13, 2015 article for Forbes titled "Is Social get that sense.
Media Just Another Bad Habit To Break?": It may be possible that young people who have no experience of a
"Social media has turned a lot of us into a reflex-based world without online societies put less value on their real world
automaton... identities and can therefore be at risk in their real lives, perhaps
It's become easier to scribble a couple of sentences for all to more vulnerable to impulsive behaviour or even suicide."
see rather than pick up the phone and have a real July 3, 2008 - Himanshu Tyagi, MRCPsych, MBBS
conversation with someone on the other end. And what's
actually pretty frightening is how we've come to accept Edward De Bono, MD, PhD, DPhil, Founding Director of the
opening our front door to the world as the norm... Cognitive Research Trust, in an Oct. 3, 2011 interview with
Social media has turned the art of expression into a post-it news.com.au, available under the title "Edward De Bono Says
note... Social Media Makes Us Lazy and Stupid," stated:
Social media is an addiction, but not a good one... "There's a danger in the internet and social media... The notion
Social media is rapidly becoming as bad as smoking for the that information is enough, that more-and-more information is
human condition... enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more
Social media is just another habit to kick." information - gets very dangerous...
Aug. 13, 2015 - Theo Priestley [P]eople say 'I don't have to think, information will make my
decision for me', and that completely rules out creativity using
Michael Bublé, singer-songwriter, stated in a Mar. 17, 2014 the information in a different way, or new way...
interview with George Stroumboulopoulos, a video and part- (Social media causes) laziness – that we just feel we'll just get
transcript of which is available from cbc.ca under the title more information and we don't need to have ideas ourselves –
"Michael Bublé: I Hate Social Media": we'll get ideas from someone else, we don't need to look at the
"I hate social media... You can't do anything. You can't get data we'll just see what someone else has said and so on."
away with anything. Not that that's what I'm trying to do, Oct. 3, 2011 - Edward De Bono, MD, PhD, DPhil
but you're burned all the time. Stephen Marche, PhD, novelist and columnist for Esquire, wrote
It's not just about me. I watch it happen to other people and it in a May 2012 article for the Atlantic titled "Is Facebook Making
scares me... People can say whatever they want and the best Us Lonely?":
part is it doesn't have to be true. There's no responsibility that "Social media - from Facebook to Twitter - have made us more
they have to take, there's no integrity.... It's blogs. People can densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new
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research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more "I despise Facebook. This enormously successful American
narcissistic) - and that this loneliness is making us mentally business describes itself as 'a social utility that connects you with
and physically ill... the people around you'. But hang on. Why on God's earth would I
What Facebook has revealed about human nature - and this is need a computer to connect with the people around me? Why
not a minor revelation - is that a connection is not the same should my relationships be mediated through the imagination of
thing as a bond, and that instant and total connection is no a bunch of supergeeks in California? What was wrong with the
salvation, no ticket to a happier, better world or a more pub?
liberated version of humanity. Solitude used to be good for And does Facebook really connect people? Doesn't it rather
self-reflection and self-reinvention. But now we are left disconnect us, since instead of doing something enjoyable such as
thinking about who we are all the time, without ever really talking and eating and dancing and drinking with my friends, I
thinking about who we are. Facebook denies us a pleasure am merely sending them little ungrammatical notes and
whose profundity we had underestimated: the chance to amusing photos in cyberspace, while chained to my desk?...
forget about ourselves for a while, the chance to disconnect." Clearly, Facebook is another uber-capitalist experiment: can you
May 2012 - Stephen Marche, PhD make money out of friendship? Can you create communities free
of national boundaries -- and then sell Coca-Cola to them?
Kim Stolz, former model and VP of Equity Derivative Sales at Facebook is profoundly uncreative. It makes nothing at all. It
Citi at the time of the quote, stated in a June 24, 2014 simply mediates in relationships that were happening anyway."
interview with Eliana Dockterman for TIME titled "Kim Jan. 14, 2008 - Tom Hodgkinson
Stolz: How Social Media Is Ruining Our Relationships":
"I think the rise of social media is definitely correlated with Additional Arguments for Social Media
the rise of narcissism in our society. Our self-esteem depends 1. Social Networking Sites spread information faster than
on how many likes we get, how many followers we get, if any other media.Law enforcement uses social
someone texts us back... networking sites to catch and prosecute criminals.
