The Red Sea myths were not supposed to make you laugh, but to make you realise how stories make those places special. Like in Kartogrpahy, the protagonist argues that when you give street names, which were formerly known by the stories, something goes missing.
So, when I roam around in this city of lights, or when I think about the city where I spent my childhood, the names of the roads do not matter, but the moments that we've enjoyed or not enjoyed mark those places. Every place, every corner is like a friend you leave behind, a friend who shared that moment of happiness or sorrow with you. And when you revisit those places, you look at them with affection and the memories become alive again. You may not be able to live all those moments again, but the idea of having those moments, those ordinary moments that now are turned into something special, gives you happiness and joy that you can never express in words, but they make you smile that no one but you can understand.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The Red Sea...
I still remember when I was a kid and didn't go to school, my elder brother actually used to tell me stories. And they were supposed to scare me. Anyway, once he told me the reason why the Red Sea was red(keeping in mind I spent my childhood in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)...
When you are kids, your bound to have head lice. And my brother once said that do you know what happens when you have lice in your hair?! At night they take you from your bed to the sea and then drown you. That's why the red sea is called the Red Sea because of the blood of all those people who have head lice.
And I actually believed him!!! But then eventually I grew up!
Some years later, some business delegation from Japan came at my father's office and he was supposed to show them around Jeddah. So, while he was at it, the Japanese man said,
"Tell me... I'm very curious. Is Red Sea really Red?!"
...
When you are kids, your bound to have head lice. And my brother once said that do you know what happens when you have lice in your hair?! At night they take you from your bed to the sea and then drown you. That's why the red sea is called the Red Sea because of the blood of all those people who have head lice.
And I actually believed him!!! But then eventually I grew up!
Some years later, some business delegation from Japan came at my father's office and he was supposed to show them around Jeddah. So, while he was at it, the Japanese man said,
"Tell me... I'm very curious. Is Red Sea really Red?!"
...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
The First Casualty...
It's ironic that the first casualty of 18th October was not a result of the bomb blast. But it was the death of the security guard who was there at the airport. The poor guy suffocated to death and aid couldn't be provided to him because of the huge crowd!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
New Look
Well.. N.A. said that the template of my this blog was crap! So,I changed it! I like this one better...
Every Country has an Army, Pakistan Army has a country
I just got this e-mail. There was a time when people used to look at Army with reverence and respect. That time has long gone!
"Every Country has Army, Pakistan Army has a country"
Besides tens of thousands of Army Men working in
government-owned airline and other government-owned industries here's
list of Army Officers in Civilian Govt. Departments and Government owned
industries and civilian institutions of Pakistan including Universities.
Pakistan should be called "Army Inc."
General Pervez Musharraf (President of Pakistan)
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Anwar (President of Azad Kashmir);
Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool (Governor Punjab);
Commander Khalil (Governor NWFP);
Lt General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi (Federal Education
Minister);
Col (Retd) S.K. Tressler (Federal Minorities & Culture
Minister);
Lt Gen. Hamid Javed (Chief Executive's Chief of Staff);
Lt General Muneer Hafeez (Chief of NAB);
Major General Usman Shah (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Shujaat Zameer (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (Chief, Regional
Accountability Bureau, RAB,Punjab);
Air Vice Marshal Zakaullah (Chief of RAB NWFP);
Major General Tariq Bashir (Chief of RAB Sindh);
Major General Owais Mushtaq (Chief of RAB Balochistan) ;
Lt General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz (Secretary Defence);
Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees (Secretary Defence Production);
Lt General (Retd) Saeedul Zafar (Secretary Railways);
Major General (Retd) Fazal Ghafoor (Ambassador to North Korea);
Brigadier (Retd) Abdul Majeed Khan (Ambassador to Tajikistan);
Major General (Retd) Salimullah (Ambassador to UAE);
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel (Ambassador to
Thailand);
Lt General (Retd) Asad Durrani (Ambassador to Saudi Arabia);
Vice Admiral (Retd) Shamoon Aslam Khan (Ambassador to Ukraine);
Air Marshal (Retd) Najeeb Akhtar (Ambassador to Brazil);
Major General Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain (Ambassador to
Indonesia);
Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Shafeeq (Ambassador to Bahrain);
Major General (Retd) Agha Masood Hassan (DG of Postal Services);
Major General Farrukh Javed (Chairman National Highway
Authority);
Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat (Chairman Karachi Port Trust);
Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi (Chairman Port Qasim
Authority);
Vice Admiral Tauqir Hussain Naqvi (Chairman National Shipping
Corporation) ;
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan (Chief of National
Fertilizer Corporation) ;
A Lt. General (Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills);
Lt Colonel (Retd) Akbar Hussain (Export Processing Zone
Authority);
Major General Shehzad Alam Malik (Chairman Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority);
