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Cricket in Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

LETTER TO EDITOR

March 26th, 2016

 

 Cricket in Pakistan

 

 

The dismal performance of the Pakistani squad in the ongoing T20 world cup tournament in India has created a furore the like of which was never seen before. The entire nation and the media have gone bonkers and are discussing the issue day and night on all TV channels as if there was nothing else better to do.  All sorts of analyses, critiques and questions are being poured in by the so called experts of all hues and colours, ranks and standings some suggesting sacking of the captain and the coach, some cutting of the dead wood in the form of senior players and yet others guillotining the PCB bigwigs.  If you ask me, why not do away with the cricket itself in Pakistan?  After all what is there so imperative about it that we can’t do without it? Does it not cost us as a nation millions and millions of man hour watching the idiot box which could be utilized productively elsewhere? How does it contribute in any way in improving the health – mental or! physical – of the nation or for that matter even of the players?  It is complete waste of time and money except for the PCB and the good for nothing players who mint millions from the game and the commercials. It is no longer a sport but a commercial bonanza involving betting, match fixing and corruption. And imagine our children idolizing such characters devoid of any intellect, etiquette or good manners to the degree that most of them cannot  even utter a single sensible grammatically correct sentence, which they are seen trying pathetically clearly betrayed by their body language. After all how many nations of the world play cricket – one can count them on the fingers of one’s two hands?  Aren’t the rest of the scores of the countries – some highly advanced like Germany, Japan China, Russia, most of Europe surviving without it that we would not?  So, please let’s do away with it.  Our children will not have only more time! for their studies but also have the option to have men like I! qbal, DRs. Salam and Qadeer, Majors Raja Aziz Bhatti and Shabbir Sharif et al as their idols. Our offices will work better and with much more concentration. We will save on the electricity too which is already short.  A developing nation like ours cannot afford the luxury of wasting time and resources on cricket.  Let’s concentrate on other healthier sports instead.

 

 

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
30 Westridge 1
Rawalpindi 46000
Pakistan
E.mail: jafri@rifiela.com

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Religious fanatics attack Junaid Jamshed

 

Let’s Follow Our Allah’s Attributes:

Rahim Aur Karim:

Oft Forgiving and Merciful

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religious fanatics attack Junaid Jamshed

 

ISLAMABAD: Famous fashion designer and singer-turned Islamic scholar Junaid Jamshed survives an attack on Islamabad airport in early hours of Sunday, TheNewsTribe.com reported.

Junaid Jamshed was attacked by some religious fanatics who had reportedly off boarded from a flight from Karachi.

The group of religious extremists took Juniad Jamshed on to their kicks and punches, and kept beating him.

Irony was that when no policeman on duty came for his rescue and people around kept making video of this brutal act.

Junaid Jamshed had been under criticism for sexist remarks and arguably a blasphemy comment about Ammul Mo’mineen Hazrat Ayesha Siddiqa (R.A).

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Pakistan Armed Forces Republic Day Honours & Awards

Ye Ghazi, Ye Tere Purisrar Bande
Jinhain Tu Ne Bakhsha Hai Zuaq-e-Khudai

These warriors, victorious, These worshippers of Yours,
Whom You have granted the will to win power in Your name.

 

 

