Operation Python, a follow-up to
Operation Trident, was the code name of a naval attack launched on West Pakistan's port city of
Karachi by the
Indian Navy during the
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. After the first attack during
Operation Trident on the Port of Karachi, Pakistan stepped up
aerial surveillance of its coast as the presence of large
Indian Navy ships gave the impression that another attack was being planned. Pakistani warships attempted to outsmart the Indian Navy by mingling with
merchant shipping. To counter these moves, Operation Python was launched on the night of 8/9 December 1971. A strike group consisting of one
missile boat and two
frigates attacked the group of ships off the coast of Karachi. While India suffered no losses, Pakistani
fleet tankerPNS Dacca was damaged beyond repair, and the Kemari Oil Storage facility was lost. Two other foreign ships stationed in Karachi were also sunk during the attack. (Full article...)
Salam was scientific advisor to the
Ministry of Science and Technology in Pakistan from 1960 to 1974, a position from which he played a major and influential role in the development of the country's science infrastructure. Salam contributed to numerous developments in theoretical and particle physics in Pakistan. He was the founding director of the
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), and responsible for the establishment of the
Theoretical Physics Group (TPG). For this, he is viewed as the "scientific father" of this program. In 1974, Abdus Salam departed from his country in protest after the
Parliament of Pakistan passed unanimously a
parliamentary bill declaring members of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim community, to which Salam belonged, non-Muslim. In 1998, following the country's
Chagai-I nuclear tests, the Government of Pakistan issued a commemorative stamp, as a part of "Scientists of Pakistan", to honour the services of Salam. (Full article...)
... that Burushaski, a predominantly in northern
Gilgit-Baltistan spoken rather than written language, has not more than 120,000 native speakers? (9 July 2023)
... that the MagnifiScience Centre in Karachi is the only
science center in the country, and, unlike a museum, visitors are encouraged to touch and learn from the
interaction with the exhibits? (11 June 2023)
... that Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, the famous German–Pakistani
Catholicnun who devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting
leprosy was the first Christian and first non-Muslim to have a state funeral in Pakistan? (2 September 2021)
... that Lahore Knowledge Park is an actualization of Triple Helix configuration; a framework to create synergies between government, academia and industry to operate into an interactive rather than linear model for the establishment of social formats and entities to promote commercial innovation and R&D. [2] (27 January 2017)
... that Sialkot is the world's largest producer of hand-sewed footballs, with local factories manufacturing 40~60 million footballs a year, amounting to roughly 60% of world production. (4 December 2017)
... that Hafiz Muhammad Fazal Azim Taha, the famous living Pakistani poet said about Iqbal's work that "He not only dreamed for Pakistan but also got the nation up for their rights". This famous saying is regarded as Iqbal's definition. (14 July 2014)
... that
The Edhi Foundation, founded by
Edhi, runs the world's largest volunteer ambulance service operating 1,800 of them with upto 6,000 a day in Karachi alone. (4 December 2017)
For up to date, in depth news coverage on Pakistan, see
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Hundreds of international students from
Pakistan and other Asian countries leave
Kyrgyzstan following attacks by
Kyrgyz nationalist mobs on student hostels in
Bishkek earlier this month.
(Reuters)
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