But just as quickly as I might scroll through Instagram and 2. Social networking sites help students do better at
see 100 people liked a photo of me, and that makes me feel school.Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
good, the next moment I might see all of my friends hanging 3. Social networking sites allow people to improve their
out the night before and wonder why I wasn't invited and feel relationships and make new friends.
extremely lonely about that. Now more than ever there are 4. Social media helps empower business women.
some major highs and really depressing lows, and they come 5. Social media sites help employers find employees and
so close together. So you begin to feel numb to genuine job-seekers find work.
emotion... 6. Being a part of a social networking site can increase a
I think a lot of relationships have been ruined by one person's person's quality of life and reduce the risk of health
addiction to social media, whether that addiction leads to a problems.
connection with a past love or crush—and that can be 7. Social networking sites facilitate face-to-face
detrimental—or sometimes it simply means that you get home interaction.Social networking sites increase voter
at night to spend time with your significant other and you participation.
have nothing to talk about because you've spoken about 8. Social media facilitates political change.
everything all day through social media or you've looked 9. Social networking is good for the economy.
through each other's social media feeds. 10. Social media sites empower individuals to make social
There's been an emerging body of research that shows that change and do social good on a community level.
when you stop having offscreen interaction, you lose 11. Social networking sites help senior citizens feel more
empathy. You lose the ability to have genuine reactions to connected to society.
real problems and real things." 12. Social networking sites help people who are socially
June 24, 2014 - Kim Stolz isolated or shy connect with other people.
13. Social media allows for quick, easy dissemination of
Susan Greenfield, DPhil, Professor of Pharmacology at the public health and safety information from reputable
University of Oxford, stated the following in her Feb. 12, 2009 sources.
speech to the UK House of Lords, the transcript of which is 14. Social media can help disarm social stigmas. New York
available from the Daily Hansard: TimesLet’s Pretend This Never Happened
"Social networking sites might tap into the basic brain 15. "Crowdsourcing" and "crowdfunding" on social media
systems for delivering pleasurable experience. However, allows people to collectively accomplish a goal.
these experiences are devoid of cohesive narrative and long- 16. Social networking provides academic research to a
term significance. As a consequence, the mid-21st century wider audience, allowing many people access to
mind might almost be infantilised, characterised by short previously unavailable educational resources.
attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a 17. Corporations and small businesses use social media to
shaky sense of identity." benefit themselves and consumers.
Feb. 12, 2009 - Susan Greenfield, DPhil 18. Social networking sites offer teachers a platform for
collaboration with other teachers and communication
Tom Hodgkinson, writer for the Guardian, stated the with students outside the classroom.
following in his Jan. 14, 2008 article titled "With Friends Like 19. Social networking sites offer a way for musicians and
These...," published in the Guardian: artists to build audiences even if they don’t have a
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corporate contract.Colleges and universities use 7. Social networking sites enable "sexting," which can lead
social media to recruit and retain students. to criminal charges and the unexpected proliferation of
personal images.
Additional Argumenst against Social Media 8. People who use social networking sites are prone to
1. CON Social Networking Sites Social media enables social isolation.Social networking sites encourage
the spread of unreliable and false information.Social amateur advice and self-diagnosis for health problems
networking sites lack privacy and expose users to which can lead to harmful or life-threatening
government and corporate intrusions. results. American Journal of Public Health
2. Students who are heavy social media users tend to 9. Social media aids the spread of hate groups.Children
have lower grades.American Journal of Family may endanger themselves by not understanding the
Therapy public and viral nature of social networking
3. Social networking sites can lead to stress and offline sites. Project X
relationship problems.Social networking sites entice 10. Social networking enables cheating on school
people to waste time. assignments.
4. Using social media can harm job stability and 11. Social networking sites' advertising practices may
employment prospects.The use of social networking constitute an invasion of privacy. Social media can
sites is correlated with personality and brain facilitate inappropriate student-teacher
disorders, such as the inability to have in-person relationships. Unauthorized sharing on social
conversations, a need for instant gratification, networking sites exposes artists to copyright
ADHD, and self-centered personalities, as well as infringement, loss of intellectual property, and loss of
addictive behaviors.Diagnostic and Statistical income.Vogue Spain
Manual of Mental Disorders 12. Using social media can harm students' chances for
5. Social media causes people to spend less time college admission.Social media posts cannot be
interacting face-to-face. Criminals use social media completely deleted and all information posted can have
to commit and promote crimes.Social media can unintended consequences.
endanger the military and journalists.Social 13. Social networking site users are vulnerable to security
networking sites harm employees' productivity. attacks such as hacking, identity theft, and viruses.
6. Social networking sites facilitate
cyberbullying. Consumer Reports
34. Articles made of copper and bronze slowly tarnish in 49. The densities of three liquids are D, 2D, 3D. What will be
air and turn green, the green color is due to the the density of the resulting mixture if equal volumes of the
formation of: Copper oxide three liquids are mixed? 2D
35. Bleaching powder losses its power on keeping for a 50. Which of the following is a conventional designation of
long time because: It changes into calcium pre-released software? Beta Note
chloride and calcium chlorate
36. When the quantity of charge on each of the two bodies MCQs of CSS English Composition & Precis Paper
is doubted, the force between them becomes: Four 2014
times Choose the word that is near most similar in meaning
37. Light year is related to: Distance to the Capitalized words (1 Mark each)
38. The word ceramic means: Burnt material 51. Apropos: Regarding
39. The operation of solar cell is based on: 52. Bulwark: Rampant
Photoconduction 53. Epitome: Essence
40. The minimum number of bits required to store 54. Regurgitate: Reproduce
hexadecimal number is: 16 55. Plutocrat: Magnate
41. Which of the following minerals is most resistant to 56. Inebriate: Drunken
chemical weathering: Quartz 57. Prodigious: Unacceptable
42. An igneous rock contains a radioactive isotope that has 58. Nuance: Subtle meaning
a half-life of 10 million years. Careful analysis shows 59. Canny: Clever
that only one quarter of the original concentrations of 60. Sonorous: Loud
the parent isotope is left. How old is this igneous rock?