The President of Pakistan has been pleased to grant the Military awards to the officers and men of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force. 3 officers and men granted Tamgha-i-Jur’at, 6 Sitara-e-Basalat, 126 Tamgha-e-Basalat, 73 Imtiazi Asnad, 198 COAS Commendation Cards, 19 Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), 85 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 112 Tamgh-i-Imtiaz (Military).
Following officers and men have been conferred with Tamgha-i-Jur’at Capt Asfandyar Ahmad Bokhari, (Shaheed), Junior Tech Tariq Abbas (Shaheed) Air Force, Junior Tech Saqib Javed (Shaheed) Air Force, Sitara-e-Basalat Lt Col Iftikhar Ahmad Jamil (Shaheed), AD, Lt Col Faisal Malik (Shaheed), Engrs, Capt Omer Farooq Suleman (Shaheed), Punjab, Nk Abdul Hameed, Engrs, Sep Qadeer Ahmed (Shaheed), Sind, Flight Lieutenant Hussain Muhammad Musaddiq, Air Force, Tamgha-i-Basalat Col Tanseer Ahmad, SI (M) (Late), AK, Lt Col Nasim Abbas, AK, Lt Col Ayub Haider, AK, Lt Col Nauman Azad, Punjab, Maj Amjad Ali Khan, FF, Maj Muhammad Ismail (Shaheed), FF, Capt Saeed Ur Rehman (Shaheed), Arty, Capt Tanveer Shafi, Punjab, Capt Basharat Farid, Baloch, Sub Manzoor Ali, FC KPK, Sub Sherin Islam (Shaheed), FC Bln, Sub Jahangir Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln, N/Sub Ijaz Ahmed (Shaheed), Engrs, N/Sub Ijaz Ahmed (Shaheed), Engrs, N/Sub Muhammad Hussain (Shaheed), Engrs, N/Sub Zahoor Hussain (Shaheed), Punjab, N/Sub Iftikhar Ahmed (Shaheed), Punjab, N/Sub Bashir Ahmad (Shaheed), Punjab, N/Sub Sadiq Hussain, AK N/Sub Muhammad Sadiq (Shaheed), Arty, N/Sub Mukhtiar Gul (Shaheed), FF, N/Sub Rafaqat Ali, Sind, N/Sub Sajan (Shaheed), Sind, N/Sub Ishtiaq, Baloch, N/Sub Noor Din, Baloch, N/Sub Muhammad Khalid (Shaheed), AK, N/Sub Badshah Noor (Shaheed), FC Bln, N/Sub Wazir Rehman (Shaheed), FC Bln, DSR Abdul Jabbar (Shaheed), PR (Sind), DSR Abdul Jabbar (Shaheed), PR (Sind), DSR Tahir Hassan Khan, PR (Sind), Hav Javed Iqbal (Shaheed), Engrs, Hav Abdul Khaliq, FC KPK, Hav Arshad Mahmood, FF, Hav Laal Khan, CMI, Hav Nabi Bux, Baloch, Hav Qamar Zia (Shaheed), CMI, Hav Mushtaq Ali, Baloch, Hav Shahid Hussain Shah, (Shaheed), AK, Hav Aamir Hussain (Shaheed), AK, Hav Qaiser Ghafoor (Shaheed), CMI, Hav Mosam Gul (Shaheed), FC KPK, L/Hav Khalid Muhammad (Shaheed), FF, Nk/Engr Altaf Hussain (Shaheed), Engrs, Nk Ghulam Nabi (Shaheed), Engrs, Nk Nazakat Ali (Shaheed), Arty, Nk/MT Muhammad Tariq Kayani (Shaheed), ASC, Nk Muhammad Ajmal Hussain (Shaheed), FF, Nk Aijaz Ali, FF, Nk Yar Ghani (Shaheed), FC Bln, Nk Abdul Jabbar (Shaheed), FC Bln, Nk Pir Hazim Shah, Bhattani (Shaheed), FC KPK, Lnk Mushtaq Ahmed (Shaheed), Punjab, Lnk Naeem Khurshid (Shaheed), Punjab, Lnk Munir Ahmed, NLI, Lnk Ashraf Ali (Shaheed), FF, Lnk Husnain Ali Shah (Shaheed), FF, Lnk Ghulam Hussain (Shaheed), Sind, Lnk Muhammad Parial (Shaheed), Sind, Lnk Shahzada (Shaheed), FC Bln, Lnk Pervaiz Akhtar (Shaheed), Baloch, Lnk Muhammad Rauf (Shaheed), AD, Nursing Lnk Muhammad Zamin, Mohmand (Shaheed), FC KPK, Lnk Muhammad Anwar (Shaheed), PR (Sind), Sep Muhammad Yaseen (Shaheed), Punjab, Sep Muhammad Irfan (Shaheed), Punjab, Sep Ejaz Ud Din (Shaheed), NLI, Sep Muzaffar Shah (Shaheed), NLI, Sep Muhammad Imran Khan (Shaheed), NLI, Sep Muhammad Yaseen (Shaheed), NLI, Sep Muhammad Zeeshan (Shaheed), NLI, TA Ghulam Farid (Shaheed), Arty, Sep Nisar Ahmed, FF, Sep Abdul Jamshid (Shaheed), FF, Sep Siraj