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Twice Condemned » January 28, 2010
Asadullah Khan
Pakistan is home to a majority Muslim population but the country has its own Hindu population, which constitutes about less than two percent of the total population. They live primarily in the urban areas of the province of Sindh in the lower Indus valley. Over half are concentrated in the south-eastern district of Tharparkar. Those who chose to stay in Pakistan after the partition of the sub-continent were faced with constitutional and other limitations-generally imposed generally on all non-Muslims. But the lower-caste Hindus within the broad cluster of religious Hindu minority suffered the most. Pakistan's attitude towards scheduled caste Hindus has long been a case of double standards coupled with denial. They are hit by double discrimination as non-Muslims in a Muslim majority country and Dalits within Hindu community. Since this discrimination is not officially recognized, therefore, there is no legislation against it. Journalist Asadullah Khan visits different cities of Sindh province to tell the story. (18:00)
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DEVELOPMENT DILEMMAS Latest Issue
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Naresh Newar
The climate change conference in Copenhagen continues to remain under scrutiny by experts around the world. Indian experts have also criticized of how the conference was a disaster and they feel that India could have done more to make a difference to this so called historic climate change. In this edition of Development Dilemma, we bring to you voices of experts, academics and youth activists on how India could have played a better role. We will also discuss about the emergence of the BASIC group - the new alliance of countries including Brazil, South Africa, India and China to tackle the global climate change issues. (30:00)
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The Copenhagen accord is final

Posted on Saturday, 19th December 2009 at 2:36AM


Copenhagen, 19 December (Panos Radio South Asia) - The two week long UN climate conference ended on today with an agreement by countries to cap the global temperature rise by  commiting to significant emission reductions, and to raise finance to kickstart action in the developing world to deal with climate change.
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Reactions from negotiators to Copenhagen Accord

Posted on Saturday, 19th December 2009 at 12:01AM


Copenhagen, 19 December (Panos Radio South Asia)—The reactions from world leaders and negotiators continue as they remain disappointed from the so-called Copenhagen Accord:

 

Tuvalu: “I regret to inform you. Tuvalu cannot accept that document. This is disrespectful of the other countries. The review mechanism in 2015 is too late." 

 

Venezuela: “It is with indignation that we are speaking this document is not acceptable.”

Bolivia: “We have learned about this document through the media, not through you. Now we are given 60 minutes to accept something already agreed upon by other states. We are seeing actions in a dictatorial way. This is unacceptable and anti-democratic. We are not going to decide about so many lives in only 60 minutes.”

 


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Climate conference ends with a weak political deal

Posted on Friday, 18th December 2009 at 11:28PM


Naresh Newar 

Copenhagen, 19 December (Panos Radio South Asia) – When President Barrack Obama arrived unexpectedly at the conference venue, Bella Centre, on Friday much to the surprise of all the journalists--who had earlier speculated that he was not coming at all--there was some hope that there was going to be a good climate deal in the end. 

 


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