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Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
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Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
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Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 225161" data-attributes="member: 26009"><p>Pakistan has elections tomorrow on 8 Feb 2024. The three main contenders for the 2024 elections are Imran Khan’s PTI, Nawaz Sharif’s PLM-N, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).</p><p></p><p>The PTI was founded by Imran in 1996 on an anti-corruption platform. His charismatic leadership saw the party slowly rise in popularity, assuming office for the first time in 2018. However, he has since witnessed a reversal of fortunes, ousted from power in 2022 after losing the crucial support of the country’s military. He currently faces 200 court cases and has been imprisoned since August 2023.</p><p></p><p>Imran for his part has accused the military of targeting him, claiming that they had attempted to assassinate him. Some observers believed that his stand against the army would prove decisive for Pakistani politics, ushering in a new era of political participation independent of military interference.</p><p></p><p>However, as former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani wrote in an article for Foreign Affairs Magazine, Imran made a crucial mistake that undermined his strategy. In May of this year, Imran’s supporters attacked army installations, provoking a harsh rebuttal which included him being banned from national television, and his supporters facing the prospect of being tried in military courts. Since then, his followers have been arrested en masse and many leaders of his party have quit, some under pressure from the military. According to Haqqani, “it seems unlikely that Khan’s challenge to the ruling establishment will ever be able to regain the strength it once seemed to possess.”</p><p></p><p>With Imran behind bars, the PTI elected Gohar Ali Khan to replace him. This, according to Imran’s own lawyers, represents a babysitting arrangement for the party, with Gohar Ali Khan vowing to step down once the conviction of Imran Khan is overturned. As of now, Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking Pakistani state secrets.</p><p></p><p>Khan’s loss of favour represented a second chance for his political rival Shehbaz Sharif. Under Sharif, the PML-N, led by the Sharif family since the 1980s, has traditionally appealed to conservative and business-oriented factions. PML-N has held power multiple times, implementing economic reforms, infrastructure projects, and privatization initiatives during its tenures.</p><p></p><p>In 2017, after losing the support of the military, Nawaz Sharif was removed from office by the Supreme Court following revelations made about his financial dealings in the <a href="https://indianexpress.com/about/panama-papers/" target="_blank">Panama Papers</a>. In 2018 he was disqualified from holding public office and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. A year later, Nawaz left Pakistan to go to London for medical treatment and subsequently failed to return. His exile proved short lived however, with his brother’s appointment signalling his return to power, a move that was firmly established after he returned to Pakistan earlier this year with the backing of the military.</p><p></p><p>Nawaz’s convictions are now predictably being overturned by the courts, and politicians from different parties are switching over to the PLM-N. However, given the unpopularity of his brother’s tenure – widely believed to have been run by Nawaz from London – it is unclear how he would fare in a general election.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, we have the PPP, founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1967. The PPP has maintained power for decades, run by the Bhutto family including Benazir Bhutto (who was assassinated,), her husband Asif Ali Zardari, and now, their son, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. The PPP is by far the most left-leaning of the three parties although its reputation has been sullied by allegations of corruption. The PPP have announced that Bilawal will be their next candidate for Prime Minister, and Zardari, for President. in 2024 election</p><p>Given the shakeup in government, the Pakistani elections were postponed to February 2024, however, that decision has been met with considerable opposition. The election commission of Pakistan is facing accusations of redrawing the political map to favour Nawaz, and of delaying the election to give him time to campaign following his return from the UK.</p><p></p><p>A record 1300 objections have been raised across the country over the election process, notably concerning the proposed decision to merge two districts in Balochistan, despite them being 400 kms apart with no road connections.</p><p></p><p>Pakistan also faces domestic challenges, with Haqqani writing that it is “adrift in a sea of troubles.” First and foremost, its economy is in dire straits with GDP growth in the last year restricted to 0.29 per cent. Inflation meanwhile has risen to 29 per cent, and the country is engaged in a tense negotiation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a renewal of bailout terms. Catastrophic flooding has further devastated the economy, forcing Pakistan, historically a wheat exporter, to import wheat.</p><p></p><p>Internationally, Pakistan has lost the support of key allies, including the United States. Since Washington’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, military and economic assistance towards Pakistan has waned. India, meanwhile, has refused to engage with Pakistan until the latter acknowledges its role in backing terrorism.