India’s oldest military school turns 100 years old today - Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), which is revered as the oldest military school in the country, has turned 100 years old today.
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February 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: To commemorate 50 years of service by the Mirage aircraft in Pakistan Air Force and pay accolades to No22 Operational Conversion Unit and No27 Tactical Attack Squadrons for their meritorious services in war time role and award of colour to two operational squadrons, a ceremony was held Thursday at an operational base of PAF.
President Dr Arif Alvi was the chief guest on the occasion. Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, was also present on the occasion. Addressing the audience, the air chief said, âI acknowledge the vision of our predecessors for keeping the aircraft abreast to meet challenges of modern warfare through up-gradationâ. He further said, âOver the years, the Mirage aircraft has amply demonstrated its capability in 1971 war, the two-decade long war on terror; and recently during Operation Swift Retort. My felicitations to Mirage operators for employing 17 different varia
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February 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: To commemorate 50 years of service by Mirage Aircraft in Pakistan Air Force and pay accolades to No 22 Operational Conversion Unit and No 27 Tactical Attack Squadrons for their meritorious services in war time role and award of colour to two operational squadrons, a graceful ceremony was held Thursday at an operational base of PAF.
President Dr Arif Alvi was the chief guest on the occasion. Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force was also present on the occasion. Addressing the audience, the air chief said, “I acknowledge the vision of our predecessors for keeping the aircraft abreast to meet challenges of modern warfare through up-gradation”. He further said, “Over the years, the Mirage aircraft has amply demonstrated its capability in 1971 war, the two-decade long war on terror; and recently during Operation Swift Retort. My felicitations to Mirage operators for employing 17 different variants
A statue of Tamerlane in front of the Hotel Uzbekistan in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent
Inarguably, one of the finest (read: exhaustive) books published in Pakistan in the outgoing year is Professor Iftikhar H. Malik’s The Silk Road and Beyond: Narratives of a Muslim Historian. It is supposed to be a collection of travelogues, but the volume rises above that. Written in first person singular (sometimes it becomes plural), it gives the historical background of the places the author takes us to and introduces us to real life characters of different hues and shades.
Malik’s travels begin with a narration and description of Tamman, the hometown of Air Marshal Nur Khan, in Punjab. Joining him on the visit are his wife and their son, under the leadership of the author’s elder sister Bilqis Begum, to offer condolences to the family of the man whose services to the country’s air force and national airline, as also different sports, have remained unparalleled. The author also refer