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...Abid Baig is a salesman in a dried-fruits shop in Lal Chowk, the central shopping district of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir's capital. But Baig's real calling is as a stone thrower. A familiar figure at protests for azadi, or freedom, that regularly clog Srinagar's streets, 21-year-old Baig is angry, blaming the pervasive Indian security presence for choking off his chance at a decent life. His parents pulled him out of school when he was just in 10th grade because they worried that their only child would be picked up by police trolling for militants. Baig...
...While Musharraf's government brought electricity to remote villages - a popular vote earner - it failed to increase energy production. "Sure, we saw incredible growth over the past five years," says industrialist Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, "but the previous government failed to generate a single additional megawatt. If you have that kind of growth but do not generate the power to go with it then the system will collapse." Load-shedding - as much as 18 hours a day in some areas - has brought production lines in key employment sectors such as textile-manufacturing to a standstill. Rising oil prices had been mitigated...
Meanwhile, Bhutto, trapped in her home in Islamabad, some 10 miles away, was able to receive members of the national assembly. "I'm going in," shouted senator Enver Baig, as he strode purposefully toward the assembled police. They melted away as he passed, then reformed their blockade. Other politicians were not so lucky. Nahid Hayat, a party worker hoping to run for office, stood in front of the police to address the crowd. Before she had a chance to speak, she was bundled into a waiting police car. "I have been given no reason to be arrested," she screamed...
...Next to me, Ahson Baig, 30, an English accountant of Turkish descent, admitted he and his partner had argued over whether to come into work by tube today. ?It scares the living daylights out of you, doesn?t it?? he said. ?I felt hesitant, I asked myself whether it was safe, but why should I let someone else dictate what I want to do? No one has the God-given right to stop me living my life...
...Muslim active at Hounslow mosque, Baig says he is angered that terrorists use Islam to justify their actions. ?There?s such a sadness in my community,? he said, ?but we fight it by being positive and standing up to them...