USPBC Welcomes U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue
The U.S.-Pakistan Business Council (USPBC) today expressed its strong support for the first Strategic Dialogue at the ministerial level between the United States and Pakistan. In a press statement Miles Young, member of the Board of Directors of the USPBC said, “we applaud Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Qureshi for their leadership in advancing the [...]
Army and America Searching for Allah!
Contemporay Pakistani scholars including Ambassador Hussain Haqqani (Between Mosque and Military) have argued that a shady alliance between army and Mullahs has led to the current abysmal condition of democracy in Pakistan. Another one of my favorite Pakistani scholar Hassan Abbas in his book “Pakistan’s Drift Into Extremism: Allah, then Army, and America’s War Terror” [...]
If US Really Wanted To Help Pakistan!
Pakistan’s capacity to produce electricity compared to other states of it’s size (geography) and population puts it in the lower 20 percentile among the comity of nations. Combining the three major energy sectors, Hydroelectric, Thermal and Nuclear, Pakistan has an installed capacity of 19.5 GW of electric power. Turkey is a country similar in size [...]
Ibrahim Sajid Malick is a Pakistani-American writer, technologist, and social entrepreneur. He has been writing on Pakistani society and politics since 1986. He has held several media, communications, and technology positions for organizations large and small. Mr. Malick graduated from New School for Social Research with a master’s degree in anthropology. He holds several technology and management certifications. He works for a leading technology firm and blogs at www.ibrahimsajidmalick.com