Vipusknik 2- 2015

Issue No 2- 2015

VIPUSKNIK

Association of Pakistani Graduates from Russia and CIS

70th Anniversary: Victory Day in Great Patriotic War

NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN! NOTHING IS FORGIVEN!
КТ Е ЫТ! ЧТ Е ЩЕ !

“We achieved victory in the most just Estimated
war of the twentieth century, a war Causalities
of liberation for the sovereignty and Total War Deaths:
independence of our Motherland. We Around 80 Million
need to remember the lessons of this
war. They teach us to look for a bal- By Nations of The
ance between strength and reason World
and they warn us that becoming an
accomplice of violence and extremism Soviet Union: 30,000,000
has immensely tragic consequences. China: 15,000,000
Our entire post-war history teaches us that no country can Germany: 8,000,000
build a safer world for itself alone, and even more so, can- Poland: 5,720,000
not build its security to the detriment of others. President Dutch East Indies:
Vladimir Putin on Victory Day 3,500,000
Japan: 2,870,000
Great Patriotic War: British India: 2,087,000
A Deceive Strength of World War II (India, Pakistan, Bangla-
desh)
By Ashique Hamdani French Indochina: 1,600,000
Yugoslavia: 1,363,500
Mr. Sergey Lebedev , Executive Secretary The Great Patriotic War accrued be- Philippines: 807,000
of Commonwealth of Independent States tween the Soviet Union and Germa- Romania: 800,000
(CIS), after the CIS Summit in Minsk on ny and fought with support of their Hungary: 580,000
October 25, 2013, briefed media about the respective allies. Germany attacked France: 550,000
decision to declare 2015 the Year of the the Soviet Union on 22nd June 1941, Italy: 454,600
Commonwealth of Independent States with the expectation of a short mili- United Kingdom: 450,900
veterans of the Great Patriotic War of tary campaign, but the war pulled on United States: 418,500
1941-1945, to celebrate the 70th anniver- for several years and ended with the Korea: 430,500
sary of the Victory Day by the head of complete defeat and breakup of Ger- Lithuania: 350,000
states. many. Czechoslovakia: 325,000
The Great Patriotic War became a decisive Due to the fact that the entire indus- Greece: 563,500
factor of World War II (1939-1945), which try of the USSR, at that time, Netherlands: 301,000
was the most brutal military conflict in worked for the military, thus Soviet British Burma: 272,000
human history and the only one in which army was able to significantly Latvia: 230,000
two atom bombs were used by America increase its arms production. Austria: 120,000
against Japan. In the final stage of the war (1943 - Ethiopia: 100,000
Estimates of the total number of casual- 1945, the Soviet Union start to fight British Malaya: 100,000
ties for the World War II, suggested as not to defend its land but to attack Finland: 97,000
around 80 million, including both sol- Germany. Belgium: 88,000
diers and civilians. Many civilians died of Estonia: 50,000
disease, starvation, massacres, bombing Singapore: 50,000
and deliberate genocide. Soviet Union’ Canada: 45,400
lost around 30 million, just under half of Australia: 40,400
all the casualties in the war. Seven million Albania: 30,000
died in Europe from other causes and 7.5 Bulgaria: 25,000
million Chinese perished under the heel New Zealand: 11,900
of Japanese imperialism. The loss of the South Africa: 11,900
global economy was more than $ 4 tril- Norway: 9,500
lion. It destroyed more than 10,000 cities, Thailand: 7,600
towns and villages, besides a large num- Denmark: 3,200
ber of agriculture and industries in Eu- Brazil: 2,000
rope. Luxembourg: 2,000
Iraq: 500
Ireland: 200
Iran: 200
Turkey: 200
Iceland: 200
Mexico: 100
Switzerland: 100

After the libera- ever, the Russian army had stronger der. The crushing defeat at Stalin-
tion of Leningrad resistance than expected by the Ger- grad was unmatched in scale, spur-
Soviet Army en- mans. From June 22nd, 1941 till 18th ring the Soviet drive towards victory
tered into Czech- November 1942, the German army In May 1945 Berlin finally fell.
oslovakia, Po- was able to win over large areas, The famous photo of two Soviet sol-
land, and finally which included Lithuania, Latvia, diers unfurling a red flag over the
in Germany. Estonia, Moldova, Belarus and Reichstag became an iconic image of
Soviet Red Army Ukraine. After this, German troops World War II. It’s argued that the
concurred Berlin marched into Soviet Union, with picture didn’t capture the actual mo-
on May 8th 1944. target to occupy Moscow and Lenin- ment of Soviet glory but was staged
German Army grad, despite the failure of Russian a day or two after the storming of
announced unconditional surrender Army at the beginning of the war, the building, and even retouched by
before Soviet Army that brought an the Germans failed to achieve their the Soviet propaganda machine. The
end of war with victory of Soviet Un- targets. Leningrad was taken during flag is claimed to originally have
ion. Following major battles ac- the German blockade, but the city been a tablecloth brought by the
crued during the course of Great did not let the Germans to win it. photographer himself. Still, this was
Patriotic War:- Battle of Moscow, Leningrad and a symbol of the USSR’s triumph…
Novgorod lasted until 1942. the victory that came at a colossal
 The defense of the Arctic (29 Imbalance of power, since the 1st cost.
June 1941 - November 1, 1944); world war was major causes of The number of Soviet deaths was at
World War II, triggered by the out- first grossly distorted – the figure
 The Blockade of Leningrad (8 come of territorial disputes among Stalin gave in 1946 was seven mil-
September 1941 - 27 January colonial powers to grasp resources of lion. The USSR’s losses are now esti-
1944); Asian, African and Latin American mated at about 30 million, account-
countries. ing for half of all WW2 casualties.
 Battle for Moscow (30 Septem- USA, France, England, China The memory of the war, referred to
ber 1941 - 20 April 1942); (Chiang Kai-shek), Greece, Yugosla- as the Great Patriotic War, is partic-
via and Mexico, and British India ularly venerated in Russia. In the
 Battles of Rzhev (January 8, were allied in Anti-Nazi Alliance, USSR the end of the war was consid-
1942 - March 31, 1943); which were joined by the Soviet Un- ered to be May 9, 1945, when the
ion after German attack upon German surrender took effect. The
 The Battle of Kursk (July 5 - Au- Czechoslovakia, Poland and finely date has become a national holi-
gust 23, 1943); on USSR. day – Victory Day – and is com-
memorated in a grand military pa-
 The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, The Soviet troops held out against rade on Red Square.
1942 - February 2, 1943); The Embassies of CIS countries in
the enormous German army, deci- Islamabad Pakistan including the
 Battle for the Caucasus (July 25, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
1942 - October 9, 1943); mating and wearing it out, until a Kirgizia, Russian Federation, Tajiki-
stan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
 Byelorussian operation (June 23 relieving force encircled the city are jointly hosting a grand reception
- August 29, 1944); on 70th Anniversary of Victory day
compelling the invaders to surren- in Islamabad.
 Battle for the Right-Bank
Ukraine (December 24, 1943 -
April 17, 1944);

 Budapest operation (29 October
1944 - 13 February 1945);

 Baltic Offensive (September 14 -
November 24, 1944);

 Vistula-Oder operation (January
12 - February 3, 1945);

 East Prussian operation
(January 13 - April 25, 1945);

 Berlin operation (April 16 - May
8, 1945)

