Image:PakistanPoW.jpg

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Stamp issued by Pakistan showing the 90,000 PoWs still under Indian custody.

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To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

[edit] Rationale for Fair Use

This stamp is a unique one in the annals of South Asian history since it was probably the only stamp that depicted a country's POW's in another nation and the stamp serves not just to illustrate the subject but more importantly, the political tone (see "challenge to world conscience" wordings). This design was chosen for serving a political purpose of trying to engage the world leaders in helping to release Pakistani prisoners of war held by India after the 1971 war. As per the Fair Use on stamps which states: "In some cases, the issuance of a stamp is itself notable, and the stamp may be allowable in the article (for instance, if the issuance of the stamp was an overtly political act, with the design chosen for political purposes)." This stamp highlights both the use of the stamp in question to serve political purposes rather than mere illustration of the prisoners and thus falls within the real of being an "overtly political act".

Thus, this stamp is very vital in portraying multiple facets of the POW issue and rightly so falls under the fair use category.

[edit] Usage before and after rationale was provided

Removed from the following pages:

  1. Prisoner of war
  2. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
  3. Simla Treaty

--OrphanBot 03:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Readded to the following pages:

  1. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 - The main article where the stamp is used.
  2. Prisoner of war - Reusing the same stamp in an article about POWs with the same rationale.

--Idleguy 03:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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