Tips to Get Job Easily in Dubai

Dubai, a place where talented Asians are present. From Pakistan, 30% of workers visits there for searching the jobs. Most of the people gets job there and some have to do hard work for their jobs. You can’t do a business with your jobs. Everyone go there on Visit Visa, which span is 3 months and in those 3 months they succeed and get done with the searching of job. Meaning to say is that the workers, visits there, can easily find the jobs. It is so because of the early development. They develop so early that they become a successful Arab and Asian country as well. For handling, they need 1000s of workers through which they can work fast. In every sector, they hire 1000s of workers. Great thing is that in most of the sectors they need every type of profession either it is a Peon or Engineer. But the people who are new there, sometimes they are unable to find a good and easy job. In that case, they has also created a good platform for searching. Websites, Online Applying and through references of the people many workers can find their deserving jobs. Sometimes the situation became harder for a person that he studied in so highly paid institute whose rating is really very high but they can’t find the jobs which they deserve.

In that case, the usage of these ways are very important.

In Dubai, you can get job from many ways. The first priority for the people is to get jobs by someone’s reference. If someone’s relative, friend or colleague is present in Dubai his guidance or straight forward, people gets the job easily. They work in different companies for years and they knows the market very well so by the guidance of them workers get the job easily. Excluding it, there are many ways. Another best way in this modern era is applying online. If some company’s website provides you an email address, you can send your C.V there easily. If he will be interested then surely you will be the part of that place. Another similar to it is, applying online by registration. 

In Dubai and for Dubai, people built many websites in which 3000+ vacancies are present. It helps you in contacting different type of companies. If any company accepted your proposal then the websites ask you for some money for registration. The ones who are in actual need only they go for this procedure. Some of the people visits every company of Dubai daily for applying. But mostly people prefer for websites. Like applying online. Apply online on many websites like, Jobdrizzle.com etc. You can write jobs in Dubai on Google and then many links will be provided to you. People gets jobs easily and sometimes harder to find. But the best thing is that every scope is high there.

So from my point of view, you can get jobs easily by these ways. There will be some other ways as well but I don’t know about them. What I heard is only this. You can find the jobs only when you are fully confident person. You can only find when you are in need. The ones who just apply in some areas, they gets jobs by their lucks. There are most of the people who applied in 100s of websites but can’t find a proper job.

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World’s Largest Shopping Mall - The Dubai Mall

The Largest Mall in the world! Can you guess the name? Of course yes, it’s none other than Dubai Mall. Dubai mall is the world’s largest mall based on its total area; it was opened on 4th November 2008 and made a record of marking the worlds largest-ever mall opening retail history. A place which provides the unlimited fun and amazing things to explore. The Wonderful, Huge and beautifully designed Mall has become the main attraction of United Arab Emirates and attracts millions and millions of visitors each year.

To begin with, I would say that the mall is a complete place which provides all kinds of activities and facilities- not only for adults but it is known as “Kids Heaven” as it has different types of stores and theme parks especially designed for kids and teens. The Dubai Mall has super exciting stores above 12, 00 and rapid increase can be seen in near future by the investors of top brands and labels. It’s not just made for shopaholics but the mall has succeeded in attracting the fun, lively and adventurous people by making some grand corners for them which includes; Theme parks like ‘Sega Republic’, ‘The Aquarium’, ‘Underwater Zoo’ and ‘Dubai Ice Rink’.

The Mall of Dubai is a symbol of beauty as it is located near the World’s tallest building “The Burj Khalifa” and the Dancing Fountain is like icing on the cake regarding its beauty. Moreover, the mall has been named the best shopping experience by Grazia Style Awards. The list of achievements and awards is endless but the major ones grabbed the attention internationally which includes “The title of world’s most-visited shopping and leisure destination”, two awards at the “Retail Future Project Awards” at Mapic, Cannes and “The Gold Award for best art direction”.

