The Russians and the Saint
From the Blog odysseuslahoriIn the latter years of the 19th century, the British Indian government undertook to delineate the border between their Balochistan possessions and the countries of Afghanistan and Iran. This boundary commission was led by Henry McMahon and with him he had a full complement of ancillary staff like surveyors and draughtsmen etc. The angular lines of the western boundary of Pakistan’s Balochistan that abuts on its Iranian counterpart in the west and on Afghanistan to the north are a result of those four years of hard fieldwork. One among McMahon’s staff was a surveyor by the name of G. P. Tate, my predecessor as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Tate went on to write two books: Siestan that deals with the archaeology and history of the part of Balochistan that is shared pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Chipursan Local Support Organization demands swift action in the disaster hit valley
From the Blog pamirtimes[image: clso1]Sost: On the night of 3rd August 2015 a heavy rainfall caused severe floods in different villages of the Chipursan Valley, situated close to the Afghan border, in the extreme north of the country. The floods caused destruction of valuable livelihood and damaged properties of local farmers, as well roads and bridges. The Chipursan river […]pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Money Transfer using Calling Card Value
From the Blog faisalkhanCalling Card Money Transfer Model Here is a presentation that describes (roughly) the model of how a calling card distribution company would work with a licensed money transfer company to get into the remittance business. The goal is to leverage the distribution network and the Dollar value on the calling card to enable MSBs to extend their outreach, without having to go the *Authorized Delegate (or Agent)* route. [See image gallery at faisalkhan.com] The PDF version of this presentation can be downloaded from here: Flow of Funds on Calling Card Value The post Money Transfer using Calling Card Value appeared first on Faisal Khan. pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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