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birthplace of famous stoner 94.174.219.192 (talk) 22:56, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Not done: - no details for any edit. Begoon talk 01:07, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Troop contributions
Secret of success changed the article to say that Pakistan sends the second-largest troop contributions to UN peacekeeping missions. This is incorrect. Pakistan's 8,541 troops are indeed more than sent by any other country. Bangladesh's total contribution is greater because they send more policemen, not more troops. See also Talk:Pakistan/Archive 16#UN Force Contribution. Thus I've reverted his edit. Huon (talk) 13:55, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
- My deep apologies for the misunderstanding. I should probably gone through the archives after the first revert. Just a doubt, why are only the no. of troops mentioned and the total number of all military personnel ignored? Secret of success · talk 14:03, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think the policemen are military personnel, and while I have no idea whether the "UN Military Experts on Mission" are, they don't change the ranking anyway. Thus the troop number seems most relevant to the article's "military" section. Huon (talk) 14:54, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
Indian army mutilating the bodies of its own soldiers to use as propoganda against Pakistan
Pakistan government has stated that india had violated the cease fire in an unprovoked firing on an outpost on sunday, which resulted in the death of one Pakistani soldier. The indian government though has denied this. On the other hand indian government has stated today that Pakistan fired on indian outposts in a tit for tat retaliation for sunday which resulted in the death of 2 indian soldiers. The Pakistani army though has denied this.
However the new low in propoganda seems to be the mutilation of the 2 dead indian soldiers. Pakistan has categorically denied that any such thing had been done by their soldiers. Pakistan media has said that indian soldiers had mutilated the 2 dead bodies to use as propoganda against Pakistan.
There have been numerous cease fire violations by drunk indian soldiers at the border which results in Pakistan firing back in retaliation. The message seems to be that if any soldier is killed, a tit for tat retaliation will be carried out either immediately or at some point in the future. This should be added under the current annoyances section of Pakistan. Power of 200 Million (talk) 21:15, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- You'll need a reliable source for that. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:35, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Kashmir
I think to understand this dispute, we will need to go back to the early history of 1947. Just to have an idea I am pasting a portion of article from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir. "Kashmir was neither as large nor as old an independent state as Hyderabad; it had been created rather off-handedly by the British after the first defeat of the Sikhs in 1846, as a reward to a former official who had sided with the British. The Himalayan kingdom was connected to India through a district of the Punjab, but its population was 77 per cent Muslim and it shared a boundary with Pakistan. Hence, it was anticipated that the maharaja would accede to Pakistan when the British paramountcy ended on 14–15 August. When he hesitated to do this, Pakistan launched a guerrilla onslaught meant to frighten its ruler into submission. Instead the Maharaja appealed to Mountbatten[30] for assistance, and the governor-general agreed on the condition that the ruler accede to India. Indian soldiers entered Kashmir and drove the Pakistani-sponsored irregulars from all but a small section of the state. The United Nations was then invited to mediate the quarrel. The UN mission insisted that the opinion of Kashmiris must be ascertained, while India insisted that no referendum could occur until all of the state had been cleared of irregulars." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.36.164.228 (talk) 12:23, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
- This doesn't seem to be aimed at improving the article. Do you propose any specific changes? Huon (talk) 23:20, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
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