The German attack was swift, how-

AZERBAIJAN IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

During the war, Azerbaijanis showed courage and heroism not yev, Ziya Bunyatov, Geray
only on the frontline, but in the back front as well. A battalion Asadov, Melik Maharramov
of 87 jet fighters and 1224 self-defense groups were created in and Mehdi Huseynzadeh,
the country in a very short period of time. More than 600,000 generals Mahmud Abilov,
young Azerbaijani boys and girls were sent to the front between Akim Abbasov, Tarlan Ali-
1941 and 1945. Divisions from Azerbaijan have walked from the yarbeyov and Hajibala Zeyn-
Caucasus to Berlin.About 130 Azerbaijanis earned the name of alov and many others
"Hero of the Soviet Union", 30 more deserved the "Order of brought honor to the history
Honor". Some 170,000 Azerbaijani soldiers and officers were of the Azerbaijani people.
awarded various USSR orders and medals. Such people as Hazi Much has been done in the
Aslanov (twice the Hero of the Soviet Union), other Heroes of country, to direct the economy towards the frontline.
the Soviet Union - Israfil Mammadov, Aslan Vezirov, Adil Guli-

ARMENIA IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

In the period from June 1941 to

May 1945, over 500,000 Armeni- Armenians’ contribution in the victory included major army
ans were drafted to the Soviet Ar- commanders, such as twice Hero of the Soviet Union marshall

my, about 200,000 of them were Hovhannes Baghramyan, Hero of the Soviet Union marshall of

killed in the battles. A hundred armored troops Hamazasp Babajanyan, aviation marshall Ser-

and six Armenians were awarded gey Khudiakov (Armenak Khanferyants), Hero of the Soviet

Hero of the Soviet Union, includ- Union fleet admiral Ivan Isakov (Hovhannes Isahakyan).

ing legendary pilot Nelson Ste- Armenia sent six motor-rifle divisions to the frontline, including

panyan and Marshall of the Soviet the 39th Tamanyan division that reached Berlin. About 100,000

Union Hovhannes Baghramyan who received the award twice. ethnic Armenians were involved in the resistance movement in

Twenty-seven Armenian became full cavaliers of the Order of WWII from the Armenian communities worldwide and fought
as part of the allies’ armies
Glory.

UZBEKISTAN IN GREAT TAJIKISTAN IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
PATRIOTIC WAR

From 1941 to 1945, during the Great Patri- More than 270,000 residents of Tajikistan
otic war, 1,433,230 people from Uzbekistan took part in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-
fought in the Red Army against Nazi. As 1945 and some 70,000 of them died in bat-
many as 263,005 Uzbek soldiers died in the tle. 54 of residents of Tajikistan were given
battlefields of the Eastern Front, and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Be-
32,670 went missing in action. sides, 15 other Tajikistan’s residents were
Full Holders of the Order of Glory.

KYRGYZSTAN IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR armament, industrial products, and

the zones for evacuating population.

Kyrgyz SSR welcomed more than 300

From June 22 1941, the whole Soviet Union as well as Kyrgyzstan start- 000 of immigrants of various national-
ed undergoing serious tribulations. Fascist Germany attacked USSR ities. Since the first days of war, nations
organized volunteer patriotic movement for

craving for worldwide domination. That is how the Great Patriotic War funds collection, which was constituted by

for freedom and independence of motherland began. monthly contributions of daily fees. By the

 More than 90 000 valiant soldiers from Kyrgyzstan per- end of 1941, Kyrgyzstan produced 85% of
all antimony produced in the USSR. Almost
ished. every cartridge and detonator contained

 More than 10 000 warriors awarded by orders and medals antimony from Haidarkhan, which became

 73 kyrgyz soldiers received the highest title of the Hero of the main supplier of this strategic metal. Resources and reserves of
agricultural, industrial, and meat &dairy products significantly de-
the Soviet Union creased in the war period. Nevertheless, during the period 1941-1945,
Kyrgyz SSR became one of the most important bastions of USSR’s
 21 people became Cavalries of the Order of Fame of all three economy. Home front workers also supplied the soviet army with sugar
beet, butter, meat, cotton, wheat, etc. More than 30 factories and plant
degrees. were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan. A new railroad connecting Kant &
In order to supply the war front, the Soviet Government set a goal to turn Rybachie was built.

union republics at the home front into powerful military-industrial
arsenal at breakneck speed. Central Asia, as well as Ural and Siberia
were supposed to become home front’s areas of military hardware,

BELARU IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Belarus was the scene of many destructive wars. In contemporary history and garrisons, blew up 1,355 tanks and

the largest and most brutal was the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, a armoured vehicles. Particularly extensive

most significant part of the Second World War 1939-1945. The Great was the Partisan Operation "Rail War" for

Patriotic War was fought between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics the massive destruction of the enemy's

(the USSR), including Belarus (the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic, railway communications in the occupied

BSSR) on the one hand and Germany with its Axis allies on the other territory; over 11,000 German trains were

from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. In Belarus, military operations were derailed. Estimated 70,000 people fought

conducted from 22 June 1941 to 28 July 1944. The war started as a result in the urban underground organisations.

of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union and for the Soviet people it was They collected intelligence on the enemy,

a war of liberation against the aggressors. The aims of Nazi Germany disseminated anti-Nazi propaganda, car-

were to destroy the Soviet Union as a military and political power, to ried out subversive activity. Minsk re-

Germanise the European part of the USSR, and either to exterminate or sistance fighters with the assistance of

t o r e s e t t l e t h e b u l k o f i t s p o p u l a t i o n . partisans killed the General Commissar of

Belarus, Gauleiter Wilhelm Kube. In view of its significance the Belarus-

Belarusian resistance against the occupation was unprecedented in scale ian resistance was called the Third Front, and Belarus the Partisan Re-

and character. The Partisan movement involved 374,000 fighters and public.

played a major role in undermining the Nazi regime. Representatives of The initial phase in the liberation of Belarus began in the autumn of

various Soviet nationalities and anti-Nazi fighters from many European 1943, when the Soviet troops liberated the south-eastern part of the re-

countries participated in the guerrilla warfare in Belarus. The hidden public. The final phase in the complete liberation of Belarus from the
partisan reserves numbered over 100,000 local civilians annually. There Nazi invaders was the Operation Bagration (23 June – 29 August 1944),

were over 20 partisan-controlled zones which the Germans failed to con- when the Red Army together with the partisans defeated the German

quer. By the end of 1942, partisans controlled 30% of the occupied terri- Army Group Centre. The Soviets had 2.4 million men, over 36,000 guns

tory and by the end of 1943 over 108,000 sq km (59%), of which 37,800 and mortars, 5,200 tanks and self-propelled artillery guns, and about

sq km were completely cleared from the enemy. The partisan activity was 5,300 aircraft. The German side had 1.2 million officers and men, 9,500

directed by the Central and Belarusian Partisan Headquarters. The sup- guns and mortars, 900 tanks and assault guns, and 1,350 aircraft. During

port to Belarus was given from the unoccupied districts of the Soviet the offensive the Red Army entirely destroyed 17 Hitler's divisions and

Union. Direct air communication was established with the Soviet hinter- three brigades; 50 German divisions lost over half their strength.

land. Over 50 partisan airfields were built during the occupation. From 105,000 troops were destroyed in the Minsk pocket and 40,000 troops
March to September 1942, through the Vitebsk (Surazh) Gate – a 40 km during the Bobruisk offensive. Operation Bagration resulted in the libera-
corridor between Velizh and Usviaty free from the occupiers – 35,000 tion of Belarus, the major part of Lithuania, a part of Latvia, and eastern

people were evacuated from Belarus into the Soviet rear, partisans re- TURKMENISTAN IN GREAT
ceived arms and supplies, and agricultural produce came from Belarus to

the Soviet rear. Partisans inflicted heavy damage to the enemy - they PATRIOTIC WAR
annihilated hundreds of thousands of Hitlerites, raided 948 headquarters

MOLDAVA IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR Over 500 Turkmen veterans
of the Great Patriotic War
In 1941, Romania seized the territories of Bessara- that participated in
bia, northern Bukovina and Transnistria. Romanian the largest war operation un-
forces, working with the Germans, deported or exter- der the code name of
minated about 300,000 Jews, including 147,000 “Bagration”, exterminating
from Bessarabia and Bukovina. Of the latter, approx- the fascist grouping called
imately 90,000 died. The Soviet Army re-captured “Center” and liberating Bela-
the region in February–August 1944, and re- rus and part of Latvia, Lithu-
established the Moldavian SSR.
ania and Poland.