Air Vice Marshal Azhar Masood (Chairman National
Telecommunications Authority);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Saleem (Chairman NADRA);
Brigadier Mirza Babar Aziz (DG NADRA);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan (DG NADRA NWFP);
Major General Raza Hussain (Chairman SUPARCO);
Major General Sabihuddin Bokhari (Surveyor General of Pakistan);
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (DG National Crisis Management
Cell);
Air Marshal (Retd) Shafeeq Haider (Chairman Federal Public
Service Commission);
Lt General Arshad Hussain (Member Federal Public Service
Commission);
Lt General (Retd) Jehangir Nasrullah (Chairman Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshad Chaudhry (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshadullah Tarar (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin (DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arshad Saleem (Deputy DG Civil Aviation
Authority);
Major General Zafar Abbas (DG Anti-Narcotics Force);
Major General Syed Haider Javed (DG National Logistics Cell);
Major General (Retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (DG Auqaf, the
Deptt. of Historical Relics);
Major General Pervez Akmal (MD OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Rizvan Ashraf (General Manager OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Ishtiaq Ali Khan (MD Pakistan Mineral
Development Authority);
Major General (Retd) Hamid Hassan Butt (Chairman Pakistan
Railways);
Lt General (Retd) Syed Shujaat Ali Khan (Rector Engineering
University Lahore);
Lt General (Retd) Arshad Mehmood (Vice Chancellor Punjab
University);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sardar Khan (Vice Chancellor Engineering
University Peshawar);
Captain (Retd) U.A.G. Isani (Vice Chancellor Islamabad
University);
Lt General (Retd) Sardar Ali (DG National Institute of Public
Administration) ;
Brigadier (Retd) Maqsoodul Hassan (DG Directorate of Education);
Brigadier Muhammad Ejaz (Home Secretary Punjab);
Brigadier Abdur Rehman (Director Health NWFP);
Brigadier Shadab (Secretary C&W Punjab)
Brigadier Anees (Chairman Punjab Privatisation Commission);
Colonel (Retd) Shahid Qureshi (DIG Sindh Telecommunications) ;
Colonel (Retd) Ghulam Hussain (Secretary S&GAD NWFP);
Brigadier Mukhtar (Home Secretary, Sindh);
Brigadier Zaheer Qadri (DG, KDA, Sindh and not Secretary C&W
NWFP);
Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar (Secretary to Governor Sindh);
Major General (Retd) Imtiaz (Chairman Pakistan Athletics
Federation);
Brigadier Saulat Abbas (DG Pakistan Sports Board).
Brig. Khalid Javed, DG Projects Directorate, NADRA, Islamabad
Col Talmeez Abbas, DG Dataware Housing, NADRA, Islamabad
Maj Tahir M. Alvi DDG, Project Directorate, NADRA, Islambad
Brig Safdar Husain Awan is the Secy (C&W) NWFP Brig Qadri is DG
KDA;
Brig Mohtarim is Home Secretary Sindh
Major General (Retd) Hashmi, Registrar, Pakistan Engineering
Council;
Major General (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Chairman PTDC;
Major Genera (Retd) Asif Riaz Bokhari, NRB;
Brig Muhammad Toseef Uz Zaman Khan, Civil Aviation Authority;
Brig Saeed Ahmed Malik, WAPDA Head Qtrs Lahore;
Brig Muhammad Iqbal, WAPDA HQ Lahore;
Brig Mushtaq Ahmed, WAPDA HQ, Lahore;
Brig Khalid Sohail Cheema, DG Pak PWD;
Brig Shamshad Khan, GM NWFP NHA;
Brig (Retd) Zareen Khan, Project Incharge Ghazi Brotha Dam
WAPDA;
Brig (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed Tariq, GM Admin OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Hamayoun Khan, GM Procurement OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Sardar Javed Ashraf, MD KW&SB;
Brig (Retd) Nisar, IG Prisons (Sindh);
Brig (Retd) Zafar Ahmed Malik, Karachi Building & Control
Authority;
Brig (Retd) Aftab Ahmed, DG PHA;
Brig (Retd) Dilbar Husain Naqvi, MD National Construction
Company;
Colonel Rauf, IG Prisons, NWFP;
Colonel Asif Jamal, MD, Multan Development Authority;
Colonel (Retd) Najam ul Hasan Malik, TMO Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Hafiz Abdur Rehman Malik, MD WASA, Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Kanwar Muhammad Sherbaz Khan, GM CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col Muhammad Azim, GM NHA;
LT Col Naqeeb Amjad Malik, Manager CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col (Retd) Aziz ul Haque Mirza, Member (Operations) NHA;
Lt Col (Retd) Hafeezullah Awan, MD WASA Quetta.
Major General (Retd) Shujaat Ali Khan, Ambassador to Morocco;
Major General (Retd) Badruddin, Ambassador to Brunei;
Vice Admiral(Retd) Khalid Mir, Ambassador to Lebanon;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Nisar, Ambassador to Argentina;
Brig. Sikandar Ali, Director, Anti Narctics Force;
Brig (R) Saeed Ahmad Rafi, Director General, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (He was inducted by Gen Musharraf into Foreign Service as
incharge of overseas polling for Presidential Referendum in April);
Brig (R) Mian Khalid Habib, Chief of Protocol, M/o foreign
Affirs;
Brig Tipu Sultan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Group Capt (R) Khalid Aziz Babar, Director General, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Naval Lt (R) Ghalib Iqbal, Consul General, Toronto (son-in-law
of former Air Chief Anwar Shamim) {Anwer Shamim is a Quadiyani and had
served General Zia {Ameer ul Momineen as per Jamat-e-Islami} , Anwer
Shamim has huge ranches in California, USA, which he
and his brother in Law Khursheed Anwer Mirza made through
trafficking Narcotics during so-called Afghan Jihad {the Time Weekly
that carried this news was banned in Pakistan in 80s}.
Naval Lt (R) Qasim Raza Mutaqqi, Counsellor, Rome;
Col (R) Salik Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Masood Akhtar, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Shaukat Muqaddam, Counsellor, Dublin;
Capt (R) Zaighamuddin Azam Khan, Counsellor, Berlin;
Capt (R) Sohail Ittehad Hussain, Director General,M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Khalid Durrani, Director, M/o Foreign Affairs.
