A year on from the ousting of Assad

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  Damascus, Syria — “Hold your head high, you’re a free Syrian.” The refrain of this Arabic song—now widely embraced as the unofficial anthem of a new Syria—echoes throughout Damascus. It blares from market loudspeakers, rings out during celebrations in the central square, and is even sung by the man offering traditional coffee to new arrivals at the airport. For decades, many Syrians lived with lowered gazes under the authoritarian rule of the Al-Assad family. The regime maintained an expansive surveillance system in which the feared Mukhabarat , the intelligence network, kept the population in check. Remaining silent was often the safest choice—until the Arab Spring ignited an uprising, and Assad’s fierce response plunged the nation into a ten-year civil war. Today, Syrians are openly and energetically marking the first anniversary of what they regard as their liberation from Assad’s government. The celebration follows a rapid rebel offensive on December 8 last year, led by fo...

Lack of Quaid's ideals in the economy: ICCI

 Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, president of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), emphasised on Saturday the importance of putting Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's economic plan into practise in order to make the nation independent.


Bakhtawari stated, "The economy of Pakistan is in desperate circumstances and following Quaid-e-economic Azam's vision is important to establishing the country self-reliant and a welfare state," during a ceremony honouring Jinnah on his 146th birthday.


“From the very beginning, Quaid stressed the need to develop a strong industrial base along with promoting agriculture and other sectors to reduce Pakistan’s dependence on others,” said the ICCI president, adding that, “Jinnah had termed commerce and trade to be the life-blood of the economy and emphasised that the nation should work with honesty and integrity to make


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