Decay and erosion as currency: Messed-up Pakistan Series 5
On this blog and on my social media platforms, I take pride in publishing posts about infrastructure and development projects happening in all parts of the country. A couple of years ago, on a post about...
Pakistan exports: 3 years in 3 photos
What Pakistan exported in 2016. Worth $21 billion. The World Bank Group today held a round table on achieving export competitiveness for Pakistan at Lahore PC. I was one of the delegates. The event was organised by...
Languages in Europe
Linguistic map of Europe | Languages in Europe Related: Native languages in Pakistan The world’s most spoken languages The world’s most influential languages Eight pitfalls of corporate training programs in...
جاپانی وزیراعظم کا ہندوستان میں برق رفتار ٹرین کا سنگ بنیاد
تحریر: ولی زاہد ترجمہ: محمد علی شیخ جاپان کے وزیراعظم شنزو ابی نے اپنے ہندوستانی ہم منصب نریندر مودی کے ہمراہ احمدآباد تا ممبئی برق رفتار ٹرین کا تاریخی سنگ بنیاد رکھا۔ یہ منصوبہ احمدآباد گجرات میں بلٹ ٹرین منصوبے...
Pakistan after BRICS declaration
Wali Zahid The recent BRICS Summit of five emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – in Xiamen, China, stirred quite a debate in Pakistan and India. Unlike previous BRICS...
Japan PM lays foundation stone for Indian bullet train
14 September update: In a landmark moment, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe jointly laid the foundation stone for the proposed Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed Rail Network,...
Pakistanis to get Qatar visa on arrival
Pakistani nationals will now be able to get a Qatar visa on arrival for up to 30 days. With this, Pakistan becomes 81st nationality to be included in a Qatari visa-free entry programme announced earlier this month....
Nine questions on China-India Doklam border standoff
28 August update: Breakthrough: China and India agree to end two-month-long standoff in Doklam. China confirms India has withdrawn its troops. – Xinhua by Wali Zahid A remote border area no one heard of until...
Nawaz Sharif takes his case to masses
Exactly a month ago on 13 July, Panama JIT presented its report to Supreme Court, on which basis the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to be dismissed a fortnight later. There was speculation at the time that Nawaz...
Xi: Party’s absolute leadership over army
By Wali Zahid China on Sunday held the first-ever Army Day parade to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The venue was a remote Zhurihe Combined Tactics Training Base in...