20 Million years Choose the word that is nearly most opposite in
meaning to the Capitalized words.
43. The discipline which deals with the understanding and
61. Extenuate: Worsen
treatment of mental health is called: Clinical
62. Inadvertent: Intentional
psychology
63. Ornate: Blemished
44. Overcooking of food should be avoided because
64. Flagitious: Meritorious
overcooking: reduces nutritive value of food
65. Malediction: Blessing
45. Optical fiber operates on the principle of: Total
66. Brusque: Gracious
internal reflection
67. Verdant: Arid
46. The sensation of skin is perceived by: Epidermis
68. Epicurean: Ascetic
47. The loudness of sound depends on this: Wavelength,
69. Quiescent: Active
Frequency, Amplitude, All of these
70. Loquacious: Reticent
48. A person standing in from of a mirror finds his image
smaller than him and erect. This implies that the
mirror is: concave
96. On 18th May 1974 India exploded first nuclear 98. The book “Indian Musalmans” Published in 1971 was
devise under code name of: Operation Smiling written by: William Wilson Hunter
Buddha 99.Indian Rebellion of 1857 began on 19th May from the
97. The poetry first written by Allama Iqbal in Persian town of: Meerut
and then translated in Urdu on popular demand: 100.How many Sahaaba were martyred in Battle of
Armaghan-e-Hijaz Badar? 14
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The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in
the Middle East
Marc Lynch
New York: Public Affairs, 2016
Apart from the rather melodramatic disclosure of former Haqqani, seeking help of the Obama administration in the
Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) chief, Lt Gen (Retd) wake of the Osama bin Laden raid to avert a military takeover
Ahmed Shuja Pasha admitting that “log hamare thay, of the civilian government in Pakistan), lead him to aver that
operation hamara nahin thha” (the people involved in the 26/11 ‘any Pakistani suggesting normalization of ties with India,
Mumbai attack were ours but the operation wasn’t the ISI’s), preceding a final settlement over Kashmir, runs the risk of
Husain Haqqani’s new book on India-Pakistan relations hardly being dubbed a traitor’.
contains novel academic research or much anecdotal reflection, Talking of Pakistan’s nuclear quest (Chapter 3), Haqqani
which could satiate the palate of sensation mongering narrates the interesting experience of an American journalist,
audiences here. Peter Landesman, who came across a slightly depressed Brig
Starting in promising vein from Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Amanullah, head of Pakistan’s Military Intelligence in Sindh.
March 1948 ‘beach-walk confidences’ shared with then US Amanullah not only wanted to nuke Indian cities – Delhi,
ambassador to Pakistan Paul Alling, Haqqani mentions his Bombay, Calcutta (Pages 70-71) but who expected India’s
founding father’s lament about failure to establish ‘normal’ reprisal, destroying Lahore and Karachi.
relations with India. His introductory chapter on why ‘we can This would result in massive deaths but enable children of
either be more than friends or become more than enemies’ both nations to make a fresh start! (Article in The Atlantic: `A
provides a broad, if somewhat sketchy and selective historical modest proposal from the Brigadier’, March: 2002). The
narrative, of how conflict evolved in both countries. military officer was adamant about using the nuclear option as
Moving to ‘Kashmir’ as ‘Pakistan’s Jugular Vein’, Haqqani he saw India as the font of all Pakistan’s problems. Haqqani
talks of ‘lack of strategic thinking’ ‘on part of Pakistan’s soldiers suggests that a similar mind set still prevails among Pakistan’s
and military planners’, as also ‘their circumscribed knowledge top security planners. To buttress his argument, he refers to
of history’, which made them ‘reject partial solutions’ when Pakistan’s Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs
offered. He also blames India for ‘promising, then putting off, Sartaj Aziz’s March 2016 statement averring ‘India, not
and finally cancelling a UN-organised plebiscite in Jammu and terrorism, is the biggest threat to the region and urging India
Kashmir’ ‘sixty years ago’, persisting ‘human rights violations to reduce its stockpile before Pakistan could reciprocate’.
and the extensive militarization’ there. Since then, Haqqani Unlike scientists in other countries who avoid politics,
believes, ‘Pakistan has been strong in rhetoric without Haqqani contends, Pakistani nuclear scientists ‘became active
appearing to have a well-considered’ plan B, ‘once Kashmir proponents of Islamic and anti-Indian state ideology’. While
was engulfed by militancy during the 1990s’. Without openly serving as Adviser to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1996,
acknowledging State sponsorship here, Haqqani does Haqqani met Dr AQ Khan when the latter was ‘aspiring for
grudgingly admit that ‘moral or legal arguments Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, which he
notwithstanding’, ‘proliferation of Kashmir-oriented jihadi was later awarded’, in August 1996. Khan told Haqqani ‘he had
groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad have not been honoured enough and should have been elevated to
eaten away support for Pakistan’s position internationally’. Presidency for life’.