Munir (Shaheed), FF, Sep Behram Shah (Shaheed), FF, Sep Waheed Ullah (Shaheed), FF, Sep Naqash Khan (Shaheed), FF, Sep Asif Abbas (Shaheed), FF, Sep Sahib Khan, Sind, Sep Abdul Jabbar (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Tasavar Abbas (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Sajid Hussain (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Zohaib Altaf (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Noman Farooq (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Ayyaz Rasool (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Iftikhar Ali (Shaheed), Sind, Sep Zahid Iqbal (Shaheed), Baloch, Sep Saeed Qader (Shaheed), Baloch, Sep Rana Amir Iqbal, (Shaheed) Baloch, Sep Muhammad Irfan (Shaheed), Baloch, Sep Syed Ihsan Ullah (Shaheed), AD, Sep Qamar Ali Khan (Shaheed), AK, Sep Awais Ahmad (Shaheed), AK, Sep Asad Iqbal (Shaheed), Sep Muzammal Hussain (Shaheed), AK, Sep Shakeel Ahmed (Shaheed), AK, Sep Muhammad Saleem Dar (Shaheed), AK, Sep Ilyas Hussain, AK, Sep Saeed-u-Rahman (Shaheed), AK, Sep Rafi Ul Din (Shaheed), FC Bln, Sep Zaheer Ahmed, FC Bln, Sep Muhammad Jehangir (Shaheed), FC Bln, Sep Muhammad Jamshed (Shaheed), FC Bln, Sep Ayaz Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln, Sep Tariq Mehmood (Shaheed), FC Bln, Sep Basharat Ali (Shaheed), Punjab, Sep Muhammad Mushtaq Khan (Shaheed) PR (Sind), Sep Iftikhar Ahmad (Shaheed), AK, Spr Muhammad Nawaz, (Shaheed), Engrs, Spr Muhammad Akhter, Engrs, Spr Shahid Raza (Shaheed), Engrs, Spr Mati Ullah (Shaheed), Engrs, Spr Robin Mukhtar (Shaheed), Engrs, Spr Liaqat Hussain, Engrs, Lt Syed Hassan Jilani, PN, Navy, CDT-I Zaigham Nazeer Ranjaha, Navy, MUS-I Altaf Ahmed, Navy, Wing Commander Yasir Shafiq Malik, Air Force, Squadron Leader Tariq Wahid Malik, Air Force, Squadron Leader Furqan Ahmad Latif, Air Force, Squadron Leader Ahmad Sami Sawhney, Air Force, Squadron Leader Uamir Azam, Air Force, Squadron Leader Syed Ahmed Faraz, Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Sarfraz Ahmad, Air Force, Senior Tech Muhammad Wakeel, Air Force, Junir Rech M Zubair Moaaz, Air Force, Junior Tech Taimor Ahmed, Air Force, Imtiazi Sanad Col (Now Brig) Tanveer Hussain Khan, Baloch, Col Sajjad Bashir, CMI, Lt Col Zulfiqar Ali, NLI, Lt Col Zafar Iqbal, AK, Lt Col Muhammad Aslam, AK, Lt Col Shahid Nawaz Malik, FF, Maj Aahad Zarrar, Avn, Maj Khalid Mahmood, AK, Maj Imran Aziz Bhatti, Sind, Maj Muhammad Naman Ahmad, Avn, Maj Yasin Ahmad Abbasi, FF, Maj Raja Abdul Haseeb Saqib, Punjab, Capt Adeel Ahmed, Sind, Capt Zain Salman Bhatti, FF, Capt Muhammad Naeem Rao, Sind, Capt Hafiz Abdul Wajid Khan, Punjab, Capt Muhammad Inam Ul Haq Bugti, Punjab, Capt Shahzad Ahmad, AK, Lt (Now Capt) Umar Abbas, AK, Capt Muhammad Asif, FF, Capt Ijaz Mahmood Khan, Punjab, Capt Sajid Maqsood, NLI, Lt Abdul Ghafar, Sind Sub Noor Badshah, FC Bln, N/Sub Mazhar Ali Khan, FF, N/Sub Amjad Mehmood, Sind, N/Sub Mutahir Shah, Baloch, N/Sub Rehmat Ullah, FC Bln, DSR Umar Daraz Malik, PR (Sind), DSR Manzoor Ali, PR (Sind), DSR Javed Hameed, PR (Sind), SI Muhammad Inayat, PR (Sind), SI Shamsher Mehdi, PR (Sind), Inspr Muhammad Arshad, PR (Sind), SR Muhammad Inayat Ullah Durrani Attari, PR (Sind), Hav Syed Janan Hassan, Punjab, Lnk Sabir Ullah, FF, Lnk Ishfaq Ahmed, FC Bln, Lnk Jamil Ahmed, FC Bln, Lnk Syed Muhammad Rafique Shah, PR (Sind), Lnk Ghulam Akbar, PR (Sind), Lnk Fida Hussain, PR (Sind), Sep Qasim Raza, Punjab, Sep