Major Agha Humayun Amin wrote extensively on the history of the Pakistan army. He did not mince his words and criticised the army’s operational blunders.
Tributes pour in for the veteran filmmaker, who passed away aged 90 Monday. Film fraternity recalls how he pioneered New Wave Cinema, while politicians praise commitment to social issues.
Sitaram Yechury, the former Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) general secretary who died Thursday, was ideologically sound, politically committed, socially acceptable, and culturally refined, writes his colleague Md Salim.
The two-term chief minister of West Bengal, the poster boy of reform in the Left who didn’t care if the cat was black or white as long as it caught mice, has now passed into history.
The most painful thing about his departure is its timing: he leaves his people and the country just as they need his calm, sober, humble and infinitely self-effacing approach.
Jaffee worked as a professional cartoonist for a record 77 years, from 1942 till 2020, which earned him a place in the Guinness World Records. He retired at the age of 99.
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Pakistan military said it has assured Bangladesh of fast-tracked delivery of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft during high level defence meet held Tuesday.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Thank you for the heartfelt tribute to my brother Maj Agha Humayun Amin. Just wanted to point out that Agha’s father’s name is Brig Khalid Muhammad Amin.
Maybe a correction can be made.
Thank you
Thank you for the heartfelt tribute to my brother Maj Agha Humayun Amin. Just wanted to point out that Agha’s father’s name is Brig Khalid Muhammad Amin.
Maybe a correction can be made.
Thank you