Monday, April 11, 2011

Pics of the Day

1

Malik Meraj Khalid with Raja Tridiv Roy Meraj Khalid was Chief Minister of Punjab while Roy was minister for minorities affairs. As Chief Minister, Federal Minister, Speaker National Assembly (for three months) and caretaker Prime Minister (for three months) he proved his integrity, merit, and kept his person above the trappings of power. In fact in his last public office, as Prime minister, he fought a losing battle against the VIP culture, which is throttling us.


2

Supreme Indifference: Nasser with Eden and the UK envoy This was British Foreign Secretary Sir Anthony Eden's only visit to Egypt.


3

Edwina Mountbatten - October 1947 Touring minority camps in West Punjab (Pakistan)


4

John Foster Dulles - A tilt for the military bureaucracy US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flanked by two bureaucrats; one civilian Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and one military Iskander Mirza in Karachi. He is apparently tilting towards the military man. Ultimately his brother Allen who headed the CIA and John developed a liking for General Ayub Khan


5

A tale of two Secretaries: Sir Anthony Eden with John Foster Dulles in 1956 10 Downing Street - 15 August 1956

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