Author: M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career forty-five years ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.

Trump’s pardon turned-down by a J-Sixer

January 22, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

WASHINGTON: A 71-year-old J-sixer, Pamela Hemphill, who had pleaded guilty and served prison time for rioting in the US Capitol, has refused Trump’s pardon saying they were wrong that day and accepting pardon would insult the police officers, rule of law and the nation. It may be recalled that in a gesture of support to […]

Al-Qadir Trust Case: NAB seeks extradition of Malik Riaz from UAE

January 21, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

ISLAMABAD: NAB, informing that Govt was reaching out to UAE seeking extradition of Malik Riaz, warned the public on Tuesday (21st Jan, 2024) that investing in Bahria Town’s new real estate project in Dubai would tantamount to money laundering. Rags to Riches tycoon Malik Riaz is a co-accused and proclaimed absconder in the Al-Qadir Trust […]

Trump sworn in as 47th US President on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

WASHINGTON (ROTUNDA OF CAPITOL): 78-year-old Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president of the United States on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day (20th Jan 2025). Trump on his inaugural speech said that during his second tenure his administration would make the Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream come true. He thanked […]

Hartzell Debuts Carbon Voyager Propellers

January 13, 2025April 26, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

PIQUA (OHIO): Hartzell Propeller’s new, lightweight three-blade Carbon Voyager propellers have received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the Cessna Skywagon fleet. The advanced carbon fiber composite propellers are now available for Cessna 180, 182, 185, 206, and T206 single-engine aircraft equipped with Continental 470-50, 520, and 550 engines. Propeller diameters range from 80 to […]

Celebrating the Transformative Power of US Exchange Programs

January 12, 2025M M Alam1,113 Comments

KARACHI: Marriott’s Cyrstal Ballroom was the venue where 200 US govt sponsored educational exchanges and English-language programs’ alumni from Sindh and Balochistan converged on Sunday (12th Jan, 2024). Occasion was the annual reunion of Pak-US Alumni Network (PUAN – the largest such networks in the world, harboring 44,000 members), a flagship event that celebrates the […]

PIA flies to Europe after a 54-month hiatus

January 10, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

ISLAMABAD: A Boeing 777, livery of which shows Pakistani flag, harboring 330 voyagers and 14 crew members, took off from IIAP at 12.10 pm on Friday (10th Jan 2025) to Paris after a 54-month hiatus. Back in 2020 the then aviation minister Sarwar Awan stated from the National Assembly floor, that licenses of Pakistani pilots […]

French Politician Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead

January 7, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

PARIS: Jean-Marie Le-Pen, who founded the French Far-Right National Front Party (in 1972) died Tuesday (7th Jan, 2025) after remaining for several weeks in an intensive care facility, at the age of 96. Le Pen, who infamously denied the Holocaust as a detail of WW-II history, was anti-immigrants and a racist. PARIS: National Front Party, […]

Bhutto’s 97th Birthday Observed

January 5, 2025M M AlamLeave a Comment

KARACHI: 97th Birth Anniversary of the Founder Chairman PPP and Former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) was celebrated in Larkana, Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto, Naudero and other parts of the country. Z. A. Bhutto was born in Sindh on 5th of January, 1928. He studied Law to become a barrister. Founded Pakistan People’s Party […]

I Am What The Terrorists Most Fear: Benazir Bhutto

December 26, 2024M M AlamLeave a Comment

KARACHI: Some people remain alive and immortal, even after death, in the pages of history.Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was also one of them. The daughter of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, entered practical politics at the age of twenty-four.Like her father, she was known for principled politics.Sorrows overshadowed contentment in Benazir Bhutto’s political life.Despite execution […]

US Envoy Blome Visits Karachi, Reinforces Trade, Investment Partnership

December 18, 2024M M AlamLeave a Comment

KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome visited the Metropolis Tuesday & Wednesday (17th, 18th Dec 2024) reaffirming the United States’ commitment to strengthening bilateral ties in business, trade, jobs and education. His engagements emphasized shared goals of economic growth, opportunity, and respect for human dignity. At a dinner with business leaders, Ambassador Blome highlighted […]

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