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The PTI-led government, which completed its 100 days in power on November 26, counted "resetting relations with key partners including Saudi Arabia and the UAE" among its accomplishments in its performance report.
The stance is understandable given how sharply ties had been deteriorating with the UAE.
Since assuming office in August, the premier has visited the UAE twice.
The first visit took place in September when Khan visited Saudi Arabia and then the UAE. He was received by Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the two countries agreed to strengthen economic, trade and investment relations, according to the official communique released soon after the visit.
The next month, a UAE delegation — comprising CEOs and senior officials of major companies including Mubadala Petroleum, ADIA (Sovereign Wealth Funds), Etisalat, DP World, Dubai Investment Authority, Emaar Properties, Aldahra Agriculture and Abu Dhabi Fund for Development — arrived in Pakistan.
According to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the one-day visit of the delegation — headed by Dr Sultan Aljaber, minister of state and CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company — was a follow-up to the prime minister’s maiden visit to Abu Dhabi.
In November, the premier embarked on his second trip to the UAE amid reports that the gulf state was ready to extend financial assistance to Pakistan. Khan was again received by the Abu Dhabi crown prince in the UAE capital and was accorded a reception at the presidential palace, which was followed by delegation-level talks.
He was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Foreign Minister Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, Petroleum Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan, PM’s Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, PM’s Adviser on Accountability Shahzad Akbar and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, among others.
During his day-long trip, the prime minister had also met Sheikh Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai.
As the year came to a close, it was also announced that UAE's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan will visit Pakistan in early 2019.
The United Arab Emirates also announced its intention to deposit $3 billion (equivalent to AED11 billion) in the State Bank of Pakistan "to support the financial and monetary policy of the country".
Country lacking past and without vision, with a single-point agenda to fight.
Overall very lackluster performance on foreign affairs.
thanks Dawn.com for such a helpful compilation.
Pakistan is isolated as before with very little economic options. China calls all the shots!
@Dev. Is that really what's happening???
All the crises Pakistan facing at the moment owning to short term polices, hope the naya Pakistan would not repeat the same mistake.
Great article. Pakistan is gifted country. USA owes monies and China as well. We didn’t speak of Uighur. Our Islam brothers will help with job and investment.
Why are Iran and Afghanistan missing? Aren’t they critical parts of Pakistan’s foreign policy?
Pakistan foreign affairs seems to be moving in a positive and progressive direction under the struggle of shah M.Qureshi.
For once I thought IK was a man of vision and he really wants to turn a new page when he opened the Kartarpur corridor but his Foreign Minister spilled the beans by calling it a googly. This was followed by some tweets from him making unwarranted references to minorities in India trying to embarrass India and Hindus. That will be end of any goodwill or positive turn for improvement in relations with India.
Once USA leaves Afghanistan , Pakistan would cease to be of any use to it.
I think reading the comments will take more time than reading the article. Sums it up well.
Pakistan has several countries which will support pakistsnthrough thick and thin. There many more but did not respect the previous two corrupt leaders. Now they too are coming forward in support and stronger links.
Pakistan will again became a historic model for the world.we will teach the world how to govern, as did by our fathers salahuddin aubi,ghori,ghaznavi and great Quaid.
Pak China are iron and trusted brothers. China will design new world order.
Some time you should listen to Mr. Hasan Nusar. Some of your misgivings will be dispelled.
@Ashish Kumar you are so right about India.
@Ashish Kumar we have clear vision, moreover, having skills to tackle any situation.
Screen Media has picked up worldwide rights to Change In The Air, a drama from first-time director Dianne Dreyer and starring recent Golden Globe-winning actress Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Mary Beth Hurt, Aidan Quinn, Macy Gray, M. Emmet Walsh, Seth Gilliam, and Olympia Dukakis. After finalizing the deal during EFM in Berlin, Screen Media will release the pic in theaters sometime this year.
Written by Audra Gorman, the story follows a beguiling young woman (Brosnahan) who moves in next door, and awakens a quiet neighborhood, bringing people face to face with their secrets and, ultimately, themselves.