KAZAKHSTAN IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Kazakhstan citizens were among those who the first minutes of war accept- environment three times. It finished
ed battle on the western border, and among those who stormed the Reichs- war by the colonel, the commander of
tag building in Berlin. the 9th Guards shooting division.
From the first days of war in the territory of the areas of the USSR occupied The victory over The Germano-Italo-
by the enemy there was a guerrilla movement which thanks to mass charac- Japanese block of aggressors was
ter, organization, submission of the plans to problems of command of the reached by the price of huge efforts
Soviet Army gained strategic value. Participated in it and Kazakhstan citi- and victims of the people of an anti-
zens: in the Leningrad region more than 220 Kazakhstan citizens, in Smo- fascist coalition. The biggest losses
lensk region — over 270, in Ukraine, in Belarus — about 3000. About 300 were suffered by the USSR — over 27
Kazakhstan citizens were participants of a resistance movement. million people. About 410 thousand
For feats in the Great Patriotic War over 11600 people of a rank the Hero of from them — were Kazakhstan citi-
the Soviet Union, including 497 Kazakhstan citizens, among them 97 Ka- zens. Lessons and conclusions from
zakhs were awarded. To the first of Kazakhstan citizens on July 22, 1941 the history of war have to be never forgot-
rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union was appropriated to the commander of ten. Years of heaviest of the soldier
the 19th tank division to major general K. A.Semenchenko, and the last (on and greatest of victories have impact on all subsequent development of
December 11, 1990) to a panfilovets, the senior lieutenant of B. Momysh-ula humanity.
who in the fall of 1941 in a battle of Moscow with the battalion visited an

Lahore Welcomes Russia
A report on visit of Ambassador of Russian Federation

Dr. Shahid Hasan

Ambassador of stan in trusted

Russian Federa- partnership. Ear-

tion His Excellen- lier in his presen-

cy Mr. Alexey tation, Mr.

Yurivich Dedov Habib Ahmed

paid four days briefed the audi-

visit to Lahore on ence about activ-

the invitation of ities and achieve-

Mr. Habib Ah- ments of Russian

med Honorary Federation Hon-

Consul Lahore. orary Consul of-

His Excellency e fice-Lahore.

participated in

several events in- 55th Anniversary

cluding symposi- of PFUR at BZU

um, seminar and Department of Mass Communication Bahuddin

victory day celebrations. Zakriya University, invited Russian Ambassador

Annual Report of Office Honorary Consul Lahore Alexey Yurievich Dedov along with Mr. Habib

Ambassador of Russian Federation in Pakistan Ahmed, Honorary Consul, to share his views on

His Excellency Mr. Alexey Yurivich Dedov valued the friendly relations and cooperation between

Pakistan and Russian Federa-

tion, particularly in area of ed-

ucation and academic coopera-

tion. Russian Ambassador was

the Chief Guest in celebration

of 55th Anniversary of Peoples

Friendship University of Rus-

sia. In his address ambassador

stated that it was immensely

delightful to witness drastic

improvement in educational

system of Pakistan. He also

extended his support to Paki-

stani students who wish to

pursue higher education in

Russia. During the talk, the

activities of Office of Honorary Counsel of Rus- Ambassador extended his sincere gratitude for

sian Federation in Lahore. He was addressing a inviting him to interact with enthusiastic youth of

special meeting in which Annual Report of the Pakistan. Mr. Habib Ahmed warmly appreciates

Office office Honorary Consul was presented. the contribution of PFUR and said that PFUR

Head of Russian trade Office in Pakistan Mr. Yuri was the only university in the world which stated

Kozlov and other officials of Russian Embassy in its purpose of establishing to give young people

Pakistan including Mr. Alexi Afencive Mr. Vadim from Asia, Africa and Latin America, especially

Fenchenko and Mr. Alexi Drokov also participat- from poor families, an opportunity to be educated

ed in the event. Ambassador applauded efforts of and to become highly qualified specialists.

Mr. Habib Ahmed in bringing Russia and Paki-

Russian Federation and host of the symposium, said

the Russian victory was the victory for humanity. It

actually saved the humanity because had the fascism

won the war, the globe would have become a different

place. Russians suffered over 7.4 million deaths dur-

ing that war but still held on because of their emi-
nence courage and will to fight, he added “We pay

tribute to those Soviet people, who sacrificed their

lives in fighting against Nazism. 70th Anniversary of

the great day of victory against Nazism is an asset of

whole of mankind on this earth. Today we stand for
peace, freedom and prosperity of nations”. Former

foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said it

was an existential threat posed by six times bigger

enemy that had pushed Pakistan into pro-west alli-

ances. Russians had played a very important role in
the Tashkent Declaration, he said, adding Pakistan’s

Core principal university was uniting people of differ-

ent nations, races and religions by means of

knowledge; training qualified specialists in various

spheres of activity; forming personalities, who love

their native countries and are friends of Russia; who

are familiar with the achievements of world culture;

who boost the ideals of humanism, democracy and
peoples’ friendship; and training young people, capa-

ble of working in any country of the world and using

their creativity in the context of interconnection of

civilizations and diversity of modern society. Earlier,

Mr. Munir Bhatti, Bahuddin Zakriya University La-

hore Campus chairman, extended his sincere thanks

for such an effective talk by Russian Ambassador. He

also invited further delegations from Russian Federa-

tion to BZU Lahore in order to form academic rela-

tion between Pakistan and Russian Federation. ties with Russia had started improving ever since Mushar-
Prof. Dr. Hasan Shah, and senior graduate Dr. Shahid Ha- raf took over and he became foreign minister. “Pakistan

san welcomed the graduate, Dr. Najul hasan presented his stood by the Russians when the West put pressure on Iran

book to CEO of BZU, and Mr. Imtiaz ul paid vote of thanks and wanted to attack it. His views were also supportive of

on occasion. Russia during the Iraq crisis. These were signs of thaw and
it had continued ever since,” he said and added: “The ties
Symposium on 70th Anniversary of Great Patriotic War
Speaking at the symposium to celebrate 70th anniversary of had ups and downs but now they are much stable.”

victory in the Great Patriotic War against Fascism 1941-45, Mian Mohammad Somoro, Senator SM Zafafr Lt. Gen R

Ambassador of the Russian Federation His Excellency Alex- Salludin Sati and Amjad Islam Amjad the audiences. Dr.

ey Yurievich Dedov, the Russian forces saved humanity in Ashraf Nizami, Dr. Shahid Hasan and others graduates

the war against Nazism. Russians fought and won the his- from CIS countries also participated in symposium.