Ghufran, Punjab, Sep Muhammad Shoaib, NLI, Sep Muhammad Ali, FF, Sep Muhammad Saqib, Sind, Sep Allah Ditta, Baloch, Sep Muhammad Afzal, Baloch, Sep Hussain Ali Khan, AK, Sep Muhammad Zafran Khan, AK, Sep Saif Ur Rehman, FC Bln, Sep Muhammad Hussain, FC Bln, Sep Kiramat Ullah, FC Bln, Sep Abdul Wahid, FC Bln, Sep Umar Faraz, FC Bln, Sep Kamran Ud Din, FC Bln, Sep Shahbaz Ali Naz, PR (Sind), Sep Tariq Hussain, PR (Sind), Sep Mujahid Khan, FC Bln, Lt Col Faisal Umair Khan, Avn, Maj Muhammad Zulqarnain Tariq, Avn, Group Captain Shahab Imtiaz, TI(M), Air Force, Wing Commander Muhammad Rafiq, Air Force, Squadron Leader Haider Ali, Air Force, Squadron Leader Inam Ur Rehman, Air Force, Squadron Leader Falak Niaz, Air Force, Squadron Leader Shahid Hussain, Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Ali Rauf, Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Atiq Ur Rehman, Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Syed Nabeel Amjad, Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Munawar Hussain, Air Force, Flight Lieutenant Muhammad Furqan, Air Force, COAS Commendation Card Brig Khalid Farid, CMI, Col Salman Rafique, Arty, Col Syed Gulzar Ali Bukhari, ADC, Lt Col Imtiaz Ali Khan, Punjab, Lt Col Tahir Mahmood, Punjab, Lt Col Sarfraz Nazar, Sind, Lt Col Atique Nawaz, FF, Lt Col Muhammad Shahid Chaudhry, Punjab, Lt Col Syed Kashif Hussain, Avn, Lt Col Ajmal Rafique, EME, Lt Col Adnan Khizar Hayat, FF, Lt Col Tanveer Ahmad, FF, Lt Col Muhammad Aslam, CMI, Lt Col Syed Yasir Ali Shah, Avn, Lt Col Rao Hameed Ur Rehman, CMI, Lt Col Faisal Umair Khan, Avn, Lt Col Shahid Amir Khan, Baloch, Lt Col Sohail Yousaf, FF, Lt Col Ali Zia Asghar, AMC, Maj Zar Mohammad Khan, TI (M), FF, Maj Muhammad Fayyaz Iqbal Cheema, TI(M), CMI, Maj Mubashir Mustafa, AC, Maj Imran Younus, Baloch, Maj Warasat Husnain, CMI, Maj Iftikhar Hussain, Baloch, Maj Ali Nawaz, FF, Maj Khalid Parwaz, ICTO, Maj Hussain Akbar, CMI, Maj M Ashraf Farooqi, CMI, Maj Mubashar Ahmad Abbasi, FF, Maj Zubair Ali Khan, FF, Maj Rashad Iqbal Tanger, FF, Maj Rizwan Azeem Cheema, Avn, Maj M Saqib Mehmud, Avn, Maj Khurram Sheraz, Avn, Maj Syed Suleman Qutb, ICTO, Maj Shaikh Asif Ibrahim, EME, Maj Imran Syed, Avn, Nasir Ahmed Khan, Avn, Maj Muhammad Rauf Rizwan, CMI, Maj Muhammad Riaz, AK, Maj Mohsin Ali Raza, Avn, Maj Safdar Ali Khan, NLI, Maj Ihsan Ullah, FF, Maj Imran Isa, FF, Maj Muhammad Azhar Nawaz, Avn, Maj S Imtiaz Ali, T Bt, NLI, Maj Muhammed Ali Afridi, Sind, Maj Adnan Tauqeer, ASC, Maj Khalid Muhammad, Sind, Maj Nadeem Saeed, FF, Maj Khalid Waleed, AC, Maj Liaqat Ali, Arty, Maj Jawad Malik, Avn, Maj Nauman Saleem, Engrs, Maj Muhammad Afzal, Baloch, Maj Syed Mubashar Hussain Bukhari, Punjab, Maj Asad Majeed, Arty, Capt Umair Khan, FF, Capt Saadullah Ghazi, Baloch, Capt Muhammad Fahad Sadiq, FF, Capt Muhammad Athar Akhlaq Khan, FF, Capt Muhammad Hassan, NLI, Capt Fahad Masood, Sind, Capt Fazeel Ali Awan, ICTO, Capt Abdul Wali, NLI, Capt Asad Amjad Mir, Arty, Capt Sanaullah Khan, AC, Lt (Now Capt) Rao Dain Usman Khan, AC, Capt Muhammad Zubair Khan, FF, Capt Zulfiqar Ali Haideri, Punjab, Capt Hammad Tariq, AD, Capt Abdullah Kamran, FF, Capt Sajid Ur Rehman, AK, Capt Ali Raza Khan, AC, Capt Ibrahim Zafar Gondal, AMC, Lt Tanveer Khan, AC, Lt Muhammad Israr Ud Din, NLI, Lt Wajahat Latif Khan, Punjab, Lt Osama Bin Rafique, Arty, Lt Osama Afzal Cheema, Punjab, Lt Salman Rafiq, FF, 2/Lt Rashid Khan, NLI, SM Sher