General (r) Jahangeer Karamat, Ambassador of Pakistan in USA.
Brigadier (r) Ejas Shah, Director General Intelligence Bureau.
The above list was of 2002. In 2003, as many as 104 serving and
retired Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from
other services are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on
civilian posts in different ministries, divisions and Pakistani missions
abroad after Oct 12, 1999 military takeover. The number of army
Brigadiers or their equivalent ranks from the Navy and Air Force is even
higher at 160, according to an annexure placed before the Senate
library.
There have been 14 ambassadors and a high commissioner from the
military ranks during this period.
Of these 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts, 27
military officers have been given the prized grade of 22 while 62
officers have been adjusted in grade 21. A whopping figure of 150
officers occupy civilian positions in Grade 20. There are 276 officers
between grade 20 and 22 alone. The nature of their jobs varies from
deputation, secondment, re-employment to contract basis. These military
officers occupy civilian posts in a situation where, according to
Incharge Cabinet Division Raza Hiraj, there are 700 'unabsorbed' surplus
civilian employees. There are 33 officers on special duty (OSD) just in
grades between 19 and 21.
The range of fields where military officers are working on
civilian posts encompasses every sector of human endeavour including
communications, education, diplomacy, water and electricity management,
information, post office, jails, local bodies, think tanks, industrial
production, shipping, minority affairs, population welfare, health,
agriculture, railways, highways, housing, labour and manpower, social
and women development, law and justice and sub-sectors of sports from
cricket to hockey.
A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel
occupy 13 posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce
ministry, 98 in communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 52
in the defence production division, 9 in the education ministry, 16 in
the establishment division, 24 in the ministry of foreign affairs, 6 in
the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. There are 88 military
officers working in the ministry of interior, 2 in the health ministry,
6 in the housing and works ministry, 29 in the industries and production
ministry, 3 in the information and broadcasting ministry, 58 in the
ministry of Information Technology, 25 in the Kashmir affairs and
northern affairs ministry, five in the labour and manpower division, 17
in the ministry of minorities affairs, 39 in the ministry of petroleum
and natural resources, just one each in the ministry of population
welfare, the planning and development division and the ministry of
religious affairs. There are two military officials working in the
revenue division (CBR), 21 in the ministry of science and technology, 72
in the ministry of railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water
and power, 5 in the ministry of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi
Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsmen). There are another 37 officers who have
been inducted under the military's 10 per cent quota in civilian posts
over and above these appointments.
In the Foreign Affairs 13 Lieutenants and Major Generals were
appointed as ambassadors in different countries, while one Brigadier and
a Major also got ambassadorial positions.
Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was appointed as ambassador in Riyadh
(contract expired on October 2002).
Vice-Admiral (retd) Shamoon Alam Khan was appointed as
ambassador in Kyiv (up to August 28, 2003),
Vice-Admiral (retd) Khalid M Mir was appointed ambassador in
Beirut (up to July 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur (up to
July 2003),
Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Farooq Qari as ambassador in
Tripoli,
Lt-Gen (retd) Agha Jehangir Ali Khan as ambassador in Mexico,
Maj-Gen (retd) Shujaat Ali Khan as ambassador in Rabat (up to
September 2003),
Maj-Gen (retd) Fazal Ghafoor as ambassador in Tashkent (contract
expired on April 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Salim Ullah as ambassador in Abu Dhabi (up to
June 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Shafique as ambassador in Bahrain
contract expired on October 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel as ambassador in Thailand
(up to June 2003),
Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain as ambassador in
Indonesia (up to August 2003) and Maj-Gen (retd) Sultan Habib as
ambassador in DPR Korea (up to October
2003).
Brigadier Abdul Majid Khan was appointed as ambassador in
Dushambe (contract expired on June 2002), while
Major Badruddin was posted as high commissioner to Bender Seri
Begawen. In the cabinet division,
Maj-Gen Khalid Bashir was appointed as Member (Tech) Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (up to November 2001),
Maj-Gen Raza Hussain as chairman SUPARCO and
Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik as Chairman PTA.
These inductions were made on regular basis. Similarly, in the
ministry of communications, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was inducted as National
Highway Authority chairman on November 11, 2000 but was later
repatriated. In his place Maj Gen Furrakh Javed was appointed as NHA
chief on November 5, 2001 on a secondment basis. He already had served
as deputy director general (Dev) in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Likewise,
Maj-Gen (retd) Agha Masood Hasan was appointed as Director
General Pakistan Post Office on a contract basis,
Vice-Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak was appointed as Chairman Port
Qasim Authority (PQA) on secondment,
Rear Admiral Muhammad Asad Qureshi was appointed as Director
General PQA,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Tauquir H Naqvi as Chairman Pakistan
National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on contract,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Abaid Ullah Khan as chairman (PNSC)
(contract terminated on October, 2000),
Rear Admiral Bakhat Ali Jumani was appointed as Executive
Director (Ship Management PNSC),
Rear Admiral (retd) Sarfraz Khan was appointed as Chairman
Gwadar Port Authority (GPA),
Rear Admiral Muhammad Nashat Raffi as General Manager Karachi
Port Trust (KPT),
Vice Admiral Ahmed Hayat was appointed on a contract basis as
Chairman Karachi Port Trust (KPT), but prior to him Vice Admiral (retd)
>Khalid Mohammad Mir was serving as chairman. Maj Gen (retd) Mohsin Ahmed
Vahidy was appointed as Executive Directive PNSC Karachi on a contract>basis but he is not serving now, while Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi
was appointed chairman PQA (not serving). Similarly, in the ministry of
defence, Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan was re-employed on a contract
basis as secretary ministry of defence but earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim
Rana was serving in this capacity whose contract was terminated on July
8, 2001. Rear Admiral Irfan Ahmad was appointed as Additional Secretary
(contract terminated), then Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry was made
Additional Secretary, defence ministry, on secondment basis.
