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| The nine lives of Gen Musharraf |
| 09.28.06 (9:53 pm) [edit] |
Gen Pervez Musharraf has in his book, In the Line of Fire, prayed to God to get more than the proverbial nine lives of a cat, because according to his own count, he has already used all the nine chances.
Writing in the Prologue: Face to Face with Terror, Musharraf gave details of all the nine times he could have died and escaped. “I first avoided death as a teenager in 1961 when I was hanging upside down from the branch of a mango tree and it broke. When I hit the ground, my friends thought I was dead.”
“In 1972 when I was leading a company of commandos as a Major in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, I should have been on a plane of PIA, which crashed into a glacier on a flight from Gilgit to Islamabad. At the last minute I hadn’t boarded it.” The third life Musharraf got when he did not board the C-130 which killed Gen Ziaul Haq and the then US ambassador on board. Musharraf was being selected as Zia’s military secretary but at the last moment another Brigadier was picked. As MS he would have been with Zia.
My closest call was in 1998 when as Commander of the Mangla Corps I was called to the GHQ for a conference. After the conference I went off with a friend to play bridge but my Commander of Aviation brought a helicopter to fly me back to Mangla. I would have readily gone but since I was not traceable, he flew back alone and the chopper crashed and he died.
The fifth life, he says, he got on October 12, 1999, when Nawaz Sharif stopped his plane from landing and when the plane had only seven minutes of fuel was remaining. I also had two brushes with death in the Indo-Pak wars of 1965, he wrote, which accounted for his 6th and 7th lives.
The devastating assassination attempts in December of 2003 on his life in Rawalpindi completed the count of his nine lives. Now he prays that if the proverb of nine lives is true, God should extend his quota.
Resource: http://www.thenews.com
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| 75 percent of Pakistani students get visas |
| 09.28.06 (3:54 am) [edit] |
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PESHAWAR, US Consul General Kay Anski has said about 75 percent of the Pakistani students got visas whenever they walk into the US Embassy with a visa application.
The US Consul General was invited to the University of Peshawar Wednesday to speak on difficulties being faced by the students in seeking student visa for US.
Students, seeking higher education abroad, have reportedly diverted their attention towards the United Kingdom and Australia, though they would have primarily wished to study in America and this was why the US Consulate in Peshawar arranged the event at Area Study Centre UoP.
"We are not refusing visas to you," Anski said, adding visa application witnessed considerable increase over the period of time and so did the number of visas. She said 11 percent increase was recorded in application this year that put the number of applicants at around 55,000.
She added US encouraged foreign students to come to America and study in schools and universities there. "We feel this is the best medium for people to interact with each other and learn from each other's cultures and experiences," she added.
She was of the view that proper documentation was required for a US visa, adding "If you have admission with any US school or university registered with the Immigration Department and you have the finances to meet one year expenses during your stay in America, you have every chance to succeed."
Anski said a few percentage of people were being refused entry to the United States despite having complete documents. "In the first instance if the applicant have a criminal record in his home country or any where else in the world or if he had illegal stay at the US earlier and was seeking re-entry," she informed.
Secondly, she explained if the applicant failed to convince the visa officer that he had a valid reason to leave for the US and had equally good reasons for his return back home. Regarding the pre-condition of arranging for one-year finances, she said it was must, as they wanted the student to concentrate on his studies during his first year of stay.
"We expect the first year study in a foreign country with a foreign medium and language of instruction pretty hectic and therefore, do not want him to worry about his fees, food and clothe etc," she said adding, "The visa section is therefore strictly instructed to ensure the finances of the applicant."
Resource: http://www.hec.gov.pk
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| Military Vehicles Research & Development Establishment, Ministry of Defence, Islamabad accepted the report Design of Hydraulic Telescope Crane |
| 09.28.06 (3:04 am) [edit] |
Military Vehicles Research & Development Establishment, Ministry of Defence, Islamabad accepted the report Design of Hydraulic Telescope Crane prepared by Engr.Sadiq, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department. The report was officially handed over to Maj.General Zaheer Khan, Director General MVRDE in a handing over ceremony, here today.
The project outlines the design of a lifting crane, that Pakistan Army imports from Japan to load weight of 3 tons (maximum). Due to the high import costs, MVRDE asked UET to develop a design that could be manufactured at locally with low cost. The crane has a load capacity of 5 tons.
In addition, five other thesis reports on MVRDE projects were also handed to the Director General.
Vice Chancellor, Syed Imtiaz H Gilani, appreciated the efforts of MVRDE in involving universities to address the real life problems in the field of engineering. He said that UET has already signed an MoU with MVRDE to initiate designs for the Division. The designs accepted by MVRDE shows strength and talent of UET engineers who have the ability and technical know how to tackle problems faced by the industry.
Maj General Zaheer Khan said that MVRDE works with a spirit to bring experts from universities, industry and institutions together to solve problems, and find indigenous design for needed technology.
He said that when Pakistan is already a missile and nuclear power, designing and manufacturing conventional weapons is not a big challenge for us. It is the need of hour that our engineers and experts get directly involved in developing technology with indigenous resources. He appreciated UETs management who took up the challenge and got involved with MVRDEs team in furthering this goal. Resource:http://www.nwfpuet.edu.pk
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