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Pakistan and India traded fresh accusations of crossborder fire in Kashmir on Tuesday, a day after top officials discussed ways of de-escalating tensions over the disputed Himalayan region. Lt. Col. Manish Mehta, an Indian army spokesman, said Pakistani soldiers fired mortars at Indian army positions and Indian soldiers “appropriately responded to the unprovoked cease-fire violations.” The Pakistani military said its troops responded to “unprovoked” Indian fire, which continued for two hours. Tensions have soared between the two nucleararmed rivals since a militant attack in Kashmir that killed 19 Indian soldiers. The mountainous region is divided between Indian and Pakistani-controlled zones, but both countries claim Kashmir in its entirety and have fought two wars over it. India is now constructing underground bunkers along the Kashmir border as troops say cross-border gunfire in the region now occurs "every night". Continued on page 26
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Dr Rami Ranger CBE
Indian community in the UK 'condemns' Pakistan
A new petition has been filed on the official website of the UK Parliament, calling on Britain to "strongly condemn" Pakistan for providing a safe haven for terrorists. The plea has already crossed the number of signatures required to make the government respond to it. The petition (https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/168107) , that has reached 17,482
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signatures as we went to press, has been authored by Naman Paropkari and reads, "Pakistan continues to double speak on the issue of terrorism. It has aided and abetted enemies of the international coalition against terrorism. Osama Bin Laden's hideout was in Pakistan. Pakistan continues to harbour UN sanctioned terror networks." Adding, "The Inter-Services Intelligence
has often been accused of playing a role in major terrorist attacks across the world, including the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, terrorism in Kashmir, Indian Parliament Attack and Mumbai terror attacks." The aim is to gather over 100,000 signatures by March 29, 2017, so that the issue is considered for a parliamentary debate in the House of Commons.
More than 40% of companies fear that Britain's vote to leave the European Union will damage their trading prospects. But shipping entrepreneur Dr Rami Ranger CBE believes that the concerns are misplaced, and Brexit will bring new opportunities for small businesses especially in Commonwealth countries and the Far East. In an article in The Times on Tuesday 4 October, he has discussed his 'path to success' and how 'slow and steady' he has built up his million worth business. Thirty years after he started a shipping company from his garden shed, Dr Ranger is still on a voyage of discovery. His business Sunmark made £200mn worth of sales to 130 countries last year. South America is the latest market in 68 year-old Dr Ranger's unrelenting mission to sell British branded products ranging from baked beans to deodorant cans. His story is not unknown to the British Asians, growing up in the UK. Rami Ranger's father was an Indian freedom fighter, who was killed during the 1947 partition, two months before Rami was born. He and his 7 siblings were raised single-handedly by their mother, a teacher. Necessity rather than desire led him into entrepreneurship. He was inspired by his mother's work ethics but wanted to channel his efforts into law rather than business. After graduating from University of Punjab, he convinced his mother to send him to Britain to continue his legal studies. Continued on page 13