Maj-Gen Javed Iqbal was appointed as Director General Military
Land and Cantonments (ML&C) on secondment but he was later retired.
Later,
Maj Gen Muhammad Jawed was appointed as DG ML&C on secondment.
Maj-Gen Mahboobul Muzaffar and Maj-Gen Sabihuddin Bokhari were
appointed as Surveyor General of Pakistan.
After their retirement, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was appointed in
their place on secondment basis. Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was
appointed Ex-Managing Director Karachi Shipyard (contract expired),
Air Vice Marshal S Javed Raza as Director Pre Engineering PIA,
AVM (retd) Niaz Hussain Director (Engineering) PIA and
AVM Arshad Rashid Sethi as Deputy Director General, CAA (not
working).
In the Defence Production Division, Air Marshal (retd) Zahid
Anis was appointed as secretary D P Division. Earlier Lt-Gen (retd)
Lehrasab was working in his place. Similarly, Maj-Gen Ali Baz was
appointed as Additional Secretary D P Division. Earlier, Maj-Gen Rehmat
Khan was serving as Additional Secretary D P Division. Maj-Gen M
Salimuddin was re-employed after his retirement from the army as Chief
Scientists and Scientific Adviser DESTO in place of Maj-Gen Akbar Saeed
Awan, while Maj-Gen Syed Ali Hamid was appointed as Director General
DEPO on secondment basis while AVM Aurangzeb Khan was appointed Chairman
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex board, Kamra.
In the Establishment Division, Maj-Gen (retd) Rahmatullah was
appointed as Managing Director Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and
Group Insurance. Earlier, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi was
working in his place. Air Marshal (retd) Shafique Haider was appointed
as Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) while Lt-Gen (retd)
Arshad Hussain was appointed Member, FPSC.
Maj-Gen (retd) Sikander Shami was appointed as Director General
of Head of Institute of NIPA, Lahore, while Lt-Gen (retd) Sardar Ali as
Director NIPA, Lahore, both on a contract basis. Maj-Gen Muhammad Iqbal
Khan was appointed as Managing Director PASSCO on contract in the
ministry of food, agriculture and livestock, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad as
Director General health on secondment but was replaced by Maj-Gen (retd)
Muhammad Aslam also on secondment/contract in the health ministry.
In the interior ministry Maj-Gen (retd) Zahid Ehsan was
appointed as Chairman Nadra (posted out) while in the ministry of
industries and production Maj-Gen (retd) M Mohsin was appointed as
chairman NFC (national finance commission) on contract. AVM Azhar Maud
was appointed National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman.
In the ministry of information and broadcasting Maj-Gen (retd)
Jamshed Ayaz Khan was appointed as president Institute of Regional
Studies, Islamabad, on contract. In the minorities, culture, sports,
Maj-Gen (retd) Inayat Ullah Khan Niazi was appointed Chairman ETPB
(contract expired), while Maj-Gen Anis Ahmad Bajwa was appointed as
Managing Director PTDC Islamabad on contract. He had already served as
Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief Executive in the Prime Minister's
secretariat. Lt-Gen Hamid Javed was appointed as Chief of Staff to the
President in the president's secretariat.
Similarly in the Prime Minister's secretariat Lt-Gen Ghulam
Ahmad was appointed as chief of staff to Chief Executive in place of
Lt-Gen Hamid Javed.
Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Shafaatullah Shah and
Maj-Gen Muhammad Yousaf were also appointed as deputy chief of
staff to chief executive.
Maj-Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha was appointed as Director Chief
Executive's secretariat.
Maj-Gen Nadeem Taj had also served as Military Secretary (MS) to
Chief Executive (posted as MS to the president from January 2002).
Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (now Governor Punjab) and Lt-Gen Syed
Muhammad Amjad were appointed as Chairm an National Accountability
Bureau (NAB), while Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti,
Maj-Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi and
Maj-Gen Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi,
AVM (retd) M Saleemud
Din, Maj-Gen Muhammad Sabir,
Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan,
Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar,
Maj-Gen Syed Usman Shah and
Maj-Gen Tariq Bashir,
Rear Admiral Ihsanul Haq,
Real Admiral Ubaid Sadiq, AVM Masood Akhtar,
AVM Zakaullah Khan and
AVM (retd) Khuda Dad were subsequently appointed as Director
General, NAB
Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Asif Riaz Bokhari was appointed as Member,
NRB on a contract basis.
Maj-Gen Parvez Akmal was appointed as Managing Director Oil and
Gas Development Company (OGDC) (not working) while Maj-Gen (retd) Syed
Usman Shah was appointed as Director General Intelligence and
Investigation.
