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 power outage for over eight to 12 hours per day has ruined the country. Four-year tenure of the incumbent PPP regime is characterized by extreme power shortage and load-shedding with a series of broken promises, un-kept pledges, misplaced priorities and a directionless journey. Industrial production is suffering, exports are on the decline, jobs are [...]
In June, Manal al-Sherif was arrested for driving. And if the laws can’t get any bizarre, Saudi women may soon be forced to cover their eyes in public (I wonder if they can just wear sunglasses).
The announcement came days after the Saudi newspaper al-Watan reported that a Saudi man was admitted to a hospital after [...]
This year witnessed mass protests by Muslims in the Arab world, against despotic dictators. For years the voices of people had been suppressed by oppressive tyrants. However, with a stunning display of bravery the Muslims took to streets to protest against the regime. The people came out in their thousands, the likes of which the [...]
The expatriate community in Riyadh recently gathered in a local hotel to show their support for the nomination of Mohammad Asghar Qureshi as MLA (Member Legislative Assembly) in Azad Kashmir parliament against the reserved quota for intellectuals from overseas Pakistanis. Mohammad Asghar Qureshi is a noted Pakistani who owns and runs his business house in [...]
After yesterday’s shocking news for Saudi Arabian expatriates. A statement that is like a sigh of relief and relaxation has been given by Saudi Labor Minister Adel Fakeih. Summery of this statement is that. Expatriates should not worry about their future in Saudi Arabia and We (Saudi Govt) didn’t forget you any moment in any [...]
The yawning gap between the elite and the disempowered, job-less and oppressed Egyptians has finally forced the downtrodden to caste all their fears aside and change their destiny. The Egyptians are following footsteps of Tunisians who successfully ousted president Zain El Abidin Ben Ali who had ruled the country for more than two decades with [...]
Umar Khan Alisherzai – the ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia opened a mini education expo on Saturday morning at the embassy of Pakistan in Riyadh.
Speaking on the occasion he said he has a mission to bring about a positive change in the education amongst the Pakistani students in Saudi Arabia. He added that he [...]
The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh, on his visit to Saudi Arabia made the surprise offer of dialogue to Pakistan on all issues ranging from Kashmir, Indus Water Treaty to Terrorism. This Indian pronouncement within days after scuttling the Secretary-level talks in Delhi is really baffling. Both India and Pakistan entered the Delhi talks [...]
The United Arab Emirates’ plan to become the first Arab country to operate a nuclear power plant is a step closer to fruition with the announcement in December 2009 that it had selected a Korean consortium to build four nuclear-power reactors. Though other Gulf States have in recent years declared their intention to explore nuclear [...]