Benjamin Cox’s Red Square Pictures produced the film in association with M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Fish Hook Media, and Home Plate Pictures. Dreyer, who worked as a script supervisor on titles like The English Patient, Air Force One, and You’ve Got Mail, served as exec producer on the film, along with Gorman, Margarethe Baillou, and Allan Neuwirth.
The deal was negotiated by Seth Needle from Screen Media, and by Cox on behalf of the filmmakers.
Kevin Iwashina and Preferred Content repped sales on the film.
GORDO | Thelma Cook Homan, age 86, of Gordo, died May 29, 2007, at Pickens County Medical Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Gordo First Baptist Church with Bro. Pat Powell and Bro. Brannon Pinion officiating. Burial will follow in Greenhill Memorial Gardens with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be Saturday night, June 2, 2007, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to services at the church.
Her husband, Robert Ed Homan, her parents, and siblings, Floree Cook, Chester Cook, Jarrett David Cook, Tifton Cook, James Alton Cook, Lucy Kate Cook, Cecil Cook, Mary Eliza Cook and Garland Russell Cook, preceded her in death.
Survivors include her daughter, Barbara Sanders (Jack) of Guin, Ala.; sons, Dan Homan (Sylvia) of Demopolis, Ala. and Don Homan of Camden, Ala.; sister, Lillian Martha Cook Livingston (Johnny) of Northport, Ala.; brothers, Ernest Ray Cook (Annice) of Reform, Ala., Clyde Edwin Cook (Nell) of Columbus, Miss. and William Winston �Dock" Cook (Faye) of Ethelsville, Ala.; grandchildren, Donna Smithwick (Wes) of Broken Arrow, Okla., Steve Sanders (Tammy) of Guin, Lana Dyer (Bo) and Shelly Gray (Andy), all of Gordo, Danna Homan of Dallas, Texas, Melanie Homan of Jacksonville, Fla. and Matt Homan (Kelly) of Birmingham; and eight great grandchildren.
Mrs. Homan was born August 15, 1920, in Lamar County, Alabama to the late Garland and Mable Drummond Cook. She was a member of Gordo First Baptist Church, a homemaker, a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Thelma was devoted to her home and her family.
Pallbearers will be Matt Homan, Steve Sanders, Andy Gray, Gene Powell, Bo Dyer, Terry Burns and Ethan McDaniel.
Honorary pallbearers are James McDaniel, Bobbie Hall, Eunice Vaughn, Stillman Brown and Gordo First Baptist Church family.
Ulysses held off the brave late fightback of Barney Roy to win the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown, in a race where favourite Cliffs Of Moher was badly hampered early on.
ULYSSES got the better of Barney Roy in a thrilling climax to the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.
A field of nine runners went to post for the Group One feature, with the betting dominated by the three-year-olds Barney Roy, Cliffs Of Moher and Eminent.
There was drama in the early stages as Derby runner-up and 7-4 favourite Cliffs Of Moher was tightened up on the rail and stumbled badly, losing vital ground in the process.
His pacemaker Taj Mahal led the field into the straight before giving way and Eminent and Decorated Knight battled their way towards the front.
However, first Barney Roy was delivered with his challenge before Ulysses arrived on the scene travelling powerfully in the hands of Jim Crowley.
Once given his head, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Ulysses found another gear to get to the front and looked set to win decisively, but Barney Roy had other ideas and roared back tenaciously.
The pair flew past the line almost as one, but the judge confirmed 8-1 shot Ulysses as the winner by a nose, with Desert Encounter back in third.
Crowley had ridden Eminent on his previous four starts but was replaced by Silvestre de Sousa for this race, freeing him up to get back on board Ulysses, whom he steered to third place in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot last month.
"That was fantastic. It was great to get the ride on him and I'm very grateful to the owners and Sir Michael Stoute," said the champion jockey.
"I learnt a lot from riding him last time. The race went really well today and when he got the front he thought he'd done enough. I cruised into the race and my only concern was getting there too soon.
"Fair play to the second, who came back at us, and I wasn't sure we'd won.
"It was a great feeling when they called it out."
Stoute, winning the Eclipse for the sixth time, said: "He's a very brave and admirable horse and so consistent.