In the railways ministry Lt-Gen (retd) Javaid Ashraf Qazi was
appointed as secretary/chairman Pakistan Railways. After his contract
as terminated Lt-Gen (retd) Saeeduz Zafar replaced him. On termination
of his contract, Maj-Gen (retd) Hamid Hassan Butt was appointed as
General Manager M & SPR but his contract too was terminated. Lt-Gen
(retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan was appointed as WAPDA Chairman on
secondment/contract while Maj-Gen (retd) M Aslam Zuberi was appointed
Adviser in the Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat (contract expired). Those who
were appointed in the attached departments include Air Marshal (retd)
Sharbat A Changazi who was appointed as Director State Life Insurance
Corporation of Pakistan and Rear Admiral (retd) Ejaz Husain appointed as
General Manager Special Project, Pakistan State Oil Company Ltd.
"Every Country has Army, Pakistan Army has a country"
Besides tens of thousands of Army Men working in
government-owned airline and other government-owned industries here's
list of Army Officers in Civilian Govt. Departments and Government owned
industries and civilian institutions of Pakistan including Universities.
Pakistan should be called "Army Inc."
General Pervez Musharraf (President of Pakistan)
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Anwar (President of Azad Kashmir);
Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool (Governor Punjab);
Commander Khalil (Governor NWFP);
Lt General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi (Federal Education
Minister);
Col (Retd) S.K. Tressler (Federal Minorities & Culture
Minister);
Lt Gen. Hamid Javed (Chief Executive's Chief of Staff);
Lt General Muneer Hafeez (Chief of NAB);
Major General Usman Shah (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Shujaat Zameer (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (Chief, Regional
Accountability Bureau, RAB,Punjab);
Air Vice Marshal Zakaullah (Chief of RAB NWFP);
Major General Tariq Bashir (Chief of RAB Sindh);
Major General Owais Mushtaq (Chief of RAB Balochistan) ;
Lt General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz (Secretary Defence);
Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees (Secretary Defence Production);
Lt General (Retd) Saeedul Zafar (Secretary Railways);
Major General (Retd) Fazal Ghafoor (Ambassador to North Korea);
Brigadier (Retd) Abdul Majeed Khan (Ambassador to Tajikistan);
Major General (Retd) Salimullah (Ambassador to UAE);
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel (Ambassador to
Thailand);
Lt General (Retd) Asad Durrani (Ambassador to Saudi Arabia);
Vice Admiral (Retd) Shamoon Aslam Khan (Ambassador to Ukraine);
Air Marshal (Retd) Najeeb Akhtar (Ambassador to Brazil);
Major General Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain (Ambassador to
Indonesia);
Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Shafeeq (Ambassador to Bahrain);
Major General (Retd) Agha Masood Hassan (DG of Postal Services);
Major General Farrukh Javed (Chairman National Highway
Authority);
Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat (Chairman Karachi Port Trust);
Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi (Chairman Port Qasim
Authority);
Vice Admiral Tauqir Hussain Naqvi (Chairman National Shipping
Corporation) ;
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan (Chief of National
Fertilizer Corporation) ;
A Lt. General (Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills);
Lt Colonel (Retd) Akbar Hussain (Export Processing Zone
Authority);
Major General Shehzad Alam Malik (Chairman Pakistan
Telecommunications Authority);
Air Vice Marshal Azhar Masood (Chairman National
Telecommunications Authority);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Saleem (Chairman NADRA);
Brigadier Mirza Babar Aziz (DG NADRA);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan (DG NADRA NWFP);
Major General Raza Hussain (Chairman SUPARCO);
Major General Sabihuddin Bokhari (Surveyor General of Pakistan);
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (DG National Crisis Management
Cell);
Air Marshal (Retd) Shafeeq Haider (Chairman Federal Public
Service Commission);
Lt General Arshad Hussain (Member Federal Public Service
Commission);
Lt General (Retd) Jehangir Nasrullah (Chairman Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshad Chaudhry (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshadullah Tarar (Member Punjab Public
Service Commission);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin (DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arshad Saleem (Deputy DG Civil Aviation
Authority);
Major General Zafar Abbas (DG Anti-Narcotics Force);
Major General Syed Haider Javed (DG National Logistics Cell);
Major General (Retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (DG Auqaf, the
Deptt. of Historical Relics);
Major General Pervez Akmal (MD OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Rizvan Ashraf (General Manager OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Ishtiaq Ali Khan (MD Pakistan Mineral
Development Authority);
Major General (Retd) Hamid Hassan Butt (Chairman Pakistan
Railways);
Lt General (Retd) Syed Shujaat Ali Khan (Rector Engineering
University Lahore);
Lt General (Retd) Arshad Mehmood (Vice Chancellor Punjab
University);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sardar Khan (Vice Chancellor Engineering
University Peshawar);
Captain (Retd) U.A.G. Isani (Vice Chancellor Islamabad
University);
Lt General (Retd) Sardar Ali (DG National Institute of Public
Administration) ;
Brigadier (Retd) Maqsoodul Hassan (DG Directorate of Education);
Brigadier Muhammad Ejaz (Home Secretary Punjab);
Brigadier Abdur Rehman (Director Health NWFP);
Brigadier Shadab (Secretary C&W Punjab)
Brigadier Anees (Chairman Punjab Privatisation Commission);
Colonel (Retd) Shahid Qureshi (DIG Sindh Telecommunications) ;
Colonel (Retd) Ghulam Hussain (Secretary S&GAD NWFP);
Brigadier Mukhtar (Home Secretary, Sindh);
Brigadier Zaheer Qadri (DG, KDA, Sindh and not Secretary C&W
NWFP);
Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar (Secretary to Governor Sindh);
Major General (Retd) Imtiaz (Chairman Pakistan Athletics
Federation);
Brigadier Saulat Abbas (DG Pakistan Sports Board).
