Dr Ashfaque H Khan Until 2007, Pakistan was regarded as one of the four fastest growing economies in Asia, the others being China, India and Vietnam. Goldman Sachs, an international investment bank, included Pakistan, along with Mexico, South Korea and Vietnam, in the club of the “Next Eleven” (N-11), on the basis of their potentials […]
The complete list of Presidents of Pakistan Iskander Mirza 23 March 1956 27 October 1958 Muhammad Ayub Khan 27 October 1958 25 March 1969 Yahya Khan 25 March 1969 20 December 1971 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto 20 December 1971 13 August 1973 Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry 13 August 1973 16 September 1978 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 16 September 1978 […]
Pakistan was created on the cross roads of empires and civilizations. Pakistan’s history is a meeting ground of Central Asian – Turkic, Persian, Arab Islamic – Chinese, subcontinental fusion. The first known inhabitants of the modern-day Pakistan region are believed to have been the Soanian – Homo erectus, who settled in the Soan Valley and […]
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a parliamentary republic and sovereign state in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast.[7] Tajikistan also […]
“Go India! Go back! We want freedom!” the charismatically enchanting valley of Srinagar was resonating with the ear-piercing slogans raised by the hundreds of protesters who had gathered there after the Eid prayers. The Indian security forces started firing shots in the air and used teargas to disperse the violent crowd but all in vain. […]