At 350kph, China high-speed train ups the game
Beijing (Xinhua): China increased the maximum speed of the bullet trains on the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway from 300km per hour (kph) to 350 kph. The Fuxing (Rejuvenation) trains, the newest bullet train...
پانی کی قلت۔ واقعی؟
Facts: Himalayas contribute 80% water of Indus; it is 3rd biggest ice store in the world; there is no way India can steal water from Indus; we waste 22 MAF into sea; there is no scarcity of water in Pakistan;...
What is in for Pakistan and India in SCO Qingdao Summit?
Wali Zahid | IMC Various versions of this article appeared in The News International, Pakistan’s largest-selling daily (Op-Ed part 1, part 2), China Pictorial, China-India Dialogue (in English and Chinese)...
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
4 May 2018 update: Visa on arrival info by Qatar Airways here. 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...