I strongly believe that inter-linkages between Dhaka and Islamabad through exchange of delegations comprising journalists, opinion makers, parliamentarians, artistes, think-tanks, youth, students, bureaucrats etc. with the blessings of the respective governments would help in settling down the dust of misunderstanding, misperception and confusion leading up to the path of normality in our bilateral relations. Can […]
Upon joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1986, the first marching orders for my overseas posting I received in 1991 directed me to report for duty at Dhaka. However, as luck would have it, the posting plan changed, and I was sent packing to Jeddah. Though, Dhaka did not budge. It lay in calm […]
In this feature, Rafiuzzaman Siddiqui takes the readers to a haveli in Larkana where his grandfather resided after migrating to Larkana from Lucknow in 1947. When my grandfather migrated from Lucknow to Karachi in 1947 after his slight altercation with Jinnah, he wanted to stay away from the political bickering. Ayub Khuro, the iron man […]