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Regional Isolation for Pakistan?
52 years ago
We have a declared enemy in India on one side of the border – a notorious Afghanistan on the other. We have a friends to our North in China and Iran to our South-West. I have failed to understand why, ever since the present government has assumed control, the government has literally snubbed the Chinese a few times and irritated Iran on multiple counts while trying its best to butter-up Afghanistan and India to become ‘friends’ of Pakistan!
I could not find time to write on several issues that have bothered me – transit trade via Pakistan to Afghanistan being one of them. I could not find time to write how bad I felt when our leaders spent thousands of dollars in an Indian night club in the United States when millions sit homeless in the land of the pure!
This is an issue I want to write about. This is a question my mind is putting up again and again. Are we now headed into complete regional isolation amidst talk of Iran closing the Pak-Iran border? (more…)
Pakistan’s Military Advantage: Al-Khalid Tank MBT-2000
353 years ago
By Ammar Faheem
Saturday, 27th December – 2008
The Al-Khalid tank belongs to the category of Pakistan’s indiginously developed defense equipment which has always been a source of Pride to the Pakistani nation and the Pakistani armed forces. The Al-Khalid is a major achievement of the Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT).
The information presented in this column has been collected from various reliable sources of information available on the internet and aims at giving you an insight into Pakistan’s technological supremacy over the Indian military, which is a recognized fact.
The Al-Khalid is a ‘main battle tank’ (MBT) and its development began as far back as in 1988. The design and manufacturing of the tank was a joint effort of Pakistan and China.
Interestingly, the Al-Khalid is lighter and smaller in size compared to tanks of its class found in the west and is based on the Chinese type-90 main battle tank project.
Weighing around 46 tons, the Al-Khalid is easier to transport as compared to other major tanks in use by strong militaries across the world. The tank has a length of 10.07 meters, a width of 3.50 meters and a height of 2.40 meters. The tank can accommodate a crew of three personnel. The tank can easily pass through water obstacles of up to 5 meters deep, thanks to a built in snorkel system.
The Al-Khalid comes with a 125mm smoothbore gun which can also fire certain missiles. It is also equipped with a 7.62mm-coaxial machine gun, a 12.7mm externally-mounted air-defence machine gun that can be fired with the hatch closed, and smoke grenade launchers. (more…)
One last shift: Let us stop banking on the USA
73 years ago
By Syed Ammar Faheem
Sunday, 19th October – 2008
America is collapsing under systems and practices of its own. In such turbulent times, when not only the USA but Europe as well, face this man made financial catastrophe – the world is looking towards China with hope and despair! Why are we still allied to the USA? How do we define the terms friend, ally and enemy? (more…)
See how we love China!
11No matter what they do, no matter how a handful of ‘planted’ elements conspire, the people of Pakistan love their Chinese brethren! I had the opportunity to witness this love first hand at a university in Karachi. Students wrote their comments on a blank board brought in by China Mobile (ZONG) for marketing purposes which said “Said it all” to showcase in their media campaigns.
It was heartening to see a comment say “Send an Ambassador to China, Please?!“. It is encouraging to know that people have their ears and eyes open to the recent developments.
Click on the images below for a full sized view.
While someone wrote ‘Never trust China’ referring to the quality of their products, someone felt offended and wrote this in reply:
Clearly appreciating gifts of China to Pakistan:
That is a BIG, LOVING heart there for China:
My favorite comment, Send an Ambassador to China, Please!?
[Update: The government FINALLY appointed an ambassador to China today, after several months!!]
Now this is what the sensible people in this country think. This is how much our people love China and Chinese people.
A dirty conspiracy is being hatched to create a rift in Pakistan-China relations by kidnapping and in some cases murdering Chinese engineers who work in Pakistan, yet China continues to support us as it is aware of the nefarious designs of the USA and India!
To China, From the People of Pakistan: We stand by you and appreciate all what you have done for the stability and progress of our country like true brothers. Please keep supporting us and help us thwart this conspiracy to destroy our relations.
Pak-China Dosti Zindabad!
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