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It seems that Peoples party and some other politicians are working behind the scenes to force The PMLN into a confrontation that will bring military intervention. The reason is simple. Some parties such as Peoples party and JUIF have a record of doing very well in elections following military intervention.

 

After listening to many speeches and arguments I have come to the conclusion that the demands of the marchers in Islamabad are purely qualitative. Imran Khan is asking the government to be sincere to democracy and Allama Qadri is asking the government to be honest with the people of Pakistan. The government of Nawaz Sharif is vehemently refusing to accept any of the demands as it considers it a negation of its unbridled power and betrayal of its traditions.

 

The US state department has done a great disservice to PM Nawaz Sharif by speaking in his favor. They have proven Imran Khan's point. If NS can influence the US state department to give a statement in his favor, where do Pakistan's institutions stand in an enquiry against him?

 

The secret of China's progress and prosperity is that Chairman Mao never went on a foreign trip. Just stuck close to his people and inspired them to work honestly.

Rivers of Paradise

 

The Bible, Douay-Rheims

Book of Genesis 

“2:10. And a river went out of the place of pleasure to water paradise,

which from thence is divided into four heads.

 

2:11. The name of the one is Phison: that is it which compasseth all the

land of Hevilath, where gold groweth.

 

2:12. And the gold of that land is very good: there is found bdellium,

and the onyx stone.

Comment: The region in Genesis is usually associated with either the Arabian Peninsula or north-west Yemen, but in the work associated with the Garden of Eden by Juris Zarins, the Hijaz mountains appear to satisfactorily meet the description. The Hejaz includes both the Cradle of Gold at Mahd adh Dhahab (Atlas23°30′12.96″N 40°51′34.92″E / 23.5036000°N 40.8597000°E / 23.5036000; 40.8597000) and a possible source of the "Pishon River" — a biblical name that has been speculated to refer to a now dried-out river formerly flowing 600 miles (970 km) northeast to the Persian Gulf via the Wadi Al-Batin system. Archaeological research led by Farouk El-Baz of Boston University indicates that the river system, now prospectively known as the Kuwait River, was active 2500–3000 BC.^[4] Bdellium plants are also abundant in the Hijaz.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havilah

 

2:13. And the name of the second river is Gehon: the same is it that

compasseth all the land of Ethiopia.

 

Perhaps it refers to river Nile as can be seen in picture below:

 

2:14. And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along

by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

 

 

2:15. And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of

pleasure, to dress it, and to keep it.”

 

Unfortunately, man has made a complete mess of it.

It seems that the European authors of this particular version of the Bible believed that The valleys of the rivers Nile, Euphrates, Tigris and the area of Hijaz now commonly known as the Middle East was actually paradise and Adam and Eve were banished from it for their indiscretion into Europe where the human race grew and developed. Their concept of the patriarchs seems to be of gods similar to those of the Greek mythology. Later when other parts of the world and other civilizations were developed, the text in later versions was amended.