Brig. Khalid Javed, DG Projects Directorate, NADRA, Islamabad
Col Talmeez Abbas, DG Dataware Housing, NADRA, Islamabad
Maj Tahir M. Alvi DDG, Project Directorate, NADRA, Islambad
Brig Safdar Husain Awan is the Secy (C&W) NWFP Brig Qadri is DG
KDA;
Brig Mohtarim is Home Secretary Sindh
Major General (Retd) Hashmi, Registrar, Pakistan Engineering
Council;
Major General (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Chairman PTDC;
Major Genera (Retd) Asif Riaz Bokhari, NRB;
Brig Muhammad Toseef Uz Zaman Khan, Civil Aviation Authority;
Brig Saeed Ahmed Malik, WAPDA Head Qtrs Lahore;
Brig Muhammad Iqbal, WAPDA HQ Lahore;
Brig Mushtaq Ahmed, WAPDA HQ, Lahore;
Brig Khalid Sohail Cheema, DG Pak PWD;
Brig Shamshad Khan, GM NWFP NHA;
Brig (Retd) Zareen Khan, Project Incharge Ghazi Brotha Dam
WAPDA;
Brig (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed Tariq, GM Admin OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Hamayoun Khan, GM Procurement OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Sardar Javed Ashraf, MD KW&SB;
Brig (Retd) Nisar, IG Prisons (Sindh);
Brig (Retd) Zafar Ahmed Malik, Karachi Building & Control
Authority;
Brig (Retd) Aftab Ahmed, DG PHA;
Brig (Retd) Dilbar Husain Naqvi, MD National Construction
Company;
Colonel Rauf, IG Prisons, NWFP;
Colonel Asif Jamal, MD, Multan Development Authority;
Colonel (Retd) Najam ul Hasan Malik, TMO Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Hafiz Abdur Rehman Malik, MD WASA, Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Kanwar Muhammad Sherbaz Khan, GM CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col Muhammad Azim, GM NHA;
LT Col Naqeeb Amjad Malik, Manager CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col (Retd) Aziz ul Haque Mirza, Member (Operations) NHA;
Lt Col (Retd) Hafeezullah Awan, MD WASA Quetta.
Major General (Retd) Shujaat Ali Khan, Ambassador to Morocco;
Major General (Retd) Badruddin, Ambassador to Brunei;
Vice Admiral(Retd) Khalid Mir, Ambassador to Lebanon;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Nisar, Ambassador to Argentina;
Brig. Sikandar Ali, Director, Anti Narctics Force;
Brig (R) Saeed Ahmad Rafi, Director General, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (He was inducted by Gen Musharraf into Foreign Service as
incharge of overseas polling for Presidential Referendum in April);
Brig (R) Mian Khalid Habib, Chief of Protocol, M/o foreign
Affirs;
Brig Tipu Sultan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Group Capt (R) Khalid Aziz Babar, Director General, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Naval Lt (R) Ghalib Iqbal, Consul General, Toronto (son-in-law
of former Air Chief Anwar Shamim) {Anwer Shamim is a Quadiyani and had
served General Zia {Ameer ul Momineen as per Jamat-e-Islami} , Anwer
Shamim has huge ranches in California, USA, which he
and his brother in Law Khursheed Anwer Mirza made through
trafficking Narcotics during so-called Afghan Jihad {the Time Weekly
that carried this news was banned in Pakistan in 80s}.
Naval Lt (R) Qasim Raza Mutaqqi, Counsellor, Rome;
Col (R) Salik Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Masood Akhtar, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Shaukat Muqaddam, Counsellor, Dublin;
Capt (R) Zaighamuddin Azam Khan, Counsellor, Berlin;
Capt (R) Sohail Ittehad Hussain, Director General,M/o Foreign
Affairs;
Capt (R) Khalid Durrani, Director, M/o Foreign Affairs.
General (r) Jahangeer Karamat, Ambassador of Pakistan in USA.
Brigadier (r) Ejas Shah, Director General Intelligence Bureau.
The above list was of 2002. In 2003, as many as 104 serving and
retired Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from
other services are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on
civilian posts in different ministries, divisions and Pakistani missions
abroad after Oct 12, 1999 military takeover. The number of army
Brigadiers or their equivalent ranks from the Navy and Air Force is even
higher at 160, according to an annexure placed before the Senate
library.
There have been 14 ambassadors and a high commissioner from the
military ranks during this period.
Of these 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts, 27
military officers have been given the prized grade of 22 while 62
officers have been adjusted in grade 21. A whopping figure of 150
officers occupy civilian positions in Grade 20. There are 276 officers
between grade 20 and 22 alone. The nature of their jobs varies from
deputation, secondment, re-employment to contract basis. These military
officers occupy civilian posts in a situation where, according to
Incharge Cabinet Division Raza Hiraj, there are 700 'unabsorbed' surplus
civilian employees. There are 33 officers on special duty (OSD) just in
grades between 19 and 21.
The range of fields where military officers are working on
civilian posts encompasses every sector of human endeavour including
communications, education, diplomacy, water and electricity management,
information, post office, jails, local bodies, think tanks, industrial
production, shipping, minority affairs, population welfare, health,
agriculture, railways, highways, housing, labour and manpower, social
and women development, law and justice and sub-sectors of sports from
cricket to hockey.