</p><p></p><p>Pakistan must additionally contend with domestic terrorism concerns, with the Pakistani Taliban growing increasingly brazen in its willingness to attack civilian and military targets. This was fuelled by the return of power of the Taliban in Afghanistan, enabled by Pakistan’s own policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban over the last few decades. This, Haqqani writes, has led even long-term allies of Pakistan in China and the Middle East, to cool their support for the struggling nation.</p><p></p><p>The 2024 elections will have a considerable impact on Pakistan’s ability to regain course.</p><p>The 12.8 crore voters of Pakistan are all set to choose a new government on Thursday, an election happening under the close watch of the all-powerful Pakistan Army. Pakistan Muslim League's Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party's Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and the candidates of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf are the main contenders for the top post. However, experts have indicated that Nawaz Sharif has the blessings of the Army.</p><p></p><p>“What is scheduled to happen on February 8 seems less like an election and more like a selection because Pakistan's Army has shown us in the past few days what result they are desiring in the upcoming elections. They want Nawaz Sharif to be selected," former high commissioner of India to Islamabad Ajay Bisaria told news agency ANI.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In the Pakistan Election 2024, the chief of Pakistan Army General Asim Munir will consolidate his authority over the political leadership of the country. The elections are significant, as for the first time in the history of Pakistan, the popularity of a civilian leader (Imran Khan) challenged the dominance of the Army.</p><p></p><p>Imran Khan is bearing a huge cost for challenging the authority of the Pakistan Army and is expected to languish in prison for the next few years, or until the military gets bored with the new government, according to political observers. </p><p>Nawaz Sharif has been in the place of Imran Khan as he was lodged in jail in 2017 after being accused of various corruption charges. The PML leader somehow managed to leave the country and only returned in October 2023, when suddenly all the cases against him vanished into thin air. Pakistan's continued support of terrorism has been a key question for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has been tougher on the national security front.</p><p></p><p>India has dealt with Pakistan's Generals who took charge of the country before. But General Munir’s quest for greater control may not be the movie we have seen before. To be sure, the dominant assumption in Delhi is that nothing ever changes in Pakistan. And that Pakistan’s generals will muddle along as they retain hold over Pakistan. Munir, however, is taking control amid the growing prospect that the old order in Pakistan is becoming unsustainable.</p><p>In his recent comments, Nawaz Sharif has displayed openness towards India and also acknowledged the neighbouring country's global advancements. But, the manifesto of his party declares readiness to make peace with India only if New Delhi reverts its decision to abrogate Article 370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dalvinder45, post: 225161, member: 26009"] Pakistan has elections tomorrow on 8 Feb 2024. The three main contenders for the 2024 elections are Imran Khan’s PTI, Nawaz Sharif’s PLM-N, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The PTI was founded by Imran in 1996 on an anti-corruption platform. His charismatic leadership saw the party slowly rise in popularity, assuming office for the first time in 2018. However, he has since witnessed a reversal of fortunes, ousted from power in 2022 after losing the crucial support of the country’s military. He currently faces 200 court cases and has been imprisoned since August 2023. Imran for his part has accused the military of targeting him, claiming that they had attempted to assassinate him. Some observers believed that his stand against the army would prove decisive for Pakistani politics, ushering in a new era of political participation independent of military interference. However, as former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani wrote in an article for Foreign Affairs Magazine, Imran made a crucial mistake that undermined his strategy. In May of this year, Imran’s supporters attacked army installations, provoking a harsh rebuttal which included him being banned from national television, and his supporters facing the prospect of being tried in military courts. Since then, his followers have been arrested en masse and many leaders of his party have quit, some under pressure from the military. According to Haqqani, “it seems unlikely that Khan’s challenge to the ruling establishment will ever be able to regain the strength it once seemed to possess.” With Imran behind bars, the PTI elected Gohar Ali Khan to replace him. This, according to Imran’s own lawyers, represents a babysitting arrangement for the party, with Gohar Ali Khan vowing to step down once the conviction of Imran Khan is overturned. As of now, Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for leaking Pakistani state secrets. Khan’s loss of favour represented a second chance for his political rival Shehbaz Sharif. Under Sharif, the PML-N, led by the Sharif family since the 1980s, has traditionally appealed to conservative and business-oriented factions. PML-N has held power multiple times, implementing economic reforms, infrastructure projects, and privatization initiatives during its tenures. In 2017, after losing the support of the military, Nawaz Sharif was removed from office by the Supreme Court following revelations made about his financial dealings in the [URL='https://indianexpress.com/about/panama-papers/']Panama Papers[/URL]. In 2018 he was disqualified from holding public office and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. A