Jan, FC Bln, Sub Rasool Khan, Engrs, Sub Ghulam Ali, Punjab, Sub Muhammad Aslam, EME, Sub ACE Salamat Ali, EME, Sub Hassan Iqbal, FC Bln, Sub Muhammad Asghar, FC Bln, Sub Abdul Razzaq, Pak Coast Gd, N/Sub Riaz Ahmed, Punjab, N/Sub Sajid Ali, Baloch, N/Sub Muhammad Jahangir, Arty, N/Sub Zakir Hussain, CMI, N/Sub OT Amjad Ali, EME, N/Sub Muhammad Banaras, EME, N/Sub Zahoor Ahmed, FC Bln, N/Sub Abid Hussain, FC Bln, DSR Muhammad Yousaf, PR (Sind), DSR Irfan Ullah, PR (Sind), DSR Raja Tahir Iqbal, PR (Sind), DSR Iftikhar Hussain, PR (Sind), DSR Saeed Ahmed, PR (Sind), SI Shahid Zaman, PR (Sind), SI Rizwan Ahmed, PR (Sind), Inspr Nabi Bukhsh, PR (Sind), Inspr Yasir Hussain, PR (Sind), Hav Amjad, SSG, Hav Abdul Majeed, PR (Sind), Hav Gul Zair Khan, FC Bln, Hav Raqeeb Hussain, NLI, Hav Aftab Hussain Khan, FF, Hav Zarbat Khan, FF, Hav Asmat Ullah, FF, Hav Azhar Iqbal, Sind, Hav Tahir Mehmood, Sind, Hav Khalid Raza, SSG, Hav Muhammad Asif Tanvir, AD, Hav Shahzada Hassan, AK, Hav Shah Zaman Khan, MF, Hav Shamsher Khan, FC Bln, L/Hav Ali Hassan, Engrs, L/Hav Nazir Ahmed, Sind, Nk Inam Ul Haq, Engrs, Nk Muhammad Tahir, Punjab, Nk Imran Khan, NLI, Nk Haneef Khan, FF, Nk Nisar Ahmad, Sind, Nk Sudheer, Baloch, Nk Damsaz Khan, Baloch, Nk Muhammad Nadeem Khan, AK, Nk Miraj Badshah, FC Bln, Nk Rahim Ullah, FC KPK, Nk Muhammad Suleman, PR (Sind), Nk Hakeem Ullah, FC Bln, Nk Sajid Hussain, FC KPK, Nk Muhammad Hamayun, FC KPK, Up/Nk Muhammad Khurshid, Baloch, Lnk Remanullah, Arty, Lnk Qaisar Khan, FF, Up/Lnk Abdul Ghaffar, Baloch, Lnk Amir Zeb, Baloch, Lnk Arif Hussain, AK, Lnk Bahadur Shah, EME, Lnk Naqeeb Khan, FC KPK, Lnk Tagga Khan, FC Bln, Lnk Intikhab Alam, AC, Sep Nasir Mehmood, AC, Sep Amjad Khan, Punjab, Sep Muhammad Yaseen, Punjab, Sep Alam Khan, Punjab, Sep Mamnoon Ur Rehman, Arty, Sep Tausif Ahmed, FC KPK, Sep Zafar Iqbal, FF, Sep Qasim Shah, FF, Sep Muhammad Aamir Ali, Sind, Sep Atta Rasool, Sind, Sep Ghulam Raza, Sind, Sep Shahzada Nosharwan Gul, Baloch, Sep Ahmad Ali, Baloch, Sep Siraj Ul Haq, AK, Sep Aman Ullah, FC Bln, Sep Amir Hayat, FC Bln, Sep Samee Ullah, DSG, ALD Khizar Hayat, AC, ALD Muhammad Imran, AC, Spr Muhammad Yousaf, Engrs, Spr Rizwan, Engrs, Spr Bilal Ahmed, Engrs, Spr Abdul Rauf, Engrs, Spr Pir Bakhsh, Engrs, Spr Yasir Mehmood, Engrs, Spr Lal Jan, Engrs, Maj Ali Irtaza, Avn, Maj Rizwan Azeem Cheema, Avn, Col Raja Muhammad Munir, Avn, Lt Col Kashif Ijaz, Avn, Lt Col Bilal Sarwar, Avn, Lt Col Syed Yasir Ali Shah, Avn, Lt Col Ahmad Salman, Avn, Maj Muhammad Ashfaq, Avn, Maj Muhammad Waqar Fazal, Avn, Maj Waqar Ali Shah, Avn, Maj Muhammad Omer Farooq, Avn, Maj Yasir Raza, Avn, Lt Col Mohammad Bilal Anwar, T Bt, Avn, Lt Col Malik Mumtaz Ahmed, S Bt, Avn, Lt Col Muhammad Ayoub, Avn, Brig Sana Ullah Khan, Avn, Lt Col Baber Saeed Butt, Avn, Lt Col Khalid Iqbal Muzaffar, Avn, Lt Col Zafar Aqil, Avn, Lt Col Syed Kashif Hussain, Avn, Lt Col Saqib Ali Faraz, Avn, Maj Bilal Sarwar Kawish, Avn, Maj Musa Raza, Avn, Maj Faysal Nadeem Hashmi, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) Maj Gen Shahzad Malik, Ord, Maj Gen Basit Raza, ASC, Maj Gen Sher Afgun, AK, Maj Gen Shahzad Naeem Khan, FF, Maj Gen Qazi Mohammad Ikram Ahmad, Arty, Maj Gen Syed Shafqat Asghar, Arty, Maj Gen Muhammad Humayun Saleem, Arty, Maj Gen Amer Aslam Khan, T Bt, Baloch Maj Gen Syed Hasnat Amir Gilani, AC, Maj Gen Ali Farhan, Sigs, Maj Gen Bilal Akbar, Arty, Maj Gen Amjed Iqbal, AMC, Spec