As the World Turns: Jan 2023 Report

Punjab, KP governors ‘decline’ to fix election dates…PAK BUSINESS FORUM: Charter of economy crucial for stability…‘Keep politics and economy separate’… Govt considers reviving Pak-Russia gas pipeline project…Contemplates shifting ‘starting point’ from Karachi to Gwadar… Sh. Rashid arrested by capital police in late-night raid… PUTIN MOBILIZING 200,000 MORE TROOPS… Unprecedented tension rises between Pakistan, Afghan Taliban…Violence,Continue reading “As the World Turns: Jan 2023 Report”

A Beginning Has Been Made. Oil Might Not Be Bought With Dollars Anymore But With Yuan.

Rashid Husain Syed, a senior member of Islamabad-based Back2School Forum, who is a Toronto-based journalist, consultant, and energy analyst and lived in Saudi Arabia for a quarter of a century says a beginning has been made toward Chinese request to Riyadh (and other Gulf Monarchs) to use yuan, for at least part of its oilContinue reading “A Beginning Has Been Made. Oil Might Not Be Bought With Dollars Anymore But With Yuan.”

Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan

Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) leader Firdous Naqvi extrapolates Z A Bhutto’s 1970 slogan ‘Roti Kapra Aur Makaan’ (bare necessities & shelter for all) –with the dire strait in Sindh post-floods. The province for the last 14+ years is being ruled by Bhutto’s party PPP. According to Naqvi, most of the kutcha homes (80 percent) wereContinue reading “Roti, Kapra Aur Makaan”

Nalanda: How the world’s oldest university was lost for 800 years

Nalanda, a renowned Buddhist university was located in Bihar (ancient Magadha). Considered by historians to be the world’s first residential university and among the greatest centers of learning in the ancient world, it was located near the city of Rajagriha (now Rajgir) and about 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Patna (then called Pataliputra). OperatingContinue reading “Nalanda: How the world’s oldest university was lost for 800 years”