year later, Nawaz left Pakistan to go to London for medical treatment and subsequently failed to return. His exile proved short lived however, with his brother’s appointment signalling his return to power, a move that was firmly established after he returned to Pakistan earlier this year with the backing of the military. Nawaz’s convictions are now predictably being overturned by the courts, and politicians from different parties are switching over to the PLM-N. However, given the unpopularity of his brother’s tenure – widely believed to have been run by Nawaz from London – it is unclear how he would fare in a general election. Lastly, we have the PPP, founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1967. The PPP has maintained power for decades, run by the Bhutto family including Benazir Bhutto (who was assassinated,), her husband Asif Ali Zardari, and now, their son, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. The PPP is by far the most left-leaning of the three parties although its reputation has been sullied by allegations of corruption. The PPP have announced that Bilawal will be their next candidate for Prime Minister, and Zardari, for President. in 2024 election Given the shakeup in government, the Pakistani elections were postponed to February 2024, however, that decision has been met with considerable opposition. The election commission of Pakistan is facing accusations of redrawing the political map to favour Nawaz, and of delaying the election to give him time to campaign following his return from the UK. A record 1300 objections have been raised across the country over the election process, notably concerning the proposed decision to merge two districts in Balochistan, despite them being 400 kms apart with no road connections. Pakistan also faces domestic challenges, with Haqqani writing that it is “adrift in a sea of troubles.” First and foremost, its economy is in dire straits with GDP growth in the last year restricted to 0.29 per cent. Inflation meanwhile has risen to 29 per cent, and the country is engaged in a tense negotiation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over a renewal of bailout terms. Catastrophic flooding has further devastated the economy, forcing Pakistan, historically a wheat exporter, to import wheat. Internationally, Pakistan has lost the support of key allies, including the United States. Since Washington’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, military and economic assistance towards Pakistan has waned. India, meanwhile, has refused to engage with Pakistan until the latter acknowledges its role in backing terrorism. Pakistan must additionally contend with domestic terrorism concerns, with the Pakistani Taliban growing increasingly brazen in its willingness to attack civilian and military targets. This was fuelled by the return of power of the Taliban in Afghanistan, enabled by Pakistan’s own policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban over the last few decades. This, Haqqani writes, has led even long-term allies of Pakistan in China and the Middle East, to cool their support for the struggling nation. The 2024 elections will have a considerable impact on Pakistan’s ability to regain course. The 12.8 crore voters of Pakistan are all set to choose a new government on Thursday, an election happening under the close watch of the all-powerful Pakistan Army. Pakistan Muslim League's Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party's Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and the candidates of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf are the main contenders for the top post. However, experts have indicated that Nawaz Sharif has the blessings of the Army. “What is scheduled to happen on February 8 seems less like an election and more like a selection because Pakistan's Army has shown us in the past few days what result they are desiring in the upcoming elections. They want Nawaz Sharif to be selected," former high commissioner of India to Islamabad Ajay Bisaria told news agency ANI. In the Pakistan Election 2024, the chief of Pakistan Army General Asim Munir will consolidate his authority over the political leadership of the country. The elections are significant, as for the first time in the history of Pakistan, the popularity of a civilian leader (Imran Khan) challenged the dominance of the Army. Imran Khan is bearing a huge cost for challenging the authority of the Pakistan Army and is expected to languish in prison for the next few years, or until the military gets bored with the new government, according to political observers. Nawaz Sharif has been in the place of Imran Khan as he was lodged in jail in 2017 after being accused of various corruption charges. The PML leader somehow managed to leave the country and only returned in October 2023, when suddenly all the cases against him vanished into thin air. Pakistan's continued support of terrorism has been a key question for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has been tougher on the national security front. India has dealt with Pakistan's Generals who took charge of the country before. But General Munir’s quest for greater control may not be the movie we have seen before. To be sure, the dominant assumption in Delhi is that nothing ever changes in Pakistan. And that Pakistan’s generals will muddle along as they retain hold over Pakistan. Munir, however, is taking control amid the growing prospect that the old order in Pakistan is becoming unsustainable. In his recent comments, Nawaz Sharif has displayed openness towards India and also acknowledged the neighbouring country's global advancements. But, the manifesto of his party declares readiness to make peace with India only if New Delhi reverts its decision to abrogate Article 370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir. [/QUOTE]
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