Maj Gen Muhammad Ashfaq, AMC Spec, Maj Gen Parvez Ahmed, AMC Spec, Rear Admiral Mukhtar Khan, SI(M), Navy, Rear Admiral Ather Mukhtar, SI(M), Navy, Rear Admiral Muhammad Fayyaz Gilani, SI(M), Navy, Air Marshal Muhammad Iqbal, SI(M), Air Frce, Air Marshal Farooq Habib, SI(M), Air Frce, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) Brig Muhammad Hamid Raza, ASC, Brig Asif Siddique, Sigs, Brig Ashfaq Ahmed, Arty, Brig Syed Mahmood Ul Hassan, Arty, Brig Amjad Abbas Bokhari, AC, Brig Mohammad Tariq Aslam, AC, Brig Omair Nusrat, AK, Brig Furqan Ullah Khan Tareen, AC, Brig Muhammad Aslam Malik, Arty, Brig Asif Jah, Avn, Brig Atif Zahid Khokhar, Arty, Brig Wajid Abbas, AK, Brig Irshad Hussain Shah, AD, Brig Zulfiqar Ali, CMI, Brig Aftab Ahmed Khan, AK, Brig Akhtar Hussain, Arty, Brig Syed Hasnain Haider, Arty, Brig Akmal Saeed, CMI, Brig Ghulam Raza, FF, Brig Zafar Yasin Babar, Arty, Brig Khizar Sultan Raja, FF, Brig Sheikh Amir Fakhor, AC, Brig Muhammad Shoaib Anwer, Sind, Brig Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi, AK, Brig Tausif Akhtar, Punjab, Brig Mohammad Saleem Qadir, Punjab, Brig Nadeem Ahmed Majeed, Arty, Brig Zahid Nawaz Mann, AC, Brig Shahzada Muhammad Amir, Arty, Brig Qaisar Rehman Raja, AK, Brig Waseem Azmat, CMI, Brig Noor Mahi, Sind, Brig Talat Qayyum, Sind, Brig Mohammad Zakir Jaffri, EME, Brig Tariq Javed, Sitara-e-Eisaar, EME, Brig Khadim Hussain, AMC GDMO, Brig Muhammad Saeed Akhtar, AMC Spec, Brig Shoaib Ahmed, AMC Spec, Col Syed Wajahat Irfan Hamdani, AC, Col Manzoor Ahmad, Arty, Col Imran Yousaf, Arty, Col Asad Ahsan, AD, Col Jamil Ahmad, Engrs, Col Muhammad Ramzan Tiwana, Sigs, Col Rana Munawar Hussain, Punjab, Col Asim Jawad, Baloch, Col Muhammad Amjad Azad, Punjab, Col Mustansar Ali, Ord, Col Syed Muhammad Toufique Zia Jafri, EME, Col Qamar Ayub Khan, TSO, Col Hamid Shamim, AMC GDMO, Col Mrs Nagin Anjum, AMC Spec, Col Zubair Ahmad Khan, AMC Spec, Col Mst Khurshid Tabraz, AFNS, Commodore Shaikh Talat Hanif, Navy, Commodore Muhammad Khalid Iqbal Baig, TI(M), Navy, Commodore Dr Zahid Hassan Bawar, Navy, Commodore Javed Iqbal, TI(M), Navy, Commodore Muhammad Sohail Arshad, Navy, Commodore Salman Ilyas, TI(M), Navy, Commodore Muhammad Imran, TI(M), Navy, Commodore Adil Umar, TI(M), Navy, Commodore Nasrullah, TI(M), Navy, Commodore Naeem Sarwar, Navy, Commodore Zahid Islam, Navy, Commodore Muhammad Irfan Taj, Navy, Commodore Rahat Ahmad Awan, TI(M), Navy, Air Commodore Muhammad Khalid Dabir, TI(M), Air Force, Air Commodore Muhammad Haseeb Paracha, TI(M), Air Force, Air Commodore Noor Ilahi Bajwa, Air Force, Air Commodore Naveed Haider Minhas, TI(M), Air Force, Air Commodore Hamid Faraz, TI(M), Air Force, Air Commodore Muhammad Zahid Mehmood, TI(M), Air Force, Air Commodore Sikandar Hayat Niazi, Air Force, Air Commodore Syed Muhammad Mujahid, Air Force, Air Commodore Jibran Saleem Butt, TI(M), Air Force, Group Captain Arif Saleem, Air Force, Group Captain Gohar Majeed, Air Force, Group Captain Shakeel Safdar, Air Force, Group Captain Muhammad Saghir Ahmad, Air Force, Group Captain Moazzam Shahzad, TI(M), Air Force, Group Captain Raja Abdul Basit, Air Force, Group Captain Amir Sarwar, Air Force, Group Captain Khawar Javed, Air Force, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) Lt Col Salman Afzal Malik, AC, Lt Col Muhammad Ali, AC, Lt Col Muhammad Sadiq, Arty, Lt Col Ghulam Yousaf, Arty, Lt Col Sharjeel Affan Siddiqui, Arty, Lt