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My first time in Liberia | Parvez Iftikhar
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My first time in Liberia. Posted On May 7, 2014. Saying hello to a UN peacekeeping soldier from Pakistan in Liberia. Liberia is an emerging but poor country, with rather small middle-class (but yes, they have 4-G! I was representing Commonwealth Telecom Organisation (. David Townsend and Will Burnfield of Great Village (. Were other colleagues. Our main discussion partner was Liberia Telecommunications Authority (. Which has a 5-Member Board of Commissioners, including the Chairperson. LTA Commissioners ...
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Childhood and Universal Service | Parvez Iftikhar
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Childhood and Universal Service. Posted On September 27, 2014. Back in the early sixties when I was a school-kid long before our Bengali brethren were alienated by military-rulers and feudal politicians, and when the relations between the then East and West Pakistanis were sweet and friendly – my father, a young Signals officer in the army, posted in Dhaka for a couple of years, was given an assignment that was in addition to his normal duties. General Wasiuddin giving the Charter of “Tiger Amateur...