In an article captioned “China’s Discreet Activities in Pakistan’s Northern Borderlands”, the author, Mr Selig S. Harrison, made some assertions about the presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan’s Northern Areas. Similar reports have appeared in the Indian media. Spearhead Research carried out an overt survey of the area and the results were contrary to what has been alleged. The factual situation seen on the ground and the facts about the presence and involvement of Chinese in various infrastructure activities in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan are indicated below.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
A Brave Pakistani Awarded Highest Saudi Civil Award
A young ordinary Pakistani worker, Farman Ali Khan, who rescued 14 lives during floods in Jeddah, before scarifying his own life had been honoured by the Saudi government with the highest Civil Saudi Award.
Farman Ali Khan will be posthumously awarded the “King Abdul Aziz Medal” of the First Order in appreciation of his heroic humanitarian act, according to an official statement of Saudi Arabia.
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Rs 50bn corruption in rental power projects: Faisal Saleh Hayat
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government for details of all rental power projects and the details of what the public is being charged for electricity production.
During case proceedings today, Chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry sought details of how much electricity the rental power plants were supposed to provide, how much they were producing and what the government has paid them so far.
Was Qatar responsible for bloody revolt and innocent deaths in Libya?
Monday, October 10, 2011
THE US’ 2.3 MILLION DOLLAR MISTAKE
From ‘The Daily Beast” (Denver Channel)---“-CIA operative Raymond Davis was arrested in Highlands Ranch Colorado—Davis and two other men had been arguing over a parking space when the argument turned violent and Davis was reportedly the aggressor. He was charged with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct but was released after posting a $ 1750 bond. Davis made world headlines when he was arrested in Pakistan after he shot and killed two men who he said were trying to mug him. His imprisonment turned into a stand-off between the US and Pakistan about the CIA’s covert activities in the country and he was freed only after the US paid US $ 2.3 million to the victims’ families.”
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King of Ghazal Passes Away Today
Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh died this morning at the Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai after he suffered a brain haemorrahage. Mr Singh was 70.Friday, October 7, 2011
Raymond Davis, miles and worlds apart
Raymond Davis, a former C.I.A. contractor, was in a courtroom in Denver on Tuesday, where he was formally charged with second-degree assault. How different was that from his appearance, just a few months ago, before a court in Lahore, Pakistan, where he was charged with murder? That question came up when the district attorney suggested that it might be a good idea if Davis wasn’t allowed to carry a gun while the charges were pending. According to the Associated Press, his lawyer, William Frankfurt, replied that Davis needed a gun, since he is now working as, of all things, a firearms instructor, and that anyway the incidents were “miles and worlds apart.” Miles, yes, but worlds? Pakistan is not in another world, behind some dimensional door; everything that happens there can’t, and shouldn’t, be left behind. And beyond that, there are some common elements to both stories: cars, rage, questions of privilege.
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