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PAK GENERAL, NAIPAUL’S BROTHER-IN-LAW, SHOT DEAD

Pakistani major general who was planning to blow the whistle on fellow generals’ dealings with the Taliban was shot dead by unknown assailants on November 19. Pakistani newspaper Dawn’s headline said Amir Faisal Alavi, brother-in-law of Nobol-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul, “Was against pacts with Taliban, Musharraf had sacked him”.

- Hindustan Times (Dec. 16, 2008)

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About the Author: Neeraj Nanda, Editor South Asia Times - 27 years experience in Radio, TV & Print Media. - Analyst/Commentator in Indian, South Asian and Asia Pacific affairs. - President, South Asian Journalists Association of Australia Inc. - Executive Member, Australian Indian Innovations Inc. - Former activist Delhi Union of Journalists, Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) & Indian Journalists Union (IJU) , Patriot-LInk Workers Union & Hindustan Times Employees Union. - Based now in Melbourne, Australia

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