"The only blip was in last year's Derby and he got turned over twice, so he had no chance in that.
"I wasn't confident he was going to win, but I was hopeful. I felt he was holding on. I wasn't at a good angle for the line so I didn't know, but a lot of people congratulated me.
"He's been to Santa Anita and he's been to Goodwood and he's very adaptable."
Asked about future plans, the trainer added: "Let's go home and see how he is in 10 days' time.
"I wouldn't rule out going back up to a mile and a half as he won the Gordon Stakes last year and ran a big race at Santa Anita (fourth in Breeders' Cup Turf).
"He's not as keen this year and settles better, so he'll get a mile and a half."
Barney Roy's rider, James Doyle, was proud of his mount's performance, on what was a first try at 10 furlongs for the St James's Palace Stakes winner.
He said: "It was a messy race early and we were on top of each other a bit. Ryan (Moore, on Cliffs Of Moher) got hampered down on the inside, but this track isn't ideal for young horses.
"We actually had a lovely run round. He was a little bit green on the track, but he turned into the straight nicely and I thought we'd win.
"Ulysses jumped on us quick and I thought we were definitely beat and then he's rallied back in the last 50 yards.
"In another stride I think we'd have got there, but full credit to him, he's run a stormer."
His trainer Richard Hannon said: "He is good horse and he is getting better. We are delighted, he has run a super race. He was just shade unlucky. I'm very proud of him and the team, it was a good effort. He is a brave horse and he is only a baby.
"It was just bad luck. I don't normally believe in luck, but I do now. He will be a very good middle-distance horse for this year and next year. He is in a lot of good races.
"He is still quite inexperienced, but he has run a super race all things considered. He has come back from Ascot - he had a hard race there but he has still come out and run his race here."
Billy Joel didn't start out as a collector of motorcycles. It just turned out that way.
Like his passion for boats, cars and, of course, music, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's love of motorcycles has grown along with his firsthand knowledge and personal experience.
For his first exhibit, "Billy Joel's Motorcycle as Art and Icon," he hand-picked 20 bikes from his collection, including many that he designed himself, to display as art and as possibilities for other collectors.
Are you excited about your motorcycle exhibit?
I don't know what to expect. I've never done anything like this. The motorcycles that I've designed are essentially new bikes that I've made look like old bikes. They're kind of retro-styled. . . . I've become used to all the conveniences of modern technology, but I still like how the old things look. I do the same thing with the boats. . . . I probably do the same thing with music.
It sounds like a pretty good formula. What attracted you to bikes in the first place?
I used to ride back in the '60s. I started out on British bikes. I had a BSA - that was my first bike. . . . They vibrated like crazy, but they were a lot of fun. They were kind of fast and they were zippy. I stopped and then I kind of got back into it in the late '70s. I picked up the habit again and I start just getting motorcycles. It's much less expensive than boats and cars and it's a fun hobby. . . . Little by little, it became a collection. I didn't really mean to be a collector. I like to ride these things. . . . I now have 31 motorcycles and it's kind of dopey, having that many bikes. I'm running out of space.
Is the thrill the same when you ride today?
I guess. There's an element of risk involved. But I really don't have a death wish and I have no desire to have an accident. I was in a motorcycle accident in '82 - a car ran a red light - and it messed up my hands pretty bad. I try to be pretty careful on a motorcycle. They're not the safest things in the world, and it's mostly the cars that cause the problems. Of course, I shouldn't talk with my accident record. (Laughs) You know, I could be one of the problems.
I'm going to guess you'd rather be out on a boat than on a motorcycle. Is that fair to say?
No, it's really six of one, half a dozen of the other. If I can't get out on a boat, I can just as easily hop on a bike and take a scoot. I like going places by motorcycle. It's green. They don't use anywhere near the gas a car uses. You can park anywhere. You can fit four or five motorcycles in one car parking space. . . . They're fun. You're actually more in touch with your surroundings when you're on a motorcycle.
Do you see motorcycles as art?
