Democratic transition in Pakistan in May 2013, has opened new vistas of cooperation between the two countries. Nawaz-Obama summit in October last year and the comprehensive Joint Statement issued thereafter provided the vision and future direction for this relationship. President Obama and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had agreed that mutual interactions should focus people centric…
IntroductionAs a young man, I wished to travel the world but with limited resources at my disposal it was not possible. Twice I made plans to visit London but both the times something happened and I could not go. In 1974 again I decided to go to London. I had a second hand car which…
Recently the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey H.E Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Pakistan accompanied by a high level delegation including the Minister of Economy and the Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication. A large number of prominent entrepreneurs and industrialists from leading private Turkish companies in the sectors of energy, construction, urban…
IndoreAt the time of partition (1947) the INDORE state had an area of 9519 sq miles. His Highness MAHARAJA IDHIRAJ REJESHWAR SAWI SHREE YESHWANT RADHOLKAR BAHADUR was the ruler of INDORE. MALHAR RAO was the founder of the HOLKAR dynasty starting life as an owner of 12 districts in Malwa which he received as a…
IntroductionIn the present environment of universal turmoil especially in the post 9/11 scenario, the Muslims have become a target of universal hate propaganda and Pakistan is perceived to be at the core. The extremists justify terrorism under the garb of Islam. Thus the ignorant facilitate the anti Muslim lobbies to propagate and project all Muslims…
A young teenager wrote in his diary; “I’ll not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony”. His name was Peter O’Toole and by 1962, he surely was not a common man just like the character of T.E. Lawrence that he played. O’Toole died on December 14, 2013. He is known…
Unmanned Combat Aerial vehicles more commonly known by their innocent sounding nomenclature “drones” have ultimately come under the UN scrutiny. For the first time, the UN General Assembly has pronounced itself on the ever-increasing use of armed drones in the pursuit of ‘war on terror’. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously passed a…
The Qatar’s Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDP&S) forecasted that growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) during the current fiscal year would grow by 5.3 percent. Different Qatar’s official figures suggest that over the past six years, its economy grew over five times in size during 2002 to 2008, at an average annual…
What a travesty that the prime beneficiary of Ms. Benazir Bhutto’s murder should shed crocodile tears on her death anniversary and call former President Pervez Musharraf a “Billa” (tomcat). While one could disagree with Pervez Musharraf on any number of counts (including the NRO that permitted Zardari another go at Pakistan’s treasure chest), Musharraf is…
To trace the origins of insecurity in Pakistan we must study both the natural and contrived deficiencies in our social, political and economic sectors. Ethnic and religious strife have not only morphed but become further complicated by ruthless terrorist activity. Unfortunately partisan and parochial viewpoints from both sides of the spectrum tend to be counter-productive…
