Haq's Musings

Riaz Haq writes this data-driven blog to provide information, express his opinions and make comments on many topics. Subjects include personal activities, education, South Asia, South Asian community, regional and international affairs and US politics to financial markets. For investors interested in South Asia, Riaz has another blog called South Asia Investor at http://www.southasiainvestor.com and a YouTube video channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkrIDyFbC9N9evXYb9cA_gQ

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Nidal is Muslim But Breivik is Not Christian?

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Taking his cues from the usual Hindu Nationalists' anti-Muslim rhetoric, Norwegian terror suspect Anders Breivik believed there were con...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

India- The World's Biggest Oligarchy?

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Is India an oligarchy controlled by its 55 recently-minted billionaires whose wealth equals one-sixth of their country's GDP? The answe...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Norway Nazi Breivik's Hindutva Rhetoric

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It appears that the Norwegian white supremacist terror suspect Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto against the "Islamization of Wes...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Political Patronage Trumps Public Policy in Pakistan

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Pakistan's economy is suffering from stagflation, a very unhealthy combination of very slow growth and high inflation, since 2008. These...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Saudi Prince Funding Hate in America?

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The cynical exploitation by Rupert Murdoch of the extraordinary power of his media empire has received much attention in parts of the Britis...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Pakistan Building 1000 MW Wind Farms

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Pakistan is prepared to approve a Norwegian company’s plan to build a 150-megawatt wind farm, the first part of a $1 billion plan that could...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

Land For Landless Women in Pakistan

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The PPP-led Sindh government is granting over 212,864 acres of government-owned agriculture land to landless peasants in the province. Over...
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Friday, July 1, 2011

Pakistan Demographic Trends Worry MQM

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Why did the Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) react so strongly to the PPP's aggressive stance in the recent Azad Kashmir elections that it ...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

War Weary Pakistanis Disapprove of US, Taliban and Al Qaeda

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Pew polls conducted in 2010 and 2011 show that overwhelming majority of Pakistanis take a dim view of the actions of the United States, Tali...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Pakistan Wins Release of Indian and Pakistani Sailors

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In a humanitarian gesture, Pakistan raised funds to help secure the release of 22 sailors, including 11 Egyptians, 6 Indians, 4 Pakistanis a...
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Riaz Haq
I am the Founder and President of PakAlumni Worldwide, a global social network for Pakistanis, South Asians and their friends. I also served as Chairman of the NEDians Convention 2007. In addition to being a South Asia watcher, an investor, business consultant and avid follower of the world financial markets, I have more than 25 years experience in the hi-tech industry. I have been on the faculties of Rutgers University and NED Engineering University and cofounded two high-tech startups, Cautella, Inc. and DynArray Corp and managed multi-million dollar P&Ls. I am a pioneer of the PC and mobile businesses and I have held senior management positions in hardware and software development of Intel’s microprocessor product line from 8086 to Pentium processors. My experience includes senior roles in marketing, engineering and business management. I was recognized as “Person of the Year” by PC Magazine for my contribution to 80386 program. I have an MS degree in Electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. www.pakalumni.com http://www.riazhaq.com http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com
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