Have you ever imagined yourself as a sea creature with fellow dolphins and whales? It sounds great but is it possible in real? Yes! The Dubai Mall Aquarium can made this dream come true, it gives an opportunity to explore the marine life and to make one’s visit memorable. Actually the mall seems a bit small from outside but it is NOT. It is huge and has a 250 luxury hotel rooms, 22 cinema screens for fun and entertainment and more than 120 restaurants and cafes. “Never judge a book by its cover” this proverb can clear the confusion regarding its size from out and inside.

In my Opinion, it is the most beautiful and wonderfully designed mall with a lot of splendid and remarkable places to die for. Dubai Mall comprises mostly every brand or store to satisfy the consumers by keeping every single shop under one roof- a boundless delight for shopaholics (a person considered to be addicted to shopping)

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A Nawaz-Modi smile and wave create a new kind of controversy

UNITED NATIONS: The meeting everybody wanted did not happen. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for home without meeting his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

The two leaders lived in the same hotel --- the Waldorf Astoria --- during the 70th UN General Assembly. Twice, they shared a room and used the same podium to address a summit meeting but they did not meet or talk.

Like quarrelsome neighbors forced to acknowledge each other, the two prime ministers, however, did wave and smile at each other. This happened at the UN peacekeeping summit on Monday afternoon. But even this half-friendly gesture generated another controversy: who blinked first?

“India wins again. The Pakistani prime minister was the first to wave,” claimed the Indian media while the two leaders were still in the meeting room.

“No, he did not,” shouted a journalist in the Pakistani media room at the nearby Roosevelt Hotel. And then both sides got glued to their TV screens, watching replays in slow motion to claim a point in this game of chicken.

“Does it really matter?” asked Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations, after a half-hour “who-was-the-first” debate at an evening news briefing. “All that matters is that the two leaders waved and smiled at each other,” said Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry.

This is how this ‘non-event’ happened at the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping, hosted jointly by the US, Pakistan and others: Mr. Modi walked into the conference hall first and took his seat on the right side of the horseshoe table there. Mr. Sharif followed and took his seat right across Mr. Modi on the left side of the table. Both pretended not to have noticed each other.

Just minutes before the programme began, Mr. Sharif waved at Mr. Modi. Yes, he was the first to show his positive mindset, persuading the Indian leader to respond.

Mr. Modi smiled back and waved too. After a brief pause, Mr. Modi waved again to Mr. Sharif, who smiled back and nodded his head.

Now, who was the winner? Perhaps none or both, but that was not good enough for the media who continued to debate who won. Apparently handicapped by their over-zealous media, the two leaders avoided further display of affection for each other.

They made no attempt to interact. They entered the room just minutes before the summit began and took their seats. To avoid a face-to-face situation, the two leaders did not walk about to meet or greet others, as some other leaders did.

But they did clap at the end of each other’s speech.

Since Mr. Sharif was a co-host, a fact not mentioned by the Indian media, he shared the table with other hosts, US President Barack Obama, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and leaders from Rwanda and Ethiopia.

Mr. Modi sat with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and leaders from France and Indonesia.

The Indian and Pakistani prime ministers spent about 90 minutes in the conference room and Mr. Modi was the first to leave, immediately after addressing the summit. He did not walk up to any leader to shake hands. Mr. Sharif left the room soon after Mr. Modi.

Mr. Modi flew back to India on Monday night after concluding his two-nation tour of Ireland and the US.

Prime Minister Sharif is still in New York and will return home on Wednesday after addressing the UN General Assembly

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137 fresh dengue cases in Rawalpindi take total to 934

RAWALPINDI: At least 137 fresh cases of dengue fever were registered on Thursday in three government-run hospitals of Rawalpindi, taking the reported tally of the mosquito-borne viral disease reported within one month to 934.

Out of the 137 cases, 76 were registered at Holy Family Hospital (HFH), 55 at Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and six at District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital.

No data is available from private medical facilities in the city.

All the patients at the government-run hospitals arrived from 70 city union councils and 20 wards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala Cantonment Board.

