November 30, 2006
Posted at 6:26 pm on Thursday the 30th
Yet another dreadful page to stuff into the Pakistan folder:
…tens of thousands of other haris toil as slaves on estates across Sindh, in return for meagre quantities of food and clothing. In theory, all of them should have been released under the 1992 Bonded Labour Systems (Abolition) Act, but the political power of the landlords, combined with their influence over police and local administrations has prevented this from happening, HRCP [Human Rights Commission of Pakistan] says. Article
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GLOSSARY
IIO = Illegal Invasion and Occupation
Congress CX = 110th Congress
SNABU = Situation Negative, All Bushed Up
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re: the phrase And So It Goes — A tip o' the ol' topper to Kurt Vonnegut, Lloyd Dobyns and Linda Ellerbee.
