Irshad Salim – a consultant, journalist/writer and a motivational speaker, who is an American national of Pakistani origin living in New York and currently visiting Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on a professional consultancy assignment with a local contractor gave an informal talk to Pakistani expats, and said he still loves Pakistan, calling himself a “stranded [...]
The Bhutto-haters conspired and killed my innocent father – a great leader
I stayed composed and struggled to restore democracy in my Country
They did not stop – then they killed Shahnawaz - my baby-brother
My friends and sympathizers advised me to leave my Country
How could I leave the place where lay buried - my father and my [...]
I have a friend here in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia by the name of Muhammad Riaz Rathore who prefers to be called as his alias of Rathore Pakistani only. He is a simple but knowledgeable person – non-conformist and much opinionated on most issues. And, most importantly he doesn’t have any political affiliation or leaning of any [...]
The expatriate Pakistanis in Riyadh demonstrated an unprecedented unity by gathering to remember, honor, and mourn the passing away of Begum Nusrat Bhutto – who passed away peacefully in Dubai on Sunday 23 October-2011.
Pakistanis from all walks of life and political leanings & associations had gathered at the residence of Abdul Karim Khan – Senior [...]
The President of Pakistan Writers Club-Riyadh (PWC) – Choudhry Rehmat Ali – convened an emergency meeting of the members of PWC to express condolence on the sad passing away of the Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud.
Speaking on the occasion, he opinionated that in his death, the Saudis have lost a humanitarian Prince and [...]
In an unprecedented show of solidarity with the government and the people of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Writers Club-Riyadh (PWC) hosted a joint celebration of the national days of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, this past weekend in a local hotel in Riyadh. This was the first occasion that the expatriates have gathered to commemorate the Saudi [...]
The Embassy of Pakistan-Riyadh under the kind control and leadership of H.E. the ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia - Muhammad Naeem Khan – has taken a number of concrete initiatives with a purpose to mobilize the Diaspora here for relief collection for the flood affected people in Pakistan. The salient features of the initiatives [...]
Irshad Salim – the noted journalist & analyst visited Riyadh to offer his condolence with his old friend Faiz Al-Najdi upon demise of his father.
Irshad Salim is based in New Jersey/New York. He is also a civil engineer by profession and has remained in the business of construction contracting for a long time.
He is currently [...]
A delegation of Pakistan Writers Club-Riyadh met with the new Ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia – Mohammad Naeem Khan – in his office in diplomatic quarter to extend their support and to welcome him in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The delegation comprised of: Choudhry Rehmat Ali (President), Faiz Al-Najdi (Patron-in-Chief), Sanobar Sani (Senior [...]
Bangla Academy organized a 3-day “First International Literary Conference on 26-28th June 2011in Dhaka. The main theme of the conference was “Contemporary South Asia Writings”. Finance Minister, Cultural Affairs Minister and State Minister for Cultural Affairs attended the conference as Chief Guest, Special Guests respectively.
In the sixth session of the conference on 27June, following three [...]