BBH Medical Superintendent Dr. Asif Qadir Mir told Dawn that during the past 24 hours, 55 dengue patients arrived on Thursday while at least 35 had arrived on Wednesday night.

“A total of 90 patients arrived, however 76 patients were tested dengue positive and the report of dengue serology of the remaining patients are awaiting,” said Dr. Tahir Sharif of Holy Family Hospital.

He said that the hospital had sufficient beds to accommodate more patients in the evening while 26 dengue patients were discharged on Thursday after provision of treatment.

A lady died of the disease at the facility on September 26.

“Six new dengue patients were brought to the hospital and total 25 dengue patients admitted in the hospital,” said a doctor at DHQ hospital's dengue ward.

The alarming rise in dengue cases prompted Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to form an inquiry committee yesterday.

The committee will also apprise the Punjab government about the irregularities and negligence of relevant departments in the anti-dengue drive.

According to the report published in Dawn newspaper yesterday, Shahbaz Sharif had asked the provincial chief secretary and adviser on health to stay in the city and supervise the campaign against the disease.

Presiding over a meeting through video link from Lahore, the chief minister reprimanded heads of departments and institutions concerned and officers of the administration for their poor performance.

Meanwhile, the local administration declared 22 union councils of the garrison city as sensitive and initiated a fumigation drive in the city.

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Pak-India challenge at UN

WITH Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in New York this week for the 70th UN General Assembly session, there is an opportunity for some serious diplomacy to be undertaken. Unhappily, the one meeting that the world at large would have been hoping for — between Mr. Sharif and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi — has not been scheduled, leaving perhaps only room for a scripted handshake.

Instead, the Pakistani prime minister is expected to use the occasion of his address to the UNGA to bring the global community’s attention to tensions along the Line of Control and Working Boundary and the broader Kashmir dispute.

He will have his work cut out for him.

While the outside world has been concerned by the persistent tensions along the LoC and Working Boundary, it is also keen to do a great deal of business with India, be it in terms of trade, investment or military contracts.

Moreover, the US-India Joint Declaration on Combating Terrorism, following the first ever US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, indicated just what a tough sell Pakistan faces: while the two countries specifically called on Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks to justice, Kashmir was only mentioned in the context of the militant attack in Udhampur on Aug 5.

Mr. Sharif’s task will be further complicated by the memory of Ufa. The joint statement following the July prime ministerial meeting proved to be a foreign policy debacle and a public relations disaster for the PML-N government.

However, Ufa is not dead and the recent meeting of the directors general of the Pakistan Rangers and the Indian BSF proved that the two sides can in fact get work done.

How then does Mr. Sharif balance the need to put the Kashmir dispute front and center again – as demanded by the hawks domestically and supported by the security establishment – while also keeping the door open to dialogue with a reluctant Mr. Modi?

Thus far the Pakistani prime minister has not given much reason for confidence that he can pull off such a delicate balancing act. What is also disappointing is that there have been few ideas emanating from the political government on how to move the relationship forward.

Where there has been movement, it has seemingly been done in an ad hoc manner and with a view to doing whatever it takes to bring the Indian government around to talking. Ufa epitomised that careless thinking.

If there is to be no forward movement in the bilateral relationship in New York, what next? Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has already outlined the substance of Prime Minister Sharif’s speech at the UNGA on Wednesday: reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to regional peace and briefing the world community on the situation along the LoC and Working Boundary.

That though does not suggest there is much thought being given to, for example, resurrecting the cancelled NSA talks or working on the other steps in the Ufa road map. Unless the political leadership shows some initiative, Pak-India ties could be set to drift for a while.

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Former FIFA Powerbroker Warner Banned for Life

 Trinidadian Jack Warner, once one of the most powerful men in football, has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee of world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday.

Warner, 72, was one of 14 football officials and sports marketing executives who were indicted in the United States on May 27 on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments.

In the latest twist in the corruption scandal, Swiss authorities said last week they were investigating FIFA President Sepp Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.

