Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan It’s common observation that whenever we are struck by some disaster, we tend to lay the blame squarely at Nature’s door attributing it to God’s wrath vis-a-vis human beings believing that the disaster has come as a manifestation of God’s displeasure and as a retribution for our misdeeds. We abortively […]
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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan This often-quoted phrase making the title of my write-up refers to the legend of Roman Emperor Nero playing the lyre as Rome burned down. This old English phrase \”Nero fiddles while Rome burns\” perfectly fits into the apathetic and self-serving attitude of our political leadership belonging to both government and
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The other day I saw a post drawing a comparison between Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Imran Khan which I am sure must have elicited disapproval from all and sundry. I believe it’s inappropriate to draw a comparison between the two. Before drawing such a comparison, we would like to
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The world finds it hard to present a single instance of a game that could conceivably be played without adhering to laid down rules. Even in free-style polo played in the northern part of Pakistan there are certain rules specified for the game that make them binding on the players
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The disappearance of the erstwhile USSR from world\’s map as a superpower following its disintegration in 1991 and the emergence of the USA as the lone superpower thereafter, created a unipolar world that has seriously disturbed the balance of power thus jeopardizing the world\’s strategic balance. During the past three
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan In the midst of deep political uncertainties gripping our beloved country following the vote of no-confidence against Imran Khan that ended with his ouster, a new wave of political wrangling has started in Punjab that has assumed the shape of political rallies held by both the PML-N and PTI. The
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Today, I saw a post by a very respectable friend from Ghizer whom I prefer not to name, showing Google Earth mapping, and claiming Shandur to be part of GB on that basis. For his kind information, let me explain that Google Earth is a computer generated app designed to
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan While the world is still busy in battling the coronavirus old variants, a new variant named BA.4 and BA.5 omicron is reported to have raised its head and is spreading at a meteoric speed. The new variant, BA.4 and BA.5 as it\’s called, however, is quite unintelligible to a layman
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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan A lot has been written on the history, religion, beliefs and festivals of Kalash tribe which is available to the readers in abundance; so instead of treading the beaten track and repeating what the readers already know about, I would restrict myself to the existing pathetic conditions of the road
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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amid the nail-biting aura of political uncertainty gripping the country during the past few months, Pakistan\’s tottering economy is made to experience serious convulsions with economic indicators showing continuous downward trend. The ever surging inflation spiraling to a record high and the rupee taking a steep nosedive against the US