toric war seven decades ago and saved humans from exter-

mination camps. Mr. Habib Ahmed, honorary consul of the

Seminar organised by Pakistan Russia Friendship Fo- day repent this policy and I stand vindicated now. The
rum country was cheated in the name of Islam in Afghani-
A seminar on socio-economic and cultural relation- stan and one should hope that the same mistake is not
ship between Russia and Pakistan was organised in repeated in Yemen. Should that happen, it would be
Lahore by Pak-Russia Friendship Forum. The Chief disastrous for the country,” he warned. Talking about
Guest Ambassador of the Russian Federation high- cultural ties between both countries, he said Leo Tol-
lighted position of his country on various bilateral and stoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Nikolai Gogol were
international issues. “Russia supports Pakistan’s household names in Pakistani literature. “No student
peace efforts in Yemen and its role in Afghanistan to of literature and human conscience could ignore their
bring stability in the region”, he said while speaking at contribution to the world of literature and under-
seminar . standing of human beings and society. The Russians
Earlier, Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali, former foreign minis- were also running the biggest Pakistan Studies Centre
ter, told the audience Pakistan had fought the Russian outside Pakistan”, he added.
army on the basis of lies – the warm waters theory. Mr. Habib Ahmed, honorary consul for Russian Fed-
“The National Assembly records show that I have al- eration in Lahore, said that time for fighting wars for
ways opposed that theory because it was nothing but ideological purposes was gone and it was time for
manufactured lies. I maintained that Pakistan will one business and economic development. Both countries

needed to bury the past
and work for betterment
of their people through
business and economic
development. Both coun-
tries had a lot to offer to
each other and it was time
to explore every avenue,
be it economic, social or
cultural, he concluded.
Mr. Qadeer Seghal, Ms.

Salam Awan, Zia Haider

Rizvi and Iftikhar Bukhari

addressed the event

Lahore

Celebration of 70th Victory
day in Great Patriotic War

Seminar in Lahore

Peshawar: Abdul Wali Khan “PAKISTAN IS BRINGING PEACE AND
University Mardan (AWKUM) STABILITY IN THE REGION”: RUSSIAN
made a diplomatic scoop by
inviting Russian Ambassador AMBASSADOR LECTURED AT AWK UNIVERSITY
to Pakistan for a first ever lec-
ture in the Province. Ambassa- MARDAN
dor Mr. Alexy Dedov spoke
Paracha who is now Chairman of Journal-
about ‘Pakistan-Russia Rela- ism & Mass Communication Department
tions New Prospects and at Abdul Wali Khan University. Be-sides
Challenges’ at the spectacu- hundreds of students, dozens of profes-
lar event where faculty and sionals, who had graduated from Soviet
students actively participat- Universities, came to Mardan to greet the
ed putting question on vari- Ambassador from towns and cities across
ous aspects of the relations. the Province.
It was the first visit of a Rus- The ambassador gave a detailed lecture
sian Ambassador to Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa in many dec- on Russian’s foreign policy and
ades. After 40-year of hostil- talked about the contemporary world
ity during the Cold War issues, such as Syria and Afghani-
where Pakistan was in the stan. He said that his country was
anti-Soviet Union camp and striving hard for the peaceful settle-
had been instrumental in the ments of disputes in Middle East and
Soviet pullout from Afghani- Afghanistan. The Ambassador said
stan in 1980’s, relations be- that Russia and Pakistan share same
tween the old rivals are im- approach and interest on many is-
proving. Vice Chancellor sues of global importance. The am-
Professor Dr. Ihasn Ali re- bassador also answered the questions
ceived the honorable guest. of participants. Responding to a
The visited was organized by question about the economic corri-
veteran journalist Shiraz dor, he said that he has known
through media that there is a dispute
going on between KP and the central
government over the route, but he
hoped both will reach a consensus.
Answering a question of a participant
about Pak India Relations, the am-
bassador said that his government
welcomes the dialogue process and
initiatives taken by both countries for
peace and stability.

211th Anniversary of Kazan University

Kazan University celebrates its 211th anniversary this year. Over the
years world-known personalities in science, literature, arts such as
Y. Zavoiski, L. Tolstoy, S. Aksakov, I. Simonov, P. Melnikov-
Pechersky, V. Khlebnikov, M. Balakirev and many others have stud-
ied here. Kazan is a hospitable city that can compete with any Euro-
pean capital in infra-structure development and clean environment.

SOUTH PUNJAB WANTS BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA
Ambassador Visited Multan, Sahiwal, Harpa, Faisalabad

His Excellency Mr. Alexey Yuri opment etc. Russia’s Honorary Consul HabibAh-
Dedov, ambassador of the Rus- mad said that Pakistani products such as mango,
sian Federation in Pakistan, has cotton, meat, dairy and handicrafts have much
visited recently South Punjab opportunities to export for Russian Federation.
and Faisalabad. He addressed Quoting energy crisis, he said that trans-national
Multan, Khaniwal and Faisala- projects such as CASA-1000 and TAPI gas pipe-
bad Chambers of commerce and line are mega projects and Russia is willing to pro-
industries. He visited archeolog- vide technical and financial support in addition to
ical heritage of Harpa and met helping Pakistan in oil and gas exploration. Presi-
several business delegation. dent MCCI Mian Iqbal Hassan said that despite
During his visit to chambers of security challenges, Pakistan, particularly south-
commerce and industries, he ern Punjab offers nest opportunities to investors.
viewed that bilateral relations Latterly Engineer Rizwan Ashraf President FCCI
between Pakistan and Russian welcomed the guests with brief introduction of
Federation are heading in right Faisalabad and FCCI.
direction, however, direct link
between the business communi-
ties of the two countries is re-
quired to enhance bilateral
trade.
Addressing the members of the
MCCI, KCCI and FCCI on differ-
ent occasions during his visit, he
mentioned recent developments
on political, parliamentary and
diplomatic fronts and said that
both countries have close con-
tacts and negotiations are continuing on various
issues and problems. He welcomed the proposals
of businessmen to enhance bilateral trade and
assured that Russian Federation will give a serious
consideration to these valuable and practicable
suggestions for the benefit of the two countries.
Regarding a question on stuck up amounts in Rus-
sian Banks, he said that this issue has two-way
dimension and could be resolved only through
bilateral negotiations.
Mr. Yuri Kozlor, trade representative of the Rus-
sian Federation explained in detail the huge op-
portunities of bilateral cooperation between Paki-
stan and Russia and said that Pakistan Steel Mills
and Guddu (Muzaffargarh) Power Plant are exam-
ple of our cooperation and close linkages. He said
that Russian Federations can help Pakistan in the
fields of Geology, transport, Infrastructure devel-

“Pakistan-Russia Relations: Opportunities and Challenges”
Dr. Azmat Hayat Khan@ IPRI Guest Lecture

 Russia is an important country for Pakistan, as regionally
Russia is a super power and globally it’s a regional power.

Islamabad can have cordial relations with all regional states

by improving its ties with Russia.

 The former Soviet Union did not break, it was a political

change from the top. None of the former Soviet Union

states asked for separation. It was a political change be-

cause there were no demonstrations and demand for inde-

pendence, they were simply given independence.

 Some scholars say that Soviet Union was the continuation

of Tsarist state, while Commonwealth of Independent

States (CIS) is the continuation of Soviet Union. The char-

 ter of CIS outlines that external borders would be manned  bekistan. Russia can have access to Persian Gulf via
 by Russia and internal borders would be transparent;  Gwadar. Middle East is important for Russia because of oil
equipment and training of the security forces would be pro- and politics. Middle East can serve as a market for Russian
 vided by Russia. products.

