February 2013 Blog Posts (5)

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.…





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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.…

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Added by Riaz Haq on February 11, 2013 at 10:30pm — 24 Comments

Pakistan Sees Double Digit Cement Consumption Growth in January 2013

Domestic cement consumption surged 10.10% in Pakistan in January 2013, according to All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association. On top of 8% increase in Fiscal Year 2011-12, it jumped another 8% for the… Continue

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.…





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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.…





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Added by Riaz Haq on February 2, 2013 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

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    Modi's Hindutva: Has BJP's Politics Hurt India's International Image?

    The Indian cricket team's crass behavior after defeating the Pakistani team at the Asia Cup 2025 group encounter has raised eyebrows among sports fans around the world. Not only did Suryakumar Yadav, the Indian team captain, refuse to do the customary handshake before and after the match in Dubai but he also made controversial statements linking the match with the recent India-Pakistan conflict. “A few things in life are above sportsman’s spirit ......We stand with all the victims of the …

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    Posted by Riaz Haq on September 15, 2025 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

    Trump's Tariffs on India: Can China or Russia Make Up For Lost Exports to US?

    The United States is the biggest export market for India. Among its top 5 trading partners, the US is also the only country with which India runs a trade surplus. This surplus is now at risk with the 50% tariff recently imposed by President Donald Trump on imports from India. Can Prime Minister Narendra make up for it by cozying up to China and Russia? Recent trade data shows he…

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