Perhaps his own travails in his short-lived role as Pakistan’s Haqqani flags ‘a bit of James Bond stuff’ wherein Pakistan’s
ambassador to the US after the `Memogate’ catastrophe in Ambassador to Germany Jamshed Marker openly reminisced
May 2011 (a controversy revolving around a memorandum about Pakistan’s well known clandestine nuclear procurement
addressed to Admiral Mike Mullen, ostensibly drafted by endeavours to diplomatic correspondent, Mariana Baabar. He
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This book is a collection of papers edited by Vinod K. powerful as China has been; and China’s neighbours have
Aggarwal and Sara A. Newland. The experts attempt to accepted its dominance unlike Germany’s (pp.31-37). He also
tackle questions regarding China’s rise in the current compares China and the former Union of Soviet Socialist
political and economic system regarded as a triumph of Republics (USSR). Despite intense competition, China, he
liberalism, democracy and capitalism led by the United believes does not pose an economic, military or ideological
States and other Western countries. The rise of China has threat to U.S. supremacy since its rise was made possible
disturbed the system and countries in the European Union when it opened up its economy and embraced the market
and the United States are faced with the dilemma how to principles enunciated by it. Moreover, East Asian countries
respond to it. The book comprises of four sections, the first have more economic stakes with China, thus, have not
gives a brief introduction of China’s economic and political reacted against it. However, if China continues its assertive
rise and how it challenges the existing order. The second position, it can cause anxiety to its neighbours compelling
section describes the historical perspective of China’s rise. them to ally against it (pp.39-43). In the chapter by Yuan-
The third part gives the Chinese perspective about China’s kang Wang, the notion of ‘Chinese exceptionalism’ has been
current rise. The fourth section talks about European and challenged. Wang asserts that under the Ming Dynasty,
American responses to China’s emergence, as well as the China’s regional hegemony was maintained by its military
implications of China’s rise for U.S.-EU relations. might. This ‘exceptionalism’ was not because of its shared
The first section gives a brief introduction of China’s beliefs or cultural norms, rather because of its military
importance in global politics and trade. It brings in superiority. The author exposes myths about Chinese
empirical evidence to understand the current rise of China ‘exceptionalism’ through case studies. First, the myth that
and its political implications for the U.S. and the EU. China is not expansionist is exposed by discussing the
Although both share common concerns, they differ in their repeated attacks against the Mongols, annexation of
approaches towards China. U.S. concerns are centered Vietnam and maritime power projection (pp.54-59).
around geopolitics, while the EU is challenged with domestic Secondly, he argues that the seven voyages of Admiral Zheng
instability. He were not peaceful, rather he used military force as a
The second section that covers two chapters by David ‘power projection tool’ to compel/‘shock and awe’ others into
C. Kang and Yuan-kang Wang gives a historical perspective submission. This contributed to Chinese expansion beyond
of China’s rise. Kang in China, Hegemony, and Leadership in the Ming areas (pp.59-62). Another myth regarding
East Asia believes that it is not correct to draw analogy ‘exceptionalism’ is that Chinese military strategy was
between China’s current rise with Germany’s ascendance in defensive in nature and not offensive. Wang negates the idea
the Nineteenth Century since Germany was never as and suggests that defence was pursued only when offensive
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power declined. The Great Wall which epitomises defence effects on U.S.-China relations is measured with the variable
was a product of insufficient offensive capabilities (pp.62- of the Taiwan issue. He writes that interdependence between
65). Lastly, he rejects the notion that China served as a the U.S. and China has affected the U.S. policy options
cultural and political leader in East Asia. Instead, he argues towards Taiwan. Few issues are significant: the visit by U.S.
that military superiority contributed to the position China governors to Taiwan and U.S. Senate advocacy for weapons
held in the region. Thus, it was power and not historical or sale to it and membership in the U.S. Senate Taiwan Caucus.