Col Tariq Farid, Arty, Lt Col Imran Arif, Arty, Lt Col Nasir Munir, Arty, Lt Col Syed Umar Shahab, Arty, Lt Col Adnan Abid, AD, Lt Col Khuda Bakhsh, AD, Lt Col Babar Mansoor, Engrs, Lt Col M Faisal Jan, Engrs, Lt Col Hafiz Muhammad Sohaib, Engrs, Lt Col Shahid Wazarat, Sigs, Lt Col Saeed Iqbal, Sigs, Lt Col Karrar Hussain, T Bt, Punjab, Lt Col Tahir Mahmood, Punjab, Lt Col Arsalan Ahmed, Punjab, Lt Col Umer Farooq Khan, Baloch, Lt Col Shahid Rasool, T Bt, Baloch, Lt Col Muhammad Usman Siddiqui, Baloch, Lt Col Adnan Ismail, Baloch, Lt Col Rana Naeem Tahir, FF, Lt Col Muhammad Irfan Aziz, FF, Lt Col Hamza Mumtaz Raja, FF, Lt Col Muhammad Iqbal, S Bt, FF, Lt Col Rab Nawaz Khan, AK, Lt Col Najam Ul Zaman Khan, AK, Lt Col Mansoor Ahmed, AK, Lt Col Muhammad Tariq Farooq, Sind, Lt Col Tahir Akram, Sind, Lt Col Haroon Hafeez Malik, Sind, Lt Col Ali Imran, NLI, Lt Col Umad Ahmad Nazim, Avn, Lt Col Hamid Ali, Avn, Lt Col Muhammad Afaque Durrez, Avn, Lt Col Adil Yaqub, CMI, Lt Col Rana Masood Ahmad Khan, CMI, Lt Col Akhlaq Ahmad, CMI, Lt Col Abid Siddique Janjua, ASC, Lt Col Adil Feroz, ASC, Lt Col Faisal Pervez, Ord, Lt Col Ansar Ali, EME, Lt Col Ashar Rahim, EME, Lt Col Aamir Akram Kundi, EME, Lt Col Babar Bakhtiar, ICTO, Lt Col Muhammad Munir Akhtar, AEC, Lt Col Aqeel Ahmed, GL, Lt Col Ata Ul Munim, AMC GDMO, Lt Col Abdul Hayee, AMC GDMO, Lt Col Sharfuddin, AMC GDMO, Lt Col Tanveer Ahmed Qumar, AMC GDMO, Lt Col Syed Faraz Anwar, AMC Spec, Lt Col Waseem Lehrasab, AMC Spec, Lt Col Tariq Mahmood, AMC Spec, Lt Col Mohammad Saleem, AMC Grd, Lt Col Mrs Farida Sultana, AFNS, Lt Col Mrs Aisha Atif, AFNS, Maj Sohail Anwar Awan, AC, Maj Muhammad Tahir Khan, Arty, Maj Muhammad Rizwan, Arty, Maj Ghulam Sarwar, Arty, Maj Sajjad Ahmad, Arty, Maj Malik Burhan Mohsin, AD, Maj Syed Zia Ul Husnain, AD, Maj Anjum Iqbal, Engrs, Maj Malik Zaki Ahmad Khan, Sigs, Maj Muhammad Nasrullah Khan Janjua, Punjab, Maj Muhammad Sana Ullah, Punjab, Maj Tahir Mahmood, Baloch, Maj Muhammad Imran Minhas, Baloch, Maj Rashid Bashir Minhas, FF, Maj Jawad Khalid Cheema, FF, Maj Muhammad Idrees Kayani, AK, Maj Jamil Hussain, AK, Maj Shahid Rafi, Sind, Maj Rao Tahseen Ali, NLI, Maj Ameer Muhammad Khusro, Avn, Maj Muhammad Imran Malik, ASC, Maj Naweed Anwar, EME, Maj Syed Asad Ali, AMC GDMO, Maj Abdul Raheem, AMC Spec, Maj Mrs Parveen Akhtar, AFNS, Commander Tauqeer Ahmad Khawaja, Navy, Commander Syed Nauman Ali, Navy, Commander Atif Zamir, Navy, Commander Syed Ailya Hasan, Navy, Commander Sajid Nawaz, Navy, Commander Muhammad Shahzad, Navy, Commander Sohail Ahmad Raja, Navy, Lt Commander Abdur Rehman, Navy, Lt Commander Rabia Anwer, Navy, Lt Commander Imtiaz Hussain, Navy, Lt Commander Asad Bashir, Navy, Lt Commander Iftikhar Ahmad, Navy, Lt Commander Muhammad Shoaib Awan, Navy, Wing Commander Sohail Ajaib, Air Force, Wing Commander Zulfiqar Ayub, T.Bt, Air Force, Wing Commander, Air Force, Wing Commander Noman Khalil, Wing Commander Tanveer Ihsan, Air Force, Wing Commander Sohail Akbar, Air Force, Wing Commander Yamin Iqbal, Air Force, Wing Commander Tariq Azeem, Air Force, Wing Commander Agha Mehr Gul, Air Force, Wing Commander Sohail Ahmad, Air Force, Wing Commander Syed Muhammad Ali, Air Force, Wing Commander Amjad Hanif, Air Force, Wing Commander Salman Ahmad Malik, Air Force, Wing Commander Zahid-Ul-Hassan, Air Force, Wing Commander Farhan Akhtar, Air Force, Wing Commander Mehmood Ahmad Qureshi, Air Force.