A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel
occupy 13 posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce
ministry, 98 in communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 52
in the defence production division, 9 in the education ministry, 16 in
the establishment division, 24 in the ministry of foreign affairs, 6 in
the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. There are 88 military
officers working in the ministry of interior, 2 in the health ministry,
6 in the housing and works ministry, 29 in the industries and production
ministry, 3 in the information and broadcasting ministry, 58 in the
ministry of Information Technology, 25 in the Kashmir affairs and
northern affairs ministry, five in the labour and manpower division, 17
in the ministry of minorities affairs, 39 in the ministry of petroleum
and natural resources, just one each in the ministry of population
welfare, the planning and development division and the ministry of
religious affairs. There are two military officials working in the
revenue division (CBR), 21 in the ministry of science and technology, 72
in the ministry of railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water
and power, 5 in the ministry of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi
Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsmen). There are another 37 officers who have
been inducted under the military's 10 per cent quota in civilian posts
over and above these appointments.
In the Foreign Affairs 13 Lieutenants and Major Generals were
appointed as ambassadors in different countries, while one Brigadier and
a Major also got ambassadorial positions.
Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was appointed as ambassador in Riyadh
(contract expired on October 2002).
Vice-Admiral (retd) Shamoon Alam Khan was appointed as
ambassador in Kyiv (up to August 28, 2003),
Vice-Admiral (retd) Khalid M Mir was appointed ambassador in
Beirut (up to July 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur (up to
July 2003),
Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Farooq Qari as ambassador in
Tripoli,
Lt-Gen (retd) Agha Jehangir Ali Khan as ambassador in Mexico,
Maj-Gen (retd) Shujaat Ali Khan as ambassador in Rabat (up to
September 2003),
Maj-Gen (retd) Fazal Ghafoor as ambassador in Tashkent (contract
expired on April 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Salim Ullah as ambassador in Abu Dhabi (up to
June 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Shafique as ambassador in Bahrain
contract expired on October 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel as ambassador in Thailand
(up to June 2003),
Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain as ambassador in
Indonesia (up to August 2003) and Maj-Gen (retd) Sultan Habib as
ambassador in DPR Korea (up to October
2003).
Brigadier Abdul Majid Khan was appointed as ambassador in
Dushambe (contract expired on June 2002), while
Major Badruddin was posted as high commissioner to Bender Seri
Begawen. In the cabinet division,
Maj-Gen Khalid Bashir was appointed as Member (Tech) Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (up to November 2001),
Maj-Gen Raza Hussain as chairman SUPARCO and
Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik as Chairman PTA.
These inductions were made on regular basis. Similarly, in the
ministry of communications, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was inducted as National
Highway Authority chairman on November 11, 2000 but was later
repatriated. In his place Maj Gen Furrakh Javed was appointed as NHA
chief on November 5, 2001 on a secondment basis. He already had served
as deputy director general (Dev) in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Likewise,
Maj-Gen (retd) Agha Masood Hasan was appointed as Director
General Pakistan Post Office on a contract basis,
Vice-Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak was appointed as Chairman Port
Qasim Authority (PQA) on secondment,
Rear Admiral Muhammad Asad Qureshi was appointed as Director
General PQA,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Tauquir H Naqvi as Chairman Pakistan
National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on contract,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Abaid Ullah Khan as chairman (PNSC)
(contract terminated on October, 2000),
Rear Admiral Bakhat Ali Jumani was appointed as Executive
Director (Ship Management PNSC),
Rear Admiral (retd) Sarfraz Khan was appointed as Chairman
Gwadar Port Authority (GPA),
Rear Admiral Muhammad Nashat Raffi as General Manager Karachi
Port Trust (KPT),
Vice Admiral Ahmed Hayat was appointed on a contract basis as
Chairman Karachi Port Trust (KPT), but prior to him Vice Admiral (retd)
>Khalid Mohammad Mir was serving as chairman. Maj Gen (retd) Mohsin Ahmed
Vahidy was appointed as Executive Directive PNSC Karachi on a contract>basis but he is not serving now, while Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi
was appointed chairman PQA (not serving). Similarly, in the ministry of
defence, Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan was re-employed on a contract
basis as secretary ministry of defence but earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim
Rana was serving in this capacity whose contract was terminated on July
8, 2001. Rear Admiral Irfan Ahmad was appointed as Additional Secretary
(contract terminated), then Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry was made
Additional Secretary, defence ministry, on secondment basis.
Maj-Gen Javed Iqbal was appointed as Director General Military
Land and Cantonments (ML&C) on secondment but he was later retired.
Later,
Maj Gen Muhammad Jawed was appointed as DG ML&C on secondment.
Maj-Gen Mahboobul Muzaffar and Maj-Gen Sabihuddin Bokhari were
appointed as Surveyor General of Pakistan.
After their retirement, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was appointed in
their place on secondment basis. Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was
appointed Ex-Managing Director Karachi Shipyard (contract expired),
Air Vice Marshal S Javed Raza as Director Pre Engineering PIA,
AVM (retd) Niaz Hussain Director (Engineering) PIA and
AVM Arshad Rashid Sethi as Deputy Director General, CAA (not
working).