cultural legacy that shaped China’s foreign policy (pp.65-70). Kastner gives a quantitative analysis of the dependence of
The third section of the book moves beyond history and various American states on China and concludes that
follows a more theoretical path. The chapter by Jisheng Sun increased economic ties have not deterred conflict in terms of
The Construction of Uncertainty and Threat: Theoretical Taiwan (pp.113-126). Chapter seven by Jonathan Holslag
Debates on China’s Rise begins with tracing the authenticity explores the same correlation of conflict and economic
of Chinese intellectual Zheng Bijian’s concept of ‘China’s interdependence. He concludes that economic
Peaceful Rise’ (p.79). This concept carries discursive interdependence has actually led to increased prospects of
significance and creates a social reality advocated by the conflict as both try to defend their markets. The economic
Chinese. However, Americans perceive China as a threat and policies adopted in this endeavour have been contrary to the
have adopted an aggressive and competitive posture, which liberal economic order. He gives several reasons for the
in turn threatens China. Thus, the skepticism is mutual with increasing tensions, from China supporting its domestic
doubts on both sides impacting Sino-U.S. relations. Thus, the firms over the Europeans to Europe’s concerns about its
U.S. needs to downplay the China threat theory as it has economy in the wake of the financial crisis. Lastly, he
potential to become a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ as highlighted discusses the views held by China and EU towards each other
by Joseph Nye and merely increase the probability of which have deteriorated despite economic interdependence,
conflict. In order to develop friendly relations, both need to triggering a sense of ‘economic security dilemma’ (pp.131-
resort to ‘constructive language and actions’ (p.95). The 147). The last chapter China’s Rise: Towards a Division of
chapter Rising China: Political Leadership, Foreign Policy, Labor in Transatlantic Relations by Øystein Tunsjø is
and ‘Chineseness’ by Yinhong Shi bridges the historical focused on the likely future with the U.S. balancing against
approach with the current Sino-U.S. relationship. He China’s rise, and the EU continuing to avoid it. The future
clarifies the term ‘Chinesesness’ - distinctive Chinese can be either multipolar with Asia as the centre or bipolar
characteristics developed over the years and how it shapes with the U.S. and China collaborating on several issues. One
the Chinese foreign policy today (p.99). This term is a mix of factor that can tilt these power plays would be whose side
equality and hierarchy in China’s relations vis à vis other Russia takes, the EU and U.S. or China (pp.151-170).
great powers. He suggests that relations with the U.S. should There is variation in perception of the U.S. and EU
be based on coexistence, with China checking U.S. power and towards China, with the former focused on global
gaining greater shared responsibility in international repercussions of China’s rise, and the latter concerned with
affairs. This can be done by the U.S. relinquishing its military China’s domestic stability and the effect on its economic
dominance to China’s military parity in East Asia (pp.99- relationship with it. This variation hampers a unified
110). transatlantic approach towards China. These chapters
