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Imran Leads Pakistan- Who Should lead India in 2019? When I was young, Mr Imran Khan was a person young Indians loved to hate. Many a time, he snatched victory from the Indian cricket team when all believed that India would win the match easily. At the end of his cricketing career, many of the haters became admirers. The cancer hospital in Lahore, built by him in his mother’s memory, made most people envy and admire him. Mr Imran Khan, a Pathan by ethnicity and a Lahorian by domicile, is an Oxonian. He comes from a good family and all of his siblings are very accomplished. He does not hail from a land-owning feudal family. His family played no part in Pakistani politics. As a resident of London, he was always seen in “ Liberal Circles ” dated many accomplished women, married a lady of Jewish origin. Notwithstanding a divorce after about a decade, the couple has a reasonably healthy post-separation relationship. His life also included one acknowledged (after a contest) out-of-w

NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS- INDIAN CONSTITUTION’S PANDORA’S BOX – Settle them Indian/Pakistan Kashmir! I- PROLOGUE Nation states have existed for a very long time. Even though the nations did not prohibit their citizens to leave their country and settle in another, not many citizens did that. Similarly, many nations did not prohibit the entry of foreigners and in fact encouraged them to have properties, slaves and even families. The concept of passports and visas before entry are relatively modern, dating back to just 104 years. Hence, the first draft of the National Register of Citizens which apparently left out about 4.2 million residents of Assam has attracted a lot of attention. Most importantly, Ms. Mamata Banerjee had declared ‘ civil war ’ and ‘ bloodbath ’. Not surprisingly, some FIRs have been registered against her in Assam. II- ASSAM, EAST PAKISTAN IN 1960s TO 1980s a) The partition of India in 1947 on religious lines creating 2 countries and 3 geographical