September 2, 2010

By the time Musharraf exited, the army’s name was in mud within the country, and outside. Where once the uniform was worn with pride, it became a target of public anger and scorn. Rumour had it that somehow the army’s image had to be reinstated in public eyes

The atrocious mob lynching incident in Sialkot, with the police present as conniving bystanders, and the despicable cricket ‘spot fixing’ incident, alleging the involvement (among others) of one of our new young bowling heroes, shocked the country and deepened the pervasive national depression prevalent because of the man-made and natural disasters simultaneously besetting us. One may be forgiven for believing, even for a fleeting weak moment, that we may indeed be God-forsaken. Is it a coincidence that militant propaganda in the conflict zones as well as the flood-affected area pushes this perception to our gullible masses for all that it is worth? How do we reverse the tide (no pun intended) of the twin floods of terrorism and water? Certainly not while we are facing the greater disaster of being subjected to deliberate (and even criminal) mis-governance under the banner of ‘democracy’.
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Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan

Islamabad, 31 August: UAE Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Saif Al-Awani met with the governor of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, Owais Ghani at his office and briefed him about the integrated relief operations of the UAE teams since the very beginning of this natural calamity hit the province. He also shared with Governor the different activities of UAE Red Crescent medical team having a filed hospital in the province.

On the directives of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan the UAE Armed Forces, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, Crescent Red and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable Society started their relief and airlifting operations in the most affected areas of super floods in the country further said by the ambassador. Read More »UAE Ambassador meets Governor of Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa on the ongoing relief operations in Pakistan

Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan

Islamabad 1st September: Pakistan is passing through a severe natural catastrophe in shape of super floods which has created doom and gloom in the country. Ongoing saga of floods has already damaged its macro-economy. The Head of delegation of Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation Mr. Muhammad Ali Zainal Al Bastaki has today distributed five trucks carrying food stuff, tents, mineral water bottles, and dates totaling 80 tones in Nowshera, Charsadda and Swat. It was done with the coordination of Armed Forces of Pakistan under the supervision of UAE Embassy, Islamabad.

He shared that His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of UAE ordered urgent delivery of relief goods to shelter-less the displaced people soon after the news of the worst ever floods in the century that hit all the provinces of Pakistan and destroyed its major socio-economic fabric and the appeal of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Sayed Yousuf Raza Gillani,. In compliance with his directives, the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation started its intensified humanitarian operations in Pakistan. We were among the first foreign aid agency/organization that responded on time for the help of these floods affected people in the country and carried out our humanitarian and relief works in various regions. Read More »Khalifa Foundation of UAE completes fist stage of relief operation in Pakistan