The fourth section of the book deals with the conclude that both history and current events have
contemporary Sino-U.S. and China-European relations with contributed to China’s rise. The book is a good brief for
a focus on economic and security scholars concerned with China’s domestic and foreign policy.
policies. The sixth chapter U.S.-China Economic Integration Reviewed by Hudaa Khalid, Intern, Islamabad
and its Implications for U.S. Policy in the Taiwan Strait by Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Islamabad,
Scott L. Kastner makes a link between global economic trade Pakistan.
and its prospects for peace. The burgeoning trade and its
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بپاکاچانئاانککموکرنڈوربایسکیپےکبارےںیمولوگںوکا ھوکشکواہبشتاورااہبمیھبںیہوزئزامظعاوراچروںوزراےئایلعٰاچانئ ےئوہےئےھتوتا ھوسالائاھےئ
ےئہکاجزونروڈونٹلیباکدصقمایےہ،ہی 6وکرنڈروزںیہاناکایدصقمےہانےکبارےںیماتبےتوہےئاتممززجتہیاکرمجنیھٹیسےناہکہکاچانئےکاٹسیوکش
اسوھتاچانئیسےساتلچوہاانڈنیاونیشےسرسینلااوررھپفلگہیوترپابارو ےہاساکوکیئدسبارہ مہزاراسلرپابارو ےہاچانئیکامتماجترتدنمسرےک ےسالمئا ٴ
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وہب اجراہےہوہ اسےیل ہک ارم اکےن اجبپان ،ارٹسایلی اور انڈبا ےک اسھت لرک وکششرکراہےہ ہکاچانئ ےکاسذرےعیوہیتےہ وج ہک ابملراہتسےہ وج اب لکشمراہتس یھب ا
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راےتسںیمراکوںیٹڑھکییکاجںیئ،اچانئےکتہبباریخیاوررغجاایفیئانتزلاتںیہاسراےتسںیماجبپاناورونبامےکاسھتںیہاسےیلگدیش یر یتےہ۔ارگوکیئج
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وہاجب ےہ وت اچانئ اک اسرا لیت اور اجترت ایس راےتس ےس وہیت ےہ وت لکشم وہاجےئ ی وت اچانئ اک ی صر ے ےس وسچ راہ اھت ہک اور یھب راےتس وہےن
وہاجیت ےہ اور ہی راہتس دنب ا
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اچںیئہاینپامرسٹیکتراسیئےکےیلوتاچانئےناتوصنمہبوساچوجہکونٹلیباورونروڈےہ۔ہیٹلیب66اممکلوکچٹرکیتےہرٹنیسلاایشی،انرپ،بپااتسکنانڈبااور
درگی کلم ںیہ اور داین یک 33دصیف ادمین ںاہں ےس دیپا وہیت ےہ اور داین یک اسھٹ دصیف ابادی ان وکلمں ںیمر یت ےہ اور ہی تہب ئزی امرٹیکےہ اور ئزا ہسیپ ےہ اور اجترتوک
ئزاھےنےکےیلاچانئاک یصر ےےسہیوسچراہاھتاورہیابتمدلراہتسانببااجےئاوراسےکھچوکرنڈورںیمےسبپااتسکنواالیسکیپاساک ففاتروڈےہ۔ک الوکرنڈور
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اجبےہاوراٹھچوکرنڈور
اسوھتاٹسیاایشیت ا اجبےہ۔دورساروساوررٹنیسلاایشیرسیتاوکرنڈورےہانرپوچاھتوکرنڈورےہیسکیپبپاوچنج ںیموہ ٴ
وگنمایلےسروست ا
ےہدنمسریراہتس،ہی6وکرنڈورںیہاسرطح ےسہیٹلیبیتنبےہ۔اسوصنمےبںیماہجںاہجںوہاجںیئ ےگواہںانڈرٹسییھباگلںیئےگاوراروبںڈارلیکرسامہیاکری
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اگ،ہارےدرایمنڑلایئڑگھجےرشوعوہ ےئںیہہکہتپںیہنوکیئچاےنوایلےہرگم مہاریوھچیٹیستشیعمےک وہ ی ففیسکیپیہاچپساربڈارل کتالچاجےئ م
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ےیلہیتہبئزارپوٹکیجےہ مہارےبپاسواسلئںیہنںیہورہنمہہیوخدرکےتیلینعیجزاہنےہرگماسوکاکنےنلیکالصچںیہنےہ،اچانئاسرپاکمرکےاگشےسک ال
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ویج وینز ےکرپورگام اسپ یکبات مجن یھٹیسےک اسھت ںیمرحتت ااصنفےکافرنڈنفن سیک یک انشکیل نشیمک ںیمامسع ےک وحاےل ےس وپےھچ ےئ ات وسالےک
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رکبےہوتوہایخلںیہنرھکااسیکوہجہیےہہک
رھکےہاورچنگیلوکوکر ا رکبےہوتئزاایخل ا
وجابںیمرئنیسزجتہیاکرمجنیھٹیسےناہکہکڈیمباچرمعاناخنوکوکر ا
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ڈیمباوےسییھبوکحمےکالخفوہباےہ ااسیںیہنہکوہوننےکالخفےہوموجدہوکحمےکالخفےہبایقمیعناقحلیھبحیحصہہکرےہںیہاتاوروسالےکوجاب
وہاجےئاگ۔دورساانشپہیےہہکاخناصچوکیھبانشکیل seriousںیمرئنیسزجتہیاکرمجنیھٹیسےناہکہکنیتازنشپںیہاتوتہیےہہکونازرشفیزیمخںیہوہزمخ
