Jul
30
by Imran H. Khan & Faiz M. Khan
Early Life and Education
Air Marshal Inam ul-Haque Khan was born on 25 May 1927 in Patiala, India. He was educated at the Aligarh Muslim University where he attained his BSc and MSc. Following the partition of India in 1947, he emigrated to Pakistan and witnessed an advertisement for the Pakistan Air Force, which would change the trajectory of his life forever.
In 1948, he joined the Pakistan Air Force after seeing an advertisement and was directed to attend the RPAF College at Risalpur. He was commissioned in the 5th GD(P) Course in 1949, graduating as a fighter pilot in December 1949. Remarkably, he achieved the unique distinction of winning the coveted Sword of Honor, Best Pilot Trophy, and Ground Subjects Trophy – securing all three trophies and establishing himself as an exceptional aviator from the very beginning of his career.
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13
War or Peace on the Indus
Filed Under India, Pakistan, Peace | 5 Comments
by John Briscoe
Anyone foolish enough to write on war or peace in the Indus needs to first banish a set of immediate suspicions. I am neither Indian nor Pakistani. I am a South African who has worked on water issues in the subcontinent for 35 years and who has lived in Bangladesh (in the 1970s) and Delhi (in the 2000s). In 2006 I published, with fine Indian colleagues, an Oxford University Press book titled India’s Water Economy: Facing a Turbulent Future and, with fine Pakistani colleagues, one titled Pakistan’s Water Economy: Running Dry.
Jul
4
Cost Effective Training System for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
Filed Under Medicine, Pakistan, Technology, United States | 4 Comments
by Shamyl Bin Mansoor, Osman Hasan and Dr Asif Zafar
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has revolutionized surgical care and treatment by reducing trauma to the patient, decreasing the need for pain medication, shortening recovery times and hospital stays, and improving cosmetic results. Laparoscopic surgery is accomplished by gaining access to the abdominal cavity, visualizing the cavity using a laparoscope, and performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The term “laparoscopy” comes from the Greek words “laparo” (the flank) and “skopein” (to examine). As surgeons became skilled in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, they began to use laparoscopy to perform other advanced abdominal operations.