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Peshawar links

Tahir Khan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:34:44 -0600

September 4, 2008

My Visiting Fellowship at UET Peshawar is coming to an end and it has been an enlightening experience to work with Pakistani colleagues and to help supervise graduate students within the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Dam problems

Tahir Khan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:08:23 -0600

August 22, 2008

Over the last few months Pakistan has suffered from regular power outages and this has beenColorful bus particularly severe in the rural areas of the country. Therefore, an invitation to see the largest Hydro-power station in the world, the Tarbela Dam close to Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute in district Swabi came as a welcome.

Premier sugar mills

Tahir Khan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:24:46 -0600

July 23, 2008

The last few days have been busy but “sweet”. With a group of researchers from Peshawar University I went to the Premier sugar mills located just on the out skirts of Mardan town. Our visit was just at the right time because maintenance of the mill was under way and Mr Sarwar Jan, the mill engineer, explained the challenges on keeping a sugar mill running throughout the season without break down.

Arrival in Peshawar

Tahir Khan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:26:47 -0600

July 7, 2008

I arrived in Peshawar the capital city of the Frontier Province of Pakistan a few days ago. The city is a wonderful mixture of faces representing Afghans, Pushtoons (the word Pathan was used by the British) and central Asians and others from different places that connect with the ancient silk road that passes through this part of the world.