Chitral centennial: the Society's 1995 tour to Northern Pakistan

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The Royal Society for Asian Affairs undertook a tour of Chitral, Northern Pakistan, in 1995, to commemorate the centenary of the Siege of Chitral by Lieutenant Colonel James Kelly. Kelly's heroic march to relieve the besieged forces of Surgeon-Major Robertson at the Chitral fort is one of the great events in Victorian military history. A garrison at Mardan was also mobilized under Major-General Robert Low. The delegation reached Chitral from Gilgit through the Shandur Pass and followed the route via south to Mardan along the Lowari and Malakand passes.

Reports, History, Discovery and exploration, Sieges, Royal Society for Asian Affairs

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Tribesmen, politics, opium and development in Dir, Pakistan

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The United Nations, beginning in 1986, has encouraged agriculture in Dir, Pakistan, to move from poppy cultivation to alternative crops. The UK and USA have added their support, totaling $14.5 mil in 1994, and if continued could all but eradicate the opium industry in this part of the world.

Economic aspects, Social policy, United Nations, Opium, Dir, Pakistan

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Recidivist militarism in Pakistan

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Pakistan has avoided the global trend toward democracy and vacillated between military and civil rule. This has led to chronic corruption, military consumption of half the nation's budget, and inability of the military to engage in warfare.

Pakistan, Social aspects, Military policy, Militarism

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