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Business
A visit to Pohang – The City of Steel and Light
POSCO, the South Korea’s first and one of the world’s largest steel-making company is based in coastal city Pohang, also known for its Lighthouses. In 1968, Pohang Iron and Steel Company was founded and its construction commenced in 1970. The devotion of workers was behind the successful completion of country’s…
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Society
Full moon night, millions of twinkling lights and Busan City as Republic of Korea aspires to host World Expo 2030
The three objectives of the Busan World Expo are ‘Sustainable Living with Nature’, ‘Technology for Humanity’ and ‘Platform for Caring and Sharing’. By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Representative BUSAN: It was a full moon night in Busan city on November 7, 2022. The moon was alone in the sky shedding its light…
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South Asia
Pakistan: Politics of Bullets and Blames
By Nasir Aijaz, The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The politics in Pakistan has taken a new turn of ‘Bullets and Blames’ after the country’s ousted premier and the chairman of PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) Imran Khan alleged that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, his Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and a senior military officer were…
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South Asia
Pakistan Deluge: Disaster, but more than natural
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: No doubt the unprecedented torrential rains that lashed the country continuously for over two months were a natural disaster but the way the millions of Pakistanis were devastated was in fact an unnatural disaster caused by the human acts of omission and commission.…
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Society
Mehran of Sindh and Iran
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative in Pakistan Karachi: My friend Col. (R) Hassan Imam and I are nostalgic beings, as whenever we had a conversation on the phone, we used to talk of past stories related to history, heritage, culture, language and the people of Sindh. Laughingly, he often says…
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South Asia
Torrential rains devastate Pakistan as hundreds reported killed
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: As the power-hungry politicians of ruling and opposition parties of Pakistan remained ‘busy’ in political intrigues neglecting the miseries of the masses, the five spells of torrential rains that started in first week of July, have caused flash floods in urban as well as…
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South Asia
Pakistan: Uncertain Past, Uncertain Future
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: “Pakistan is passing through critical times’ and we have to take tough decisions to steer the country out of crisis” – this is what almost all the successive civil and military rulers used to say after coming into power, for over seven decades…
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South Asia
3 Chinese, their driver killed in bomb attack in Pakistan’s coastal city Karachi
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed while several others sustained injuries in a van explosion in the premises of the University of Karachi in the Southern Sindh province. The explosion occurred at 1:52p.m in a van near the Confucius Institute —…
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Media
We have to reset our mindset
Text of the speech delivered by Nasir Aijaz, Chief Editor, Sindh Courier, Karachi, Pakistan, at the World Journalists Conference (WJC 2022)By Nasir AijazChief EditorSindh Courier, Karachi, PakistanKARACHI: We have gathered today to discuss ‘Current Status of Fact-Checking by Global Journalism and the Operation of Media Self-regulatory Organization’. https://writemyessays-for-money.com The topic chosen by JAK…
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South Asia
Shahbaz Sharif elected Pakistan’s 31st Prime Minister
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, President of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Sharif), known as PML-N, was elected as the new Prime Minister of the country seeking 174 votes of the National Assembly members on Monday afternoon. He has replaced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran…
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