Russia still considers Afghanistan and Central Asian Re- During Cold War Pakistan-Russia relations had seen many
publics (CARs) as its backyard. After their withdrawal from ups and downs. Incidents such as Soviet Union support for
strong enough to topple a government. Afghanistan on Pashtunistan issue, the U-2 incident and
Pakistan’s support for Afghan Mujahideen had shaken the
Pakistan should not give too much value to implications of confidence of both countries.
India’s relations with Russia on its relations with Pakistan.
India has its own value to the Russians and Pakistan has its The Central Asian borders are not natural. They are admin-
own importance. States protect their national interests and istrative borders and were finalised by Stalin in 1939. Rus-
so does Russia. sia fears ethnic or religious violence in the CARs. The eth-
nicities overlap all over CARs, and if the ethnic or religious
As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, a vacuum is being

created and Russia fears instability in CARs. Therefore, for  issue becomes violent in CARs, it would open a Pandora
Moscow, Pakistan is of great importance since it can assist box. There will be influx of refugees in Russia and weaken
 for stability in Afghanistan and CARs. Russia believes that their system and Moscow is scared of it.
the only country which can bring stability to Afghanistan is
Pakistan. This provides an opportunity for the improve- The militant movements in CARs, such as Islamic Move-
ment of relations between the two countries, and Islama- ment in Uzbekistan and Lal-e-Badakshan in Tajikistan are
bad should avail it. neither politically organized to run a system, nor militarily
exports to Pakistan are only 1%, and Pakistan’s exports to
Trade, education and military technology are areas for co- Russia are 0.06%. There is an opportunity for Pakistan,
operation between Pakistan and Russia, and offer a lot of because Russia has a market of more than 12,000 billion
prospects. Russia wants to invest in Pakistan in technology, USD. Russian market needs Pakistani products but there is
drip irrigation, desert farming and agriculture. Russian a need to have a robust policy to tap the Russian market.
Afghanistan the Soviet leaders said that they had strategic There are prospects of raising the bilateral trade to 3-4 bil-
interests in Afghanistan, and India was looking after those lion USD.

 interests. One can say that, Afghanistan is as important for  Cooperation in education is an opportunity to develop peo-
Russia as Mexico is important for the US. Hence there is no  ple to people contacts. Exchange of scholars and sending
way they can ignore Afghanistan. Pakistani scientists to Russia will promote bilateral cooper-
ation. Presently less than 500 Pakistani students are in
For Russia, Pakistan is important in two ways. One is eco- Russian universities, which is a very small number.
nomic, because it serves as an outlet for CARs and Russia
would never desire instability in CARs. Russia wants to see Military technology is an area which offers potential for
CARs economically strong and politically stable. The crisis cooperation. In 1965, former Soviet Union gave Pakistan
which took place in Andijan was economic in nature but amphibious tanks, now Russia has lifted the arms embargo
was given a religious color. Another reason which makes and is ready to give helicopters.
Pakistan important for Russia is the strategic location of
Pakistan. Because of its geography, Pakistan can provide an  After the US withdrawal, Russia wants to play a major role
in South Asian region. Moscow still considers former Soviet
access for Central Asian resources towards the Middle East
republics as its territory, and Afghanistan as its backyard.
and Indian Ocean. Even Russian goods can reach the out-
Russians do not want any hostile power in their backyard.
side world through Pakistan.
Any movement, which is a threat to peace and stability of
 Iran has linked Mashhad to Sarakhs, and if Mashhad is Russia and CARs, is perceived as hostile.
linked to Quetta via Herat, and Kandhar, Pakistan, Iran Pakistan’s importance has enhanced because Moscow be-
and Afghanistan will get connected. If Zahedan, and Paki- 

stan are connected through rail it will connect Pakistan to lieves that Pakistan can play its role in bringing peace and

Russian railway system. Russia is looking for an opening stability in the region, provided Islamabad plays its cards

through Iran or CARs mostly from Turkmenistan and Uz- well.

PAKISTAN, KYRGYZ- TAJIK AMBASSADOR H.E. SHERALI S
STAN AGREEDN TO JONONOV ADDRESSED RCCI

BOOST TIES Ambassador of Tajikistan Sherali S Mashadi during his visit to Cham-
Jononov has said that Pakistan is to ber on Tuesday. Senior Vice Presi-

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kyrgyz- get 1000MW energy under dent Mian Humayun Parvez, mem-
stan agreed to enhance cooperation CASA1000 project in 2017 and Ta- bers’ executive committee and other
in all areas in-cluding trade and jikistan has the potential to provide member of the chamber were also
economy. The agreement was 1000MW extra to Pakistan on present on the occasion. Speaking
reached during talks between the cheaper rates, he added. He said his on the occasion, President RCCI
visiting Kyr-gyz Foreign Minister country was eager to enhance bilat- Syed Asad Mashadi said that both
Erlan Abdyldaev and Advi-sor to eral trade ties with Pakistan. He the countries must enhance rela-
PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, a said Pakistani kinno, mango and tions in other sectors beside energy.
state-ment issued by the Foreign textile could get huge response in He said that current trade volume
Office said. In the delegation-level Tajik market but Pakistani business between two the countries was mere
talks, the two sides discussed pro- community needed to be more ac- $9 million and it was far behind the
moting economic relations, energy tive to get their share. He was ex- potential both the countries had to
coopera-tion, political-level con- changing views with President Ra- enhance bilateral trade relations.
tacts, regional connectiv-ity through walpindi Chamber of Commerce
land and air for the promotion of and Industry (RCCI) Syed Asad
people-to-people contacts, trade and
tourism, the statement added. PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN
TRILATERAL TRANSIT AGREEMENT

BISHKEK (INP): Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have almost
neared on the finalization of draft of the Trilateral Transit Agreement
among the three countries. On April 9, the meeting of the working group
of representatives of the governments of the three countries opened in
Dushanbe. The meeting agreed on a draft of this agreement. "The rele-
vant decision under this agreement will be made at the end of the meeting
of the working group," said the Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade of Tajikistan. In January this year, Pakistan handed the draft of the
proposed Pakistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Trilateral Transit Agreement
(PATTTTA) to both the Afghan and Tajik governments and sought their
proposals. In the beginning of January this year, Pakistan and Afghani-
stan held two days negotiations to review Afghanistan Pakistan Transit
Trade Agreement (APTTA) and to search out avenues of signing Trilateral
Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA) amongst Pakistan, Afghanistan and
Tajikistan with an aim to enhance trade volume up to $5 billion over the
next three years.

RUSSIAN Azerbaijan-Pakistan Business Forum Held in Baku

CONSULATE KARACHI

CELBREATED

Reception on the occasion of the Diplo- BAKU, Azerbaijan: The Pa- men of his country are inter-
mat's Day, the Consulate General of the kistan-Azerbaijan Business ested to invest in Pakistan.
Russian Federation in Karachi gave a forum was inaugurated in Earlier, the two leaders held
reception on the occasion of the Diplo- Baku, which will help pro- a one-on-one meeting in
mat’s Day. An exhibition of paintings mote economies of the two Baku followed by delegation
made by Mr. O.V. Ivanov, Consul, was countries. The inauguration level talks. During the talks,
arranged at the consular premises. Visu- was jointly carried out by the two sides reaffirmed
al materials related to the history of the President Mamnoon their commitment to pro-
Rus-sian Diplomatic uniform were put Hussain and his Azeri Coun- mote bilateral friendship
on display.A special edition of the terpart Ilham Heydar Aliyev. and cooperation between
“Ambassador” magazine dedicated to On the occasion, Mamnoon Pakistan and Azerbaijan in
the Diplomat’s Day was also published Hussain said that Azerbaijan diverse field including ener-
on the occasion. The Chief Guest of the can benefit from the experi- gy and tourism. The two
reception was Mr. Agha SirajDurrani, ences of Pakistan in differ- countries also signed various
the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly ent sectors while the Azeri agreements.
of Sindh. The function was also attended president said that business-
by Mr. Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Senior
Minis-ter, Government Sindh,
Ms.RubinaQaimkhani, Minister, Gov-
ernment of Sindh,members of the Con-
sular corps of Kara-chi, businessmen,
cultural and media personalities.

