Man of the Year: Gen. Raheel Sharif
Gen. Raheel Sharif is changing Pakistan forever.
From under-trial Pervez Musharraf’s hospitalization at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology on Jan. 2 to the attempt on news anchor Hamid Mir’s life on April 19 to the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb in mid-June to the attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School on Dec. 16, the year past has been a period of extraordinary adjustments within Pakistan’s much disturbed civil-military equation.
The year began badly enough with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif putting off his handpicked new Army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, by pursuing the high-treason trial against former Army chief and president Musharraf. The prime minister also showed “excessive enthusiasm” for closer relations with India, attending the investiture of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister even as the Indian Army was killing civilians with mortar fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir.
One day in 1932, Alfred Dotson Sr., and his twin brother, Wilfred, became instant musical celebrities at Kealing Junior High School. The two native Austinites sang “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” so charmingly that teachers sent the 13-year-old duo around the building on Pennsylvania Avenue in East Austin to perform for all of the classes.
“I sang it at my 75th wedding anniversary, too, with the men’s chorus at Ebenezer Baptist Church,” Dotson says in a smooth tenor voice. “I was with my wife, Ruth, for 79 years. She was my girl.”
If you request that song today, Dotson, who turns 102 on April 15, will likely oblige.
FM meets soldiers wounded in war
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April 10, 2021
RAWALPINDI: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), Rawalpindi, on Friday.
The foreign minister met soldiers wounded in war, inquired their well-being and was given a briefing on the role and contributions of the AFIRM.
The AFIRM is a premier rehabilitating institute for the war-wounded soldiers who have sacrificed their limbs during various military operations. This state of the art facility provides services to both military and civilians affected by accidents, calamities, violence and improvised explosive devices.
Qureshi said the whole nation takes pride in country’s armed forces and acknowledges their achievements and sacrifices. He appreciated the high morale of soldiers and paid tribute for their contributions to peace and stability in the region. Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Lieutenant General Nigar Johar was present on the occasion.
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Geo-political priorities changed to geo-economic goals: FM
April 9, 2021
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has appreciated the role and support of United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in developmental projects in Pakistan and achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.
He was talking to Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Asia Pacific Kanni Wignaraja virtually on Thursday. UNDP Resident Representative Knut Ostby was also present during this mutual meeting.
Issues of mutual interest, including ongoing UNDP projects in Pakistan, were discussed during the meeting.
The foreign minister, on the occasion, said that Pakistan is promoting economic diplomacy effectively and changed its geo-political priorities to geo-economic goals. He said that achieving sustainable development goals and reduction of poverty ratio are included in the priorities of our government. He expressed the hope that UNDP will expand its scope of projects to b