نشیمکےکاےگاوررپسمیوکر ےکاےگاحرضیدینیڑپریہےہشانڈوہزیمخوہاجںیئرسیتاانشپہیےہونازرشفیےکزمخرھباجںیئاوررمعاناخنےکزمخےنبیہباں
ریماایخلےہدوونںیہوھچ اجںیئےگدوونںابااختنباتیکایترباںرکج ہیادا یتاکررواںایں متوہےنوکاریہںیہ۔اتاوروسالےکوجابںیمرئنیسزجتہیاکرمجن
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یھٹیسےناہکہکوسالوتاھٹ ےئںیہابرپسمیوکر ےنتہبیسںیزج اخناصچےسامنیلںیہاورایسرطےقیےکاسھتانشکیلنشیمکےنبار ںیخدےدیںیہہک
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ہیںیزج ےلرکاںیئںاہںیھبداتسوئزاتبانرکباڑپج ےگ اورواہںوتاتےجایئیٹ ھٹییئگےہرگمںیمہیاتھجمسوہںہکساییسوطررپہیںیہنوہاتکسےکونازرشفیبا
الہوہاجںیئاوررمعاناخنہنوہںاورہییھبںیہنوہاتکسہکدوونںباالہوہاجںیئاورافصزرداریبپارٹنمیلںیمااجںیئ۔ساییسوطررپربارحبا نانارطخ کاباکومڑرپ
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ارکڑھکاوہاجےئاگارگونازرشفیبارمعاناخنیکیٹھچوہیئگونازرشفی،رمعاناخناورزرداریتںانشکیلڑلج ےگاورانشکیلںیمایھچڑلایئوہ یاورمہتہبا ھقبس
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ںیھکیسےگےلھچپنیتاچراسلوجاگنہیماحالتںیمونازرشفیےنوکحمیکےہاسےسلبقونازرشفیاوررحتتااصنفےن لرکزرداریےکےئلاک یالکشمتدیپا
یک ںیھت ابرحتت ااصنفےن زلپیپبپاریٹ ےکاسھت لرک ان ےک اسھترکدباےہ۔ ات اور وسال ےک وجاب ںیم اوہنںےناہک ہک ارگ ااسیہلصیف ابا باواسی ہلصیف ابا اسےک
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اتنجئایوہںےگاقونناورانیئاپےنوتداھکیےہاسکلمیکبارخیںیماقونناورانیئےکاسھتےسیکالیھک ایرھپیھبوہاقونناورانیئر ےتںیہارگاقونناورانیئوک
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اامعتسلای ایےہیسکاتدصقمےکےئلےلہپامرلشالمےگلاساکوجاز شیرکےنےکےئلہیباہتخپسایشوہریہےہاورہیہنوہیتارگرسیتیبپاریٹہنایتزلپیپبپاریٹبان
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وہبوتاسمسقیکسایشہنوہیتویکہکندوونںےناتدورسےےکالخفاحمذانبےکئزےقبسےھکیسںیہافدئہیسکاکںیہنوہا۔رمعاناخنےنیھبربیخ گیلاکیہاھکہتالھک ا
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وتخپوخنا ںیموکحمرکےک دھکییلےہوہ اترحتت ےس امجعانبےن اجرےہںیہ شےسےلہپ ساییسیگتخپ زلپیپ بپاریٹ ںیم ایئےہاسےک دعب نگیل ںیماریہےہاور
دریھے دریھے رحتت ااصنف ںیم یھب ااجےئ ی ۔ دنلن ارئیوپر رپ ئزاطہین یک ل لنش رکامئ ایسنجی ےک یپ ایئ اے ےک ایطرے ےس ریہونئ ئزادم ی ےک دوعے ےک
یبکبی
وحاےلےسوپےھچ ےئاتوسالےکوجابںیمرئنیسزجتہیاکرمجنیھٹیسےناہکہکس رطےقیےسںیزج اپھچیئںیئگاسںیمیپایئاےیکانرئنیجنجڈیوج ن ںیہ
وہ یھبولمثےہ دودپسچل باںیتںیہ ات ہیہک چ یھباس مسقیک ںیزوہیتےہ ںیم وسچراہاھت ہکبک وکیئ اوکنائزیوہیئیسکوکزسا دییئگوکیئگنیگاھتس وک ئزش
ایےھجموت اچ ی وکیئربخرظنںیہن ایئ اور اتہمبابعیسےن اج اترپورگامںیم ہہک دباےہہکںاہںوت ااستحبیھبکںیہنوہا ات ارئیالرنئس ںیم یٹفیستہب رضوریےہ
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واہں اسمسق ےکگھٹ اور وچروں یکراسیئےہ اپےناچر بپاچنوااعقتذرک ےئکےنتک اےسی وہں ےگس اکذرکںیہن اباوج اکایمبوہ ےئںیمہںیہنہتپ رگم اج ت وکیئ
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اقیقحتتںیہنوہیئویکںںیہنوہیئایوکحمرکباںیہناچںیتہایئزےایلعٰحطسےکولگاسںیمولمثوہےتںیہمجنیھٹیساکانہکاھتہکابیپایئاےیکانا ناز یزبادہ
وبضمطوہیکچےہہکیسکےکالخفانشکیںیہنایلاجاتکسانا ندرایمنںیمااجیتںیہ،ساییسامجوتعںےنیھبیپایئاےوکالیٹسزلمیکرطحےسالچبا،ساییسرھبایتںیک
ںیئگس ےستہبزبادہاسخرےاکاس انرکباڑپایپیس یےکادنریھبارطخالمزمںیہےکاساکادنازہںیہنایاجاتکس،وسولوگںوکںیمےنافر ایویکہکنوہا ھاکمیہںیہن
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رکرےہےھت،ایسرطحنگیلےنیھباےنپاکرنکرھبیتےیکوہےئےھتاسرطحےکاداروںوکفزوچیھبرکبارھپااسنںیہنوہ ابویکہکنفزوچرھپ ےتسداومںیہ
رکباڑپیتےہ۔
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اہ ناخئزادہاسیکھت
اہ ناخئزادہاسیکھت ںیمزیمبانش م ز
اہ ناخئزادہےنرپورگامںیماانپزجتہی شیرکےتوہےئاہکہکبپااتسکناینرل لنشارئیالنئےکوحاےل ویجوینزےکرپورگام اجش م ز