The FIFA ethics committee said Warner was investigated following an inquiry into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The tournaments were awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively in December 2010 by the FIFA executive committee, of which Warner was a member.

Warner was found to have committed “many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF,” the committee said Warner is the former president of CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.

He is currently in his native Trinidad and Tobago, where he is fighting extradition to the United States.

Warner resigned from his posts when he was placed under investigation by the ethics committee in 2011 over a cash-for-votes scandal in the run-up to that year's FIFA presidential election.

The case was subsequently dropped by the ethics committee as he was no longer involved in football.

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Indian PM Modi Makes Rock Star Appearance at Facebook

Standing side-by-side with Mark Zuckerberg, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a rock star appearance at Facebook on Sunday, advocating for the political power of social media.

An invitation-only audience jumped to its feet, cheering and snapping photos as Modi strode into a sun-splashed courtyard with Zuckerberg ─ sporting a jacket and tie for the occasion, in a sartorial about-face for the typically casual campus.

"To leaders all over the world; you are not going to gain by running away from social media," said the tech-savvy premier during a town hall-style question and answer session.

"The strength of social media today is that it can tell governments where they are going wrong and give them an opportunity to do a course correction."

"You will gain from joining it. You need real time information," said the 65-year-old Modi, who has 30 million fans on Facebook and tweets multiple times a day.

Modi used the hour-long session to promote his Digital India drive and promote the country as a place worthy of tourists, investments, and entrepreneurs with visions of disruptive technology start-ups.

Choked up with emotion

But he also shared some candid moments with Zuckerberg, who told of finding inspiration to persevere with Facebook during a journey to India while Modi himself choked up while speaking of his mother.

Zuckerberg pointed out his parents in the audience before asking Modi about his own mother. Modi's mother is more than 90 years old, and his father is no longer living.

The prime minister recounted coming from a poor family, selling tea at a rail station as a boy.

"It is hard to imagine that a tea seller has actually become the leader of the world's biggest democracy," Modi said.

"When we were small, what we used to do to get by," he continued, pausing at times to recompose himself. "We used to go to neighbours houses, clean dishes, fill water, and do hard chores. You can imagine what a mother had to do to raise her children."

In the steps of Steve Jobs

Zuckerberg, meanwhile, opened the chat by telling of a time, about a decade ago, when Facebook was going through a "rough patch" and there were thoughts of selling the startup.

He said he visited one of his mentors, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who told him to travel to a certain temple in India.

"I went, and travelled for almost a month," Zuckerberg recounted. "Seeing the people and how people connected, reinforced what we were doing and is something I've always remembered."

Points touched on by Modi during the exchange included the hope of connecting all of India's villages to the Internet with fiber optic cable, and the mighty challenge of attaining equality for women in India.

"If we want to achieve our economic goals, we cannot do that if we imprison 50 per cent of our population inside their houses," he said in answer to a question.

"We have to achieve one thing; to bring women into decision making," said Modi, who playfully noted that while most religions portray deities as male, India has no shortage of goddesses.

Google Internet on rails Modi's stop at Facebook was part of a tour of Silicon Valley, ahead of the United Nations General Assembly where he will meet United States President Barack Obama on Monday.

Late Sunday, he was later to star at an event attended by some 18,000 people in a convention centre in the city of San Jose in Silicon Valley.

It is the first time since 1982 that a prime minister of India has visited the West Coast of the United States.

Modi also visited Google's main campus in nearby Mountain View, where he and Google announced a collaboration to provide wireless Internet at railway stations in India, with a goal of connecting 500 by the end of next year.

"Just like I did years ago, thousands of young Indians walk through Chennai Central every day, eager to learn, to explore and to seek opportunity," India-born Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said in a blog post. "It's my hope that this Wi-Fi project will make all these things a little easier."

Nearly one billion people in India don't have access to the Internet, according to Pichai.