AZERBIJAN FIRST LADY: AWARDED WITH
PAKISTAN’S HIGH ORDER

Azerbaijan’s first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation Lady Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded the
Hilal-e Pakistan order of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Pakistani President Mr. Mamnoon Hussain signed a
related order on February 11, the Heydar Aliyev Fndation
told APA. Hilal-e Pakistan is the high order of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan. This is the first time the Hilal-e
Pakistan order has been awarded to a first lady.

PAKISTAN PROPOSES TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT TO
TURKMENISTAN

ISLAMABAD: (PATTTTA) was held which proved fruitful. The three
Pakistan has sides will meet again in February in Dushanbe with
proposed to the first draft of the trilateral transit trade agreement
Turkmenistan and the final draft of agreement will be brought on
to sign the table in March in Kabul where PATTTTA is expected
transit trade to be signed. The two transit trade agreements will be
agreement to the harbinger of a new era of trade cooperation be-
establish trade tween the two regions of South Asia and Central Asia.
linkages with The minister also proposed to establish the Joint
the Central Business Forum, which will include the business-
Asian coun- men of two countries to strengthen coordination be-
tries, which tween private sectors. This will also provide a plat-
may be extend- form to the governments of two countries to com-
ed further to municate with a single forum for feedback and facili-
Russia. The tation.
Ministry of
Commerce will forward the draft of the pro-posed
transit trade agreement to the Turkmen officials.
This was discussed in a meeting by the Federal Min-
ister for Commerce Engr. Khurram Dastagir Khan
with the Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Pakistan
Aladjan Movlamov, who called on the minister in
Islamabad here on Tuesday.

The transit trade agreement with Turkmenistan will
establish another trade corridor into the Central
Asian states where goods will be traded with greater
ease and in larger quantity. In the beginning of Janu-
ary, the first meeting of Pakistan-Afghanistan-
Tajikistan Trilateral Transit Trade Agreement

RUSSIAN “Russia stands for a multipolar world” Ambassador
AMBASDOR Alexey Dedov, lectured at Pakistan Institute of
International Affairs Karachi
VISITED
PAK STEEL Karachi: An interactive session
with the Russian Ambassador to
KARACHI Pakistan Alexey Dedov was orga-
nized by the Pakistan Institute of
International Affairs (PIIA) on
April 10th, 2015 at the institute.

Ambassador of Rus- Responding to a question about role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organi-
sian Federation in Pa- the set forth privatization of Pa- zation. He appreciated Pakistan’s stand
kistan H.E. Alexey Y. kistan Steel Millls, established in on Ukraine issue.
Dedov called o n full support by the former USSR, Ambassador Devdov asserted that Rus-
Chief Exeutive Officer he informed that he had meeting sia would work for a multi-polar world
Pakistan Steel Mills, with the PSM representatives he rather than a unipolar world, so the
Major General (r) Za- came to know that the PSM was countries could have more choices and
heer Ahmed Khan Hi- producing at 42 percent of its much more space in order to form their
lal-e-Imtiaz (Military) capacity which was not bad in polices, instead of following the dictation
here at Operations consideration of the current eco-
Building, Bin Qasim. nomic condition of Pakistan. He of just one influential power.
They discussed the was of the view that there was no On the issue of Kashmir, he
current situation of need for the privatization of the said, “There’s lots of poten-
Pakistan Steel and had steel mill. On the current cries in tial for resolution of the
an opinion of Pakistan Yemen, he said the role of the Kashmir issue and we hope
Steel management that external players should be the things will move in a positive
how repairs and ex- role of the mediator between the direction”.
pansion of this nation- combating factions and to safe- The meeting was attended by
al asset be persuaded guard the lives of locals and not the member of the Pakistan
through investment to attack the country. He further Institute of International Af-
opportunities. The added that both the presidents fairs, veteran journalists and
visiting dignitary was of Yemen and Ukraine were representatives of the aca-
given a detailed brief- elected in the democratic way demia.
ing on Pakistan Steel. and the military coups to topple them
were illegal and unjust.
He appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for
bring peace and reconciliation in Afghan-
istan and cooperation between the Paki-
stan and Afghanistan’s intelligence agen-
cies to curb terrorism in both countries.
He informed that Russia, along with Chi-
na, was trying to find Pakistan a suitable

Moscow: The official Paki- PAKISTAN DAY CELIBRATED IN MOSCOW
stan Day Reception was
held at Four Seasons Ho-
tel, Mos-
cow on
March,
23,
2015. It
was
widely
attend-
ed by
friends
of Paki-
stan,
including politicians, par-
liamentarians, officials,
diplomatic corps, academ-
ics, writers, poets, jour-
nalists, business people
and Pakistani
diasporas.

55th Anniversary of PFUR

Peoples’ Friendship University (PFU)
was founded on 5 February, 1960 by
the USSR Government. On 22 Febru-
ary, 1961, the University was named
after Patrice Lumumba — one of the
symbols of the African peoples’ fight for
independence. Professor Sergey Vasi-
lievich Rumiantsev, Doctor of engineer-
ing, Honored scientist of the RF, was
the first Rector of the University. He
took an active part in the foundation of

the University and remained its Rector till 1970. In KVN (a Russian improvisation comedy
1960, Russian language studies for international stu- show «Club of the Merry and Inventive Peo-
dents started at the preparatory Faculty. On 1 Septem- ple») were organized (later on, the PFUR
ber, the Russian language studies were introduced at KVN team became one of the most famous
the six main faculties of the PFU (Engineering faculty, teams in the country). In 1966, construction
faculty of History and philology, Medical faculty, Agri- of a new campus in the South-West district
cultural faculty, faculty of Science, faculty of Law and of Moscow was started.
economics). Professor Vladimir Frantsevich Stanis,
The first 288 students from 47 countries graduated in Honored scientist of the RF, Doctor of eco-
1965. Around that time international construction nomics, became the second Rector of the
teams started to appear, the first student teams of PFU. It was he who proclaimed the «cult of
knowledge» at the University, heading it
from 1970 to 1993. In this period, the Peo-
ples’ Friendship University became a major
international scientific and educational cen-
tre. By 1975, the University had more than
5600 graduates, among them 4250 people
from 89 foreign countries. That year, the University
was awarded the Peoples’ friendship Order for
achievements in training experts for Asian, African
and Latin America countries. The University’s name
was changed to the Peoples’ Friendship University of
Russia on 5 February, 1992 by the RF Government,
which is considered the University’s founder.
From 1993 to 1998, PFUR was headed by Vladimir
Mikhailovich Filippov, a 1973 graduate of PFU named
after Patrice Lumumba. He held the position of the
Minister of education of the RF from 1998 to 2004,
and was appointed the Primeminister’s Assistant on
culture and education in 2004. In the period from
1998 to 2005, PFUR was headed by professor Dmitry
Petrovich Bilibin, a 1966 graduate of PFU named after
Patrice Lumumba, Honored scientist of the RF, Doctor
of medical sciences. He was acting Rector till 2004,
and was elected Rector of the University in 2004. V.M.
Filippov, professor, Doctor of sciences in physics and
mathematics, member of the Presidium of the Russian
academy of education, was reelected Rector of the
PFUR on 4 March, 2005, and has headed the Universi-
ty since then.