I remember when I was a little kid and seeing a full-dressed Harley-Davidson. It was almost like seeing - I don't know - a buffalo. It was very impressive. I remember looking at all the detail on it. There's a famous painting by Norman Rockwell, which is exactly that scene, these kids looking at a full-dressed Harley-Davidson - fringes hanging off of the bike and badges hanging all over it and lights and rails . . . and that's one of my favorite paintings.
The newer bikes are more about the speed and the handling.
They are aerodynamic and they are very fast. They're super fast. As a matter of fact, they're almost too fast for people to drive them. They don't even function well unless you're going over 70 miles an hour - a lot of these bikes. . . . It's not always about speed. A lot of it is just about the experience of two-wheeling it. It's similar to when you were a kid and you got a bicycle. You were independent. All of a sudden you could get from Point A to Point B on your own - under your own power. The motorcycle is that multiplied.
So the speed doesn't interest you anymore?
Well, I can't say that. If I get to ride on a track or if there's a stretch of road where you can really open her up - one of these old Ducatis or these old Moto Guzzis - they go damn fast. WHAT "Billy Joel's Motorcycle as Art and Icon"
I asked entomologist Barbara Bentz last week about the sound. Bentz, based at the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station in Logan, Utah, makes her living studying how beetles kill trees, and she’s busy these days.
From the mountains of New Mexico all the way north to Canada, beetle populations are in overdrive, drilling into the bark of trees to lay their eggs. Given the right conditions, a wave of offspring can overwhelm a forest. And with rising temperatures, conditions have been right a lot lately.
Consider biologist Jeff Mitton’s field plot on Niwot Ridge in the Rockies above Boulder, Colo. In the first decade of the 21st century, temperatures on Niwot Ridge were 3 degrees Fahrenheit higher than in the 1970s on average, and the mountain pine beetles have been on a binge.
Mountain pine beetles typically fly in August, but a few years back Mitton and a colleague saw them flying in June, two months early. After two years in the field documenting the beetles’ life cycles to figure out what was going on, Mitton and colleague Scott Ferrenberg have published a provocative explanation: Instead of one life cycle in a year, they think, rising temperatures are allowing the pine beetles time and ripe conditions enough for two.
I chased down Mitton and Bentz because beetle-caused tree death here in New Mexico is a big deal.
In 2002 and 2003, a combination of drought and higher temperatures hammered the piñon forests of northern New Mexico and the Four Corners region. In his new book “A Great Aridness,” deBuys, a New Mexico writer, documents the carnage in sad, elegant detail.
It was beetles that did in the trees, their “thousand tiny chisels rhythmically chipping away,” but it was high temperatures and drought that set the stage, stressing the forest to the breaking point before the beetles moved in for the kill.
The British evolutionary biologist J.B.S. Haldane famously quipped that his studies suggested God “had an inordinate fondness for beetles.” By which he meant that the subset of insects known as beetles is an extraordinarily diverse group of organisms.
Most beetles, even the subset that burrows into trees’ bark to lay eggs, are not capable of wiping out forests in a population explosion, Bentz explained. The ones that can cause such damage respond to a warming climate in different ways. But across the board, there is widespread evidence that rising temperatures are changing the dynamic, giving the beetles the upper hand, she said.
Scientists say the mountain pine beetle, the species Mitton studied outside Boulder, is not a major problem in the mountains of New Mexico, at least not yet. But we are not immune.
Scientists also have documented spruce beetles, which hits forests mostly to the north, going through their life cycle in a single year rather than two as a result of rising temperatures.
Science moves cautiously, and Mitton’s paper is the first to claim evidence of multiple mountain pine beetle generations in a single year. Our lack of knowledge about the details of bark beetle life cycles in a warming climate is widespread, according to Bentz. “Most of the species, there’s just not very much information,” she said.
But if he is right, the results suggest significant new threats to western North America’s trees. “You’re changing forests across the landscape,” Mitton said.
That is why Bentz will be out in the woods again this year. “We’re out there when the trees are being attacked,” she said.
UpFront is a daily front-page opinion column. Comment directly to John Fleck at 823-3916 or jfleck@abqjournal.com. Go to www.abqjournal.com/letters/new to submit a letter to the editor.