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Jobs in Dubai

 

Dubai, a place of best business where every businessman is involved. It is so because every big and famous hotels are present there. No doubt, people of every country visits there for a fair and enjoyable tour. It’s airport is the most busiest airport in the world. They have every type of work, either it is of peon or of manager. Different types of jobs are present in Dubai. From every country, people come Dubai for their jobs. Though, their currency is not higher as compare to Saudi and Kuwait but still everyone visits there for the jobs. They just want to go there and wants to never come back form that place.

Now why is that so? You know Burj Ul Khalifa? Well, now everyone knows about this lovely architect. This is present in Dubai. World’s tallest building in the world. Then, what they will do? Are they let that building go rough? Well no! For that they need a good employment staff. Employers who are qualified and well experienced. Not only this, but it is the trade city of the Emirates. Every business of Japan, China, and America invests on the buildings and creations of Dubai because they all know that in return they will get a fair profit. Every company needs every type of employer. Around 25% of Pakistanis go there for their income problems. Meaning to say that, they do laboring, they do different and the earning there is, simply awesome. In short we can say that it is a business country with a high type of business. Mostly Asian people visits Dubai. They offer a good salary. There are only contract jobs for Asian people. Like, everyone do jobs their on contracts. Different type of contracts, some are of a year, some are of 2-5 years contract. Mostly the staff of every Dubai Company is full of Asian people. Even the peons there are Asians. It is so because the heads of the companies appoints every qualified people and Asian workers are talented as well. Every country has its expertise. Like in Spain, Russia they appoint computer programmers, but in Dubai everyone’s scopes are high. Like Dubai appoints every worker. Companies of Dubai are in real need of different engineers. You can estimate their development by daily inventions. High type of transportation, great busy airport, hospitals of real care everyone is in real need of the workers.

Not only had this but they created websites for online jobs as well. People from Europe also do work online. In this way they also did with their works as well as increase of development. Different jobs give you different comfort. Mostly Asians work there for more than 9 hours, and the impression of Asians there means hard work. They work in a resting mode and mostly they earn a lot. They also provide them Visas with cars as well. Not only this but Dubai is that’s why famous for business everyone there can do jobs but with hard work.

 

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Kalash – The Jewel of Chitral Valley

Kalash Valley is located in the southwest side of district Chitral of province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kalash valley is the home of the Kafir-Kalash also known as “Wearers of the Black Robe”, a primitive pagan tribe. The 3,000 strong Kafir-Kalash live in the three different valleys, which are named as Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir. These valleys are renowned for Kalash people which are oldest tribe of South Asia. Throughout the world, Kalash people are well known for their exclusive festivals, culture, and way of living, religion and language. The language of Kalash people is Kalasha. The Kalash tribe in Pakistan is possibly the smallest but one of the most glorious ethnic groups of Pakistan in terms of their eminent and rich cultural background. Kalash tribe is well- known for their inimitable traditions and customs. Their area is geographically known as Kafiristan. The three valleys with their native people are one of the foremost reasons for Chitral to be very famed for tourism.

Kalash Valley-Chitral

Bumburet is the most picturesque and largest valley of the Kafir Kalash. It is 36 km from Chitral and probably 20 kilometers from the village of Ayun Valley. It connected to Chitral by a jeep-able road. Most of the tourists visit it first as it is most ideal valley of tourists visiting Kalash. There are several motels available for tourists here and famous among all is PTDC motel. The second largest valley of Kalash is Rambur. It is 32 km from Chitral and about 12 kilometers from Ayun Valley. The road to Rambur is jeep-able. For visiting the Kalash valleys, permits are required for the foreign tourists. Deputy Commissioner, Chitral issues free of cost permits. Domestic visitors have to pay a toll tax of Rs.1.0 per person while Re. 10 per person is charged from foreign tourists. A road turning right on the way between Ayun Valley and Bumburet leads to Rumbur, which is located at an altitude of 7203 feet above sea level. This valley is renowned for its picturesque views and undisturbed natural incredible nature’s beauty. Among all valleys, Birir is the smallest. It is situated at an altitude of 5476 feet above sea level. At a distance of 34 km, Brir lies at the southern the most edge of Chitral and is easily reachable by jeep-able road through Ayun. It is particularly preferred by the people not used to trekking.

