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2013-06-08 India-Pakistan

Pakistan Rusts in Its Tracks In a Journey on a Crumbling Railway,

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Posted by 3dc 2013-06-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 An excellent article 3DC. Just about everything you need to know about Pakistan wrapped up in a pretty good travelogue.

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-08 04:05|| 2013-06-08 04:05|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a part that tells all, "Inherited from the British when they left".

(And destroyed by riots since)

So, the British built it, and the savages destroyed it, typical of the region.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2013-06-08 07:55|| 2013-06-08 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like Greenhouses doesn't it, RJ?

Posted by AlanC 2013-06-08 08:10|| 2013-06-08 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 ...or California.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-06-08 08:21|| 2013-06-08 08:21|| Front Page Top

#5 One difference. In Caliphornia, this is not yet common:

Muhammad Akmal, a 20-year-old ice factory worker, was going home to Punjab for a wedding. Hope to get married myself, soon perhaps to one of my cousins, he said.

Posted by Bobby 2013-06-08 13:41|| 2013-06-08 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 If you have an infidel mow your lawn, and you find a train...you might be a 'Stani.

If you are going to a wedding and hope to pick up your cousin as your next wife...you might be a 'Stani.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-06-08 19:44|| 2013-06-08 19:44|| Front Page Top

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