55th Anniversary of PFUR

also developed systems of pre-university and further
professional education. 2006 was marked by a
50000th diploma of PFUR, received by Jose Atinen-
sia Villagomez, Engineering faculty graduate from
Ecuador.
Today Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia is
one of the leading state higher educational institu-
tions of Russia. It is the only university in the world
every year uniting students from 140 countries. The
University has a multiprofile structure of faculties
and majors, typical for classical universities of the
world. More than 77 thousand graduates of the Uni-
versity work in 170 countries, among them more
than 5500 holders of PhD and Doctorate degrees.
Specialists are prepared in 62 majors and lines of
study. More than 29 thousand graduate and post-
graduate students from 140 countries are currently
studying at the university. They represent more
than 450 nations and nationalities of the world. The
University is a renowned research center. It is a
team of 4500 employees, among them 2826 highly
qualified teachers. The University intellectual fund
comprises more than 870 author’s invention certifi-
cates and 150 patents of the Russian Federation in
practically all fields of University scientific research.
Many foreign and Russian political and public fig-
ures and outstanding scholars and scientists became
PFUR Emeritus Professors. Among them are presi-
dents of Namibia, Angola, Sri Lanka and South Afri-
can Republic, Gabon and Nigeria; prime-ministers
Bangladesh, Kazakhstan; UN Chief Executive Of-
ficer on Education, Culture and Science; Director of
CEPES.
After 50 years of existence, the University is known
world-wide as a major academic and research cen-
ter, many years in top-five Russian universities.

The 1990’s saw the creation of new faculties and Dr. Shahid Hasan (Chief Editor; Vipusknik), with
Institutes: Ecological faculty, faculty of Economics, Rector of university- 1975
faculty of Law, Philological faculty, faculty of Hu-
manities and social sciences, faculty of Refresher
training for health care professionals, Institute of
Foreign languages, Institute of Distance learning,
Institute of Hospitality business and tourism, Insti-
tute of Gravitation and cosmology. The University

55th Anniversary of PFUR
BANGLADES H

INDIA

APGR&CIS Lahore, cele-
brated 55th Anniversary of
PFUR at BZU Campus, host-
ed by Department of mass

communication

Turkmenistan’s Neutrality: Conference in Islamabad

Islamabad —A thought provoking lecture on fully enjoying a strong and long history of diplomatic
“Turkmenistan Policy of Permanent Neutrality” orga-
nized by Defense and Diplomatic Studies Department relations.
(DDS), of FJWU university. DDS Department organized
this program in collaboration with Embassy of Turk- While addressing the audience Mr. Ashraf Ansari said
menistan and Academics Society of Asian Civilization.
The lecture is a part of series of events that are dedicated bilateral relations between the two countries have great
to 20th Anniversary celebration of Turkmenistan Neu-
trality. potentials and both the country will benefit from each
H.E. Mr. Esen Aydogdyev, Rector International Univer-
sity for Humanity and Development, Ashgabat, Turk- other to the greatest extent. The lecture was followed by
menistan was the guest of Honor. While other guests
were Prof. Dr. Zulfiqar A. Qureshi, Head of Department interactive question answer session.
of Peace and Conflict Studies, National University of
Modern Language, Mr. Ashraf Ansari, Head of Academ- In the end, Mr. Azhar Shehbaz, Assistant Professor,
ics Society of Asian Civilization, Mr. Major Guvanch,
Defense Attaché of Turkmenistan and Dr. Uzaira thanked the guest speakers. After this Dean D r.
Rafique, Dean Science and Technology, FJWU. Dr. Sai-
ma A. Kiani, Head of DDS Department, welcomed the U z a i r a Rafique presented university souvenirs
honorable guests and briefed the audi-ence about the
importance of December 12, 2015 for the people of Turk- to the guests as a token of appreciation
menistan.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Esen Aydogdyev said that
this policy of ‘Permanent Neutrality’ is firstly announced
in Islamabad on the eve of ECO Summit in 1995 and Pa-
kistan was the cosponsor of the resolution at this plat-
form. He briefly highlighted the important factors that
how Turkmenistan came through this policy as Neutrali-
ty is a comprehensive notion to people of Turkmenistan,
he added. He also discussed the future plans of coopera-
tion with Pakistan and said that both countries success-

PFUR 55th
Anniversary
celebrated in

Karachi

Meeting of Association of Pakistani Graduates from Russia & C.I.S,
KPK Chapter held in Mardan.

APGR& CIS News APGR&CIS
Islamabad
Association of Pakistan Graduates from Russia & CIS - constitutes
KPK Chapter met with Russian Ambassador Organizing
Committee for
70th Anniversary of
Victory Day
celebration

A session of Pakistani graduates government should offer more To celebrate 70th Anniversary
from Russia was also held in the scholarships to Pakistani students of Victory Day in Great Patriot-
meeting room of central library at and provide more opportunities of ic War, Association of Paki-
Abdul Wali Khan University Mar- cultural exchange. The ambassa- stani Graduates from Russia
dan. The partic-ipants had a de- dor thanked the organizers and and CIS is organising a mega
tailed discussion with His Excel- the university administration for event in Islamabad.
lence Mr. Alexy Dedov. They re- organizing such an important APGR&CIS has established
quested the ambassador that his event. organising committee led by
Dr. Shahid Hasan. All
members of APGR& CIS are
advice to contact for organiza-
tional matters

PFUR

APGR & CIS KPK Chapter met in Mardan 55th Anniversary Celebrated in
Report Engr. Iftikhar Ali Karachi : Dr. Zahid Hasan

Association of Pakistani Graduates from nominated to organize district commit-

Russia and CIS held in Mardan and was tee and local units. Mr. Ihsanur Raheem;

participated by more than 50 graduates District Mingora-Thana-Malakand and Association of Pakistani Gradu-
from different institutions of Former surrounding areas, Mr. Abu Saeed; Dis- ates from Russia & CIS Karachi
Soviet Union. Engr. Iftikhar Ali, chaired trict Sawat, Mr. Hameedul Haq; District Chapter has celebrated the 55
the meeting which discused aims of As- Sawabi, Dr. Ghafoor; District B u n e r , Years Years of the RUDN on
sociation of Pakistani Graduates from Engr. Firdous Khan ; District Char- 14th February 2015 at the Rus-

Russia & CIS (APGR&CIS), membership sadda, Dr. Nihaar; District Tangi- sian Center of Science and Cul-
campaign, nomination of the Coordina- sherpao and surrounding areas, Mr. ture (Friendship House).
tors for different districts of KP, mobili- FarooqAfzal; FATA region, Dr. Mir Many Graduates have partici-
zation for celebration of Victory day in Alam; District Mardan, Dr. Khushal pated in this event.
great Patriotic War. The meeting started Khan; District Peshawar and Mr. The Deputy Consul General of
with recitation of few verses from the IdreesK hattak ; District Nowshera. Russia in Karachi Mr. Andrey
Holly Quran by Mr. Hameed Ul Haq. These coordinators will coordinate in Fedorov and the Director of the
Each participant was given the oppor- their districts and with their colleagues Russian Center of Science &
tunity to introduce himself. After formal in other districts whose representatives Culture were also present at the
introduction of the Participants, Engr. were not present in the meeting. It was function, dedicated to the 55
Iftikhar Ali, gave introduction of decided that after completion of mem- Years of the RUDN.
APGR&CIS and briefed the participants bership in districts, a convention will be

on the aim of the Association. He further called to elect provincial organization.

briefed the participants on the different Other organizational matter including

events and activities of Association, or- funds and celebration of Victory day

ganized in Islamabad and other cities in were also discussed.

