Shadinothar Subeccha -- - Greetings of Indeendence to all of you
After 38 years of independence of Bangladesh a British institute of Pakistani origins called "London Institute of South Asia (LISA)" still calls Bangladesh as East Pakistan. See below:
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You can access its website at:
http://www.lisauk.com/
The website lists the principals of LISA as:
- Brigadier (Retd) Usman Khalid (Pakistan) London - Director
- Sami Malik (Pakistan) London UK - Director
- V.T. Rajshekar, Editor Dalit Voice, Bangalore, India
- Dr. M.Abdul Mumin Chowdhury (East Pakistan) London
- Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon (Punjab), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Dr Syed M. Inayatullah Andrabi (Occupied Kashmir), London
- Abidullah Jan (Pakistan), Toronto, Canada
Note entry number 4. In 2009, some 38 years after the declaration of independence, one of LISA's principal is a Dr. Chowdhury from East Pakistan!!
No wonder, the same Dr. M. Abdul Mumin Chowdhury of "East Pakistan" predicted BNP victory in 2008 election. See below:
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/12/26/news0027.htm
Survey predicts BNP victory
Staff Reporter
A number of organisations and international academic bodies have predicted that the BNP-led alliance will win the general election to be held on December 29. The organisations include London Institute of South Asia (LISA), Weekly Probenews and Bangladesh Manabadhikar Samonnay Paris-had (Bamasap).
Probenews and Bamasap predict that the BNP-led alliance will win an absolute majority bagging 154 to 155 constituencies, while LISA says, the BNP led alliance have nearly 10 per cent lead over the Awami League (AL) lead alliance. LISA conducted the survey from December 12 to 22 under the supervision of a team of academics headed by Dr M Abdul Mumin Chowdhury.
The other members of the team include Dr Nurul Islam Manjur, Dr Akhteruzzaman and Dr Harunu-ur-Rashid. From the respondents expressed voting intention nearly 10 per cent are still to make up their minds, LISA says about its survey.
The other significant findings of the survey are that the overwhelming majority are against army's involvement in the political process.
They are also against the meddling of representatives of foreign governments and international agencies and want the incoming elected government to curb this.
The people are also against granting port and transit facilities to India, a press release attaching the survey report of LISA says.
"Our survey gives the BNP-led alliance 9.57 percent lead over its challenger, the Awami League-led alliance," says LISA.
"By forming a much larger alliance AL expected to increase its votes in this election. Our survey clearly shows this expectation has not materialised," it observes.
"It is possible that the AL's role in ushering in the emergency and the unpopular unelected government, the latter's sanguinity to undercut the BNP as well as the party's endearment of the arch secularist and perceived anti-national parties, together with its pledge to give port and transit facilities to the 'neighbours,' which in popular perception stands for India, seem to have cost it dearly," LISA says.
The survey shows the percentage of the supporters of the Awami League-led alliance is proportionately higher in towns and cities than in rural areas, whereas in case of the BNP led alliance the opposite is true.
"The BNP led alliance's position appears to be unassailable. On this basis we predict that the BNP led alliance will win the election," it concludes.
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