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Pakistan - behind the headlines: (2) Gandhara

December 23rd 2022
In Islamabad I found the best group of travel companions. Largely British, with a couple of Americans, we ranged in age from about 40 to 68. Our heritage included Canada, Taiwan, the Philippines and, appropriately enough, Pakistan. In work experience, we covered the management of wrestling, foreign aid, tourism, IT, construction, accountancy and the law. We could talk about hanging out with bon ... read more

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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more

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I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info

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