It has touched me in recent years how often I have witnessed the exploitation of farming communities by wealthy land owners as we have traveled the world. It is truly a universal norm to economically enslave share croppers by creating debt structures in the wake of drought or natural disaster, which in turn bind whole families to a land owner.
This man lives and works as a share cropper along the Indus River in Pakistan. I can still remember the hopelessness in his eyes as he explained how the land owner whose fields he tended had not changed his expected quota of grain following the massive floods of last summer, which has forced his children to quit school and work the fields themselves. Even with the extra hands they still can’t make the quota and are now bound to their master by debt.
FACT: This is a totally legal and recognized practice of slavery all across the world. (via aphotographicprotest)
Street vendor #log #photos #Pakistan #Lahore #streetphotography #social #culture (at Tawa Chicken Taxali, photo by umalik)
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Street herbal medicine vendor. (at Nisbat Road, via umalik)
Sign details that he is selling a unqiue oil of 40 herbs which can solve all sort of pains, stroke, skin rash and what not. Small bottle for 20 Rs and larges one for 50 Rupee. Oh and that if you can prove him wrong you will get a 500 Rupee reward!
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Thirty-seven years in UAE and looking forward to more (By Iqbal Mankani)
I landed in Dubai towards the end of September 1975. That was the time when apart from construction workers, talented young men from Pakistan comprising bankers, insurers, engineers, doctors and other professionals were still migrating from the country in search of greener pastures. Banks and Life Insurance along with several heavy industries had earlier been nationalized by the Bhutto regime leaving behind a large group of talented professionals whose services would be welcome in any country in search of talented manpower, particularly the oil rich kingdom of the Middle East. The Arabs were indebted to Bhutto for teaching them to use their new found oil as a weapon against the West and to face the Western world with dignity and so they were more than happy to reciprocate by offering jobs to Pakistanis in their country. (complete article)
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The Glorious days of PIA
Capt. Abdullah Baig and Capt. Taimur Baig: PIA pilots who flew airline’s brand new Boeing 720-040B (registration AP-AMG) on its record breaking delivery flight from London to Karachi on January 2, 1962. The flight was captained by Capt. Abdullah Baig. With representatives of FAI (Federation Aeronautique International) on board to monitor the official timings, AP-AMG completed the flight in 6 hours 43 minutes and 55 seconds, the record which to this day remains unbroken!! This achievement symbolized the fledgling Pakistani airline’s fighting spirit and urges.
Above photo was taken soon after the arrival of record breaking flight at Karachi Airport from London. In the photo you can see PIA’s ace pilot Captain Abdullah Baig (left) and his co-pilot Captain Taimur Baig (right). In those days PIA’s policy was to have 2 fully rated captains as pilot and co-pilot on jet flights.
Boeing 720-040B flown by another crew to London from where Captain Abdullah Baig took command and broke the existing world speed record. On the left side of this photo you can see Aizaz Moin’s father Captain Moinuddin Quraishi. Incidentally Capt. Taimur Baig was also Capt. Moinuddin Quraishi’s co-pilot when he suffered a heart attack at Tehran in 1961. Capt. Taimur took command and flew the Boeing 707-321 (registration N723PA) to Karachi. This Boeing 707 (registration N723PA) was on lease from Pan Am and it had made PIA the first Asian airline to fly jetliner. Capt. Moinuddin Quraishi was one of the very first Pakistani pilots to fly jetliners.
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Corporate Affairs sector receives most job applications in Pakistan: Report
According to a survey by Rozee.pk, Corporate Affairs is a sector in Pakistan which is increasingly receiving more and more job applications, ProPakistani reported on Tuesday.
The survey, which was conducted by analysing job applications received from 2010 to 2012, also stated that Accounts and Finance, Procurement, Sales and Training and Development sectors are oversupplied with labour.
Rozee.pk analysed around 8.14 million job applications for the survey, which was intended to “enlighten all the prospective job-seekers to tap into the market gaps that are under-supplied and to inform prospective employers about the level of attractiveness the job’s functional area represents to the job-seeker”.
The survey states that the increase in job application to certain sectors may result due to either the decline in the jobs being posted within the right category or the attractiveness the job title entails to the job-seekers.
The sectors which have failed to attract applicants and have seen a consistent decline in applications include Project Management, Database Administrator, Systems Analyst and Human Resource. (source)
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The Glorious days of PIA
In this rare photo you can see PIA’s legendry pilot Capt. M. M. Salehjee (left) talking to airline’s very first Chairman Mirza Ahmad Ispahani (right). Mr. Anwar Hussain is also seen in this photo taken at Dacca Airport in East Pakistan. The brand new Fokker F-27 seen in the background had arrived at Dacca Airport after completing its delivery flight from the Netherlands. Mirza Ahmad Ispahani was the longest serving chairman of PIA from its inception until 1962. PIA’s wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at Karachi Airport is named after Mr. Ispahani. Capt. M. M. Salehjee, a respected and talented pilot, was elected as President of Pakistan Air Line Pilots’ Association (PALPA) in 1968. He did a lot to bring PIA pilots to world standard. Capt. M. M. Salehjee also served as Sector Chief Pilot Eastern Division (East Pakistan). Due to his vast experience, Capt. M. M. Salehjee on a number of occasions was given responsibility of flying PIA’s VVIP flights. Famous personalities like Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser and First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy were flown on PIA VVIP flights piloted by Capt. M. M. Salehjee
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Mergers and acquisitions: Lucky Cement led group buys ICI Pakistan for $152m
The Yunus Brothers Group has bought out a 75.8% stake in ICI Pakistan from the Dutch paints giant AkzoNobel for Rs14.4 billion ($152.5 million), beating out two other bidders for the prized chemical company.
The price agreed in the all-cash detail was Rs205.10 per share, a 29.7% premium over Friday’s closing price on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The deal values the company at Rs18.9 billion ($201.2 million). Since the Yunus Brothers Group does not have a holding company, it put together a consortium of the group firms, led by Lucky Cement.
The Yunus Brothers Group is one of Pakistan’s largest industrial conglomerates, with major interests in textiles as well as owning the largest cement manufacturer in the country. Lucky Cement, listed on the Karachi and London stock exchanges is the best known of the group’s holdings, but the largest by revenues is actually Yunus Textile Mills, a garments manufacturer based out of Karachi.
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