Children of Kalash Valley

Kalash live in small villages near the banks of streams, built on the hillsides. Because of the steepness of the slopes, their houses are doubling storeyed and are constructed of rough-hewn logs. Kalash are very lively people and are famous for their lively religious festivals. Their picturesque headgear is prepared by woolen black material which is crowned with a large colored feather and adorned out with cowrie shells, beads and buttons. Even today in certain parts of Greece, some women sport a similar head covering. The Kalash people love dancing and music especially on occasions of their religious festivals like Chowas (18th to 21st December), Joshi Chilimjusht (14th & 15th May – spring) and Phool (20th – 25th September). The valleys of Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir have an alpine climate. Origin of the people inhabiting these valleys is concealed in controversy. A legend narrates that soldiers from the legions of the Macedonian conqueror, Alexander, established in Chitral and are the predecessors of the Kalash.

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 Raheel Sharif, The King

IT’S silly season again. For some reason the week began with, the best there was, the best there is, the best there ever will be — King Raheel. May God save him and may he save the rest of us.

Then, because the gods like to play around with us, the Badaber hiccup happened. But, because he’s also Teflon Raheel, it didn’t matter.

A massive attack was thwarted. Thirty lives were lost, but tragedy was averted. The chief was on the ground and in charge. The terrorists will never win while Raheel is around.

It’s easy to forget that we’ve seen all of this before.

Back when Musharraf was king, back when Kayani was saviour. It’s pretty standard fare, a pretty standard arc. Luckily for Raheel, memories here are shorter than a chief’s tenure.

Go back to 2002. Musharraf had saved Pakistan. The court had given him three years; he had taken over with economic collapse beckoning and when Pakistan was an international pariah after the nuclear tests.

For good measure, the outside world had tired of dictators in Pakistan.

Three years in, Pakistan was in love with its commando. 9/11 may have helped rehabilitate him internationally, but his seven-point agenda had helped steady the ship domestically.

Corruption was down, professionalism was in, the country looked like it was set to go places — and the architect of the turnaround was the straight-talking patriot, Musharraf.

It’s easy to forget that we’ve seen all of this before.

It’s probably what convinced him to go for the fatal referendum. His court-mandated three years were up, but he was popular as hell. Pakistan needed him. How could he say no?

If he hadn’t rigged the referendum, he would probably have won it handily anyway. But rig he did and five more years he granted himself.

We all know how that turned out.

Turn to 2008. The military was being pummelled by public opinion and militancy. Soldiers were advised not to wear uniforms in public. Lal Masjid had produced an epic blowback. The lawyers’ movement had sapped military morale.

The country was going downhill and fast. Enter Kayani. Yes, Kayani.

There he was, the thinking general. The country had tired of the commando and his brashness; it wanted someone who could figure out what had gone wrong and come up with a plan to restore pride and right the balance.

Kayani was that man. He shuttered the ISI political cell and pulled spooks and soldiers out of politics. He made sure there was no meddling in the elections.

His real love was the army. He announced the Year of the Soldier. Service matters were attended to. Morale was boosted and pay increased.

And he would take the fight to the militants. He orchestrated Swat, first letting the politicians cut the Nizam-i-Adl deal and then expertly exploiting Fazlullah and Sufi Muhammad’s ambitions.

Months later, he took us into South Waziristan, promising to rid it of militants as part of a phased campaign to eventually recover all of Fata.

Times were still tough, but Kayani was the steady hand. He gave us the Kayani moment. Remember that?

Nawaz had threatened to march on Islamabad. Asif had panicked. Rehman Malik wanted to shoot at the protesters if they crossed Pindi. Ifitkhar Chaudhry was enjoying the attention and the storm around him.

But Kayani kept his cool. No, he wasn’t going to take over — he was too good for that. Instead, he had a word with Asif and gave his word to Nawaz and Chaudhry.

