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Nations rise and fall and are history. Nations that rise again become civilisations. My land is the oldest civilisation. I have trekked the summit of its highest mountains, sand dunes, its very high bogs and marshes in sub zero temperatures. Like my country I am lost between my ideals and the realities. My country still craves for its identity. I too lie un recognised to myself.
I am an individual of diverse interests. Medium height with a slightly stocky build. Mountaineering is my passion, cooking my passtime, self taught water engineering my occupation and writing my leisure.
By education, I am a security analyst and critically follow events world over. Academically my focus has been Nuclear Strategy and South Asia, two subjects I consider to be part of International Political Economy.
For the past many years I was involved with Security Sudies. Had a hard, difficult and unsuccessful time to convince people what lay in store for Pakistan. Now Chickens have come home to roost, I can just say,
"All my love... came to nothing at all"
ijaz_gul@yahoo.com
Favorite Writers: James A Michner
Interests: It is difficult to explain. I can concentrate on multiple jobs at one time. I am an excellent marksman, a mountaineer past prime, in love with urdu/punjabi poetry and analytical skills bordering conspiracy theories. My flair is Anthro.
My most recent expedition was to the deserts of Pakistan to walk the course of an old river called Sarasvati by Indians and Nara by me.
In the picture I am on way to the Hidden Peak.
http://ijazgulpeaksandvalleys.blogspot.com/
Location: Islamabad
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Articles by Ijaz Gul
K2, the Savage Mountain
Ijaz Gul Aug 5, 2008 interacts: 25 Views: 5872As I read the news, and watched it on Television, memories of my mountaineering days came back and deprived me of my sleep bringing nightmares of my own struggle on K2.
An Insight Into Pakistan Army and Musharraf
Ijaz Gul Nov 30, 2007 interacts: 195 Views: 23893A combination of threat perception and indispensability strengthened his quest for legitimacy till it consumed his reformist self.
Emergency:What Lies Ahead For Pakistan?
Ijaz Gul Nov 4, 2007 interacts: 9 Views: 7131The politic body, already decimated, raped and largely turned into a mob of opportunist has yet again been put on the dissecting table for surgical procedure by butchers.
Law of Necessity… A Logical Recourse
Ijaz Gul Sep 30, 2007 interacts: 2 Views: 5382
All military interventions in Pakistan have a distinction of getting legal/constitutional indemnity in two phases. First, the judiciary legalises the intervention...
Pakistan: Cricket World Cup
Ijaz Gul Feb 12, 2007 interacts: 51 Views: 9142As a one day player, Inzammam appeared past his prime in 2002 Cup. This time, he will be past utility. As the world cup proceeds, many would wonder why he is around in the first place.
Pakistan Rocked
Ijaz Gul Oct 28, 2005 interacts: 44 Views: 9628The electric pylon with the transformer was dancing to and fro and there seemed no end.
Earthquake in Pakistan
Ijaz Gul Oct 10, 2005 interacts: 17 Views: 6637Most of the worst hit areas are so remote and inaccessible that even in normal circumstances, it will need a superhuman effort by the entire relief effort to reach them in time and save precious lives.
Bottled Water: A False Sense of Security
Ijaz Gul Oct 17, 2004 interacts: 17 Views: 9984Barring Nestle which itself is artificial pure water lacking a balance in minerals thereby causing dehydration rather than removing it, most other brands are highly contaminated by chemicals or bacteria.
Pakistan and Civil Society
Ijaz Gul Jun 25, 2004 interacts: 42 Views: 9897Pakistani civil society is distinct in its evolution. It took birth much before the geography of Pakistan was drawn.
Gashebrum 1 - The Hidden Peak
Ijaz Gul Nov 4, 2003 interacts: 13 Views: 6829The final climb to the summit involved a straight ice wall. It was indeed very difficult but finally we were across. To our West was the pyramid of Gashebrum 2 and beyond it the majestic K2.
Kahan Se Aap Zamaney Ke Bad Aye Hain
Ijaz Gul Oct 24, 2003 interacts: 53 Views: 10850When I first saw her she was about fifteen. I was in Senior Cambridge. We lived in a Catholic hostel where it was compulsory to attend the morning Mass at dawn, six days a week...
Ijaz Gul
- Articles on Chowk: 11
- First article: Oct 24, 2003
- Latest article: Aug 5, 2008
- Times read on Chowk: 105245
