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World's Tallest Commercial & Office Tower Planned For Karachi, Pakistan
Bahria Town and Abu Dhabi Group agreed to invest $45 billion in real estate in Pakistan. After signing the investment deal, Malik Riaz and Shaikh al-Nahyan announced that Karachi, not Dubai nor Shanghai, will soon boast having the world's tallest building.…
Added by Riaz Haq on February 15, 2013 at 6:00pm — 9 Comments
Eating Grass- The Insider Story of Pakistani Bomb
Unlike most western accounts of Pakistani nuclear program which begin and end with A.Q. Khan's network, Brig Feroz H. Khan's scholarly work "Eating Grass" offers a very comprehensive story of the "Making of The Pakistani Bomb". Feroz Khan takes the reader through the interdisciplinary nature and the inherent complexity of what it takes to develop, build and operationalize a nuclear weapons arsenal.…
Added by Riaz Haq on February 11, 2013 at 10:30pm — 24 Comments
Pakistan Sees Double Digit Cement Consumption Growth in January 2013
Added by Riaz Haq on February 6, 2013 at 7:30am — 12 Comments
12 Year-old Khadija Niazi Takes AI and Physics MOOCs Online
Khadija Niazi, a 12-year old from Lahore, Pakistan, is taking online courses offered by a new wave of cyber-based educational platforms like Coursera and Udacity. She was recently interviewed by New York Times columnist Tom Friedman at World Economic Forum 2013 at Davos, Switzerland.…
Added by Riaz Haq on February 3, 2013 at 11:30pm — 14 Comments
High-Tech Pakistani-American Entrepreneurs Top Venture Capital Deals
Latest funding of Ashar Aziz's FireEye and Zia Yusuf's Streetline rank #1 and #4 among top 5 VC deals in Silicon Valley announced in January 2013, according to Silicon Valley Business Journal.…
Added by Riaz Haq on February 2, 2013 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
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As we enter the year 2026, it is time to review the year 2025 and wish you all Happy New Year 2026! May it bring peace, prosperity and happiness to all!!
The year 2025 saw Pakistan defeat a brazen Indian attack on its soil, while reviving its economy and…
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on December 30, 2025 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments
PIA Privatization: Can it Bring Back Pakistan National Airline's Glory Days?
After decades of failed attempts, the Government of Pakistan has finally privatized the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) under intense pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Nonetheless, it is a deal that will give the national airline not only a chance to survive but to thrive in the long run. As part of structuring the sale for Rs. 135 billion, the government has assumed Rs. 654…
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on December 25, 2025 at 10:30am — 7 Comments
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