Kismet Konnected Bashir Ahmed

Posted on December 3, 2009
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Raju Jamil That cloudy day of June-1961 gave a weary look due to a mild heat spell which was telling on the faces of the scores of Government officials and diplomats lined up along side President of Pakistan General Mohammad Ayub Khan at Karachi International Airport. All these people were there to receive Lyndon Baines […]

Financial Innovation: Pakistan’s ‘Hajj Notes’

Posted on November 28, 2009
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Adil Najam Did you know that from the 1950 through the mid 1990s the State Bank of Pakistan would publish special Hajj Notes in Rupees for Pakistani Hajis? These were mentioned in an earlier post on ATP on Pakistani banknotes, but I recently stumbled on a fascinating paper on the history of the Pakistani Hajj […]

1971: The Lessons We Did Not Learn

Posted on November 21, 2009
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Imran H. Khan (Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of posts – from different perspectives – we will carry on the events of 1971 and their relevance to Pakistan today.) Today, is November 21. November 21, 1971, was a day of infamy for Pakistan. On this day that Indian Air Force planes […]

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