ےساےئدنوکیئہنوکیئربخاعرظلامرپایتر یتےہرگماجاویمارئیالنئےکوحاےلےساےنوایلربخ ففاویمادارےیہںیہنوپریاومب ےئلباعرشم یئگےہ،یپ
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ایئاےیکرپوازیپےکریپوکاالسمابادےسدنلنیچنہپاورایسرپوازوکواسپدنلنےسالوہراجبااھترگمالتیشیکوہجےسرپوازدئزےسرواہنوہیئ،اجاسبا رییکوہجاسےن
ایئوتولعمموہاہکاسالفنےسریہونئئزادموہیئیھت،ئزاطونیل لنشرکامئایسنجیاورئزاطونیہمکحمداہلخےنیپایئاےےکایطرےےسریہونئئزادموہےناکدوعی ٰای
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یکاکرروایئیسکاتڈبپارٹنمٹیکںیہنےہ،ایشنمتیکروکاھتماےانیافیاوراےاسیافیاکاکمےہ،اےانیافیاورزمٹسکاہجزوکرئیلکسندےتیںیہاسےکدعب
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وہبےہ،ایطرےیکافلنئرئیلکسن ابافلنئ پچاپیپایئاے ںیہندورسیاایسنجیںرکیتںیہ،یپ
رکبےہ،اسےسےلہپیپایئاےاکاسےسوکیئقلعتںیہن ا یہوہالفیئ ا
ایئاےےکےلمعاکیھبوکیئفزداساکمںیمولمثوہاتکسےہ،سبکیشریٹیکدایندیذد داریاےانیافی،اےاسیافیاورزمٹسکیکوہیتےہ،یپایئاےےکایطرےاکرکان
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وہٹںیمےہڈیشولےکاطمقبانیکوایسپلکوہ ی۔مزرکایچومیسارتخےناہکہکڈگزرٹاوپسنررٹزیک مہزبالوکوندنزگرےکچںیہرگموکحمدنس اسماع ہلےکل
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ب ےئل دیجنسہںیہنےہ،یرہیوکحم نیتاچر دن ےسرٹاوپسنررٹز یک اوسییس ازنشی ےسبات پچرکریہےہ،رٹاوپسنررٹز مزنڈتخس مہزبالرپ اجبااچہرےہےھت نکیل مہےن
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اںیہنرواکوہاےہ،دنبراگہرپہگجہنوہےنےکباعاسامنالےنواےلاہجزواسپاجرےہںیہ،ڑسوکںےکامتم اگیرپا ٹیسوکحمدنس ےکبپاسںیہس رپاکمراکوہا
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ادباناککز :کلمںیمااہتندنسپیویکںلیھپریہےہ؟ادمئزداشاکروہیویکںلیھپراہےہ؟
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وہباھت۔ریمیدیپاشئرکایچںیموہیئ۔اورریمےرتسہائاھرہاسلینعی0596ےسےلرک0562تواہںزگرے،اسزامےنںیم وہداھبیئ :ےلہپاےسیںیہن ا
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مہارےارطاف م ز
ہمسقےکولگر ےتےھت۔انںیماسیعیئیھبےھت،اتآد دنہویھباھتاوربپاریسوھتڑیدورر ےتےھت۔شےکاہںآبااجبا ا
وہباھت۔اورچ
انےکوہتاروہےتےھتوتانےکرھگوںےس مہارےرھگوکیئایھچےشیجیھباجیتیھت۔چ مہارےاہںدیعوہیتیھتباوکیئاوروخیشاکومعقوتمہانےکرھگا ھہن
ا ھہفحتےتجیھبےھت۔نکیلآہتسہآہتسہہیش متوہ ای۔اباسوپرےےلحمںیموکیئاتیھبریغملسمںیہنراہ۔اسرےےکاسرےکلموھچڑ ےئںیہ۔اوراب
اسےلحمےکادنر ففاور ففاتیہمسقےکولگر ےتںیہ۔اسرےبپااتسکنںیمرقتابیًااسییہوہ ایےہ۔ہعیشاگلوہ ےئ ,ینساگل،وجاںیتیلقرہیئگںیہ
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رھپ مہارےاصنب ںیمئزمیم یک از ود رضورت ےہ۔اس ںیم وجرفنت یک ڑپباں ایتر یک یئگ ںیہ اور وج رھپ مہںوچں وک الھکےت ںیہ،اس اکاماجم ذ ین رم ض دیپارکبا
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دنہواتسن ںیماگےئےکاوشیےکبارے ںیم نیع یہیبات یک اجیتکسےہ۔دنہواگےئ وکیاہندقمس ےتھجمس ںیہاورارگآپدنہووں وکلعتشرکبااچںیہ وتاگےئاک
ہہگجتہباسدہوہےتںیہ۔اںیہناامعتسلایاجاتکسےہ۔اوروہہیںیہندےتھکیہکاسےکدور ہلئسڑیھچدج ۔آجزاد رےکلامولگیھبئزےاسدہںیہ۔لامولگ م ز
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رساتنجئایوہںےگ۔وتآجدنہواتسنںیمویہونجنداھکیئدےریہےہوجبپااتسکنںیمصر ےےسےہ۔اسیکوہجہیےہہکدوونںاممکلےکوجوجاچالک
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اس ریبمھگ ہلئس اک ل ای ےہ؟ ںیم اتھجمس وہں ہک فف اور فف دیقنتی وسچ وک اانپےن یہ ےس ات م ت دنم اور رپانم ماعرشہ اتکس ےہ۔اچ ی وسچ وج مہز
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وقوسالرکے،وجوپےھچہکآجزااسیویکںےہاورواسیویکںںیہنےہ۔وجوکیئباتوبقلرکےنےسےلہپتوبتامےگناوروجدلیل،ادتساللاوراشمیدےرپا فار
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وہباجےئاگ
ئ ارکے۔رصتخمہیہکںیمہاینپاویمزدن یںیماسیسنئرطہقیاکراانپباوہاگ۔وصبرتدرگی،اسدہولوگںوکاامعتسلرکباآاسنےسآاسن ز