Pakistan. Following coordinator were

Russian Ambassador visit; Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Veteran leader of the left TAHIRA MAZHAR ALIN KHAN

movement, Tahira Mazhar Ali,

passed away in Lahore. Born in re-
Lahore in a prominent family, Tahira’s father was Sir w a s

Sikander Hayat Khan, the prime minister of united Pun- strained from

jab from 1937 to 1942, while her maternal grandfather inviting Indi-

was Nawab Muzaffar Ali Khan, a prominent landlord of an women

Punjab. She studied at Queen Mary School in Lahore and activists to

later married Mazhar Ali Khan at the age of 16. Marrying celebrate the

a student leader may have been a turning point in her life International

and her political life began after marriage. Being born in Women’s Day

an affluent family did not deter her from struggling for here. After

the rights of the marginalised. further re-

She carried on her activism for labour and women’s strictions on
rights for over 60 years. It was Tahira who for the first
time in Pakistan observed the International Women’s the associa-
Day publicly, where it was openly demanded that women
tion during
be given their equal status and their rights be estab- Gen Zia’s
reign, these
lished. When it came to fighting for human rights, Tahira
leading wom-
was unbending and her marked resistance made her a en’s rights
activists formed the Women’s Action Forum (WAF) as a
threat to the establishment. In 1950, the Democratic new resistance movement. Zia’s oppressive re-gime and
Women’s Association (DWA) was formed and led by controversies such as the Hudood laws compelled the
Tahira. It is considered the country’s first women’s rights formation of WAF in 1981. “Tahira was indeed a true
organsation that ran with the support of the Communist activist,” remembers I.A. Rehman. “She joined the Com-
munist Party at a very young age and since then never
Party of Pakistan, something that Tahira was proud of,
once stepped back from the work she was doing. After
often comparing it to internationally run organisations
the Partition too she worked on peace and was on the
today. Other members of the DWA included Hajra peace committee between India and Pakistan.” He de-
scribed her as a very active political person who even
Masood, Khadija Omar, Amatul Rehman and Alys Faiz.
participated in rallies and protests in her old age. She
Its work was based in the grassroots in small neighbour-
remained a member of the Central Working Committee
hoods and involved mobilisation of women and workers.
of the National Workers Party. But though she remained
It is because of her work in this regard that Tahira is strong inside, outwardly Tahira Mazhar Ali’s health be-
gan to turn fragile, especially after she suffered a stroke.
seen as one of the greatest women of the subcontinent.
On Monday, March 23, she passed away at her house in
Those who knew her well recall her active role in protests
Shah Jamal, Lahore. Tahira Mazhar leaves behind a
and rallies. Amid tears, her long-time colleague and close
friend ‘Baji’ Naseem Ashraf Malik recalled Tahira and daughter, Tauseef Hyat, and two sons, Tariq Ali, a re-
said she was “history personified”. In the 1960s, Ayub
Khan banned the DWA for its stance on his rule. Later, nowned writer, and Mahir Ali, a journalist in Australia.
during Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s regime, though there was
more freedom of movement and expression, the DWA

Professor Mofiz Uddin Ahmed. a great human being, he trained many professionals in the field
of theoretical physics. He loved life, his family and friends.He

met his love Amber Shamim Malik ( Pinky) in Moscow, study-

Graduated with honors from the ing in same university. They grew and gave education to their

Physics and Mathematics Depart- two sons. They had a lot of friends. Mofiz was internationalist.

ment of the University of Friend- He maintained contact with graduates PFUR in different coun-

ship of Peoples Moscow in 1979, tries. Dreamed with his wife to come to Moscow to see his

Professor Mofiz Uddin Ahmed home university. We me several timesand during my Dhaka

died in Bangladesh . He worked as visit in December 2014 also. He was hospitable, humble and

a professor at the Department of kind and a scientist of international level. We offer condolenc-

Mathematics & Natural Sciences es to his parents, wife pinky and sons and daughter and baji

at BRAC University, Dhaka. A Naseem, Dr. Waseem Ashraf Malik, Dr. Humaira, Nimo and

talented scientist and teacher and Shahida Dastagir.

RUSSIAN DEFENDER
DAY CEBRATED IN IS-

LAMABD

Russian Embassy Islamabad FILM GORYACHIY SNEG (THE HOT SNOW)
DISPLAYED AT RUSSIAN EMBASSY
displayed Soviet film about
Battle in Stalingad – Goryachiy
sneg (The Hot Snow)” shouted

in 1972.

The movie is based on epony-
mous novel by Yuri Bondarev,
who himself participated and
wounded in this war. The story
takes place in December 1942,
when the soldiers of a Red Ar-
my antitank gun battery face
the onslaught of German ar-
mored division trying to re-
lieve the besieged German
troops in Stalingrad. Film was directed by Mr. Gavriil -28 Light Machine Gun, Degtyaryov DT Machine
Yegiazarov and staring with George Zhzhyonov, Ana- Gun, Maxim40 Anti-tank Grenade, Automatic AA
toly Kuznetsov, Boris Tokarev and others. Battle of gun M1939, Trivia,Artillery, Tanks and Armored
Stalingrad - explains radical change in the Great Pat- Cars.
riotic War and defence of city of Stalingrad. In De- Film was displayed in Auditorium of Russian Embas-
cember 1942 under German 6th Army, about 330 sy. Earlier Ambassador His Excellency Alexi
thousand man, under the command of General F. Dedov welcomed participants and highlighted about
Paulus were surrounded. Several weapons, such as the significant aspects of Stalingrad war in defeating
are seen in the movie The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Nazis. He hosted a dinner in the honor of partici-
Sneg) Handguns; Nagant M1895 Revolver, 2 TT-33 pants. A large number dignities including member
Pistol, ubmachine guns, PPSh-41, MP40, Rifles; parliament, government officials, journalist, busi-
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Rifle, Mosin Nagant nessmen political and civil society activists were par-
M1938 M1910/30 Machine Gun, PTRS-41 Antitank ticipated in event.
Rifle, RPG- Carbine, Machine guns, Degtyaryov DP

"My Last War: Afghanistan without Soviet Troops"
Memories of Soviet General Translated Into Urdu

Vipusknik/ Soviet Graduate Dr. Najam ul Sahar ers and critics during
Butt, who proved to be one of the most profes- the latest Book Fair at
sional translators from Russian into Urdu in Paki- the Lahore Expo Cen-
stan has translated book "My last war… Afghani- ter. He also translated
stan without soviet troops", memories of Soviet Russian allegorical
General Mr. M.A.Gareev in Urdu language. novel "Master e Mar-
gari-ta" (Master and
"Moya poslednyaya Voina… Afghanistan bez so- Margarita) and
vetskih voisk" has been translated and published "Chelovek Am-
with Urdu title "Meri Akhri Jung… AFGHANI- phibia" ("Amphibian
man") novel by Alex-
STAN SOVIET AFWAJ KE INKHALA KE BAAD". ander Belyaev into
It was published by "Jumhoori Publications" in Urdu language.
2015 and has attracted positive attention of read-



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