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan Day celebrations kick off with military parade. Pakistani armed forces 

personnel take part in the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad.

 

 

 

Pakistani troops from the Special Services Group (SSG) march 
during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad
 
Chanting Their Marching Prayer

 

Allah Hu! Allah Hu!Allah Hu!

Ye Ghazi, Ye Tere Purisrar Bande
Jinhain Tu Ne Bakhsha Hai Zuaq-e-Khudai

These warriors, victorious, These worshippers of Yours,
Whom You have granted the will to win power in Your name.

 

 

 

Pakistani Naval Officers and Sailors march past long-range ballistic Shaheen III Ballistic
Missiles during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad.
 
 
 
 
 
Women of the Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Corps Joint Army, Navy, Air Force march past long-range 
ballistic Shaheen III missiles during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad.
 
Military personnel ride on an Al-Khalid tank during the Pakistan Day military parade

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RETURN OF THE NATIVE

 

 

 

 

RETURN OF THE NATIVE

 

Mustafa Kamal, the ex-Nazim of Karachi, has staged a come back on March 3, 2016, to Karachi, after a sojourn of three and a half years. His return to the political scene at this juncture has created quite a stir in social and political circles of Karachi in particular and of Pakistan in general. Actually it would have been better if he returned before the local bodies elections recently held in Sindh province.

 

Mustafa Kamal is well-known for his honesty, sincerity, devotion and capability to deliver. Whatever good work and development we see in Karachi is the result of his planning and hard work.

 

According to the up-coming news its heartening to know that he has returned to his native place with a great will to re-start his work from where he had left, hopefully with better planning and devotion. It goes without saying that MQM, with its deeds, has earned only a bad name for itself as well as for the country. To put it in a nut-shell, it was a dire need of the time to launch an organization to fight peacefully for genuine rights of the Urdu speaking Muhajirs. But what they have given is a tarnished image of Muhajirs, causing great humiliation and shame to them and in fact to the whole country.

 

Perhaps our own misdeeds invited scourge from God. The period of scourge now seems to be over and its time for remorse and re-examination of our conduct followed by reform and reconstruction. An opportunity has presented itself which demands making an assessment of the situation and responding accordingly.

 

I make an earnest appeal to all who stand for justice and fairplay to join hands and extend their full support to Mustafa Kamal and his associates, in any way they can, to make this mission a real success. Let everyone of us, irrespective of his/her faith, ethinicity and provincial affinity, give full moral support and co-operation to this move.

 

Let the new party, to be announced shortly in future, not be against MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement) or its chief and let it not aim to break it up. It may continue to function and have its own way. If the new party has good and sincere workers, the people will surely support it. It is important, however, that only sincere and patriotic persons are welcome to join the party, and those found otherwise in future, should be expelled.

 

Let this forthcoming organization be a platform for all of us to work together to revive peace, prosperity and welfare in Sindh province and to the whole country. Let us (with the help of God Almighty) bring back the identity of Karachi as a city of lights and a portal for employment and opportunity for the people coming from all parts of the country. If we are sincere in our objective and efforts God Almighty will be with us and we will get divine help to achieve our goal.

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Letter to Editor – US Presidential Elections by Col.Riaz Jafri (Retd)

 

 

 

 

Letter to Editor – US Presidential Elections

 Col.Riaz Jafri (Retd) 

 
 
 

March 23rd, 2016

 

US Presidential Elections

 

Like it or not but there is no escape from the fact that currently the USA is the only super power and its president does impact the  internal affairs of almost all countries of the world. As such the election of its president cannot be left to a few Americans only and the other nations of the world must also have a say in electing the most powerful man on this planet. A system could, therefore, be devised under the aegis of the UNO for this purpose. The sooner the better for all.

 

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
30 Westridge 1
Rawalpindi 46000
Pakistan

E.mail: jafri@rifiela.com

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