Crisis averted. The general had shown the pols how politics was meant to be done.

Come 2010, he was so good and so powerful he could do whatever the hell he liked. So he did — and gave himself a second term.

We all know how that turned out.

Now, it’s King Raheel’s turn. The same arc is there. We don’t need to go over what all he has done. The spin brigade doesn’t tire of telling us.

So, let’s try something else — figuring out how Nawaz helped him become King Raheel. Not wittingly, for Nawaz would surely like to be king himself.

But two fatal errors set the path for Raheel’s walk to glory.

The second one first — that catastrophic failure that was the Jan 2014 speech in parliament. Everything was set for the announcement of a military operation in North Waziristan.

The TTP was rampant again and had to be cut down to size. The military was itching to put the Kayani inertia behind it.

Nawaz could never be a warrior, but he could be a wartime PM. He had already shown decisiveness on Karachi.

Now, it was time to take on the TTP. But he blinked. He loved Punjab too much. Talks were to be given another chance, in the hope of winning a peace for Punjab.

The moment was gone. Five months later, after the Karachi airport attack and with the Chinese growing insistent, Raheel grabbed his chance. North Waziristan would be Raheel’s war.

As would the glory.

The other Nawaz mistake — Musharraf over India. A trade deal with India was on the table. It could have been a game-changer. But the boys didn’t like it.

And the boys were already miffed. Nawaz had vowed to put Musharraf on trial. It was as personal as it was unnecessary. The man who had made him miss his father’s funeral and put him in handcuffs would have to pay.

So Nawaz chose — and he chose wrong. He ended up getting neither — neither a trade deal with India nor Musharraf’s scalp. Counterfactuals are difficult things, but imagine if Nawaz had put his foot down on the right thing.

But that’s history. The man who would have been king helped pave the path for the man who is king. It’s Raheel’s kingdom now.

So all hail the king — and try and forget that you’ve seen all of this before.

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India ready to invest $15bn in Iranian Projects

NEW DELHI: India is ready to invest more than $15.2 billion to build projects in Iran including taking up full-scale development of Chabahar Port if Tehran offers better terms including cheaper gas, Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday.

India is one of the few countries that continued trade links with Iran, isolated by Western countries against its nuclear programme. New Delhi is Tehran’s second biggest oil client after Beijing.

“We are ready to make a huge investment in Iran and this is mainly linked to gas pricing offered by Iran Gas price is a crucial issue,” Mr Gadkari told a news conference.

Days before the historic nuclear deal between Tehran and the West in July, President Hassan Rouhani offered India a greater role in infrastructure projects including overall development of Chabahar port.

With easing of sanctions, India is hoping to play a greater role in Iran’s development

India hopes to take a decision on Iran’s latest offer by early October after obtaining reports from other ministries including petroleum, chemical and fertiliser and steel by Monday, Shipping Secretary Rajive Kumar said.

The port of Chabahar in southeast Iran is central to India’s efforts to circumvent Pakistan and open up a route to landlocked Afghanistan where it has developed close security ties and economic interests.

The port can also serve as a gateway to the resource-rich countries of Central Asia.

In May, Mr Gadkari and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi, signed an $85 million deal for India to lease two existing berths at the port and use them as multi-purpose cargo terminals.

With the easing of sanctions, New Delhi is hoping for a greater and stronger role in Iran’s development by taking up projects including building urea and petrochemical projects using gas produced in the OPEC-member nation. India is seeking gas at $1.5 per million British thermal units compared to $2.95 offered by Iran for building a urea plant there, Mr Gadkari said.

He said building a plant in Iran and importing urea from there to India would help save a part of the Rs800bn ($12.13bn) in subsidies and halve the prices for farmers.

“If the gas price is reasonable then all departments in India can together take up projects in the special economic zone there and investment will be more than Rs1 trillion,” he said.

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Tahir Ashrafi Caught Red Handed in Islamabad

Tahir Ashrafi Caught Red Handed in Islamabad

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