In the Defence Production Division, Air Marshal (retd) Zahid
Anis was appointed as secretary D P Division. Earlier Lt-Gen (retd)
Lehrasab was working in his place. Similarly, Maj-Gen Ali Baz was
appointed as Additional Secretary D P Division. Earlier, Maj-Gen Rehmat
Khan was serving as Additional Secretary D P Division. Maj-Gen M
Salimuddin was re-employed after his retirement from the army as Chief
Scientists and Scientific Adviser DESTO in place of Maj-Gen Akbar Saeed
Awan, while Maj-Gen Syed Ali Hamid was appointed as Director General
DEPO on secondment basis while AVM Aurangzeb Khan was appointed Chairman
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex board, Kamra.
In the Establishment Division, Maj-Gen (retd) Rahmatullah was
appointed as Managing Director Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and
Group Insurance. Earlier, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi was
working in his place. Air Marshal (retd) Shafique Haider was appointed
as Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) while Lt-Gen (retd)
Arshad Hussain was appointed Member, FPSC.
Maj-Gen (retd) Sikander Shami was appointed as Director General
of Head of Institute of NIPA, Lahore, while Lt-Gen (retd) Sardar Ali as
Director NIPA, Lahore, both on a contract basis. Maj-Gen Muhammad Iqbal
Khan was appointed as Managing Director PASSCO on contract in the
ministry of food, agriculture and livestock, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad as
Director General health on secondment but was replaced by Maj-Gen (retd)
Muhammad Aslam also on secondment/contract in the health ministry.
In the interior ministry Maj-Gen (retd) Zahid Ehsan was
appointed as Chairman Nadra (posted out) while in the ministry of
industries and production Maj-Gen (retd) M Mohsin was appointed as
chairman NFC (national finance commission) on contract. AVM Azhar Maud
was appointed National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman.
In the ministry of information and broadcasting Maj-Gen (retd)
Jamshed Ayaz Khan was appointed as president Institute of Regional
Studies, Islamabad, on contract. In the minorities, culture, sports,
Maj-Gen (retd) Inayat Ullah Khan Niazi was appointed Chairman ETPB
(contract expired), while Maj-Gen Anis Ahmad Bajwa was appointed as
Managing Director PTDC Islamabad on contract. He had already served as
Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief Executive in the Prime Minister's
secretariat. Lt-Gen Hamid Javed was appointed as Chief of Staff to the
President in the president's secretariat.
Similarly in the Prime Minister's secretariat Lt-Gen Ghulam
Ahmad was appointed as chief of staff to Chief Executive in place of
Lt-Gen Hamid Javed.
Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Shafaatullah Shah and
Maj-Gen Muhammad Yousaf were also appointed as deputy chief of
staff to chief executive.
Maj-Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha was appointed as Director Chief
Executive's secretariat.
Maj-Gen Nadeem Taj had also served as Military Secretary (MS) to
Chief Executive (posted as MS to the president from January 2002).
Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (now Governor Punjab) and Lt-Gen Syed
Muhammad Amjad were appointed as Chairm an National Accountability
Bureau (NAB), while Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti,
Maj-Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi and
Maj-Gen Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi,
AVM (retd) M Saleemud
Din, Maj-Gen Muhammad Sabir,
Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan,
Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar,
Maj-Gen Syed Usman Shah and
Maj-Gen Tariq Bashir,
Rear Admiral Ihsanul Haq,
Real Admiral Ubaid Sadiq, AVM Masood Akhtar,
AVM Zakaullah Khan and
AVM (retd) Khuda Dad were subsequently appointed as Director
General, NAB
Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Asif Riaz Bokhari was appointed as Member,
NRB on a contract basis.
Maj-Gen Parvez Akmal was appointed as Managing Director Oil and
Gas Development Company (OGDC) (not working) while Maj-Gen (retd) Syed
Usman Shah was appointed as Director General Intelligence and
Investigation.
In the railways ministry Lt-Gen (retd) Javaid Ashraf Qazi was
appointed as secretary/chairman Pakistan Railways. After his contract
as terminated Lt-Gen (retd) Saeeduz Zafar replaced him. On termination
of his contract, Maj-Gen (retd) Hamid Hassan Butt was appointed as
General Manager M & SPR but his contract too was terminated. Lt-Gen
(retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan was appointed as WAPDA Chairman on
secondment/contract while Maj-Gen (retd) M Aslam Zuberi was appointed
Adviser in the Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat (contract expired). Those who
were appointed in the attached departments include Air Marshal (retd)
Sharbat A Changazi who was appointed as Director State Life Insurance
Corporation of Pakistan and Rear Admiral (retd) Ejaz Husain appointed as
General Manager Special Project, Pakistan State Oil Company Ltd.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday, October 05, 2007
Time for me to HIDE!
So much for my going on and on about the whole BHUTTO-CORRRUPT campaigne. Now I'd have to go underground or else I'd have to spend a lifetime being tortured inside the walls of GauntanamoBay, Cuba!
I started calling Musharraf Busharraf because of his coalition with BUSH but now it has double implications:Bush and Bhutto ( can even go with Benazir)!!!
I didn't say a word! I don't know how to write, speak and think! *whistling*
Lol! Reminds me of the Loony toons!
So the deal between the mush and bibi is on: http://dawn.com.pk/2007/10/05/top1.htm
I'll see you guys around if I'm here...
I started calling Musharraf Busharraf because of his coalition with BUSH but now it has double implications:Bush and Bhutto ( can even go with Benazir)!!!
I didn't say a word! I don't know how to write, speak and think! *whistling*
Lol! Reminds me of the Loony toons!
So the deal between the mush and bibi is on: http://dawn.com.pk/2007/10/05/top1.htm
I'll see you guys around if I'm here...
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