VL

Pakistan Virtual Library
Unresolved Issues

 Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
  • Discussion of Basic Issues
  • Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity - INCORE (United Nations U. and U. of Ulster, UK)
    http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk
    [The INCORE guide to internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Kashmir, Pakistan, and India and similar guides provide information about internet resources on conflict and ethnicity specific to particular countries. They are intended to serve not only academic researchers but also policy-makers and practitioners in mediation.]
  • PakBase
    http://users.erols.com/ziqbal/pakistan.htm
    [A voluntary association of Pakistani individuals (based in Washington, D.C.) who support open discussion of all aspects of Pakistani society, policy, and economy.]
  • South Asia Citizens Web
    http://www.sacw.net/
    [An "independent space on the net to promote dialogue and information exchange between and about South Asian citizens initiatives." Includes information and expressions of opinion about issues involving people everywhere, and throughout all of South Asia. Among groups and issues represented are Citizens Action and Ideas for Peace in South Asia, Pakistan India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy, Anti-Communalist Secularism, South Asian Women's Movement, and South Asia Labour Movement. Sponsored by Alternative India Index.]

    Boundary Questions: Afghanistan and Kashmir
  • Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
    http://www.rawa.org/
    [Self-description: "RAWA is an independent political organization of Afghan women which is struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan."]
  • Kashmir WWW Virtual Library
    http://www.southasianist.info/kashmir/index.html
    [Links to Internet resources on questions concerning Jammu-Kashmir.]

    Religious and Cultural Minorities
  • Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
    http://www.muslim.org/index.htm
    [A movement dating from the late nineteenth century and organized in Lahore in 1914. The Lahore branch seeks to distinguish itself from the Qadian group that some Muslims consider to be heterodox or heretical. Includes material that seeks to contextualize the role of Ahmadis in the history of Pakistan.]


    • Violence in General
  • ISN ~ International Relations and Security Network
    http://www.isn.ethz.ch/
    [A set of links maintained by the Center for Security Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich [Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich]. ISN is "a daily updated, searchable clearinghouse for resources in the field of security and defense studies, peace and conflict research, and international relations." Search under subject; or search under Regions, then South Asia.]
  • Jane's
    http://www.janes.com/
    [Site of a major international intelligence, weapons, and strategic monitoring organization. Search by keyword for Pakistan or related terms.]
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